Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In 2017, we partnered with iconic leaders in American business to turn the thesis we developed on the road — that great companies can start and scale anywhere when given a chance — into an investment vehicle. In the last decade, we’ve socialized several Rise of the Rest-isms to describe investments that check those boxes.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

In late 2020, a group of Stanford students banded together to create Stanford 2020, a venture fund solely to invest in their fellow classmates’ ventures. million for the debut investment vehicle — waitlist not included. million seed funding round led by Initialized Capital, with investments from GSR, NEA and Canaan.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 30, 2024

Our team at a16z bio + health has outlined several frameworks for thinking about AI applications in healthcare ( here , here , here ), and one I reference frequently is a simple 2×2 diagram of tasks that are easy vs hard for humans, and easy vs hard for AI. Can startups build bicycles for healthcare minds?

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Leading this financing endeavor were Japan’s venture capital firm, SBI Investment Co. and Global Hands-On VC (GHOVC), a collaborative venture capital entity with a track record of successful semiconductor investments that span the Japan-United States nexus. Renesas Electronics Corporation also joined in this funding initiative.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2021

R2X is now referred to as R2). “We need the confidence of a clear regulatory framework to invest the hundreds of millions or billions of dollars necessary to manufacture vehicles at scale. ” it asked. The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (now the Alliance Automotive Innovation), which represents most U.S.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Innovation Industries led a $27 million Series A in Axelera AI that closed this week with participation from Imec.xpand and the Federal Holding and Investment Company of Belgium. In addition, the Netherland Enterprise Agency awarded Axelera AI a $6.7 million loan commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

However, our research indicated that the investment landscape is growing increasingly competitive as venture capitalists become more educated and less skeptical. Please give us your web3 elevator pitch: What is it, and what role does it play in today’s internet framework? . How competitive is the web3 investment market today?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

The process of debating and agreeing the details of this startup ecosystem support framework is expected to take between six and nine months. Polo: We consider that the draft for the startup ecosystem law that was approved on December 10 actually represents a revolution — for the attraction of investment and the attraction of talent.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

By: Nick Zasowski, Director at Global Startup Studio Network Startup studios are gaining steam across the angel investing landscape. For today, we’ll refer to them simply as “studios.” Studios are causing this precise disruption to the traditional ways of building companies and how to invest in them.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

We invest in startups leveraging the immense breadth of AI to solve critical business problems. We expect a founder to be full-time on what they are building at the time of investment. Tell us about the best pitch you’ve received recently: At what point did you realize you were going to invest?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Whereas in the past it only referred to materials prepared for print, such as books, magazines and newspapers, these days it can be any kind of content prepared for the web or any other endpoint where it will not only be “read” but potentially manipulated in some way, and likely also changed by the producers as well.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

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? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

What often makes the framework challenging for companies seeking to fundraise is that each of the exemptions has its unique combination of conditions. Although the exemptions remain complex, the changes provide incremental improvement to the existing framework. Almost all of the new rules should become effective early next year.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

How to Invest in Web3: Navigating Emerging Opportunities Crypto Coins and Tokens Investments In the Web3 ecosystem, cryptocurrencies and tokens are more than digital currencies; they represent a new paradigm of digital value. The investment potential in VR and AR is potentially significant.

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

The Act, which allocates $2 billion to states under the “Innovation and Startups Equity Investment Program,” enables investors in undercapitalized regions to leverage federal dollars into startup investments. Small Business Investment Companies (1950s & 60s) The U.S.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

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? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 17, 2022

This strategy worked for two reasons: 1) By the end of the contract, the contractors had poured weeks of energy into the work – learning the code base and investing their time – and getting to know potential coworkers. I also post updates – sharing with the team when I spoke with a reference, for example.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 29, 2020

An ecosystem builder is a champion for others…” Whether they’re referred to as cheerleaders or champions, many of the Unsung Heroes we interviewed believe that singing the praises of others and amplifying the voices of others in the system is central to being an ecosystem builder. .” Advocating, Championing, Cheerleading. “An

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Train your team to use experimentation frameworks. In the early days, we were building two to three features per week and it took us a couple of weeks to build the framework we needed around MySQL. When giving feedback, refer to the relevant sections in the style guide. We plan to keep investing in this area as we grow.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2021

We’re far better, but I want to make sure that we get traction quickly so that we develop good metrics for the next investment round” Joe stared through the window as the first heavy drops landed on the glass. I was considering about 15% below our competitors. Good question, Monica… let me think… Shouldn’t we go for at least 85% gross margin?

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Reforge

JULY 20, 2022

Their main role in the Dream Team framework is to set a clear and compelling strategy, drive alignment, and liberally share context. Regardless of title, each person has a responsibility to deeply understand the customer, especially as it relates to the specific problem they’re solving for this customer (Tom refers to it as “the mandate”).

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Our 110 communities are diverse yet they all need an enabling environment of supportive regulatory frameworks, inclusive economic development initiatives, stronger social and environmental sustainability standards, and a brave impact funding environment. To date, our community has reached over 25,000 such impact-driven enterprises.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Our 110+ communities are diverse yet they all need supportive regulatory frameworks, inclusive economic development initiatives, social and environmental sustainability policies, and a strong impact funding environment. Our Impact Hubs place particular emphasis on reaching and enabling under-represented and under-invested entrepreneurs.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

I’m actually a big believer that you do want to invest in your onboarding, which of course to your point is, it’s a lot of re resource time when you’ve other things to do. So the first is, as a leader, your biggest investment is people and particularly in a hyper growth company. I do my own reference calls.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 4, 2023

And, especially when you’re considering integrating a new technology platform into your business—like AI today, or cloud a decade ago—how do you invest in innovation without losing control of your runway and budget? Some investments will generate returns within a few months, while others may take years to produce results.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 8, 2021

They both reference the writing of Dror Poleg on this topic so I will link to his blog as well. I have been thinking about this topic for the better part of a year, for USV and for the 150 portfolio companies that we have invested in and advise. We call it FrameWork and it will be opening next month. But guardrails?

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The name RenderMan was coined in reference to the Sony Walkman for a futuristic rendering software that was so tiny it could fit inside a pocket. It becomes an incredibly deep tech investment not just to get to an MVP but to then break through the developer cold start problem.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

While there is no right or wrong answer, having seen the extremes I’d like to offer you a framework for considering the right answer for yourselves. So why else would they invest if not as an option to re-up in the next round? These are all dumb reason to invest – of course. I love that. And it’s kind of true.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

It also says it allows GPs and smaller practices to offer ECG analysis to patients without needing to refer them to specialist hospitals. ” Cardiomatics said it will use the seed funding to invest in product development, expand its business activities in existing markets and gear up to launch into new markets.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

First off, let’s clarify that “nature co-design” refers to biomaterials, and “synthetic content creation” is about AI-generated text, images and audio, which pi expects to escalate from casual use cases to commercial. This time around, pi’s goal is to invest into 25 early-stage startups.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

At its most fundamental level, open banking refers to the process of using APIs to open up consumers’ financial data to third parties. This is not necessarily because open-banking frameworks offer specific new functionality that will be useful to small and medium-sized businesses. If the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

The round is being led by SoftBank, which is making the investment via Vision Fund 2. Temasek and the government of Singapore Investment Corp. Sidenote: BlackRock and Temasek separately kicked off an investment partnership yesterday , although it’s not clear if this falls into that remit.).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Open finance grew out of open banking, the same framework that Plaid and Tink are built on. Open banking refers mainly to payment accounts, while open finance, Finantier’s specialty, covers a larger gamut of services, including business lending, mortgages and insurance underwriting.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

In the months that followed, I helped Accel evaluate investment opportunities across a wide variety of digital sectors, with a particular focus on e-commerce, taking the opportunity to study those companies I might join or think of starting from scratch. But we don’t need perfection or freedom from risk. We just need to take the next step.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 1, 2013

Business : In some form, I walk through the Business Model Generation framework: value proposition, key activities, key partners, major assets, channels of distribution, customer segments, cost structure and revenue streams. At this point, I’m really interested and I’m trying to understand the investment risks better.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

Led by Prosperity7 Ventures — a $1 billion venture fund created by Saudi oil giant Aramco (the name is a reference to the first commercial well to strike oil in the country) — the round also includes previous Chinese backers Temasek’s Pavilion Capital, Hillhouse Capital, 5Y Capital, and Yunqi Capital.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 25, 2023

On the other hand, it’s crucial to be highly conscientious and demanding regarding adhering to processes and using best-practice frameworks like OKRs. Train your team to think like that; you will start investing your resources wisely and become much faster. That’s why I run experiments at scale.

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