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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? Today you have funders focused exclusively on “Day 0” startups or ones that aren’t even created yet. dot-com bonanza.

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Who Should be on Your Startup Board?

Both Sides of the Table

One of the things that founders have the most angst about is whom they should have on their board and at what stage of the business. This is smart because amazing board members can be transformative with important advice and access and can also help attract other great board members (and team members).

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Third Rock Ventures Invests in Internships for Underrepresented Groups in Life Sciences

American Entrepreneurship

Third Rock Ventures , a leading healthcare venture firm, sees that important connection as well, serving as founding partner of Life Science Cares’ Project Onramp , a paid summer internship program now being scaled via LSC affiliates. Other early funders include Google Ventures and JLABS. Partner at Third Rock.

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Yendo’s Series A Funding Led by FPV Ventures Brings Credit to Millions of Underserved Americans

American Entrepreneurship

FPV Ventures’ Co-founders Wesley Chan, founder of Google Analytics, and Pegah Ebrahimi , former COO of Morgan Stanley’s Technology Investment Banking Establishing credit is a major challenge facing millions of Americans, both those in low-income jobs or those just entering the workforce, among others.

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From Plan to Benevolent World Domination with the KISS Canvas

Paul G. Silva

[This is part of a series on the KISS Canvas ] For over twenty years I’ve had the pleasure of co-founding a handful of ventures and mentoring hundreds of startup and intrepreneurial teams. A pitch deck template is great for telling a convincing story to investors, but not a practical guide for execution.

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TravelPerk’s breakout Business Platform gains $104M led by Softbank Vision Fund 2

American Entrepreneurship

With booking volumes approaching $2 billion and employees now over 1200, the latest lead funder Softbank has come on board with participation from existing investors, Kinnevik and Felix Capital. Last year TravelPerk grew revenue by over 70% year-over-year with gross profit rising by more than 90% year-over-year.

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Angel Capital Association’s Annual Summit is a Goldmine for Black Investors, Founders, and High Growth Startups Raising Capital

Angel Capital Association

Additionally, the ACA’s Angel University pre-summit seminars offer deep dives into crucial topics like angel exit strategies and startup board management. Author: Brittni Abiolu Brittni is the founder and managing director of Venturehue Access Lab.