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VC meets the land of opportunity

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

She is also the co-founder of Build In SE , a community of founders, funders and ecosystem partners committed to company building in the Southeast (#BuildInSE). For some, this comes with a newfound sense of community and belonging, as I experienced in 2017 when I moved from my lifelong home of Los Angeles to Nashville. and Canada.

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8 investors, founders and execs predict cybersecurity, fintech will take Belfast by storm

TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

I believe we will see the strongest seed-stage companies from 2017-2020 becoming established companies within our tech scene to match the influx of FDI companies from further afield. INI is a big support and funder. Aurient Investments – Angel investment group with a diverse investment portfolio. What’s their focus?

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Empowering Web3 Communities and Revolutionizing Fan Engagement: Meet Manuela Seve, CEO of Alphaa.io

Jason Malki

JULY 26, 2023

Then in 2017, my first trip to Burning man completely changed my outlook on humanity as a whole. Our annual Female Founders and Funders event during LA Tech Week this June, which connects hundreds of women-run VCs, entrepreneurs, and startups, with thousands applying to join the wait-list. What motivated you to launch your startup?

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Silicon Valley is a surprisingly clubby ecosystem: FC's Alex Mittal

FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

This is one of the insights that Laura Behrens Wu drew out of Mittal during a FundersClub Facebook Live discussion on March 30, 2017. So how is Funders Club different than other VCs? You talk about like finding or seeing some of the problems and inefficiencies and solving them, how is it different?

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. As of summer 2017, about one third of their investments were with the Indie.VC V2 structure. .

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. As of summer 2017, about one third of their investments were with the Indie.VC V2 structure. .

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Data obscures positive trends in VC dollars reaching women-founded startups

TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Specifically, we need to be tracking as metrics: (i) the number of first institutional round venture deals, (ii) the demographics of the founders of those companies and (iii) the composition of the funders on an annual cohort basis. We need better funder-side reporting. The rest is noise.

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15 Underrepresented Founders Share $170K in Startup302 Grant Prizes

American Entrepreneurship

MAY 28, 2024

These included a welcome reception on May 15 and a breakfast with investors on May 17. We’re so grateful for the ongoing support from sponsors and community members for this exciting competition, and, as usual, we were extremely impressed by the quality of the startups who made it to the finals,” said DPP Director of Innovation Noah Olson. “We

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Citi backs Crowdz, a Pipe competitor that just raised $10M for its blockchain-powered invoice financing marketplace

TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

Put simply, Crowdz started out by giving small and medium-sized businesses a way to sell invoices for financing to funders. We both service the SMEs by being able to buy receivables, invoices and SaaS contracts through our marketplace, which brings other funders together,” said Johnston, who serves as the company’s CEO. “Or,

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Jitx wants to change the way engineers design circuit boards using code

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

As the idea of code-based circuit design grew, he connected with his co-founders and started the company in 2017. It was led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Y Combinator, Funders Club and Liquid 2. The roots of the idea go back to work that Haldane was doing as a grad student in 2013. Image Credits: Jitx.

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From ‘literally zero’ experience to $100M, this VC is raising his second climate tech seed fund

TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

million fund in 2017, its focus was “obviously contrarian,” founding partner Rokas Peciulaitis told TechCrunch, as the “industries in vogue at the time were AI and Fintech.” In 2017, PitchBook recorded 578 climate tech deals globally, altogether worth $12.5 So, if anything, it’s trendy.

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He Believes in Angels: The Story of a Company Backed by 400 Angel Investors

Angel Capital Association

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Instead of a traditional Initial Public Offering (IPO), Savara went public using a reverse merger in 2017, and once public, they raised more than $200 million. The Angel Funders Report 2020 is the only source of verified data provided directly by active angel investing groups. Access the full report here!

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Spokn slurps out the BS in corporate internal comms and replaces it with audio storytelling

TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

Abu Seif and Davis met each other in an Egyptian jazz club in November 2017, about a week after he had quit his job. Outside NEA, other investors in the seed round included Reach Capital, Funders Club, Liquid2, Share Capital, SOMA Capital, Scribble VC and Hack VC. TechCrunch’s Equity podcast wins a Webby Award.

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[Bizzabo in Forbes] Women Founders And Funders Are Outperforming, So Why Is Gender Inequality Growing, And What Do We Do About It?

OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

According to Bizzabo, the rate of female speakers booked for professional development declined from 33% to 32% between 2017 and 2018. The post [Bizzabo in Forbes] Women Founders And Funders Are Outperforming, So Why Is Gender Inequality Growing, And What Do We Do About It? Read more here.

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Data obscures positive trends in VC dollars reaching women-founded startups

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Citi backs Crowdz, a Pipe competitor that just raised $10M for its blockchain-powered invoice financing marketplace

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From ‘literally zero’ experience to $100M, this VC is raising his second climate tech seed fund

He Believes in Angels: The Story of a Company Backed by 400 Angel Investors

Spokn slurps out the BS in corporate internal comms and replaces it with audio storytelling

[Bizzabo in Forbes] Women Founders And Funders Are Outperforming, So Why Is Gender Inequality Growing, And What Do We Do About It?

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