Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. ” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” for $565 million to Excite.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Despite the growth in awarded venture capital (VC) funds, a staggering disparity remains between the amount of total VC funds invested in entrepreneurs and the portion of those funds invested in ventures founded and/or led by women—particularly women of color. I am no stranger to this gender gap within the VC space.

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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? – Forte has developed an innovative structure to finance vocational reskilling at no cost to individuals or governments. How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics? Are you politically active?

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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? – Forte has developed an innovative structure to finance vocational reskilling at no cost to individuals or governments. How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics? Are you politically active?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Taking stock of the VC industry’s progress on diversity, equity and inclusion. The startup ecosystem is unique. Those that do succeed graduate to other levels of financing, including angel or venture capital. That’s why most entrepreneurs seek and welcome being acquired. More posts by this contributor.

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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.) You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . At Versatile VC , we’ve used all these models. Expert Networks.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

It’s a critical appointment — while brief — that can have a lasting impact on the founders who win, as well as help maintain TechCrunch’s reputation as an outlet that finds innovative tech and entrepreneurs behind it. Lanzone has a long history in media and as an entrepreneur.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

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

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Yeah, baby, we are ready to jump right into a jam-packed day dedicated to the growth and success of the entire early-stage startup ecosystem. Start your day off right — join Mary Ann Azevedo, Natasha Mascarenhas and Alex Wilhelm at the TechCrunch+ stage for a live recording of Equity, the podcast about the business of startups.

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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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Angel Capital Association

JULY 22, 2023

As an important source of financing for startups and small businesses, it's critical for current and emerging angel investors to understand the shifts occurring in the industry. Major angel groups like New York Angels and Golden Seeds wield considerable power in startup ecosystems.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

I was out trying to save my startup by talking to as many investors as I could. Many of you entrepreneurs know that feeling. Two Sigma is a technology and finance company in Soho filled with incredibly bright engineers and developers, so I’m really excited about leveraging that partnership in a number of cool ways.

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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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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Horizon Capital , an investment firm based out of Kyiv, is in the process of raising a $250 million fund that it plans to use to back tech startups in the country and neighboring Moldova. The startup ecosystem in Ukraine is, arguably, in an even more precarious state when considering all of the above.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

We must consider the psychological motivation of seeing a huge buyout on other entrepreneurs, what that startup’s ex-team members go on to build, and what the achievements of one citizen does for that nation’s reputation. When a foreign entrepreneur raises money from U.S. Competitor effect. firms and sells to a U.S.

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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. Secured seed finding from SMRK VC. Deus Robotics Ukrainian Startup Deus Robotics secured a $1.5M

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 13, 2021

By: Daren Cotter, Tech Entrepreneur & Investor, Member of Gopher Angels I’ve been asked this question many times over the past 8 years. Our Leadership Team started noticing something interesting around 2010: many of our customers were VC-backed startups. As my portfolio has grown, so has my answer to this question.

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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. The city also has the most fintech startups per head in the U.K. outside London, according to Whitecap’s 2019-2020 Ecosystem Report. Rupert Baines, ex-CEO, UltraSoC.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

From an investor’s perspective, 2022 witnessed a sudden market reversal from an extreme equity seller’s market to an equity buyer’s market, causing dislocations throughout angel, VC, and startup ecosystems. It is unclear if VCs will agree to these terms, but LPs believe they now have more leverage. Smaller VC fundraises?

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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

JULY 26, 2021

Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack , PiggyVest, and TeamApt. based entrepreneur and investor. ” The ticket sizes will range from $20,000 to $100,000, focusing on startups in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and North Africa. .”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

A f ew months past graduation, the startup, combining both worlds of banking and business management tools for micro and small businesses, has closed a $3.8 As a serial entrepreneur running businesses in tech and media, Obasi experienced how tough running operations and banking his business simultaneously was in Nigeria.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 1, 2021

For Monica and Joe it’s a matter of extending the runway to keep the company onboard, and get enough commercial momentum to advance their next round of financing. They see such failure as part of their learning process and they hope you also get a valuable take-away, other than their cash!

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. As big wins happen in regional markets this capital often gets “recycled” back into the startup community in the form of angel funding for other startups. I spoke publicly about Silicon Silliness and how to brand a local startup community here. Venture Capital.

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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 Grand Circus.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Jay Steinfeld: Inside the mind of an entrepreneur. The 2022 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit , the biggest investor event in the Middle East, will take place in Jerusalem on May 25, once again bringing the entire startup ecosystem together. Jay Steinfeld: Inside the mind of an entrepreneur. Read More. .

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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. A genomics startup in Ann Arbor is a growing thing, just like cybersecurity. The post Top Ann Arbor Tech Companies and Startups to Watch in 2022 appeared first on StartupNation. Genomenon.

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Investing industry bible PitchBook has crowned OurCrowd as “the most active venture capital investor in Israel this year as record amounts of capital flood into the country’s startup ecosystem.” Despite the Jewish New Year and other holidays, Israeli startups raised over $2.2B in September 2021. Read More. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

In the United States’ mature venture capital market, an entrepreneur’s race, gender and age help determine who has access to capital. I’ve pulled Crunchbase and PitchBook data to peek at what they say about African startup investment thus far in 2021. But there are other limiting factors: geography, for example.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

None of the local VC firms invested. from Sequoia Capital and have gone on to raise over $1 Billion from VC investors. It is a startup that creates more startups. Why do startups join the Ycombinator program? It is like a 3 month boot camp for startups. Classic VC funding is a well-understood model.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

But it’s been hard to argue against this position in the last 10 years, as the country powered ahead, famously producing ground-breaking startups like Waze, which was eventually picked up by Google for more than $1 billion in 2013. Over the last decade, startup funding for Israeli entrepreneurs increased by 400%.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

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. Where do you see Miami’s startup scene five years from now?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Startups and VC. The startup ecosystem has traditionally been less-than-friendly to women founders and investors, but Mimi Aboubaker argues things aren’t as dire as the common narrative seems to indicate. Given that internet access restrictions and authoritarianism go hand-in-hand, the news is not a massive surprise.

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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

AUGUST 27, 2021

” Katai also shared his impressions of Romania’s startup ecosystem, suggestions for maintaining top-of-mind status with customers, and reinforced the often-overlooked need to continually repurpose content to grab mindshare. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

There is every likelihood that Zennström’s Atomico would have joined Klarna’s cap table in 2010 if it weren’t for a single line of text published on the VC firm’s website, which read something like, “don’t contact us, we’ll contact you.”

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