Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

And, with that warning, I offer to you, the big stories in the startup and investing ecosystem of 2018, written in ascending order of importance and magnitude…. The fear of them investing in a competitor is real. VC funds invested directly in MakerDao’s Dai stable coin. 6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

That deal immediately proved to be a success, which then propelled Agarwal to explore broadening his offering — now using technology — to focus on what were the neglected segments of the market. Its aggressive expansion bet has had a mixed success rate. Oyo’s offerings. to name a few markets.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The main thrust of the post is that with YouTube taking a 45% of revenue and talent taking 70% of the remaining revenue, YouTube Networks didn’t have sustainable businesses unless they invested heavily in technology as a tool to increase margin and provide defensibility. margin range to more sustainable 50-60% margin businesses.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

You can watch him on YouTube , download in iTunes (for gym or commute) 3/31/11 edition. Matt’s commitment to re-investing in tech startups is reminiscent to this great Fred Wilson post of “recycling capital. &#. Mix it up with different agencies, people run out or creativity/contacts. That was a quick meeting!!

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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. The investment will be used for product development initiatives.

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Gust

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Readers joining this series in progress may find it helpful to download the sample term sheet from my firm’s website and review the earlier posts covering the basics. In Parts II and III, we looked at commonly used mandatory and voluntary conversion language in convertible notes. Most would agree this is not a fair outcome.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

The investment is led by UK-based fintech specialist, Fasanara Capital, with additional backing from a number of undisclosed strategic investors which Twig says include current and former executives from LVMH, Valentino and Goldman Sachs, among others. But it’s fair to say that getting money into accounts remains a key aim.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Now, a Spanish startup called Penpot — which is taking a new approach to design collaboration through an open source platform that brings designers and developers into the mix simultaneously — says that it’s been seeing a huge amount of adoption since the Figma deal.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We’re proud to share the next in PEVCtech ’s periodic series on the tech and analytics stack of investment management firms. Q: Please give us an overview of Chisos. Oftentimes our investments are in companies with little revenue or traction, making them more difficult to finance from a traditional VC/angel perspective.

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Understand what investors are looking for , what they usually invest in, and why. There is a vast gulf between a ‘cool product’ and an ‘investable company’ and if you don’t understand the difference, you will be doomed before you start. And that capital is going to come from…YOU.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

An alarming report from Veracode and Enterprise Strategy Group found that nearly half of organizations knowingly ship vulnerable code despite using cybersecurity tools, often to meet release deadlines. In 2010, SonarSource’s open source project hit a milestone of over 2,000 downloads per month. It’s an acute problem.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

market in June last year , later going on to add a free “basic” tier to the mix with certain restrictions in place. “It’s a part time job — I advise them on investments; it’s very light,” Ramaswamy said. Neeva search engine. Tripadvisor. Image Credits: Neeva.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

“In addition to constantly improving the open source and enterprise self-hosted downloadable versions, we will continue to invest in making our cloud-based offering globally available.” The open source version of Teleport, Teleport Community Edition, remains available for download from GitHub. ”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

TechCrunch reports that data indicates that the crypto trading ad push during the big American football game led to a spike in downloads for the pertinent companies. versus-China battle but could have a third hub, or series of hubs, in the mix. Free money is popular : Alternatively, advertising works. Still want more?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

billion people , do not spend their days in front of computers, and that has led to a strong disparity when it comes to technology, with some 1% of IT investment targeting them as users. First, it’s a big and fragmented enough market that there will likely be several strong players in the mix for the long haul.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

billion people , do not spend their days in front of computers, and that has led to a strong disparity when it comes to technology, with some 1% of IT investment targeting them as users. First, it’s a big and fragmented enough market that there will likely be several strong players in the mix for the long haul.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

Part 2: Product-led growth strategy “ The product-led growth behind edtech’s most downloaded app ” (3,000 words/12 minutes) — analyzes the tactics and tradeoffs that an edtech company has to evaluate as it grows from thousands to 500 million registered learners. How to attract large investors to your direct investing platform.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Your goal is to increase the top end of the funnel (more people using the free product) and increase the rate of conversion to paid. They realized for them this was dumb because people didn’t want to use up their credits so viral adoption wasn’t happening quickly enough. Gregg is an ex Investment Banker and Wharton MBA.

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Feedough

JANUARY 3, 2021

Digital advertising is a branch of digital marketing and deals only with the promotional mix, and not with other Ps of the digital marketing mix. At the beginning of 90s, the investment in the digital advertisement was zero. Used mostly on video streaming platforms like YouTube, Facebook Watch, etc. Search Ads.

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Unvalidated Learnings

JUNE 8, 2017

It initially targeted a tiny niche of users: few people were on the Internet with a fast enough connection at the time, no one had an MP3 player, and there was nowhere convenient to download MP3 files. These were the knob-twiddling soundboard jockeys who actually mixed the albums. As Witt puts it: “The studio engineers hated the mp3.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 16, 2020

It’s way more than just a personal credit card that you use for business dealings—it’s a unique, flexible form of financing that also delivers rewards and perks specific to what’s important to you and your business. If you’re starting a new business, don’t wait until you’re well-established to start using a business credit card.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Quantified health activity is all around us these days, as scores of people use mobile sensing technologies to keep an eye on their well-being by tracking their steps, workouts and even how long and deep they sleep — so why shouldn’t women who cycle (as in menstrual cycle) track monthly changes to their hormone levels?

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OurCrowd

MAY 5, 2019

Finding soy milk used to be a chore and milk alternatives captured less than 1% of the market a decade ago. Aleph Farms , an Israeli startup, is setting its sights on the first steak grown in a lab using animal cells. . Still, investment has been steady. Look-alike markets . Ever the wonder kid .

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Y Combinator

MAY 15, 2019

Jonathan Gill [01:03] – From the current state of the podcasting market, ad-supported sponsorship is one way forward when people are used to free products versus television and cable where they’re used to different tiers. The ecosystem for podcasting and paid-for content in China is much greater than even in the US.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Left Lane making a right turn when it comes to investments : It was the gift that keeps on giving for Left Lane CEO and managing partner Harley Miller, who closed the venture capital firm’s $1.4 The hardware dweebs among us were having a great day today. billion fund on his birthday. Startups and VC. Warner Bros. Roku users rejoice !

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The intention for us was always to deliver on a number of different areas of gynaecological health — not just changing the tampon so it serves people better and so it delivers pain relief. We always saw tampons as a potential tool for bridging the many gaps that exist in gynaecological health today.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In November of 2015, I posted a tweet that declared Benchmark was interested in discovering Internet healthcare investments. Additionally, all of us that have been consumers of the U.S. So if Internet and mobile technologies can be used to change real estate or transportation, why not healthcare? Before we jump into it.

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