Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2017

Many board meetings are bored meetings. This is a shame since the value that the right board could add is immense if you select the right board members and manage them effectively. Yesterday I wrote a blog post about what the role of a board actually is. Some boards are highly functional, many are not.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Zego , the insurtech that got its start by offering flexible motorbike insurance for gig economy workers but has since expanded with a range of tech-enabled commercial motor insurance products, has raised $150 million. Other new backers include General Catalyst, whose founder and MD, Joel Cutler, joins Zego’s board.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

For those who wielded that role or the coveted CEO position, you were likely to be placed on a pedestal or be viewed as a visionary, aided by a venture capital market that experienced an overextended bull run in the background. So in a way, foreign capital can act as a stressor to African founders. There are other subtler impacts.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? With the enormous changes to our economies and financial markets?—?how Of course we can’t.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

million in a Series B funding led by AllegisCyber Capital. Existing investors, including Evolution Equity Partners, Notion Capital, AlbionVC, Cisco Investments and Paladin Capital Group, as well as new investor National Grid Partners, also participated. Panaseer has now raised $43 million to date. ”

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 25, 2024

At the recent March board meeting, Ben Franklin CNP approved investments in the following companies: Lightscline , located in State College: Lightscline pioneers lightweight AI technology aimed at revolutionizing sensor data analytics.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

A class-action lawsuit just dropped that accuses Sequoia Capital, Paradigm and Thoma Bravo of promoting FTX to the detriment of its users. You can (ac)count on us : Puzzle is building a modern accounting package for today’s API-enabled startups, Ron writes. We had you there for a moment, though, didn’t we? Money grows on trees.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2022

Where he believes Clerk is getting it right is by having a “ First Principles approach,” which enables the company to offer a cheaper cost structure. With an efficient business going, the company decided to invest in growth, raising $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Sageview Capital. Clerk’s team.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 30, 2023

In addition to his rich experiences working in the venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) sectors, Joseph has also sharpened his investment acumen through his multiple years in the audit and stock-broking industry before deciding to finally launch his cross-border investment firm, Kairous Capital , in 2015.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

Co-founders Allison Campbell and Sebastian Monroy started the company in 2018 and say Zubale means “jump on board or rise up” in Spanish. Investors also participating include GFC, Felicis Ventures and GGV Capital’s Hans Tung, alongside existing investors including NFX, Accel’s Kevin Efrusy, Wollef and Maya Capital.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 2, 2023

When I think about true disruptions in tech—the ones that enable huge investor outcomes because they create generational behavior change, entirely new markets, and populate whole business ecosystems out of nothing—location-aware mobile devices stand out to me as right up there with the web itself.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

When much of the shopping shifted online during the global pandemic, startups developing software and other products to aid the transition began to garner attention from venture capital firms. The latest capital infusion comes less than a year from a $60 million Series C round that happened in June 2021. Meanwhile, $1.1

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2013

I probably get around a dozen e-mails a week asking me how to get into venture capital. On top of that, anytime I talk to anyone who wants to get involved in startups but isn''t sure what they want to do, inevitably, I hear, "And then I was thinking maybe I should look into venture capital, too.".

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HPA

MARCH 21, 2024

HPA is excited to announce our investment in Fuel Me ’s $18M Series A Round , which was co-led by Pritzker Group Venture Capital and Tribeca Venture Partners and includes co-investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Interplay Venture Capital, and FJ Labs. and global energy markets,” said Carlo Passacantando, Founder and CEO.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Kenya-based fintech company 4G Capital , which provides unsecured credit to micro enterprises, has raised $18.5 Already, 4G Capital is conducting trials of its latest retail finance product dubbed Kuza, which allows clients to access goods from FMCG producers and distributors on credit. Image Credits: 4G Capital.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2021

million seed round, offers small to medium-sized game and app companies access to tools to manage their finances and capital to fuel their growth. Then, when Sanlo’s proprietary algorithms determine the business could benefit from the smart deployment of capital, it will assist by offering financing. Image Credits: Sanlo.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 13, 2023

million Series B growth financing led by ABS Capital Partners with participation from existing investors Claritas Health Ventures, as well as Healthworx, the innovation and investment arm of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, PTX Capital, and Kapor Capital. Over that time, ABS Capital has invested more than $2.5

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

NewView Capital led the round with participation from existing investors Blackbird Ventures and W23, and new investor AirTree Ventures. As part of the investment, Ravi Viswanathan, NewView founder and managing partner, will be joining the Eucalyptus board. Telehealth platform Eucalyptus raised a $22.3

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

million Series A round led by Balderton Capital. Existing investors NFX, Galaxy Digital, Seedcamp and Firstminute Capital also participated, alongside angel investors including Taavet Hinrikus (Wise) and Francesco Simoneschi (TrueLayer), and the investment will see Balderton’s General Partner Rana Yared join the Ramp board.

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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. Dan Kozikowski, Partner and Head of Platform, First Mark Capital , said to me, “Firms should match services to the stage-specific needs of companies. Organize events in your vertical.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Venture capital continues to flow into Latin America at a staggering rate. H Twenty Capital (H20) co-founders Daniel Lloreda and Mauricio Porras recall getting into the region in 2018, a time Lloreda considered pretty early to be the investment space. Why Latin American venture capital is breaking records this year.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Today, the Palo Alto-based company announced $12 million in Series A funding in a round led by Headline, with participation from Storm Ventures, Global Founder Capital, Zoom Apps Fund, Operator Partners, Industry Ventures and existing investors K9 Ventures, Dragon Capital and Twin Ventures.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

not building your own pipeline and rather seeking to enable a partner biopharma organizations), projections on deal volume and average deal size are a must. This is a simple table in which each row represents a spend category, and the sum of each row is roughly the quantum of capital which you are currently raising.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Joining S2G on the round are returning investors Lux Capital, CPT Capital, Y Combinator and Emles Venture Partners, and new investors, The W Fund, SALT and Veronorte. As part of the investment, Chuck Templeton, managing director of S2G, joined Shiru’s board. Startups making meat alternatives are gaining traction worldwide.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

When deal-making slows, VC dollars typically favor the perceived market leader, starving other venture-backed businesses in the same space of capital. As an active board member across several companies, I often advise against acquisitions that require additional investments to actualize value.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As Latin America bathes the startup spotlight, players there need to consider how its startup growth can translate to self-sustaining economic and social development across the board. Tech infrastructure can build innovation hubs beyond capital cities. of GDP, while revenue from VC-backed companies accounts for 21%.

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HPA

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

We’re excited to announce that NanoGraf , an advanced battery materials company and enabler of the world’s most energy-dense lithium-ion 18650 cell, raised $65 million in Series B funding. Additionally, existing investors included Evergreen Climate Innovations and Goose Capital. Greg Besio has a Ph.D.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Last month, Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform Capiter made headlines after founders Mahmoud Nouh and Ahmed Nouh were ousted by its board as CEO and COO. But in an unexpected twist, the founders, in a statement to TechCrunch, are accusing the board of spreading “false and untrue allegations” that question their reputation.

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Red Rocket

MAY 22, 2024

CB Insights, a leading research organization that tracks venture capital financings, recently released its report on t he state of the venture capital market in 2023. The long story short is: it was a terrible year for raising capital. A pretty bleak picture if you are a startup raising capital today.

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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. Dan Kozikowski, Partner and Head of Platform, First Mark Capital , said to me, “Firms should match services to the stage-specific needs of companies. Organize events in your vertical.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

On the other hand, Appruve, which provides an API that verifies user identity, fraud detection and digital documentation, primarily focuses on new datasets that enable or complement traditional government data such as international passports and national IDs.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Today, mobile DevOps company Bitrise announced it secured $60 million in Series C funding, led by Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors Partech, Open Ocean, Zobito, Fiedler Capital and Y Combinator. The remote-first company was co-founded by Barnabas Birmacher, Daniel Balla and Viktor Benei in October 2014.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

We are passionate about finding the best companies to support the future of community banking, so they can thrive and continue to enable and support their customers and communities,” says Ransom. When Bank Tech tapped Carey Ransom as its first Managing Director, the firm valued his extensive 25-year career in software and venture capital.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Just over a year after launching its flagship product, Landing AI secured a $57 million round of Series A funding to continue building tools that enable manufacturers to more easily and quickly build and deploy artificial intelligence systems.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Parul Singh, partner at lead investor Initialized Capital, sums up the tremendous value Stellar Sleep has for those fighting insomnia and often experiencing the effects of sleep deprivation— and other resulting health challenges.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

Investors in the new round include TenOneTen, Rembrandt VC, Hawke Ventures, DragonX, FJ Labs, Interlace, Riverpark Ventures, Comma Capital, Kotti Capital, Alumni Ventures Group, Jason Finger, and a group of angel investors. Tacora Capital led the debt funding. So we went back to the drawing board and this was a successful pivot.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 21, 2024

Additional participating investors include Sage Hill Investors, Audeo Capital, and BlueIO. Additional participating investors include Sage Hill Investors, Audeo Capital, and BlueIO. We look forward to continuing to work with Jerry and the rest of the team as they expand their footprint and help empower cybersecurity teams worldwide.”

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