AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

“Founders should also evaluate which VC is able to add-value to their growth, rather than just focusing on the amount of money the investor has to offer,” Lou told AsiaTechDaily. Indelible Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in B2B SaaS startups that can scale internationally.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

One of the first decisions we had to make in setting up our new VC fund, Versatile Venture Capital , was our CRM and marketing technology infrastructure. . I’m very interested in the tech stack of private equity/VC firms , both to improve the efficiency of Versatile VC and also as a focus area for our investing.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

history is going to reshape the startup ecosystem for years to come. Who’s most vulnerable, who stands to benefit, and what are some of the long-term implications for VC? Hopefully, after Silicon Valley Bridge Bank winds up its operations, a viable business will move in. But that’s just one street corner.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

A hallmark of that spirit is quite visible these days in the country’s flourishing startup ecosystem, which has expanded rapidly in the past few years, to say the least. However, the global slowdown has impacted startups’ growth in the country, just like everywhere else in the world. How has your investment strategy changed?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

But as the local startup ecosystem closes one of its toughest years, it’s now staring at another question that it has long been able to brush off as benign: exits. About half a dozen consumer tech Indian startups have gone public in the past year and a half and all of them are performing poorly on the local stock exchanges.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

There are plenty of reasons why Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital city, has an increasingly visible startup sector. But what are the locals excited about on the ground? , managing director, The Lithuanian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. nas , partner, Open Circle Capital. Gytenis Galkis , partner, 70V.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

. “For people working at those startups, that means some (in some cases, all) of their employee stock options spent 2022 underwater,” writes Secfi CEO Frederik Mijnhardt. Here’s some candid advice for late-stage startup workers: Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Image Credits: Getty Images.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 13, 2021

Our Leadership Team started noticing something interesting around 2010: many of our customers were VC-backed startups. It made sense because a common playbook for consumer-facing startups was to build the product, prove PMF, raise capital from investors, and then deploy some/much/most of that capital in paid media to grow quickly.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

From Box to Glossier, and Comms to Venture Capital, Ashley Mayer Is Carving a Pretty Unique Path. I wasn’t particularly brilliant at or inspired by the role, but then I worked with my first startup client and was instantly seduced by the energy and audacity of that project. What She’s Learned, And What You Can Learn From Her.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

VCs invested over $5.5 billion across 412 deals in 2021, more than double the amount of capital invested in 2020, according to PitchBook data. Today, Austin is more than just the capital of Texas. For years it was known primarily for its software scene — in addition to being the live music capital of the world.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. Ahrefs claims to have become a $100 million company in annual revenue without venture capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2023

Series, which offers corporate bank accounts, is getting inundated with inbound messages, entire portfolios of VC firm — and the pace of inbound is ramping up by the hour. The big question ahead is whether founders leaving SVB want to trust a tech startup or neobank with their precious capital just hours after fearing for its stability.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

So far, 2021 seems like a golden era for raising startup funding, but deep tech startups still face challenges, as few VCs have the patience or risk appetite to experiment — or wait for their investment to show returns. China’s changing regulatory environment isn’t stopping a venture capital frenzy. We do not know.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2023

So about that “value-add” : Venture capital is big to talk about value add — and many of them are sitting on a sizable stockpile of cash. Sam Altman, Vinod Khosla, and other top VCs say they’ll personally loan cash to startups as a short-term shoring-up measure to cover payroll and other expenses as the whole situation shakes out.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

The head VC guy seems a little bit… weird. First, raising investment won’t solve any issues that a startup has, even if that issue is that we’re running out of money. No amount of capital will turn a bad idea into a good idea. That one hero startup will cover all the losses of all other investments that will fail.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Mark Volchek, founding partner, Las Olas Venture Capital. We are excited to invest in fast-growing consumer and techsumer companies doing over $10 million in revenue, are quickly scaling and need growth capital. Where do you see Miami’s startup scene five years from now? David Goldberg, general partner, Alpaca.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

Pipedrive is an EU-based CRM company with offices in eight countries, but it has a Czech co-founder in VP of Product Martin Henk, one of several founders to emerge from the ecosystem. Then there was Integromat, which did not raise any external capital but sold for around 2.5 Roman Horacek , partner, Reflex Capital. Lukáš Kone?ný

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This is Part 2 of a two-part examination of the state of the startup capital market during the past two years. From an investor’s perspective, 2022 witnessed a sudden market reversal from an extreme equity seller’s market to an equity buyer’s market, causing dislocations throughout angel, VC, and startup ecosystems.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

” Katai also shared his impressions of Romania’s startup ecosystem, suggestions for maintaining top-of-mind status with customers, and reinforced the often-overlooked need to continually repurpose content to grab mindshare. Latin America’s increasingly dynamic venture capital scene has been making headlines of late.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

Arc , a company that aims to give SaaS startups “a way to borrow, save and spend” in one place, has raised $20 million in a Series A round of funding. The startup graduated from Y Combinator in March. That offering gives founders a way “to convert future revenue into upfront capital.”

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). How to find a job as a VC scout. How to get a job in venture capital.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. Subscribe to access all of our investor surveys, company profiles and other inside tech coverage for startups everywhere. The investors: Boaz Dinte , managing general partner, Qumra Capital. Yes in many areas.

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Startup Catalyst

AUGUST 15, 2018

Reece Walker is a partner at McCullough Robertson and a director of Startup Catalyst. He is a leading capital markets lawyer and has extensive transactional experience in public and private capital raisings, mergers and acquisitions, and restructures. I guess this is part of the whole purpose of Startup Catalyst.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Pariti , the Kenya-based community-led marketplace building the digital infrastructure for startup ecosystems in emerging markets, has raised $2.85 based Harlem Capital. We’re thrilled to be working with Harlem Capital,” co-founder and CEO Yacob Berhane said of Harlem’s participation. The round was led by U.S.-based

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

That’s all about to change with the Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle revolution – and it’s making its way into the startup ecosystem. OurCrowd, Regal Four (a Beren family venture entity), F2 Venture Capital, NGN Partners and Future Energy Ventures participated in this new round. Application deadline: May 26. Learn More.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The Nordic countries make up just 4% of Europe’s total population, but they account for a significant amount of venture capital investment. That said, Norway’s VC community has been somewhat dormant for a while. ” Here’s who responded to our survey: Sean Percival , managing partner, Spring Capital.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics? They were sold to Albertson’s for over $300m.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics? They were sold to Albertson’s for over $300m.

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