TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

If you follow #beautytok, #beautytube or any beauty content on social media platforms, you know that popular product trends are hard to keep up with. NYX founder and Bespoke Beauty Brands CEO Toni Ko will also join Summer International as a strategic investor. NYX was acquired by L’Oreal in 2014 for about $500 million.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. Venture capitalists often come from an operating background. Venture Capital. Expert Networks.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 10, 2023

Register Venture capital platform Antler has recently unveiled its Antler ONDC , an Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)-focused venture platform in India. This initiative is a collaboration between Antler and notable figures such as Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, FIDE (Beckn Protocol), and ONDC.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

One of the first decisions we had to make in setting up our new VC fund, Versatile Venture Capital , was our CRM and marketing technology infrastructure. . Like Salesforce, HubSpot also has a significant (albeit smaller) network of integration partners. Linkedin : Versatile Venture Capital / David Teten personal.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It seems that every internet company and their dog have at least one venture capital (VC) arm under their wing, with the likes of Google Ventures (now GV), Microsoft Ventures (now M12), Salesforce Ventures , Twilio Ventures , and Zoom Ventures all serving their corporate namesakes potential cash cows via hundreds of equity investments.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. AskAnything.VC

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. The Kauffman Foundation found 47% of US tech founders held degrees in STEM while 34% held degrees in business, finance, and accounting. 1) Freebies for Student Tech Founders. Right here.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Register Blockchain Founders Fund , an early stage Web3 Venture capital fund based in Singapore , has announced the final close of its Fund II at $75 million. Together, we can build a more decentralized, transparent, and equitable world,” said Aly Madhavji, managing partner at Blockchain Founders Fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. I know you could argue that YouTube was much broader but it was really popularized in the social networks. But I made it for a reason.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Our “hot deal of the week&# turned out to be more of the “hot theme of the week.&# P2P lending networks are revived and brought it a whopping $40 million in investments announced recently. I spent a bunch of time with Co-founders Alex Bard and Gary Benitt. The build “implicit social networks.&# Other deals.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. AskAnything.VC

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Revolution

OCTOBER 25, 2023

What we did: Revolution Ventures Managing Partner, Tige Savage , and Associate, Carl Leacock , reconnected with the Houston innovation ecosystem during a jam-packed day planned by local startup, Rivalry Tech. Where we went: Bozeman, MT? Hear his takes on building a strong investor syndicate.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Aytekin Tank is the founder of JotForm , an online form builder. Over the past decade, venture capital has become synonymous with entrepreneurship. Founders from around the world arrive in Silicon Valley with visions of record-setting A rounds and billion-dollar valuations. Share on Twitter. Keep your day job.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Sesie Bonsi is the founder and CEO of Bleu , a financial technology platform focused on enabling touchless payment experiences. But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Sesie Bonsi.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g. ShoeDazzle has Kim Kardashian as a co-founder / company as a spokesperson as well as Brian Lee who was a co-founder at Legal Zoom. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. It is a platform to help brands building viral marketing campaigns.

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Haystack

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

As I was scrolling through Twitter today and saw the rumors around Gimlet, the podcast media company, being acquired by Spotify for $200M in cash, I knew I had to stop, write this post, and share some thoughts on what’s going on. Spotify will also get into commerce like its social network peers, but that’s a subject for another post.]

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 8, 2011

I was speaking at Internet Week yesterday on networking and so I wanted to gather some of my thoughts. I have a huge network of people here and it's probably the thing I get valled out the most for--and complimented on. Building my network is something that comes naturally to me, but it's also something I put a lot of hard work into.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

More social media struggles : Though the subject matter was a downer, Paul wrote a great story about Meta’s confirmed layoffs of 11,000 employees, explaining what happened, why and what it means in the greater context of Meta’s future. The funding also included participation from Shasta Ventures and Sixty Degree Capital.

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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. For example, I’m an investor via ff Venture Capital in: – Plated.com is a meal kit company, delivering you the recipe and fresh ingredients to make a gourmet meal in your own kitchen.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Techstars Tokyo builds upon the organization’s ecosystem development initiatives, which have historically supported entrepreneurs in their early stages through programs like Founder Catalyst and Startup Weekend. The Founder Catalyst pre-accelerator, conducted in collaboration with JETRO, has already benefited over 100 founders in Japan.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. Venture capital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2021

Mighty Networks , a platform designed to give creators and brands a dedicated place to start and grow communities, has closed on $50 million in a Series B funding round led by Owl Ventures. The investment brings Palo Alto-based Mighty Networks’ total raised since its 2017 inception to $67 million. .

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

I’m a female founder. I don’t have a technical co-founder. These are all of the things I heard from a founder that I recently backed. So what about all of the above statements—things that founders widely hold to be true barriers to fundraising? Or that venture capital is a meritocracy? This isn’t surprising.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

The other day I wrote a post about the lack of Enterprise Software disruption coming out of NYC —and a lot of people responded that I wasn’t citing Buddy Media. Our current focus is on creating sticky, super viral applications that help users get more out of Facebook and other social media.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2023

Register 541 Ventures , a Los Angeles-based global venture capital firm, announces its official debut into the innovative and influential ecosystem of family offices in Southern California. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Register Philippines-based Nila Capita l is the country’s inaugural student venture fund, officially launching with new opportunities for Gen Z startup founders. Nila Capital is capping its funding at $10,000 per round. It aims to help young founders in a vast network of fellow Gen Z entrepreneurs.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 23, 2021

For ideas, see How Executives Can Work from Home with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds. Yohei Nakajima, Founder of Untapped.vc , said, “Before pitching LPs and building my firm, I talked with over 50 people I knew to get feedback.” . For more on this, see An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 18, 2023

Oranuch Lertsuwankit, CEO and Co-Founder of Techsauce Media Co., has partnered with Mr. Phatchalit Klomlin, Executive Chairman of ECG Venture Capital Co., The initiative also involves Mr. Orsasipat Siriwan Porn, Managing Director of ECG Venture Capital Co., an accomplished expert in startup investments.

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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. For example, I’m an investor via ff Venture Capital in: – Plated.com is a meal kit company, delivering you the recipe and fresh ingredients to make a gourmet meal in your own kitchen.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 4, 2023

Million in seed funding and the general availability of its user behavioral and network intelligence solution to help organizations future-proof their fraud detection and prevention. Our vision is to deliver a next-level data management and AI/ML solution for personalized fraud detection,” said Andrei Savu, Moonsense CEO and Co-founder.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

More like crypt-no : Anita reports how 30-year-old crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried takes a swipe at Bitcoin, saying it has no future as a payments network. Today’s installment of that theme comes from the desk of Mr. Butcher, MBE , covering WeAre8’s crowdfunding campaign for a social media app where users are paid to watch apps. .”

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 15, 2024

Charting the Path to Success in Tech Investing: An Exclusive Interview with GoAhead Ventures’ Founding Trio GoAhead Ventures (“GoAhead”) is a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm founded by three Stanford graduates: Takeshi “TK” Mori, Clancey Stahr and Phil Brady (the “Managing Partners”).

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

There is a growing body of articles about the important issue of the lack of investment dollars flowing to Black women founders. For anyone following venture news, this data should not be new: Fortune reported that while the numbers have tripled since 2018, Black women still only receive 0.27% of all venture dollars in the U.S.;

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 17, 2023

Register When starting a company, founders often underestimate the amount of time and energy required to fundraise. In an interview with AsiaTechDaily, Koh emphasises the importance of founders taking an active role in the fundraising process. Another common mistake founders make when raising capital is mishandling equity.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 23, 2021

For ideas, see How Executives Can Work from Home with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds. Yohei Nakajima, Founder of Untapped.vc , said, “Before pitching LPs and building my firm, I talked with over 50 people I knew to get feedback.” . For more on this, see An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack.

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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. How to find a job as a VC scout.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Register Singapore-based venture capital firm Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India (VVSEAI) has successfully concluded its fifth funding round, raising $541 million. More than 35 percent of startups in VVSEAI Fund IV boasted at least one woman founder.

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