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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

Both Sides of the Table

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. Thank you. (if

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The Fantastical, Stupendous, Wonkariffic Tale of How Ample Hills Creamery Raised a $4 Million Venture Capital Round

This is going to be BIG.

That story actually begins about eleven or twelve years ago, with a little bit of VC mentoring. I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing.

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Bangladesh agritech startup iFarmer raises $2.1m in IDLC-led funding

AsiaTechDaily

million Series Pre-A round of financing led by IDLC Ventures, the VC arm of IDLC Finance—one of Bangladesh’s largest non-banking financial institutions. New York-based Millville Opportunities, and Startup Bangladesh Limited, the flagship venture capital fund of the Bangladesh Government’s ICT Ministry, also participated in the round.

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This new app is helping Gen Z invest in cars, food, video games and other ‘themes’

TechCrunch

Other themes include So Glamorous, which includes companies selling apparel, luxury goods and other consumer retail products such as handbags, shoes and jewelry and The Open Road, which includes – you guessed it – companies involved in the development of self-driving cars, electric vehicles and their components and materials. .

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Building a creator-focused OS

TechCrunch

While our own Anthony Ha did an inimitable job covering the Pico round, I got on a Zoom call with the company, as well, as their new capital came with a relaunch of sorts that I wanted to better understand. European VC soars in Q1. How are VCs handling diligence in a world where deals open and close in days, not months?