HPA

MARCH 5, 2020

HPA, the most active early-stage investor in the Midwest, is excited to announce its continued growth with a new addition to the team. The firm welcomes Cate LeSourd as HPA’s new Marketing & Community Manager to focus on driving and strengthening the HPA brand. In this role, Cate will invest in HPA’s internal and external communities by managing investor and partner relationships; spearheading all of HPA’s internal and external communications; and developing programming, education, and engag

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 5, 2020

I was on a panel yesterday to speak about the impacts of the coronavirus on financial markets and startups. Later in the afternoon, I read the Sequoia black swan memo. So I figured today, I’ll summarize my outlook on the next few months. Startup Growth Rates. For startups, things will likely slow down. Longer sales cycles will be the leading indicator.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2020

Why five risks? In the creation of a young company, there are five principal risks to be addressed by the entrepreneur. Professional investors will probe these five risk areas and make the decision to invest based upon comfort with each. So, it is important for the entrepreneur to identify, address and mitigate each of these in order to increase valuation and decrease the risk of ultimate loss of the business.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2020

I am due to speak at the SaaStr conference next week: Wednesday, March 11th at 10:45 AM. I had originally signed up to talk about the “VC Market Trends” overall but it seemed inauthentic to speak about VC funding without addressing the virus in the room. So I wrote a brand new deck outlining some Upfront views on what we may see in the funding markets ahead.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 5, 2020

Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is proud to support International Women’s Day (IWD), which celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political contributions of women. With robust female-focused initiatives and a longstanding history of empowering women leaders , EO upholds the mission of this global program every day. This year’s IWD falls on 8 March, 2020, and its focus is #eachforequality, which recognizes that equality is not a women’s issue—rather, it’s an economic iss

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 5, 2020

Our portfolio company Dapper (creator of Cryptokitties among other crypto games) has been developing a new blockchain designed for high throughput consumer experiences (like crypto games). That blockchain is called Flow. Today, Dapper is opening up the Flow Playground so that developers can start building things on Flow. The Flow Playground is the first taste of what building on Flow feels like: it is an interactive web environment where developers can write Cadence smart contracts and run them

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OurCrowd

MARCH 5, 2020

For example, in 2019, Varo introduced a no-fee overdraft program, which allows customers to overdraw up to $50 without being charged, and neobanks Dave and Chime launched similar offerings, though they one-upped Varo by introducing $100 overdraft cushions. Read more here. The post [Varo Money in Business Insider] Wells Fargo has announced two new bank accounts that limit or remove overdraft fees appeared first on OurCrowd.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 5, 2020

Israeli AI chipmaker Hailo today announced that it has raised a $60 million Series B funding round led by its existing investors, who were joined by new strategic investor ABB Technology Ventures, the venture arm of the Swiss-based multination ABB, NEC Corporation and Londons’ Latitude Ventures. Read more here. The post [Hailo in TechCrunch] Hailo raises $60M Series B for its AI chips appeared first on OurCrowd.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 5, 2020

Israeli proprietary chip developer for deep learning on edge devices Hailo has raised $60 million in a Series B financing round led by existing investors. Read more here. The post [Hailo in Globes] Israeli AI chipmaker Hailo raises $60m appeared first on OurCrowd.

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