TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Fast-forward to today, and while the sector is still enjoying a boom in venture capital — I’m subtweeting Owl Ventures for closing a $1 billion fund at the beginning of the year — the sentiment has certainly changed. Investors explained that while the whole startup ecosystem is slower this year, edtech hasn’t escaped that trend.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

Kara Penn is the mother of four daughters and owner of Mission Spark, a management and strategy consulting company. So far, Penn has invested in five startups across a range of sectors including real estate, food, apparel and finance. . And now, thanks to Hustle Fund, she is also an angel investor. It recently closed on $33.6

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Inside Plaid’s plans to build a new, global finance network. Smart growth tactics can put account-based marketing within reach for startups and SMBs. With a handful of smart growth tactics and clever tools, ABM strategies don’t have to break the bank to be successful,” he writes. Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

acquisitions and future strategy). China’s changing regulatory environment isn’t stopping a venture capital frenzy. The entire startup ecosystem gets downright jittery when China brings any new regulation into force — their livelihoods depend on it, after all. The Automattic TC-1. We do not know.

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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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Haystack

JANUARY 16, 2019

And naturally, I started to see patterns in the startup ecosystem. Most GPs can’t actually make that commitment, especially younger ones, so either the firm or a bank will loan or finance those commitments against future cash flows. Of course, if the fund does well, that investment compounds nicely.

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HPA

APRIL 7, 2020

HPA recently created a resource guide that aggregated information on finance assistance and business operations. Wipfli : Features resources tied to business topics, including a section focused on talent and strategy. Built In Chicago: Online community hub for Chicago startups and tech. Talent Resources. HR + Benefit Resources.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

6 VCs talk the future of Austin’s exploding startup ecosystem. I definitely try not to get locked on to a particular exit strategy. It recently launched a dedicated home and auto bundled product, although much of its recent growth still revolves around its core auto offering, according to Melnick.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware. Venture Capital. And then the world changed.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

In an interview with reporter Anna Heim, Romania-based marketer Robert Katai discussed some of the methods he uses to help clients refine their content and branding strategies. Latin America’s increasingly dynamic venture capital scene has been making headlines of late. Julie Ruvolo, director of venture capital, LAVCA.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Starting a venture capital blog post with 1970s country music lyrics is pretty uncommon, but so is writing about when and why an investor might choose to sell equity before the company exits. We should have an opinion, although one that’s informed by our own fund strategy.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Prime minister Pedro Sanchez took a turn on Web Summit’s stage in December to announce the introduction of the forthcoming Startup Act — and to trumpet a new role, a high commissioner, tasked with bringing off a nationwide entrepreneurial economic transformation by working with all the relevant government ministries.

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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. 2 A (temporary) venture capital reset? By Q4, for every dollar of available capital there were 1.4x

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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. How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy? How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? are at risk.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. How to get a job in venture capital. Allied Venture Partners.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

However , the whole process proved difficult and the fund wasn’t able to because he was stuck in Nigeria and could not visit London, New York and Washington DC, “where institutional and development finance capital sits.” “There’s a massive early-stage funding gap for African startups.

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

We will be working over the next 6-12 months on starting to implement our strategy to build some traction in the US with OEM partners over there.” That’s all about to change with the Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle revolution – and it’s making its way into the startup ecosystem. Classiq adds HSBC, NTT Finance to $36M Series B.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

TechCrunch talked with Amex Ventures’ Julia Huang, who led the investment and strategy around the new product, and BodesWell co-founder and CEO Matthew Bellows to learn more details. Amex Ventures has formed “some level of partnership” with more than two-thirds of its portfolio companies, she added. “We

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The Nordic countries make up just 4% of Europe’s total population, but they account for a significant amount of venture capital investment. What are the opportunities startups may be able to tap into during these unprecedented times? How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2021

“Most of the startups I give advice to about how to raise venture capital shouldn’t be raising venture capital,” an investor recently told me. Venture capital is still a heavily white, male-led industry, and as a result contains bias that disproportionately limits access for underrepresented founders.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. Bank of America has predicted $20T to flow in ESG investing strategies in the next two decades. For context, the entire S&P 500 is worth about $25.6 trillion. . Goldman Sachs bought Clarity for ~$100m. .

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. Bank of America has predicted $20T to flow in ESG investing strategies in the next two decades. For context, the entire S&P 500 is worth about $25.6 trillion. . Goldman Sachs bought Clarity for ~$100m. .

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