A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2023

Because most startups avoided raising in 2022, there will be a glut of startup companies in the market for capital this year and while there is plenty of venture capital sitting on the sidelines waiting to be deployed, VCs will be much more selective, instead of funding everything that moves as we’ve done over the last few years.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 26, 2023

We are deeply grateful to our dedicated volunteers and professional staff for their leadership, expertise and dedication to our mission. In 2022, ACA's first formal DEI Task Force worked throughout the year to build on the momentum of 2021. In 2023, The Summit of Angel Investing is moving west to Vegas!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 8, 2024

We’ve helped our portfolio companies with introductions with potential customers, board members, key employees, and advisors.” “Our membership includes a wide range of skill sets, allowing us to tap into our wider network. The beauty about being a leader is that you get to create a world where you can make a difference.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Don’t miss a first-of-its-kind event co-hosted by EO and YPO Live: Leading@Scale with Verne Harnish on 22 February 2022 from 2:22pm –5:22pm ET. The qualitative data will guide your senior leadership team on how to react to the quantitative data. How does your manager’s leadership style impact on your productivity?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 31, 2023

Introduced in March 2002, it only started to gain traction as an issue of concern among business leaders when US government data on productivity , released in August 2022, showed a sharp, unexpected drop in Q1 and Q2 of 2022. Is remote work responsible for Quiet Quitting? In reality, data shows the opposite trend.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

The industry has obviously changed enormously in 2022 but in many ways it feels like a “return to normal” that we have seen many times in our industry. Obviously the funding environment has changed considerably in 2022 but as early-stage investors our daily jobs stay largely unchanged.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For the time being, the board replaced him with Kenneth Kinyua , the former CEO of Kopo Kopo, a Pan-African payments business, who recently joined Dash for a regional leadership role in East Africa. However, Dash’s board, in a joint statement, communicated a different angle regarding the former chief’s current status to TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

Now, as the company he started nearly a decade ago prepares to IPO, Mehta says that he will be stepping down as executive chairman and transitioning off the board of directors once the company goes public. Stepping off the board will allow me to do just that.”. — Apoorva Mehta (@apoorva_mehta) July 22, 2022.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

As part of the transaction , Vangelov told TechCrunch that he will join Starco’s board and is getting shares in the new company, while himself and Soylent’s shareholders will become the largest single voting block in Starco. He and the board chose to partner with Starco Brands. Other financial details were not disclosed.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Hershenson also serves on the board of trustees of Harvey Mudd College and on the Advisory Council of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University. With over 20 years of leadership and entrepreneurial experience in technology and media, Jim Lanzone has a proven track record of driving growth and innovation.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

I don’t think Audrey was particularly well supported by her high-profile board members. A great board member helps you catch your blind spots. Not that any of her non-Black board members (i.e. I wish I had been in that board room in the Summer of 2020. To lay that problem solely on her, however, is unfair.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Early indications show funding to digital health startups in Q4 2022 fell so much , they’re close to levels last seen in 2019. A company built for the long term should have clinical experts as part of its leadership to ensure that care is always based on the patient’s medical needs as well as maintain quality control.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 31, 2023

Launched in August 2022, Hybr1d offers a comprehensive solution for businesses to optimize their HR and IT processes, from onboarding to employee off-boarding. Hybr1d’s leadership comprises seasoned entrepreneurs Yoan Kamalski, Pauline Wetzer, and Aditya Anand, founders of Hmlet, FOERNI, and Tellephant, respectively.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

Smart said that group revenue in 2022 was £67 million, up 65% increase compared to 2021. It is also a resounding vote of confidence in the UK’s fintech sector, and its leadership in financial services provision,” co-founders Andrew Evans and Will Wynne said in a joint statement. It also claims to have £5.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Friday, February 4, 2022! The TechCrunch team is getting pretty stoked for our 2022 slate of live and online events. Throw in the tea from Better.com, Bolt and other firms, and 2022 is shaping up to be a year of tech drama. PST, subscribe here. You can sign up here.). Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

In the first half of 2022, large tech M&A transactions included Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, Google buying Mandiant for $5.4 Management teams, boards and shareholders have had time to adjust to the drop in valuations and will be more amenable to an acquisition at a reasonable price. Acquisition criteria.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

Wyvern , which is working specifically on hyperspectral imaging (imaging that captures light across many different wavelengths, including non-visible ones) is also joining Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 cohort. Robson told me about how that key leadership team member came onboard.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 18, 2023

The investment comes from GR 2022 Holdings Inc, headed by Mr. Radhakrishnan Gurusamy. ” Speaking about the funding, Mr. Radhakrishnan Gurusamy of GR 2022 Holdings Inc said, “ e-con Systems is a company with an amazing team of engineers and products that are used by leading companies worldwide. consystems.com.

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Angel Capital Association

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Since launching publicly in 2022, the Angel Investor Foundation (AIF) has raised over $1.4M Membership Marketing In 2022, progress on the Seed the Future Campaign allowed ACA to hire its first Marketing Director, Dannielle Stewart. towards the set $2.3M Dr. Margaret Bacheler with Bill & Ann Payne.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

After 10 years of leading the Impact Hub Network , Gabriela Gandel will move into a new role on our global board of the Impact Hub Association in 2022. She’ll hand over to Tatiana Glad, who steps into the Executive Director role as of January 2022. Global leadership pioneering meetings. Leadership team.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Over the past five years in particular, we have evolved our organization with the addition of best-in-class leadership, investing talent, and infrastructure. Months after the departure, Tan said that Ohanian isn’t leaving the firm altogether but is instead stepping into a board partner role at Initialized. — Garry Tan ???

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

It’s great to see more women in leadership roles in the fintech community. Landsman had been an independent Stash board member since mid-2022 and has previously served in operations and leadership roles at Jet.com, Citigroup, BlackRock and E-Trade. Her appointment became effective February 6.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

today closed a $30 million additional investment from Fidelity Management & Research Company with participation from Lip-Bu Tan (who’s joining the board) and previous investors, concluding the startup’s Series B. billion market by 2022, according to Markets and Markets. After emerging from stealth in 2019, Sima.ai

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

The uncertain economic landscape of 2022 has left businesses and their founders between a rock and a hard place. The document was not meant to live in isolation — instead, it was a foundation upon which to build in collaboration with investors, board members and senior leadership teams. More posts by this contributor.

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OurCrowd

MAY 24, 2022

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Remilk, the food-tech innovator reimagining dairy, announced Kobi Altman joined its leadership team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Secretary of the Board of Directors. Read more here.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

Education: In 2022, the ACA worked to professionalize and expand our education through the addition of a Director of Education and the availability of Angel University online. Launched the new Boards in Action course, available in March as part of the AU winter term. 40+ individuals earned the Advanced Angel Investing certificate.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

We owe a debt of gratitude to our tireless volunteers and professional staff for their leadership, expertise, and dedication to our mission. In 2021, ACA launched its first formal DEI Task Force, made up of a diverse group of ACA members, board leaders, and ecosystem champions.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

The company declined to disclose a valuation when it took in the earlier slice of equity and debt last year, so the Barcelona-based startup is sounding more confident going into 2022 versus spring 2021. It has solidified its leadership position over the last two years in challenging times for the travel industry, emerging stronger than ever.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Since our initial investment, Miro has scaled with tremendous momentum, strong market leadership, and incredible product velocity,” said Matthew Jacobson, general partner at Iconiq Growth and Miro board member, in a written statement. “We However, with statistics showing that 53% of the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Our goal is to have over 1,000 enterprise and midmarket customers and more than 1 million students using the platform by the end of 2022,” Melo told TechCrunch.”. Federico Storani, executive director of Riverwood Capital, is joining UBITS’ board as part of the financing.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 10, 2023

In this week’s edition, we discuss How to find funding for your startup as valuations and terms return to pre-bubble norms The top-rated business books of 2022 Let’s do this. A real board, including a board seat for the lead investor, and perhaps a board observer role for a second large investor.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

4 trends that will define e-commerce in 2022. The company also rounded out its leadership team, most notably bringing on Karen Brewer, who previously worked at Cisco, as chief marketing officer, and Stacy Saal, who previously worked at Amazon, as chief operating officer. In 2021, fabric experienced 4.5

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Maybe if we all say something nice to them… From angel to the board room : Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is the newest board member of audiovisual startup Chroma, a company Stone began investing in two years ago. A peek behind the curtains : Tage breaks down how African startups raised venture capital in 2022. Sarah has more.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 7, 2021

While attending medical school, but before graduating, he became president of the MSU Olin Health Center Student Health Advocacy Program, which won “Best Program for Student Welfare” for the first time in its history under his leadership.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

We cannot authentically discuss keeping women in leadership or the workforce at large without addressing their care need,” Kim said. . “As we look ahead to launching with some of the nation’s largest employers in 2022, we are on track to grow to cover more than 1 million lives,” Kim said. .

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 14, 2023

October 12, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved the first investment in an emerging New Jersey company from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF). The NJIEF, launched in 2022, is a groundbreaking tool to increase access to strategic resources and venture capital in New Jersey.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

North America is also a growth territory for the company, where it has already opened an office in Vancouver, with plans to open a New York office in 2022 as well. The company has 60 employees, up from 20 last year, and Taylor expects to add 40 more in the next year, including rounding out its leadership team with a head of product.

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