Forward Cities

JANUARY 30, 2020

It’s great to be in KC during this really exciting time, and being able to capitalize on some of the momentum the city has gotten over the past 5-8 years. Q: What is your deeper ‘why’ behind your commitment/work to support inclusive entrepreneurship in Kansas City? .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

“The climate-oriented investment in Biden’s new plan would be roughly ten times what came through ARRA,” wrote Shayle Kann, a partner with the investment firm, Energy Impact Partners. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

Corporate venture capital investments (CVCs) now represent more than a fifth of global venture. The bigger slice of the funding pie comes as founders have to navigate a more uncertain capital landscape. This is why corporate investment is making a comeback — and what startups should look for in the return.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

Growth investors have become far more reserved when making new investments, and many are redefining how they approach valuations. The most important next step is to secure growth investment, without which many startups won’t survive. Founders must consider a new timeline for the investment process.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

She is also principal of Broadway Realty, investing in, and repurposing, historic properties. While the State is not known as a hub for venture capital, we have frequently been recognized by national sources as a great place to start a new business. What advice would you give to entrepreneurs pursuing a startup in Oklahoma?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

CB Insights forecasts a roughly 20% drop in total VC investments from Q1 to Q2, leaving ambitious young companies scrambling to fight for scraps. Whether it’s dedicated impact funds or value-based venture capital firms, funders tend to back companies that have demonstrated their ability to scale.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

“It’s a careful balance of keeping burn rate at a minimum while investing in key areas.” Crypto is altering the investing landscape for even the most disciplined VCs. With more than $32 billion invested last year, and over $11.3 And web3 is all about the community,” Yida Gao, general partner at Shima Capital, said.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In my current position as executive director of PRSTRT’s accelerator, parallel18 , I’ve been inviting VCs to visit us and bridge the gap between business and capital. Investment is much like dating — VCs could go for 40 coffee meetings a week with founders, but only one or two really catch their eye.

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

At the end of each tour day, we hosted a pitch competition where a local startup received a $100,000 investment from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. We foster an open and inclusive environment and we want to hear about new business ideas and ways in which we can grow as a community. What can your city teach Silicon Valley?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The second is that companies YC backed four to five years ago, after raising a series of venture capital rounds, are now commanding huge valuations that they didn’t have in 2018. According to her, when one or two YC-backed companies in a region begin to scale while raising huge amounts of capital, it inspires other founders to apply to YC.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

These days, investing goes way beyond the stock market. And in recent years there’s been a growing number of startups which aim to give more people access to a wider array of investment opportunities. Former E*TRADE CEO Mitch Caplan, of Tarsadia Investments, led the round. million since its 2015 inception.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

The Yozma Programme (Hebrew for “initiative”) from the government, in 1993, was seminal: It offered attractive tax incentives to foreign VCs in Israel and promised to double any investment with funds from the government. billion raised in capital markets in Israel and abroad in 2019, as IPOs became an attractive exit alternative.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

There are fantastic rewards to be had for those who know how to exploit the new opportunities for business funding that arise in times like these. Today, you can even buy cryptos like Ethereum or Bitcoin and use them as collateral to fund your business with crypto-backed loans. Angel investment. Venture capital or VC.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 16, 2022

Bringing the direct experience of Impact Hub’s 24,000+ community members and practising social entrepreneurship around the globe, we delivered our concerns to the European Commission when the new Action Plan for the Social Economy was being drawn up.

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