TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The firm has an Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Tel Aviv presence, and now has a $160 million sack of funds to deploy across its focus areas: sustainability and technological innovation in the construction, real estate and manufacturing industries. It especially wants to reduce waste and CO2 emissions.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

David Frykman , general partner, Norrsken VC. We’re constructive around things like voluntary carbon markets. In some ways, it’s probably the largest opportunity in VC given its existential nature. Maryanna Saenko , co-founder and partner, Future Ventures. Valerie Shen , partner and COO, G2 Venture Partners.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

According to Oleksandr Yaroshenko, head of investments and strategy at edtech startup Headway, engagement rates for existing customers are “the best predictors for resubscription.” 4 SaaS engagement metrics that attract investors Ask Sophie: How many employment green cards are available each year? .”

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” For funds with an overall return of 3-5x, which is what VC funds aim for, the overall return was 4.6x

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 11, 2023

.” The hub will feature exhibition spaces, government booths, market spaces, co-working spaces, and networking opportunities to boost creativity and innovation in the Philippines ; a distinctive aspect of the hub is its “retail incubator” strategy, designed to showcase inventive products to a broader audience.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

He will also address common challenges that nontechnical founders may encounter when building their founding team and offer practical strategies for overcoming them. TechCrunch hosts Darrell Etherington and Becca Szkutak will interview serial-founder-turned-VC Russ Wilcox. Currently he’s a partner at Pillar VC.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Rachel Holt, co-founder and general partner, Construct Capital. “You have to wonder if every VC worth a damn in the future will have their own raft of SPAC offerings,” says Alex. 4 strategies for deep tech companies recruiting top growth marketers. Shawn Carolan, partner, Menlo Ventures. Dave Clark, partner, Expa.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Luxembourg-based Leko Labs , a construction startup that’s developing sustainable wood-based building materials as an alternative to steel and concrete and applying automation to construction methods, has closed a $21 million Series A round of funding. Construction is of course an extremely dirty business.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Most founders consider two possibilities when thinking about their exit strategy: IPO or acquisition. When considering a possible acquisition of your company, try to figure out where you could add value to a prospective acquirers strategy. The VC you're bringing on board should consist of people who you want to work with.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” Why are all of the VC home runs from white men, or Asian men in Asia, plus a few Asian men in the U.S.?

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 2, 2023

Before that, Vikas ran product and strategy for The Baby Box Co, a Series A digital education platform for expecting parents. Chris was a “spreadsheet Ninja” who used his specialized skills to construct an intricate system of spreadsheets to track and manage his properties. That’s not to say that VC can’t be great.

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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 30, 2022

an entire city constructed from bee hives, digital art [DALL-E]. There’s also many wonderful angel/operators and smaller supporting funds with large portfolio strategies. We ended up making 11 investments in 2022, which historically has been our average independent of strategy. Win : 11 offers made, 11 offers accepted.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Rather than compete with the VC ecosystem, Price’s strategy is to complement the biggest VC firms by building companies with them, he said. So far that strategy has worked in Artisanal Ventures’ favor. .” Meanwhile, Price expects most of the check sizes to be between $500,000 and $1.5

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

Bootstrapping a startup is one of the effective means of building a self-sustaining and successful business, especially as VC investments slow down. To help you set your business up to thrive during economic turbulence and beyond, I’d like to share some of the strategies that proved successful when building Hotjar, the company I lead.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Many of the companies above have been bottled up for years behind privately funded growth strategies. On to the headlines from TechCrunch and Extra Crunch: If you didn’t make $1B this week, you are not doing VC right (EC). The VC and founder winners in Airbnb’s IPO (EC). The future of construction tech. Extra Crunch.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 5, 2016

Just don't go picking someone who really doesn't compliment you just because it's some kind of VC rule. I've heard a lot of VCs tell founders they need co-founders--and that they wouldn't look at a business at a very early stage without a co-founder. The same holds true for VC funds.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

. “The biggest challenge has been around scaling my team’s time, particularly around managing a growing portfolio at a time when founder support is critical,” said Ariana Thacker, founder of Conscience VC. Ariana Thacker , solo GP and founder, Conscience VC. Our strategy is that of a seed-stage generalist.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

It has been since inception, as it continues to be even with our current strategy for 2022 to 2026,” Adenuga said. BII has adopted a strategy to make calculated, not sporadic, investments across key sectors: infrastructure, financial services, manufacturing, food and agriculture, health, education, and real estate and construction.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 23, 2012

VCs construct stories in their head as to why they invested in this or that, and much of it is based on prior experience, but they're often awful at articulating the real reasons. So much of this is gut feel with a thin later of strategy retrofitted to seem more than random. Venture capital is kind of like a knuckleball.

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 1, 2013

As I wrote about in a post on aligning founder and VC incentives , it’s important for entrepreneurs to understand their own ambitions and the ambitions of investors. The most important part of that is understanding the financial motivations and the dynamics of the industry VCs face. Exit Distribution. Pick your poison. Small Fund.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

. “The biggest challenge has been around scaling my team’s time, particularly around managing a growing portfolio at a time when founder support is critical,” said Ariana Thacker, founder of Conscience VC. Ariana Thacker , solo GP and founder, Conscience VC. Our strategy is that of a seed-stage generalist.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2023

As one VC put it: “It’s bad.” Seed-stage fintech deals saw record investment as valuations of late-stage VC-backed companies saw significant downward pressure, attracting a record $4.5 Meanwhile, according to PitchBook , enterprise fintech startups are capturing more of the broader fintech VC pool.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Backing the Dublin-based company, which targets mid-sized businesses that operate multi-entities, is Finch Capital, the fintech focussed VC that recently outed its third fund. million in funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

I’m often asked about the differences between being at a VC and being an entrepreneur and whether I prefer one or the other. The biggest difference I cite is that Venture Capital often feels like an “individual sport” while startups are a “team sport.” years of her life on this office project journey with me.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 29, 2023

We’ve gathered insights from Co-Founders and CEOs who have faced these hurdles head-on, sharing their experiences and strategies. It can be tempting to use lofty language, but we’ve found it more constructive to focus the conversation on traction. Tobias Liebsch , Co-Founder, Fintalent.io

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2021

But I was surprised to find myself editing an interview Alex Wilhelm conducted with Plaid CEO Zach Perret the next day in which the executive said growing the company on its own is “once again” the correct strategy. 5 consumer hardware VCs share their 2021 investment strategies. Allen Miller, VC, Oak HC/FT.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

It’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Startups and VC Super.com, formerly Snapcommerce, launched its cash-back card SuperCash last October so that card users could build credit, amassing 5 million customers worldwide who have collectively saved over $150 million to date, according to CEO Hussein Fazal. Even dropping Stripe to do so.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

I had an MBA, had done a few years of strategy consulting and knew all of the management theory. 2 weeks later and we may never have raised any more VC. I hired a senior exec from the building materials industry (we were a document collaboration company for the engineering & construction industry) who was also ex McKinsey.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

Startups and VC. Before Tracy Young was co-founder and CEO of TigerEye, she held identical roles at construction productivity software startup PlanGrid. Becca queried 35 investors to get their 2023 predictions on a number of VC-related topics , including capital deployment strategies, web3/crypto and what will happen with valuations.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

The flurry of new funds gives me and, more importantly, founders the vibe that VCs are back in business and ready to write lots and lots of checks. But one could argue that new VC fund announcement dates, much like the phrase “oversubscribed,” don’t mean much in practice. This tweet by VC Matt Turck. Book your pass ASAP!

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FundersClub

JUNE 30, 2017

" EquipmentShare is the most well-funded construction tech startup in Missouri, which has seen 5% of total US construction tech deals, in " New Build: Construction Tech Deal Pace Slows Slightly After Steady Rise.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

We see opportunity with social equity for the first time, driven by private markets rather than poorly constructed regulations. They have executed against a strategy while many of their supposed peers have done very irrational deals, impaired shareholder value, etc. It’s going to be fun!” It’s going to be fun!

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. Thank you. (if

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. 15 steps to fundraising a new VC or private equity fund. Katherine Boe Heuck is a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022), a past intern at Versatile VC and a current intern at Metaprop NYC. David Teten. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Haystack

JANUARY 16, 2019

The more I discover about going beyond just writing checks into startups — concepts like portfolio construction, cross-fund management, and new fund formation — the more I realize how critical the parlay is. Let’s focus on the noun first. Of course, if the fund does well, that investment compounds nicely.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 11, 2022

In addition to our dollars, we are eager to help founders with the construction of their cap table, not just generically with the highest profile folks available, but more specifically where they might get some help along the way. Nor Do VCs.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2017

Even worse, when I was a strategy consultant I learned how easily data could be manipulated to prove just about any reasonable thesis and how a well-structured argument lined with data or pseudoscience could persuade large groups of people of dubious conclusions. The Black Swan should be required reading for any VC or investor.

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