Jason Malki

MARCH 9, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Karen Sheffield, the Founder & Managing Partner of Pachamama Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in US early-stage climate tech companies. She is also a Finance Director at Visa and has previously worked for PepsiCo and American Airlines. How did you break into tech investing?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We received so much positive feedback from our This Week in Venture Capital show walking through valuation calculations & term sheets that we decided to do a Q&A show this week to address topics that entrepreneurs want to learn about. In fact, far better if you haven’t raised venture capital. This is minutes 8-11.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

But if 2011 & 2012 look more like 2008-2009 than 2010 or 2005-2007 then one of the most important skills of angel investors will be whether they can get their companies financed (or ramen profitable, but this is harder to sustain over a long period of time). Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. So if you’re casually reading and don’t really care about angel financing – abort now!

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

When I first read Paul Graham’s blog post on “High Resolution&# Financing I read it as a treatise arguing that convertible notes are better than equity. if you need advice on how to find / work with startup lawyers cheaply click that link). Photo credit: D. Blanchard/O’Reilly Media. and not a min.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 2, 2021

5 Ways to Encourage More Women Into Careers in Venture Capital It’s time to tear open the seemingly impenetrable ‘old boys’ network It’s no secret that founders seek out investors who value diversity and recognize the success that comes from having diverse teams. However, the question of how to make this a reality remains unanswered.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

2021 was a year like no other when it came to venture investment, and this year is poised to tread a similar path, writes 500 Global’s CEO and co-founder, Christine Tsai. The trick, according to Prashant Fonseka, a partner at Tuesday Capital: only ask easy questions. The berserk pace of fintech investing outshines the global VC boom.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Register Healthcare infrastructure, digital health, pharma, and foodtech will be among the industries that will impact the world in 2-3 years, according to Angel Low , principal at early-stage venture capital investor and studio The Hive Southeast Asia. Early-stage financing between RM500,000 to RM5 million.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

From Box to Glossier, and Comms to Venture Capital, Ashley Mayer Is Carving a Pretty Unique Path. And then take your experience and turn it into a piece of thought leadership career advice to share with people reading this. What She’s Learned, And What You Can Learn From Her. We had overlapping circles and then became friends.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

If you’re doing investment pitches, you should read this book. And if you’re a startup CFO, finance lead, bean counter, or presentation slide deck preparer, then you should read this book. It seems like good advice to me. Invested Interests. Managing Partner , Tangent Capital. I like that. CEO , Gust.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. We spoke about the changes to an “accredited investor&# proposed by Chris Dodd – This would be bad for angel investing. and who had biz reasons for wanting to remain stealth.”. - Short answer: no.

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Angel Capital Association

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Editor’s Note – This story originally appeared in the Idaho Business Review by Sharon Fisher and reposted with permission by the Angel Capital Association. To many Idaho companies, Kevin Learned isn’t just an icon, he’s ang angel. We raised angel capital,” Learned said. “I I didn’t know the word for it.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. “The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. “The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012.

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