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VC meets the land of opportunity

TechCrunch

Monique Villa is an investor at Mucker Capital , an early-stage VC fund investing in startups across the U.S. 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). and Canada. More posts by this contributor. And yet, here we are.

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

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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. billion in value.

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

Angel Capital Association

The primary downside to relying solely on angel funding, according to Rob, is the IPO process — it can be harder to build credibility and have an institutional book without any venture capital firms involved. The Angel Funders Report 2020 is the only source of verified data provided directly by active angel investing groups.

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

TechCrunch

That player, Crowdz , recently secured $10 million in financing co-led by Citi and Dutch growth equity firm Global Cleantech Capital, with participation from Bold Capital Partners, TFX Ventures and Augment Ventures. But perhaps what is most unique about what Crowdz is doing is that it was built on Ethereum since 2017. “We

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

FundersClub

Venture capital investing offers different challenges than those associated with tech entrepreneurship, but Alex Mittal, co-founder and CEO of FundersClub, approached the sphere of venture capital the same way he did as a tech founder previously: is there a better way to do this? There are a lot of inefficiencies in VC.

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

TechCrunch

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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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? Capacity Capital , based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the Southeast. GCVF is pioneering the future of venture capital and high growth startups for all small communities.