This is going to be BIG.

MAY 13, 2019

Using the proliferation of newly GPS-enabled mobile devices to enable taxi hailing and beat out stagnant incumbent providers was always going to be a big win for consumers. There’s no reason why a culture needs to fall apart at the seams in a hypergrowth startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. They recently exited their investment in Gaikai for $380 million while their rival OnLive (who had raised > $200 million) just went through bankruptcy. I’ve laid out my policy on seed investing pretty clearly and publicly.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Berkeley-based cultured meat company New Age Meats announced Monday it raised $25 million in Series A funding that will enable the company to begin production of its first product offering, a variety of pork sausages, next year. The cultured meat landscape is gaining new entrants as the technology has evolved.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

Meanwhile, investors expect 40 investments to be made in this sector this year, up from 36 in 2022, according to the Good Food Institute’s annual investor report. Within the past year, TechCrunch reported on a number of those investments into startups producing alternatives to traditional seafood.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 11, 2022

Emma Allen State Farm offers a variety of insurance services, mortgages, investment planning and 401K rollovers. She partnered with the police department and a local school, which enables more young people to learn to garden and discover where vegetables really come from. “To It’s a necessity. .

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Revolution

MAY 6, 2022

the leading esports and gaming enabler and latest addition to Revolution Growth’s portfolio. industry titans who collectively wanted to invest in the future of shared digital experiences. Rather, it’s embedded deep within our culture. Meet aXiomatic ?—?the going beyond the screen to engage on an individual and community level.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A scalable business model refers to a framework that enables a company to increase revenue without a proportionate increase in operational costs. To design a scalable business model, think about how you can create a customer-centric culture within your company. What Is a Scalable Business Model?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

TPG invested in the startup through its TPG Capital Asia, its Asia-focused private equity platform. helps firms improve investment decisions, Eugenie.ai Fractal also incubates and invests in AI projects, he explained. A typical customer of Fractal generates at least $10 billion in revenue.) ”

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 3, 2025

These platforms provide intuitive interfaces, such as drag-and-drop AI-powered tools, enabling business owners to create custom AI solutions tailored to their needs. Social Media Management: Use Generative AI for content creation, enabling you to schedule posts and analyze engagement metrics to optimize content strategy. GDPR, HIPAA).

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Gust

JUNE 8, 2014

Experts on this subject, including Yael Zofi, in her book, “ A Manager’s Guide to Virtual Teams ,” has identified eight key characteristics of high-performing virtual teams that I have observed, and every startup founder should understand and enable: Members exhibit a global mindset – they look outward, not inward.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

There is no culture, country, nor period of human history where creative expression hasn’t been central. Ideogram’s product approach is to enable the users through iteration and fine-grained control.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 23, 2024

They also talked about the difficulties — and potential advantages — of selling into small businesses, taking alternative approaches to interviewing candidates, and the importance of keeping culture a vital part of a company as it scales. We’re experimenting with it, but we haven’t made a massive investment.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2024

My time at Netscape coincided with the moment where almost every company in every sector had determined that it needed to invest heavily in internet infrastructure (email, calendaring, proxy servers, application servers, and more). At some point I noticed a change in our culture. Google, by contrast, has not been as clear about that.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 25, 2024

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (Ben Franklin CNP) continues its mission of catalyzing innovation and fostering growth in the technology sector with its recent investments in four dynamic companies. Rooted in the founder’s speakeasy-style restaurant, Blind Tiger embodies elegance and innovation in every sip.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2023

Lenskart has signed a definitive agreement to raise $500 million from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, they said Wednesday, at the height of the market slump as the Indian eyewear retailer bulks up its offerings and scales to international markets. The investment, an extension to last year’s round, helps the startup retain its $4.5

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2011

A tale of two pitches (I eventually invested in the first company that pitched). One warning: I was taught that culturally in Japan there is an expectation that you sit in the home team / away team format so you need to follow this convention. But you enabled them. That’s not really me but I’ll stick to convention.

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Revolution

JANUARY 5, 2022

Joining us as a Partner, Fazeela formerly served as Managing Director of Consumer and Americas at Temasek International, a global investment firm headquartered in Singapore. healthcare investments, starting the European practice, leading the U.S. The people and the firm’s approach to investing. a global throughline.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2019

I knew this because the rest of the store featured many pieces which promoted the “fast fashion” culture of buy-use-throw away. Initially, nobody wanted our company name anywhere in the items we produced, but now the culture has shifted. We are busy securing investments to scale up.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

What we’re doing at Meebo is trying to socially enable websites by allowing them to immediately get not only the social graph information but to do useful stuff with it. Seth also spoke about not accepting investment until after gaining traction. Would you choose someone with great skills but not a cultural fit?

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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. Background Pocket Sun’s journey in the investment industry has shaped her into the leader she is today.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 18, 2021

We are from different cultures, religions and backgrounds, but EO binds us together.”. The PPP enabled me to keep a small but scrappy team; we dug deep to become the experts on virtual and hybrid events. EO’s brand values summarize the membership experience beautifully: “We are committed to each other’s growth and well-being.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

But as a relatively young population, most of them have minimal equity market and investment exposure. The company has raised a $20 million Series A round to democratize investing in the Middle East and North Africa. and Europe, up to half of the population invests in financial instruments. One such is Egypt-based Thndr.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

These technology-enabled startups are in the seed to Series A funding round stage, tackling a wide range of global challenges and needing access to resources. To appreciate the scale of the opportunity, at the last Demo Day the investment firms in attendance represented over $40 billion of dry powder. Twelve U.S.-based

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We want to invest in early-stage technology enabled startup businesses – upfront in the funding cycle. In fact, 90% of our investments are either Seed or A-round investments (10% are B-round). We chose the word “upfront” to represent our culture. That’s healthy.

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Gust

JANUARY 20, 2013

Changing the culture and mindset in an existing businesses is difficult and slow, so this becomes another “opportunity” for smart entrepreneurs and startups to excel. Enable the team by building trust and banishing fear. Too many businesses haven’t noticed that we have come full-circle, where mass customization is required now to win.

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Haystack

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

We were lucky to invest not only during this time, but also doubled down in an extension. The company received investment interest for a few years, but took their time to raise the Series A. When I began investing in 2013, the Series A rounds were quite fast and furious after the seed rounds. That is not the case today.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

This is why as a basic necessity, a remote work setup should be accompanied by investments in collaboration tools and employee training. . To address the core challenges of remote work and to bolster employee efficiency and engagement, businesses can utilize the following approaches: Building an authentic work culture.

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Revolution

JUNE 15, 2023

Its captivating tone, relevant content, and user-focused approach have enabled the company to partner with like-minded influencers , reach new audiences , capitalize on the order-ahead market, and generate a loyal following of brand enthusiasts. A commitment to culture: Ike, Ted, Dimitri, and Brett grew up in the restaurant industry.

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Onevest

MARCH 19, 2015

Join the rest of the nation including equity crowdfunding platforms like 1000 Angels , the private investor network that connects startups with investors, where currently only accredited investors are allowed to invest. Even the more realistic projection, $300 billion , is 10 times the current VC investment market. So why the hold up?

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

We wanted to create a modern payment solution that would address both hygienic concerns and provide an adaptable solution for small businesses to be competitive without the need for high capital investments in their own online platforms. What is KadePay ? What is the process for a business to use KadePay ?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2022

The past two years have been exciting periods of growth for the cloud market, driven by increased demand for access to new technology during COVID-19 and the proliferation of the “work-from-anywhere” culture. Without having to spend on expensive hardware and software, entrepreneurs can invest in other areas as they scale their businesses.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

The capital will enable us to bring in the best talent, make strategic acquisitions and expand into Europe, which is important to us.”. Meanwhile, funds and accounts managed by BlackRock led the Series E investment, with new investors Schonfeld, Invus Opportunities, CreditEase and H.I.G. Checkout.com raises $1B round at $40B valuation.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

They began reaching out to local home chefs in the area and gathered them together in a marketplace where they could share their culture and passion of food with others. The Series A also enables WoodSpoon to onboard its waitlist of hundreds of home chefs that want to join the marketplace. billion in 2021, and then reach $192.16

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The disruptive technology-enabled startups are being showcased at its Demo Day, following their five-month participation in the Labs’ accelerator program. “At Today’s Demo Day showcases the Inclusive Ventures Lab’s largest and most global cohort to date, underscoring our mission to advance a more equitable investment landscape worldwide.”’

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Revolution

MARCH 7, 2024

Despite this, venture capital funding continues to miss the gender parity mark, with the gap between all-women and all-men-founded teams becoming even more pronounced amid a broader investment slowdown. I believe that embracing intersectionality enables me to develop more holistic solutions that resonate with a diverse range of individuals.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Additional investors also joined, including Saga VC, as well as leading artists, art collectors, museums, gallerists and trustees at institutions such as MOMA and Guggenheim as well as Shalom McKenzie, an online gambling entrepreneur and investor who also invests in NFTs.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 2, 2022

The companies selected by Quest Ventures for co-investment were GuruInnovtif, Open Academy, MadCash, SpareXHub, VireServe, and WaSushi. Indelible Ventures selected Howuku, Kumo and MidWest Composites for co-investment. ScaleUp Malaysia also made direct investments in BizTech Asia and RECQA, alumni from its 2nd Cohort.

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