Dream It

MAY 4, 2021

It’s important to understand VC Math 101. The VC believes your company has a reasonable chance of achieving a certain exit valuation. Most early-stage VC’s are aiming for a 5-10x return. Ready for the one-sentence answer to this common VC question? Valuation is part art, part science. It’s really that simple.”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 27, 2021

It is also the case that companies carry much of the cost of insuring their employees health in the US. While that may not be great health care policy, it is what it is right now. And so companies do have a vested interest in the health of their employees that goes beyond wanting them to be well and feel well.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Nigeria-based health tech startup Helium Health has acquired Meddy , a Qatar-headquartered and UAE-based doctor booking platform for an undisclosed amount. With a presence in six African countries — Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Liberia, Kenya and Uganda — Helium Health has signed more than 500 healthcare facilities.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Kenya-based MyHealth Africa , an integrated healthcare platform changing how people access medical services, by connecting patients with local and international health specialists and hospitals, is growing its reach in Africa, and plans to further expand in Middle East and South Asia next year. doctors in the most developed countries.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The round is led by Flashpoint Venture Capital, Uniqa Ventures, PKO VC, Black Pearls VC (an existing investor) and Adamed. Services its platform offers include consultations with a doctor via chat, video or telephone; AI- triaging and coordination; and booking of in-person visits and blood testing. million (~$6.6

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

With another year of venture capital records in the books, it’s time to look forward. To help us with that question, we corralled Nalin Patel , EMEA VC Analyst at PitchBook, and Christoph Janz , co-founder at Point Nine Capital, to help us dig into what’s ahead for European venture activity. Africa had a killer year. What’s at stake?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

If you want to understand the shortcuts we take in this kind of decision making check out this book by nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman. If market slumps persist the woes will extend into LPs who will take a wait-and-see approach to investing in VC funds making 2016 an unpleasant year to be raising. p.s. my normal health warning.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

Clipboard Health , an app-based marketplace that matches nurses with open shifts at nearby healthcare facilities, today announced that it raised $80 million over two unannounced rounds, a $50 million Series B round in 2021 and a $30 million Series C round this year, at a $1.3 ” Clipboard Health’s staffing dashboard.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

After putting around €50m into VC initiatives globally, it’s now embarking on being the kick-starter LP in a new VC fund dubbed V3 Ventures , the idea being to invest up to €100m into founders and brands directly. While being independent of Verlinvest, V3 will still be able to leverage the former’s international network.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

The dynamics that play into this forecast, aside from the impact of COVID, include a youthful population (the youngest globally), rising smartphone adoption and internet penetration that has led to a burgeoning tech ecosystem backed by local and international VC dollars. Image Credits: Bill Gates Foundation Gallup report (2014)/Endeavor.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear.

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Revolution

JANUARY 6, 2020

Some of the ideas I outlined nearly four years ago when I wrote the book The Third Wave are well underway, and others are just starting to pick up steam. We’ll kick it off with sectors many of us may be thinking about as we contemplate New Year’s resolutions: health, wellness, and diet. This week, I’ll plan to share?—?in has exploded.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Think of the Amazon affiliate program where you’re paid if you help Amazon sell books (I think on average Amazon pays about 7% of sales). And the obvious category, especially for a VC based out of LA, is video. It allows advertisers to run campaigns that are only paid out when somebody actually buys something (e.g.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

I love the enthusiasm, the boundless energy and the sense of possibility that comes from having an idea that hasn’t yet been beat up in the marketplace of competing ideas, customer contracts, VC skepticism, jaded journalists or fickle consumers who are on the The New, New Thing. But alas I must scale with businesses and make money.

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Dream It

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Most VC investors see hundreds, if not thousands, of startup decks and pitches each year. In this article, we’ll outline Managing Partner Steve Barsh’s top 5 things investors wish startup founders knew when reaching out, sending a deck, or pitching a VC. What’s Your Problem? direct, online, B2C, B2B).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2023

Zuckerberg, a co-organizer, part-time DJ and investor at Long Journey VC, says that they’re thinking of making it an annual event. Saumya Dave and Graham & Walker’s Leslie Feinzaig all said different versions of the same statement: founders shouldn’t have to choose between mental health and grit. Book your pass ASAP!

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The rules of VC are changing: Here’s what founders should be considering in the new era. James Coates, health and human performance principal, Decisive Point. TechCrunch+ roundup: New VC rules, AI biotech investor survey, Instagram ad case study by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch. yourprotagonist.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

A combination of university talent pipelines, top-rated quality of life, growing startup ecosystem, and growing VC funding has Tree Town topping lists as one of the best places to start a tech company or find a top tech job. Honesti is a mental health app for college students founded by students at the University of Michigan.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Booking.com started in 1996 and was later acquired by Priceline Group (now called Booking Holdings) in 2005. For this survey, we interviewed the following Amsterdam-focused investors: • Janneke Niessen, partner, CapitalT VC. Janneke Niessen, partner, CapitalT VC. Digital health, education, B2B SaaS.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

Also participating are two former American football players, Eli Manning and Ositadimma “Osi” Umenyiora; Boston, US-based seed fund Accomplice; healthcare-focused VC firm THVC and early stage European VC, Daphni. Chan School of Public Health, and King’s College London.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

If you’re a founder who finds yourself in a meeting with a VC, try to remember two things: You’re the smartest person in the room. ” Wilson’s book explores the history of freon, a common refrigerant that was later banned due to its devastating impact on the ozone layer. I hope you have an excellent weekend.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2021

While Levy shows the importance of time, I think we’ll also see a growing importance for founders to lean on community and mental health support. Swimply raises $40M from Airbnb and Lime co-founders, VCs for its online pool marketplace. Gift Guide: The best non-business books for 2021 recommended by VCs.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Despite the uncertainty in the tourism sector from the Covid pandemic, the PEV team didn’t slow down but instead went on to launch two startups — Elephant Bookings, a software as a service (SaaS) product, and Nomad.Africa, a content-to-commerce magazine. Bookaway books $35M to scale up its ground transportation booking platform.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

For instance, investors such as Berlin-based VC firm Target Global and renowned investment firm and hedge fund Tiger Global cut checks across early and growth stages. The European VC also led the pre-seed rounds of Kippa and Edukoya. Target invested in both Series A rounds of Kuda and Mono (including the Series B round of the former).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2022

As we enter 2023, many have predicted that the wave of layoffs may get worse before it gets better — a prediction already proved true by recent rounds of cuts before the holidays, including Airtable, Plaid and Komodo Health. Every LinkedIn "influence," VC, and "career coach" seems to be on the RTO train.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In the book, the author covers how cops go after cybercriminals, and it shows that there is hope in stopping drug dealers, dark web market kingpins and child abusers. Startups and VC You wait for ages for a real-world application of AI image generation, and then suddenly, two come along at once. PST, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Tied up as we were with our book guides ( here and here ), we’re just now getting to the data. If you care about the state and the health of the European startup market, this is for you. Per the same data set, in the first three quarters of 2021, VC-backed tech M&A worked out to $54.9

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Yesterday, we considered the rise of the VC-led SPAC and whether venture capital groups that offer seed-through-SPAC money will wind up with advantage in the market over firms that specialize on any particular startup stage. billion, with around $300 million in cash on its books. Bookings fell from 4.2 Image Credits: Rover.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

million in VC funding from PROfounders Capital and EC1 Capital. CEO and founder Sanchita Saha says she has seen per person event bookings increase 300% from an average of two to six events per person per month. There are also higher repeat bookings because of this. Europe, the U.S. The company has previously raised £1.5

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Overheard at a VC/startup conference recently: Product market fit is like a product going around from weirdly shaped customer group to weirdly shaped customer group, like that old kid’s book “ Are you my mommy? Startups and VC. PDT, subscribe here. Christine and Haje. The TechCrunch Top 3. The first was a $161.9

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

TechCrunch has been covering the demo days of the seed-stage venture firm Pear VC since 2015. What it does: A marketplace to book short-term space rentals for corporate events, meetings and productions. The pitch: Spathios says it’s a marketplace to book short-term venues and spaces. Neura Health. Founded in: 2020.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Without further ado, here are the five judges who will pick the 2021 Startup Battlefield winner: Kirsten Green is the founder and managing partner of Forerunner Ventures, a San Francisco-based VC firm she formed in 2010. She later assumed the role of chief innovation officer through which she oversaw Northwestern Mutual’s venture arm.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Startups and VC. Health tech startup myNurse (formerly known as Salusive Health) lost a bunch of patient data in a breach and suddenly shut down less than two months later. fund: (that’s web3, but down under) : New Zealand gets its first crypto, web3-focused VC fund. Curiouser and curiouser. Gotta love a good pivot story.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Ukraine’s startup ecosystem was thriving before the war and making great progress, with Ukrainian startups raising $832 Million in VC funding in 2021. VC Funding was steadily growing before the war and there are more than 50 VC firms continuing to operating in the country. Secured seed finding from SMRK VC.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

VC is the flashy gold medal, but the rapid growth of emerging fund managers means that a first check can be piecemealed together from a variety of different sources. With a surge of VC investing, many startups are urgently hiring. The growing complexity of fundraising has the opportunity to make tech either inclusive or exclusive.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

While books and talks galore have been published on pitching, the reality is that the art of the pitch deck is a constantly changing fashion. She has backed IPO’d companies like Guardant Health and DoorDash, as well as startups such as Aurora Solar, BioAge and Branch.

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