Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

I am fond of quoting that about 70% of my investment decision of an early-stage company is the team. Final startup grind from msuster. So I naturally spend much time with the companies in which I invest helping them: recruit. PMs are a vital part of a tech startup. Be careful about board construction. and so forth.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

French startup Homa has raised a $100 million Series B funding round. The reason for that is that it has become incredibly challenging to stand out when you build a hypercasual, casual or board game with a small dev team. Since 2018, Homa has published 80 games and attracted one billion downloads.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. I only recently invested and I only got here through persistence. The opportunity came up to invest in this one and I pounced. More on that later.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Voltron Data co-founder and CEO Josh Patterson said that at its heart, the startup is a standards company that aims to spread the word on the power of data and analytics standardization via Apache Arrow. The open source tool has proved amazingly popular, with the company reporting more than 42 million downloads per month.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In this series, we have explored a variety of funding options for startups looking to launch a new financial product as well as terms to consider when negotiating your first warehouse facility. Download the a16z Guide to Raising Debt Thank You Your download will begin shortly. Or click here to download manually.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 21, 2021

As podcasting continues to gain ground among mainstream consumers as a digital media platform alongside music, video, and the printed word, a startup that made a name for itself through building content for the medium has closed a round of funding to help it explore what comes next. “We know that’s not a typical viewpoint.

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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. Igor Shoifot, a partner at TMT Investments, said he will join Synder’s board after the company graduates from YC.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Now with over 500,000 users on board, the startup is announcing the close of its £4.6 Leveraging a freemium model, Uppbeat allows creators to sign up for an account that provides access to around 50% of the site’s catalog and provides 10 downloads per month. mo) provides full access and unlimited downloads. (A

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 11, 2015

I’ve worked very closely with Matt over the past four years as we share an investment in a company in Los Angeles called NextPlus and we sat on a board together for years. He’s had a ton of recent successes in enterprise software investments but also has a history in doing consumer deals. He’s committed.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 6, 2014

There are too many people giving advice who have been through one or two startups, none of which grew into a huge company, got to profitability, or an IPO. The startup world, which is supposed to be tolerant of failure, rarely admits when failure occurs. Yet, it all sounds like awesome advice to other startup people--i.e.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 16, 2011

That’s why I was so interested in having “ The Gotham Gal &# come on This Week in VC ( video link on YouTube , download iTunes, episode 15) ) and dispel those myths. Invested in “ Catch a Fire ,&# which is a business that helps people (mostly women) connect with pro bono opportunities where they can put their skills to use.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

million downloads to make it “the largest and first Black-owned personal finance platform” to do so, Rodney Williams, co-founder and president of SoLo, told TechCrunch. based and Black-owned with registered users or downloads above 1 million. “The It’s challenging across the board.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

Mental health startup Ksana Health has received $2 million in seed funding led by re:Mind Capital, the mental health VC arm of Christian Angermayer and Apeiron Investment Group. Hardorp will also have a seat on Ksana Health’s board. . “We Angermayer’s other public investments span from cryptocurrencies to cannabis. .

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. While many tech startups do this intuitively (say, SnapChat thinking it would be much better if our photos out partying disappeared) it still happens. Having a high position can make a huge difference to “organic” downloads.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

It’s a very important concept for me because in a startup you are constantly under pressure and have way too many distractions. Make them widely available inside the company and share your most important goals with your board. Commitment & urgency are key drivers of success in startup businesses. On measurement.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 3, 2023

Why we take that with a grain of salt at our consumer startup Photo credit: Derek Liston You hear it constantly in the startup community — “just ship it!” Am I being duped by Twitter-speak and startup mentor nonsense spouted by people with no skin in my game? Clearly that’s the antithesis to the startup mentality.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The boards of both companies have approved the proposed merger and the deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022, subject to regulatory and stockholder approvals. The Los Angeles-based company initially launched in 2015 and the app has been downloaded more than 250 million times.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

We had over 200,000 downloads and shot up to the top 10 in the App Store,” Broughton recalls. For example, Altro is focused on educating users through a catalog of over 350 educational audio clips covering topics topics like cryptocurrency, investing and trading. By the time it raised its $2.5 We had to put up a waitlist.”.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The round was led by SignalFire, and the company reported that today’s investment represents 5% of its value. Oana Olteanu from SignalFire will be joining the board under the terms of the deal, which includes warrants of $12 million in additional investment at the same price.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Nonetheless, non-white CEOs still face immense barriers when entering the startup game. Your Guide to the Season’s Hottest Gifts from Dell: Download Now and Save up to 39% Off. Related: A Practical Guide to Diversity for Startups and Entrepreneurs. Investing in minority founders is poised to have some very tangible benefits.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Champions Round , a fantasy league startup that caters to Gen Z sports fans, announced today that it raised $7 million in new Series A funding. The Series A was co-led by Point72 Ventures and Goodwater Capital, with additional investments from Pipeline Capital, Quest Venture Partners, Mana Ventures, Band of Angels and Gaingels.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Remote and hybrid working are the order of the day, and now a startup called AnyDesk that helps enable that to be pulled off smoothly — regardless of the architecture of a company’s network, or where a person happens to be working — is announcing a round of $70 million to fuel its growth. It poses certain risks.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

ABS Capital’s Mike Avon, a co-founder of Millennial Media, and Paul Mariani, are joining Apptopia’s board with this round. Will Zoom Apps be the next hot startup platform? “Instead, what we did is we spent years investing into data science and algorithms,” notes Kay.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

One of my favorite events last year was attending Startup Grind where I got to interview Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma. And of course we talked about many of my views of building startups. You didn’t join startups then. You joined a startup if you couldn’t get a real job.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

More people shopping on their mobile devices creates friction due to downloading an app for each brand. Steven Kramer, board member and former EVP of Hybris, said via email that over the past two decades, the e-commerce industry went through several waves of innovation. Nacelle raises $4.8M for its headless e-commerce platform.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

India’s Hero MotoCorp is joining up with California startup Zero Motorcycles to develop premium e-motorbikes and powertrains. Almost every major scooter-sharing app, except for Voi , has seen a YoY rise in downloads. But downloads are not necessarily the best metric to gauge success in the sector.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

For his next act, the startup exec returned to the consumer social space with the launch of 9count — the maker of the popular friend-finder Wink , mobile dating app Summer (previously Spark) , and others. This will include some in-person events in the startup’s hometown of L.A. and the fourth in Canada, Hofmann said.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The past 18 months drew more users to the AllTrails mobie app, which now has over 40 million downloads and 30 million registered users across 190 countries. Schneidermann says this is also the third year in a row where the comapny will be doubling headcount, primarily driven by investments in R&D and product development.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

For his next act, the startup exec returned to the consumer social space with the launch of 9count — the maker of the popular friend-finder Wink , mobile dating app Summer (previously Spark) , and others. This will include some in-person events in the startup’s hometown of L.A. and the fourth in Canada, Hofmann said.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Luos , a participant in the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield competition this week, wants to make it easy for embedded hardware developers to connect to any hardware component, such as a motor or sensor, then build a reusable configuration profile to give them the same type of flexibility that software engineers have with microservices.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2015

I write about sales often both because it’s the lifeblood of any organization and because in my experience it is the area in which more startups are least experienced or inclined. What is the single biggest mistake I see inexperienced startup people do in sales? Also, you need to consider the type of investments each VC does.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

The Boston-based startup built a platform, which provides tech-enabled caregiver support through employers and health plans. Previous backers, including Slow, Founder Collective, Indicator Venture, Entrée Capital and CueBall also made follow-on investments in the round. Singapore-based caregiving startup Homage raises $30M Series C.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

million registered users, Fatmap’s mission, ultimately, is to be the Google Maps of the great outdoors , with a premium subscription ($30 / year) unlocking access to extra features such as downloadable maps and route planning in the mobile app. Fatmap in action Image Credits : Fatmap / Strava With 1.6

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

Please download the episode here , if for no other reason than to make Harry happy :) but I’ve also included some quick notes below including a few notes I didn’t share in the podcast (and vice versa by the way? . We talked about what startup CEOs should do in these situations and how to think about these renegotiations.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

Tech is rushing in to fill that gap, and today a Berlin-based startup called Taxfix , which has built a popular mobile assistant to address the former of these, is announcing a big round of funding to fuel its growth. This is a major round for the startup: Taxfix has raised around $330 million since being founded in 2016.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

As for the new funding, Domingues says the investment will be used to support the company’s continued expansion in the United States and allow it to work toward a more sustainable food system. S2G Ventures managing director and founder of OpenTable, Chuck Templeton, will also be joining Flashfood’s board of directors.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2020

That technology is at the heart of The Routing Company , the startup that Cox now leads. Cox came on board as an advisor to the company initially, but decided to join the ride full-time after seeing the technology that Wallar and van der Zee had developed. “ Each driver receives a link to download an app.

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