TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

All right, here are the final five business Brahmins who will help judge the Startup Battlefield pitch competition. Mar Hershenson , co-founder and managing partner at Pear VC. Tisch is the chairman of Good Dog, a marketplace to find pets online, and is the co-founder of Techstars NY. David Tisch , managing partner at BoxGroup.

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

Aviel and I are both self-taught VCs: the parts of the job we learned as founders and operators of our own companies covered just a fraction of what it means to be effective money managers, fundraisers, board members and trusted partners within the tight-knit community of professional investors. The implications of this are many.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The battle to win Startup Battlefield began long before TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off Tuesday. Startup founders from all over the world applied to what has been described as the most competitive batch in TechCrunch history. Jim Lanzone was named earlier this month as the next CEO of Yahoo Inc.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Leah Edwards is a passionate fan and connector in technology and impact, a lecturer at UC Berkeley and Stanford and a partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures , a Silicon Valley-based VC firm. Not only are there few female partners in VC funds, we are also not doing enough to support female founders. Investing in diversity.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Lak Ananth is founding CEO and managing partner of the global venture capital firm Next47 and serves on the board of several companies that he has helped to grow beyond $1 billion valuations. So, where does this put you — the startup founder, entrepreneur or company executive? Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

In recent years, calling oneself a startup founder was certainly seen as a flex. For those who wielded that role or the coveted CEO position, you were likely to be placed on a pedestal or be viewed as a visionary, aided by a venture capital market that experienced an overextended bull run in the background.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2021

Singh Cassidy, founder of premium talent marketplace theBoardlist, will discuss making the leap into entrepreneurship after leaving Google, her time as CEO-in-Residence at venture capital firm Accel Partners and the framework she’s developed for taking career risks. We simply must take the time to get to know founders.”.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 17, 2023

Register When starting a company, founders often underestimate the amount of time and energy required to fundraise. Delegating this crucial task to middlemen can send a negative signal to potential investors, as it implies a lack of confidence and investment in the company’s future, Koh stressed.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Today, she’s cofounder and a partner in Assembly Ventures, the first transatlantic mobility-focused venture capital fund in the world. In her role, she invests in and strategically supports entrepreneurs and mobility companies. “I

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2021

Two back-to-back MasterClass copycats raising millions in venture capital makes me think about if the model can truly be verticalized and focused down into specific niches. All of our bars for content quality is much higher now than it ever was before and I’m excited to see how that affects learning across the board.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Startups and VC. Life as a startup founder is never dull. That’s doubly true for Black founders, who routinely struggle to raise funds, be noticed and get their fair share of attention, Dominic-Madori reports. For the new year, she conducted a mini-survey to find out what Black founders are expecting in 2023.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Olumide Soyombo is one of the well-known active angel investors in Nigeria tech startups and Africa at large. Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack , PiggyVest, and TeamApt. Non-traditional startup founder to an angel investor.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

In my distant past as a startup founder, long before I became a writer at TechCrunch, exhibiting at TechCrunch Disrupt turned out to be a huge moment for my first startup. David Nage discusses how regulatory scrutiny is impacting venture investment in web3. Build a solid deck for your quarterly board meetings.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Over timer founders and sales teams who adopt this mindful approach can turn customers into assets, says Khan. Good relationships with executive buyers can help shape your company as it grows, ultimately serving as an unofficial advisory board of the top leaders and experts within your customer base.” Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

“If you believe VR and immersive computing is the future — whether for consumer or business use cases — Activision helps Microsoft build a flywheel of content and technology that gets more users on board to this future.”. All signs point to a continued abundance of opportunities for startup founders and investors in the year ahead.”.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JUNE 24, 2015

Your board and investors even consider you the Mark Zuckerberg or Evan Spiegel of your industry. Congratulations, you have succeeded in turning your startup into a real company. With so much competition, startup founders and existing corporations can no longer survive by just adding new features or marketing product extensions.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Workshops, breakouts and roundtables — led by established founders, leading subject-matter experts and VCs — cover core entrepreneurial topics across fundraising, marketing and operations. Many firms have invested heavily in the Platform function to grow the firm’s network and help their investments succeed.

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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! They’re taking place right now somewhere in the startup and corporate worlds, in small companies and large, from the Bay area to Boston, Berlin, Barcelona, and beyond!

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The funding also included participation from Shasta Ventures and Sixty Degree Capital. Akamai Technologies CTO Andy Champagne will join Macrometa’s board. Startups might be in a funding midwinter, but the ray of sun shining on some VCs speaks of a different trend , reports Ingrid. billion in total commitments).

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

Herman is not your typical startup founder, having dropped out of high school and starting his own recruitment agency at the age of 21. His tenacity is one of the things that attracted Sequoia partner and Canvas board member Mike Vernal to back the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. He grew up in Connecticut attended Yale undergrad and worked for IBM after graduation doing M&A, strategy and venture capital. Seth also spoke about not accepting investment until after gaining traction. And there you have it.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2022

: “…the good news for software startup founders,” writes Alex, “is that the period when the deck was being increasingly stacked against them may now be behind us.” ” VCs and AI-powered investment tools : Do VCs want AI-powered tools to help them figure out where to put their money?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2022

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. ” So if Overdorff’s observations are any indications, both startup founders and investors alike are working harder to make their dollars last longer.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy DiNunzio isn’t your typical Silicon Valley startup founder. She did her first tech startup after the age of 30. She hasn’t raised any venture capital. I’m told she just signed with one who will be on-boarded soon. Tracy isn’t your quintessential Silicon Valley startup story.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Most investors wait to see who else is investing. &# Social Proof&# weighs heavily on investors in making their decisions. Paul Graham’s assertion that “any startup founder can tell you the most common question they hear from investors is not about the founders or the product, but “who else is investing?&#

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Ariane de Bonvoisin is an executive coach to top CEOs, startup founders and VCs. She has keynoted the Oprah conference, given a TED talk, and been invited to Google, Amazon, the World Bank, Union Square Ventures and Red Bull to teach about navigating change and founder and startup wellness. Ariane de Bonvoisin.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

Wall Street’s downward spiral continues, but not everyone is feeling it : The stock market was still showing red as we wrote this, so it might be good to hold off on checking your investments for a bit. Startups and VC. If you’re a startup founder, money – specifically, your own wages – can be a sticky point.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

And while over the past few years we have been laser-focused on cash returns, we are equally planting seeds for our next 10–15 years of returns by actively investing in today’s market. We are excited to share the news that we have raised $650 million across three vehicles to allow us to continue making investments for many years ahead.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 1, 2019

“The board has met and we’d like to extend you an offer to join the company. You’re investing your time, reputation, network, and probably also capital. So I recommend use the framework of an investor: Venture capital investing checklist. Due Diligence as a Board Member. Interviewing.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 14, 2022

Yieldstreet announced on August 11 that it had secured a $400 million warehouse facility from Monroe Capital LLC. A spokesperson from the alternative investment startup told me that the financing is the largest of its kind to date for Yieldstreet. Across the board, startups are asking us about venture debt way more often.

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2011

A while back, I published an article on “ Startup Due Diligence Is Not a Mysterious Black Art ,” describing what investors do to validate your startup before they invest. I’ve had startup founders tell me that it’s only about the color of the money, but I disagree – particularly if you are desperate.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

On February 3, I reported that Sarah Pierce , who served as executive vice president of customer experience, sales and operations at the online mortgage lender, had parted ways with the company after its layoffs debacle and reported disagreements with CEO Vishal Garg and the company’s board. billion after a $250 million Series C round (a 3.5x

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

So then when I wanted to go into venture capital, they said, “You can’t do that, you need to be in EIR.” So when I got into venture capital, I thought, “Well, what can I do that’s different?” I came from a board meeting to here. ” I said, “Why?”

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware. We have invested $17.3 And then the world changed.

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propel(x)

JULY 11, 2022

This way, Brelyon only saw the syndicate as a single investor and did not have multiple small investors showing up on the cap table , which is not desirable for a startup seeking funding in later rounds. Private placements are a high-risk investment. Brelyon raised money through Propel(x) via a Seed Round in early 2020.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Munich-based AM Ventures just closed a $100 million fund focusing specifically on the early growth stages of industrial and commercial 3D printing applications. Investing internationally, the firm went from a de facto family office to a multi-LP VC firm. We did our first investment in January 2015.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

.” That might work inside mature companies, but early-stage founders who are presenting themselves to investors must be more specific. In an interview with Natasha Mascarenhas, B2B stealth startup founder Akshaya Dinesh recounted the time her team was rejected by an accelerator because they hadn’t yet picked a CEO.

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