TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

AI Stage: Covers the latest artificial intelligence tech related to NLG, speech recognition, virtual agents, biometrics, RPA, deep learning platforms, reactive machines, and P2P networks. Sessions will include DeepMind and Benchmark.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 26, 2023

By: Pat Gouhin, Chief Executive Officer Looking back over the past few years of uncertainty and effort, The Angel Capital Association has made it through stronger than ever because of the work of our dedicated members, volunteers and professional staff. Without this support, many early-stage companies wouldn’t get off the ground.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

The Angel Capital Association is moving into a confident, secure future, because of the successes we’ve had and the way we’ve navigated the last two years. ACA’s angel groups made more investments in more companies despite the pandemic –continuing to risk personal capital to jumpstart businesses and ignite economies.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 25, 2024

The country’s only tech-enabled deposit network is leaving behind competitor networks that still use manual processes While fintech funding languished in 2023 , deposit management platform ModernFi is an exception going into 2024, having just closed an $18.7 million Series A funding round. The current round adds to a $4.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

Currently, it’s estimated that less than 1% of venture capital goes to openly LGBTQ+ founders. There are no numbers on how much of that capital goes specifically to trans founders or how many investors identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community. Tiana and I came together, and we thought, ‘where can we make a difference?’”

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The following is a list of helpful resources for an entrepreneur starting a small business: Public & Private Grants to Small Businesses Having sufficient capital is a major challenge for starting and growing a business. Accelerators are programs run by a range of organizations and funders to assist the best startup applicants they choose.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 28, 2024

Rosenthal of the First Fund ; Marcie Reilly of The Innovation Space ; and Blessy Thomas of Innovative Capital Growth Fund. These included a welcome reception on May 15 and a breakfast with investors on May 17. Panelists were Christine Parrish of Ardent Technology Solutions ; RoseAnn B.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This was a fantastic strategy in terms of impact, raising the bar for startup excellence in key startup ecosystems and opening up access to the Venture Capital financing market to founders who couldn’t or didn’t want to relocate to the Bay Area. But it also created two big problems for Techstars as a business: cash flow and brand identity.

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Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

We have lots of opinions about how those groups can best use the tools available – technology, capital, ideas – to achieve their goals. Batches of teams that trust and communicate openly with one another form a learning network that radically accelerates feedback cycles and reduces unnecessary errors for all teams in the batch.

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Angel Capital Association

DECEMBER 7, 2020

By: Elaine Bolle, RTP Capital Associates Rob Neville is a serial entrepreneur, and his story is a powerful testimonial about the importance of angel funding. Rob’s personal philosophy and growth strategy involves leveraging the expertise, relationships, and capital of angels around the world. Every round of funding was oversubscribed.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 25, 2024

Participants leave their programmes equipped with the tools and networks necessary for sustainable growth and success, demonstrating Impact Hub Bradford’s dedication to making a lasting impact in their community. million in funding for the ‘Local Access Bradford District’ initiative.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

The National Science Foundation Awarded a major grant to connect early stage capital to DeepTech innovations. This project is designed to better educate the early stage investor community on the benefits of Deep Tech investments with the intention of increasing the amount of private capital available for deployment in the Deep Tech sector.

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Angel Capital Association

APRIL 30, 2024

This historical or look back perspective is based on a survey conducted by the Angel Capital Association in Q1 and Q2 of 2021 compared to the same survey conduct two years later in 2023. 68% of the groups are a network or a network with a sidecar fund. Figure 1: How Have Your Portfolio Companies Changed in the Past 12 Months?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Previously, we introduced the concept of flexible VC : structures that allow founders to access immediate risk capital while preserving exit and ownership optionality. Capacity Capital. Chattanooga, TN-based Capacity Capital was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the southeastern U.S. Compensation-based.

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Angel Capital Association

APRIL 15, 2021

The conference, which kicks off May 3 with the Innovation Funders Showcase , will provide attendees a dynamic virtual experience under the themes of economic recovery, angel education, and expanding horizons. Networking is consistently top rated at live conferences, no matter how excellent the content.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 3, 2024

As the experience of one leading angel group powerfully illustrates , the difference in returns for portfolio companies having a Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) member on the Board was 7x higher than lacking a CTAN Board member. 2 All data in this note are drawn from the 2022 Angel Funder’s Report database (tracking CY 2022 transactions).

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 7, 2021

We will grow the angel investor community by expanding our strategic work in four key areas: Community Networking. Community Networking Why it matters: Powerful and diverse networks of angels facilitate efficient, profitable, and equitable investments. Data Analytics & Insights. Education & Smart Practices.

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2021

All Raise, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing the footprint of women founders and funders, has released its annual report for 2020. The networks made online — either through the rise of meme culture or Substack spice — can be a competitive advantage in the world of investment, as two new funds this week showed us.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 2, 2022

By Eli Velasquez, Investors of Color Network According to ACA’s Angel Funders Report, an annual data initiative that studies investments from leading angel investors across the United States, representation from females and Black led businesses has grown significantly in the last few years.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Quona Capital and Kinea Ventures co-led the round. Through its network, the company claims that buyers can “find the best receivables in the market, suppliers get the best sales conditions, and sponsors strengthen their businesses and production chains.”. So what does that mean exactly?

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

She matches startups with potential funders and customers, connects students and talent to potential employers and works with academia to commercialize research. You can catch all of the sessions and join the robotics community online for speed networking, chats and one-on-one meetings. Simply register here for free.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

Note that I specifically am excluding from this analysis the firms that help investors access investment funds, e.g., CAIS , Context365 , iCapital Network , OurCrowd , Palico , PrimeAlpha , Trusted Insight. Elite networks. Suggestion: make very public your red lines as to who can participate in the network, at what level.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Funders across these three rounds include Access Industries, HighPost Capital, CoVenture, GPS Partners and Crossbeam Venture Partners. “So us helping them build the business and reinvest the capital is really critical.” Before that, Spotter raised $555 million across three undisclosed funding rounds.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Other investors in Quant Fund include Two Sigma Ventures, KAMCO Ventures, Plexo Capital, Tom Tunguz of Redpoint and AngelList founder Naval Ravikant. The signal strips out factors like investor bias, the founder’s networks and even buzzy valuations. “I “It is vastly different for other sectors.”

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 14, 2012

They don't have a stake in it--and by not actively putting themselves out there as a source of capital, they're not in the information flow. On top of that, they tend to be the locus of innovation networks. It's no accident that the people who give out money have the largest networks of people floating around them.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

While the ability to raise capital doesn’t necessarily illustrate the ability of a company to be successful, it can give the startup runway when its customers — other startups — face volatility. Network, then platform. In the past, Kohli has described the power of AngelList as its capital network.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. How to get a job in venture capital. Accel, Sequoia) give the Scout a small pool of capital.

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Angel Capital Association

APRIL 28, 2021

Plus, we’ll have virtual happy hours and crowd-sourced discussion groups for low-key and high-comfort networking. The ACA Innovation Funders Showcase on May 3 will present promising portfolio companies in an intimate setting and the chance to connect with these innovative organizations in private meetings during the Summit on May 4-6th.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

These complementary pillars leverage Impact Hub’s extensive network of over 100 communities across the globe to accelerate learning across diverse realities. The global network inspires local ecosystems with the latest innovations while connecting them to a broader international context.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

I asked them to treat me like a funder. The traditional economic development approach uses static and reactive metrics – the number of jobs created, capital investment dollars, and companies recruited – on an annual basis. They described social improvement and positive outcomes – but nothing that was tangible.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Existing investors Daphni , Imaginable Futures , Pearson Ventures , Reach Capital and Trinity Ventures also participated in this round, which brings Holberton’s total funding to $33 million. ” Clearly, that’s how Holberton’s funders feel about this, too. Europe, LatAm and Africa.

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Forward Cities

MARCH 27, 2020

Evaluate the impact of these efforts, including increased access to capital, on stabilizing local entrepreneurs and small businesses across all demographics and geographic areas. The time for action is now. With every passing day and week, more small businesses are going to close and stay closed, resulting in years of recovery.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

Laura González-Estéfani is the founder and CEO of TheVentureCity , an international, operator-led venture acceleration model designed to make the global entrepreneurial ecosystem more diverse, international and accessible to fair capital. More posts by this contributor. Miami won’t be the next Silicon Valley because we don’t need another one.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Not everybody can do ecosystem building; it’s a talent that is developed through experience and education, connections and networking. How to measure what’s happening on-the-ground and capture the network of relationships and connections between people. Startup Champions Network Virtual Fall Summit, October 20-22 . Beth McKeon.

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Jason Malki

JULY 26, 2023

Our annual Female Founders and Funders event during LA Tech Week this June, which connects hundreds of women-run VCs, entrepreneurs, and startups, with thousands applying to join the wait-list. We were raising $500,000 at the time, but he thought that wasn’t enough capital so he agreed to fund us for $1 million.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 22, 2020

What to Expect from your Leadership/Vision for the Next 3 years , Marcia Dawood, ACA Vice Chair, MindShift Capital. Register today to reserve your (virtual) seat for this important networking and learning experience for angels and the communities they touch. Moderated by Lorine Pendleton, ACA Board Member, TIGER 21 NY Chair.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2019

Being unwilling to listen to that is foolish, because it’s good information—and it’s networking 101. but in the end you should know exactly who your best few hundred (or more) potential networking leads are, and follow them. Can you imagine them talking about it later at a networking event?

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