TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It seems that every internet company and their dog have at least one venture capital (VC) arm under their wing, with the likes of Google Ventures (now GV), Microsoft Ventures (now M12), Salesforce Ventures , Twilio Ventures , and Zoom Ventures all serving their corporate namesakes potential cash cows via hundreds of equity investments.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. 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. Are you politically active?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? What happened? billion fund.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2021

Todd Klein is a partner at Revolution Growth , a VC fund that invests in growth-stage companies. During his 20-year career, Todd has been involved in financing and building over 150 venture and growth-stage companies in the media, consumer, technology, education and healthcare sectors. Public commitment to sustainability goals.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

Securing early-stage venture financing is usually the best way to accelerate and sustain growth, but with various funding options available, how do you figure out the best course of action? What is the best alternative to VC, and at what point in your company’s growth do other funding sources make sense? Revenue financing.

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

Our firm’s original premise was – and remains – dead simple: Seattle is a global gravity well for engineering talent, thanks to the sustained excellence and corresponding human capital needs of Amazon and Microsoft. By contrast, venture capital is a craft that defies both speed and scale.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was. 2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Startup SG Founder The Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board Spring (SPRING) consolidates various startup assistance programs. This grant is crucial in supporting the early-stage development and commercialization of proprietary technology solutions, encouraging innovation and sustainable business models.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

We cover a lot of venture capital news here at TechCrunch. Lately, we’ve had to touch on rolling funds, solo GPs and a faster-than-ever investing cadence that has rewritten the rules of venture investing. But there’s another venture capital trend worth discussing: venture capital firms going public.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

Wale Ayeni , one of Africa’s well-known investors, has a new role as the head of Helios Digital Ventures, the venture capital strategy of private equity firm Helios Investment Partners, TechCrunch has learned. “I’ll call it a mid-cap VC fund. It’s not early, and it’s not quite growth.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

She worked for 5 years as a VC at Battery Ventures and co-headed M&A at IAC working with Barry Diller. Venture capital is about backing the leaders of tomorrow who imagine the world as it should be and aren’t constrained by what it is today. I promise you, he really said this out loud.) So What Does All This Mean?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Three ways VC firms can construct sustainably diverse portfolios. If you follow mainstream tech media, you could be forgiven for thinking that venture capital is a founders’ market today after two years of record round sizes and outcomes. Leslie Feinzaig is the founder and CEO of the Graham & Walker.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

However, for all their effort and importance to the tech ecosystem, raising significant venture capital seemed elusive to startups in Africa’s digital media landscape that rely on grants and personal funding to scale. million in seed funding to expand its audience and build new verticals. market of the mid-2010s.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Register Wavemaker Impact , Southeast Asia’s first climatetech venture builder , has announced the first close of its debut fund to drive decarbonization in the region at scale. And in the next two years, Wavemaker Impact hopes to launch 8 to 12 new sustainability-focused businesses.

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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. Somehow we just ended up in VC. Today we are a team of 10 people.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Prabhat Gusain is currently the chief of staff at Caffeinated Capital and was previously an intern with Versatile VC. David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. How to win consulting, board and deal roles with PE and VC funds. Next are VC firms looking for founders.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2022

Register Kickstart Ventures , one of the most active venture capital firms in the Philippines, celebrates its 10th anniversary with a renewed commitment to invest in startups across the Philippines, and in major innovation hubs in Southeast Asia and beyond. on its first year.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

But it’s not your average French VC fund as it’s going to be an evergreen fund focused on building a better world. If you’re not familiar with Marie Ekeland, she used to be an investor at French VC firm Elaia. More recently, she co-founded Daphni , her own VC firm. Let’s start with the investment thesis.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

Startups and VC. David Nage discusses how regulatory scrutiny is impacting venture investment in web3. Oui Capital, an Africa-focused VC firm based in Lagos and Massachusetts, announced today that it has completed the first closing of its $30 million second fund, Tage reports. You can sign up here.). Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Startups and VC Everyone needs some good competition to get the creativity flowing. Last year, VCs flowed approximately $6 billion to resale platforms, writes Brian Schwarzbach, an investor with Cathay Innovation. In a galaxy far, far away : If you’re a Star Wars fan, Disney+ will debut a new series called “The Acolyte” in 2024.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their time with due diligence, they are still investing. CB Insights recently found that two of the largest global VC firms, Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, actually backed more fintech companies in 2022 than any other category.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 15, 2022

SIG, the TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good, Precursor, BEENEXT , City Light, Hummingbird Firm, and Avesta were among the investors in the round, which was led by Avaana Capital, a $150 million climate-focused fund. More than 50 Terra.do alumni contributed to the round, ranging from farmers who manage the Terra.do The new Terra.do The post Terra.do

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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

APRIL 9, 2021

Giving EV batteries a second life for sustainability and profit. Giving EV batteries a second life for sustainability and profit. How to kick the 10 worst startup habits with Fuel Capital’s Leah Solivan. Image Credits: MaC Venture Capital. Setting up a management board for success with Dave Easton.

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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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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. 2 A (temporary) venture capital reset? Greater governance role for limited partner Boards of Advisors.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Aclima , a decade-old startup founded by Davida Herzl, is looking to solve that problem and has raised $40 million in new funding from strategic and institutional venture capital investors to accelerate its growth. GingerBread Capital , KTB Network , ACVC Partners and the Womens VC Fund II.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Pillar VC principal and co-founder of Petri Tony Kulesa echoed that, saying “we’ve seen significant exploration of fields outside of therapeutics, bioengineering broadly applied. We are seeing an explosion of entrepreneurs applying bioengineering technology to public health, climate biotech, food, agriculture, and sustainability.”

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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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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

billion valuation, reflecting its sustained growth. Startups and VC. MasterClass , the platform that sells subscriptions to celebrity-led classes, cut 20% of its team — roughly 120 people — to “get to self-sustainability faster.” Now, Ingrid reports, the startup has raised $624 million at an $8.5

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

Quality of life (personal health, sustainability, proptech, transportation). How to win consulting, board and deal roles with PE and VC funds. Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? How to win consulting, board and deal roles with PE and VC funds. ”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

“ARR is at $XXm+, growing predictably and sustainably” — financial traction slide. The majority of early-stage VC deals fall apart in due diligence. . “We’re making contracts browser-native” — solution slide. “Companies are switching to Juro’s browser-native format” — traction slide.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The more than 4,000 early-stage startups we have launched provide case studies of how intentional community development can sustain founders working to accomplish big things while catapulting their ability to build a business.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

These events aren’t just a chance to review the latest cohort of hopeful entrepreneurs — they also showcase the technology, products and services that will compete for VC and consumer attention over the next few years. Customer advisory boards are a gold mine for startup brand champions. Red and white stop sign on the wall.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Angel investors typically provide early-stage funding, while venture capital firms typically come in at later stages. This is the realm of venture capital professional investors, with funding amounts of $1-10 million, often referred to as the “A-round,” or first institutional funding. Funding or rollout stage. Exit stage.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I need to take some VC meetings. So entrepreneurs need to think the same way some VCs do – because markets change, competition changes, innovation & technology cycles move so fast only having a few truly outstanding leaders in your company can you sustain any sort of advantage. Him: “I know, I know.

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