TechCrunch

OCTOBER 23, 2020

This year has shaken up venture capital, turning a hot early start to 2020 into a glacial period permeated with fear during the early days of COVID-19. For our October look at Boston and its startup scene, let’s get into the data and then understand how a new cohort of founders is cropping up among the city’s educational network.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

For example, Maestro ’s founders partnered with PEVCtech to organize a dinner strictly for Partner/Principals of PE/VC firms. Jordan Hauer, Co-founder and CEO, Amass Insights , suggested, “Act as an external company scout for free and feed some dealflow to funds. Organize a roundtable or dinner strictly focused on your target market.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2023

It took me a while, but I’m realizing that my startup love language is discussing any attempts to standardize the opaque and often informal world of venture capital. The tool, started by pre-seed firm Afore Capital, is based on Common App, which sends one application to multiple colleges and universities. Image Credits: Carta.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Raising venture capital is no easy task. Use Your Networks One of the best ways to get VC funding is to use your networks. Conclusion Raising venture capital is notoriously difficult?—?but The odds are stacked against you from the start. So, how can you increase your chances of being in that 2%?

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Initially aspiring to work in the events industry to organize music festivals, Triet gained valuable experience at non-profit organizations like The Dallas Entrepreneur Center and later at Capital Factory, a Texas-based accelerator fund. Breaking into venture capital has been a remarkable and challenging journey.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

The Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) team is often asked by portfolio founders how exactly cultural leaders can be a game-changing asset for their companies. The benefits of founder x cultural leader partnerships work both ways. For Founders Make It Make Sense Venture capital is where innovation meets investment.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 28, 2022

How do you determine if corporate venture capital is right for your startup? To help you determine if corporate venture capital is right for your startup, we asked startup founders, investors, and business leaders this question for their best pieces of advice. Matthew Ramirez , Founder, Paraphrase Tool.

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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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Dream It

JANUARY 13, 2021

The venture capital screening call is an important step to get right in due diligence. In this Dreamit Dose, associates Alana Hill and I, Elliot Levy , offer five things we wish founders knew after screening over 1,000 startups in the last year. We cannot put enough emphasis on how important utilizing your network is.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Today's top founders will undoubtedly start something new in the future, but they won't make up the majority of innovators going forward--just as prior generations of venture backed founders don't make up a majority of those who are succeeding today. I didn’t say venture investing was easy—but at least we got a look.)

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 7, 2015

After checking out The Information's "open dataset" on diversity in venture capital , I felt pretty disappointed. Who is actually building a portfolio whose founders reflect the diversity of the greater population? A whopping 17 of the 32 companies (53%) have founders that fit into those groups. Not directly, anyway.

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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.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 31, 2023

Register Global venture capital investor 500 Global takes the lead in a $1.2 million Seed funding round for WeGoWhere , a Thailand -based social networking platform committed to enhancing offline social interactions. The round also saw participation from Goodwater Capital, Wing Vasiksiri, Peng T.

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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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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

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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 8, 2024

In EO, we celebrate the remarkable women entrepreneurs who have shattered glass ceilings and are now paying it forward to pave the way for future generations of female founders to rise. Women still only get about 2% of venture capital investment money, and we want to see that change,” said Cindy Boyd, EO Houston. “By

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

The Tory Burch Foundation announced Tuesday the launch of its Funding Finder tool, an interactive guide that breaks down capital options and resources for women-owned businesses. It’s best known for its fellowship program that provides education grants, networking opportunities and business advice to women entrepreneurs.

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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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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

Peanut , the maker of a social networking app for women, is entering into the investing space with today’s launch of a microfund called StartHER. ” Peanut argues there’s inherent bias in assuming that every startup founder has access to what are, essentially, wealthy friends or family who can spare a little startup capital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today launched a new program, AWS Impact Accelerator , that will give up to $30 million to early-stage startups led by Black, Latino, LGBTQIA+ and women founders. From a diversity standpoint, the venture capital financing landscape remains incredibly imbalanced.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

Venture capital has traditionally been an industry that revolves around relationships. But backing companies based on the allure of the founder hasn’t always worked out. An increasing number of venture firms think the solution to cutting through the noise is by incorporating data science into their deal sourcing process.

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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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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

At Homebrew we’ve stayed a very small group by design, believing at the earliest stages of a company, continuity of relationship between the investor and founders is essential to preserve trust and context. During this period we, and the Homebrew founders, have benefited tremendously from Kate’s work.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 3, 2024

Chloe Capital, a Movement-driven venture capital firm with a national investment lens, invites the Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania community to join us for our INVEST IN WOMEN x PITTSBURGH FOUNDER SHOWCASE ( InvestInWomenPittsburgh.eventbrite.com ) on Wednesday, May 8 from 5-7:30pm at Google Pittsburgh. Space is limited.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. Hey, founders between gigs: What now? If you want outside capital, VCs will chase after you to invest. Unfortunately, most founders are not in that position: nine out of 10 startups fail. David Teten. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

Currently, it’s estimated that less than 1% of venture capital goes to openly LGBTQ+ founders. There are no numbers on how much of that capital goes specifically to trans founders or how many investors identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community. Open AI is a prime example.

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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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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 16, 2024

Add on the fact that some people theorize that the need for venture capital dollars will peak, or potentially already has, and then decline because of the ever-decreasing cost of technology infrastructure as well as the increasing capability of AI to replace expensive humans. Especially early on, that’s ideal.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Lewis is the founder and CEO of Gig Wage , a simplified fintech payroll platform built for contract workers. Black founders, and uniquely Black founders in tech, are facing insurmountable odds. As the recipients of less than 1% of venture capital raise, institutionalized systems are visibly at play.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

Evan Kipperman is a partner in the emerging companies and venture capital practice at Wiggin and Dana. Paul Hughes is a partner in the emerging companies and venture capital practice at Wiggin and Dana. Len Gray is a partner in the emerging companies and venture capital practice at Wiggin and Dana.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

For Black founders, who have rarely received more than 1% of total venture capital invested in startups, 2022 wasn’t kind, and 2023 doesn’t look promising given how things are going. Sevetri Wilson, the founder of Resilia, said she, like many other founders, is planning for a recession regardless of whether one happens or not.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2022

Shanea Leven is co-founder and CEO of CodeSee , a developer platform that helps developers and development teams better understand codebases. Raising money is catastrophically challenging for female founders, and even harder for Black female founders.”. Shanea Leven. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Women are still behind.

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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. It found that all-ethnic teams received an average of just 1.7% population.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Lak Ananth is founding CEO and managing partner of the global venture capital firm Next47 and serves on the board of several companies that he has helped to grow beyond $1 billion valuations. Historically, the main actors in venture capital have been a specialized set of tech investors who themselves came from the technology industry.

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