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Foreign investors have a bigger role to play in growing Latin America’s startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

Ricardo Sangion previously launched operations for Facebook and Pinterest in Latin America, before joining operator-led global investors TheVentureCity as partner for first-ticket investments in the region. There has been significant hype around Latin America’s startup success. For good reason, too: Startups have raised $9.3

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

growth from 2020 to 2021. Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined. Family office investments increased by 5x , and corporate venture investments rose 6x , thus opening new capital avenues for founders who found it difficult to raise capital.

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Austin emerges as a city of unicorns and tech giants

TechCrunch

Austin made headlines in 2021 for being “the place” for startup founders and venture capitalists alike to set up shop. That’s why TechCrunch has chosen to shine a spotlight on the city with a special episode of TechCrunch Live centered on the growing startup scene in Austin, Texas. VCs invested over $5.5

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Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders

TechCrunch

5 investors discuss Boston’s resilient tech ecosystem Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify In order to build a startup culture, a city or region needs some key elements in place – like an innovation engine to drive startup ideas. Greg Dracon, a partner at.406

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

TechCrunch

.’s Tech Nation found in 2018 that about 26% of Belfast’s workforce was employed in tech, and it is among cities in the country with the highest growth potential for 2021. With that in mind, we reached out to founders, investors and executives in the city to get an inside look at the state of the current tech startup ecosystem.

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“I guess we’ll know we’ve made it when a woman can get away with behaving like Elon Musk.” Talking With VC Ashley Mayer About Finding Your Career, Taking Box Public, And Why She’s Not Interested In Reading Yet Another Female CEO Takedown

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From Box to Glossier, and Comms to Venture Capital, Ashley Mayer Is Carving a Pretty Unique Path. AM: Angel investing was our collective gateway to building Coalition. We were all at different points in that journey, and in early 2020, we started investing together with pooled scout capital from Thrive Capital.

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The Equity Seller’s Bubble of 2021 Part 2 • 2022 From a Startup Equity Seller’s to an Equity Buyer’s Market

Angel Capital Association

This is Part 2 of a two-part examination of the state of the startup capital market during the past two years. For Part 1 on The Equity Seller’s Bubble of 2021, click here to access the ACA Data Insights Archive. 2 A (temporary) venture capital reset? to 18.2x.

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