Gust

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Marc Andreessen kicked off another great debate on Twitter last night, one that I’ve been talking about incessantly in private circles for the past 2-3 years – what actually IS the definition of a seed vs. A-round. My view: “Spending any time or energy trying to game the ‘definition’ of your round of fund raising is a total waste.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. They were originally founded inside of Times Mirror and had a huge string of major investment success before spinning out as a fully independent fund. VC Financings: 1. 15mm in Series A. 4mm in Series A.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Venture capital is a popular source of capital for early-stage startups, but it’s definitely not the only one. Debt is an increasingly popular alternative, as is non-dilutive, revenue-based financing. ” Mathew argued that the majority of startups are actually not a great fit for venture investment.

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Onevest

APRIL 30, 2015

By definition Angel Investors are individual investors. But the data shows a rapidly growing trend in accredited investors investing together. This is in contrast to going it alone in direct investments or publicly traded REITs and stocks. Just 2% of startup financing actually comes from venture capital firms.

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TechCrunch

JULY 31, 2022

A few examples… When asked in February what differences in the landscape he saw in 2021 and if deals were much more competitive, Accel partner Ethan Choi responded: “On the investing side, deals were definitely more competitive and valuations certainly reflect that, even despite a correction in public fintech comps.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 14, 2022

More debt financings means flat is the new up. Last week, I wrote about Founderpath , an Austin-based company that offers debt financing to B2B startups. On August 8, Mexico City–based expense management startup Clara announced it had been approved for financing from Goldman Sachs for up to $150 million. Here in the U.S.,

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 28, 2024

The investment was led by Advantage Capital with participation from Conductive Ventures, Origin Ventures, ScOp Venture Capital, JobsOhio, Cintrifuse Capital and 1809 Capital. million Series A extension funding round. This round brings Cloverleaf’s total funding raised to $20 million to date.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

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. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

I’ve definitely been wrong on market value. In short: Access to great deals, ability to be invited to invest in these deals, ability to see where value in a market will be created and the luck to back the right team with the right market at the right time all matter. Early-stage venture capital is about extreme winners.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

With inflation rates at record highs, a recession on the horizon and threats of a long winter by venture capital giants like SoftBank , VC money is becoming harder to come by. “The fundamentals of venture investing have not changed, only the pace.” ” .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Silicon Valley law firm Cooley recently reported that it “handled 298 disclosable venture capital financings for Q3 2022, representing $8.1 billion of invested capital, continuing a downward trend for both metrics and representing the lowest for both since Q4 2019.” Yet, November was also when U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Charlie Graham-Brown is the partner and Chief Investments Officer of Seedstars , a Swiss-based group with a mission to impact people’s lives in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship. He leads the group’s venture capital fund, Seedstars International, which invests in seed-stage startups across emerging markets.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Sometimes that’s venture capital generally (like last year’s conversation with Reid Hoffman ) and sometimes it’s in a space where I’ve invested (like mobility and city innovation with Bird’s Travis VanderZanden , one of our portfolio founders.) definitely a big and expensive promotional bet for a “startup”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Gregg Adkin is vice president and managing director at Dell Technologies Capital , the global venture capital investment arm of Dell Technologies. Here’s a framework for how it can help drive success at your company: Strategy, People, Image, Finance and Systems for compliance, or “SPIFS.”. Gregg Adkin. Contributor.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 23, 2021

In venture capital parlance, “unicorn” describes a privately held startup company with a company valuation of over $1 billion. In literature and in most of life, unicorns are a rare mythical breed, more likely imagined than seen—but in the venture capital business, they do sometimes appear. Rising Value.

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Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

“Pre-Seed” is somewhat of a controversial term in the investing world, triggering reactions questions its validity, its effectiveness, and even its contribution. OK, so microVC funds and smaller pre-seed financings could really be a thing. Some press showed up, too. Um… wow. This was interesting to me.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Scott Lenet is president of Touchdown Ventures. Is there a creed in venture capital? Venture capitalists frequently say that valuing startups is “more art than science.” By definition, once the business has become predictable, the company is in the growth or expansion stage. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their time with due diligence, they are still investing. CB Insights recently found that two of the largest global VC firms, Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, actually backed more fintech companies in 2022 than any other category.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Andy Stinnes , general partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners , leads early-stage investments in cloud businesses and serves as active board member and adviser, offering operational support for portfolio companies based on his 20+ years in executive roles in business software. Andy Stinnes. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

You’ll definitely notice this car go by : China’s MG Motor debuted what looks like a green highlighter on wheels in India. Startups and VC Greycroft, the self-styled “seed-to-growth” venture capital firm, today announced the closing of over $1 billion in capital commitments across new funds, Kyle reports.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Register Startup founders need to be authentic and prepared when they get the chance to meet prospective investors, according to Rex Fong, founding partner at investment and advisory group Capitale Ventures. Fong’s Capitale Ventures is an investment and advisory group with expertise in complex, cross-border transactions.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Intudo Ventures , the “Indonesia-only” investment firm, announced today it has closed its third fund, totaling $115 million. Called Intudo Ventures Fund III, it was raised in less than three months and oversubscribed. Chan pointed to crypto-exchange Pintu as a good example of Intudo’s investment thesis.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2021

After revealing its first fund just last year, a $100 million pool of investment capital dedicated to early stage startups focusing on sustainable food development, clean energy, health innovation and new space technologies, Prime Movers Lab is back with a second fund. “So that’s the first thing I wanted to solve.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The investment also marks the second time this year that Kavak has doubled its valuation. Tiger Global, Spruce House, D1, SEA, Founders Fund, Ribbit Capital, SoftBank and others also participated in the latest financing. Why Latin American venture capital is breaking records this year.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

Pantera Capital, which made its name by investing in digital assets and crypto ventures early on , led the financing. Other institutional investors include Z Venture Capital, a merger between LINE Ventures, which is associated with the Japanese messaging giant LINE, and YJ Capital, the owner of Yahoo! .”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

“The big advantage is that we don’t have many prior investments that are now high risk, and we don’t need to focus as much of our time on triaging the portfolio,” Feinzaig said. “I can focus almost entirely on the path ahead.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Digital mortgage lender Better.com has raised a $500 million round from Japanese investment conglomerate SoftBank that values the company at $6 billion. The financing is notable for a few reasons. For all its controversy, when SoftBank invests, people pay attention. We’ll do it when it’s right,” he said.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Understand Your Funding Options There are several ways to finance a startup, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. The most common options are grants, venture capital, and angel investors. Venture Capital: Venture capitalists (VCs) provide funding in exchange for equity in your company.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

As part of its latest stunt, MSCHF, a venture-backed creative studio that’s smarter and more audacious than most, is poking a little fun at the venture industry itself — and perhaps publications like TechCrunch, too. Push Party’s round was financed by Founders Fund, with Principal Trae Stephens driving the deal.

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Gust

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Last week , we gave some attention to the “why” behind convertible note financing for early stage startups. As with so many subjects in law and finance, mastering the jargon is half the battle. This may seem like a no-brainer now that you understand the basic structure of a convertible debt financing.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

“The big advantage is that we don’t have many prior investments that are now high risk, and we don’t need to focus as much of our time on triaging the portfolio,” Feinzaig said. “I can focus almost entirely on the path ahead.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Corporate management startup Ramp confirmed that it has secured $550 million in debt and $200 million in equity in a new financing that doubles its valuation to $8.1 Notably, Founders Fund led the latest equity financing, marking the firm’s fourth time leading a round for Ramp. It then raised $300 million at a $3.9

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

It is becoming increasingly clear to me that this is definitely not a winner-takes-all industry. . So will Ramp end up buying Pluto like Brex bought Weav , the Israeli company it had invested in just months prior? That remains to be seen of course, but you know I’ll be paying close attention. Image Credits: Bold.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

In this article, I will cover: How you can identify your strike zone (what you are actually looking for in an investor); and How to identify investors that invest in your space, stage, and geography. How to identify your strike zone Investors use an investment thesis to identify what they should invest in.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Well, they did ask David Chao of Doll Capital, who said that the " frothy bubble is over ". David's firm most recently participated in the $77 million second round financing of SoFi, a one year old startup focusing on student loans. The other entrepreneur quoted in the story is from a guy pitching a Pinterest clone.

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TechCrunch

JULY 17, 2022

In 2021, an estimated 21% of all venture deals were fintech. In the second quarter of 2022, according to CB Insights, investment into fintech startups wasn’t too far behind that in the second quarter of 2022. Hence its recent debt financing. Kids’ finance startup GoHenry marches into Europe with Pixpay acquisition .

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