A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we enter 2024, the capital markets have found their footing and are moving higher. That is good news for the innovation economy because healthy capital markets are a necessary support system. However, optimistic capital markets are necessary but not sufficient for a healthy innovation economy. We also need innovation.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

But progress is being made as seen in the rising number of women-led venture funds that focus on funding women entrepreneurs. billion of total venture capital. of all VC funds raised in 2022 to 17.2%—seen as part of a decade-long trend. According to the PitchBook data, in 2022 U.S.-based This was a drop from the 2.4%

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

The head VC guy seems a little bit… weird. Since then, I’ve raised 5 more times for my companies and also advised various VCs and accelerators on tens of deals. Source: FasterCapital The biggest red flag for VCs is when startups start raising without any traction or before their MVP.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Holidays, cheer, and daydreaming about what shenanigans we’ll get ourselves into in 2024. Yes, 2024, because clearly we’re just going to skip past all of 2023. Celebrity strong arm : Plant-based food brand Huel’s newest capital raise comes with a side of Idris Elba, Christine writes. Startups and VC. PDT, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

“Insurtech startups that do not offer embedded insurance, and rather provide other innovative solutions will still attract VC funding this year, especially if they can show cost-efficient and sustainable growth,” said Nina Mayer, a principal at Earlybird. Wechsler said, “Many firms who dabbled in insurtech (A.K.A.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2022

Register South Korea’s leading accelerator program K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , considered ‘a gateway’ to do business in Asia, invites global startups to participate. The spending per buyer in e-commerce is forecasted to go from $2,600 in 2019 to $4,300 in 2024. Korean people are active social media users.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Startups and VC. AM Ventures raised $100 million for industrial 3D printing , writes Haje. And Valkyrie looks to raise $30 million for its new crypto VC arm , Anita writes. This may have it going mission-to-mission with Relativity and Impulse, which are planning to launch a rover to Mars in 2024.

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