TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Eric Tarczynski, managing partner and founder of venture fund Contrary Capital, says the early days of his firm were occasionally humbling. ” 5 lessons we’ve learned from building a venture fund from scratch. .” ” 5 lessons we’ve learned from building a venture fund from scratch.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The strategic location aims to facilitate collaboration with local entities such as companies, venture capital firms, and research institutions. Around 50 venture capital and other companies will also utilize the coworking space within the facility.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 11, 2023

Register AHG Lab , an independent venture builder based in the Philippines, has successfully raised $4 million in a pre-Series A funding round to expand its portfolio of ventures and programs. million in its seed round in 2021, with support from Philippine’s venture capital investor Foxmont Capital Partners.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Leading this financing endeavor were Japan’s venture capital firm, SBI Investment Co. and Global Hands-On VC (GHOVC), a collaborative venture capital entity with a track record of successful semiconductor investments that span the Japan-United States nexus. This approach adopted a software-first strategy.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Register The intersection of science and venture capital can do wonders and uncover a champion in a city like Silicon Valley. In the epicenter of tech, where innovation thrives, Alex Luce bridges materials science and venture capital, carving a niche as a Partner at Creative Ventures.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

The crypto venture capital industry has become more selective thanks to the general market downturn and wavering trust caused by a slew of scandals and market disruptions, but investors at major firms are still writing checks in the space. We surveyed: Michael Anderson , co-founder, Framework Ventures.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

” In a related article, Gregg Adkin, VP and managing director at Dell Technologies Capital, shared the framework he’s developed for helping founders set up their board. For commentary and perspective, he interviewed: Dan Rosen, founder and general partner, Commerce Ventures. TX Zhuo, partner, Fika Ventures.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 16, 2020

Among the most useful frameworks I’ve found to manage a company in this era is the 2×2 matrix above. Both are equally viable strategies. Ideally, the management team should raise more capital to move to the upper right quadrant of the matrix. First, when should the company raise capital? Fortune favors the bold.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Venture Capital Firm Launches third Cybersecurity Fund in the Past Three Years Warnings about cyber threats are so prevalent that people understand the importance of cybersecurity in their businesses and daily lives. SYN Ventures was founded by former Fortune 500 CISOs and C-level security leaders.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 5, 2023

It’s astounding how many times I’ve been hired by a CEO to help shape strategy, only to find in our first meeting that no one from the Product or Tech department is present — even in software companies. No one will buy your product just because it has a killer new framework. Here are a few: Do not fall in love with your shiny new tech.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Gregg Adkin is vice president and managing director at Dell Technologies Capital , the global venture capital investment arm of Dell Technologies. Here’s a framework for how it can help drive success at your company: Strategy, People, Image, Finance and Systems for compliance, or “SPIFS.”.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In November 2022, the “ Five-Year Startup Development Plan” was unveiled, leading to increased investments from venture capitalists, business corporations, and corporate venture capital entities (CVCs). This shift has provided considerable momentum for boosting investments in startups.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Board will work to increase capital to minority-owned startups, create diverse innovation economy WOODBRIDGE, N.J. The board will provide knowledge, guidance, and insights on ways to best increase capital, access, and investments in New Jersey’s diverse entrepreneurs. Harmon, Sr.,

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Post-COVID-19, Vietnam attracted growing venture capital, reaching $634 million in 2022 and nearly $500 million in the first half of 2023. Ho Chi Minh City has actively implemented solutions to support startups, including facilitating access to capital, markets, advanced technology, and skilled human resources.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

I do not pretend to have a silver bullet,” he says, “but I do have a tried-and-true framework you can use to help you achieve your first million.” Guest columns fall into two categories: TechCrunch+: Strategies and tactics for building and scaling startups. ” Thanks for reading TC+ this week!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2023

It’s too early to determine whether SVB’s downfall heralds a new era for venture capital, but based on anecdotal evidence, off-the-record discussions and chats with co-workers, it seems like we’re back to business as usual as far as pre-revenue startup fundraising is concerned. “We don’t see that commitment from other banks.”

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 7, 2023

This round of funding has gained support from Contents Technologies, Transcend Capital Partners, and existing backers Investible and eWTP Tech Innovation Fund. This infusion of capital takes the total funds raised by the startup to $4.8 million in fresh funding, a mix of debt and equity. million in funding support.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

It’s a massive jump from the company’s last raise — a $30 million round in October 2016 that included capital from Battery Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Ribbit Capital. Its decision to take the new capital was driven mainly by a desire to expand globally, Gade explained. “So

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 12, 2017

The company that raises the seed round has more capital to acquire customers earlier in its life. Reverting to the original question, when should a profitable company raise capital, if ever? There are tradeoffs to raising capital. Venture capital is not the right capital source for most businesses for many reasons.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Studios do this by using repeatable frameworks (imagine a factory) to test these ideas and back them with funding and resources in order to launch and grow powerful, scalable startups. With larger funds also come more rules and structures around the investment thesis and strategy. With an old industry comes outdated practices.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The venture capital industry doesn’t have the best track record when you’re talking about ethics. Like most professions involving power and wealth, venture capital also sometimes attracts people for whom doing the right thing isn’t a concern. Vital Laptenok , founder and general partner, Flyer One Ventures.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The founding round was led by Nexus Venture Partners, a leading Silicon Valley-India venture capital firm. Uniqus Consultech Inc. intends to use the funding to investment in technology and scale its business operations and teams in the United States, India and the Middle East.

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Jason Malki

JULY 13, 2023

His latest venture, The Brain Wrx , revolutionizes the way founders approach and grasp growth by providing a straightforward and effective framework for success. This is the impetus behind the formation of Brain Wrx , to help founders evaluate and present an idea, refine their strategy and better understand the process for success.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Levin joined Heartcore Capital in 2019 from Global Founders Capital, the billion-dollar VC arm of Rocket Internet, where he was responsible for investments in Canva, Heyjobs, Instarem, Anyfin and others. Adopt a “hire slow, fire fast” mentality for your expansion strategy. Levin Bunz. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2022

From the hottest year in startup venture capital history to a period of pessimism, how did we get to where we are today? The piece looks at how changing priorities could force emerging fund managers to change strategy (or fragment their way to failure). Just how much has late-stage venture capital slowed?

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

For those of us who haven’t memorized economic frameworks: The Rule of 40 is a metric investors developed to gauge the health and growth potential of SaaS startups. ” In a TC+ guest post, he shares five strategies “for capitalizing on the turbulent advertising environment.” Image Credits: Pilar Johnson.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The answer is Scale, a five-principle Lean framework that helps any company accelerate its ability to grow. He will also address common challenges that nontechnical founders may encounter when building their founding team, and he’ll offer practical strategies to overcome them. Each roundtable occurs twice during the event.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. So what is Revenue Based Investing? He said, . “[W]e

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Even then, Bain Capital Venture’s Matt Harris felt confident in betting on the startup. He’ll create a framework that not only answers your specific question, but can prove to be a model that will answer future questions of the same type. He’s a systems thinker.” Harris took a seat on the board.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2022

Understanding your customer’s needs is paramount to any marketing strategy, but it can be hard to test your hypotheses when your budget is limited. Using real-life examples, Popchuk explains how startups can employ and leverage the JTBD framework to improve their SEO strategy, marketing, and product development.

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TechCrunch

JULY 2, 2021

As EU venture capital soars, will the region retain future IPOs? But Anna Heim and Alex Wilhelm found that a record increase in European venture capital activity is picking up the pace of IPOs this year, and many of these companies are content to go public in their native markets. Given the valuation gap between U.S.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

Andy Stinnes, a general partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners, says founders who are between angel and Series A should seek out investors who are satisfied with $200,000 to $500,000 in ARR. “Google search is not what it used to be,” Ryan Sammy, the director of strategy at growth-marketing agency Fractl, writes in a guest post.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Using examples from Airbnb, Uber and others, he shares several strategies for avoiding the most common pitfalls, along with the pitch deck framework Slidebean uses with most of its clients. 4 strategies for setting marketplace take rates. 4 strategies for setting marketplace take rates. Use case/audience.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 9, 2018

a “Bitcoin Fund”, a “Social Media Fund”, a “Nanotech Fund”), you’re going to raise capital from Limited Partners who are very focused on Theme X. It seems reasonable to assume that USV’s investment strategy (i.e., Amar Bhide, my former professor, wrote in Harvard Business Review, “ Strategy is Bunk.” – Network.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

Combining his experience as an operator and institutional investor, Abelson runs Irving as a multi-strategy platform making long-term durable investments in both the public and private markets. Provide a valuation framework that can be applied to companies. Jeremy Abelson is the founder and lead portfolio manager of Irving Investors.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 16, 2021

the valuation frameworks between web2 & web3 companies aren’t identical. Nevertheless, the concept of CAC will permeate crypto go-to-market strategies at some point. Plus the $38b of venture capital invested in crypto year-to-date doesn’t ask many questions. equity and tokens are different instruments.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Here’s just one example from Y Combinator’s Summer 2013 Demo Day: Positioning itself as the “FedEx of today,” it hopes to provide a logistics framework that goes beyond food and can be used for any type of on-demand order. The opportunity that the company sees has really forced us to reallocate resources and strategy,” said Brown.

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