Hunter Walk

JUNE 26, 2023

Chris Neumann (of Canada’s Panache Ventures ) checks these boxes so I asked him to come on my blog (currently less consistent, hopefully still the other two) for Five Questions. Hunter Walk: So why venture capital, why early stage, and why Canada? After DataHero was acquired, I felt like it was time to try something new.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. Venture capitalists often come from an operating background. Venture Capital. Asian Venture Capital Journal (free trial).

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 5, 2015

It''s my favorite thing to teach as well--and I''ll be giving a class at Startup Institute this Tuesday night about it. They''re a career accelerator, which is a pretty neat concept--doing what YC and Techstars do for startups, but for your career. When I took the job, the New York startup ecosystem was nascent.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

One of the first decisions we had to make in setting up our new VC fund, Versatile Venture Capital , was our CRM and marketing technology infrastructure. . Linkedin : Versatile Venture Capital / David Teten personal. Tim Friedman, Founder, PEStack , and a Venture Partner with Versatile Venture Capital , said, . “We

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

As Italy reinstates many COVID-19 restrictions, the country’s tech ecosystem is watching and waiting to see what the wider effects of the emergency will be. Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade.

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

Our pitch competition in the Space Coast featured startups from the Space Coast region and other rising cities from across the country whose core focus relates to space, drone, aviation technologies, or adjacent focus areas. What advice would you offer entrepreneurs in Orlando? What advice would you offer entrepreneurs in your city?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Plenty of good funding rounds, a highly skilled workforce and a strong entrepreneurial culture have given Amsterdam a booming startup ecosystem. In 2020, the venture industry continued to invest in startups, despite the COVID-19 crisis. Nick Kalliagkopoulos , partner, Prime Ventures. •

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

While 80% of startups fail within their first 2-5 years, over 95% of startups on Tech Nation’s accelerator programs have gone on to scale, it claims. Whatever you think of them, good or bad, the death of Tech Nation is the end of an era for the startup ecosystem in the UK.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2021

With more venture funding flowing into the startup ecosystem than ever before, there’s never been a better time to be a growth expert. His advice spanned hiring, structure and analysis, with plenty of recommendations for where growth teams should be focusing their attention and resources. How to define growth.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

Having spent close on a decade working in and reporting on our small but burgeoning startup ecosystem, and a decade before that “building my chops” in other various entrepreneurial endeavours, I am familiar with the toll that entrepreneurship can exact on founder mental health.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Weirdly, this seems underrated in the startup ecosystem. For instance, it is now possible to find online advice from leading venture funds on how to raise your first dollars or to get pitch feedback from one of their partners, when a few years ago it would mostly happen behind closed doors within top accelerators.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

tl;dr + Techstars was once one of the world’s leading accelerator programs, but has steadily been eclipsed by Y combinator. It’s fair to say that the Seattle startup community would not be where it is today without Techstars. But it also created two big problems for Techstars as a business: cash flow and brand identity.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2022

But the transition from tech-focused research group to product-focused startup isn’t easy to make; fortunately three experts in the matter joined us at TC Sessions: Robotics to discuss a few ways to get through it successfully. It’s not exactly advice, but it does show that it pays to strike while the iron is hot.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

.” When early stage equity markets “behave,” angels and venture capitalists are attracted to businesses with the potential to solve huge problems and disrupt markets. They provide mentoring, advice, and board of directors participation. That is the way healthy startup ecosystems function.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Ann Arbor continues to be one of the top growing tech ecosystems around the country with some of the best startups to watch. It accelerates enrollment and improve retainment of trial participants. A genomics startup in Ann Arbor is a growing thing, just like cybersecurity. RightBrain Networks.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

The advice is to “be frugal to accommodate to the new situation and roll on.”. As far as green shoots, COVID-19 has “played a role of an accelerator for innovation in many business areas and even e-government and other rigid/conservative industries,” said one. Oleksander Bondarev , associate, Credo Ventures. Lukáš Kone?ný

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. Welcome to the future.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

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. Not even at the accelerator stage this is OK. Do you value their mentorship and advice?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m inspired by the enthusiasm of the young, emerging startup ecosystem that is here. I was meeting with a first-time CEO of a very promising young startup recently and offering my advice on what his priorities should be. or the countless other successful startup firms. Venture Capital. Who’s in?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

Tapping into someone else’s experience is a tried-and-true method, which is why two-time Y Combinator participant Chris Morton wrote a guest post for Extra Crunch with advice for founders hoping to be accepted by the famed accelerator. Julie Ruvolo, director of venture capital, LAVCA. Ethan Choi, partner, Accel.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. Daniel Cohen , partner, Viola Ventures. Ben Wiener , partner, Jumpspeed Ventures. Inbal Perlman , partner, TAU Ventures. Dror Nahumi , partner, Norwest Venture Partners. Boaz Dinte, Qumra Capital.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

InvestNext is a Detroit fintech startup that has created a platform to streamline how real estate investment firms raise and manage capital. million seed round , led by Hyde Park Venture Partners with participation from Whitecap Venture Partners, DVP, Grand Ventures and ID Ventures. They recently closed a $4.3

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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. Espen Malmo , founding partner, Skyfall Ventures. Magne Uppman , managing partner, SNÖ Ventures. What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2021

“Most of the startups I give advice to about how to raise venture capital shouldn’t be raising venture capital,” an investor recently told me. Venture capital is still a heavily white, male-led industry, and as a result contains bias that disproportionately limits access for underrepresented founders.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. For example, I’m an investor via ff Venture Capital in: – Plated.com is a meal kit company, delivering you the recipe and fresh ingredients to make a gourmet meal in your own kitchen. Why is that?

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. For example, I’m an investor via ff Venture Capital in: – Plated.com is a meal kit company, delivering you the recipe and fresh ingredients to make a gourmet meal in your own kitchen. Why is that?

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