Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

We believe this consistency in leadership and intuition for where the markets were going in the heady days of 2019–2021 helped us to stay sane in a world that momentarily seemed to have lost its mind and since we have new capital to deploy in the years ahead perhaps I can offer some insights into where we think value will be derived.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

What every startup founder should know about exits. A TechCrunch story captured the investment perspective, and an SOSV post went deeper into the companies’ category breakdown and founder profiles. But what can founders learn from the list about climate tech investors? Share on Twitter. Benjamin Joffe is a partner at HAX.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

It is clear that Black, women, Latinx and LGBTQ+ startup founders face an uphill battle when it comes to getting a share of the VC investment pie in Silicon Valley. That led to the development of a startup incubator focused on Black founders and later a pitch competition.

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500

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Under no circumstances should any of the below content be construed as legal, tax or investment advice from 500 Startups or any of its affiliates. Alluva at 500 Startups: What it was really like being a part of Batch 25 In March of 2019, Alluva was accepted into Batch 25 of 500 Startups.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Ahuja is a serial entrepreneur, co-founder at X10 and founder of Byond Travel. At the 2019 Web Summit , Ahuja joined a delegation of 16 EO members from 11 countries to lead workshops and speed mentoring sessions. 45 days for a typical startup to hire a technology engineer. Written for EO by Vikram Ahuja.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2024

HW: You’ve been a startup founder as well as an executive at larger tech companies. Especially if, say, it’s someone who has only done startups making the case they now want to be at a BigCo, or even more commonly, the BigCo person wanting to join a startup.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

In recent years, calling oneself a startup founder was certainly seen as a flex. In 2019, a report showed that 72% of surveyed entrepreneurs self-reported mental health issues, according to Forbes. TechCrunch: Why is the discussion around African founders’ mental health critical right now?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 13, 2020

Alex starts off his post with this assertion: 2019 was the year when VCs and startup founders soured on paid acquisition. I am not sure if that is true, but if it is, it suggests a dramatic change in the startup playbook. Back in 2011, I wrote: He said “every company needs a marketing budget.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Regardless, the data set that came together felt worthy of sharing for its specificity and breadth — and so other startup founders can learn from how some of their peer group are performing. Er, no, it raised a $51 million Series C in 2019. from Q4 2019 to Q3 2020 per the executive, which is still great.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Though some businesses may never be truly sustainable, a venture firm in Seoul argues that emerging climate-tech startups will help big manufacturers do better overall. I spoke with Sopoong chief executive Max Sang-Yeop Han , a serial entrepreneur who joined Sopoong in 2016 and acquired the firm in 2019, to learn about the VC’s plans.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

When Female Invest launched in 2019, it did so with the goal of creating a community where women who wanted to invest in the stock market, but weren’t sure where to start, could gain the knowledge and confidence to take the plunge. ” The team at Gaia felt the same way, Mads Sverre Willumsen, a co-founder and CTO told TechCrunch.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 3, 2021

Most startups fail—up to 90% in 2019—and unfortunately, more often than not, the founders themselves are responsible. Financial reasons are often cited as one of the most common factors for startup failures, and these are, of course, hugely important. Conflicting co-founder expectations.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

Watch/listen to the Interview: In this interview Richard Liew talks with James Burnes , Chief Executive at Ministry of Awesome , a Christchurch New Zealand based startup hub helping high growth startups throughout New Zealand to start, grow and scale up.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

As the name implies, the new fund will focus on investing in women, as well as other historically excluded founders “of all ages, life stages, ethnicities and sexual orientations,” the company says. “Peanut’s StartHER fund opens the door to founders looking for that early funding.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

As of 2019, 81% of all venture capital funds worldwide are clustered in just a handful of countries, primarily in the U.S., This lack of diversity is mirrored in the gender and racial composition of founders who receive VC funding. At the same time, Black and Latinx founders received less than 2.3% of all U.S.-based of all U.S.-based

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

For startup founders, the following leadership traits are key. Given how quickly word spreads in the startup community, you can’t risk earning a reputation as a “me first” founder. Entrepreneurs wear many hats: the role of marketing, sales, day-to-day operations and more all fall on your shoulders. Accountability.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 3, 2021

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and nationwide protests, venture capital firms are making newfound commitments to invest in, or at least evaluate, potential investments that are led by diverse founders. million donation-based fund intended to grow to $15 million to invest in “underserved” founders.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Both of my co-founders are on H-1Bs and had green cards in the works with our former company.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

Andreessen Horowitz’s recent hire of former Jordan Park Group Chief Investment Officer Michel Del Buono suggests the venture capital firm is getting into startup founder wealth management. This is just one of the numerous internal programs that the venture capital giant offers to founders.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Created by DocSend It’s clear that 2020 has thrown a wrench in the gears of startup fundraising; conferences are canceled, meetings are virtual and spontaneous, in-person investor/founder meet-and-greets are almost completely nonexistent. Founders can learn from the experience of other startups to best navigate this situation.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Data reveals Women Entrepreneurs Gaining Ground On the startup side, according to the 2024 Wells Fargo Impact of Women -Owned Business Report, between 2019 and 2023 women-owned businesses grew at nearly double the rate of those owned by men which was exceeded during 2022 to 2023, reaching 4.5 In contrast, male-only founded U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2023

I’m excited to announce the co-founder and CEO of Habi, Brynne McNulty Rojas, is joining me on an extra-special edition of TechCrunch Live on April 12 at 12 p.m. Brynne leads the hot real estate startup out of Colombia, which reached unicorn status last year with a $200 million raise. The topic is uncertainty.

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

Co-founders Kristen Anderson and Andrew Ambrosino started Catch in 2019 and raised $6.1 The company is looking into its own HSA product as well as disability insurance and other products to further differentiate it from other startups, for example, Spot , Super.mx million previously, giving it a total of $18.1

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Y Combinator

MARCH 30, 2021

We’ve been talking about the unique challenges facing women founders for years, but the pandemic was particularly hard for women looking to start their own companies. in 2019 to 2.3% Frankly, we’re still thinking about Anu’s incredible advice for women founders. The third trait founders need is resourcefulness.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Dear Sophie: Can I transfer my H-1B to a startup I founded? Dear Sophie, I’m the founder of an early-stage, two-year-old fintech startup.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Voltron will be deploying capital to roughly 30 startups, mostly in pre-seed and seed-stage across Africa, in a bid to “address the severe lack of access to early-stage funding for African tech companies.” Non-traditional startup founder to an angel investor. Abe Choi (Co-founder, Voltron).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Whether you’re in people ops, a founder or seeking a job in Silicon Valley, I would love to answer your questions in my next column.”.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

How did fashion marketplace Poshmark go from posting regular losses in 2019 to generating net income in 2020? Automotive writer Kirsten Korosec interviewed Zoox co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson to learn more about the vehicle’s development and how the company overcame a series of technical and legal challenges. @yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

As an experienced startup founder, Acumen CEO and co-founder Nevo Alva has seen engineering teams struggle as they grow due to a lack of data and insight into how the teams are performing. He and his co-founders launched Acumen to give companies that missing visibility.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 10, 2019

We were floored by the quality (and quantity) of founders who participated in Startup School 2019. Our deepest thanks go to the founders who worked with us to make the program great. Startup School 2019 stats: 41,777 founders participated. 10,193 founders graduated. 10,193 founders graduated.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

Demand has accelerated exponentially, and the San Francisco-based startup saw its revenue grow “3x” in 2020 compared to 2019, although execs declined to provide hard figures. Herman is not your typical startup founder, having dropped out of high school and starting his own recruitment agency at the age of 21.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

Prior to joining TechCrunch, reporter Haje Jan Kamps worked at VC fund Bolt, where he interacted directly with early-stage founders. “The corollary of that is that I suspect a lot of founders don’t really know how venture capital works.” As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

If you want a shot to compete against some of the most innovative early-stage startups in the world, apply to Startup Battlefield here before the application window closes on May 13 at 11:59 pm (PT). Want a few more details about how Startup Battlefield works? Still need a nudge? Keep reading. You’ll find them here.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Whether you’re in people ops, a founder or seeking a job in Silicon Valley, I would love to answer your questions in my next column.”.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Delegate Connect founders Jordan Walsh and Jacob Thomas. The Melbourne-based startup announced today it has raised $10 million AUD (about $7.3 The Melbourne-based startup announced today it has raised $10 million AUD (about $7.3 The two finished building the platform at the end of 2019 and launched it in January 2020.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

But Playfair transitioned into more of a pre-seed firm with its second fund announced in 2019 , a focus that it’s maintaining for its new £57 million ($70 million) third fund, which it’s announcing today. “That’s where we like to look,” Smith said.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Limited partners in the vehicle include Mizuho Bank, Mitsubishi Estate, Shinsei Bank, Pavilion Capital, Founders Found, Dai-ichi Life Insurance, GREE, and undisclosed domestic and international institutional investors. We want our founders to focus on building without the pressure of a VC looking for a quick exit,” Riney told TechCrunch.

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