Ben Franklin Technology Partners

DECEMBER 12, 2019

At the December 2019 Board of Director’s meeting, six companies were approved for funding. An investment in Sustain VC Impact Fund was also awarded. This Saas platform enables a targeted method for creating and placing ads on Facebook and Instagram at a cost-effective price point. For more information, visit [link].

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

The judges for this pitch-off will be Yoon Choi (Muirwoods Ventures), Mar Hershenson (Pear VC) and Gabriel Scheer (Elemental Excelerator) on day one; and Sven Strohband (Khosla Ventures), Victoria Beasley (Prelude Ventures) and John Du (GM Ventures) on day two. ” Mar Hershenson — Pear VC. Victoria Beasley — Prelude Ventures.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Landsman had been an independent Stash board member since mid-2022 and has previously served in operations and leadership roles at Jet.com, Citigroup, BlackRock and E-Trade. Previously, she led the investment team at Wavemaker Partners, a Southeast Asian seed VC fund investing in enterprise, deep tech and sustainability companies.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

The list of employee recruitment, acquisition and jobs boards products is practically endless — see Workday, LinkedIn and SAP SuccessFactors to start. As my colleague Ingrid Lunden reported last year, Gloat sells an AI-powered platform to organizations to power their job boards. In January, VCs funneled more than $1.4

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

VC firm General Catalyst, a new investor in the business, along with existing backer Kinnevik. I’m honored to be joining as an investor and the Board of Directors at TravelPerk and to help the company reach a global leadership position.”. The final tranche of the D round was led by U.S. Last fall TravelPerk acquired a U.K.-based

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

This February, Marketforce raised a $40 million Series A in debt and equity (equally shared across the board) from V8 Capital Partners, Ten13 VC, SOSV Select Fund, VU Venture Partners, Vastly Valuable Ventures and Uncovered Fund. Mbaabu founded the company with Mesongo Sibuti in 2018 as a SaaS platform for retail distribution.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

After years of sustained growth, the pandemic supercharged the outdoor recreation industry. Dell last week agreed to spin out VMware in exchange for a huge one-time dividend, a five-year commercial partnership agreement, lots of stock for existing Dell shareholders and Michael Dell retaining his role as chairman of its board.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Startups and VC. The ability to raise capital is less impressive than finding sustainable ways to build a growing base of paying customers. “Across the board, the variance in metrics is stark,” says Townshend. These companies were also much more efficient with regard to the Rule of 40 and retaining revenue.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

Quality of life (personal health, sustainability, proptech, transportation). Confluent’s IPO brings a high-growth, high-burn SaaS model to the public markets. What we can see in Confluent is nearly an old-school, high-burn SaaS business. Confluent’s IPO brings a high-growth, high-burn SaaS model to the public markets.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 30, 2023

They are joined by base case capital, The Cannon Project, Data Community Fund, Essence VC, FOG Ventures, Scribble Ventures, South Park Commons, and SV Angel, as well as founders and executives from leading companies such as Asana, Datadog, HubSpot, Braze, Notion, Plaid, Replit, and Vercel.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

From an investor’s perspective, 2022 witnessed a sudden market reversal from an extreme equity seller’s market to an equity buyer’s market, causing dislocations throughout angel, VC, and startup ecosystems. It is unclear if VCs will agree to these terms, but LPs believe they now have more leverage. Smaller VC fundraises?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

And it just closed on $15 million in a Series A funding round led by proptech-focused VC firm Fifth Wall to grow its business. Rather, he describes the startup as a SaaS-enabled marketplace for residential construction, starting with custom ADUs. Czarnecki emphasizes that Cottage is not a prefab homebuilder.

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FundersClub

JUNE 30, 2017

Jerrod Engelberg and Kevin Lee of FundersClub discuss board of directors, why they exist, how they work in public companies vs startups, what founders should be thinking about when dealing with a board of directors, and more in " Transparent VC, Episode 6: It’s All About That Board. " Investor Thoughts.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 25, 2022

The demand for animal-free protein is rapidly growing as consumers seek healthy and sustainable alternatives. In multiple cases we had to raise salaries to fight and get the employee on board,” one CEO tells us. Australia’s Seed Partnerships offers VC with OurCrowd. Microsoft Azure hosts ThetaRay’s anti-money laundering SaaS.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 25, 2022

The demand for animal-free protein is rapidly growing as consumers seek healthy and sustainable alternatives. In multiple cases we had to raise salaries to fight and get the employee on board,” one CEO tells us. Australia’s Seed Partnerships offers VC with OurCrowd. Microsoft Azure hosts ThetaRay’s anti-money laundering SaaS.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2021

Square buys majority of Tidal, adds Jay-Z to its board in bid to shake up the artist economy. As part of this transaction, Tidal owner Jay-Z got a board seat with Square, triggering conversations about the future of musical NFTs. Corporate sustainability initiatives may open doors for carbon offset startups. Okta-Auth0 deal.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

That said, Norway’s VC community has been somewhat dormant for a while. In Norway, sustainability-focused companies. Our portfolio is heavy on SaaS, which has weathered things well. In some cases yes, including our e-commerce SaaS companies and my recent Bitcoin exchange investment (MiraiEx). Dignio (SaaS/medtech).

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? I quickly recruited a board of experienced hands. Many of my board members are still there, a decade later. . How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics? Are you politically active? Why is that?

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? I quickly recruited a board of experienced hands. Many of my board members are still there, a decade later. . How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics? Are you politically active? Why is that?

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