Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

I was out to raise my first seed money in my second startup of $500,000. Firms like Baseline, Felicis, ff Ventures, Founder Collective, Freestyle, HomeBrew, IA Ventures, K9, Lowercase, NextView, Resolute, Rincon, Crosscut and the countless other great firms we all now know didn’t exist.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2023

startup ecosystem lost an important business partner. Although SVB’s failure can’t be blamed on the venture ecosystem, some policymakers have joined the general public in maligning the bank’s depositors — in large part venture-backed startups. This negative narrative has immense implications for the venture community.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Pydantic , the popular Python library and open source data-validation framework used by some of the world’s biggest companies, has a new commercial namesake and the backing of one of Silicon Valley’s most storied venture capital (VC) firms. Pydantic Services Inc. emerges from stealth today with $4.7 and Europe. .”

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Register Elev8 Venture Partners , the venture investor backed by India’s leading early-stage platform Venture Catalysts, is launching a $200-million fund that will focus on growth-stage, tech-driven companies in India. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

I’ve recently advised a number of emerging private equity and VC funds who are wrestling with the question: What are the highest impact steps they can take to support their portfolio companies? . Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. I love how transparently Danielle lives her startup (& encourages other to join in) because it provides much needed transparency to other startups. Let’s set up a framework. Gross Burn vs. Net Burn.

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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. Given the school’s past in spinning out successful startup founders, it unsurprisingly had no trouble raising $1.5 You can’t buy a community, so make it worth it.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 16, 2014

That does not mean telling them how to run the company, but to help them create a management discipline--a framework for thinking about problems and solutions. If I can provide helpful context about some of the seed stage startup best practices, great, but they know their company best. Venture Capital & Technology'

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

VC funds Frst and Fabric Ventures are teaming up to create Le Crypto Fellowship. And they think they might foster the most promising crypto startups if they don’t have any preconceived idea and team yet. Frst and Fabric Ventures think they can create the right framework to incentivize the next generation of entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

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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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Ann Miura-Ko has been called “ the most powerful woman in startups ” by Forbes and is a lecturer in entrepreneurship at Stanford. The child of a rocket scientist at NASA, Ann is a Palo Alto native and has been steeped in technology startups from when she was a teenager. Pitch your startup for an opportunity to meet with Floodgate.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

An example: “growth at all costs” is a fairy tale made possible by cheap money that helped venture capitalists set expectations for founders — and each other — for years. “Growth at all costs” is a fairy tale made possible by cheap money that helped VCs set expectations for founders — and each other.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

I’ve recently advised a number of emerging private equity and VC funds who are wrestling with the question: What are the highest impact steps they can take to support their portfolio companies? . Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Today is amongst the proudest days I’ve had at Upfront Ventures — getting the chance to announce that Kevin Zhang has been promoted to Partner. years at Upfront has been both a pleasure and also has taught me a lot about venture capital. I mentioned at the start that Kevin has taught me something about Venture Capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

history is going to reshape the startup ecosystem for years to come. Who’s most vulnerable, who stands to benefit, and what are some of the long-term implications for VC? Hopefully, after Silicon Valley Bridge Bank winds up its operations, a viable business will move in. But that’s just one street corner.

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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.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Bobby Franklin is the president and CEO of the National Venture Capital Association. Taking stock of the VC industry’s progress on diversity, equity and inclusion. The startup ecosystem is unique. Those that do succeed graduate to other levels of financing, including angel or venture capital. Bobby Franklin.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

If you’re a founder who finds yourself in a meeting with a VC, try to remember two things: You’re the smartest person in the room. A VC shares 5 things no one told you about pitching VCs. When VCs turned to Zoom, Chicago startups were ready for their close-up. I hope you have an excellent weekend.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 9, 2018

Traditional venture investing is challenging. The traditional answer of most VCs to the question of “edge” is a combination of the said and the unsaid. What VCs most typically talk about are: – Industry expertise. Many VCs focus on specific verticals, usually based on the sector in which a VC initially made her reputation.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

The judges for this pitch-off will be Yoon Choi (Muirwoods Ventures), Mar Hershenson (Pear VC) and Gabriel Scheer (Elemental Excelerator) on day one; and Sven Strohband (Khosla Ventures), Victoria Beasley (Prelude Ventures) and John Du (GM Ventures) on day two. Startups pitching on the main stage.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

At Rise of the Rest, we’ve spent years traversing the country, spotlighting emerging startup hubs, and building a network of entrepreneurial champions and ecosystem builders beyond Silicon Valley, New York City, and Boston. Market : The startup is addressing a significant, often underserved, need or problem in the market.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 13, 2010

There are a lot of great venture capitalists who started out as entrepreneurs like Vinod Khosla or Josh Kopelman. Many entrepreneurs turned VCs wind up going back, but to start out on the investment side and then successfully launch a company seems to happen much less frequently. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. 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. Flexible VC offers you this.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. 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. Flexible VC offers you this.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

” Here’s who he interviewed: Clelia Warburg Peters, venture partner, Bain Capital Ventures. Christopher Yip, partner and managing director, RET Ventures. Pre-seed round funding is under scrutiny: Is VC pandemic posturing here to stay? Clubhouse’s hockey-stick growth is something most startups would kill for.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2023

It’s too early to determine whether SVB’s downfall heralds a new era for venture capital, but based on anecdotal evidence, off-the-record discussions and chats with co-workers, it seems like we’re back to business as usual as far as pre-revenue startup fundraising is concerned. Más o menos.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Especially if you name your firm Conviction, as Sarah Guo did after leaving Greylock following a decade of investing for the well-known venture group. Think of venture in innings. Part of the allure of startups is that when things don’t go wrong, which they often do, you might just find yourself as an early employee of a rocket ship.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

The crypto venture capital industry has become more selective thanks to the general market downturn and wavering trust caused by a slew of scandals and market disruptions, but investors at major firms are still writing checks in the space. We surveyed: Michael Anderson , co-founder, Framework Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2022

The market for startup investment has changed. From the hottest year in startup venture capital history to a period of pessimism, how did we get to where we are today? We start with a historical run of stories beginning last December, threading through the start of the year until we reach the latest data from the VC ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Venture capitalists are like judges at a gymnastics competition: Each pitch will be assessed for its technical quality and difficulty, but execution and artistry is just as important. 5 lessons we’ve learned from building a venture fund from scratch. ” 5 lessons we’ve learned from building a venture fund from scratch.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Register The intersection of science and venture capital can do wonders and uncover a champion in a city like Silicon Valley. In the epicenter of tech, where innovation thrives, Alex Luce bridges materials science and venture capital, carving a niche as a Partner at Creative Ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I recently filmed a show for This Week in Venture Capital in which I talked about how to prepare for a VC meeting: whom you’ll meet, who should attend from your side, what materials you should bring and how you should run the meeting. The “Triple Play&# of VC Presentations. But take prompts from the VC.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

You don’t need to move to San Francisco to launch a startup, but working here does have some advantages: moderate weather, natural beauty, great food, and sure, the world’s largest concentration of venture capital. ” Thanks very much for reading. Have a great weekend!

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2022

private market investors who adopted environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) frameworks — the very few thus far — did so to evaluate a potential company or investment on how it approached areas like sustainability or diversity. Traditionally, U.S.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Yeah, baby, we are ready to jump right into a jam-packed day dedicated to the growth and success of the entire early-stage startup ecosystem. Head to the expo hall each day to check out early-stage Startup Battlefield 200 exhibitors and sponsor booths. Billionaire Marc Lore sold his startup to an everything store, twice.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2021

Still, most startups persist in releasing products aimed at serving younger users, says Lawrence Kosick, co-founder of GetSetUp, an edtech company that targets 50+ learners. Her current employer is sponsoring her for an EB-2 green card, and our startup wants to hire her as a senior engineer. What happens to her green card process?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. These events aren’t just a chance to review the latest cohort of hopeful entrepreneurs — they also showcase the technology, products and services that will compete for VC and consumer attention over the next few years. That startup was DoorDash, by the way.

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