TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

Startups and VC Gotta love some solid startup drama, and Brian covers it in his summary of Turntable and all its iterations over the years: Turntable LIVE raises $7 million ahead of public launch , after years of co-founder disagreements and music licensing challenges. Big Tech Inc. Tweet at Christine and let her know your favorite piece.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Yes, VC / Startup Funding is up Massively If you look at how much VC firms have raised from Limited Partners (LPs) over the past 2 decades you’ll see that we’ve returned to a level that we haven’t seen since 1999. If you want the whole deck you can find it on SlideShare but I’ve written up a short summary with commentary below.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Investors in the round include Caruso Ventures, Vision VC Fund, e& capital, investment pillar of e& (formerly known as Etisalat Group), DFDF (Dubai Future District Fund), WIN (Webit Investment Network), SRMG, Elbert Capital, and Yasta Partners, Faith Capital, Panthera Capital. Seven existing investors participated as well.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

TechCrunch Events Networking Platform Mobile App is now available. If you’ve previously downloaded the app, please delete it and re-download to get the latest update. ” Download here. ” Download here. based Apple or Google account to download and use the mobile app. . 2:00 p.m. –

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In just a few weeks, Revyze managed to attract 35,000 downloads. firstminute Capital, Kima Ventures, AirAngels, Nomad Capital and Ligature VC also invested. firstminute Capital, Kima Ventures, AirAngels, Nomad Capital and Ligature VC also invested. We aren’t a social network,” Sciberras said. Image Credits: Revyze.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

One of the first decisions we had to make in setting up our new VC fund, Versatile Venture Capital , was our CRM and marketing technology infrastructure. . I’m very interested in the tech stack of private equity/VC firms , both to improve the efficiency of Versatile VC and also as a focus area for our investing. Hootsuite). .

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Growing too slowly is particularly dangerous in a business with network effects, which the best startups usually have to some degree.” ” This is a frequent theme of mine when asked to speak to audience about the VC industry. Fooling us into downloading an app to watch a video and afterward feeling duped.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2012

This is one of the best episodes of This Week in VC for a long time. That they own a large piece of The Discovery Network? And they invest n select VC funds. download from iTunes for free) or just skipping to the bits you like. In case you don’t know, they are one of the biggest media companies in the world.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Startups and VC. Here are two other news items for you to sink your teeth into: CNN+ downloads are more like a minus: CNN+ launched last week and is now seeing around half of the downloads from its opening day. All of that makes us glad this one is out of commission.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The company’s security offering continuously uncovers historical and new software-as-a-service assets across an organization, including SaaS supply chains and OAuth grants, without relying on network infrastructure, endpoint agents, browser extensions or API integrations.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. Gogii is the creator of the 36th most downloaded application in the history of the iPhone app store – a product called textPlus. More on that later.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 15, 2013

Most VC funds wouldn''t touch a pre-product app company. He investigated successful models, like Toca Boca, downloaded every top educational app on the App Store, and played alongside his two sons, carefully observing and absorbing their feedback. When he pitched, he was the proverbial "guy with an idea."

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 16, 2011

It’s easy to think that the wife of a well-known & successful VC ( Fred Wilson ) would have had an easy and storied life of wealth and privilege. That’s why I was so interested in having “ The Gotham Gal &# come on This Week in VC ( video link on YouTube , download iTunes, episode 15) ) and dispel those myths.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

Don’t make me download anything. And I say that on behalf of every other VC and angel in the world. If you keep your network up to date, you can literally go search who do you know who’s a computer scientist ? Do not send me something that is a video. Do not send me something that is a one-pager. I want] 10 slides.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Here’s how Covid NY works: Phones that have downloaded the app are assigned a random ID that can be exchanged with other phones via Bluetooth technology. I hope that all NYers download Covid Alert NY to their phones and participate in a voluntary network of exposure alerting. Covid Alert NY was built by the NYS Dept.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

But you can download the PDF here. But you can download the PDF here. Our friend Benedict Evans posted his annual “macro trends” deck this weekend. I asked him if I can embed it here and while he said yes, I am not sure that will happen this morning. In the deck, Benedict poses the question “what is the next S-Curve?”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

This week, DocSend dropped a big load of statistics about the VC activity over the past half year or so. It got so intense, that Bluesky had to impose rate limits to improve network stability , because they got that much traffic. Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

A typical VC might see 500 opportunities cross his or her desk every year; for larger, more prominent ones it could be 2,000. VCs therefore use whatever heuristics they can in order to triage the deal flow. A download link is sent to you automatically by Gust once you create your profile, and the book is exactly what it says.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

But Tabs uses the Helium network (aka The People’s Network) and that makes all of the difference as you can see in this chart: The Helium Network is powered by people like you and me who run Helium hotspots and earn Helium tokens. That is the People’s Network in action. Anyone can use a Tab on the network.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

It also leverages the reach of low-power, wide-area (LPWA) wireless networks in order to better serve rural regions where cellular coverage is limited and spotty. This allows the device to still be tracked when outside of Wi-Fi or Bluetooth mesh networks. encryption. Image Credits: Jiobit.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

“We enable a number of customers to run secure collaboration and communication on prem and in a number of cases… there is a number of large networks that are being built that are not even connected to the public internet. Though the team defended the changes as just a practical reflection of its refocused B2B mission.).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Startups/VC. Before we jump into our daily download of startup doings, a few call-outs from today’s coverage. David Frykman, general partner, Norrsken VC. The numbers aren’t fintech-scale , but they are impressive, with $40 billion across 600 deals disbursed last year. Let’s see if 2022 can top those figures. Big Tech Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2013

In part two I talked about how to ensure that your professional services practice doesn’t take over your software company although I’m on record that there is nothing wrong with a services company as long as you’re not VC backed. It was a win for all parties. Win all around. Only the scrappy survive.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

He told me in some combinations of device / OS / network they are crashing 4 times per 100. All applications crash and this is especially true in the nascent mobile world where dealing with device types, OS’s & networks adds one hell of a configuration management problem. In our next meeting I asked them how often it crashed.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Pydantic , the popular Python library and open source data-validation framework used by some of the world’s biggest companies, has a new commercial namesake and the backing of one of Silicon Valley’s most storied venture capital (VC) firms. Pydantic Services Inc. emerges from stealth today with $4.7

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). He knows the ad management and ad network businesses. How can they claim this?

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OurCrowd

JUNE 2, 2020

Some that exist already will expand dramatically: digital medicine; artificial intelligence-powered diagnostics; remote social and business networking; online freight and logistics; one-click cybersecurity and payment systems for small businesses; 3-D printing for vital medical equipment; training for distance learning – just to name a few.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

This was the first episode where Jason wasn’t on the show, which gave me the chance to have another VC on the show to discuss deals. Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. VC Financings: 1. I keep meaning to get him drunk to spill the stories.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2022

On-the-ground infrastructure, like vertiports and chargers, is turning into its own business unit, and companies like Archer , Hyundai and Volocopter are exploring ways to integrate air mobility into a city’s existing transport networks. Fresh VC money is drying up and there aren’t likely to be more new entrants into the space.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. In this case it is novel because kids download iPhone game apps for free to play with them. Tags: Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. I’m a huge supporter of his initiative to help end this practice.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2023

million in seed funding from 500 Global, TEN13, Flying Fox Ventures, Archangel Ventures, XA Network and returning investor Sequoia Capital India. Despite accounting for more than 70% of the global workforce, less than 1% of VC funding gets allocated to startups in the space, they said.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

Terra Money is one of the newest crypto networks that is also in the top ten by market cap. internal network) statistics for Bitcoin as well as the macro economic environment. Kevin Rose ( @kevinrose ): partner at VC firm True Ventures , host of the Modern Finance and Proof podcasts. Read the Terra whitepaper.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

million in early stage funding to date — with investment coming from European VC firm Earlybird; Dominik Schiener ( Iota co-founder); and the Swedish authentication and payment services company, Thales AB. “But the interesting thing is so far Google is not only using personalization but they also use kind of a network effect.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 5, 2015

Downloaded Meerkat yet? You know the only answer VC''s should feel qualified to give on this one? I might even say that the Meerkat funding is peak VC for this cycle. b/c there''s a chance that their next round is so big and so ridiculous that all the VCs just put the wire transfers down and step away for a bit.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 3, 2021

As investor Monique Woodard stated during a BLCK VC webinar, “You have to fix the systemic issues in your funds that keep Black founders out and keep you from delivering better returns.” Venture capital is driven by relationships and many investments are sourced via personal referrals, usually through one’s direct networks.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

We had a finance group for all of the bank branches based in San Diego, and I wrote programs to download stuff from the mainframe so we could do analysis three days faster than they could send us the data. And my specialty was computer networks. ” I was like, “I don’t know, I want to be a VC.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Today, 9count claims its new dating app has already attracted over 500,000 downloads, over a million registered users, and more than 300,000 monthly actives. App intelligence firm Sensor Tower confirmed this with TechCrunch, saying Hofmann’s statement is correct based on App Store and Google Play downloads for July 2022.).

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