Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It’s Never Been More Important to Understand Your Capital Provider’s Business Model [Charles Hudson/Precursor] – Charles is just a wonderful human and his posts about venture capital are essential for anyone who considers themselves part of the startup community.

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Hunter Walk

JANUARY 3, 2024

When the founder of WordPress/Automattic says all he wants for his birthday is for you to blog , well, you blog. I’ve known Matt for, gosh, 15 or more years, and although I don’t see him as much as I’d like, I do admire what he’s built here and the spirit with which he lives. And Happy Birthday Matt!

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OurCrowd

MARCH 16, 2021

Leading global venture platform expands its reach in Japan via collaboration with Tokyo-based multinational corporation. billion yen) as it launches a dedicated investment program, in which OurCrowd will provide early access to its deal flow pipeline, giving NTT its choice of deals. NTT Finance will commit $15 million (1.5

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

The fact is, it''s just not cool to criticize the investing side of the venture capital market. Which is why I''m sure the dude who picked apart the physics of the latest round of UBeam will undoubtedly get eviscerated in the tweet and blog world. ".Here’s But can''t I disagree with him on an investment?

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The entire way in which people and goods move around has changed,” Machluf said in the second episode of the Pandemic Venture Investment Series , co-sponsored by OurCrowd and Anthony Scaramucci’s SALT. Manufacturers are increasing investment in such features, even in lower-end cars. And some would say for the better.”.

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OurCrowd

JULY 25, 2021

The post OC50: Diversified Investing in Venture Capital appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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OurCrowd

APRIL 16, 2024

The post [Maven Ventures in TechCrunch] Consumer tech investing is still hot for Maven Ventures, securing $60M for Fund IV appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 8, 2024

Women still only get about 2% of venture capital investment money, and we want to see that change,” said Cindy Boyd, EO Houston. “By I approached several EO women colleagues and nCourage Investment Group was born. I also love seeing women introduced to the world of early-stage investing.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

By definition, you read blogs. If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2018

For the last two years, I’ve been pretty vocal about politics on social media , in my weekly tech community newsletter and on this blog. When you get an investment from Brooklyn Bridge Ventures—you get me. My investment thesis is shaped by the sum of my personal experience and so are my values. We get judged all the time.

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OurCrowd

JULY 25, 2021

The post Three Things to Know Before Investing in Venture Capital appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. My blog was wiped out.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 28, 2021

org (also for non-Partners in VC), Venture University , Rebel One Ventures , Sutton Capital , VC Career Accelerator. Syllabus for how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. Others’ resources: John Gannon’s Blog. Spearhead – $1m to back your angel investing. Breakinto.VC. VonPerger European Tech Jobs.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Nearly four months ago we rebranded at Upfront Ventures. Be open & transparent (mimicking the greater social order changes that have come with blogs & social media). Give direct feedback to entrepreneurs on their businesses or if we’re not investing why it’s not a fit for us. It would be out of sync.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

As 2020 comes to a long-awaited end, a series of filings indicate that venture capitalists are ending the year with fresh money. If you’ve been paying attention to news this past year, it’s clear that much of venture capital isn’t just surviving 2020 – it’s flourishing through it. million investment vehicle titled USV Bundled.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 13, 2015

Brooklyn Bridge Ventures recently joined Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Crosslink Capital, and KarpReilly in Hungryroot 's $2mm seed round. We stayed in touch and reconnected around a blog post that I wrote in 2012 on falling in love with the problem and not getting attached to the solution.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

We love capital efficiency until we love land grabs until we abhor over funding until we get huge payouts and ring the bell for more funding until we attract every non-VC on the planet to invest in startups until it crashes and we start the cycle all over again none the wiser. blog here ). What do I know about venture?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 27, 2021

The pandemic has spurred interest in saving and investment apps around the world , especially ones geared toward newer investors. The seed funding, which was made in two closes, included participation from Saison Capital, Venturra Discovery, 1982 Ventures, 500 Startups, Nextrans, and angel investors like executives at Google and Netflix.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

It’s not hard to find people willing to write the narrative that “venture capital is not an asset class” or “venture capital has performed terribly.” I wrote about this in a blog post last year titled “ It’s Morning in VC ” but I never made the full deck available until now.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

We are a community for family offices, private equity funds, and VCs focused on using technology and analytics to make better investments in private companies. In roughly descending order of impact, I suggest: Invest in funds. If you invest, the fund will be evangelizing you to their portfolio and community for the next 5-10 years.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. Before you can actually invest, you have to manage your fund. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2012

In fact, thanks to increased scrutiny of investment funds in a post-Madoff world, this imbalance will probably get bigger and bigger. Jersey Shore Ventures anyone?). But crowdfunding investments in startups is the answer to all our worries in life, right? tanning salon/seed fund combo. I can't tell you about the.

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 27, 2020

JERUSALEM/NEW YORK – October 26, 2020 – OurCrowd, Israel’s most active venture investor, and SALT, a global thought leadership forum and networking platform encompassing finance, technology and geopolitics, will broadcast the SALT Talks: Pandemic Venture Investment Series online starting October 29. Read more here.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

Today the company announced a $100 million investment fund to encourage the most promising startups using the Zoom toolset to launch a business by giving them funding, while using that as a springboard to encourage other developers to take advantage of the tooling on the platform. The company plans to invest between $250,000 and $2.5

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. Funding for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S.

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Hunter Walk

JUNE 17, 2022

Jared’s a really talented NYC entrepreneur who recently started blogging more. It’s something I try to do when I invest in companies and work with founders. Applying the Burn Multiple to Marketplace Business Models by Jeff Fluhr (Craft Ventures). Tough Love’ is about being good at giving hard feedback, especially as an investor.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

When I began investing a little over five years ago, it felt like the conventional wisdom was that one had to invest in the Bay Area to harvest venture-like returns. So, about two years ago, as a Bay Area resident, living right off Sand Hill Road, started intentionally investing outside the Bay Area.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

Carta said that it is not disclosing any details beyond what it wrote in a blog post, meaning that the price of the deal will remain unknown. Vauban created a fully automated platform for syndicate leads and fund managers, per Carta, leading to over 400 investment vehicles to date. AngelList Venture, meanwhile, said that $3.6

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

Perhaps the biggest piece of new news is that after 17 years of operations we’ve changed our name from GRP Partners to Upfront Ventures. Well, the venture capital industry has changed a lot in the past 20 years … and we have too. Like many modern VCs, we’re committed to investing in the community and in our portfolio companies.

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Founder Bounty

DECEMBER 17, 2022

The chances of you getting venture funding in 2023 are close to zero. In venture capital, you get paid a management fee whatever happens plus a carry of its one of your investable company exits. A great example is FTX and sequoia investment in them. We highly recommend trying to get into venture capital if you can.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

JERUSALEM, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Morocco’s UM6P Ventures is looking to expand its Israeli portfolio, Chief Executive Yasser Biaz said on Tuesday. The post [OurCrowd in Reuters] Morocco venture capital fund eyes more tech investments in Israel – CEO appeared first on OurCrowd Blog. Read more here.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Global venture investing platform OurCrowd announced today it has passed $2 billion in investment commitments. The post [OurCrowd in Forbes] Israel’s most active venture investor OurCrowd reaches $2 billion investment commitments appeared first on OurCrowd Blog. Read more here.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 15, 2022

In this week’s edition, we discuss: Creating successful online courses, Unexpected turnarounds to become investors, Sources of investment during an economic downturn. Don’t make your course feel like a prison sentence they have to complete to recoup their investment. Send blog posts, not sales emails ?—?Rather Sign up here.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Israeli venture investment firm OurCrowd said on Thursday that Japanese leasing and financial services group Orix Corp 8591.T T has taken an undisclosed stake in the company with a strategic investment of $60 million. Read more here.

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Gust

MARCH 21, 2016

With startup growth up 61% since 2014 and more investment programs emerging, it can be overwhelming for founders to know just where to jump in. The post From Accelerators to Venture Capital: What is best for your startup? appeared first on The Gust Blog. billion in funding and created over 6,500 jobs. We have seen startups at.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2021

Thomas Rush is founder of Bootstrapp and Head of Investment Platform at ConsenSys Mesh. Revenue-based investing ( RBI), also known as revenue-based financing, or revenue-share investing, 1 is a natural next step for the private equity and early-stage venture investment industry. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The Exchange gained early access to pi Ventures’ Deep Tech Shifts 2026 report , which identifies 15 deep tech sub-sectors the firm believes will reach an inflection point by 2026. This time around, pi’s goal is to invest into 25 early-stage startups. But today, that’s precisely what we are going to do. ”

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