Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 2, 2021

Photo Credit: Fortune Adding to the lack of female representation in the industry, research also shows that only 8% of the investment professionals at the top 25 VC firms are women. While Lindquist didn’t major in finance, she did study business development—a critical element of the many issues venture capitalists face on a daily basis. “In

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. As I was trying to figure out the role I wanted to play in the VC world I decided I wanted to focus on businesses that were building deeply technical products to solve problems for business users. We not only have our Series A funds that can write $500k?—?$15

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JANUARY 22, 2014

Picking a VC is hard. So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. Most VCs are book smart. VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. You want a VC who will spar with you but then STFU and let you get on with things.

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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. It continues to grow there, but Flavin saw the need to encourage and support growth elsewhere. where do you travel to in your mind?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

The Series C was led by Japanese VC firm Incubate Fund, with additional investment from partnerships managed by Innovation Engine, funds managed by SBI Investment Co., For the final mission, the Toyko-based startup is developing a larger lander in the United States.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2024

That is good news for the innovation economy because healthy capital markets are a necessary support system. The AI “stack” has emerged with Large Language Models and other important models (like audio, imagery, video, etc) operating in the cloud with well-documented and supported APIs that are available to developers to build on.

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Haystack

JANUARY 18, 2020

Having spent time around and then in the world of VC in the Bay Area during the last decade, I’ve been reflecting on how different norms in the industry have changed. At the start of 2010, there was some unwritten VC industry conventions that have been tested, challenged, and upended in the last decade. That is for another post.

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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. Annual reporting on where venture capital dollars flow supports this discrepancy, with the majority of funds being funneled into companies based in and around Silicon Valley. and Canada.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 4, 2023

Why you can’t raise VC money. The rules of solopreneurship (applicable to all entrepreneurs) Solopreneur developer Sam Dixon Brown thought he’d learned everything he needed to know about launching a business from his first venture. Tyler Gebhart believes VC could still solve many of this world’s problems. Let’s get to it.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

million seed round led by Singaporean VC firm TNB Aura, with participation from AgFunder, Trihill Capital and B.I.G. In the agritech industry, we believe that the entire community should come together to support and encourage the Indonesian agricultural industry. The startup announced today it has raised an oversubscribed $3.8

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. To provide an opportunity for VCs and senior executives to engage with the community by giving back rather than just attending more cocktail parties.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

Helios , a Tel Aviv–based startup that wants to make it easier for developers to understand, troubleshoot and test their distributed systems during the development phase, today announced its general availability and that it has raised a $5 million seed round co-led by Entrée Capital and Amiti VC. Image Credits: Helios.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The typical VC process is as follows: They say there are three rules in property: Location, location, location. The surest sign a fund-raising process has stalled is when you aren’t getting follow-up meetings or hearing from the VC or hearing from friends that they got a phone call or email asking about you. Same with VC.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 9, 2023

Register Taiwan-based auto machine learning solutions developer, Profet AI, has earned $5.6 Its existing investors Hive Ventures, AUO and SVTI also participated in the round, joined by Darwin Ventures, Harbinger VC, and Jensen Capital Management. No account yet? million in a funding round that was led by Darwin Ventures.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

Essentially, VC is a high-stakes extreme sport in which top players can accumulate startling amounts of wealth and power. But where does all that money actually come from, and how do VCs actually make money? But where does all that money actually come from, and how do VCs actually make money? Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

Partech Shaker , the innovation division of the Paris-based VC firm Partech , has launched an accelerator program christened Chapter54 to help European startups launch in African markets. million (€5 million) by the KfW Development Bank on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2013

I hope you’ll consider clicking that link and making even a small KickStarter contribution to support arts & innovation. His imagination of what is wrong with VC has captured perfectly in satirical format what ails our industry. It is Nikolas Tesla pitching a VC firm. He knew me then.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

Other perks include three months of free business development support. 11 words and phrases to cut from your VC pitch deck. Keep your pitching arm warmed up and ready, because TechCrunch will introduce Startup Alley+ participants to top investors through our new VC match-making program. That’s right.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Access to funding and lack of support systems are some of the greatest challenges faced by startup founders in sub-Saharan Africa. It is these gaps that continue to inspire the development of new programs like Madica by US-based venture capital firm Flourish Ventures , which hopes to lessen the burdens of building startups.

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StartupNation

MAY 24, 2021

While we’ve been strongly supported by our VC backers during the pandemic, the same can’t be said for every startup. This, naturally, leads to the question of how you find the right VC firms to partner with. Use the following five strategies to find the perfect VC partner for your business: Do your research. Go in warm.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

We’ve all embraced video calls, whether it is with our work colleague or our physician, but for developers, it remains a challenge to build both real-time audio and video features into products. The company provides APIs so developers can add those features into products or websites using just two lines of code.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 14, 2024

Investment Accelerates the Development of SaaS Solutions Suite Featuring API-based Pharmacy and Telehealth Products SAN FRANCISCO, CA – March 11, 2024 – Foundation Health, a pioneering healthcare technology company, today announced the closure of a $6 million seed funding round.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

While that seems like common sense, most communities around the world don’t have tools that can monitor emissions and pollutants at the granular levels they need to develop plans that can address these pollutants. Together, we can accelerate Aclima’s ability to support customers in taking decisive and data-driven climate action.”.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The VC also won’t take a majority of the startup in most cases, because a control position means the entrepreneur is “working for” the investors. The philosophy of venture capital is that the entrepreneur runs the business and the investor provides capital and support in exchange for a minority share and a non-operational role.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

But in a bid to support its transition from an insights company to a data company and buoyed by this new investment, Stears is planning a strategy modification for the Pro product. In 2019, the company embarked on one such project as it developed Nigeria’s first real-time election database.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

For example, we completed a cutting-edge research and development facility with one of our portfolio companies that is seeking to transform how we produce and think about food. That deal is quite different from what most VC funds will take on, but we believed it to be critical to the advancement of a better food system, and we pursued it.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

She previously founded Dress for Success, a network that empowers women to thrive both professionally and personally, and Crisis Textline, a non-profit that provides crisis intervention support via text. Nancy brings this vast experience into the world of enterprise software. What are the top 3 qualities of every great leader?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

I have been investing in developer tools since the earliest days of my VC career. But that did not cool my interest in developer tools. I have always believed that supporting the people who build software is a great business and it is. It was a text-based editor for PCs. Brief was eclipsed by other better editors.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The two founders, who nearly completed each other’s sentences during their interview with TechCrunch, want to reframe tech’s messaging around marketing — both by investing in companies that need support and by on-ramping a network of marketing professionals into the angel investing world.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2023

Does this VC that you know do this kind of deal? VC doesn't have those clear cutoffs. Search LinkedIn posts for “VC lists” and you’ll get a lot of public postings like this one : There’s also Shai’s list of sub $200mm funds , this VCSheet database , this list of VC lists , OpenVC , etc, etc. Is the firm still active?

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 11, 2023

During the launch event on December 4, 2023, the DTI revealed the Incubation, Development, and Entrepreneurial Assistance (IDEA) Program and the Accelerating Development, Valuation, and Corporate Entrepreneurship (ADVanCE) Program. Both initiatives are specifically tailored to push the creative sector.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Register Indonesian digital bank Superbank , supported by Grab, Singtel, and Emtek Group, is collaborating with Singapore’s Genesis Alternative Ventures to offer a financing package of $40 million for startups in Indonesia. This initiative is designed to support startups within the country’s startup landscape.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

It also landed $55 million to continue developing its air and ground data capture technology, Kyle reports. Startups and VC You wait for ages for a real-world application of AI image generation, and then suddenly, two come along at once. Capture this : Drone imagery firm DroneBase is now Zeitview.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

How can you get free money and other support for your business idea? . We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. Right here.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. raised money from VCs and 7.7% More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. A new category of VCs have emerged offering a hybrid between VC and RBI, which we call “Flexible VC”. .

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Brett Calhoun Contributor Share on Twitter Brett Calhoun is the managing director and general partner at Redbud VC. Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. At the dawn of 2022, there were 2,900 active VC firms, marking a 225% increase since 2008. psychedelics or construction).

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