AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Register Hailing from Singapore, Jeshua Soh is a young and dynamic angel investor who has woven a narrative that curves through unconventional education, accidental entrepreneurship, and a globetrotting escapade to over 55 countries across five continents.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners. What about strategy? I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Its flagship subscription insights product, Stears Premium, contains content ranging from news and opinion pieces to investigative pieces and deep dives, educating the general public on issues around business and finance, economy, government and policy in Nigeria. So far, the company’s strategy seems to be paying off.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2009

Beware of VC Seagulls, who shit on you and then fly away (or worse yet leave you with Red Herrings). I write this post as a warning to pick your VC’s carefully. I like to say to first-time entrepreneurs, picking a VC is more permanent than marriage. I guarantee this is a bad VC. Let me explain.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Our findings confirmed a significant shift away from the traditional tech hubs of the Bay Area, New York City, and Boston, with the proportion of seed- and early-stage VC dollars funneling into the Bay Area falling below 30% for the first time in more than a decade. Think of who you want to partner with one, five, and ten years down the line.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2021

Contributed by Hao Lam, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Seattle, Washington, and founder and CEO of Best in Class Education. MyEO Education. The MyEO Education group is championed by Joyce Lasecke of EO Minnesota, with support and encouragement from Peter Fan of EO Dallas. MyEO Angels. It’s that easy.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It partners with entrepreneurs in funding their growth stories through innovative market access and public venture capital strategies. He talks to AsiaTechDaily about the firm’s investment strategies, the fundraising journey, and other points. I was mainly educated in accounting and finance.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

VC has been invested over the past decade according to race, gender and educational background makes for grim reading — with all-ethnic teams and female entrepreneurs receiving just a fraction of available funding versus all-white teams and male founders. female entrepreneurs face in accessing VC funding versus male counterparts.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 12, 2020

USV has invested in the education sector for a bit more than ten years. We kicked things off with an event we called Hacking Education back in March 2009. We have focused on “direct to learner” businesses and have mostly avoided investing in companies that sell to the established education system.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Choices and constraints: How DTC companies decide which strategy to follow. ” Choices and constraints: How DTC companies decide which strategy to follow. . ” Choices and constraints: How DTC companies decide which strategy to follow. The value of software revenue may have finally stopped rising.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. They picked apart holes in our strategy and they were right. In case VC’s haven’t figured this out yet, shit rolls downhill. A number of VC’s stopped by our booth or watched our demo on the DEMO website and we had about 5 proactive inquiries.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

According to PitchBook , VC investments were down 30% in Q2 2022 compared with 2021, and IPOs hit a 50-year low. While a few iconic brands including Uber, Airbnb, and Square emerged successfully from the last downturn, most venture-backed companies struggled during this period, and many ended up pursuing M&A strategies.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 2, 2023

Before that, Vikas ran product and strategy for The Baby Box Co, a Series A digital education platform for expecting parents. And once you get on the VC treadmill it’s really hard to get off. That’s not to say that VC can’t be great. Many amazing businesses wouldn’t have been built without VC, including Azibo.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Today, the Lagos- and London-based startup, which builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents, raised $3.5 million in pre-seed funding led by European VC firm Target Global. At the end of every K-12 education, the goal of most students is to get into a university. Like in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

Startups and VC. Connie reports it has burned through most of its most recent VC fund. The three R’s of education: Reading, Riting, and Rithmatic : Educapital raised a $160 million fund to focus on edtech and the future of work, Romain reports. million seed round to expand its business across Europe, Rebecca reports.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

According to a statement shared by the firm, the accelerator program will support and amplify the impact of edtech startups across Africa, as well as support founders offering tech solutions that will address learning innovation in an educational sector riddled with a plethora of issues.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 3, 2023

Andres, an Industrial Engineer by training, was previously investing in the B2B vSaaS space and comes from a background of strategy consulting. When I launched WePrep in college, I was researching key drivers for startup success and was introduced to the world of VC. trucking companies, higher education universities).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

In 2020, VC investments totaled NZD $127.2 or Australian) VCs or the government. Technology startups are the pinnacle of that strategy. It’s been ridiculous how much money is flooding into the country at the moment.”. Despite the pandemic, venture and early-stage investment in New Zealand is reaching record highs.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Higher education is only for 13% of the population in Latin America,” says Martin Borchardt, CEO and co-founder of Henry. With 90% of graduates coming from no formal higher education background, Henry seeks to help bring more back-end junior developers and full-stack developers into startups.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Education and health care. Zoho University is Zoho's own education system to train people and give them a job. Education should NOT be a costly input. Failures of VC funding. Hence Zoho invests money on meetup groups and meeting its customers and prospects in cities around the world.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

Never share your exit strategy with venture capitalists. VCs want to learn the total available market and see evidence that you can grow your startup into a US$1-10 million (or more) revenue business. Use these resources to understand how your company will look when you pitch a VC or angel. Here are 11 tips EO members shared: 1.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

Without ready access to vets, pet owners turned to mobile apps to keep track of their pet’s health, often via educational content, and in some cases that was linked to insurance providers. Pet owners are then rewarded with lower insurance prices if they complete educational courses on good pet care. ”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Amsterdam has tech industry “schools” such as Growth Tribe , The Talent Institute and THNK for educational courses, as well as accelerators like Rockstart, Startupbootcamp and Fashion for Good. For this survey, we interviewed the following Amsterdam-focused investors: • Janneke Niessen, partner, CapitalT VC.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

Every exhibiting founder is eligible for Startup Alley+ — an experience designed to set you up with additional education, exposure and success before Disrupt even starts. 11 words and phrases to cut from your VC pitch deck. It’s called Startup Alley+ , and here’s what you need to know. Session 4 – September 1.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 3, 2023

Since 2018, he is investing with an emerging tech VC focused on web3 and managing early-stage deal flow. Currently he is mentoring founders at Santa Clara University and the Blockchain Founders Group on fundraising, go-to-market and scaling strategies. How did you break into entrepreneurship and tech investing?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

From lithium battery chemical recycling to smart media, blockchain infrastructure to student-centric educational software, and Sub-Saharan African fintech to cultured-meat production, this batch of companies is sure to wow the investors and the audience. With just over a 1.5%

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Haje’s favorite was “A Deadly Education” (Naomi Novik’s first book in the Scholomance trilogy), which incidentally was recommended by both Alex and Amanda, which was how he found out about the books in the first place. Startups and VC. PDT, subscribe here. The TC crew are a bunch of bookworms. to 17 cents.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

I was amazed at your innovation, approach, cleverness, enthusiasm, leadership traits, background, education, team?—?everything. At night I had a group dinner where I met 6 new entrepreneurs and hung out with some old friends from law firms, banks and other VC funds. I call it, “Remind me why I love you again?” everything.

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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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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Startups and VC. higher education endowments to reveal where they invest , reports Dominic-Madori. How to implement a video SEO strategy. In a guide for first-timers, SEORadar creator Mark Munroe shares a checklist for preparing a video SEO strategy that boosts traffic and generates leads. Where’s the money?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

By spending more time educating your board on your business you get more valuable advice from them. Your goal should be to turn your VCs into extended members of your team to get real value from them. He did it yesterday, “Mark, I’m going to write a blog post following on from your VC’s aren’t dumb.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

These events aren’t just a chance to review the latest cohort of hopeful entrepreneurs — they also showcase the technology, products and services that will compete for VC and consumer attention over the next few years. The opportunity that the company sees has really forced us to reallocate resources and strategy,” said Brown.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2022

And the third one is that we look for business models that can scale up quickly, similar to the normal VC model, but that they would be able to affect a lot of people. The fund will focus on verticals including finance, commerce, health, work and education. We align ourselves with a lot of the ESGs.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

We are often asked how companies get funded, why VCs make the decisions we make and what we’re looking for in entrepreneurs. I think this is a Seriously great example of how this process works for at least one VC – Upfront Ventures. So I hope that offers you insights into how companies move through the VC system.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

This investment is directed toward seeding corporate venture capital (VC) funds that, in turn, invest in Singapore-based early-stage high-tech companies. A distinctive feature of this initiative is the option for the VC to buy out NRF’s share of the fund within five years, returning NRF’s capital with interest.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In a collective collaboration with VC organizations like Kleiner Perkins, Salesforce Ventures and Initialized Capital and the founder organizations, TC Include provides educational resources and mentorship over the course of the year to help program participants develop and succeed. The pitch you improve could be your own.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

And for the customers that may already have their own websites, Winnie thinks it can help by giving centers a landing page — full of reviews, program details, education types, licensing information and verification — where parents are already heading. Winnie Pro also includes help with marketing, enrollments and even staffing.

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