Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 2, 2023

If we had 23% fewer members (with the criteria fully adjusting for inflation since 1982), the funding level would have dropped $3.5 That diversity is critical to attracting and investing in more diverse founders. million in funding. million in funding. Knowledge-based accreditation testing is a more effective solution.

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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.

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Twenty-five of them have at least one female co-founder. Fifteen had co-founders over 40. Five have LGBTQ+ founders. Three teams have African-American founders. All were backed based on the sole criteria that they had the potential to make my limited partners a lot of money.

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Paul G. Silva

OCTOBER 30, 2023

If the firm is owned by anyone other than comfortable, near-retirement founders, the leadership is likely under pressure to grow revenue and margins faster than the status-quo allows. And this growth is complicated by the chronic talent shortage hitting every business services sector I’ve encountered.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Contributed by Marina Byezhanova , an EO Canada Bridge member in Montreal and the founder of Brand of a Leader , a personal branding agency that builds and scales the personal brands of entrepreneurs who inspire and make an impact. We then welcomed him into an EO Accelerator class. Here is his story. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2021

Hear from founder and CEO Jen Nwankwo and investor Jory Bell, from Playground Global, about how to fundraise in the bio/health tech sector and use that financing to your advantage. The founder/investor duo will also give their live feedback on startup pitches from the audience. talking to founders and the investors who finance them.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 5, 2023

T-Hub’s Space Tech Incubation Program targets the empowerment of ten carefully selected Spacetech firms across India, employing criteria such as founder experience, product innovation, and robust business models.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2022

To build trust and keep employees engaged, managers should optimize existing engineering resources , says Ammar Bandukwala, co-founder and CEO at Coder. ” asks Daniel Faloppa, founder of Equidam. Dear Sophie: How do we qualify for each of the O-1A criteria? How do we qualify for each of the O-1A criteria?

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Dear Sophie: What are the visa options for international founders? Sophie Alcorn. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Jonathan Lui, co-founder of Airtasker, Soho.com.au, utilizes artificial intelligence to personalize real estate searches, employing a “Tinder for real estate” approach. Established in 2018, Soho.com.au The funding round, led by Investible, adds to the $1.65 million previously raised by Soho.com.au.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Even after the unprecedented year that we had in 2020, the VC markets picked up in 2021 and founders raised 157% more capital in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the previous year. De Santis Breindel asked CEOs what was the top evaluation criteria when choosing a VC firm. Global VCs have invested $268.7 How does it bring value?

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

With so many entrepreneurs and startup ventures seeking investment opportunities, it’s crucial that venture capitalists (VCs) create a list of criteria they want their potential investments to meet. I always tell others to beware of uncoachable founders. Also by Diane Yoo: The Venture Capital Diversity Gap. Concluding remarks.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Dear Sophie: How do we qualify for each of the O-1A criteria? Dear Sophie, Our startup will be sponsoring my co-founders and me for O-1A visas. How do we qualify for each of the O-1A criteria? Dear Sophie: How do we qualify for each of the O-1A criteria? Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch. Extraordinary Entrepreneur.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

million in a seed round led by Global Founders Capital, with participation from Great Oaks and Humbition. PCOS is currently diagnosed with the Rotterdam criteria, which means a patient must have two of the following three conditions: irregular period, excess androgen or polycystic ovaries. Rachel Blank, the CEO and founder of Allara.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The result is two rankings that are based on objective criteria — the Next40 and French Tech 120. For instance, only 15 companies have at least one female co-founder or CEO. These startups generate €11.3 billion in revenue ($12 billion).

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

David Cancel, a five-time entrepreneur and author of the book "Conversational Marketing," is CEO and founder of Drift. But no matter your conviction, you must test those hypotheses against a consistent set of criteria. David Cancel. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor. Video and messaging enable remote work.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Linda Greub Contributor Share on Twitter Linda Greub is the co-founder and managing partner of Avestria Ventures. To find the right investors, you first need to consider LPs’ investment criteria. In 2020, now-defunct video platform Quibi alone raised almost 8% of the total funding that female founders got that year.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The First Cheque program plans to leverage the expertise of experienced founders from Jungle Ventures’ current and former portfolio startups. Second, the program offers an initial investment without imposing minimum ownership criteria. billion in follow-on capital raised.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Register Startup founders looking to attract investors need to show proof of an outstanding team and must be realistic with their valuation numbers, said Bernard Moon , Co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs Group , a South Korean accelerator and fund network. Bookmark( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The judges’ feedback provides insight into the criteria they use to determine whether a company is viable or not. Dave Samuel, the co-founder of Freestyle.vc. An experienced executive, serial entrepreneur and internet pioneer in software and media, Dave Samuel is co-founder of Freestyle.vc. Did you know?

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Paul G. Silva

AUGUST 9, 2023

If startup founders refuse to kill a bad idea, they eventually run out of money. Make sure you have clear “kill criteria” at the start of a project and regularly hold yourselves to account. A few pearls of wisdom How good are you at killing ideas? This makes killing bad ideas much harder!

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 8, 2023

They were recognized as among a few private companies in the small lending business that can satisfy strict investment criteria by VOI and MEF IV in terms of social impacts. Since its formal launch in 2009, VOI has disbursed over $300 million in sectors that include renewable energy, clean water, healthcare, education and agriculture.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Whether you’re in people ops, a founder or seeking a job in Silicon Valley, I would love to answer your questions in my next column.”. Sophie Alcorn.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 2, 2023

Hieu Nguyen Dang, the founder and CEO of Oxalus, expressed his enthusiasm for NFTs and his ambition to utilize the new funding to bolster data development and expand the engineering team. David Tran, the General Partner of IDGCVB, emphasized the company’s stringent selection criteria.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Data analyst and former COO of Goldman Sachs, Ramakant Vempati is the co-founder of 2022 FDA breakthrough device Wysa , an AI-based digital companion for behavioral health. Devices must meet two criteria to be eligible for breakthrough device designation. Ramakant Vempati. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

JULY 2, 2022

“There is an unwarranted rush from founders to list their cannabis and psychedelics companies on stock exchanges,” VC Bek Muslimov told me. What Muslimov objects to is seeing cannabis and psychedelics companies going public when they would not have passed venture capitalists’ criteria to get funded. ”

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 18, 2024

founder and CEO of HealMed Solutions, a winner of the 2023 Innovation Challenge. For more information about the CharmHealth Innovation Challenge, including guidelines, eligibility criteria, and important dates, please visit the Challenge website or contact innovate@charmhealth.com.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

On today’s episode, we’re talking about: Their book and why the pair chose to do it now Mitch and Freada’s broader thoughts on impact investing Criteria for success and investor due diligence For episode transcripts and more, head to Equity’s Simplecast website. Equity drops at 7:00 a.m.

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Revolution

JUNE 21, 2022

That’s led to significant demographic and geographic disparities in funding and missed opportunities to back great founders and companies?—?opportunities The soundbite: “ Underfunded founders don’t need advice; they need capital.”?—?Samara And the further away I got, the more I realized I was actually from somewhere.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

Many first-time founders think they know where to look first to save money or how to pivot, but as the saying goes, no plan ever survives first contact with the enemy. Investors still expect “healthy growth” Why founders need to secure 24+ months of runway. When the unexpected happens, no one knows how they will respond.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

IgniteXL Ventures, a fund founded by general partner Claire Chang, closed on its first fund of $10 million aimed at backing diverse early-stage founders in the beauty and wellness industry. I figured out LPs have set a criteria, and I didn’t fit into that: I don’t come from an investment banking background and don’t look like a typical VC.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Among those testifying were ACA Board Member and the Founder & Managing Partner, Investors of Color Network Eli Velasquez as well as David Olivencia , CEO & Co-Founder, Angeles Investors. The purpose of this hearing was to examine policies designed to expand investor access to our private markets.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Founders are reassessing where they open their businesses , not wanting to lure employees to a state that doesn’t support reproductive rights, and investors are considering adding healthcare to environmental, social and governance criteria to help spur innovation in the space. Wade sent a huge shockwave through the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

A few weeks ago, a founder told me it took three hours of endless clicking to find an AI-generated portrait of a Black woman. Her talk and this founder, miles away and years apart, are two pieces of the same puzzle. . Omoigui’s brother, Nosa , the founder of ESG compliance regulator Weave.AI, reiterated that point.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 16, 2024

Ventures with underrepresented founders will compete for share of more than $130,000 in cash grants, plus mentoring and connections. The video, which is led by DPP’s Erica Crell , answers frequently asked questions regarding the competition’s requirements and judging criteria and provides guidance on topics such as presentation ideas.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Co-founder Fraser Ricupero says the company provides engineers with quick access to the tools they need. “We Co-founder Chris Norman says that when they were working as consultants prior to starting the company, the two founders saw the need for a product like this. “We’ve Today, the company announced a $3.1

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

Its matching and conversational AI technology connects candidates to employers based on custom criteria and more than 50 data points so that restaurants and hospitality companies can hire better candidates faster. Vivian Wang, Landed founder and CEO. Image Credits: Landed. times better hiring rate, Wang said.

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