A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 5, 2020

Learning to code was the thing that unlocked it all for me. I learned to hack in Basic during high school. I parlayed that into a programming job in college, which led to my first job out of college, which then led to a job that helped me pay for graduate school, which led to a job in venture capital. That is why I have made getting computer science broadly deployed in the K-12 system in NYC and around the US the philanthropic effort that I put most of my charitable time into.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 5, 2020

In March, I published analysis of the fundraising market in 2008. It showed that the later rounds, the series B and series C were the most impacted. The early data from March 2020 shows a different pattern. Seed and Series A rounds are first to bear the compression in the market. Later rounds are unblemished. Round volumes in seed have been declining since summer 2018.

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Impact Hub

MAY 5, 2020

Impact Hub is one of 40 leading organizations to form ‘COVID Response Alliance for Social Entrepreneurs’. Alliance has already made USD$75 million available to mitigate impacts of pandemic. Alliance will launch a dashboard with a searchable database of available emergency relief funds. . Members committed to boosting the debate for a more equitable, sustainable future.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 5, 2020

In March, I published analysis of the fundraising market in 2008. It showed that the later rounds, the series B and series C were the most impacted. The early data from March 2020 shows a different pattern. Seed and Series A rounds are first to bear the compression in the market. Later rounds are unblemished. Round volumes in seed have been declining since summer 2018.

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Venture Well

MAY 5, 2020

Learn how VentureWell faculty grantee, Wendy Westbroek, is driven to increase STEM engagement and success in Native American communities. The post instilling an entrepreneurial mindset in Native American communities: q&a with Wendy Westbroek of Salish Kootenai College appeared first on VentureWell.

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GCUC

MAY 5, 2020

As promised, we gathered up the unanswered questions from our GCUC Australia Webinar event on April 23rd and got our GCUC AU partner and. The post GCUC AU Webinar Questions Answered Part 1 appeared first on GCUC Community.

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OurCrowd

MAY 5, 2020

NEW YORK, May 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — DailyPay, the leading fintech platform and premier provider of the daily pay benefit, today announced the launch of a new comprehensive campaign, “Pay Different.” Read more here. The post [DailyPay in Olean Times Herald] America’s Leading Employers Commit To Pay Different In The Wake Of COVID-19 appeared first on OurCrowd.

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OurCrowd

MAY 5, 2020

Beyond Meat Inc. reported sales that outpaced Wall Street’s expectations, a sign that demand remains robust in spite of the coronavirus outbreak that’s closed restaurants across the U.S. Read more here. The post [Beyond Meat in Bloomberg] Beyond Meat Maintains Rapid Growth Amid Restaurant Closures appeared first on OurCrowd.

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OurCrowd

MAY 5, 2020

Beyond Meat Inc. said sales more than doubled in the latest quarter, boosted by increased demand from its partners and retailers stocking up on the alternative meats as food supply chains faced disruptions because of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more here. The post [Beyond Meat in The Wall Street Journal] Beyond Meat Swings to Profit as Consumers Stock Up Amid Pandemic appeared first on OurCrowd.

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OurCrowd

MAY 5, 2020

Instead of taking lab workers up to ten minutes to manually enter the data for of each test, Kryon’s robots process each record in less than one second. Read more here. The post [Kryon in The Jerusalem Post] Clalit installs system to automate COVID-19 test processing appeared first on OurCrowd.

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MAY 5, 2020

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Sixgill, a leading threat intelligence company, announced that it has hired Ross Hogan, former chief business officer of Source Defense and top executive at Kaspersky Labs’ fraud division, to serve as chief revenue officer. Read more here. The post [SixGill in PR Newswire] Sixgill Hires Ross Hogan As Chief Revenue Officer To Supercharge Sales Growth appeared first on OurCrowd.

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