TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

E-commerce roll-up startup Flora emerged from stealth mode with $9 million in seed funding from an investor group that included Lux Capital, Correlation Ventures, Climate Capital and Gokul Rajaram. Kaya was also in investment banking at Goldman Sachs, focused on consumer retail M&A.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

There are many companies bringing one-click checkout to the direct-to-consumer marketplace, but few are developing similar tools for the business-to-business marketplace. B2B payment volume is five times the size of business-to-consumer retail payments, yet much of those payments are not being done online.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

It seems today that any venture-backed company that can claim some sort of tech mantle is being treated to a strong IPO pricing run and a huge first-day result. Namely, certain elements of the venture capital community who would prefer to keep all outsized gains in their own pockets. ai, Doordash and Airbnb.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. Are you thematic in your investing or entrepreneur focused? (11:40-14:15). In 2003 one of their first investments was Qiigo, Mike Yavondite’s company. The in invest in IT (Software + Internet + Healthcare).

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

It's a story that just hit a milestone--a $4mm round of venture funding that I'm ecstatic to say Brooklyn Bridge Ventures just led. But just because you could see them everywhere doesn't make them an obvious venture bet--nor does it tell the story of how the round even came to be. Still, I followed the space closely.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

is a former college basketball player who was pre-med until he discovered investing once finishing undergrad. After being exposed to it, Haddix says he got “really excited” about investing and went on to get an M.B.A. And so the idea for Scout – a different kind of investing app – was born. Michael Haddix Jr.

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