Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Should SaaS companies trade at a 24x Enterprise Value (EV) to Next Twelve Month (NTM) Revenue multiple as they did in November 2021? No blog post about how Tiger is crushing everybody because it’s deploying all its capital in 1-year while “suckers” are investing over 3-years can change this reality. By 2021 we had to write a $3.5m

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 5, 2021

There has been this narrative about investing in VC funds that you have to get into the top quartile (25%) or possibly the top decile (10%) in order to generate good returns. I have heard that for as long as I have been in VC and probably have written it here a few times. Well, it turns out that is not right.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2024

The two plus year old startup founded by William Beauchamp in 2021 just announced that CoreWeave , the leading specialized GPU cloud provider, is investing in Chai. This brings total capital invested to date to $10 million, giving Chai a $450 million valuation.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 3, 2022

Pulmonary Fibrosis News brought you daily coverage throughout 2021 of the latest scientific findings, treatment developments, and clinical trials related to pulmonary fibrosis (PF). The post [Aria Pharmaceuticals in pulmonary fibrosis news] Top 10 Pulmonary Fibrosis Stories of 2021 appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 8, 2021

WASHINGTON, March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The American Fintech Council (“AFC”) has expanded its membership, adding 10 additional members and broadening to include digital banks, robo-advisors, RegTech and other fintech firms. Read more here.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 7, 2022

According to Gallup research from 2021, nearly three-quarters of all employees report sometimes feeling burned out. The dollar amount doesn’t matter — $10, $25, $100, or more — but the sentiment will indicate that you trust their judgment. and more articles from the EO blog. And that’s not good for them or their organizations.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The US venture capital ecosystem has grown 40x in dollars from $8b to $320b invested in 10 years. Fueled by this capital, startup company formation rates touched fifteen-year highs in 2021. I’m filled with optimism for the future. The Decade of Data is just a few years in & already it has transformed the way we do business.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Kikoff is hiring for 10 roles (a mix of hybrid and remote), including senior product manager, associate product manager, senior product designers, engineers and a growth marketing manager. The consumer fintech company is focused on helping people build credit and raised $30 million in June 2021. billion valuation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

While on a sabbatical in Costa Rica dedicated to recharging his mental and physical health, which included a 10-day silent meditation retreat, something began to shift for him. “I Maintaining Balance Sadly, Lennert lost Lucas Murnaghan to cancer in 2021. and more articles from the EO blog. Lennert exited the design business.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 1, 2022

That’s where I met my friend David Denis —the 2021 GSEA global runner-up. My EO mentors advised me to use 90 percent of it to increase production and put 10 percent toward operations. and more articles from the EO blog. I thought, “What is this? Is this for me?” He encouraged me to apply. I knew I had to go for it. Apply today!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

and more articles from the EO blog. and more articles from the EO blog. Since February 2022, the UN High Commission on Refugees reports that nearly 14 million people have been displaced from their homes in Ukraine—most of them seeking safety and shelter in other countries.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 7, 2022

Electrified cars were greater than 10% of the US market in 2021 and EVs were about 5%. EV sales are growing at nearly 100% YOY and could reach 25% of the US market in a few years. This is good news for the effort to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. But there are still challenges for the EV market.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 3, 2022

Pulmonary Fibrosis News brought you daily coverage throughout 2021 of the latest scientific findings, treatment developments, and clinical trials related to pulmonary fibrosis (PF). The post [Aria Pharmaceuticals in Pulmonary Fibrosis News] Top 10 pulmonary fibrosis stories of 2021 appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The 2020 Summer Olympic games (which took place in Tokyo in 2021), were my 10-year-old daughter’s first real exposure to competitive sports. The post 3 ways the Olympics are similar to entrepreneurship appeared first on THE BLOG. This is, I believe, the winning formula for success.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Organic infant formula company Bobbie is taking a hint from its staggering revenue results in 2021 to get out in front of its product pipeline. Laura Modi, co-founder and CEO of Bobbie, told me she had expected $4 million in revenue for 2021, but closed the year with $18 million. “It It was pretty extraordinary,” she told TechCrunch.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Machine learning models predict code, synthesize images, author blog posts reducing composition time by a factor of 2 or 3. Private equity acquires 10% of the 70+ publicly traded software companies by the end of the year. The early stage market prices seeds at $10-15m post & Series As at $50-60m post (with about $500k in ARR).

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Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

September 10 – Indonesia & Singapore: Y Combinator @ Payfazz & Xfers. October 10 – Canada: Y Combinator @ University of Toronto. We’ll be adding cities and universities to this list, so keep an eye on our blog and social media for updates. You can still apply for YC Winter 2022.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Jasper leverages AI to generate content for blog articles, social media posts, website copy and more. Copysmith last April secured $10 million in financing for its AI-powered content generation platform, while Copy.ai closed a $10 million round in October. ” Image Credits: Jasper. ” Image Credits: Jasper.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 10, 2021

Jerusalem – March 10, 2021 – OurCrowd , the leading venture investing platform and Israel’s most active venture investor, today announced the appointment of Dr. Hasanat Dewan as Chief Innovation Officer. Read more here.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Robinhood did not comment directly on the latest layoffs, pointing TechCrunch only to a blog post by CEO and co-founder Vlad Tenev. In the post, Tenev took responsibility for Robinhood’s apparent over-hiring in the frenzy that was 2021. This has further reduced customer trading activity and assets under custody,” he wrote.

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OurCrowd

APRIL 21, 2021

But the local tech scene went on to see a 25% increase in capital raised with nearly $10 billion flowing into the sector by the end of 2020. The post [TytoCare in CTech] The 50 Most Promising Israeli Startups – 2021 appeared first on OurCrowd Blog. Read more here.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Consumers buying Samsung’s products and services through either of the cards will get 10% cash back “round the year,” the company executives said at an event in New Delhi. Since then, the company has put together a small team of 10 people and started working on its iOS app. Read more on the company’s blog post here.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 10, 2021

10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Pizza Hut and Beyond Meat® have reunited, and it tastes so good. The post [Beyond Meat in PR Newswire] Pizza Hut Expands Partnership with Beyond Meat® to Test New Plant-Based Beyond Pepperoni™ Pizza Topping appeared first on OurCrowd Blog. PLANO, Texas, Aug.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

While investment slowed in early 2022 compared to 2021, startups developing transportation and logistics technologies still collected $14 billion in Q1 alone, according to PitchBook. In 2021, a Florida trucking contractor contended that the U.S. Business demands speed-to-market while development roadmaps continue becoming delayed.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Clark and Manalang founded the company in early 2021 and launched it in private beta form last July. Arcade remembers what you click on so users can make a version of their demo and then embed snippets of the product into websites, blogs and tweets so that people who haven’t used the product before can see it before signing on for a trial.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The co-founders even went through Y Combinator as part of the Winter 2021 batch. In 10 months, the company has generated more than $25 million in job requests across more than 1,000 monthly subscriber businesses in nearly all 50 states, Ornitz said. “That just seemed like a really big opportunity.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2022

The co-founder took responsibility for Robinhood’s apparent over-hiring in the frenzy that was 2021. Crypto platform Gemini cut approximately 10% of its workforce, and then cut around 7% more of staff just weeks after. .” With the second round of layoffs officially confirmed, Tenev struck a different tone. It’s also down 3.6%

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

By 2021, the app had gone viral after Jay-Z’s Marcy Ventures wrote a blog post about it. “We We had over 200,000 downloads and shot up to the top 10 in the App Store,” Broughton recalls. By the time it raised its $2.5 Thousands of videos were made about Jay-Z changing how people think about credit.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The startup announced today that it has raised a $10 million Series A led by Union Square Ventures, with participation from Owl Ventures and Progression Fund. “When we first started, we were livestreaming, we had some blogs and study guides,” said Ho. Its Discord community, launched in 2021, has over 25,000 users.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2022

As always, you can support me by sharing this newsletter, following me on Twitter or subscribing to my personal blog. Dixon has spent more than 10 years working to increase representation in the startup world. Honorable mentions: 6 African women CEOs discuss how they raised more than $1M in 2021. Fintech and Ukraine.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Marvell president and CEO Matt Murphy sees Innovium as a complementary piece to the $10 billion Inphi acquisition last year, giving the company, which makes copper-based chips, more ways to work across modern cloud data centers. 2021 will be a calmer year for semiconductors and chips (except for Intel).

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OurCrowd

APRIL 14, 2021

But the local tech scene went on to see a 25% increase in capital raised with nearly $10 billion flowing into the sector by the end of 2020. The post [HoneyBook in CTech] The 50 Most Promising Israeli Startups – 2021 appeared first on OurCrowd Blog. Read more here.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 26, 2021

A 2021 survey from the staffing and recruitment firm Robert Half says that 44% of professionals reported feeling burnt out at their jobs. That’s a 10% jump from one year ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the economy. Read more here.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

Nigerian fintech startup, Kuda, which bagged $10 million last year, comes to mind, for example. Just a month into 2021, Egyptian fintech startup Cassbana raised a $1 million pre-seed investment led by VC firm Disruptech in a bid to drive expansion within the country. So why the sudden change in appetite from investors?

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 21, 2021

These investors are notable, as they usually invest a substantial amount of money (often around $10 million). Writing blog posts, networking and participating in community business activities can result in investors going after entrepreneurs instead. Personal investors. Self-promotion also helps. Create an investor shortlist.

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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Originally backed by venture capital, in 2021 Daniel worked with TPG , a large private equity firm, to make them the majority investor. DC: I’m going to keep this brief, but if you want to the long version of it, I recommend reading our blog about it. This means the company is predominantly owned by the management/team and TPG.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

Soon every company will also be a VC : The boom in venture capital activity that the world saw in 2021 did not fail to impact large companies. More to come, so stick close to the blog. See you at all three! – Alex. The TechCrunch Top 3. TechCrunch has been on that story for ages now.

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