Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

blog here ). I think I’m at the expert stage of venture capital and I mean in the Wardley sense. What do I know about venture? Amnesia sets in and we get back on the merry-go-round. I saw this great image on Twitter courtesy of Simon Wardley , CC3.0 It’s kind of a truism for life and certainly our industry.

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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). We felt nothing embodied these attributes more than the name Upfront Ventures. Hamet is a 3x entrepreneur and also former EIR with True Ventures.

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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. Others’ resources: John Gannon’s Blog. I recommend look at my exhaustive list for emerging VCs and private equity investors of Associations, Accelerators, Incubators, and Platforms. Breakinto.VC.

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Hunter Walk

JUNE 17, 2022

Jared’s a really talented NYC entrepreneur who recently started blogging more. Applying the Burn Multiple to Marketplace Business Models by Jeff Fluhr (Craft Ventures). Not all of it will necessarily be the right fit for your org, but it’ll certainly produce some ideas. Tough Love by Jared Hecht (Fundera and GroupMe cofounder).

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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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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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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Tim Friedman, CEO, PEStack , and a Venture Partner with Versatile VC , suggests, “E.g., I list the online communities for VCs in general at Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital. This was cross-posted on Integrity Research’s blog. How VCs source winning companies. You can also sponsor their events.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2012

Jersey Shore Ventures anyone?). I can't put up my track record on my blog, which I'd happily do--whether I have any exits (even though it is theoretically public what I've worked on and who might have sold to a company that rhymes with hype) and how the other companies are doing. tanning salon/seed fund combo. scratches bald head].

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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. What’s up with that? Our portfolio companies value us as sparring partners.

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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. AngelList Venture, meanwhile, said that $3.6 AngelList Venture has a new look. Venture is global,” Paunikar wrote. “On It is far older than Vauban. have at least one non-U.S.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2022

The tech industry loves generalizations — and don’t worry, I enjoy my fair share too — but as the downturn continues to play out, it’s increasingly important to think about the structural changes that may be forming in the venture capital landscape. Venture firms, unlike unicorns, often don’t have hundreds of employees to cut.

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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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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Brooklyn Bridge Ventures became the largest investor in Editorially last fall and I couldn’t be more excited to finally be able to tell you about it. The round includes Lerer Ventures, who participated with the same level of support, Betaworks and a host of experienced angel investors from the design and creative community.

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Gust

MARCH 21, 2016

The post From Accelerators to Venture Capital: What is best for your startup? appeared first on The Gust Blog. As the most startup-friendly accelerator on the planet, MassChallenge has helped 835 startup companies around the world, who have raised over $1.1 billion in funding and created over 6,500 jobs. We have seen startups at.

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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. We highly recommend trying to get into venture capital if you can. Building a company is damn hard. So hard that you cannot imagine.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. Investors: Foundation Capital (lead), with existing investors: Morgenthaler Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan Partners. Investors: True Ventures, Social Leverage (Howard Lindzon). Blogging has gone through many iterations. 14.7mm in Series D.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

million seed round from Index Ventures with CoinFund and FJ Labs also participating. Read more on the company’s blog post here. led by Serena Ventures to extend loans to MSMEs beyond Uganda. Despite the venture slowdown, fintech startups are still hiring by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch.

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Venture Hacks

APRIL 16, 2019

Venture Hacks is now independent of AngelList. The first version of AngelList was a blog post on Venture Hacks. Now, Venture Hacks is going solo with new posts on fundraising, investing and good times. Now, Venture Hacks is going solo with new posts on fundraising, investing and good times.

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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 am also an advocate of female founders investing in other female founders, especially given the low numbers of venture capital allocation to women, less than 2%. and more articles from the EO blog.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 16, 2021

Leading global venture platform expands its reach in Japan via collaboration with Tokyo-based multinational corporation. Rated “the most active venture investor in Israel” by Pitchbook, OurCrowd has more than $1.5 NTT Finance will commit $15 million (1.5 For more information visit: [link].

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

As Life Sciences Venture Advisor and OKBio Director at i2E, Meredith Wilkerson applies her training in academic and clinical research, as well as her insights for protecting and commercializing intellectual property, to provide tailored consulting services to entrepreneurs in the life sciences and biotech space.

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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. For more information on the SALT Talks-OurCrowd Pandemic Venture Investment Series click here. 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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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

I had an hour to interview Mike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures. Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. Venture Financings we Discussed. I plan to test Lijit on this website in the next few weeks. -Has

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

And now Casted has raised $7 million in Series A funding led by Revolution Ventures. . Existing backers High Alpha Capital, Elevate Ventures and Tappan Hill Ventures also participated in the financing, which brings Indianapolis-based Casted’s total raised to about $9.3 million since its inception.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. Relationships with Venture Partners, Entrepreneurs in Residence , and other non-salaried personnel who can help your companies. Fundraising.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Homebrew: Looking back at our “ Welcome Kate ” blog post three years ago, what were you thinking at the time. I’d been at Uber for almost five years and it was so comfortable — any new role would have felt like a big change for me, but moving into the venture world felt particularly intimidating. Thinking back….

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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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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

One of the first decisions we had to make in setting up our new VC fund, Versatile Venture Capital , was our CRM and marketing technology infrastructure. . Linkedin : Versatile Venture Capital / David Teten personal. Tim Friedman, Founder, PEStack , and a Venture Partner with Versatile Venture Capital , said, . “We

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 13, 2019

But there is another way to search my blog posts, both here at AVC, and also the ones I have written on USV.com. ” It looks like this on a mobile phone: You can search by type (USV blog only, team member blogs only, or all), topic, author, and date. .” But naturally it veers into many other topics from time to time.

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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. There’s a ton of writing out there about getting *on* the venture curve, but not a lot about getting *off,* so Daniel’s advice below is especially important.

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OurCrowd

JULY 25, 2021

The post Four Reasons Why Canadian Investors Should Add Venture Capital to Their Portfolio appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 27, 2021

Last fall, USV raised two new venture capital funds from our loyal and supportive investors. We announced the new climate fund on January 8th and I blogged about it here. And so we did that yesterday on the USV blog and I tweeted about it. "we … We publish our investment memos as blog posts.

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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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OurCrowd

MAY 5, 2022

Why did Toyota Ventures, Toyota Motor Corporation’s first dedicated venture capital firm, provide early-stage investments for companies doing these sorts of things? The post [Intuition Robotics in Industry Week] Toyota Ventures Calls for Innovation in 2022 appeared first on OurCrowd Blog. Read more here.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 20, 2024

Be fearless in the face of failure It sounds like the title of a book, but I’m often in awe when I see how so many of these college students dive headfirst into their ventures, unafraid of the possibility of failure and resilient in bouncing back. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

It seemed like the worst of times but was, in retrospect, the best of times: I had quit my safe, comfy, and benefits-laden medical job to launch an entrepreneurial venture. The post 3 Quotes to Remember When Launching a Venture Gets Tough appeared first on THE BLOG. Fortunately, my wife was graduating from law school.

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