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How to get superior returns in VC

David Teten VC

Incubating companies. My experience has been this lever brings three benefits: it lowers origination costs because more founders want to raise capital from you; it enhances your leverage in negotiating with the CEO; and it lowers your failure rate. . They get in early and cheap with very attractive economics.

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Newsletter: Medical selfies are the next big thing + Back on the road in Dubai

OurCrowd

in seed funding led by OurCrowd’s Labs/02 incubator, TechCrunch reports. The startup, part of OurCrowd’s Fresh Start FoodTech Incubator , is accelerating the growth of meat and muscle cells, helping companies in the cultured meat industry increase production. Top Tech News. Star athletes share win as Slinger buys Playsight for $82M.

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Newsletter: Securing water against cyberattack

OurCrowd

This $5M Series A-1 round is being led by Israeli VC firm HIVE 2040 at a pre-money valuation of $11M. recalls Gil Meron when he told friends he was moving to New Zealand to head Sprout , OurCrowd’s agritech incubator created in partnership with Finistere, Fonterra and the New Zealand government. Learn More. It’s just sheep and cows!”