TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Welcome to day three of TechCrunch Disrupt , where the opportunities to learn, connect and grow your business just don’t stop. Remember, you’ll find all the day’s programs, stage location and times listed in the Disrupt agenda and in the event app. State of VC in 2022. Disrupt Stage | 10:00 am. Disrupt Stage | 10:30 am.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2020

By now, we’re all familiar with the classic persona of the Bay Area-located, hoodie-wearing techie, who tells their team to “move fast and break things” in order to “disrupt” entire industries. Take Facebook, the world’s biggest social network, for example. Related: Why Problem-First Thinking is the Solution Your Startup Needs.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

With the fundraising world becoming more democratic and accessible, we should help people find the right path to setting up a venture capital firm and also make sure the right people are entering the VC sphere. Startup investors can be the financial backbone for mass disruption. Do you have a solid network?

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Finishing is the ripest for disruption. Andrew Ackerman, Dreamit Ventures Dreamit has been actively investing in proptech and contech for the past three years and we are seeing consistent, broad and intense interest in construction robotics across our customer partner network. Consequently, we could see robots playing a role here.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

Apply to Startup Battlefield 200 anyway — and announce your public debut at TechCrunch Disrupt! Startups and VC Many apps today assume that data lives in only one location, typically a single cloud database. throws keys* : Mary Ann reports that Opendoor alums raise $15 million for Kindred, a home-swapping network. Here, catch!

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

GGV Capital and Insight Partners led the round with help from existing investors 1984 VC, NewStack and NewFund. When he looked around a couple of years ago, he saw a space fully of these legacy vendors and ripe for disruption. seed to digitize networking infrastructure procurement. Lightyear scores $3.7M

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

A combination of university talent pipelines, top-rated quality of life, growing startup ecosystem, and growing VC funding has Tree Town topping lists as one of the best places to start a tech company or find a top tech job. RightBrain Networks. It also just won the Digiday Worklife Award for Most Collaborative Culture.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 15, 2023

His background and career span over 3 continents, where he was exposed to different people, cultures and regions that shaped his global mindset. I focus on the financial services sector and have built a network that I tap into. How can our readers follow you on social media? Twitter: @amirkabir99 This was very insightful.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

It’s generally considered a great time to raise capital and build a technology-centered, disruptive business. The firm’s investments may also help overlooked founders hire folks that fall outside the networks of some more established venture capital groups. For some, that is.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

Regardless of how groundbreaking their product idea might be, immigrant Americans will always be more wary of putting their eggs into the entrepreneurship basket, at least as long as 93% of all VC money continues to be controlled by white men. ambassadors. That’s just one company.

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OurCrowd

JULY 1, 2019

Summit Week will be as packed as ever, with corporate meetups, VC forums, insider access to accelerators and labs, and touring opportunities providing a unique insider’s look at the innovation ecosystem. Attendees will also get a deep dive into the history, culture and vibe of Israel, including the nightlife of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Michigan is now the state with the highest growth in VC investment. They hire locally and remotely and have a close-knit culture built on authentic connections between team members. They were founded in 2020 and have solid VC backing, recently raising $2 million, raising their total funding to $4.4 Apply now to Rivet.

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Haystack

JUNE 25, 2018

AT&T’s logic is that these new generations are mobile-first, so if they buy an AT&T network phone, that is potentially extensible at home into a new service relationship around live and premium television content. at the right time across both broadband and mobile networks.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2020

By now, we’re all familiar with the classic persona of the Bay Area-located, hoodie-wearing techie, who tells their team to “move fast and break things” in order to “disrupt” entire industries. Take Facebook, the world’s biggest social network, for example. Related: Why Problem-First Thinking is the Solution Your Startup Needs.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Zoe Jervier Hewitt is a leadership coach and talent partner at multi-stage VC fund EQT Ventures , where she helps portfolio companies structure and accelerate their search for talent by facilitating connections to the right technology and people required to source candidates at each stage of company growth. Zoe Jervier Hewitt. Contributor.

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Haystack

MAY 19, 2018

Social networks were not much of a thing, email was about work, telco’s charged for texting and we had feature phones which were definitely not computers. I found that I didn’t need an escape from work — work is an escape I love — but I needed a break from meetings, interactions, and events that would disrupt my flow state.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

In Latin America, the business of trolling threatens Twitter’s disruptive power. Stephen Harper, the country’s prime minister from 2006 to 2015, famously quipped that the region suffered from “ a culture of defeatism.” Past innovation hubs have relied on physical proximity in order to build networks of human and social capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

To meet the changing startup landscape, we’re refreshing and reimagining TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in a big way, with more of what you love and new ways to accelerate your growth — new stages, new content, and new opportunities. Oh, and if you were laid off recently, we are offering a free Expo+ pass to TC Disrupt 2023.

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FundersClub

JUNE 1, 2017

Jerrod Engelberg of FundersClub will host a Q&A on FC Live with Adam Draper of Boost VC on June 13th. Submit questions and watch the full event here: Q&A with Adam Draper of Boost VC — FundersClub Live Series. in " Flexport to open global network of consolidation centers. FundersClub Portfolio News.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

At Qumra, we get excited about companies that disrupt traditional industries while doing good and improving quality of life. Our portfolio includes some great examples such as Fiverr that has disrupted the labor market by unlocking the global talent pool, or Talkspace, which is providing access to therapy to all. More than 50%?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

I also recently joined another WhatsApp chat #miamitechlife that includes a local community of founders, investors, executives and local leaders to meet, collaborate and network while engaging in fun activities around Miami. Then you have completely separate networks up north in Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, etc.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Even in person, there’s no way to absorb Disrupt in its entirety. Many reporters filed stories recapping the interviews and panels they conducted at Disrupt, and there will be more to come in the next few days. Full coverage of TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. Duolingo doesn’t want to disrupt the college degree. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

We don’t think so, local network is important. Patrik Juránek from Startup Disrupt community. Generally, the Czech startup ecosystem is getting more mature, especially thanks to serial entrepreneurs as well as more experienced first-time founders, and the developing business angel/VC ecosystem. elíková , partner, Nation1.vc.

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Unvalidated Learnings

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Such is the company’s current scale and standing in popular culture that it’s hard to imagine it once was nothing more than a scrappy upstart with chronic cash shortages. Disruptive companies often start as gimmicks for hobbyists Most radical innovations initially appear like curiosities, only entertained by geeks and weirdos.

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

Israeli startup ProFuse aims to cut the production price of lab-cultured protein. EVERY aims to disrupt the $200B egg market by producing egg protein for cooking without chickens. Your portfolio gets stronger when the OurCrowd network gets involved. Learn More. Affordable lab-grown meat gets closer to your plate. Learn More.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? I see a clear cultural change happening in the investing universe, as more people pay attention to ESG objectives and apply an ESG filter to their investments. How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics?

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? I see a clear cultural change happening in the investing universe, as more people pay attention to ESG objectives and apply an ESG filter to their investments. How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics?

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Our firm has had the good fortune to invest in many two-sided networks that used information aggregation, supplier aggregation, and user generated content to attract and inform consumers and resultantly disrupt and change different industries. He runs the Game Show Network. That podcast is included here along with a transcript.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2016

We did what many VC funds did – we presented our annual results, we stood up and talked about our portfolio companies, we invited a few to also present and then we had dinner & drinks at some posh restaurant. So of course it was natural that we would invite other VC firms. So I decided to change up our format a bit.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 18, 2021

(co-written with Stephane Nasser , co-founder of OpenVC , an open-source initiative to collect and analyze all VC theses.). VCs love to talk investment theses: on Twitter, Medium, Clubhouse, at conferences. 36 theses pulled directly from US VC websites by David Teten and Sam Sabin , co-founder, Hireblue. . Technical founders .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

That said, Norway’s VC community has been somewhat dormant for a while. We have a Nordic investment mandate, but we primarily focus on Norway as we are a Norwegian pre-seed/seed fund and have our competitive insight, network and brand here in Norway. Great global market access: EU networks, foreign investments, etc.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 18, 2021

(co-written with Stephane Nasser , co-founder of OpenVC , an open-source initiative to collect and analyze all VC theses.). VCs love to talk investment theses: on Twitter, Medium, Clubhouse, at conferences. 36 theses pulled directly from US VC websites by David Teten and Sam Sabin , co-founder, Hireblue. . Technical founders .

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