Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. So spending time thinking about what your leadership style is, whether it’s effective and what you could do to improve it can yield dividends. Here are some quick guidelines on what I think it takes to build a sense of leadership: 1.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 8, 2023

As an example, only 3 percent of venture capital funding went to all-female-founded startups in 2022. — Annika Launay, EO Queensland, CEO of Franc.World Equal Representation At The Top Seeing more women on boards of top organizations and in political leadership roles would have a significant impact on entrepreneurship for women.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? What Does this Mean for a Venture Capital Firm?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

leadership, mentorship, competitiveness, communications, relationship-building?—?and In any job you either find leadership opportunities for your best people BEFORE they ask or other people start asking them to become leaders somewhere else. Leadership is about recognizing your next generation of talent and helping lift them up.

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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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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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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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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2024

Dr. Ramanathan is the Founding Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Black Star Fund , an early-stage venture capital fund. Concurrently, Dr. Ramanathan holds the role of co-founder and Chairman of the Board at Lokyata Inc. Charu Ramanathan as a keynote speaker to the Summit of Angel Investing in Columbus, OH.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Hershenson also serves on the board of trustees of Harvey Mudd College and on the Advisory Council of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University. With over 20 years of leadership and entrepreneurial experience in technology and media, Jim Lanzone has a proven track record of driving growth and innovation.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2024

Xcellerant Ventures , a leader in healthcare venture capital made a significant commitment to the biotech startup via a Series A round. Bundy brings his entrepreneurial leadership to CRISPR QC , having previously been co-founder of Cardea Bio and CEO and Co-Founder of Nanomedical Diagnostics.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2022

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? Do you think whatever misogyny is driving their paternalistic approach to women’s health is going to somehow morph into a vote of confidence for you in the face of criticism from other board members?

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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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Jason Malki

JANUARY 7, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Faye Sahai, Founding Managing Partner at Telosity Ventures. Faye Sahai is Founding Managing Partner at Telosity Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in digital wellness and mental health. Thank you so much for joining us! How did you break into tech investing?

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I have to ask myself, “Do the company’s core leadership team and the individual people on it have the track record of success that can carry this company forward?”. Those sorts of entrepreneurs can land a fund or board in deep water if they aren’t willing or able to change. Also by Diane Yoo: The Venture Capital Diversity Gap.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

YC itself says it was founded in 2005 as “an antidote to the classic venture capital firm.” Over the past five years in particular, we have evolved our organization with the addition of best-in-class leadership, investing talent, and infrastructure.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

He’s also a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, sits on the boards of several startups, is a many-time entrepreneur himself, and was previously an exec at GE and Intel. At Stanford, you teach a class with Jeff Immelt called Systems Leadership. They have truly done a good job of positioning the company for the next decade.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 23, 2024

I love seeing founders mature in their leadership, finding themselves in the process. I will keep all my board seats and companies, and I’ll be there to help any of my partners, but I’m going to step back and spend some time forming theses for my next chapter. I love seeing a startup grow from a dream to a global phenomenon.

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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. Robson told me about how that key leadership team member came onboard.

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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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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 13, 2023

I’m grateful that an all-star roster of investors and founders share this vision and are on board for Fund I with our mission to create a firm that entrepreneurs associate with industry-disrupting breakthrough companies.” Simmons has deep tenure in venture capital and brand building.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

A recent ZDNet piece reaffirms that the AI edge chip market is booming, fueled by “staggering” venture capital financing in the hundreds of millions of dollars. It brings Sima.ia’s total capital raised to $150 million. After emerging from stealth in 2019, Sima.ai “Sima.ai

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 10, 2022

Register Regional insurtech firm Igloo announced that it has raised $19 million in Series B funding led by Cathay Innovation, a global venture capital firm, with participation from ACA and other existing investors including Openspace. said Rajive Keshup, Director for Cathay Innovation in Southeast Asia and board member.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Half of ACV’s leadership team are women and across its portfolio that figure is 40%. Wong previously worked at GGV and Qiming Ventures and has served on the boards of startups like Tudou and Mobike. It also helps companies with compliance and governance, like making sure they have functional boards and a good set of advisors.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Marjorie Radlo-Zandi Contributor Share on Twitter Marjorie Radlo-Zandi is an entrepreneur, board member and mentor to startups, and an angel investor who shows early-stage businesses how to build and successfully scale their businesses. Tweaks in leadership are normal and healthy as a company grows.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Sarah Kunst, founding partner at Cleo Capital, has worn many hats. 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. Building and Leading a Sales Team (Ryan Azus, Zoom CRO).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

million in seed funding led by ScOp Venture Capital and Bullpen Capital, with participation from a group of angel investors. Schiff plans to use the new capital to grow the business across the board, product development and key leadership. The funding round he refers to is $6.5

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 30, 2024

million in a Series A venture capital round in 2023, CMS has investigated where best to continue its growth. CMS has grown up as a Delaware company and, through this state support, is excited to cement our future in Delaware,” said Erica Nemser, CMS’s CEO, who also chairs the Delaware Sustainable Chemistry Alliance Board. “We

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Another €30M for Marathon Venture Capital : Based in Athens, Marathon just stacked extra chips for its investing activities. The addition to its latest fund comes after the firm first raised €40 million for its second fund’s first close.

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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

JANUARY 5, 2022

Since our initial investment, Miro has scaled with tremendous momentum, strong market leadership, and incredible product velocity,” said Matthew Jacobson, general partner at Iconiq Growth and Miro board member, in a written statement. “We However, with statistics showing that 53% of the U.S.

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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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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2017

Let’s Talk Ops , Venture Capital Operations Association – fund operations professionals. National Venture Capital Association. New York Venture Capital Association. New York City Venture Connection. Capria , Recast Capital – fund of funds. NVCA Venture Capital University.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

TaskHuman , a professional development platform focused on coaching, today announced that it raised $20 million in Series B funding led by Madrona with participation from Impact Venture Capital, RingCentral Ventures, Sure Ventures, USVP, Gaingels, PeopleTech Angels, Propel(x) and Zoom Ventures.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 14, 2023

October 12, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved the first investment in an emerging New Jersey company from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF). The NJIEF, launched in 2022, is a groundbreaking tool to increase access to strategic resources and venture capital in New Jersey.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The round also included continuing and new participation from Aperture Venture Capital, BootstrapLabs, Breyer Capital, Duke Capital Partners, Good Growth Capital, Omnimed Capital, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, and others.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The doorbell rang. It was my co-founder, “Jim.” ” He was a few minutes early for our planning meeting with my other co-founder, “John.” ” Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

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. It was stunning but sterile. We wandered 6 blocks East.

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