Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to find a job as a VC scout. VC recruiters list and compensation data. How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm. Syllabus for how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

Israel’s heady mix of questioning culture, tradition of national military service, higher education, the widespread use of English, appetite for risk and team spirit makes for a fertile place for fast-moving companies to appear. 2020 was a record year for Israel’s security startup ecosystem. billion into Israeli companies.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

I’ve sat at both sides of the table as a founder and a VC, and I understand how difficult it is to get them on the same page. I’ve participated in a number of accelerators, including Disney and Techstars, and these programs gave me a noticeable advantage when I stepped into VC. Accelerators are hubs for diversity.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Over the last five years, Brazil has witnessed a startup boom. The main startups hubs in the country have traditionally been São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, but now a new wave of cities are building their own thriving local startup ecosystems, including Recife with Porto Digital hub and Florianópolis with Acate.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Africa’s largest innovation hub Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), is launching a $15 million accelerator program, dubbed The Edtech Fellowship Program, to back and support 72 startups across Nigeria and Kenya over the next three years, TechCrunch has learned.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Plenty of good funding rounds, a highly skilled workforce and a strong entrepreneurial culture have given Amsterdam a booming startup ecosystem. The median seed round is $500,000 (above the global average of $494,000) and a median Series A round for a startup is $2.4 Janneke Niessen, partner, CapitalT VC.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

The Tory Burch Foundation, which was launched in 2009 by fashion designer Tory Burch, has a long history of supporting women entrepreneurs. It’s best known for its fellowship program that provides education grants, networking opportunities and business advice to women entrepreneurs. of the approximate $238.8

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

We believe that in order to increase diversity in the startup ecosystem, one thing that we must do is increase diversity — whether it be in regard to gender, race or geography — amongst angel investors,” said Hustle Fund co-founder and general partner Elizabeth Yin. That’s not super helpful at this point in the ecosystem.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

See How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm.) At Versatile VC , we’ve used all these models. Thank you to my co-author for this essay, Paulina Symala, a Consultant at Oliver Wyman and a past intern of Versatile VC. Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? Expert Networks.

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Startup Catalyst

AUGUST 15, 2018

We talked about how startups have changed over the last few years, what support has meant to them, Startup Catalyst missions and their impact, as well as ways to get involved in the startup community. He has been a supporter of the startup community since before the word startup was in general conversation.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. But over 90% of Ukrainian startups say they need financial support to survive the war.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Michigan is now the state with the highest growth in VC investment. Now many Detroit startups are on the fast track to growth. Whether it’s new funding, expansions or IPOs, it’s been an eventful year in Detroit startups. Here are the top Detroit startups and tech companies to watch in 2022. Apply now to Autobooks.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

For the past decade, Gener8tor has been working to shift that by spinning up accelerators in local communities that have money but are underserved in terms of startup support. We spoke with the Gener8tor founders about why they are passionate about thinking about the startup ecosystem a little differently.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

Regardless of how groundbreaking their product idea might be, immigrant Americans will always be more wary of putting their eggs into the entrepreneurship basket, at least as long as 93% of all VC money continues to be controlled by white men. Take Thiel, who has to date backed over 40 companies in Europe alone. Reputation effect.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

We got an exemption from California’s Bureau of Post-Private Secondary Education (BPPE), are on the path to $1 million Annual Recurring Revenue, and we have helped people get jobs in more than seven countries,” said Yusuf. The year has been great so far; we’ve experienced tremendous growth.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

What industry sectors is your tech ecosystem strong in? The Vilnius startup ecosystem is mainly dominated by startups developing business management systems (B2B, SaaS) and financial technologies. The coronavirus crisis, in general, hasn’t affected the Vilnius startup ecosystem in the same way as the rest of Europe.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 3, 2023

When I launched WePrep in college, I was researching key drivers for startup success and was introduced to the world of VC. It’s an interesting part of the startup ecosystem because you get a birds-eye view of the market and can help multiple startups simultaneously. How did you break into tech investing?

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 28, 2022

Register Venture capital (VC) firms Gobi Partners and Ozora Yatrapaktaja are partnering together to launch a US$10 million seed fund for women start-ups in Indonesia, called the Ratu Nusa Fund. Ozora Founding Partner, Margaret Srijaya is looking forward to uncovering the next Indonesian startup ‘treasure’.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Ann Arbor continues to be one of the top growing tech ecosystems around the country with some of the best startups to watch. The coolest thing about LoanSense is there is a onetime advice option for $47, or you can sign up for the concierge option that includes 4 months of full support.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 1, 2021

Corporate Innovation people are useful to startups because they contextualize the company needs to the startup ecosystem, and they contextualize the startup ecosystem back to the company. They do not manage technology, but the transfer of technology.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

39:40 – What’s a strong opinion he had about running a startup that he’s changed since running Meesho? 41:10 – How has the Indian startup ecosystem evolved? 43:30 – Can foreigners come to India and start a startup? 45:45 – After Meesho, what’s the most exciting startup in India?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

However, while many startups exist in cities like Turin, Bologna, Naples and Rome, Milan is generally seen as a bigger ecosystem because of its mercantile culture and a significant share of VC funds. The good news: VC funding in Italy has grown. It has an estimated 67 VC funds, with 18 of them started since 2015.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Where do you see Miami’s startup scene five years from now? Miami’s startup scene has been growing and evolving over the past 5+ years thanks to local organizations supporting entrepreneurship including, but not limited to Endeavor Miami, The Knight Foundation, The Lab, Rokk3r Labs, eMerge Americas, Miami Angels and Wyncode.

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Hunter Walk

JUNE 26, 2023

Chris Neumann: I’ve been lucky to have been a part of 5 startups going back to the late-90s, including two that were VC-backed (DataHero and Aster Data). 500 Startups was looking to add someone with an enterprise background to their investing team, so I made the leap into venture at the start of 2017. Thanks Chris !

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. Same as VC funds are deeply acquainted with Silicon Valley, tech investors cannot ignore this hub of innovation that has produced global market leading companies and serial entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

Respondents said they invest around 50% inside Czechia and 50% across Central and Eastern Europe, while some are more focused across CEE generally, with some percentage of the fund supporting startups that have scaled to the U.S. 8 investors discuss Stockholm’s maturing startup ecosystem. elíková , partner, Nation1.vc.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

The country is quickly catching up to China on the tech investment front, with VC investments reaching a record of $15 billion in 2020, according to TechNation. Other startup support players include the new Science Creates VC fund , set up by entrepreneur Harry Destecroix, and TechSPARK Engine Shed. innovation.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

SPV-driven funds like Candou face competition from traditional venture capital firms, angel investors, equity crowdfunding platforms, and micro-VC funds. Traditional VCs typically manage large capital pools and invest across a spectrum of startups. David Teten: Who are Candou’s peers/competitors, and how do you differ?

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? Some respond by saying the educated workers will be fine, but what are the new jobs for less-skilled workers, e.g., truck drivers replaced by self-driving trucks? How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics?

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? Some respond by saying the educated workers will be fine, but what are the new jobs for less-skilled workers, e.g., truck drivers replaced by self-driving trucks? How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

That said, Norway’s VC community has been somewhat dormant for a while. The country makes far too much money from oil, giving it one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds and a large system of socialized support. Yes, the acceptance of working remotely will democratize the startup ecosystem globally.

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