TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Sesie Bonsi is the founder and CEO of Bleu , a financial technology platform focused on enabling touchless payment experiences. billion in the first half of 2021 — a fourfold increase from the previous year. But what about those minority founders who don’t have family, friends or connections to lean on for the first $250,000?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

However, one said: “The ecosystem still lacks local funding for the late Series A and beyond rounds.”. managing director, The Lithuanian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. Andrius Milinavicius , founder, Baltic Sandbox. Gabriele Poteliunaite , associate, Change Ventures. Gytenis Galkis , partner, 70V.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

As he noted, making enterprise forecasts is tricky: In 2021, who expected Salesforce to snap up Slack for almost $28 billion, or that Jeff Bezos would hand over the reins of Amazon to Andy Jassy? Salesforce … was quiet in 2021, busy closing the Slack deal. Cecilia Robinson, founder and co-CEO, Tend Health. At least part of it.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

By now you probably know that we’re hosting two TC Early Stage events this year — one on April 1-2 and another on July 8-9 — each with its own set of topics, speakers and content — both designed to help nascent startup founders build a better, more successful business. TC Early Stage 2021 takes place on April 1-2.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. How to get a job in venture capital. Allied Venture Partners.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Vieje Piauwasdy is the director of equity strategy at Secfi , an equity planning platform for startup executives and employees. For example, let’s imagine an engineer who joins a seed-stage software startup and is granted 200,000 stock options at $1 per share. million in federal capital gains taxes under the QSBS exemption — $1.96

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The Nordic countries make up just 4% of Europe’s total population, but they account for a significant amount of venture capital investment. Local investors tend to invest 50% to 90% of their fund into local startups, “but we do look at deal flow in all Nordic countries,” said one. Maybe, maybe not.

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