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5 Ways to Encourage More Women Into Careers in VC

Entrepreneur's Handbook

What can we do to attract more women investors, and to change the types of startups, products, and services that are funded? Photo Credit: Fortune Adding to the lack of female representation in the industry, research also shows that only 8% of the investment professionals at the top 25 VC firms are women. higher fund returns and see 9.7%

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Extra Crunch roundup: Build a founding team, choose a VC and recruit your board

TechCrunch

Assembling a startup team is harder than assembling 10 IKEA dressers, and the stakes are much, much higher. Starting with the assumption that 90% of startups will fail and the most successful ones take an average of six years to IPO, founders must make careful decisions about whom they invite to join the core team. Enterprise AI 2.0:

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Betaworks’ new ‘camp’ aims to fund transformative early-stage AI startups

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In a sign that the seed-stage AI segment is still alive and kicking, Betaworks, the startup studio and VC firm, is launching a new program that’ll award around ten companies working on AI $500,000 in funding. “Some laws and frameworks that we have today will apply and others will need to be made,” Borthwick added.

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Founders who don’t properly vet VCs set up both parties for failure

TechCrunch

Before entering the world of VC, he was the CEO of a Spanish fintech company and launched his own startup in the edtech space. Three in five founders who were promised added value by their VCs felt duped by their negative experience. To stay competitive, VCs have to at least advertise that they have more than deep pockets.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten VC

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. raised money from VCs and 7.7% More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. A new category of VCs have emerged offering a hybrid between VC and RBI, which we call “Flexible VC”. .

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten VC

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. 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? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. 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? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?