Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

By definition?—?I’m On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. Pre-seed is just a narrower segment where you might raise $1–3 million on a SAFE note and not give out any board seats. That used to be called A-round investing. Are we in a bubble?”

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 20, 2021

We started looking at crypto ten years ago, starting investing nine years ago, and have had a front-row seat to its development ever since. It has been enlightening, exciting, rewarding, but definitely not mainstream. Though I am on the board of Coinbase, I had not been aware of this partnership until I saw the tweet.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As the venture firm focuses on healthcare, their investment in Project Onramp and the hiring of interns will give them greater visibility to talent, now and into the future. “We In addition to financial support Third Rock will also serve as a leading voice on the Project Onramp National Advisory Board. Partner at Third Rock.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). But they are also a tax on your time with portfolio companies, looking for new investments, running your shop and honestly they are a tax on your family life.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Today, seven years after that announcement, the company finally has a C round, a $200 million investment on a $1.05 Instead, there were definitely [points] at which we had to take inventory and ultimately put the company back on track.” Now, the company can take advantage of that with the new investment.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

He said he definitely noticed a difference in raising this year versus the last time. “We Gow will join the board under the terms of the funding. machine learning monitoring gathers steam with $42M investment by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch. snags $15M Series A to grow machine learning monitoring tool.

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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

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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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

Incredible Organizational Change, Growth and Advocacy: a Look at the ACA Success and Goals For 2024 Despite the volatility brought about by the pandemic, economic uncertainty, market fluctuation, bank failures and a myriad of other difficulties, the ACA has powered through to continue to be the voice for the art and science of angel investing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

The first two MyEO DealExchange conferences in 2018 and 2019 made a significant impact on the members who attended—including a 7-figure investment in Scott Mesh (EO New York)’s company. Each person gets 90 seconds to share the details of the investment opportunity or the “deal need” they’re presenting or seeking.

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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. What is a board of directors, anyway?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Today, one of the more promising hopefuls building an investing service in the UK is announcing a significant growth round after seeing a surge of attention this year in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. s public companies by providing additional capital and liquidity.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

According to PitchBook , VC investments were down 30% in Q2 2022 compared with 2021, and IPOs hit a 50-year low. The process starts slowly, but as the chart below shows, venture-backed M&A plummeted during the recessionary period, when venture investing also slowed.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

And we all know that Ron Conway is considered the savviest of angel investors and yet by definition not all of his investments succeed. I like to invest where I have a personally strong connection with the entrepreneur and/or a strong intuition on the market from prior experience. Who ultimately invested in FourSquare?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

I’ve definitely been wrong on market value. In short: Access to great deals, ability to be invited to invest in these deals, ability to see where value in a market will be created and the luck to back the right team with the right market at the right time all matter. I’ve sometimes been right about the market value but too early.

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HPA

MARCH 3, 2022

HPA has been an investor in Catalytic since the Series Seed investment in 2016. We’d like to thank HPA Deal Lead Andy Bokor and HPA Managing Director Pete Wilkins, who served as a Board Observer, for their contributions and counsel to the company throughout the years.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2021

The investment marks an important step toward the firm’s international expansion, its chief of business development Sun Huan told TechCrunch. It’s rare to see Tencent and Alibaba (or their affiliates) co-invest. Like Momenta, the two firms have nabbed investments from big automakers. Be pragmatic. Automate globally.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

In some ways it feels like a company that has gone partially remote—where you still get certain types of interaction on “office days” that you can’t get at home, but it’s definitely not what it was. Recording audio and/or video can be a huge investment of time, or very little at all. There’s a super wide range here. Where does it live?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

As Synder ’s two co-founders Michael Astreiko and Ilya Kisel wrap up their time at Y Combinator, they also announced their seed round of $2 million from TMT Investments. Small businesses sometimes are not sharing this information due to competition, but if something is working and easy, they will definitely share it.”.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 11, 2018

Yeah, I definitely wasn't putting in that kind of volume. The other day, I was in a board meeting and we were talking about the need for a software engineer. The team already had a lead on board. I couldn't figure out how anyone could fill their calendar with that many qualified people.

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Angel Capital Association

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Published annually, the goal of the report is to increase awareness about angel investor activity and build a deeper understanding of the investing environment. The AFR continues to be the definitive source of angel investing in North America. It’s supported in large part by the Angel Investor Foundation. Read more online.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 2, 2013

I had been meeting with Keya and her team months and months before I actually invested--because I liked the space and was impressed by her personally. Almost overnight, investors jumped on board with the new model. The key here is that the change in the company was real. It wasn't just a slight tweak. 5) Go find the customer money.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2021

The new funding comes from HealthQuest Capital, and sees the fund’s founder and managing partners Dr. Garheng Kong join the company’s board of directors. Having HealthQuest’s venture arm on board as a partner could help it take its direct-to-consumer business and further develop a complementary enterprise operation.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

Martino founded Bullpen in 2010 with a focus on post-seed, pre-Series A startups, and he led the fund’s investments in companies like FanDuel, Namely, Ipsy, SpotHero, Classy, and Airmap. This geographic distinction is now less about actual geography and more about mentality and style of investing of these types of firms.

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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. So it doesn’t make economic sense to invest too much energy in companies that appear to be losers. If management doesn’t believe in the company, your investors are definitely not going to. So what do you do?

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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. “Christine had been on our technical board of advisors for quite some time,” he said.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

“Yes, the pandemic changed travel, but not necessarily in bad ways across the board,” Soto said. “Definitely for major hotels, there are going to be big changes, but for vacation rentals and boutique-style hotels that offer different experience, this a lot more accessible and a lot more appealing. In the U.K.,

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Angel Capital Association

APRIL 30, 2024

In addition, 64% of angel groups have individual members making the investment in start-ups, while 32% of angel groups employ a fund or form a LLC or SPV for investment purposes. The overall investment level in new deals by members increased by 42% in the 2021 survey compared to 31% in the 2023 survey when asked the same question.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In the wake of a $300 million investment from General Motors in September, Momenta, an autonomous driving solution provider from China, announced today an additional $500 million added to its Series C round. Betting on China’s driverless future, Toyota, Bosch, Daimler jump on board Momenta’s $500M round.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Research is paramount, and sources are everywhere, especially for public companies and large investment firms. You and your advisors, board or partners should start by completing what you can of the matrix shown on this page. It keeps the board and CEO focused upon an ultimate exit. Start with the “matrix method.”.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 19, 2018

One of the easiest things you can ask of something like that is to invest. Investing insures that someone is always part of your company. Getting someone to invest in your next round is like getting to wish for more wishes and having it granted. It gives you an excuse to ask for more later. This comes into play so many times.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

But I hate worse when I let down the people for whom I’ve totally committed my time to: the boards I set on, my limited partners, my colleagues at Upfront, companies that are pitching me and looking for feedback and my family. Would you recommend that I create an open Trello board and anybody can add tasks for me there?

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

At Bessemer, Tess spearheads frontier tech investments, including the scaling and commercialization of revolutionary technologies, including drones, space-based observation and launch, agritech and much more. Some of Tess’s investments and board positions include Rocket Lab, Spire, DroneDeploy, Iris and more.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

We had been speaking with them for years, so when they asked if we would consider raising, we agreed it was definitely worth exploring. Thompson said, “while it’s still early days for Global Teams, it’s definitely popular,” with dozens of companies in Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand using it to employ people in 21 countries.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 24, 2020

But regardless of this, we still ended up saying no to an investment. You thought it’s the investment you got? This is because “In order to build something great, you have to be an optimist, because by definition you’re trying to do something that most consider impossible. We didn’t have a product and we didn’t have any revenue.

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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. We got the round done with some great names around the table--Jason Calacanis, Chris Sacca, and General Catalyst.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 30, 2023

to report information about the company, the company applicant (see the definitions below), and its “beneficial owners” to the Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), with limited exemptions primarily for large companies. As an angel investor, you might sit on the board of one or more companies.

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