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Female Founders: What the numbers mean and what they don't

This is going to be BIG.

Take the most widely used number--that way fewer women are getting venture funding than guys. That means you actually have a *better* shot, statistically, of getting VC investment at these firms, statistically, once you actually pitch. Ellen Johnston of Makr has a decade of senior creative experience. Why so many mixed teams?

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). If you throw in Oculus into the mix along with TrueCar, Rubicon, Burstly, Beats and others LA Tech has seen more than $8 billion in exits in 2014 alone. Use any you want.

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Alternative VC Tech Stack: Chisos structured finance

David Teten VC

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? We also provide capital to companies that would not otherwise be VC-backable (think niche software or more service-oriented businesses).

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Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control

David Teten VC

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? VC Josh Kopelman makes the analogy of jet fuel vs. motorcycle fuel. VCs sell jet fuel which works well for jets; motorcycles are more common but need a different type of fuel. . Absolutely not. So what is Revenue Based Investing?

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Sanity, a platform to build and manage content flows on sites, raises $9.3M from Ev Williams, Threshold and more

TechCrunch

The funding, a Series A, is being by Threshold Ventures (the VC formerly known as Draper Fisher Jurvetson, rebranded in 2019 after none of the namesakes remained at the firm), with an interesting cast of others also participating. million to fuel its growth.

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Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women & underrepresented founders?

David Teten VC

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. In addition, their portfolios look far more diverse than VC industry norms. Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

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Want to know why charging $12 / year converts higher than $9.99?

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As many of you know I run a weekly webcast called This Week in VC that’s getting between 25-35,000 weekly views across ThisWeekIn.com, YouTube & mostly iTunes. Your goal is to increase the top end of the funnel (more people using the free product) and increase the rate of conversion to paid. Why do a freemium model?

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