TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

In 2016, we set out to develop a rigorous methodology for tracking progress on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in venture capital, and to measure and benchmark those data through our biennial VC Human Capital Survey. Once talent has come on board, inclusive culture and retention become key metrics of DEI progress.

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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

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. I, II and III.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

However, Amit says, “VCs aren’t going to build your business, you’re going to build your business.” When a VC signs onboard to help you with your company, do not expect or look for them to do the bulk of the work for you. Instead, when considering different VCs, look for ones that will cause you to think differently.

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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

APRIL 26, 2022

Three ways VC firms can construct sustainably diverse portfolios. There is some truth to this: VC had its biggest year in 2021 , more than doubling from 2020, which was already a record year for investments. Leslie Feinzaig is the founder and CEO of the Graham & Walker. More posts by this contributor.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 4, 2019

I was talking recently to a friend who advises a lot of boards. I asked him his view on boards overall. The first style is the “rubber stamp board” that does whatever the CEO asks of them. The second style is the “meddling board” that acts like it is running the business.

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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? Pre-seed round funding is under scrutiny: Is VC pandemic posturing here to stay? Pre-seed round funding is under scrutiny: Is VC pandemic posturing here to stay? ” It’s time to abandon business intelligence tools.

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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. But we do have great working spaces for our portfolio companies to entertain clients or hold board meetings or executive retreats. years of her life on this office project journey with me.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Hire admin / office management after you raise a reasonable size VC round. Be careful about board construction. Limit the number of VCs. Can always appoint other startup CEOs to the board to take founder seats (which you control) and/or bring in industry experts as independents.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

“We’ve gotten inbound outreach by several banks…but you know banks always like to know a lot of information about companies, their revenue, the amount of cash the company would hold with them, and so on to bring them on board,” said Nala CEO, Benjamin Fernandez. That is simply out of the question over here.

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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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APRIL 23, 2012

VCs construct stories in their head as to why they invested in this or that, and much of it is based on prior experience, but they're often awful at articulating the real reasons. Try and figure out exactly what a startup had to show at the moment a VC chose to invest in them. Venture capital is kind of like a knuckleball.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2016

I want to talk about a specific type of meeting today — a Board Meeting — but this could easily apply more broadly. A find many board meetings highly unproductive in that they are often just a date in the calendar where management is set to update its investors and other board members of its performance over the past time period.

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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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

The flurry of new funds gives me and, more importantly, founders the vibe that VCs are back in business and ready to write lots and lots of checks. But one could argue that new VC fund announcement dates, much like the phrase “oversubscribed,” don’t mean much in practice. This tweet by VC Matt Turck. Book your pass ASAP!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Some of H20’s early investments from that fund went into companies like Tül, a construction material e-commerce marketplace that is now valued at $800 million after raising a $181 million Series B round in January. market in the verticals of e-commerce, marketplaces, fintech and software. million Series A last October. .;

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 11, 2022

In addition to our dollars, we are eager to help founders with the construction of their cap table, not just generically with the highest profile folks available, but more specifically where they might get some help along the way. Nor Do VCs. And definitely once they’re on board fulltime, marketing and comms will be even more valuable.

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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. Pair that with a well-constructed pitch deck and you’re off to the races. Once the first domino falls, the rest inevitably follow.

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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

I did not speak to Better CEO Vishal Garg but he did provide a canned statement conveying his excitement about all the new folks — who come on board after a flurry of senior exec departures and amid a tumultuous environment. seed round for Adaptive, a construction software and fintech play. smartphones per adult,” McCormack added.

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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. To find out more, Anna Heim reached out to fintech-focused VC firm Fiat Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2022

billion last year — up 153% year-over-year in terms of global VC deal value. And that’s been happening pretty clearly… Now, with that said, I think that there’s still a lot of appetite [for fintech] across the board. Handle.com raises $10M Series A for construction payment compliance. In other news.

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MAY 11, 2015

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. There are weird parts, like board meetings being an hour a day.

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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. has opened up opportunities for companies that build such structures. Cottage is one such company.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Startups and VC. Not today, neighbor : Haje covered how Ergeon enables anyone to order construction projects like fences, driveways and more. “Across the board, the variance in metrics is stark,” says Townshend. These companies were also much more efficient with regard to the Rule of 40 and retaining revenue.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2017

The perverse nature of raising capital is that “no’s” almost always precede “yeses” because it’s very easy for a VC to tell you that you’re not a good fit without doing any real work to evaluate your company so you hear “no” far before others start doing more work. The best VCs follow up but then so, too, to the best entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

While we anticipate the VC fundraising environment will become more cautious across the board, we don’t see robotics being uniquely impacted. Warehouse inventory is one of the more intriguing applications I’ve seen for drones in recent years, levering their on-board image processing to keep track as goods move in and out.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

There’s a certain way to do this that is constructive and that actually adds to the process rather than causes friction and problems. I’ve been on the board of Commit Foundation now for probably about 7 or 8 years. We do these workshops where we have folks that are interested in technology and VC who are coming in.

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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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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 5, 2023

and was co-led by Ironspring Ventures and Chicago Ventures, with continued participation from FUSE VC and Cercano Management. NASHVILLE— GoodShip , a collaborative cloud-based analytics and transportation procurement platform for shippers, announced a $5M seed round today. The raise brings GoodShip’s total funding to $7.4M

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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. It can foist artificial time constraints on investors and force them to focus their deal flow into particular stages for fund-construction reasons. But the model is not perfect. The future? Or just a regional quirk?

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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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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. See The Use of Placement Agents for Emerging VC. . Launching is easy; fundraising is harder.

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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. See The Use of Placement Agents for Emerging VC. . Launching is easy; fundraising is harder.

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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.

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