TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

For the next couple of years, Gotter, as CFO, was instrumental in turning IROKO — after raising over $30 million from VCs, including Tiger Global — into a household name in Nigeria’s entertainment and tech scenes. Gotter is an investor and board member in PawaPay, roles that can be active and passive depending on who’s involved.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Olumide Soyombo is one of the well-known active angel investors in Nigeria tech startups and Africa at large. Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack , PiggyVest, and TeamApt. How African startups raised investments in 2020.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

Every milestone was an opportunity to tell the biggest possible story. I thought maybe Glossier would be another opportunity for that type of story — either in beauty specifically, or e-commerce more broadly. What type of opportunities are you most interested in? Now in 2022, we’ve taken both of these efforts to the next level.

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Gust

DECEMBER 21, 2011

You are much more flexible than VCs or strategic partners – they prefer not to travel, a they have lots of local opportunities to invest their money. Your chances of raising funds from a Valley VC for a startup in the Bay Area are much higher than they would be in other locations.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

This is the final stage of investment in venture opportunities, and is the point where investors expect to see the return and gain from the original investment. At this stage, you need investment bankers to negotiate a merger or acquisition (M&A), go private, or help you go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

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David Teten VC

MARCH 14, 2023

It also provides us a “big board” capability where we can get an overview of a meeting. Below is a screenshot of an AngelSurvey big board from one of our recent meetings. Q: Managing the subscription process for angels can be tricky. Versatile VC uses FlowInc , in which I’m an investor.)

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David Teten VC

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This is a rare opportunity to learn more about the family office world, as well as about Versatile VC. Here’s the blurb: On October 26th, meet the former President of one of America’s largest family systems and a VC targeting companies most VCs are overlooking. He graduated from Yale and Wharton. .

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David Teten VC

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This is a rare opportunity to learn more about the family office world, as well as about Versatile VC. As a member of the board of Clearwater Management Company, he oversaw the family-sponsored investment vehicles. Previously, he worked as an investment banker for Lazard Freres, Morgan Stanley & Co.,

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

That story actually begins about eleven or twelve years ago, with a little bit of VC mentoring. I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing. That actually makes Ample Hills my first ever angel investment.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Angel investment groups or funds. First, angel investment groups and organized angel funds come in all sizes from a few organized angels to large groups of four hundred or more. With angel groups and funds, you should plan of spending months in the process, from application through funding.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). How to find a job as a VC scout. VC recruiters list and compensation data.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

From an investor’s perspective, 2022 witnessed a sudden market reversal from an extreme equity seller’s market to an equity buyer’s market, causing dislocations throughout angel, VC, and startup ecosystems. It is unclear if VCs will agree to these terms, but LPs believe they now have more leverage. Smaller VC fundraises?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I need to take some VC meetings. But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. Not to mention they have the highest profile VC / blogger Fred Wilson of AVC. The ingredients are all here. Him: “I know, I know.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

It was in that moment that I finally had an opportunity to pop my head up and look around, and do some pattern recognition on the last decade. And we’d been working really hard for a really long time, particularly in that space, and it felt like an opportunity to really, you know, have a celebrated moment to take a breather.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

But according to data from PitchBook, less than 2% of VC funding went to all-women-founded teams in 2021. It’s identical to what’s happening in Africa: Less than 1% of all VC dollars went toward startups with one or more women founders last year, according to The Big Deal , which details investments in Africa.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

At my prior firm, ff Venture Capital, we invested in a company co-founded by Nate Jenkins , who had a successful exit, but not quite enough to buy a private plane. He’s now researching his next opportunity and interviewing for some jobs. Angel Investing, Venture Capital, and Mentoring. Talk with VCs in your space.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

One of the best business models ever is creating a marketplace between investors and investment opportunities. I’ve been meeting lately with more and more family offices interested in investing directly into companies, in lieu of via funds. We also have in our community 100+ Venture Partners, mostly VCs in the space.

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