Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

Upfront Ventures has a deep-seated commitment to equality in funding & building diverse teams across all ethnicities, nationalities and genders. If you’re an entrepreneur who would like to see this clause in more startups please ask your VC to include it in future term sheets and link to it from their home page. “We

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Picking a VC is hard. So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. Most VCs are book smart. VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. You want a VC who will spar with you but then STFU and let you get on with things.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

With so many entrepreneurs and startup ventures seeking investment opportunities, it’s crucial that venture capitalists (VCs) create a list of criteria they want their potential investments to meet. As such, VCs have to consider a number of factors when choosing which companies or entrepreneurs in whom to invest.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

In the VC insider baseball world a discussion has gone on about “VC platforms” over the past 5 or so years. While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2023

Because most startups avoided raising in 2022, there will be a glut of startup companies in the market for capital this year and while there is plenty of venture capital sitting on the sidelines waiting to be deployed, VCs will be much more selective, instead of funding everything that moves as we’ve done over the last few years.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

I am thrilled to announce that we have added Hamet Watt as a Partner at Upfront Ventures. This is a big news day at Upfront Ventures. He had made some structural mistakes in NextMedium that meant the Cap Table and leadership team was a bit wacky. He will be a venture partner. So what gives? So he had had a taste of it.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.”

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2017

Historically VC has been an apprenticeship business. VC ASSOCIATIONS. Let’s Talk Ops , Venture Capital Operations Association – fund operations professionals. Let’s Talk Ops , Venture Capital Operations Association – fund operations professionals. National Venture Capital Association.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Today is amongst the proudest days I’ve had at Upfront Ventures — getting the chance to announce that Kevin Zhang has been promoted to Partner. years at Upfront has been both a pleasure and also has taught me a lot about venture capital. I mentioned at the start that Kevin has taught me something about Venture Capital.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

An offer they couldn’t refuse : It looks like Egyptian fintech Paymob snagged one of the largest funding deals in the region — a $50 million Series B, with PayPal Ventures and Kora Capital leading — based on its ability to turn cash-loving customers into digital users with its cards and wallets. Startups and VC.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2022

I’m the on-paper poster child for “who can get VC dollars”. What’s that investor going to be like in a board meeting when you as a female founder need their support or worse, actually their vote? Eighteen percent of $330 billion translates to $59 billion, or 25% of all venture transactions (e.g., Highly doubtful.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

Maryam Haque is the executive director of Venture Forward. Bobby Franklin is the president and CEO of the National Venture Capital Association and previously served as an executive vice president for the CTIA – The Wireless Association. A new foreign investment bill will impact venture capital and the US startup ecosystem.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 17, 2023

Phylicia Koh, vice president at early-stage gaming venture capital firm Play Ventures , said effective fundraising is not only essential for securing necessary capital but also for demonstrating the commitment and resilience of the founding team. The Singapore-based venture capital firm raised $135 million for its Fund 2.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.”

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Considering the track record of venture capital invested in women-led firms, it’s easy to understand her focus. to 3 percent of all venture funding goes to female founders (that percentage increases to about 12 percent when firms with both female and male founders are added in.) venture capital firms are women.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

The Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) team is often asked by portfolio founders how exactly cultural leaders can be a game-changing asset for their companies. For Founders Make It Make Sense Venture capital is where innovation meets investment. Entertainers could be on tour, shooting a film, or recording an album.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For the time being, the board replaced him with Kenneth Kinyua , the former CEO of Kopo Kopo, a Pan-African payments business, who recently joined Dash for a regional leadership role in East Africa. million in equity from Insight Partners, Global Founders Capital, 4DX Ventures and ASK Capital, among others.

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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. The biggest difference I cite is that Venture Capital often feels like an “individual sport” while startups are a “team sport.” It was more hedge fund than venture capital.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

The headline speaks for itself : Mike scored a home run with his headline for a story about four European founders turned angel investors who are giving some of their venture capital firm competitors — many they say have not operated a company before — a run for their money. Startups and VC. Vice no more? : chipmaker AMD.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 30, 2023

In addition to his rich experiences working in the venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) sectors, Joseph has also sharpened his investment acumen through his multiple years in the audit and stock-broking industry before deciding to finally launch his cross-border investment firm, Kairous Capital , in 2015.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Renegade Partners led the round, which included new investors Heritage Group, Cendana Capital and Sean Rose, and participation from existing investors including Lachy Groom, Tiger Global, Freestyle Ventures, Slack Fund, Root VC, Moxxie, Haystack Ventures, Todd & Rahul’s Angel Fund, David Eckstein and Aston Motes.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Leaders across the board openly advocate for female-founded businesses receiving more venture capital and entrepreneurship support, but few are taking decisive actions to close this glaring gender gap. Women founders face obstacles across the board. How can we better support women to grow their companies? How do we fix funding?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Today I’m handing her the largest A-round check I’ve ever written as a VC as we lead her $10 million A-Round at uBeam. As I’ve written about recently, at Upfront Ventures we started talking a couple of years ago about wanting to fund stuff with more meaning. Upfront Ventures'

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

I don’t think that Google would have become the success story we all know without the leadership of Eric Schmidt through the years he led the company. So Nick drove strategy & tech from the UK and remained an active board member and CTO of the company. Case in point is the return of Larry Page to the role as CEO of Google.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Insurtech venture funding soars as insurtech stocks sour : Last year was perhaps the best year ever for fundraising for insurtech startups. Startups/VC. Another €30M for Marathon Venture Capital : Based in Athens, Marathon just stacked extra chips for its investing activities. Ron’s been all over the cloud beat.). Here’s why.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

She’s been an entrepreneur, served on plenty of boards, is a contributing author at Marie Clare, has been a senior advisor to Bumble and worked as a consultant in marketing, business development and more. How to Get An Investor’s Attention (Marlon Nichols, MaC Venture Capital).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

Today the company announced a $50 million investment, a large sum in today’s tightening VC landscape. We have a majority woman board, we have a majority women leadership team, and our company is actually quite evenly distributed. The new money brings the total raised to nearly $150 million, per the company.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Maybe if we all say something nice to them… From angel to the board room : Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is the newest board member of audiovisual startup Chroma, a company Stone began investing in two years ago. Startups and VC Kano, the venture-backed U.K. Sarah has more.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 5, 2019

It’s not actually surprising that investors bought into it, considering that for a long time, VCs have focused on one particular archtype of leader as being more worthy of venture investment than others—the bold, confident visionary who will talk big in the pitch meeting.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As an early-stage VC I love this phase. He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. We recently added Richard Mumby to our leadership team.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 22, 2020

Moderated by Juliana Garaizar, ACA Board Member, International Committee Co-Chair, Greentown Labs. Short Term Vision as Current Chair , Tony Shipley, ACA Board Chair, Queen City Angels. What to Expect from your Leadership/Vision for the Next 3 years , Marcia Dawood, ACA Vice Chair, MindShift Capital.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

On February 15, Lightspeed Venture Partners’ Ansaf Kareem published a very detailed blog post titled “The Alchemy of Fintech Valuations,” in which he summarizes fintech sectors, the closest public comps, the key metrics to pay attention to and where multiples are today. Super interesting read. Her appointment became effective February 6.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

The round was co-led by Index Ventures, which also led Sylvera’s seed, along with New York-based global private equity and VC firm Insight Partners. Also participating in the round: Salesforce Ventures, LocalGlobe and a number of angel investors. million seed round in May last year by closing a $32 million Series A.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

But honestly there are times when being a VC can feel like that, too. Successful entrepreneurs achieve much through their personal leadership traits that inspire others to do great things with them – sure. And in it he profiles the work of Coach Campbell who was once on the boards of both Google & Apple. No exceptions.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

But despite my privilege, I’m also confident that my Black heritage made it more difficult for me to raise venture capital. Today — and the data proves this — if you are a white male, you have an unfair advantage when looking to raise venture capital. At the time, I didn’t even know that raising venture capital was a possibility.

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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. A healthy leadership is a healthy company.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Fellow founder and co-CEO Josh Mangel will temporarily assume the role of chief executive while Hurst leads the search and subsequent transition in leadership with the help of a global executive recruitment firm. CTO and co-founder Zain Allarakhia will remain on the board and serve as a senior advisor to the company.

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