Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). But they are also a tax on your time with portfolio companies, looking for new investments, running your shop and honestly they are a tax on your family life. Web Summit.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 3, 2021

Helping Oklahoma’s entrepreneurs find ways to put the disruption of 2020 to work to build scalable solutions into scalable companies is at the top of our list. When I say disruption, I mean changes to the status quo — anything that breaks up inertia. These are big opportunities in big markets made for entrepreneurs to solve.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Even in person, there’s no way to absorb Disrupt in its entirety. Many reporters filed stories recapping the interviews and panels they conducted at Disrupt, and there will be more to come in the next few days. Full coverage of TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. Duolingo doesn’t want to disrupt the college degree. Walter Thompson.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 3, 2023

Currently, he is a venture specialist for emerging technologies at Schaeffler and manages start-up ecosystems for partnering and investments. Since 2018, he is investing with an emerging tech VC focused on web3 and managing early-stage deal flow. How did you break into entrepreneurship and tech investing? Is the hype warranted?

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital led the round, marking the first time the New York-based venture firm has led an investment in a Brazilian startup. Its clients include Brazilian unicorns MadeiraMadeira and Buser, Caelum and Funcional Health Tech, among others. when it came to technology penetration in the health space,” Mitchell said.

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Revolution

JANUARY 5, 2022

Joining us as a Partner, Fazeela formerly served as Managing Director of Consumer and Americas at Temasek International, a global investment firm headquartered in Singapore. healthcare investments, starting the European practice, leading the U.S. The people and the firm’s approach to investing. a global throughline.

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Revolution

JUNE 15, 2023

CAVA’s founders had a vision to bring heritage, heart, health, and innovation to the fast-casual sector. That commitment to culture has overwhelmingly paid off, with pillars like above-standard wages and ample career opportunities translating into less churn, more continuity, and a galvanized team. Maryland, and Virginia.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Soda that serves a purpose, whether that be more healthy or even functional, is the new wave of drinks disrupting the $38 billion U.S. In Olipop ’s case, the three-year-old brand is going after function, with a line of sodas aimed at supporting digestive health. soft drink industry.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

But that doesn’t sit well with Christian Angermayer, who co-founded Cambrian BioPharma and Rejuveneron, and whose family office Apeiron Investment Group has a special interest in expanding longevity. According to JME Ventures partner Samuel Gil, the opportunities in longevity are “endless.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Yet, some Kenyans still lack other digital financial services from savings to investments. Based on her experience, Kidanu teamed up with Alexis Roman and Bubunyo Nyavor last year to start Koa to help Kenyans save and invest their money better. But despite this huge opportunity, Koa has had to battle with two challenges.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

I have experienced two major financial disruptions in my career: the bubble burst in 2000 and the financial crisis of 2008. Markets have reacted, and valuation multiples for both public and private companies have been heavily compromised, leaving growth investors in fear of losing the opportunity to secure targeted returns.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

One of the investment themes I’ve been focused on in the past 3 years has been Performance-Based Marketing. When I started investing the US advertising market was $300 billion with only 10% of it ($30 billion) of it being online and measurable. When we tune into any stream: Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc., Thus, we click!

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Investment activity is down now, but it’s likely to pick up in 2023. And when investments ramp up, so does M&A. Poor codebase health is more often than not “caused” by other teams rather than by engineering. The goals of TDD are to: De-risk the deal by determining if the codebase is safe enough for investment.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Adtech and martech VCs see big opportunities in privacy and compliance. 3 adtech and martech VCs see major opportunities in privacy and compliance. How will investors value Metromile and Oscar Health? Last Friday, health insurance company Oscar Health announced its plans to launch an initial public offering.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

We see an emphasis on young founders (“40 Under 40”), innovative ideas and disruptive challenges to legacy brands, incumbent companies and “old” ways of thinking. There is a massive opportunity to provide products and services that will make life better for today’s seniors and future generations of older adults to come.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

“Like a pressure cooker, COVID blew the lid off what was a simmering mental health crisis for over a decade,” VC Tim Schlidt told TechCrunch. According to the World Health Organization, the global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25% in the first year of the pandemic.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

Founders focusing on gut health, optimizing the way our bodies process waste and what that can do to the brain. Technology that enables people to live longer on their own (not as big a factor in other countries where it is normal for multi-generational households to exist) and to take ownership of their health and care is on the rise.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

GDP, so it’s no surprise that digital health is attracting record levels of investment. billion to health tech startups, compared to $14.6 Given the high cost of care in the United States compared to other nations, pairing fintech with health tech is just good business. This year, VCs have flowed $14.7

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

Whether you’re a biotech entrepreneur, a researcher or a scientist tackling the daunting challenges of human and planetary health, this session will help you build a stronger, more successful startup as you take your product to market. Mayfield will follow up this session with even more content at Disrupt 2021 in September.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

NXgenPort, which presented today at TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield, is building an implantable chemo port that features added sensors and remote connectivity functions. The company’s Series A investment round, which Skinner says will consist of $10 million, will occur in 2023.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

5 – Market opportunity slide (also marked as “The Problem”). 6 – Market slide (comparing pet health to human health). 8 – Competition slide (marked as “The Opportunity”). 9 – Product road map slide (marked as “The Opportunity”). Slides in this deck.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

It has a 50-plus-year history of investing at the inception stage in iconic enterprise, consumer, and human and planetary health companies. It’s the perfect opportunity to showcase your business in front of all the right people in a casual, convivial atmosphere. Where: Mayfield: 2484 Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

Their investors call them disruptive innovators. But Leda Health co-founders Madison Campbell and Liesel Vaidya think of themselves as advocates for sexual assault survivors. . I can’t give a definitive opinion yet about whether it [Leda Health] is a good idea or a bad idea.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

HealthPlix , an Indian startup offering its in-house platform for doctors to help record patient data digitally, has raised $22 million in fresh investment to broaden its reach in the country and allow more doctors to utilize its software to offer improved care to their patients. In India, roughly 300,000 doctors practice medicine regularly.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Erik previously worked on Wall Street as a VP for AIG investments and was a co-founder and consultant of other startups. The last startup he co-founded before Blockstream was Dan’s Plan, a health tech company.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Seats are just an outdated way of charging and don’t allow a company to communicate value or invest in features that would add more value,” said OpenView operating partner Kyle Poyar. “In What does Zillow’s exit tell us about the health of the iBuying market? What does Zillow’s exit tell us about the health of the iBuying market?

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 30, 2023

Led by Distributed Ventures with additional investment from Zeal Capital Partners, Matchstick Ventures , The Fund , Tech Stars , and Jumpstart Ventures , the funding will support the continued growth of Presta’s digital platform and expansion of its team. “The million in oversubscribed pre-seed fundraise. Learn more at www.zealvc.co.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 17, 2018

Its disrupting nature has given it an enormous potential with countless applications. Tesla’s autonomous cars, Google’s personal digital assistant “Siri” and Amazon Alexa/Echo are examples showing how AI can disrupt every aspect of our modern lifestyle. Rather, decisions should be backed by data.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

We cover a lot of health startups here on TechCrunch, and you know what it’s really hard to get any sort of excitement about? Let’s be honest, there are not a lot of companies that raise five rounds of institutional growth funding, with half a billion dollars worth of investment raised along the way.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The new capital was led by Third Point Ventures , with participation from existing investors Sapphire Ventures, More Capital, Disruptive AI, Vertex Growth, 40North, Samsung Next and TCP. . The market opportunity is tremendous and, given our position as an industry leader, we can penetrate these markets quickly,” Livne said. .

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Blue ocean opportunities like asteroid mining and commercial space travel will attract a certain type of personality. Shannon, a research at Bell Labs, invented digital telephony, an incremental bandwidth usage improvement over analog transmission which ultimately enabled the Internet. And efficiency innovations will attract another.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

OCTOBER 18, 2020

As Superintendent Hofmeister shared her perspective, it is clear that she has a keen eye for turning disruption into opportunity for Oklahoma’s students and educators. In some ways, digital learning can provide more equity in opportunity for accelerated learning and for more targeting of what is lacking,” she said. “It

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 20, 2021

Fresh for 2021, the Innovation Funders Showcase Company Flipbook provided a sneak peek of all the companies presenting, along with critical information such as market strategy, opportunities and more. All three of these companies are made up of female founders who are disrupting their respective spaces.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2022

There are thousands of startups in agriculture, FinTech, energy, and health — all the major sectors of the African economy, but very few in tourism, and only a handful have raised capital. And I quickly came to the conclusion that there wasn’t just one business opportunity to modernize the tourism sector.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

At Versatile VC, we particularly like investing in “dual-PhD” problems, at the intersection of multiple domains. Some of the greatest areas of innovation opportunity are at the intersection of sectors historically segregated , e.g., computational biology. Participants have the opportunity to receive prizes reaching $40,000.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Having gained 15+ years of experience in a range of businesses — from startups to conglomerates, and experience of Series A to private equity — I’ve had the opportunity to actually apply the tried-and-tested practices of hypergrowth, as well as offer the full stack of C-level support.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

We can’t check out every investing outfit’s demo day. Pear, a seed-stage venture firm founded in 2013, has an impressive track record when it comes to identifying promising companies from their earliest stages — including DoorDash, Gusto, Aurora Solar, Vanta, Branch Metrics and Guardant Health. ” Health U.

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