A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

Of course a nice chunk is primary capital, i.e. for the company balance sheet, to invest in growth initiatives, security and quality, and advancing our existing strategic priorities through acceleration and de-risking. We just announced a few more things. We remain steadfast in our commitment to continuing to increase all of the above.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The company announced today it has raised a $100 million Series A that will be used to expand quickly in the United States and on its Singapore research and development center, which is currently under construction. The new capital will be used to fuel TiNDLE’s distribution in all 50 states. and beyond.”.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2021

venture capital firm based in the midwest. Playvox , a Colombian startup that wants to bring a positive twist to customer service monitoring announced a $25 million Series A from Five Elms Capital , a Kansas City, MO VC firm. It’s not every day you see a Latin American startup funded by a U.S. It has now raised $34 million.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 26, 2023

Fisher’s Popcorn officials presented to Delaware’s Council on Development Finance an application for a Jobs Performance Grant of $60,000 and a Capital Expenditure Grant of $145,500 from the Delaware Strategic Fund to support the company’s investment in construction, fit-out costs and new equipment.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Even then, Bain Capital Venture’s Matt Harris felt confident in betting on the startup. Two of the main reasons this deck “sings” is the line it draws to the Justworks culture and that the deck isn’t “artificially simple.” “The word that really comes to mind is ‘structured.’

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

million led by Schematic Ventures with participation by Motivate Ventures and SHRM Labs (the venture capital arm of the Society of Human Resource Management). This capital will help fuel Gig and Take’s commercial expansion for the next two years. Finding and retaining labor is the number one challenge in domestic manufacturing.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Participants in this round were Y Combinator (Homebase took part in the accelerator program earlier this year ), Partech Partners, Goodwater Capital, Ace and Company, Emies Advisors and Foundamental. ZeroDown is constructing a new path to home ownership.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Toward the end of 2022, a number of entrepreneurs, some citing Elon Musk, told me that they’re bringing back an in-person work culture in the following year to help promote productivity and, in some cases, loyalty. Maybe now is the time to capitalize on changes happening on the old stomping grounds ? Impressive. Book your pass ASAP!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As the recipients of less than 1% of venture capital raise, institutionalized systems are visibly at play. From imbalances in fundraising to minimal capital and access, Black brilliance and its cloak of resilience continues to rise. Early on in my career, I learned about venture capital from my experiences working for a startup.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

Bobby Franklin is the president and CEO of the National Venture Capital Association and previously served as an executive vice president for the CTIA – The Wireless Association. A new foreign investment bill will impact venture capital and the US startup ecosystem. Let’s be clear: The venture capital industry has lacked diversity.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Peter Boyce II (Stellation Capital). Hear from Peter Boyce II, founder of Stellation Capital (former partner at General Catalyst) on how to get the best terms, with the best investors for your startup, and ultimately the best long-term success, during your Series A fundraise. Lotti Siniscalco (Emergence Capital).

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

But through media depictions of male leadership, stories and culture, we have, for the most part, been socialized to more easily trust a white male persona, so when it comes to early-stage investing, this concept of trust is quite insidious. of venture capital is invested into them.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Michael: Amy, how are the risks in something like manufacturing different than construction, different than transportation? We want to understand the culture. What are some of the opportunities for us to make your safety culture better immediately? What are some things that may need capital? We will go do a mock audit.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Don’t get me wrong, I do think an important sign from startups is their ability to keep a startup culture going for as long as possible and one sign of this in the early days is scrappiness. It was probably true, but I created the wrong mindset – the wrong culture. I love this saying and what it implies and I use it often.

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Red Rocket

MAY 11, 2021

I recently stumbled on this great article below from my good colleague, David Gardner (pictured), the founder and General Partner at Co-Founders Capital , one of the most active early-stage venture capital firms in the Southeast, based in the Raleigh-Durham area. Constructive and actionable feedback can be hard to come by.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

It’s too simplistic to believe that cities can leave our lives, disappear from culture or bid away relevance. Z5 Capital, a venture firm focused on enterprise startups based in the United States, is planning to raise a $25 million fund, according to SEC filings. She’s amazing. Image Credits: salihkilic / Getty Images Etc.,

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FundersClub

JUNE 1, 2017

" Harry Stebbings of The Twenty Minute VC chats with Brian Ascher of Venrock on how both founders & GPs should construct their pitch, why VCs are eternal optimists, and what makes the best post-investment VC/founder relationship in " 20VC with Brian Ascher of Venrock.

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Haystack

JANUARY 18, 2020

This impacts portfolio construction and possibly returns, though on the flip side, end-markets are larger and outcomes can be greater — look at Datadog, for instance. I don’t have the data, but I’d bet the “minimum ownership” requirements VC funds started 2010 with have gone down dramatically.

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Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

They’ve all accepted that this is a new world of capital abundance and that the pistons driving the global economy are technology and network effects. More and more seed capital has flooded into the market, making the situation for funding seed rounds ~$2M-ish total size more competitive.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

venture capital to date (more on this in a separate post), unfortunately relegating billion-dollar exits as “ho-hum” events to the technology crowd. The company only raised a bit over $1M as seed capital. Autodesk will integrate PlanGrid’s software and its Autodesk Revit and Autodesk BIM 360 construction-management platform.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

The Folklore highlights the best design talent across [Africa], and demand for these products that reflect the culture is exploding,” says Folklore’s CEO of its $1.7 Once Conceive is successful, Singapore’s Parentinc leaps into the breach ; it just raised $22 million for its parenting community and D2C brand. What’s Coinbase?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

Planetary , a Geneva, Switzerland-based food tech company, is tapping into a new $8 million cash infusion to construct an industrial-scale production facility so that its customers leveraging fermentation technology can create and scale their alternative proteins quicker. Is cell-cultured meat ready for prime time?

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Impact Hub

MARCH 10, 2020

This includes a seminar week, dubbed ‘the academic heart of the forum’ – where innovative knowledge transfer occurs across disciplines, the Tyrol Days – focused on research and its’ development, an agenda of Arts and Cultural events and a series of symposia on health, financial, political and legal technological and economic sectors.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

Xpeng Robotics , a bionic robot maker affiliated with Xpeng , raised $100 million in a Series A round led by IDG Capital, at a time when venture investments are slowing in China. Audi started construction of an EV factory in China that is expected to come online in 2024.

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Haystack

JANUARY 20, 2019

While the big funds hire people to do this and the new angel/seed funds are just starting out and don’t even think about it when starting — it’s somewhere between years 3-5 where I’ve noticed this starts to sink in.

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Haystack

JANUARY 16, 2019

The more I discover about going beyond just writing checks into startups — concepts like portfolio construction, cross-fund management, and new fund formation — the more I realize how critical the parlay is. Let’s focus on the noun first.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Many employees have the attitude that their organization’s code of conduct is merely a policy, when in reality the code should serve as the foundation of any given organization, capturing its unique values, ethics, and culture. The best codes align with an organization’s message and are an authentic expression of the workplace’s culture.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Financial Readiness: Many startups fail because the founder has underestimated the amount of capital needed to reach sufficient revenue and/or profitability. Most startups will require ongoing capital investment for years, while generating little to no income.

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Derek Sivers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Vietnam has long been considered the cultural and artistic heart of Asia, and the Vietnamese are the “Italians of Asia”. This can be seen in shops, where the air-conditioning is turned off until a customer walks in, or in the recycling culture where even used plastic bags have value. A new “me-first” culture is rising.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 27, 2020

I remember vividly how I went on and on about how much I disliked the way my co-worker treated people, and the detrimental effect that this behaviour was having on the workplace culture. Don’t make mistakes or miss the chance to capitalize on trends that are visible by looking at historical or competitor data. Skills can be learned.

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Jason Malki

APRIL 12, 2022

A data-centric environment like the one we are constructing lends itself to leveraging AI to make predictive suggestions. That can be tough when most of the publicity on other startups is about how much capital they are raising and how quickly they are expanding. That’s where we’re headed once the data reaches proper scale.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2023

million in a seed funding round co-led by Anthemis and Fin Capital. The company ended up deciding that Power was the best fit both culturally and technologically. Founded in early 2021 by Randy Fernando and Andrew Dust, New York-based Power Finance announced last September that it had raised $16.1

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 20, 2023

New Jersey’s favorable business environment, skilled workforce, strategic location, supportive ecosystem for growth, and deep cultural ties are why Indian companies thrive in our state. Beyond economic and commercial ties, our academic and cultural connections make it the perfect fit for Indian companies looking to expand to North America.

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Jason Malki

APRIL 17, 2023

As we are seeing with the dispersion of innovation and capital away from the traditional hubs, Austin is primed to step into that slot as the next great region. They are using 3D printing robots to advance construction technology to build faster, cheaper, and better housing. What is it that excites you about the Austin ecosystem?

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MAY 10, 2019

Joel Marz with Efficient Nomad is providing the architectural design, engineering, and construction of custom, unique, and economical, single family homes. Brian Wilson with Wakefield Interactive has developed video games that offer stories from other cultures. His most recent release is, “Where the Bees Make Honey”.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

Oh, it also needs more capital. As I described in Part 2 of this EC-1 , that staffing efficiency is partly due to its culture and who it hires. Zeta Global raised north of $600 million in private capital in the form of both equity financing and debt, making it a unicorn worth understanding. ” Dogs of Lordstown.

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Haystack

JANUARY 2, 2020

A topic that’s been on my mind a lot in 2019 is “time diversity” in venture capital funds. These are firms that have returned capital at scale. From what I’ve gathered from LPs and VC mentors, in previous eras, the initial deployment period of a VC fund (not including reserves for follow-ons, etc.)

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