Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 21, 2021

Startups used to raise once every 18 months. The implication is the most sought after companies often receive offers, whether they are in market raising capital or not. Venture capitalists and boards used to value a company every 18 months. We, as an industry, are marking-to-market much more frequently than we used to.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 20, 2023

(May 22, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board made several key program and policy approvals during its May meeting, including its first awards of residential projects under the Aspire Program, additional funding for the Authority’s child care programming, and record-breaking investments in venture capital.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. So what is Revenue Based Investing?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

They do include e-commerce experiences, but also companies building interactive tools for customers to look at, mix, and match various light fixtures from a lighting consultancy; more standard publishing services; and for helping tailor materials for emergency medical training services. million last year, also participated. .”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 21, 2021

Its solution, in part, may be based on creative ways of presenting content to users, but also keeping a focus on strong material to use in those channels. In part this is about hiring people from a mix of backgrounds but also about how it approaches management and how it endorses those with whom it works.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

When you communicate with each other openly and honestly, people respect that and get on board with your mission. It’s about mixing patience with your determination to succeed. I have learned that mental capital is just as valuable as financial and physical capital. One of those values is communication.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 23, 2022

and Southeast Asian venture capital fund Alpha JWC Ventures. MDI-KB’s Centauri and Alpha JWC Ventures are joined by existing investors, Number Capital, Arise, iSeed SEA, Irvan Kolonas, as well as Alto Partners Multi-Family Office, Mahanusa Capital, Kopi Kenangan founder James Prananto, and a number of strategic follow-on investors.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2022

Warm introductions are not factored in, and anyone can apply to be evaluated, screened and accepted or rejected on equal terms, in part using the data science that Sequoia’s product team (led by Lee) has built internally to evaluate potential investments. However, it seems there will still be some lines drawn in that process.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

For Founders Make It Make Sense Venture capital is where innovation meets investment. Founders seeking to tap into this rare mix of reach, influence, and capital must navigate this terrain with an immense amount of intention and foresight. Remember that actors, artists, athletes, and executives work in cycles.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Use-cases may include accelerating new drug discoveries, or powering the vast amount of data processing required for AI applications. So, what can Quantum Motion and its upstart brethren bring to the mix that the deep-pocketed behemoths can’t? ” Quantum Motion CEO James Palles-Dimmock with co-founders Prof. .”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

Unit itself is not a labor union, but instead helps worker-organizers set up, affiliate and manage a union with a mix of software and human resources. The startup has a step-by-step process of how to virtually unionize a workplace that it offers for free public use on its website. Human Capital: The gig economy in a post-Prop 22 world.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

I don’t have much to say about this since anyone who follows the most basic tenets of society and uses logic understands it is wrong and ridiculous. My one thought: perhaps, it’s time for us all to put our grown-up pants on and stop normalizing this kind of behavior. The pairing has been something of a mixed bag.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

There are some smart if not somewhat cerebral bloggers I read who say that you shouldn’t take any startup advice at all because it’s too generalized to be useful to your situation. You start to test out whose opinions mapped best to your own situation and whether following their advice would have been useful. Triangulate.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Nova itself is a counterpoint to profit-focused corporate venture capital outfits, and is instead focusing on abilities to collaborate with the LG conglomerate across the board, in a few key verticals: the metaverse, connected healthcare, smart homes, electric vehicles (EV) and the wonderfully fuzzily named tech for good.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2021

After all the effort into the user interface, we really need to weigh the price point, especially as we promised the board to launch next month! As a VC and Board member, I am usually involved in this topic thanks to my experience as an entrepreneur and business operator. Let’s see what the board says!”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

.” In a related article, Gregg Adkin, VP and managing director at Dell Technologies Capital, shared the framework he’s developed for helping founders set up their board. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Matthew Harris, partner, Bain Capital Ventures.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Martin Bell, who sits on Arowana’s advisory board, founded 100tasks.com to democratize entrepreneurship and is an expert in launching and hyper-scaling companies. Within only 100 days, new leadership transformed the tech platform, marketing mix, and rider operations–elevating it from laggard to leader.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Capital allocation is a core part of any CEO’s job, and it’s particularly critical for growth-stage CEOs. Most growth-stage CEOs I work with know how to tell if they’re efficiently allocating capital in every part of their budget with one glaring exception: research and development (R&D).

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

The headline speaks for itself : Mike scored a home run with his headline for a story about four European founders turned angel investors who are giving some of their venture capital firm competitors — many they say have not operated a company before — a run for their money. Startups and VC. Vice no more? :

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

Through AaaS, managed services providers (MSPs) can help organizations get started on their analytics journey immediately without extravagant capital investment. Flywire, a Boston-based magnet for venture capital, filed to go public Monday. Fintech venture capital activity has been hot lately, which makes the Flywire IPO interesting.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Now, a startup called Deepdub is capitalizing on the growing demand for localized content by automating parts of the dubbing process using AI technology. What’s more, it does this by using just a few minutes of the actors’ voices — so the dubbed version sounds more like the original.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. More than 10 startups raised capital to make plant-based protein for a country with increasing meat demand. LG continued pushing envelopes — albeit to mixed effect. How to kick the 10 worst startup habits with Fuel Capital’s Leah Solivan.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

The investors: Boaz Dinte , managing general partner, Qumra Capital. Adi Levanon Chazan , partner, Flint Capital. Noam Kaiser , partner, Intel Capital. Boaz Dinte, Qumra Capital. This can be professional, personal or a mix of the two. Rafi Carmeli , partner, Viola Growth. Natalie Refuah , partner, Viola Growth.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

I’d be lying if I told you that every week was an embarrassment of riches here at Actuator HQ (a one-bedroom in a Queens office managed by a mischievous lionhead rabbit mix), but I’ve thus far been happy with the flow of news. Murielle Thinard McLane, Intuitive Ventures: Robotics capitalization strategies will shift.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Recently, offenders have been using victims’ smart devices, including video and audio capable home surveillance devices,” the FBI said in a formal public warning. Investors alongside OurCrowd include Cardumen Capital and Varana Capital. If you have limited or no credit history in the U.S., Register for your preferred time.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

. “Bootstrapping Klaviyo, it came out of this: ‘Hey, if we are super disciplined about finding a problem that someone will pay us to solve, we have a real company,'” said Hallen. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

The data is based on a sample of 2,500 companies that have used AngelList to syndicate deals from 2013 through 2020. With the Coinbase direct listing behind us and the Robinhood IPO ahead, it’s a heady time for consumer-focused trading apps. Raising capital for a new fund is always hard. Let’s break down the pros and cons.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Sequoia, the top venture capital firm on the face of the earth, put in a growth round that valued the company at close to half a unicorn. I imagined a future Wing media arm with a TV channel, a venture capital fund… …and then it all came crashing down. A great board member helps you catch your blind spots. No one ever did.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Our firm has had the good fortune to invest in many two-sided networks that used information aggregation, supplier aggregation, and user generated content to attract and inform consumers and resultantly disrupt and change different industries. Additionally, all of us that have been consumers of the U.S. I like healthcare a lot.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The Nordic countries make up just 4% of Europe’s total population, but they account for a significant amount of venture capital investment. Use discount code HALLO to save 25% off a 1-year Extra Crunch membership. ” Here’s who responded to our survey: Sean Percival , managing partner, Spring Capital.

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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. Only 10p goes to mixed-gender teams, and less than 1p goes to all-female teams? Don’t worry, you get used to it.) they’ll all know better.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

I was at an alumni dinner at UCSD (I am on the alumni board) and a group of people were talking about how their kids use UberX to get rides home from parties at night. They seemed a little excessive in trying to make it hard for their competitors to raise capital. I was at the first pitch meeting they ever did to raise capital.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Blair Silverberg is co-founder and CEO of Hum Capital , a financial services company using technology to accelerate the fundraising process. In turn, companies across the board missed out on the balance brought by investors’ complementary breadth of guidance. Blair Silverberg. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

Nobody has family duties, board meetings, full schedules. Struggling to get time with First Round Capital? As my college buddies used to say, “you could blindfold me with dental floss.&# It was a bunch of members of the Austin Startup Factory mixed with some out-of-towners like myself. But at SXSW? Hanging out.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. They achieved all of this before they raised even a penny of venture capital. I use WordPress. It really started simply enough.

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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. One very effective way is to use your broader team.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2021

A little over a month ago, Orbillion held its first public tasting event, where meats mixed with its elk, beef and sheep were on offer straight from the petri dish to the table. The company said it would use the cash to bring its first product, a Wagyu beef offering, to pilot production.

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