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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

A little over a year ago, I joined First Round Capital as an EIR -- with the goal of helping First Round root deeper into the community here after having already done almost a dozen deals, mostly out of their Philly office. Lots of firms have offices—that doesn’t mean they’re really in the middle of the community.

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MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. And that is precisely my thoughts for Seattle and what I plan to deliver on Thursday night: Which few key community leaders are going to step up and get those neurons properly firing and connected? My recipe for Seattle or your community: 1.

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MAY 2, 2010

It became more than just a home to me, but a home to the community in a way that no other place was. There’s a vibe in that lobby that reflects the energy going on in the NYC tech community right now. No, we’re not going to create an incubator—we’re investors first and foremost, not landlords.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The challenges are more business challenges and design challenges--so schools need to rethink how they interact with innovation communities if it's not going to only be through commercialization: Recognize that creating a founder should be a secondary goal. Be a community center. Kick the students out. Kick the faculty out.

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APRIL 27, 2010

The local tech community is figuring this out, not surprisingly, way before the academic institutions are—and where it is being discovered by academia, it’s being done on a one-off basis by educational revolutionaries in the innovation space who aren’t stopping to ask their schools for permission or to change curricula.

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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. Venture capitalists often come from an operating background. Venture Capital. Private Equity.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

That’s what makes venture capital such a risky investment. I think you need to be discerning about what kinds of investors and ideas you back, and that’s better for the innovation community as a whole—that there’s at least some kind of bar to get outside backing.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 20, 2023

For years, tech companies, talent, and venture capital were concentrated on the coasts — a precedent the pandemic tipped, if not flipped. Housing affordability is a visceral issue for communities, and local decision-makers are struggling to keep up with the scale of the problem.

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DECEMBER 23, 2011

With all of this news about Brooklyn 's tech scene , I've been thinking a lot about what made the NYC innovation community grow so quickly. Talk of buildings and incubators reminded me of the story of Building 20 from "Where Good Ideas Come From". ".Legendary

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AUGUST 29, 2012

He penned a great piece on the LA tech community here in Forbes. We also spent a fair bit of time talking about the changing nature of venture capital and in particular the hand-on practitioner role of early-stage VC led by accelerators such as YC, 500Startups, Betaworks and the like. Not bad, hey? I agree with him.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

He heads their business development practice and they have been very active in incubating, investing in and helping grow LA startups. Background: GRP Partners is a Los Angeles based Venture Capital firm with additional operations in London and Paris. Contributing overall with marketing and community outreach activities.

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APRIL 15, 2011

These companies have all the momentum they could ever hope to achieve and the investor community is abuzz over how impressive they all were. They have definitively set the bar for all other incubation/acceloration programs in the city--which I'm glad about. Competition is a good thing for everyone and it raises quality.

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MAY 11, 2012

Until you realize that vetting and helping companies is actually really hard--or did you not notice all the news that venture capital as an asset class doesn't beat the market. Who wouldn't want in on the next Union Square Ventures or First Round Capital funds? At least startups have accelerators, incubators, etc.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

A lot of people have talked about the need for NYC to have a PayPal--a multi-billion dollar exit that scattered on the rest of the community a bunch of experienced startup talent that scaled a company over time, as well as a host of new angel investors. The key to this, of course, is that PayPal had over 200 employees when it was acquired.

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JULY 30, 2012

Given the proliferation of accelerators and incubators that pre-vet entrepreneurs, roll up their sleeves to help companies, and dress them up for demo days, the best and brightest are being showcased to look better than ever. Drop by AngelList, where startups have been vetted by a community of advisors and other investors.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

So, I figured, why not ask the community? Would you stay on the venture capital side? Run an accelerator/incubator? So what, then, NYC innovation community? It's admittedly a pretty high class problem, but my challenge nonetheless. However, that's where I am at this stage in my career. Not at all.

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JULY 1, 2010

led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Used by hedge funds, the intelligence community and multiple government agencies. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. Current round: $4. Total raised: $6.0mm. See: TechCrunch. See: paidContent.

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JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. 4) Student-focused founder communities. Right here. school of engineering).

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It seems that every internet company and their dog have at least one venture capital (VC) arm under their wing, with the likes of Google Ventures (now GV), Microsoft Ventures (now M12), Salesforce Ventures , Twilio Ventures , and Zoom Ventures all serving their corporate namesakes potential cash cows via hundreds of equity investments.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

It wants to unite this with LG’s own strengths and advantages, including the wider investor landscape, big tech, academia, the entrepreneur community and LG’s own sales and marketing channels, where appropriate.

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JANUARY 19, 2010

If I were thinking about a startup or participating in any kind of startup activity, like classes or an incubator, and I worked at Yelp fulltime, I’d go take a look at the assignment of IP rights in my employment contract. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology.

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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. HOW TO GET A SCOUT ROLE.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 24, 2025

Arizonas research community continues to play a vital role in the overall growth of the state’s bioscience sector and innovation ecosystem, said Ryan Helwig, principal and senior director at TEConomy Partners. Venture capital activity, though mirroring a national downtrend, remained relatively strong in 2024.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

Early-stage venture capital fund Newtopia VC launched Monday with $50 million to invest in tech startups based in Latin America. There are home-grown venture capital firms doing well, too, citing Kazek’s $1 billion funds. Why Latin American venture capital is breaking records this year.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Pan-African focused venture capital firms Samurai Incubate Africa, Future Africa and Consonance Investment Managers led the round. Individual investors like Stephen Pagliuca, the chairman of Bain Capital and Justin Kan of Twitch also participated. . Today, the company is announcing that it has raised $2.7

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

Register Standard Chartered Bank has joined forces with Singapore Management University’s Lien Centre to establish a Women in Entrepreneurship Incubator. The Women in Entrepreneurship Incubator , funded by a $300,000 contribution from the bank, aims to empower female entrepreneurs dedicated to creating a positive social impact.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The latest round was led by Angel Bridge along with other investors, including SG Incubate, Yamaguchi Capital, SMBC Venture Capital, Hiroshima Venture Capital, Iyogin Capital, Inventum Ventures and Optima Ventures. It will also use the funding for global expansion, Kimura said.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 11, 2023

The funding round was invested by Seaborne Capital, Filipino family offices, Imagine If Partners and US family office– the Rufino Family and David Leechiu. million in its seed round in 2021, with support from Philippine’s venture capital investor Foxmont Capital Partners. AHG Lab had previously secured $1.1

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Womxn Ignite is organized as a live-in incubator. Diversity of a cohort matters when trying to create a community that will systemically empower women of all backgrounds. The co-founders plan to host another cohort in February, and then focus on building out a digital community for the participants. A team photo.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011

With any company I work with, I inevitably play the role or recruiter--mostly because I often play the role of career counselor to friends and other folks in the community. We have incubators, accellorators, hackathons, Startup Weekends, etc all designed to get more people starting things--as if starting is somehow better than joining.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

So it’s perhaps appropriate that over this past weekend, a new nonprofit community organization comprising of a large network of Native Americans in tech has had a big boost. Natives Rising also runs the Natives Rising Founders Circle as an incubator for Native founders, especially founders interested in venture capital funding.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Artem Ventures, a Malaysia -based venture capital firm, plays a key role in MADCash’s recent funding success. The firm manages TIM Ventures, a fund backed by the FWD Group, which specializes in supporting early-stage fintech and insurtech companies. ” Nuraizah said.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Ancient8 , Vietnam’s blockchain gaming guild, develops a community and software platform to enable everyone to play P2E (play-to-earn) games and build the metaverse while earning rewards. “We Ancient8 announced today it has raised a $4 million seed financing led by Dragonfly Capital , Pantera Capital and Hashed.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Incubators such as the one Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh started a few years ago are also a great way to jump-start your innovative ideas, receive mentoring, network, etc. Brad Feld helped co-found the venture capital firm with one goal in mind: to help entrepreneurs. “We

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Summer International stays ahead of the game by identifying the most influential content creators, and working with them to incubate new brands. Since then, Summer International has incubated brands like skincare line Baby Face with Singaporean influencer Jamie Chua, who has over 1.2

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

When mHub opened its doors in Chicago seven years ago, the vision was to create a traditional incubator for people making things. Now, it is moving into a newly acquired , freshly refurbished space in a Chicago opportunity zone to help it incubate, accelerate and support more startups that can have a positive impact on humanity.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 22, 2023

. – We’re working with certain investors to publish their tech stack to our readers, which will help communicate to their LPs how they’re proactively positioning their firm for the future. Our goal is to identify companies in which we may invest or incubate, via FoundersNextMove.com. See examples on our Tech Stacks page.

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