HPA

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Food tech startup Aqua Cultured Foods announced a $2.1M HPA participated in the round, which included participation from other investors including Supply Change Capital, Aera VC, Sustainable Food Ventures, Hanfield Venture Partners, Lifely VC, Conscience VC, Kingfisher Capital, Big Idea Ventures, among others.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2015

I wish all of them well and feel confident that anybody employed at one of the most innovative companies of the past 10 years will land on his or her feet. I spoke at Michael Kim’s excellent annual Cendana VC/LP conference today. So what can we learn from this? Is it a bone headed move by Twitter? Here’s my take away.

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David Teten VC

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

At Coolwater Capital , the Y Combinator for VC funds, we assess this as part of our diligence process. However, forming your new fund also typically requires making important decisions about firm strategy, culture, how you make decisions, budget, data ownership, and other issues. The firms long-term goal is [long-term aspirations].

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The VC partner, somebody I greatly respect said, “Yeah, we like Gil and what they’re doing. And this Silicon Valley bias isn’t limited to any single meeting – it has been a recurring theme in my time as a VC. That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check.

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Founders Coop

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

But VC bubbles deflate slowly. The money fountain is sputtering just as the first real innovation in a decade roars into view. Homework cheaters and deepfake campaign videos are just the cultural exhaust of capitalism’s relentless quest for new levers of productivity and competitive edge. The tide will keep going out.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

I believe that over capitalizing companies too early often favors the VC. If you’re creating truly innovative products, you often have no idea whether the proverbial dog will eat the dog food. And it seems to be creeping back into startup culture of late in a worrying way. It takes options off of the table.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2015

In part because as a VC I reached the longevity where you see some things fail and have to ask yourself, “would I readily work with that person again? And it’s what I believe sets apart the tech startup culture more than any other sector out there. But I’ve been thinking a lot about failure in the past year or so.

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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 find a job as a VC scout. VC recruiters list and compensation data. How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm. Syllabus for how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Monique Villa is an investor at Mucker Capital , an early-stage VC fund investing in startups across the U.S. Getting a seat at the VC table. My story is that of the average American, and yet feels light years apart from what people perceive as the “innovation economy.” VC deals by region, as of June 2019. and Canada.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

While finance and media are typically concentrated in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, a city of three million in the state of Bahia, is considered one of Brazil’s cultural capitals. With an 84% Afro-Brazilian population, there are deep, rich and visible roots of Africa in the city’s history, music, cuisine and culture.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

In a deeply researched report for TechCrunch+ , reporter Christine Hall examined the state of the cell-cultured meat industry and identified many of the startups innovating in the sector, along with the challenges they face when it comes to ramping up production and getting regulators and consumers on their side. yourprotagonist.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 11, 2015

I watched him jump on a plane regularly to be down at all of our board meetings and while I know that sounds like an obvious commitment from a VC, I’ve watched other scenarios where NorCal VCs find reasons to always dial in via Google Hangouts or ask non-Silicon Valley investments to travel to Menlo Park or San Francisco for meetings.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 17, 2020

With barriers like these in place, it should be no surprise that 77% of founders are white, and mostly male — despite the attention diversity and inclusion initiatives receive in tech culture today. Without access to capital, even the most innovative companies will fail to scale. Diversity is the key to unlocking both.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2017

Historically VC has been an apprenticeship business. VC ASSOCIATIONS. No-cost accelerators: Afore Capital Angel to Fund Manager (AFM), Founder Institute VC Lab , Recast Capital Enablement Program – Accelerators with tuition: Oper8r , OnConduit ‘s Emerging Fund Managers Initiative. Reboot VC Bootcamp.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Since the majority of VC returns come from a small number of deals, “obvious” investments seldom return such incredible multiples. I enjoy every company we work with and the founders, the journeys, the decisions, the innovation are all magical whether the company builds mobile games, ad technology or photo-sharing apps.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

You also need to establish a culture of sharing and collegiality. Early stage VC’s are also aligned around turning over every rock when it comes to finding innovation hubs and being the connectors between them and the rest of the community. You need both. Angels can’t do it alone. They’re less impactful on a year to year basis.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

It was an opportunity to generate significant returns, momentum for rising startup markets, and innovation that would strengthen America’s dynamism and competitiveness. Plastomics is innovating in the space by developing superior methods for integrating biotech traits into staple row crops like corn and soybeans.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

An innovator in technology, especially monetization. And of course a place of idyllic weather, culture and a lifestyle. IA Ventures – Roger Ehrenberg was doing angel investing before he became a VC. Not versus every other VC but versus many. This is the list I would start with. I was a former entrepreneur.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

Portal Innovations , a biotech VC firm based in Chicago, is trying to broaden everyone’s horizons and give opportunities to biotech startups growing out of labs in Chicago, Atlanta, and hopefully beyond. This involves chemical fume hoods, equipment to facilitate cell and tissue culture work. “It The Bay Area? Science in action.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 25, 2022

It’s not perfect, but mitigating the cultural issues associated with remote work turns out to be easier than mitigating the employee satisfaction issues associated with forcing everyone into the office 5 days/week. But I want to return to Ben’s quote and talk about the cultural issues. Think WeWork meets SohoHouse meets VC firm.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 11, 2021

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Charlie O'Donnell - VC (@ceonyc) She’s the best. I’d like to invest in enterprise companies that make the experience of working better for all—from benefits and professional development to company culture. This is my daughter, Mirren.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 30, 2021

I co-wrote this essay with Prabhat Gusain , currently the Chief of Staff at Caffeinated Capital; formerly an intern with Versatile VC ; and a 2021 MBA from UVA Darden. In many ecosystems outside of the major tech hubs, founders face cultural, legal, reputational and other hurdles to building a successful tech company.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” For funds with an overall return of 3-5x, which is what VC funds aim for, the overall return was 4.6x

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

Passion drives the best innovators that we’ve ever known, and there were times where founders and I were able to share a common passion, and those deals have turned out to be some of my favorite ones to have been involved with. I was inspired by the people in my life. Why did you open an office in Austin? Louis well.

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OurCrowd

MAY 18, 2020

Read up on my prediction for a ‘renaissance’ in medical innovation. Director of People & Culture for Influitive (Canada). The post In the News: Expect a ‘renaissance’ in medical innovation appeared first on OurCrowd. This sector has been under-invested in until now, particularly in Israel. VP R&D for ThetaRay (Israel).

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As Managing Directors of Techstars Seattle, we raised a series of funds from mostly local LPs, including participation from some of our best-known local VC firms, as well as many of the mentors who worked with the founders during and after each program. The first to spot the weakness were startup founders.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 1, 2016

Praveen Varshney, a long-time EO Vancouver member and investor in Lyft, Guiides.com, ShareShed and other sharing-economy companies, is capitalizing on this new movement while helping the environment through supporting a culture of access over ownership. I’m always looking for new ways to innovate. InvestX offers access to U.S.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

startups received VC funding of around $75 billion in Q1 and about $50 billion so far in Q2, despite investors pulling back and valuations decreasing as the markets trend downward. “We’re in a culture of innovation and doing things in ways that nobody has done before,” Jarvis told TechCrunch. ” U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

And more recently he has turned that into a fund called CrossCulture VC such that many in Silicon Valley and beyond now know Troy as well. “Hip hop is a multi-billion dollar business and it was built off an opportunity that nobody else saw because they didn’t understand the culture.” He said that.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Or will we have to repeat the same conversations about representation failings within VC funds? Make serious headway with accelerators.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

I asked him if he’d be willing to allow me to interview him for This Week in VC and we filmed it in the offices of Stack Overflow – his new company. While that happens sometimes, it was a challenge for Google because it frequently had trouble adapting from an engineering driven culture.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 23, 2023

Specifically I’ve had the chance to spend meaningful time over the years with Michael Mignano as he went from startup CEO to Executive/Angel Investor and now VC Partner at Lightspeed. Our conversations are always enjoyable, spanning tech, parenting and culture, so I decided to ask him Five Questions here.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Overall, we are very optimistic about construction robotics and hope to see more companies attempt to solve the issues in productivity with breakthrough technologies, as well as innovative business models. Innovative new startups are continually entering the space. We watch the construction market avidly.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

This week, Bill Taranto, president of Merck’s Global Health Innovation Fund, wrote a TechCrunch+ article that explored six digital health trends his corporate VC fund is tracking as we enter 2022. billion in VC, “dwarfing the previous record of $14.6 Between Q1 and Q3 2021, healthcare startups landed $21.3

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Startup Catalyst

MARCH 27, 2018

The mission was partly funded by Advance Queensland , which is a Queensland Government initiative to support startups and innovation. Entrepreneurs are a cultural norm in the US. Doing startups, Angel and VC investing is mainstream. The world is generally not aware of our awesome local and regional startups. Who we took.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Prabhat Gusain is currently the chief of staff at Caffeinated Capital and was previously an intern with Versatile VC. David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. How to win consulting, board and deal roles with PE and VC funds. innovation economy at a vastly disproportionate rate.

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