A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 5, 2021

There has been this narrative about investing in VC funds that you have to get into the top quartile (25%) or possibly the top decile (10%) in order to generate good returns. I have heard that for as long as I have been in VC and probably have written it here a few times. Well, it turns out that is not right.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Titan , a startup that is building a retail investment management platform aimed at millennials, has closed on $12.5 million in a Series A round led by VC heavyweight General Catalyst. We came from two different backgrounds with respect to investing,” Percoco recalled. “He Titan algorithmically invests for you.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 15, 2018

Prior to co-founding CCV, Marlon was an investment director at Intel Capital where he completed his Kauffman Fellowship. At Cross Culture Ventures we take a thematic approach to investing that we have coined 'cultural investing' - the impact of the convergence of global popular culture and consumer behavior on technology and innovation.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

In 2017 we began inserting an “Inclusion Clause” into our term sheets because we believe that the culture one establishes at the earliest stages of one’s business will set out the course of how it will grow and develop. We strive to invest in companies that are consciously working to create a diverse leadership team?—?one

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2023

What’s more, in a time where VC dollars are much harder to come by, they weren’t even looking for this funding. Image Credits: Semgrep Evans said when the company launched in 2017, he had this vision of doing something like this and set out to build it, but they were having trouble building something specifically for developers.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

VC investment, according to “Beyond Silicon Valley,” a new report co-produced by venture firm Revolution and PitchBook. VC dollars have gone to Bay Area startups. Since launching the platform in 2014, Case and his teams have invested in 194 companies across 89 cities. But that was a long time ago.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Indeed, the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and the Italian Trade & Investment Agency in London have even been known to fund Italian entrepreneurs abroad to help them gain more experience. The good news: VC funding in Italy has grown. billion investment plan, which includes its first cloud data center in the country.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The last few quarters did not play out as as expected for venture capitalists or entrepreneurs; instead of a pandemic-fueled recession that cauterized the flow of private investment into startups, the economic shifts brought on by COVID-19 have given many companies a tailwind. A VC rebound.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

It’s that time of year, time to look back and reflect on the most significant storylines in the tech, startup, and VC world. And, with that warning, I offer to you, the big stories in the startup and investing ecosystem of 2018, written in ascending order of importance and magnitude…. 6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Founded in Estonia and now headquartered in New York, the company has taken a majority investment from U.S. The VC has seen three of its portfolio companies achieve unicorn status this year (being valued by investors at 1 billion dollars or more): Pipedrive, Lilium and MessageBird.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

This will be the post where I dangerously attempt to walk the minefield of a white male VC opining on the topic. 4) The diverse background of the founder is not the main reason why most diverse founders get turned down for investment. That pitch has never excited any VC in the history of VC funding. Ducks head.]

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Monique Villa is an investor at Mucker Capital , an early-stage VC fund investing in startups across the U.S. Getting a seat at the VC table. As of late, I’m receiving more and more outreach from VCs based in San Francisco, New York and beyond interested in deal flow here in Nashville and the Southeast. and Canada.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In 2017, she launched KA Enterprises, a fully-owned holding company, through which she has backed several startups including unicorn online beauty store Purplle, satellite, aerospace manufacturing firm Bellatrix, yoghurt firm Epigamia and pet store Supertails.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Interestingly, the company judged to be the fastest-growing on the latest list, Plausible , is an “open startup” (all its metrics are published, including revenues) and states on its website that it is “not interested in raising funds or taking investment. China is building a GitHub alternative called Gitee.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Founded by Yele Badamosi in 2017, Microtraction arrived on the continent’s early-stage investment scene with all intent to be “the most accessible and preferred source of pre-seed funding for African tech entrepreneurs.” Other investors include Pave Investments and US-based angel investor, Chris Schultz.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

So you’re interested in raising capital from a Revenue-Based Investor VC. Which VCs are comfortable using this approach? This structure offers some of the benefits of traditional equity VC, without some of the negatives of equity VC. Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

We named this summit after a report we wrote with Pitchbook at the end of 2021 to explore the impact of the pandemic on investment patterns. marking its highest level since 2017. Consequently, the Bay Area experienced a surge, capturing over one-third of all early-stage venture funding in the U.S.,

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FundersClub

JUNE 1, 2017

Jerrod Engelberg of FundersClub will host a Q&A on FC Live with Adam Draper of Boost VC on June 13th. Submit questions and watch the full event here: Q&A with Adam Draper of Boost VC — FundersClub Live Series. Want to invest in the best startups? FundersClub Portfolio News. Not a subscriber to FC weekly?

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2017

Historically VC has been an apprenticeship business. VC ASSOCIATIONS. No-cost accelerators: Afore Capital Angel to Fund Manager (AFM), Founder Institute VC Lab , Recast Capital Enablement Program – Accelerators with tuition: Oper8r , OnConduit ‘s Emerging Fund Managers Initiative. Reboot VC Bootcamp.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In 2017, we partnered with iconic leaders in American business to turn the thesis we developed on the road — that great companies can start and scale anywhere when given a chance — into an investment vehicle. In the last decade, we’ve socialized several Rise of the Rest-isms to describe investments that check those boxes.

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FundersClub

JUNE 15, 2017

Jerrod Engelberg of FundersClub hosted a Q&A on FC Live with Brayton Williams of Boost VC , and the full video can now be watched here: Q&A with Brayton Williams of Boost VC — FundersClub Live Series. Want to invest in the best startups? FundersClub Portfolio News. Million Amid Expansion Push.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2023

Black people who invested in crypto were hit disproportionately hard during the winter, though many Black founders and investors who spoke to TechCrunch remain optimistic about the sector’s potential for the community and society overall. In 2017, they raised $11 million out of $1.03 By 2022, that number dipped to $21.5 billion and $4.2

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Yet as we enter February 2017 the VC funding markets are booming, Snap, Inc has filed for its IPO, AppDynamics was just purchased for $3.7 But the reality is that “global warming” massively blunted the effects of winter and my prognosis for VC fundings of entrepreneurs in 2017–2018 is now very sunny indeed.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

For example, during our look into United States’ results during the period, we noted that “54% of all venture capital money invested in the United States in the third quarter was part of rounds that were $100 million or more,” with those 88 rounds — a record — totaling $19.8 billion in total capital raised, +$1.3

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

But there are markets where the gains still stand out despite the generally warm climate for private capital investments into private companies. billion in total investment during 2020. The other key data line for the investment type is deal volume. Atlanta is one such market. Per CB Insights data, the U.S. city saw $2.17

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Some of Ann’s investments include Lyft, Ayasdi, Xamarin, Refinery29, JoyRun, TaskRabbit, and Modcloth. Given the success of her investments she was on the 2017 Midas List of top 100 venture capitalists. What and when was your very first investment? I really admire David Swensen, Chief Investment Officer at Yale.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

The concept made sense; who wouldn’t want to be invested in ‘Google’ in the early days, but the idea of an industry that did precisely that was foreign to me until about 16 years old. What is your firm’s investment thesis? In 2021, we invested more than we did in 2017-2020 combined. Louis well.

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Revolution

JULY 13, 2023

Revolution Growth first partnered with Scopely in 2017 when we led the company’s Series C. Core to our investment thesis was Scopely’s platform approach to IP partnership and game development, its exceptional ability to drive monetization among users, and the team’s dedication to becoming the preeminent free-to-play mobile gaming publisher.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Each had different yet complementary skills — Michael Famoroti , an economist; Bode Ogunlana , a software engineer; Abdul Abdulrahim , a data scientist; and Preston Ideh , a corporate lawyer — and in 2017, they launched a media startup to address the dearth of information and data-driven insights in the West African country. .

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FundersClub

JUNE 8, 2017

Jerrod Engelberg of FundersClub will host a Q&A on FC Live with Adam Draper of Boost VC on June 13th. Submit questions and RSVP for the event here: Q&A with Adam Draper of Boost VC — FundersClub Live Series. Want to invest in the best startups? FundersClub Portfolio News. " Snap Inc. " Did You Know?

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 15, 2017

Bloomberg published a post this weekend called San Francisco’s VC Boom is Over. The slowing of venture investment more broadly across the US serves as a backdrop to San Francisco’s particularly strong correction. Note, the levels still exceed 2010-2013. But the 50% decline is real. Series As and Cs are roughly similar.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Startup SG Tech Grant Startup SG Tech, a key initiative for technological firms in Singapore, underwent enhancements in 2017 to facilitate better cash flow for successful applicants. Administered by the National Research Foundation (NRF), the fund channels a significant investment of $10 million on a matching basis.

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FundersClub

JULY 13, 2017

" Roseanne Wincek of IVP chats with Harry Stebbings of The 20 Minute VC about the blurring of early & late stage, why your go to market strategy is more important now than ever, and why venture is the academia of tech in " 20VC with Roseanne Wincek, Principal at IVP. Want to invest in the best startups?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 14, 2022

In a section called Kitty Down , Packy describes the challenges that the Dapper Labs team went through between late 2017, when CryptoKitties launched, and the summer of 2020, when Top Shot launched. Well buried deep in a 66 page blog post on the Flow blockchain by Packy McCormick lies the answer. That latter bit is quite important.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

million Series A investment in June from a group of investors that includes Archer-Daniels-Midland Company’s venture arm ADM Ventures, Cavallo Ventures, Genoa Ventures, Lever VC, Thia Ventures, iSelect Fund, Stage 1 Fund, Lifely VC and Satori Capital. million to bring its total funding since 2017 to $20 million.

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Dream It

APRIL 26, 2019

billion user records that hackers compromised in 2017. Mangrove Capital Partners led a $6 million investment in security operations center services provider CyberHat. According to a new report from Risk Based Security, 6,500 publicly known data breaches from 2018 exposed more than 5 billion user records, a decrease from the 7.9

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 30, 2021

Dapper Labs came out of an incubator called Axiom Zen back in 2017. I wrote a short post on the USV blog announcing that we had invested in Cryptokitties , but in truth, we invested in much more. Financings don’t really interest me but companies do. And this is a fascinating company.

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