Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

This is part of my ongoing series on Raising Venture Capital. Not so in venture capital. How do you then reference check your VC to be sure that you’ve chosen a good firm and partner? First, I would say that most entrepreneurs do almost no reference checks or at least do them very informally.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

They started Searchlight in 2018 to develop technology that uses behavioral reference data and prescriptive analytics to give employers a more 360-degree view of a potential candidate’s strengths and weaknesses that might not appear on a resume or come out during an interview. million seed round in 2019. million seed round in 2019.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

When you do something well once in venture capital, you want to keep repeating it, and HOF Capital plans to double down on its strategy of focusing on pre-seed through Series A, now with a brand new $300 million fund, its second institutional early-stage fund. from Egypt 11 years ago.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Founder-market-geography fit refers to the optimal alignment of three critical dimensions: the founding team’s competencies, the market demand for the startup’s solution, and the geographic location where the startup is based. Let’s get into it. What is Founder-Market-Geography Fit? Plastomics: St. Louis, MO St.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Spark Capital led the investment and was joined by existing investors Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Social Impact Capital and Congruent VC. Niiro also said she was excited to bring on Spark Capital as the lead, referring to the venture capital firm as “a true backer of big visions and ideas.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Venture capital continues to flow into Latin America at a staggering rate. Venture firms in those countries are also raising funds; for example, this month, Colombia-based Marathon Ventures announced its first fund of $26 million. Why Latin American venture capital is breaking records this year.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

Evan Kipperman is a partner in the emerging companies and venture capital practice at Wiggin and Dana. Paul Hughes is a partner in the emerging companies and venture capital practice at Wiggin and Dana. Len Gray is a partner in the emerging companies and venture capital practice at Wiggin and Dana.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

The D’Amelio family, including TikTok stars and digital creators Charli D’Amelio and sister Dixie , are formalizing their investments in startups with the launch of a new VC fund, 444 Capital. He and Renert had discussions about putting such a fund together, which has a similar focus as Tandem Capital. Image Credits: Step.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

The company, co-founded by Michele Romanow and Andrew D’Souza, positions itself as an alternative equity-free capital solution for early-stage founders. As for if a startup takes ClearAngel capital and doesn’t make the minimum revenue? Alternative capital has pros and cons, just like venture capital has pros and cons.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

rang the opening bell on the NASDAQ stock exchange, signifying the start of their new chapter in life as a public traded company after successfully completing a merger with Novus Capital Corporation. Having the opportunity to learn from the founders you back is by far one of the most rewarding parts of being a venture capital investor.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The fact that Kara doesn’t have what my wife likes to refer jokingly as my “Y chromosome problem” is beside the fact. Venture capital is about backing the leaders of tomorrow who imagine the world as it should be and aren’t constrained by what it is today. It’s time to prepare Kara to help smash some more glass ceilings.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The startup currently has $5 million in venture capital, with investors including Homebrew, Neo and Village Global. The follow-on capital comes right after Ethena has had some solid growth itself. Quazzo thinks the compliance market has had very limited innovation so far, even though it’s a massive opportunity.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Today, there are nearly 300,000 Petal cardholders, which the company refers to as “members.” To date, Petal has raised more than $240 million in equity capital and more than $450 million in debt financing. It has been adding 10,000 to 20,000 new members per month, according to Jason Gross, Petal’s co-founder and CEO.

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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.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

This new capital will be used to fund the development of the company’s sixth-generation electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Autotech Ventures, Clear Haven Capital Management, Emergent Ventures, and Nelnet invested in the company. investor Lightspeed Venture Partners. certification process.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Chris Legg serves as a senior managing director at Progress Partners and as a general partner at Progress Ventures, the firm’s venture capital arm. Chris Legg. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Mergers and acquisitions activity is at an all-time high — global mergers and acquisitions have already broken 2020 levels with about $4.4

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Gaetano Crupi is a partner at venture capital firm Prime Movers Lab. I have also heard it referred to as a “narrative deck” — basically a detailed, written version of your pitch. Gaetano Crupi. Contributor. He serves on the boards of OCEANIX, Atom Computing, Conscious Cultures and MycoWorks.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

Companies continue to attract venture capital, too. It’s been a roller-coaster ride for the banking-as-a-service sector over the last year, with a host of mergers and acquisitions and layoffs. On the other hand, large companies are eagerly adopting the concept to get competitive advantages and to drive value for customers.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Regions once overlooked by the venture capital industry are racking up impressive investment totals in recent quarters. This is also reflected in funding tallies: Per Crunchbase data , venture capital funding into the region’s unicorns reached $10 billion this year to date.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

We may as well get compensated for referring them to others. There are a number of VC funds that share the carry earned in their co-investment to the referring party. Certain late-stage VCs have invested in some of my past funds, partly to motivate us to refer future investment opportunities to them. A few funds (e.g.,

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

Whatever you do, don’t refer to LG’s incubator program LG Nova as a corporate venture capital (CVC) outfit. “CVC, as you know, is a venture capital play. Below is my interview with Sokwoo Rhee, LG’s corporate SVP and head of the North America Innovation Center — LG Nova among friends.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Recognizing the strategic importance of networking and building community, Bagchi Law's decision to sponsor the Angel Capital Association (ACA) is a testament to its commitment to showcasing the Triangle's entrepreneurial impact on a national platform. But Bagchi Law goes beyond traditional legal counsel.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Index Ventures, a London- and San Francisco-headquartered venture capital firm that primarily invests in Europe and the U.S., Well-regarded by founders and co-investors, his transition to a full-time role in venture capital feels like quite a natural one. Another bucket is venture capitalists.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This video references “S.O.P. Ventures”, which was the name of Versatile VC before we changed it.). I just posted the video from my keynote talk at the Ascent Conference on best practices in VC sourcing. For the full slide deck and other resources, see: Where are the deals?

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TechCrunch

JULY 9, 2021

The venture capital market is racing ahead, foot on the gas, middle finger out the window, hair on fire. That’s our read of the Q2 2021 data released thus far concerning how much money venture capitalists deployed around the world during the second three months of the year. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 2, 2023

Allison Baum Gates Contributor Share on Twitter Allison Baum Gates is a general partner at early-stage venture capital fund SemperVirens, and the author of Breaking into Venture. I spent the better part of my first five years in venture capital on a plane (mostly in middle seats in economy, to be exact).

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Given this year’s changing venture capital climate, it’s not a stretch to imagine that we’re going to see a lot more of the following: down rounds disguised as extension rounds, recapitalization events conflated with secondary activity and vaguely defined references to growth, burn and other key startup metrics.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

In particular, StartHER aims to tackle the difficulties specific groups have in raising their first capital — something typically referred to as the “friends and family round.” “It’s no secret that the venture capital industry is dominated by those with privilege and lucrative connections.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Lead Edge Capital , a software-focused venture firm with one office in New York and another in California, was founded just 11 years ago. Yet it’s already managing $3 billion in assets through a process that founder Mitchell Green half-kiddingly refers to as “rinse and repeat.”

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Angel investors and VCs may prefer this method as it provides a reference point to similar businesses, making the investment decision easier. Venture Capital Method The venture capital method is a valuation method that focuses on the potential future value of a startup.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

The startup market is having a moment around the world, but few regions can brag as much as Europe when it comes to venture capital investment. And Europe’s comparative gains in the venture capital world aren’t without impacts. For reference, the entire European startup market raised €16.7 Records shall be smashed.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Ryan Falvey is co-founder and managing partner at Financial Venture Studio , an early-stage fintech venture capital firm. Theo Katsoulis is an associate at Financial Venture Studio. Similarly, by the time a company is raising Series B capital, they typically have some objective evidence that the idea is working.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Capital is flowing into the region’s financial technology companies at a slicing pace, leading to a wave of startups that are building private-market value at a simply astounding rate. The sheer volume of capital flowing into LatAm fintech startups may appear overheated, but several reasons explain why the flood makes sense.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Akin to many startup markets around the world, Europe has seen its venture capital totals rise, its unicorn ranks swell, and even a few major public exits. For reference, that figure was below $10 billion in Q2 2019, Q3 2019, Q4 2019 and Q2 2020. But not every tech exit fits into the venture capital model.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In software development, “secrets” refer to credentials like passwords and access tokens. million in debt — led by NGP Capital with participation from Team8 Capital and Jerusalem Venture Partners. The core problem Akeyless attempts to tackle is what Hareven refers to as “secret sprawl.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Day One Ventures , a venture firm launched in 2018 with a pitch to combine venture capital acumen with marketing and communications support, has launched a program aimed explicitly at those impacted by tech layoffs this year. The deadline to apply is November 25, 2022 and final decisions will be made by December 20, 2022.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This video references “S.O.P. Ventures”, which was the name of Versatile VC before we changed it. I just received the video from my keynote talk at the Ascent Conference on best practices in VC sourcing. For the full slide deck and other resources, see: Where are the deals?

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