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.

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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. How many dollars for Turo? Big Tech Inc. Hers is “Isle of the Dead, Op.29”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). 2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade. per year.

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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

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.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Viewing the article through the lens of a venture capitalist there’s much to agree with under the mantra of “growth!” He also nails the reason why venture capital is still necessary to grow large businesses quickly in a world where the costs of running startups have fallen dramatically. So I like that bit, too.

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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. 27:45 Thank you to Detroit Venture Partners for their support of the show!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Startups and VC. With plans to raise a $25 million fund and more than $15 million already invested, PsyMed Ventures focuses on early-stage startups developing psychedelic therapeutics. TechCrunch has gone Texas-sized today, with our inaugural City Spotlight for 2022, where we do what we can to help Keep Austin Wired.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 15, 2013

I’m thrilled to announce Brooklyn Bridge Ventures’ investment in Tinybop , a new Brooklyn-based studio building the most creative and thoughtfully-designed educational apps for kids. Most VC funds wouldn''t touch a pre-product app company. When he pitched, he was the proverbial "guy with an idea."

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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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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

To begin with, it is important to understand some basic facts about the world of entrepreneurial finance: There are many more entrepreneurs than there are investors, with the result that only one company out of every 400 that seeks venture funding actually receives it. One of the primary ones is the referral source.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

TechCrunch virtually sat down with venture capitalist and Cleo Capital managing director Sarah Kunst at our latest Early Stage event last week. Don’t make me download anything. And I say that on behalf of every other VC and angel in the world. Do not send me something that is a video. I want] 10 slides. That’s it.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In the rah-rah 2021 venture cycle, a great number of huge fintech rounds were raised, and companies in the sector went public. Startups/VC. Before we jump into our daily download of startup doings, a few call-outs from today’s coverage. We spoke with: Alex Bondar, partner, Acre Venture Partners. More when the deal closes.

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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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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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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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StartupNation

OCTOBER 3, 2021

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and nationwide protests, venture capital firms are making newfound commitments to invest in, or at least evaluate, potential investments that are led by diverse founders. Investors’ networks tend to mirror themselves. Work harder to broaden your network. Sourcing deals.

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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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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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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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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. Finally, it was a real pleasure to meet Manu Kumar of K9 Ventures. Tags: Tech Market Analysis VC Industry.

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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. the blockchain [is] simply changing one word: any entity exchanging value with any other entities in a frictionless way”— Ken Seiff , Managing Partner at Blockchange Ventures on The Pomp Podcast 2. Read the Terra whitepaper.

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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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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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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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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

Hyve is building a multiplayer fintech infrastructure for saving and investing where users can create their network of supporters, and those people can automatically round up their purchases to match the user’s personal cash contributions. The more people added to the “hyve,” the more money the user saves to reach their goals.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Your Guide to the Season’s Hottest Gifts from Dell: Download Now and Save up to 39% Off. Venture capital (VC) investors in the Valley further compound this notion by consistently channeling their funds into high-risk, high-return companies with plans to disrupt entire industries. Airbnb is another great example.

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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. Consumer adoption created a de facto standard that was then impossible to bypass due to network effects.

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Y Combinator

APRIL 24, 2024

He'll tell us why he built Bump , why he chose to pivot it even after it saw many millions of downloads, and how that choice led to the creation of Google Photos. Coincidentally, I met a kid who was in grad school who over the summer had made one of the first iPhone apps that would find open WiFi networks near you.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The new round was co-led by New York-based VC firm Insight Partners and Hanaco Venture Capital and includes new investors Migdal Insurance, Altshuler Shaham, and Shavit Capital. Meanwhile, downloads for its popular Videoleap video editing apps jumped 70% since the start of the pandemic, as TikTok adoption also grew.

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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. Flywire, a Boston-based magnet for venture capital, filed to go public Monday.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Startups and VC. Mozilla today launched a paid subscription to its Mozilla Developer Network , offering additional features starting at $5 per month. TechCrunch reports that Q1 2022 saw some 37 billion downloads and $33 billion worth of consumer spending. Gotta love the intrigue.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

Taking advantage of advances in 5G in the millimeter spectrum as well as rapidly declining hardware costs, the startup is pioneering a mesh network of wireless base stations that can transmit high-bandwidth signals across entire neighborhoods at relatively cheap infrastructure installation costs.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

Startups and VC Banking stocks are whipsawing this morning in the wake of the UBS–Credit Suisse deal and First Republic’s continued woes — and much more, on this morning’s utterly excellent episode of our Equity podcast. The tool assigns an “opportunity score” out of 100 and even shows through which method the exit might happen.

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