Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners. My first job after college was as a developer at Andersen Consulting.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Archita Bhandari is a senior associate at FischerJordan , a multidisciplinary consulting firm, helping businesses achieve uncommon clarity, gain control and win in the marketplace. But Rachael now needs additional financing to open another store. So how does she finance her expansion plans? Archita Bhandari. Contributor.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

MoveinSync’s Strategic Funding Round This financing round is intended not only for growth but also to provide an opportunity for some of its early investors to partially exit. They aim to secure between $50 to $60 million.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 5, 2014

If you need to introduce yourself to a VC firm, you''re probably not getting the job. VC firms are going back to being mostly partner driven shops, where dealflow and decisions stay up top. VC firms are going back to being mostly partner driven shops, where dealflow and decisions stay up top. That''s a benefit to the VC firm.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2021

million seed round, offers small to medium-sized game and app companies access to tools to manage their finances and capital to fuel their growth. To be clear, Sanlo is not an investor that’s taking an equity stake in the apps and games it finances. That is, Sanlo takes no ownership stake in the companies it finances.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

Dan’s professional IT services consultancy developed a SaaS product and now wants to grow and scale the product—but has little experience in marketing or selling SaaS products. Use these resources to understand how your company will look when you pitch a VC or angel. and see how your company compares. Seek existing middleware tools.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We’re fortunate to interview William Stringer, Founder of Chisos Capital , a structured finance company. Chisos is a structured finance company that provides startup and brand capital to entrepreneurs, athletes and creatives. Q: What is CISA and how does it compare to other alternative VC models? Q: What’s your background?

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

I’ve recently advised a number of emerging private equity and VC funds who are wrestling with the question: What are the highest impact steps they can take to support their portfolio companies? . VC Platform community has grown approximately 120% in the last 3 years. Alpaca VC shares their Master Agency List.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Gregg Johnson, CEO of Invoca For the first 5 years or so after I became a VC I didn’t talk much about what I thought a VC should be excellent at since frankly I wasn’t sure. It’s easy to think the role of a VC is to have strong opinions about markets, trends, tech dynamics and so forth. The role of VC is sparring partner.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

” I said I learned this 15 years ago because that is when I stopped being a consultant. I enjoyed the first half of my time at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) because I was a computer programmer and had to build stuff that actually worked. Consultants spend all of their time pretending to know these answers.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2023

Last week, I published a scoop on fintech-focused VC firm Anthemis having laid off 28% of its staff , or 16 people, earlier this year as part of a restructuring. That founder wrote me a note saying that while at Anthemis, “Farhan was the first VC to believe in” his company. You may agree.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

Their backgrounds, according to Ayele, run the gamut from finance and marketing to product and technology across a range of sectors. “We’ve built an algorithm-based matching platform where we curate relevant deals to VC investors. The CEO who studied finance and investment banking in the U.S. for law school. ”

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Early-stage companies shouldn’t: outsource core product development, have consulting firms build it for them to speed up time-to-market, shouldn’t hire too many business people until product is complete and early product/market fit tested. Your first sales people should be consultative sellers who can fuel evangelical sales.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

There has been little movement in the amount of VC dollars going to women-founded companies since 2012. This should come as no surprise, given that fintech combines two sectors traditionally dominated by men: finance and technology. VC funds must look at ways they can bring in more women decision-makers, all the way up to the top.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear. 1) Your school.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Never underestimate the power of community Investor relations are undergoing a shift from a VC-centric model to community-driven funding. He serves as the CEO of the boutique future-of-work consultancy Disaster Avoidance Experts. “I think crowdfunding and blockchain will revolutionize startup investing,” said Mohammadi.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

Think of it as a two-sided marketplace: Continuum brings together executives with experience from VC-backed companies, including leaders from Tesla, Plaid, Intercom, Snap, Carta and Twitch, and connects them with companies that need help with a specific challenge or pivot. Battle of the bridge: Startups struggle to secure runway financing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2018

He was in a later-stage financing round and was talking with many investors. She had emailed with a partner at a big VC fund and he had passed the request to a junior associate. The same thing happens to VCs. If you want to invest we might make room but we don’t have time to fill out forms for every consultant.

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

They are responsible to: Develop the offering with independent R&D, Introduce the offering to the market, Advertise, market and build clientele, Manage the entire supply chain from sourcing to final delivery to the user, and Handle finances of the business. Consultant : They provide business advice and differ in their area/s of expertise.

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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

OCTOBER 19, 2021

.” It would be the among the most ambitious in a growing list of products that Republic oversees and that have attracted more than one million users — along with some serious financing backing. Those earlier investors just re-upped, by the way, and were joined by new backers Pillar VC, Brevan Howard, GoldenTree, and Atreides.).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Erik previously worked on Wall Street as a VP for AIG investments and was a co-founder and consultant of other startups. It most recently raised $125 million in January and has raised more than $400 million to date. The last startup he co-founded before Blockstream was Dan’s Plan, a health tech company.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

She’s been an entrepreneur, served on plenty of boards, is a contributing author at Marie Clare, has been a senior advisor to Bumble and worked as a consultant in marketing, business development and more. How Founders Can Think Like a VC (Lisa Wu, Norwest Venture Partners). Building and Leading a Sales Team (Ryan Azus, Zoom CRO).

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

I’ve recently advised a number of emerging private equity and VC funds who are wrestling with the question: What are the highest impact steps they can take to support their portfolio companies? . VC Platform community has grown approximately 120% in the last 3 years. Alpaca VC shares their Master Agency List.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2021

Clearbanc, a Toronto-based fintech startup that gives non-dilutive financing to businesses, has rebranded alongside a $100 million financing that valued it at $2 billion. How are VCs handling diligence in a world where deals open and close in days, not months. European VC soars in Q1. Don’t market your opportunity away.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 30, 2023

Register Joseph Lee has a strong track record in the finance industry throughout his career to date. Between 2006 and 2015, I joined one of the leading Islamic banks in the world, Kuwait Finance House, as the pioneering team to set up its Private Equity Division in Asia. How is Kairous Capital different from a traditional VC firm?

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David Teten VC

MARCH 21, 2024

My Partner Winter Mead, Founder & CEO of Coolwater Capital , the accelerator for emerging VC fund managers, said: “Fewer than 5 of the 180 emerging managers we’ve worked with are raising via 506c, in order to get in front of more retail LPs, who are generally already following the GP, e.g., through the GP’s newsletter or community.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

The judges for this pitch-off will be Yoon Choi (Muirwoods Ventures), Mar Hershenson (Pear VC) and Gabriel Scheer (Elemental Excelerator) on day one; and Sven Strohband (Khosla Ventures), Victoria Beasley (Prelude Ventures) and John Du (GM Ventures) on day two. ” Mar Hershenson — Pear VC. ” Day 2 . . She also holds a B.S.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

He did not provide further details, saying only the company would provide the affected “with generous packages, engage in consultation where required, and support them with their transitions.” In her expanded role, she will oversee all operational and go-to-market teams, including finance and marketing. After closing at $79.64

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Participants included Blume Ventures, Good Capital, Zerodha’s Rainmatter Fund, Loyal VC and angel investors. It is also used by consulting firms that are serving real estate and infrastructure companies that have set net-zero goals. It’s already been deployed to over 20 million square feet of real estate in Asia and announced today $2.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Kruze Consulting, an accounting firm for startups, mined through over 750 companies’ finances, which includes upward of $300 million in quarterly revenue and over $750 million in quarterly spend. But one could argue that new VC fund announcement dates, much like the phrase “oversubscribed,” don’t mean much in practice.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Collective , an all-in-one back-office finance platform for the self-employed, which has raised over $28 million in funding, is hiring for five roles across engineering, marketing and member services (tax, accounting). Collective raised its latest round , a Series A, in May 2021. Ho is QED’s first employee in Singapore.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Without further ado, here are the five judges who will pick the 2021 Startup Battlefield winner: Kirsten Green is the founder and managing partner of Forerunner Ventures, a San Francisco-based VC firm she formed in 2010. While at Pinterest she helped it expand internationally, close its Series C financing and led three acquisitions.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) Throughout all of these years I was a full-time VC so Launchpad really came out of evenings and weekends for me. Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). But my prediction?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

It represents the great majority of entrepreneurship and eschews the fairytale rags-to-VC-riches stories we so often read about in the press. She found non-traditional financing. Without this money she wouldn’t have been able to finance operations. Just not the kind you would initially read about on TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

In a sign that pure equity financing is getting harder to come by, cybersecurity firm Arctic Wolf , which last July raised $150 million at triple its previous valuation ($4.3 billion), funding to VC-backed cybersecurity startups isn’t on pace to hit last year’s high (over $23 billion). raised close to $15.9 billion of debt.

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