TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

Creative platform EVEN , which allows artists to sell music directly to fans, said it has closed a $2.2 The company’s CEO and founder, Mag Rodriguez, says he started building the platform last February as a way to help Black and brown artists retain equity in their creative work. Creative platform EVEN raises $2.2M

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. I will argue that LPs who invest in VC funds will also need to adjust a bit as well. Enter Amazon.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Creative capital is the secret sauce, not venture capital. Brett Lovelady, founder of design firm Astro Studios, defines these design and development assets as “creative capital,” which “can ultimately last longer and potentially become more valuable” than venture capital.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

You still have plenty of creative financing options to fund your business. Creative financing options for new businesses. Angel investing and venture capital (VC). Angel investors and venture capitalists can provide substantial capital to startups. However, VC funding isn’t free money.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2018

There’s a quick litmus-test conversation any early-stage VC will have with the founder and it’s one that you should be as prepared for as your elevator pitch. It goes something like this … VC: “How much money are you raising?” Founder: “$8–10 million” VC: “What’s your current burn rate?” A VC is looking for reasonableness.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). How to find a job as a VC scout. How to get a job in venture capital.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

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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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2011

This is the final part of a 3-part series on the major changes in the structure of the software & the venture capital industries. The result was a massive increase in startups & a whole group of new funding sources: both angels & “micro VCs&#. But … Downsizing Venture Capital.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade. The good news: VC funding in Italy has grown. This has seven different funds under management, including a VC fund-of-funds, “Series A/B matching” funds and acceleration funds.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

For Black founders, who have rarely received more than 1% of total venture capital invested in startups, 2022 wasn’t kind, and 2023 doesn’t look promising given how things are going. There’s nothing like the speed, creativity, and serendipity that comes from working 14+ hour days with a small team that shares a common vision and goal.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Image Credits: The Creative Drone (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. The US venture capital slowdown doesn’t look that bad. According to PitchBook, preliminary VC deal data in Q3 appears to be lower than previous quarters this year: Q1: $80.0 The US venture capital slowdown doesn’t look that bad.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Register Gyeonggi-do Business and Science Accelerator (CEO Kang Sung-cheon) is holding an online event to match global venture capital firms with innovative startup companies in Pangyo. In addition, GBSA plans to help Korean startups enter the global market by collaborating with global VC firms.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2013

His imagination of what is wrong with VC has captured perfectly in satirical format what ails our industry. It is Nikolas Tesla pitching a VC firm. The back-and-forth between Andy & me if anything I hope just raised the issue a bit more about entrepreneur & VC relationships. He knew me then. by Dorrian Porter.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

I’ve been searching for a great history of the venture capital industry since before I joined Redpoint. Creative Capital. But there’s a great one called VC by Tom Nicholas. Nicholas traces the history of the venture capital industry back to whaling. Done Deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

I’m often asked by people, “how do I get into VC?&# Well, I know 3-4 VC jobs that are publicly available. Every time I do recruiting I get somebody who says, “I’m willing to take a step back in my career to work in VC.&# This isn’t likely to appeal to us. Tags: VC Industry. Self starter.

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

Senators led by Amy Klobuchar introduced the New Business Preservation Act to incentivize venture capital formation around the country. It avoids two well-known traps for government-sponsored venture programs by requiring that public funds are matched with private dollars and that capital is deployed by professional investors.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Leah Edwards is a passionate fan and connector in technology and impact, a lecturer at UC Berkeley and Stanford and a partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures , a Silicon Valley-based VC firm. As a partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures , I’m aware that the VC industry boasts about finding teams with outlying and industry-changing ideas.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? What happened? It was 1991.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Our findings confirmed a significant shift away from the traditional tech hubs of the Bay Area, New York City, and Boston, with the proportion of seed- and early-stage VC dollars funneling into the Bay Area falling below 30% for the first time in more than a decade. Galileo did it first in 1609, and we’re doing it again now.”

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Besides, there were a limited number of places where I could do my job in venture capital anyway—and while I might be a go to for a pitch from super early stage pre-seed and seed founders looking for quick answers and decisive term sheets in New York City, the reality is that I would be pretty far down the list in the Valley.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Some might think “Silicon Valley’s share of US VC funding falls to lowest level in more than a decade” is a scary headline, but from my perspective as a resident, it’s great news. Silicon Valley’s share of US VC funding falls to lowest level in more than a decade. This momentum we’re seeing now? Walter Thompson.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Register Established in 2016 and headquartered in New York, SoGal Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated to early-stage investments in diverse founding teams, operating in both the United States and Asia. Partnering with Elizabeth at Stanford, they addressed the stark gender imbalance and inequity in the VC industry.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

Copysmith last April secured $10 million in financing for its AI-powered “creative content” generation platform. To get to the bottom of the enthusiasm for copy-generating tech, TechCrunch reached out to partners at VC firms who’d invested in startups in the nascent space within the last two years.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 20, 2013

While any exit in NYC is great, what makes this particularly special to those of us on this side of the river is that it was the first tech startup in Brooklyn to sell that was a) native, b) bought for what it did, and perhaps, more importantly, c) had a model whose idea was native to the ideals we promote in this community, namely creativity.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2023

A SaaS mindset just isn’t relevant for deep tech investment, which means traditional VCs must recalibrate their behavior (and expectations) before diving in. ” Blank Street cracked the code on making coffee shops attractive to VC Ask Sophie: Can I launch a startup if I’m in the US on a student visa? .

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

She worked for 5 years as a VC at Battery Ventures and co-headed M&A at IAC working with Barry Diller. Venture capital is about backing the leaders of tomorrow who imagine the world as it should be and aren’t constrained by what it is today. I promise you, he really said this out loud.)

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 15, 2023

I truly fell in love with building things and realized that it simultaneously fueled my curiosity and creativity. I believe venture capital comes down to a number of core ideations specifically around deals: Does an investor have the network, knowledge or both to see every single opportunity within their focus area?

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 8, 2015

But Fab fell into the trap that many companies who go down the VC route fall into--too much money, too soon, and growing too fast. The team is hard at work improving upon the concept of a designer focused site that will inspire the creative juices in all of us. Venture Capital & Technology' It''s so much more.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 2, 2021

And second, I wanted to inform the strategy of my new firm, Versatile VC , from the most educated point of view. . Teten: In the Before Time, I was at a dinner for Partners at many of the major New York VC funds. Another said, “I think it’s remnant inventory…the Craigslist of venture capital. Can you explain that?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Startups and VC. Despite shrinking investment into startups in 2022, venture capital funds of all sizes are still being raised. However, not many of these are led by solo general partners (GPs), and although that trend is on the rise, even fewer are led by women or people who don’t come from venture capital, Anna writes.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Startups and VC. Dakotah Rice, founder of Poolit, tells Mary Ann , “2023 will be a fantastic year in all likelihood for venture and private equity. The company raised millions to turn accredited investors into LPs in VC and private equity funds. It’s kind of like you’re starting from a new base.” Is it a plane? to 17 cents.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

.” Black Tech Nation Ventures is a new fund for Black entrepreneurs. This launch comes after last year’s protests over the killing of George Floyd led to a broader conversation about race and representation in startups and venture capital. “As a society, we tend to be very short term,” he said.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 10, 2014

The small startups and individual creatives were early to SXSW and created a great, authentic experience over many years--a "neighborhood" if you will--with a certain attractive vibe. SXSW has become a fun way for lots of brands to interact with startups and creatives--different but not the same. Venture Capital & Technology'

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 14, 2014

It also doesn''t take into consideration many important factors: One, venture backed companies are a tiny hiccup in the grand scheme of entrepreneurship. Most companies don''t ever raise venture capital and they do just fine. I scratch my head over why raising venture is put on such a podium.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

and Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. “You have to wonder if every VC worth a damn in the future will have their own raft of SPAC offerings,” says Alex. On Monday, Alex covered the news that Lerer Hippeau Acquisition Corp. I, II and III. filed S-1 filings last week. Wrote Lerer Hippeau Acquisition Corp.:

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

I have my best creative break-throughs this way. I’ve talked in the past about how I manage my own creative process. If you struggle to find moments of creativity you might read that post. I also have huge creative spurts when I run. Frankly, I think venture capital is that way, too. That’s ok.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

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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