StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

One 2018 study found that, during investment pitches, female entrepreneurs are more likely to be asked “prevention” questions, or those related to safety and potential risks and losses. At the same time, according to research by All Raise, only 15 percent of all venture capital funding is allocated to female founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Today you have funders focused exclusively on “Day 0” startups or ones that aren’t even created yet. By 2018 I sensed that he was right and we began focusing more on our barbell approach. Ten years on much has changed. The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011. Secrets of Sand Hill Road.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

Tech City UK, its predecessor, was launched in 2011 by former prime minister David Cameron and concentrated largely on the London ecosystem until 2018 when it merged with Tech North (based in Manchester). “There’s such a gap in equity for Northern funders still. Tech Nation has long been embedded in the U.K. and abroad.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

It was led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Y Combinator, Funders Club and Liquid 2. The company was a member of the Y Combinator Summer 2018 cohort and was one of the 10 startups that caught the eye of the TechCrunch reporters covering their Demo Day. The $12 million investment closed last year.

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Angel Capital Association

APRIL 30, 2023

Y/C helped enable this by introducing the Post-Money SAFE in 2018, fixing some of the more egregious problems with SAFEs, principally the lack of transparency about valuations when multiple SAFEs convert to equity. To answer this question, let’s first identify the stage at which angels most commonly invest.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

The London-based VC aims to raise as much as $130 million more; that would mark quite a step up for the firm, which says it has funneled $30 million into 19 startups since 2018. Morgan , the world’s top funder of fossil fuels. . Last year, OpenInvest sold to J.P.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 21, 2024

Founded in 2018 the audio entertainment platform is filling a gap, creating a new entertainment category in the form of audio series. Having surpassed $150 million ARR, the company is growing at 57% QoQ, attracting funders Lightspeed with participation from private equity firm StepStone Group. This latest round will fund U.S.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

They eventually came together not just as a couple — they got married in the fall of 2019 — but as business partners, linking up with Galal Eldeen and incorporating Spokn in April 2018. Outside NEA, other investors in the seed round included Reach Capital, Funders Club, Liquid2, Share Capital, SOMA Capital, Scribble VC and Hack VC.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Founded by 2018 by Dima Djani, Harza Sandityo, and Bembi Juniar, Alama is a Shariah-based financial technology peer-to-peer lending company. Alami’s ecosystem covers 482 cities in 34 provinces across Indonesia, both from the side of funders and beneficiaries, with ongoing commercial and social activities.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

They’ve been absolutely a dream funder.”. An examination of California state filings show that Oceankind was incorporated as an LLC in 2018, managed by a family office that controls many of Google co-founder Larry Page’s properties and businesses. Until this week, Dunbabin was not allowed to mention Oceankind.

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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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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2021

Existing backers such as Nextview Ventures and Florida Funders also put money in the round, in addition to a number of insurance and logistics groups such as Flexport. By September 2018, they formally launched the app beyond the campus of Babson College, which they were attending on scholarships.

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Surdna Foundation

MARCH 24, 2021

It report notes: While the AAPI population in the United States more than doubled in size, foundation funding for AAPI communities flatlined, totaling a mere $174 million in 2018 – even when overall philanthropic giving was rising. The top five funders accounted for nearly 40 percent of all philanthropic support for AAPI communities.

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