TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

VC has been invested over the past decade according to race, gender and educational background makes for grim reading — with all-ethnic teams and female entrepreneurs receiving just a fraction of available funding versus all-white teams and male founders. female entrepreneurs face in accessing VC funding versus male counterparts.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

Choosing the right mix of people can impact everything from fundraising to hiring: “Investors often ask founders about their board [because] it says a lot about their character, their judgment and their willingness to be challenged,” he writes. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. . Not today.”.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? VC Josh Kopelman makes the analogy of jet fuel vs. motorcycle fuel. VCs sell jet fuel which works well for jets; motorcycles are more common but need a different type of fuel. . So what is Revenue Based Investing? Absolutely not.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

We made a seed investment in Dronebase eight years ago about six months after the company was formed. Zietview does aerial inspections of buildings, renewable energy infrastructure, and telecommunications systems using advanced AI/ML software. So the company is in its ninth year. So it came time for a rebrand.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. In addition, their portfolios look far more diverse than VC industry norms. Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

VUZ , a social app that allows users to stream and experience immersive realism in extended reality (XR) and metaverse digital experiences, has raised $20 million in Series B investment. The Dubai-based VUZ says that this round which has seen it onboard a mix of U.S.- Seven existing investors participated as well. Asia, and Europe.

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TechCrunch

JULY 3, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission, including Reg CF and Reg A , from a mix of investors that don’t have to be accredited. Over the past few years, equity crowdfunding has shed much of the stigma that used to imply that only companies that weren’t good enough for VC raised this way.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

It might be useful to list some of the ways in which you can raise money for growth with and without outside investors. Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally generated funds.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

This is in contrast to better-known platforms like Western Union and Wise that use traditional banking systems. Last year while the startup graduated from YC, it claimed to be processing about $500,000 per month in transaction fees and is used in more than 30 countries. Pan-African VC firm Launch Africa led the seed round.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear. 1) Your school.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The VC world is attracted to the low-investment/high-returns model deep tech tends to offer, but it can also be impatient with the time it takes to get there. According to PitchBook, the VC world is also trending toward the megadeal ($100 million+), which doesn’t generally apply to early-stage startups with a handful of employees.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Applications in the metaverse often feel like more of a marketing gimmick than something that a critical mass of consumers would use, let alone pay for. To meet these expectations, both technology that is easy to use and accurate as well as high-quality software and content are needed.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The country has historically been capital-starved, but recent investments from the government and foreign investors have significantly increased access to early-stage venture capital funding. Last October, Elevate allocated $20 million to a fund managed by deep tech VC firm Pacific Channel.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 14, 2014

Last week, there was a Business Insider article measuring the percent of female founded companies that NYC seed funds invest in. Take the most widely used number--that way fewer women are getting venture funding than guys. Why so many mixed teams? In truth, that''s what''s actually driving my investments.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

Startups and VC Back in January, a $810 million deal fell apart to buy Angry Birds makers Rovio, but the company suggested they were still in talks with other potential interested parties. million in a seed investment round led by La Famiglia VC, Mike writes. Use code “DC” for a 15% discount on an annual subscription!

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

tax season that just wrapped up in April was particularly stressful for investors and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) alike, as both struggled with the implications of 2021’s crypto investing boom. New investor ParaFi Capital led the round alongside existing investor Bloccelerate VC, which led ZenLedger’s Series A last August.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The Netherlands’ ecosystem has been flourishing; more than $85 million was invested in regional startups in 2019 alone. In 2020, the venture industry continued to invest in startups, despite the COVID-19 crisis. For this survey, we interviewed the following Amsterdam-focused investors: • Janneke Niessen, partner, CapitalT VC.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Over the past decade, some of the biggest names in the tech, VC, automotive and aerospace industries have poured millions of dollars into developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. And that investment trend shows no sign of slowing any time soon. Will the public widely accept and use it?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

“We also use data from analyzing systemic and market changes such as government incentives for companies to become ‘greener.’ ’ This gives us data on future growth — or declining — sectors.” “ This is an area we will be increasingly investing in.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

based startup which uses machine learning technology to analyze a variety of visual data like satellite imagery and lidar with the goal of boosting accountability and credibility around carbon offsetting projects, has fast followed a $5.8 “We have a mix of customers spanning corporate buyers, traders and exchanges,” it adds.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

There are some smart if not somewhat cerebral bloggers I read who say that you shouldn’t take any startup advice at all because it’s too generalized to be useful to your situation. Because I’ve asked more than 100 VCs similar questions I start to notice patterns in thinking. So what IS one to do? Triangulate.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

That said, it’s not clear how much of the $115 million tranche is equity versus debt — a spokeswoman for the startup declined to provide a break down or a clear answer when we asked, saying only: “This round is a mix of equity and debt funding.” The final tranche of the D round was led by U.S. based rival NexTravel.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

Mubadala Investment Company led the round. You can program it and use it for all sorts of things. But it’s also expensive to use at times, with transaction fees jumping up and down. Startups and VC. A new social calendar : Hybridizing calendars and the to-do space, with a healthy mix of team focus, Amie is a neat idea.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2023

Startups and VC Is the grass greener on the other side? Mary Ann reports that Peter Ackerson has departed from his role as general partner at fintech-focused venture firm Fin Capital and started a new firm, Audere Capital , with the rather vague thesis of “championing American innovation through early-stage technology investment.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Returning investors include Canaan Partners, Global Founders Capital, Baleon Capital, Western Tech Investments and City Light Capital. This latest investment brings the company’s total amount of funding to nearly $28 million. Students have ongoing access to their mental health provider and also have tools to track their progress.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

But the foot traffic and location analytics startup saw growth in new categories, including consumer packaged goods (CPG) and hedge funds that use its tech to perform due diligence. Participants included Fifth Wall, Rahul Vohra and returning investors JBV Capital and Aleph VC.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

“Insurtech startups that do not offer embedded insurance, and rather provide other innovative solutions will still attract VC funding this year, especially if they can show cost-efficient and sustainable growth,” said Nina Mayer, a principal at Earlybird. And the current market is rather reinforcing our investment thesis.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

I am a VC. But through expressing points-of-view I can raise above the consciousness of my customers (entrepreneurs and limited partners who invest in VC funds) in ways that I couldn’t without breaking through the noise of the hundreds of others of VCs who also have money. I hand out money. They’re different.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

The fintech which provides credit lines for businesses has raised $17 million, funding that it will be using to bolster its offerings and expand geographically. The seed round was a mix of $7 million equity and $10 million debt. The company has also introduced some more features recently: revenue advances and instant payouts.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

” Despite the hype about ease of use, enterprise companies always ask customers to abandon familiar tools so they can learn something new. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. But more than that, this IPO is a useful measuring stick for keeping tabs on the IPO market as a whole.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Kikoff is hiring for 10 roles (a mix of hybrid and remote), including senior product manager, associate product manager, senior product designers, engineers and a growth marketing manager. Addepar , which makes software to track investment performance, is also actively hiring with roughly 50 open roles across the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. To learn more about how large a role FOMO plays in VC, Managing Editor Matt Burns spoke to a16z Partner Anish Acharya and Alex Bouaziz, CEO of payroll and compliance platform Deel on a recent episode of TechCrunch Live. opens in a new window) license.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Before we get into this week’s show notes, some programming items: First up, use code “EQUITY” for a special listener discount for Disrupt tickets. We’re mere days away, and you should come hang out with us when we record on opening day! That behind us, what did Mary Ann, Natasha and Alex get into today? A whole host of things.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

A group of four Black women, two with MBAs from Wharton, and the other two with PhDs from MIT, founded Parfait because they believed they could build a better and more efficient way to design and build these wigs using technology. They brought the idea to market and have gotten a $5 million seed investment led by Upfront Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

Dmg Ventures (the VC arm of the Daily Mail Group) and DN Capital co-led the equity-based seed funding, with VentureFriends and unnamed individuals in the tech world also participating. But in the process of planning out how factory14 might differentiate itself in that mix, Steinbruch said it found some distinct differences.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Now, a startup called Deepdub is capitalizing on the growing demand for localized content by automating parts of the dubbing process using AI technology. What’s more, it does this by using just a few minutes of the actors’ voices — so the dubbed version sounds more like the original.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In fact, it’s been used for decades in aerospace applications, to power everything from satellites to the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope. The investment comes around a year after EnerVenue raised a $12 million seed. The legacy technology also uses a ceramic separator, another high cost.

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