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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

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. Asian Venture Capital Journal (free trial).

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Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible

TechCrunch

Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad , in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students.”

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Which software consultants do startups love to work with?

TechCrunch

Outsourcing engineering has become more common in recent years, so we’re starting a new initiative to profile the software consultants who startups love to work with the most. Consultant: Appetiser Apps. Consultant: Aloa. ” Consultant: Ajmera InfoTech. Consultant: Cultum. Consultant: ManagedKube.

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How to Raise First Dollars in a Difficult Market: The Venture Perspective

TechCrunch

Raising venture capital is rarely an easy lift for startups, but 2022 is turning out to be a more challenging year than we’ve seen for some time. As venture capital continues its slowdown after an aggressive 2020 and record-breaking 2021 , it’s clear that early-stage founders looking for their first dollars will require a new approach.

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Creative capital is the secret sauce, not venture capital

TechCrunch

Brett Lovelady is the founder of Astro Studios , now a part of PA Consulting, a design-driven company that empowers designers and strives to capture the value of design in the product, brand, experience and company creation process. Venture capital usually arrives after rigorous assessments and due diligence cycles are completed.

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Centbee raises $1m in pre-Series A funding round led by Ayre Ventures

AsiaTechDaily

Register Centbee, a blockchain payments company based in London, has closed its pre-Series A round with $1 million in investments from Ayre Ventures. Founded by entrepreneur Calvin Ayre, Ayre Ventures made its first investment on Centbee in 2019. “My He has consulted and advised regulators and corporates internationally.

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15 Underrepresented Founders Share $170K in Startup302 Grant Prizes

American Entrepreneurship

Including this year, Startup302 has awarded $813,000 in funding to 52 ventures since the first finals took place in 2021. These included a welcome reception on May 15 and a breakfast with investors on May 17. There is no charge for companies to enter.

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