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“Putting adVenture back into Venture Capital!”- Jeshua Soh’s Unique Approach to Investing

AsiaTechDaily

His focus on higher growth rates in developing markets aligns with the belief in the power of compounding interest. For founders opting for VC funding, swift closure of funding rounds is advised to maintain focus on product development. If opting for VC funding, close funding rounds swiftly to maintain focus on product development.

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How African startups raised venture capital in 2022

TechCrunch

Earlier this month, we reported that investors’ sentiments surrounding venture capital activity going into this were more reserved than upbeat. Partech: The venture capital outfit pegged funding for African tech at $6.5 billion in total estimated funding, including undisclosed rounds, across more than 975 deals in 2022.

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If you’ve raised venture capital, you have to pay yourself

TechCrunch

As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works One caveat: That doesn’t mean founders should pay themselves way above market rates. That said, it also isn’t helpful if you are an experienced developer and you’re getting calls from Facebook recruiters offering you a $250,000 salary. .”

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NJEDA Establishes Diversity Finance Advisory Board

American Entrepreneurship

Board will work to increase capital to minority-owned startups, create diverse innovation economy WOODBRIDGE, N.J. The board will provide knowledge, guidance, and insights on ways to best increase capital, access, and investments in New Jersey’s diverse entrepreneurs.

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Triet Nguyen: Navigating the World of Tech Investing and Pioneering in Venture Capital

Jason Malki

Initially aspiring to work in the events industry to organize music festivals, Triet gained valuable experience at non-profit organizations like The Dallas Entrepreneur Center and later at Capital Factory, a Texas-based accelerator fund. Breaking into venture capital has been a remarkable and challenging journey.

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Allocate banks $5M to open up venture capital fund access

TechCrunch

The world of venture capital investing is a relatively small one, and relationship-based to boot. The company, founded by Samir Kaji and Hana Yang in February 2021, is developing an approach to venture capital fund investing that provides a way for investors of any size to participate. Enter Allocate.

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Startups and Venture Capital: What Do They Spend Their First Round On?

StartupNation

This is where venture capital comes into play. What is venture capital and how do you get it? Venture capitalists are investors, looking to invest capital into new startup-based companies in exchange for equity, otherwise known as a stake within the company. . Developing new products .