Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

First of all, I think it’s about our 165th attack on us using those sorts of techniques, largely UAS, but a variety of techniques. Without the budget, it’s very, very hard for us. We are using everything we have. Kathleen: I don’t think there’s a pre-definition of number of primes.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2021

GM CEO Mary Barra wants to sell personal autonomous vehicles using Cruise’s self-driving tech by 2030. And if you enjoy mobility news, definitely subscribe to The Station , a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Uber’s mixed Q1 earnings portray an evolving business. Why did Bill.com pay $2.5B

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Unfortunately, the venture capital scene is embarrassingly backward in terms of diversity, and women and ethnic minorities are shockingly underrepresented among investment decision-makers. Only 10p goes to mixed-gender teams, and less than 1p goes to all-female teams? Don’t worry, you get used to it.) Oh, most definitely.

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2021

This time we’ll hear from Accel’s John Locke regarding his investments in The Zebra — which recently raised even more capital — and the insurtech space more broadly. Locke said that the venture market for insurtech investments is “definitely more aggressive” this year than last. Fair enough. Various and sundry.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

. “Bootstrapping Klaviyo, it came out of this: ‘Hey, if we are super disciplined about finding a problem that someone will pay us to solve, we have a real company,'” said Hallen. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 12, 2017

But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes? In his white paper How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood , PEVCTECH.com founder David Teten explored how private equity and venture capital investors are trying to automate more of their job.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

By definition, you read blogs. I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. They achieved all of this before they raised even a penny of venture capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

Use discount code CZECHIA to save 25% off a 1-year Extra Crunch membership. This can be professional, personal or a mix of the two. There is a lot of investment capital there (just as everywhere else I guess), not too much smart money yet, so definitely opportunity for good VCs to take a look (and they are looking).

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2011

I have the occasional brilliant product insight--usually mixed in with a whole bunch of horrific ones--but that doesn't mean I'm skilled at the discipline of product management. That's how I felt after having done nextNY's product management school (which we'll definitely do again).

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 3, 2019

I took the time to model out some returns using share price as a basis—to figure out if the price you’re paying when you buy up is worth the difference in the outcomes. I created a few fund mix scenarios and estimated what the overall fund return would be given that mix. Here’s a very plain vanilla model.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

When GGV Capital reached out and said that it had built an index of API-first companies, I was curious. Venture-built indexes of startups and other firms have proved useful tools in recent years, led by Bessemer’s cloud index , which is now also a tradable ETF on Nasdaq. To start, though, let’s talk definitions.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

In 2021, $330 billion in venture capital was deployed, and only 2% of that number went to companies founded only by women and 15.6% In my view, the correct statistic is about 18%, not 2% — as we should take into account deals that had mixed-gender founding teams. I’ll illustrate using edtech, which had another blockbuster year.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

Flywire, a Boston-based magnet for venture capital, filed to go public Monday. Fintech venture capital activity has been hot lately, which makes the Flywire IPO interesting. After that, we’ll discuss valuations and which venture capital groups are set to do well in its flotation. Thanks for reading!

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

But, speaking as someone who’s worked at several startups, Extra Crunch stories contain actionable information you can use to build a company and/or look smart in meetings — and that’s worth something. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. ” The VCs who founders love the most.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 16, 2012

I can now: Post a photo of a Shake Shack burger to Instagram, Path, Google+, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Foodspotting and now Medium, plus perhaps I still use Flickr or a service like Picturelife. I can mix the burger photos to make a photo collage on Mixel. The restaurant might collect those photos via Chute or Olapic.

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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. Additionally, all of us that have been consumers of the U.S. Bill Gurley : Yes, yes.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

I asked 10 investors who actively and frequently back fintech startups a few questions such as what criteria they use when evaluating potential investments and what is the best way to pitch them. Some other highlights: Index Ventures’ Mark Fiorentino noted that 2021 was the definition of a “founder’s market” in fintech.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Platforms that are transforming how people and businesses operate, go about their business or leverage their core assets, using superior products, data and AI. Definitely see changes in evolution of young startups given the behavioral changes caused by COVID. This can be professional, personal or a mix of the two.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

Hotter than a warming planet : “Climate tech” might not be new, but it’s definitely hot — which isn’t surprising in light of dire predictions about the climate crisis. For those with small apartments especially, it could be a godsend, writes Brian. Nuclear glow : NASA has the moon on its mind — and nuclear fission.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

Rapchat , an app that lets people create music tracks — raps, as its name suggests, or something else — using a platform that crowdsources beats and lets people put vocals on top of them, has raised $2.3 “We were coming of age when everyone in college was using apps like Snapchat and Instagram,” he said.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

The data is based on a sample of 2,500 companies that have used AngelList to syndicate deals from 2013 through 2020. Subbing in for Walter today as he’s enjoying a well-deserved break and definitely not still checking the site.). What can the OKR software sector tell us about startup growth more generally?

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