TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Three ways VC firms can construct sustainably diverse portfolios. If you follow mainstream tech media, you could be forgiven for thinking that venture capital is a founders’ market today after two years of record round sizes and outcomes. Leslie Feinzaig is the founder and CEO of the Graham & Walker.

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Y Combinator

JULY 15, 2019

One of the most common questions we hear from founders is “How do I manage my board?” It’s something that provokes anxiety, because this is the first time the founder/CEO is subject to external supervision, and the board has powers that include the firing of the CEO and the senior management. But first, what’s the purpose of a board?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Rachel Holt, co-founder and general partner, Construct Capital. “You have to wonder if every VC worth a damn in the future will have their own raft of SPAC offerings,” says Alex. From dorm rooms to board rooms: How universities are promoting entrepreneurship. Shawn Carolan, partner, Menlo Ventures.

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JUNE 5, 2016

Just don't go picking someone who really doesn't compliment you just because it's some kind of VC rule. I've heard a lot of VCs tell founders they need co-founders--and that they wouldn't look at a business at a very early stage without a co-founder. The same holds true for VC funds.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a climate-focused VC firm linked to some of Earth’s wealthiest individuals, has joined a $44 million bet on solar startup Terabase Energy. ” Terabase also makes software tools to manage the design and construction of solar farms. million ).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

What’s going to happen to those semi-vacant office towers, some of which are still under construction? ” Here’s who he interviewed: Clelia Warburg Peters, venture partner, Bain Capital Ventures. Robin Godenrath and Julian Roeoes, partners, Picus Capital. Zach Aarons, co-founder and general partner, MetaProp.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Just as it seemed the venture capital boom of 2021 was slowing down, the startup and VC worlds spun on their axes practically overnight, birthing a new dynamic where “growth at all costs” was quickly replaced by a more measured and careful approach to business and investing. This year’s been eventful for investors and founders alike.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

I’m often asked about the differences between being at a VC and being an entrepreneur and whether I prefer one or the other. The biggest difference I cite is that Venture Capital often feels like an “individual sport” while startups are a “team sport.” It was more hedge fund than venture capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) last week sent ripples in startup ecosystems around the world, and it is emerging that millions of dollars held by African startups and venture capital funds at the bank were at stake, until the U.S. Federal Reserve acted to save the day. Sad to see them go down. bank accounts.

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APRIL 23, 2012

When people tell you how and why they raised capital or what drove their app to success, they often attribute success to planning or neat little explainable reasons when they might simply have no clue what happened. Venture capital is kind of like a knuckleball. Even the guy tossing it around has no clue why it winds up where it does.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

But one could argue that new VC fund announcement dates, much like the phrase “oversubscribed,” don’t mean much in practice. While new fund announcements are certainly exciting, the fund may already be partially invested through and investors need to make capital calls before writing those checks. This tweet by VC Matt Turck.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

Our founder, Yves Sisteron, was my mentor and board member at my first startup. My other partner, Steven Dietz, was on the board of my second company. Stuart is well worth following on Twitter & now that’s he’s a VC he is likely to share his wisdom more freely. Mafias matter a lot to me, as well.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

People who just weren't inspiring at all and couldn't get me on board for any kind of ride. There's nothing personal about this particular area for them and it's unclear what motivates them to keep going--other than the prospect of having a VC validate them. The movie centers around a lawsuit. Not exactly Braveheart.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2023

Writing a crisp summary for a board meeting requires input from multiple stakeholders and more than a little bit of research. Amy Cheetham, a partner with Costanoa Ventures, shared 11 board slides with TC+ that show effective ways to convey accomplishments, pipeline details, hiring and team growth, and other key priorities.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 11, 2022

And then specifically there’s surely some social proof dynamics as well — I’ve always believed that if Homebrew commits to your seed round the risk of not raising the amount you want basically goes to zero (equally so, since we see many opportunities from coinvestors, there’s often already capital coalescing around the startup). Nor Do VCs.

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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

In 2021, fintech startups were the top recipients of venture capital globally, accounting for about 21% of dollars raised with $131.5 Peakflo’s bid to build business payments for Southeast Asia attracts capital, customers. seed round for Adaptive, a construction software and fintech play. Layoffs up in H1 2022. a16z leads $6.5M

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Sequoia’s Jess Lee will talk you through how to get that first investor on board, which will more often than not get other investors excited about the prospect of working with you. Peter Boyce II (Stellation Capital). Lotti Siniscalco (Emergence Capital). Once the first domino falls, the rest inevitably follow.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2022

billion last year — up 153% year-over-year in terms of global VC deal value. For example, Brex announced last week that it provided $10 million in growth capital via venture debt to Zesty.ai, a leading provider of predictive data analytics in the climate risk space. And instead of eight term sheets, you’re going to get two.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2022

First, the startup’s board — despite its long list of investors — consists of only the three co-founders who are stepping down and one independent director, Peter Ackerson, a general partner at Fin Capital who himself became a VC just three years ago. Now, I am not here to “take sides.” million in Series A financing.

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MAY 11, 2015

That's one thing you have to realize about venture capital. So, I decided to actually take a look at past data and construct some average days and weekends to figure out where all the time went. In two-thirds of those investments I'm in enough of a lead position where I'm acting as a board member, officially or otherwise.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 23, 2021

I’ve been fortunate to be a Partner at two different VC firms over the past 9 years, and we’ve grown AUM 10X both times. The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs. For ideas, see How Executives Can Work from Home with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Grab the Wite-Out : Alex and Anna look at venture capital activity in Latin America and sense that a decline is in the cards for the second quarter, alluding to a possible correction. Startups and VC. Not today, neighbor : Haje covered how Ergeon enables anyone to order construction projects like fences, driveways and more.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2017

It’s why raising a round of capital often feels like a hollow victory because it almost feels like a temporary reprieve from the Grim Reaper and in a way every new round just sets the bar higher to clear for the next round of financing or the hope of reaching profitability. The best VCs follow up but then so, too, to the best entrepreneurs.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

It’s getting more difficult to hire great talent at the growth stages because many companies were expected to go public and get the associated capital infusion from going public. This has more to do with retention issues and less to do with raising new capital. Retaining great talent in a tight market. How is that set up?

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 23, 2021

I’ve been fortunate to be a Partner at two different VC firms over the past 9 years, and we’ve grown AUM 10X both times. The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs. For ideas, see How Executives Can Work from Home with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

An easing of laws around the construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) around the U.S. And it just closed on $15 million in a Series A funding round led by proptech-focused VC firm Fifth Wall to grow its business. The company plans to use the new capital in part to increase its headcount from 30 to 50 or 60 by year’s end.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

If SVB rises from the ashes (seems like there is a glimmer of hope thanks to folks like Ro Khanna) — and we act to mitigate the weaponization of concentrated digital media — money may not become impossibly expensive for capital intensive technologies like robotics. How best would an adversary attack innovation in robotics?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

British venture capital firm Draper Esprit recently moved its listing from the AIM to the main board in London, the LSE. The investing group also moved its secondary listing from Dublin’s Euronext Growth Market to its larger sister exchange, Euronext Dublin, which makes sense given its long connection to Irish capital.

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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. Versatile VC uses FlowInc , in which I’m an investor.) These may indicate room for Versatile VC to build or invest in a startup addressing that need.

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JUNE 4, 2012

The PTA Board is changing, too. Society--a relatively recent construct relative to the age of our ancient mammalian brains--is changing faster than we can physiologically adjust to it. The person who is sitting across from you in the conference room, more and more often, doesn't look like you. It's because we are pattern matchers.

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FundersClub

JUNE 30, 2017

" EquipmentShare is the most well-funded construction tech startup in Missouri, which has seen 5% of total US construction tech deals, in " New Build: Construction Tech Deal Pace Slows Slightly After Steady Rise. " Investor Thoughts. part 1 of 2). " Founder and Operator Thoughts.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. We were now set to close at $46 million in new capital. I had very little cash in the bank yet the stories were still coming out about how we were going to change the world of online engineering and construction.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

I apply visual thinking for nearly everything I do: preparing for important phone calls (I imagine my opening lines, I imagine the responses), writing keynote presentations, deciding whether or not to invest in a company, preparing for board meetings – you name it. These are all creative processes. I had my model in hand.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The firm’s advisory board is headed by Aya Jakobovits, PhD, Founding CEO of Kite Pharma, which was acquired by Gilead for $11.9B. Summit Week will be packed as ever with corporate meetups, VC forums, insider access to accelerators and labs, touring opportunities, and legendary partying. Apply Now. .

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.”

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2023

Startups and VC Ann Lai, a general partner at Bullpen Capital, says she has been fired from the firm, Natasha M reports. Amy Cheetham, a partner with Costanoa Ventures, shared 11 board slides with TC+ that demonstrate effective ways to convey accomplishments, product pipeline details, hiring and team growth, and other key priorities.

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