TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2021

Jamie Finney is a founding partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund , where he blogs about his work on VC and small communities. Where else can fast-growing companies get funding? A new category of investors has emerged offering a hybrid between VC and revenue-based investment (RBI), which we call “flexible VC.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 27, 2021

In Southeast Asia, startups in this space that have raised funding over the past few months include Ajaib , Bibit and Stashaway —and that’s just a (very) partial list. Now Infina , which calls itself the “Robinhood of Vietnam,” is announcing an oversubscribed $2 million seed round. The app’s interface and content is geared toward them.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. Have a shorter to-do list with more things that are in the “done” category.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

While they might not be the best in any one category, they generally offer an environment that is amenable to startups in terms of business costs, business climate, labour quality and strength of the economy. Despite not winning any individual category, Germany topped the charts as the overall best country in Europe for startups.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a scout, getting compensated for sourcing investments. There are a number of VC funds that share the carry earned in their co-investment to the referring party. What really matters is scout-fund fit. For example, if the overall fund is a 0.9X A few funds (e.g.,

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Q&A: What is your / your fund's mission? Floodgate exists to invest in prime movers - entrepreneurs who build movements that become category defining companies - before the rest of the world believes in them. Favorite business book, blog, podcast? It deserves your focus, experimentation and attention to detail 2.

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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. Most categories slow down meaningfully, including Defi. but a Fed Funds rate of 5%. Startup company formation & funding thrives outside the Bay Area. The Fed tames inflation.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

Through this process he raised $2 million. When I described to people why I initially invested my calls went something like this, “He’s taken kicks to the face for nearly 2 years and is still standing. Because my wife is a superstar she published them all on a blog here along with much other wonderful type-A mom advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. There are a lot of things I think entrepreneurs should care about when raising from a VC: How big or small their fund is? I’m still not sure. Beezer did.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. In a way it feels intuitive to us – the readers of this blog – because we’re the tech crowd. I suppose I could have skipped the whole rest of the blog post and just posted that.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

While being female and being black are clearly not the same thing, they do fall into the category of "not white men", which the fundraising environment favors--but perhaps not in the way people assume. 2) Yet, the vast majority of investors would back anyone they thought could make them and their investors money. Ducks head.]

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

According to the SEC we’re not allowed to market the fact that we’re fund raising, so I won’t. But for some strange reason they make you file your progress on fund raising, which is the widely picked up by the press. So it is now publicly known that we have closed $150 million in our 4th fund.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 14, 2021

could it be a blog post, or a tweet? and why it’s better than just publishing the news on your blog?—?is Here are a few company milestones that can make great press release fodder: Funding rounds: Your funding doesn’t have to be as big as the example I discussed above, but it should look impressive for wherever you are in your journey.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 1, 2010

There has been much discussion about VCs doing seed funding in the past year. I’ve written about it myself (Is VC Seed Funding Dead?) and (Is There Really a Signaling Problem with VC Seed Funding?). There is a structural reason that VCs are investing at early stages, 2. Short summary of my posts: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

If I have an event in the evening or am traveling for work then I can easily get through 2 days without sending any non-essential email. You’re writing a freaking blog post! I try to bucket my tasks into major categories and spend some time doing each of them. Fund raising. I often don’t see email in the day.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Challenge 2: Unsustainable Funds. This may mean making the difficult decision not to rely on venture capitalist funding, which can cause overwhelming growth spurts and often a loss of vision. As you grow, you’ll be presented with opportunities for partnerships, funding and even expansion into other categories.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This happens in 2 flavors. Here’s my guide on the 6 categories of keywords to track for sales opportunities. Building up some helpful blog posts on topics your target audience is interested in increases the number of conversations you can be helpful in. Validate a Solution You have a product idea to solve a problem.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

How Web3 startups should deploy their limited marketing resources Photo: Burst Almost $2 trillion of market value has disappeared from the crypto industry in 2022, taking with it much of the buzz around Web3. With the crypto winter in full swing for several months now, marketers?—?and and their budgets?—?have have felt the freeze.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly was the 2-way web. Turns out everybody likes to produce content and take part in the “conversation.&# Massive uptake of user-generated content including blogs (e.g. Then came blogs. Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2016

And also why today Mitu attracted $27 million in funding from AwesomenessTV (DreamWorks/Hearst), WPP, Verizon and Upfront Ventures. But there’s a reason why Bravo dominates the unscripted category in the cable / satellite world. We are now doing 2 billion video views per month and will do tens of millions in revenue this year.

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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). Syllabus for how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. There are a number of VC funds (e.g.,

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding. Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups.

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OurCrowd

JULY 1, 2022

The company’s net revenue grew in 2021 despite supply-chain disruptions during the Covid-19 pandemic, with sales growing several times faster than the industry average across all categories. OurCrowd has secured an up to $5M allocation in the company’s new funding round, an up to $25M SAFE, at a 20% discount. L earn More. Learn More.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

If you are looking for external funding from VCs or Angels, you must ensure that your potential revenue in 7–10 years is above $100m or — even better — $200m. Step 2: Identifying Underserved Needs When it comes to addressing customer needs, it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of finding solutions. Credits: Growth Unltd.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Where else can fast-growing companies get funding? A new category of VCs have emerged offering a hybrid between VC and RBI, which we call “Flexible VC”. . His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Of the Inc.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing? Where else can fast-growing companies get funding? A new category of VCs have emerged offering a hybrid between VC and RBI, which we call “Flexible VC”. . Of the Inc.

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Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

About 150 people showed up, a healthy mix of founders, seed-stage investors and big fund VCs, and a bunch of LPs of various sizes. As evidenced by today’s investor panel which included managers who focus on pre-seed, or traditional seed, or larger VC funds that can go from seed all the way to growth. Some press showed up, too.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing? We list here all of the active Flexible VCs we have identified, broken into these categories: revenue-based; compensation-based; and blended return streams. Revenue-Based Flexible VCs.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon. Last October, TripActions raised $275 million in a Series F “growth” funding round at a $7.25 The firm, valued last year at about $2 billion, has raised over $500 million in equity.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We also discussed how to deal with pricing in angel rounds and a strategy I advocated in my “social proof&# blog post , which is to price your initial angel round really low and get in the best possible angels as a way to get momentum in the company. This question runs from about minute 2 – minute 8. This is minutes 8-11.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing? We list here all of the active Flexible VCs we have identified, broken into these categories: revenue-based; compensation-based; and blended return streams. Revenue-Based Flexible VCs.

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OurCrowd

JULY 7, 2022

Ondas, which acquired American Robotics in August 2021, says the proposed acquisition, if completed, would give the combined companies a better global foothold in a rapidly expanding category. Join this $4M round now funding on the OurCrowd platform. . It is currently funding on the OurCrowd website. Learn More. Learn More.

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OurCrowd

JULY 11, 2021

To secure your participation in this fast-growing company, please click below to sign documents and fund your investment before July 16th, 2021. Osteoporotic fractures affect nearly 50% of men and 25% of women during their lifetimes, resulting in 2 million broken bones annually and an estimated $52B cost to the US healthcare system.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. And for the record, GRP has funded YC alum. I get to watch 2-5% of my investment immediately squandered on a banking fee for the introduction. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. I attended events. I hustled.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc. The first three tools are only relevant if you’re going to generate significant content yourself: Teten.com , my blog and content marketing strategy. I host on Hostforweb **. Linkedin.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. And for the record, GRP has funded YC alum. I get to watch 2-5% of my investment immediately squandered on a banking fee for the introduction. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. I attended events. I hustled.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 26, 2021

Malaria kills a child every 2 minutes. Ripple products are currently available in over 20,000 retail stores across the US, where the company has captured ultra-high value customers and driven category expansion of plant-based milk products. ThetaRay AML technology to be offered on Google Cloud. OurCrowd’s ZZapp Malaria wins $5M XPRIZE.

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