Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Since the majority of VC returns come from a small number of deals, “obvious” investments seldom return such incredible multiples. I’m an equal opportunity funder but having a personal mission a few deals can be healthy, too. Startup Lessons'

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Often times, VCs have rushed to fund models without thinking much about the impact their companies make. They made a big splash in the VC fundraising scene, promising convenient services at great prices with nice margins, all "powered by tech". Take "on demand" economy companies, for example. it mentioned.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2017

I’ve known Jamie for years — he’s one of Los Angeles’ true innovators — so when we first heard he was starting Ring (then DoorBot) we were immediately interest and have been huge supporters (and funders) since his earliest days.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

CB Insights forecasts a roughly 20% drop in total VC investments from Q1 to Q2, leaving ambitious young companies scrambling to fight for scraps. Whether it’s dedicated impact funds or value-based venture capital firms, funders tend to back companies that have demonstrated their ability to scale.

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HPA

DECEMBER 8, 2021

HPA participated in the round, which included participation from other investors including Supply Change Capital, Aera VC, Sustainable Food Ventures, Hanfield Venture Partners, Lifely VC, Conscience VC, Kingfisher Capital, Big Idea Ventures, among others. Food tech startup Aqua Cultured Foods announced a $2.1M Pre-Seed Round.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

But when the seed-stage VC — a backer of e-bike maker Zoomo and solar data firm PVcase — debuted with a $13.6 In an email, Contrarian said it counts London-based tech VC Molten Ventures among its limited partners. So, if anything, it’s trendy. In 2017, PitchBook recorded 578 climate tech deals globally, altogether worth $12.5

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Regular readers will know that I am a huge fan and funder of teaching kids to code. I believe helping young people learn to think logically via coding exercises is helpful to their development in so many ways. So when I came across the NextMaker project on Kickstarter , I backed it instantly.

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2021

All Raise, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing the footprint of women founders and funders, has released its annual report for 2020. 64% of VC firms still don’t have a single female partner. 64% of VC firms still don’t have a single female partner. 85% of venture funding goes to all-male teams.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Further, if you don’t trust that VC to serve on your board then why would you take money from them in the first place? The place most good founders & funders settle is in setting up an “independent board.” One thing playing in your favor is that with exits at startups being prolonged most mature VCs are already on too many boards.

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Onevest

APRIL 1, 2015

By Michael "Luni" Libes In the traditional world of early stage, Angel and VC investing, money is local. Studies show that over 80% of funding at Angel groups and Series A VCs goes to businesses in the same city/region as the funders. Over in the impact investing space, this rule is not true.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. Flexible VC: A new model for startups targeting profitability. Jamie Finney is a founding partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund , where he blogs about his work on VC and small communities. More posts by this contributor. Jamie Finney.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 20, 2022

Defined as a type of private equity investor funding given to startups that have growth potential , VC can play a huge part in business growth success and can facilitate a number of startup-based costs. In fact, VC-based funding has boomed within the last decade, reaching a whopping $753B worth of investments since 2009.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2019

But if you have to start your VC list from scratch when you’re thinking of who will fund you next and all of your PR outreach is just a bunch fo cold e-mails, you’re starting from behind the eight ball in a way you wouldn’t have had to had you just participated in the public square that is social media in small amounts daily.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In order to make those investments, venture firms must first have the money, which means they’re not only just the funders, they’re fundraisers, too. But when you’re running a VC firm, especially as an emerging manager, how do you know which investors and limited partners (LPs) to target?

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Great Question’s seed round came from investors including Funders Club, January Capital, Nomo VC and Twenty-Two Ventures. The platform has been used to interview customers about product ideas and strategy, find product-market fit, conduct usability studies on UX designs and see how well marketing landing pages perform.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

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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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

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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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

A founding partner at AIX Ventures, a VC firm focused on AI startups, Abbeel also hosts The Robot Brains podcast, which explores what AI and robotics can do today and where they are headed. Milo Werner is a general partner at The Engine, a VC firm that helps deep tech companies bridge the gap between discovery and commercialization.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

The London-based VC aims to raise as much as $130 million more; that would mark quite a step up for the firm, which says it has funneled $30 million into 19 startups since 2018. Morgan , the world’s top funder of fossil fuels. . Last year, OpenInvest sold to J.P.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As Managing Directors of Techstars Seattle, we raised a series of funds from mostly local LPs, including participation from some of our best-known local VC firms, as well as many of the mentors who worked with the founders during and after each program.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

That includes angel investors, venture capitalists, and institutional funders associated with various stages of a startup’s growth. Venture capitalists (VC) typically seek businesses experiencing rapid growth and that meet their specific investment profile. A funded venture’s success is tied to the people running it.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

Same goes for SMB investment sites like Honeycomb Credit , The SMBX , and Worthy Bonds (business owners often fund others) and Prosper or Sofi (many funders have borrowed themselves).”. Rob Leclerc, Founding Partner, AgFunder , said, “We think of ourselves as a media company with VC as a business model. Ongoing information rights.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

This is important because when you have too many VCs on a board you only bring one kind of thinking to the board. Independents are critical to avoiding “VC group think.” They also get huge value from somebody who has run a large business and dealt with scaling challenges more than any VC on the board ever has.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

After the success of startups like Airbnb and smart-home players like Google, Amazon and Samsung, investors are “searching for good ideas and quality execution,” according to Jake Fingert and Lionel Foster of VC firm Camber Creek. ” Buy a TechCrunch+ membership before July 4, 2022 and save 50% on an annual subscription.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

It seems everything is doom and gloom in the U.S. venture market, between startup layoffs and declining venture deal counts to an essentially moribund exit environment. But there are bright spots, one of which being the Southeast region, which is on track for its best year yet. The Southeast region had its best quarter for funding on record in Q2.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

million in pre-Series A funding led by Nordic Eye Venture Capital, with participation from Tradeworks VC, Venture Catalysts, 9Unicorns and Blume Funders Fund. The startup announced today it has raised $2.5 The round also included returning investor Vinod Kumar Talreja.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Additional investors in the newest seed round and expanded credit facility include Village Global VC, Flexport Ventures, Tresalia Capital, 342 Capital, Struck Capital, Antler LLC, Antler Elevate, Florida Funders and Fox Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

But according to data from PitchBook, less than 2% of VC funding went to all-women-founded teams in 2021. It’s identical to what’s happening in Africa: Less than 1% of all VC dollars went toward startups with one or more women founders last year, according to The Big Deal , which details investments in Africa.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The list of funders is a bit long, but for the record: Star Castle VC led the round, with participation from Raytheon, Draper & Associates, Goff Capital, Cathexis Ventures, Plains VC, Victorum Capital, Stellar VC, Capital Factory, Echo Investments, and Hemisphere Ventures. They’ve raised $15.5

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Algorithm-based investing is getting more attention, with Rocketship VC flexing a data-driven investment strategy , ClearCo writing checks based on startup spend and Hum Capital using artificial intelligence to connect businesses to the available funders on the platform.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Base10 , a San Francisco-based VC firm that previously invested in flagship startup names like Figma , Notion and CircleCI , led today’s funding round. Some of Riot’s existing investors also put more money on the table, such as Y Combinator, Funders Club and Founders Future.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

Regardless of how groundbreaking their product idea might be, immigrant Americans will always be more wary of putting their eggs into the entrepreneurship basket, at least as long as 93% of all VC money continues to be controlled by white men. Team effect.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 7, 2024

Reiner Boehning, Managing Partner of ECP ForeStar, foresees Aymium’s innovative technology impacting industries and the importance of the funders in this inaugural project. 280 has the backing of top investors that include B uilders VC , G ideon Yu , and A lphabet, Inc., Japan Green Investment Corp.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

Outside NEA, other investors in the seed round included Reach Capital, Funders Club, Liquid2, Share Capital, SOMA Capital, Scribble VC and Hack VC. We “work to find the right storytellers in the company,” she said.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 27, 2024

The recent data from ACA for all Angel Groups shows a similar recent pattern, with only 7% in the $1-3 million range and 12% in the 3-6 million range: Source: TCA Venture Group, Angel Capital Association Angel Funders Report There are of course higher valuations (as expected) in Series A compared to Seed/Pre-Seed, and dispersion in each stage.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

AngelList Venture’s Avlok Kohli on rolling funds and the busy state of VC. AngelList pioneers rolling VC funds in pivot to SaaS. The idea with AngelList Stack is to take some of those mundane and arcane processes of starting a company, and make it simpler, said Kohli, who was a repeat founder before joining AngelList.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

They seek a VC model where dogma is less of a drag on the enterprise, and investment discovery can come from a wide network of smaller investors—mini LPs, in a way. Founders needn’t have revenue to draw VC investment, but they do need some way to show that they’ve validated the model. These are angels and VCs.

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