TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Gregg Adkin is vice president and managing director at Dell Technologies Capital , the global venture capital investment arm of Dell Technologies. What’s the board’s role in an early-stage startup? Startup founders frequently ask me about the role of a board of directors.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Back to top The History of the ACA's Public Policy Efforts The Angel Capital Association was a nascent organization in 2009-2010 when Congress developed the bipartisan Dodd-Frank Act in response to the fallout of the great recession.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

While a few iconic brands including Uber, Airbnb, and Square emerged successfully from the last downturn, most venture-backed companies struggled during this period, and many ended up pursuing M&A strategies. You and your potential acquirer may have different definitions of “scalable systems.”

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Revolution

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Unpacking Proptech: A data-driven series on advancing built world innovation In Part 1 and Part 2 , I reviewed proptech financing trends, sources of capital and investor types, scaling and fundraising lessons from the past five years, and potential conflicts of interest. That brings us to one of the most exciting topics — exits.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

I’ve definitely been wrong on market value. If you’re a seed fund that takes 5–10% ownership and doesn’t take board seats you might have 50, 100 or even 200 investments. Early-stage venture capital is about extreme winners. Being too late and you back an “also ran” You also need to be right about the team.

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David Teten VC

MAY 4, 2024

You can only lose 100% of the capital you invest, but in VC you make high multiples on your capital on your winners. If management doesn’t believe in the company, your investors are definitely not going to. Finding a buyer is difficult, because the company is not exciting to anyone, including even the founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Angel Capital Association

APRIL 30, 2024

This historical or look back perspective is based on a survey conducted by the Angel Capital Association in Q1 and Q2 of 2021 compared to the same survey conduct two years later in 2023. We believe economic conditions definitely impacted responses in the 2023 survey. Figure 2: In The Next 12 Months What Do You Think Will Change?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Silicon Valley law firm Cooley recently reported that it “handled 298 disclosable venture capital financings for Q3 2022, representing $8.1 billion of invested capital, continuing a downward trend for both metrics and representing the lowest for both since Q4 2019.” Yet, November was also when U.S.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

Paul Martino, General Partner at Bullpen Capital. During our recent Dreamit Kickoff week, Bullpen Capital Founder and General Partner Paul Martino ( @ahpah ) spoke with our Spring 2020 cohort about the state of the VC ecosystem in the current economic crisis. Will a financial crisis affect how venture funds deploy capital?

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

The Series E was led by Insight Partners , the venture capital firm known for its ScaleUp program to help tech companies accelerate their growth. We had been speaking with them for years, so when they asked if we would consider raising, we agreed it was definitely worth exploring.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Former Sequoia partner Amy Sun , who left the famed venture capital firm just months ago, has already raised $3.8 It’s unclear how her experience with consumer cameras and AR will be used within Daylight Labs, but that will definitely be interesting to track. Human Capital: The gig economy in a post-Prop 22 world.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm with $16.5 Labster has now raised $100 million in total known venture capital to date. Months later, the startup brought on $9 million in equity funding to bring GGV’s Jenny Lee onto the board and expand its Asia operations. million students. million students.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

Seed round lead investor MaC Venture Capital recognized the immense potential for hyperspectral, and Robson told me that it was clear from the start the firm and new Wyvern Board member Adrian Fenty were a perfect match for the young company. So definitely a fantastic addition in terms of tech strategy.”

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 11, 2014

It''s a solid exit to a company that has lots of revs, is growing, and together will form a very formidable player in the data backup space--one that can definitely be a public company in the next couple of years. Venture Capital & Technology'

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2011

The point is, someone building a career in venture capital that doesn't include prior entrepreneurial success probably doesn't look like they have much to offer in the beginning. So how can a relatively junior VC hope to add any value to an investment and on a board--and is it enough value that you should have one on your board?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Suleyman is now putting that intuition to good use on the venture capital side. After previously investing in companies alongside Greylock partner Reid Hoffman, Suleyman made the full leap to join Greylock as a venture partner. He joins the firm from Google, where he was vice president of AI product management and AI policy.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

CB Insights recently found that two of the largest global VC firms, Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, actually backed more fintech companies in 2022 than any other category. We’re definitely seeing the reset we expected to see after a decade of operating in a macro environment where the cost of capital was near zero.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Today is amongst the proudest days I’ve had at Upfront Ventures — getting the chance to announce that Kevin Zhang has been promoted to Partner. years at Upfront has been both a pleasure and also has taught me a lot about venture capital. I mentioned at the start that Kevin has taught me something about Venture Capital.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Andy Stinnes , general partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners , leads early-stage investments in cloud businesses and serves as active board member and adviser, offering operational support for portfolio companies based on his 20+ years in executive roles in business software. Andy Stinnes. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Should All of Your Management Team Attend Board Meetings? The age old question for every startup is whom to involve in the board meeting. The reality is that there are some board meetings in which having a broad set of management present is a great idea and there are some meetings where in can be a hindrance.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Just as I was getting the swing of things the world shifted beneath my feet and the stock market went into a free fall and venture capital all but shut down for nearly a year. In the case of Invoca we led both the seed round and the A round and didn’t wait for somebody else to come and provide more capital. Over the past 2.5

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Many, many companies accepting venture capital lost it all following this instruction. The cost of each exercise was dramatic, far beyond what a founder-entrepreneur would order to be spent when using their capital or reinvesting cash flow from operations. But beware. Why it’s so personal to me….

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? First Round Capital found that among its portfolio companies, startups with female founders outperformed those without by 63%.” . If they had missed it, they would have failed to return capital after fees.”.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 30, 2023

by Joe Wallin , leader of the Angel Capital Association Legal Advisory Council and Pricipal at the law firm of Carney Badley Spellman, P.S. Big Picture The CTA is intended to assist law enforcement in combatting money laundering, tax fraud, financing of terrorism, and other illicit activity through anonymous shell and front companies.

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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. Unreal Estate lands $6M from Cleveland Avenue, KAL Investment Group, Rice Park Capital.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Startup accelerators’ definition of ‘value add’ is due for a refresh. One of the most notable trends in tech that has emerged during the pandemic is the steady commoditization of capital. Startup accelerators’ definition of ‘value add’ is due for a refresh.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

If you track the venture capital industry it would be hard to miss the conversation going on this week over AngelList “Syndicates.” But Jason is one of the smartest thinkers in our industry so while style points in his eye-poking post might be low, he’s definitely scratching at something important.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 31, 2020

SEC’s Historic Decision Broadens Definition of Accredited Investor. For the first time, they went beyond an income-based or wealth-based definition to include expertise, skills and financial licensing, among other criteria, to enable an estimated million or more US households to join the ranks of the accredited investors.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

. “Right now, there are just too many NFT projects and not enough utility [to NFT holders],” Brandon Bryant, a partner at venture firm Harlem Capital, told TechCrunch. The company has received a lot of inbound interest, but right now, it’s chosen to be selective about which customers it brings on board, Russo said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Good relationships with executive buyers can help shape your company as it grows, ultimately serving as an unofficial advisory board of the top leaders and experts within your customer base.” So that definitely stretched me in many ways.” Corporations are scrambling to get into the venture game. Walter Thompson.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Unfortunately, the venture capital scene is embarrassingly backward in terms of diversity, and women and ethnic minorities are shockingly underrepresented among investment decision-makers. Beware the cult of venture capital Every industry has their Gods?—?the Oh, most definitely. they’ll all know better.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 3, 2012

Age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, etc are all topics that are deeply emotional for people--and, by definition, personal. An experienced entrepreneur who has raised money multiple times can be a great board member as well. he's only been in venture for two years and only through one market, an up one!"

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Such is the message we received when talking late last week with Nash, whose most recent full-time roles include as a VP at Dropbox and president and CEO of the financial advisory firm Wealthfront, but who also serves on the boards of the auto e-commerce platform Shift and with Acorns. Freshly backed by $17.1 Freshly backed by $17.1

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

Back to the drawing board they go. Celus wants to automate the way circuit boards are designed and picked up $25.6 million in new capital to leverage its artificial intelligence technology so that a printed circuit board could be redesigned in a matter of minutes, Paul writes. To infinity and beyond!

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TechCrunch

JULY 31, 2022

A few examples… When asked in February what differences in the landscape he saw in 2021 and if deals were much more competitive, Accel partner Ethan Choi responded: “On the investing side, deals were definitely more competitive and valuations certainly reflect that, even despite a correction in public fintech comps.”.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? First Round Capital found that among its portfolio companies, startups with female founders outperformed those without by 63%.” . If they had missed it, they would have failed to return capital after fees.”.

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