TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2022

” Working with an attorney to create “strong and clear governing documents” early in your relationship goes a long way toward building trust on the founding team by creating general plans for how to handle events like future fundraising or M&A transactions. Adam Anders, managing partner, Anterra Capital. billion/4,740 deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

In the VC insider baseball world a discussion has gone on about “VC platforms” over the past 5 or so years. While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. See How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm.) At Versatile VC , we’ve used all these models.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. In case VC’s haven’t figured this out yet, shit rolls downhill. My blog linked to Brad Feld’s blog because I was so grateful for his series on term sheets and he was one of the biggest reasons that as a VC I felt compelled to blog. And covered we did.

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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. general partner and head of healthcare, B Capital. Shaq Vayda, principal, Lux Capital. She’s written a guide for incoming CISOs that contains a framework for setting goals, creating action plans and, most importantly, documenting risk.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 16, 2014

How long does it take from first meeting a VC to getting cash in the bank? Theoretically, someone could meet you, sign your document, and write you a check for deposit that day, but that''s not how it usually works. Venture Capital & Technology' That''s an interesting question.

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David Teten VC

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Whenever we hire someone new to join Versatile VC , I tell them: Welcome! As background, I suggest you read: VC-specific resources. Syllabus for how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. Microcredentials for the Effective Venture Capital or Private Equity Investor. I’m leaving VC; this is what I didn’t expect to learn.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

I was on This Week in Venture Capital today with Jason Calacanis talking about the big VC deals at the moment and talking about the VC industry. Didn’t discuss much but I love the online document collaboration area that Box.net serves including players like Dropbox, Drop.io, DocStoc, Scribed and SlideShare.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). 2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade.

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David Teten VC

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Whenever we hire someone new to join Versatile VC , I tell them: Welcome! As background, I suggest you read: VC-specific resources. Syllabus for how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. Microcredentials for the Effective Venture Capital or Private Equity Investor. I’m leaving VC; this is what I didn’t expect to learn.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Given the shifting landscape, it’s helpful for you as a CEO and/or founder—or for your finance and capital markets teams, if you have those hires to help you through this process—to know who the key players are at each stage so you can spend your time and energy speaking to the right firms. This usually takes about a week.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 8, 2022

An alternative to a bridge is an “insider round” where the existing investors provide sufficient capital to fund the business for eighteen to twenty-four months. While that can sometimes be the right answer for a startup, I strongly prefer bringing new investors/new capital into a company in every financing round.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

To see the video of This Week in VC click on this link. What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). But it’s a real phenomenon.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Investors: Foundation Capital (lead), with existing investors: Morgenthaler Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan Partners. Investors: FirstMark Capital (Amish Jani)(lead), with existing investors: Accel Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Reid Hoffman. Online peer-to-peer lending. 14.7mm in Series D.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 11, 2022

Register Singapore-based Web3 infrastructure startup EthSign has secured US$12 million in a seed funding round led by all three units of Sequoia VC- Sequoia Capital, Sequoia Capital India , and Sequoia Capital China. EthSign allows users to sign and manage agreements electronically.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I recently filmed a show for This Week in Venture Capital in which I talked about how to prepare for a VC meeting: whom you’ll meet, who should attend from your side, what materials you should bring and how you should run the meeting. The “Triple Play&# of VC Presentations. But take prompts from the VC.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

of GDP, while revenue from VC-backed companies accounts for 21%. Latin American companies may have financial capital, but they now need to hire senior roles and technical positions as they scale and look to build products in a more efficient manner. Tech infrastructure can build innovation hubs beyond capital cities.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

.” Here’s who he interviewed: Clelia Warburg Peters, venture partner, Bain Capital Ventures. Robin Godenrath and Julian Roeoes, partners, Picus Capital. Pre-seed round funding is under scrutiny: Is VC pandemic posturing here to stay? Pre-seed round funding is under scrutiny: Is VC pandemic posturing here to stay?

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Berkonomics

MARCH 28, 2024

They write in their investment documents that they will occupy a seat on the board for as long as they are invested in the company, thinking of this as a protection for their investment and tool for them to influence growth. All other board functions are secondary. Shareholders such as investors are granted few rights by law.

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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. 1) Your school.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? VC Josh Kopelman makes the analogy of jet fuel vs. motorcycle fuel. VCs sell jet fuel which works well for jets; motorcycles are more common but need a different type of fuel. . Absolutely not. So what is Revenue Based Investing?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

Startups and VC Three former managing directors at Amex Ventures went out on their own to start Vesey Ventures, and now they have closed on their debut fund with $78 million in capital commitments to back early-stage fintech startups. Mary Ann has more on their journey. Catherine has more. Product problems? Process problems?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

NextView Ventures, a Boston-based venture capital fund, has raised an $89.6 The firm’s fourth fund, its largest to date, is oversubscribed, with early documents indicating a $70 million goal. A hot Boston VC Summer. Despite the pandemic, Boston’s startup scene has continued to attract record numbers in venture capital volume.

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Angel Capital Association

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

By: Dror Futter, Legal and Business Adviser to Startups, Venture Capital Firms and Technology Companies. Based on recent data provided by the National Venture Capital Association in partnership with Aumni, the market for venture capital deal terms seem to be that kind of store.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

Most African startups’ bulk of VC money is from foreign investors, making it imperative for African startups to incorporate abroad, especially in the U.S. ” By that measure, Africa’s capital markets for private and public companies are painfully illiquid. From our perspective, liquidity doesn’t have to be that way.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

So how does a country evolve from a position of relative uncertainty, with comparatively few resources, to one that leads the ASEAN region in venture capital investment and has been home to 10 unicorns? Countries around the world examine Singapore’s ecosystem from a distance, hoping to learn from, and emulate, its story.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

Paul Martino, General Partner at Bullpen Capital. During our recent Dreamit Kickoff week, Bullpen Capital Founder and General Partner Paul Martino ( @ahpah ) spoke with our Spring 2020 cohort about the state of the VC ecosystem in the current economic crisis. Will a financial crisis affect how venture funds deploy capital?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In November last year, digital freight forwarder Forto raised another $50 million in a round led by Inven Capital. VC Bessemer Venture Partners. VC continues to make incursions into the U.K. Indeed, international freight forwarding is now a $199 billion market. And the evidence is mounting. and European tech scene.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Edda was founded initially as Kushim VC back in 2017 , but the company has just completed its official rebranded to Edda, while it has also announced $5.8 million in funding from a slew of backers including iPhone co-creator Tony Fadell’s Future Shape ; Mucker Capital; Plug&Play; FJ Labs; and angel investor Arnaud Bonzom. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The round was led by byFounders with participation from Flash Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Ascension and a group of angel investors, including Index Ventures’ venture partner Stephane Kurgan and Amplo VC founder and CEO Sheel Tyle. million in seed funding. The latest round gives the company $5.2

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

Latency and volume also need to be at a point where infrastructure can support the algorithms needed to gather data from thousands of different documents. Joining Credit Suisse in the Series A were existing investors Nexus Venture Partners, Uncorrelated Ventures and Hack VC.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

It’s no wonder — the VC firm Sequoia not long ago predicted that generative AI, which comprises AI that can generate text, art and more from prompts, could yield trillions of dollars in economic value over the long run. As soon as one team member is distributed, a meeting documentation tool is needed.”

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

He also nails the reason why venture capital is still necessary to grow large businesses quickly in a world where the costs of running startups have fallen dramatically. “Why do founders want to take the VCs’ money? .” ” This is a frequent theme of mine when asked to speak to audience about the VC industry.

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Gust

MARCH 19, 2014

The most important is that venture capital firms simply do not fund business plans. Other reasons have to do with the fact that H1B visas (which is probably what you are talking about) are available only to foreign nationals who are already employed by an existing US company, and require documentation you are unlikely to have.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

Asking friends and family for capital is always an option. While it might sound strange getting your brother-in-law to sign a contract, a legal document is a great way to establish expectations for both parties. Angel investing and venture capital (VC). However, VC funding isn’t free money. Crowdfunding.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The company said the attack gave hackers access to documents and source code. Startups and VC It’s been a pretty slow day on the news front today — I think everyone has a case of the Fridays today. Startups and VC It’s been a pretty slow day on the news front today — I think everyone has a case of the Fridays today.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

million in venture funding to date, says its web based HIPAA-compliant platform hopes to become a sort of “Miro for health”, allowing healthcare professionals to collaborate over patient documents and records. Investors to date include D Moonshots, Cleverage Venture Capital, Roca X and Gapminder VC. Medicai, which has raised €1.2

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