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Dan Teran shares Gutter Capital’s challenge of closing its first fund

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Gutter Capital , a New York venture capital firm, closed on $25 million in capital commitments for its first fund to invest in pre-seed and seed stage companies focused on affordability, economic mobility and climate change. It was way harder than venture capital as a founder,” Teran told TechCrunch. “I

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Let’s Talk Ops , Venture Capital Operations Association – fund operations professionals. National Venture Capital Association. New York Venture Capital Association. New York City Venture Connection. Capria , Recast Capital – fund of funds. NVCA Venture Capital University.

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MAGIC Fund raises $30M to scale its global founders-backing-founders fund

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Since the firm’s first fund launched in 2017, MAGIC has invested in 70 companies at pre-seed and seed stages across these emerging markets. Olubusi, who had built and exited a couple of startups over the years, also dabbled with angel investing for some time. MAGIC Fund has 12 founders who act as general partners.

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Happeo lands $26M to provide a central intranet portal for employees

TechCrunch

In 2017, the two officially incorporated the company. To date, Happeo has raised $47 million in venture capital, including a $26 million Series B round co-led by Endeit Capital, Smartfin and Evli Growth Partners that closed today. Inkef Capital, Maki.vc, and Vendep Capital also participated in the Series B.).

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Austin emerges as a city of unicorns and tech giants

TechCrunch

They include Jim Breyer of Breyer Capital and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, who said last year he was moving his venture capital firm , 8VC, from Silicon Valley to the city, and Geoff Lewis , founder and managing partner of Bedrock Capital. Today, Austin’s angel investing space is incredibly robust.”.

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Foreign investors have a bigger role to play in growing Latin America’s startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

The amount of VC capital being funneled into Latin American startups has surged since 2017, with angel investment close behind. However, much of this investment comes from local and regional investors. Every top university in Brazil has a pool of angels. investors remain shy.

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The Summer Solstice And Seed Stage Squeeze

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They’ve all accepted that this is a new world of capital abundance and that the pistons driving the global economy are technology and network effects. Back in 2017, Fred Wilson noted the strategic importance of the seed stage , writing: Seed is really hard. Making angel investments, raising small seed funds.

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