A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 1, 2021

When I look at all of the opportunities we are currently considering plus all of the investments we have made this year to date, what stands out most to me is the location of the founders and teams. And very little of it is in western Europe where most of our non-US investing has been for the last decade.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Register Asia Pacific-based early-stage VC Investible has announced the appointment of Charlie Ill to the newly-created role of group Chief Investment Officer, as well as the promotions of Jayden Basha to Principal and Ben Lindsay to Investment Manager. In the past three months, Investible has deployed A$9.8m

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

The dynamics that play into this forecast, aside from the impact of COVID, include a youthful population (the youngest globally), rising smartphone adoption and internet penetration that has led to a burgeoning tech ecosystem backed by local and international VC dollars. million jobs due to Google’s $1 billion investment in the continent.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 14, 2021

It may be silly and crazy, but it has also been a good investment for my friend and anyone who bought it in the early years. The combination of memes and investing is a powerful cocktail that I have been ignoring for a long time, probably incorrectly. It is easy to dismiss meme investing. That may change. Or it may not.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

If you are parsing the public-market carnage this morning, you might expect that Chinese venture capitalists would pull back their investment cadence. One key surprise in 2021 was the fact that despite a regulatory barrage from the central government , Chinese startups had a pretty good year when it came to raising capital.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Venture capitalists pin their hopes and expectations on revenue because it’s a clear signal of how quickly their investment may grow. “In 2021, profitability — measured by free cash flow (FCF) margins — not revenue growth, had the higher correlation to positive stock returns in the software sector. More valuable, in other words.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2023

billion) in 2021. billion) for VC by the end of 2022. Corporate investors, individuals and family offices, and financial institutions were the top sources of funding for PE, while government agencies and investment companies, sovereign wealth funds, and corporate investors were the top sources for VC. billion (MYR16.08

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

African tech took center stage in 2021. The number of deals in 2021 grew 73% year-on-year from 244 deals in 2020. Briter Bridges : In 2020, the publication reported that fintech companies accounted for 31% of the total VC funding. In 2021, fintech startups got 63% of the continent’s total investments.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

Post-money valuations were inflated by market expectations in 2021, but they were also inflated by the underlying mechanics of the valuation model itself. The miracle year of 2021. For founders, employees and VCs alike, 2021 must’ve seemed like a miracle year. versus 471 a year earlier.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

We’re entering a messy middle where prices continue to drop and the “2021” deal, industry slang for an investment made at an exorbitant price, is long gone. The VC landscape has started to bifurcate, and it will continue to do so during 2023 both for fundraising and investments. Fundraising: A tale of two worlds.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). How to find a job as a VC scout. VC recruiters list and compensation data.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 30, 2021

I co-wrote this essay with Prabhat Gusain , currently the Chief of Staff at Caffeinated Capital; formerly an intern with Versatile VC ; and a 2021 MBA from UVA Darden. VC firms looking for fundable founders. In a very small number of geographies, there is no shortage of VC funds (NY, CA, Boston, Israel, Beijing).

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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

JULY 1, 2021

Brighteye Ventures’ analysis showed that VC investments in European edtech had breached $1 billion in a calendar year for the first time, even without GoStudent’s mega-round, with six months left to go. Edtech deal flow in 2021 looks set to match or even outpace 2020 levels, per the report: At $9.4

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

Not surprisingly, 2021 saw a boom in edtech investment across a spectra of investors. Indeed, edtech investment in 2020 and 2021 equaled the amount raised during the entire 2014-2019 period. Our 2021 funding report , released today, highlights key global growth and activity metrics in edtech with a focus on Europe.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

That’s the top-level finding of a new PitchBook report that looked at VC trends toward the end of 2022, specifically Q4, including investments made at the seed, late-stage and nearing-the-exit levels. billion invested across an estimated 7,261 deals,” the report said.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

For the better part of a decade, VC firms and growth equity funds have plowed nearly $42 billion into battery technology startups across almost 1,700 deals, according to an analysis by PitchBook and TechCrunch. What’s more, about 75% of the investments in that period happened in the last two years alone. Let’s dig in.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Now we are staring down the end of 2020 and looking toward what we all hope is a better, safer 2021. Is traveling to a conference the best way for a founder to have a chance at meeting the VC who is right to support their business? What will this new year bring? We’ll interact through a mix of the old and the new.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 15, 2020

In the most recent Pitchbook 2021 predictions , they project that Silicon Valley will make up less than 20% of all VC deals in 2021. In the first decade of USV, the 2000s, we mostly invested in NYC and Silicon Valley. In the second decade of USV, the 2010s, we invested throughout North America and Western Europe.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions. 2021 was a year like no other when it came to venture investment, and this year is poised to tread a similar path, writes 500 Global’s CEO and co-founder, Christine Tsai. 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

After years of rosy projections, growth and investor enthusiasm, a new report from PitchBook shows that VC activity in the AI sector declined precipitously over the past few months. quarter over quarter in Q2 2022, with overall investments reaching $20.2 Year to date, VCs have funneled $48.2 billion across 1,340 deals.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The former commercial chief (Product, Sales and Marketing) at PayPal, he now leads fintech investing at Matrix Partners, where he also invests in consumer marketplaces and enterprise software. Fintechs could see $100 billion of liquidity in 2021. Private markets followed public markets in making 2021 a record-setting year.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

What you should know about working with corporate venture investment committees. SPACs are the construct VCs need to fund clean tech. This narrative falls short when you consider data that goes back beyond 2021. Finally, as higher interest rates try to tame inflation, fears of recession grow and slow the pace of investment.

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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. So far in 2021, only about 27% of U.S. 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.

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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

JANUARY 18, 2022

This was another blockbuster year for global venture funding, with 2021 breaking records across the board. Last year, a total of $643 billion was invested globally, according to Crunchbase News , compared with $335 billion in 2020 – that’s 92% growth year over year. Deal activity is at record highs.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

Global data was clear: The 2021 venture capital startup investment cycle was record-breaking ; around the world, startups raised more money than ever before, with individual geographies posting all-time hauls. PitchBook data collected on the European 2021 investment cycle pegs venture activity at €102.9 What’s at stake?

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

billion in total investment during Q1 2022, an all-time high that bested the prior record (Q4 2021) by around $400 million. 461 total blockchain-focused startup deals in the first quarter of 2022, some 60 deals over the prior record (Q4 2021). Recall that in its Q4 2021 earnings , Coinbase said the following:

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FundersClub

JANUARY 21, 2022

We'd like to congratulate FundersClub portfolio companies on their ongoing progress, as well as to welcome aboard their new VC investor partners. We invested at Seed, Series B, and Series D. We invested at Seed, Series B, and Series C. We invested at Seed. We invested at Seed, Series B, and Series C.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

With global corporate-venture-capital-backed (CVC) funding reaching $79 billion across 2,099 deals in the first half of 2021, according to CB Insights , the chances are high that startups will find great opportunities with this growing investor set. The arbiters of investment.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Luis Daniel Arbulú, partner at Salkantay, told TechCrunch via email that the fund is “the country’s largest VC fund” as per PitchBook and Crunchbase data. Lunden wrote that it is “the first fund EQT Growth has raised specifically for tech investments, and it stands as one of the biggest first-time growth funds in Europe to date.”.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2023

Sweden-based VC fund Pale Blue Dot bounced onto the scene in 2020 with a €53 million fund to help climate-focused startups. This fund grew again by €34 million in April 2021 , and after deploying investments into 28 climate-forward companies, the investor this week announced it has officially closed its second fund.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 14, 2023

While Kaya Founders remains open to investments across various sectors, they will pay closer attention to companies operating in D2C e-commerce, B2B marketplace, future of work, climate tech, and generative AI. With a focus on nurturing startups, Kaya Founders is particularly interested in supporting home-grown ventures in the Philippines.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

Investing in private markets has long been reserved for the ultra-rich. The new fund will be evergreen, meaning it will have an indefinite life, a structure that unlike the traditional VC model provides investors with the ability to come and go as they please. Fundrise manages over $2.8

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

Plus, you get to hear feedback from some of the smartest folks in the industry, thus learning how to absolutely crush it at your next pitch meeting with a VC. On August 4, Extra Crunch Live will feature startups exhibiting in the Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 in September. Register here for free!

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

Dayna Grayson has been in venture capital for more than a decade and was one of the first VCs to build a portfolio around the transformation of industrial sectors of our economy. It should come as no surprise, then, that we’re absolutely thrilled to have Grayson join us at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 in September.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

in a seed investment round led by La Famiglia VC , out of Berlin, the €250M fund raise for which we covered just last month. The company was founded in November 2021 by Alexandre Seifert and Paul Martin with its headquarters in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It’s now secured $3.8M Germany’s XaaS platform Equipme secures $3.8M

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