A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

There is a chicken and egg problem in financing crypto projects. And so crypto projects get stuck in this never never land and have to craft crazy frankenstein financings or risk getting sued by the SEC (and/or both) in order to raise money and get their tokens in the hands of community members.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 15, 2024

“Metropolis has developed a new growth buyout model, demonstrating how innovation and technology can evolve legacy industries for the 21st century,” said Tony Minella, Co-Founder and President of E ldridge Industries , an existing investor in Metropolis that led the recent financing transaction. The financing included $1.05

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

While most African pre-seed investments in 2020 went to fintech, there were exceptions, including Egyptian edtech startup Zedny, which raised $1.2 Yele Bademosi, who runs Microtraction , a West African early-stage VC firm, is the CEO of Bundle Africa , a Nigerian-based crypto-exchange startup that raised $450,000 in April 2020. .

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

million Americans filed a business application in 2020, 500,000 more than in 2019. While it may sound obvious, your finances are one of the most critical elements of any business. In this article, you’ll learn five tips for getting your new business finances set up for success this year. Are you a member of this group?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Contributed by Madhavan Sivashankar , chief executive officer and founder, Gulf International Finance Limited. Sivashankar has been a member of EO UAE since October 2020. . When my business plans took a significant turn in March 2020, owing to lockdowns implemented to prevent the spread of Covid 19, my initial feeling was remorse.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2020

It’s 2020. So, I am starting out 2020 in an optimistic mood and here are some predictions for the decade that we are now in. Time to look forward to the decade that is upon us. This is an important decade for mankind. 1/ The looming climate crisis will be to this century what the two world wars were to the previous one.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 28, 2021

During an online business workshop in December 2020, the presenter asked me whether our venture was a hobby or a business. You’re in charge of operations, sales, marketing and finance. In 2020, I took a bold step that I had been considering for years. With a business, the owner is all-in and committed to making it a success.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The first investment I led in the late 80s was a financing that provided the funds to acquire a programming editor called Brief. I have been investing in developer tools since the earliest days of my VC career. It was a text-based editor for PCs. That investment worked out but we didn’t make a lot of money on it.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 23, 2020

The three analysts will act as the three founders of a company and we will simulate three rounds of financings and then a sale of the company. As I prepared for it this weekend, I decided to create the bare bones of a google sheet that will have one tab for the cap table and another for the liquidation waterfall.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

-based startup Adaplay Esports, tweeted that African startups had “already raised $500 [million] in 2021,” which he contrasted positively to what he described as a full-year 2020 result of $1.4 billion in 2021 if current trends hold, a healthy increase from the 2020 figure. So this morning, let’s do a little digging.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

One of the most important elements of a business plan is a financing request, or the amount of funding your business is requesting of potential investors. Writing a financing request means taking a measured approach, and there’s no need to downplay the amount of capital necessary for your business. Financing request, summarized.

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Dream It

JULY 29, 2020

Today, the company announced closing $1M in additional seed financing. With the platform pressure tested by over five thousand users a month across multiple large healthcare facilities, this financing will enable TrekIT to focus on customer acquisition and filling key sales and customer-facing roles as more accounts go online.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

The pandemic of 2020 has tested most sectors of the economy. Alex Haro says that when they only had a few weeks of runway left and weren’t sure if their next round of financing was going to close, they tried every crazy idea they could think of. But chronic stress is something that can become debilitating.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Devin Salinas joined the Entrepreneurs’ Organization in early 2020. One of the best pieces of advice I ever received—and that I consistently share with my clients—is that we should never make long-term decisions based on short-term emotions or circumstances, particularly when it comes to our finances. Seek professional advice.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

million downloads to make it “the largest and first Black-owned personal finance platform” to do so, Rodney Williams, co-founder and president of SoLo, told TechCrunch. The community finance company defines the claim “as a business-to-consumer personal finance banking solution, U.S.-based

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 13, 2020

USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — Apr 12, 2020 Help Promote Earth Day Live Hannah Murdoch — Apr 8, 2020 What We’re Learning About How We Learn Hanel Baveja — Apr 8, 2020 What We’re Learning About How We Learn Nick Grossman — Apr 3, 2020 Quarantine Creativity. It makes a lot of sense.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 27, 2020

Here is a screenshot of a part of Adyen’s income statement from Yahoo Finance : So Adyen operated in the last twelve months with an 18.7% Here is a screenshot of a part of Macy’s income statement from Yahoo Finance : So Macy’s operated at a 40.1% An example of that is the Dutch payment processing company Adyen.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2025

billion, achieved in under five years since its founding in 2020. A Platform for All Industries Islands product is already being used across a wide array of industries, including finance, government, higher education, manufacturing, hospitality, and retail. This latest raise propels the companys valuation to an impressive $4.8

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 15, 2020

Following our Global Money Week Facebook chat on money management, budgeting, and financial planning in March 2020, we noticed an influx of questions about how to best manage your money and project growth during uncertain times. Here are some additional resources to help you strengthen your business and your personal finances.

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StartupNation

JULY 12, 2021

March 2020 was a month no business owner will soon forget. in February 2020 to 14.8% In response to these dire circumstances, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was signed into law in April 2020. Equipment finance: Fixed rates in the mid-single digits to mid-teens depending on credit quality. Source: [link] ).

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 20, 2020

Since writing that post, we have watched a bunch of our portfolio companies close financings, some on the same terms as provided before the pandemic and some on slightly adjusted terms. USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — Apr 18, 2020 A Plan for Rapidly Ramping COVID19 Testing. But our experience doesn’t match that scorn.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

This happens slowly because while public markets trade daily and prices then adjust instantly, private markets don’t get reset until follow-on financing rounds happen which can take 6–24 months. We’ll just wait until companies that last raised in 2019 or 2020 come to market.” This translates to about 12–15 investments.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

USV TEAM POSTS: Hanel Baveja — Sep 1, 2020 Mental Healthcare 3.0. All of this is outlined in the Bolster Founding Manifesto which explains why they started this company. We have done that before with Twilio, MongoDB, Carta, Sift, and a host of other companies. It’s a double whammy and it pays off in so many ways.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Our portfolio company Numerai , which operates the crowdsourced Numerai Hedge Fund and is the creator of the Numeraire crypto token introduced their latest effort, Numerai Signals , with this video yesterday: USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — Oct 10, 2020 Innovation Upends Extrapolation: Urbanization.

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Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

— samir kaji (@Samirkaji) April 7, 2020 To guide startups through the confusion, Dreamit interviewed three leaders helping startups secure emergency funding from different perspectives as bankers, attorneys, and investors. The information on this page was updated on April 6th, 2020. Last Friday was anything but orderly.

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Source Link

JANUARY 29, 2022

Your local Small Business Development Center (SBDC), which can provide assistance with business planning, access to financing, counseling services and classes. Incubators and coworking spaces offer programing services and are an affordable and efficient alternative to full-scale offices.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 20, 2020

In 2020, Greg will release his newest book, Simple Numbers 2.0: In 2011, Greg’s first book, Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits shares his core principles of how to turn your business into a wealth-building engine. In 2014, Greg contributed a chapter to Verne Harnish’s book, Scaling Up on how to improve profits though labor efficiency.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Finances, when you’re co-parenting, are an issue even in the most amicable of divorces. The daughter of divorced parents herself, Jacklyn Rome founded Onward in 2020 with the aim of helping divorced and separated parents more easily manage their shared expenses. Today, Onward — formerly called Ensemble — raised $9.7

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 23, 2021

Every business owner wants it, especially after the economic roller coaster and reset of 2020. All business scorecards should reflect a company’s finances, customer interactions, internal workflows, and growth/learning initiatives. Contributed by Jeff Meade, the founder and CEO of MEADE , a management consulting firm.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 30, 2020

If there’s one thing we’ve learned in 2020, it’s that you really can’t be overprepared. Whether it’s related to your personal finances, business growth or world events, one characteristic many entrepreneurs share is a knack for preparedness.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 20, 2022

In 2020, we paid US$6,500 for a container to be shipped and delivered. Our margins dropped from 45% in 2020 to 25% in 2021. . Taken on inventory financing (Ampla) to help spread the investments over time. The carrying cost is offset by buying 2023 materials at 2022 pricing.”. Adjust for margin impact. “In Increased inventory.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

In January 2020, the pair made the fund official, with Aboyeji as general partner and Enegesi as limited partner. ” In a nutshell, the Future Africa Collective, CcHub Syndicate, and Investzilla want to improve access to financing for African founders. CcHub Syndicate, on the other hand , launched in December 2020.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 15, 2020

I wrote a blog post last week in which I said: The second quarter of 2020 is now behind us and we will see the data on it soon. Standing out in the data is a trend for investors to double down on portfolio companies, with follow-on financing activity heavily outweighing first-time financing in the quarter.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 14, 2020

The YLAI Network hosted three experts on financial planning for a Facebook chat in March 2020 for Global Money Week for network members. When looking at personal financing apps and resources, Dr. Decker recommends exploring which apps are available and might best fit your needs. By Jewelle Saunders.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

The latest financing brings its total equity raised since inception to about $450 million, with the company raising $100 million across its seed and Series C rounds. Zac Prince — who comes from a background in consumer lending — founded BlockFi with Flori Marquez in 2017. “In Fintechs could see $100 billion of liquidity in 2021.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Startups involved in B2B e-commerce such as Faire and Mirakl have burst out of the gates in 2020. Financing: It is customary in B2B transactions to pay “with terms,” such as net 30 or net 60, effectively giving a line of credit to the business buyer that enables them to send payment after delivery of the good or service.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

In March 2020, the company made headlines for laying off nearly 300 employees in the face of a slowdown in business related to the pandemic. Greenoaks led the financing, which also included “strong participation” from Elad Gil, Base partners and “all key existing financial investors.” The latest financing is notable for a few reasons.

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