Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. LPs Still Believe Strongly in Venture Capital as a Diverse Source of Returns. That’s money that fuels our startup ecosystems.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2024

The summit offers an unparalleled opportunity for learning, networking, and investment discovery, specifically tailored to empower the black entrepreneurial ecosystem. Additionally, the ACA’s Angel University pre-summit seminars offer deep dives into crucial topics like angel exit strategies and startup board management.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify Boston has had a thriving tech startup ecosystem for a while, but things can change fast. After setting records in 2021 as “Zoom investing” took off, how are local startups faring in 2023?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

According to Startup Genome , Beijing, London, Silicon Valley, Stockholm, Tel Aviv are some of the world’s best startup ecosystems. Startup ecosystems from emerging markets excluding China and India didn’t make the organisations’ top 40 list last year. . A three-way marketplace.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In 2014, Prayank Swaroop made a pitch to the storied venture firm Accel, where he worked as an associate, about future marketplaces in India. At the time, Flipkart and Snapdeal were the only two e-commerce startups in India that had shown a semblance of scale. Swaroop’s presentation from 2014. Image credits: Accel).

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

One of the first decisions we had to make in setting up our new VC fund, Versatile Venture Capital , was our CRM and marketing technology infrastructure. . Linkedin : Versatile Venture Capital / David Teten personal. Tim Friedman, Founder, PEStack , and a Venture Partner with Versatile Venture Capital , said, . “We

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2021

Among those mentioned was a widening opportunity gap and rising economic inequality — topics that are also fundamentally shaping startups in Silicon Valley, Pittsburgh and elsewhere. It’s also free to apply to pitch your startup at the event ( click here to apply ). The Duolingo EC-1. How Duolingo became a $2.4B

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

You’ll find innumerable opportunities within your own sector, plus the rare chance to explore collaboration across different industries — all under one roof. The Startup Battlefield 200 Thousands of early-stage startups have applied to join the Startup Battlefield 200 cohort this year. Presented by Llama Lounge.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 4, 2021

Detroit’s future is in the hands of young, dynamic doers who embrace the opportunity to achieve their personal goals and contribute to the greater good of the local community. One such rising star in our region is 31-year-old Cory Tincher, a senior associate at Detroit Venture Partners. His story is both exhilarating and exemplary.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Deep Dive Africa 2019 - Pitch day. Deep Dive Africa exists to drive investor interest from Europe – and at the same time, to prepare African ventures to receive (foreign) capital. Investors will enjoy a tour of the startup ecosystem in each of these cities.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. hit nearly $1.8

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TechCrunch

APRIL 2, 2023

Allison Baum Gates Contributor Share on Twitter Allison Baum Gates is a general partner at early-stage venture capital fund SemperVirens, and the author of Breaking into Venture. I spent the better part of my first five years in venture capital on a plane (mostly in middle seats in economy, to be exact). Then I hit the road.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

Having spent close on a decade working in and reporting on our small but burgeoning startup ecosystem, and a decade before that “building my chops” in other various entrepreneurial endeavours, I am familiar with the toll that entrepreneurship can exact on founder mental health.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Venture-backed: 42 years.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

Louis, Missouri-based venture capital firm soon after completing high school, 23-year-old Williams has backed dozens of companies — with a special interest in agtech and biotech and including a couple of very large tech companies that he’s not at liberty to mention. When did you first become interested in venture capital?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Further insights from our 2020 Pitch Deck Interest metrics also indicate that the experience in the seed round is amplified in an unprecedented market environment. As CEO of DocSend, this data on The Funding Divide was important to capture and share with the startup ecosystem to help create awareness for underrepresented founders.

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

At the end of each tour day, we hosted a pitch competition where a local startup received a $100,000 investment from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. For the pitch competitions in Orlando, Tampa Bay, Miami, and Puerto Rico, innovative startups based within a 100-mile radius of a tour stop were invited to apply.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Horizon Capital , an investment firm based out of Kyiv, is in the process of raising a $250 million fund that it plans to use to back tech startups in the country and neighboring Moldova. The startup ecosystem in Ukraine is, arguably, in an even more precarious state when considering all of the above. and Catherine T.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Thriving, healthy ecosystems are defined more by the health of their interactions and connections between the elements than the individual elements. Effective mapping initiatives can reveal opportunities to leverage new connections, partnerships, and collaborations. What kind of information should you look for? Don’t overcomplicate it.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Today, there’s a wall of new exciting things to look at…including, among other things, an opportunity Neesha has for you if you’re running a space startup: Apply to pitch onstage at TC Sessions: Space 2022 ! Cold outreach with a warm touch: Here’s the fast pitch we emailed to investors. That was yesterday.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Zappos also offers opportunities to learn about its company culture, which you can apply to your business. Boulder is quickly becoming a startup mecca on par with Silicon Valley — largely due to the Techstars accelerator, which has cultivated the city’s startup ecosystem. Boulder, Colorado. Nashville, Tennessee.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Weirdly, this seems underrated in the startup ecosystem. “VCs looking only at ‘proven’ founders are seeing correlation, not causality, and missing out on opportunities,” Haro said. That VCs are missing out on opportunities doesn’t keep me awake at night.

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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. Venture firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is the largest and one of the best-known funding sources for web3 startups. Welcome to the first day of TechCrunch Disrupt !

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Venture-backed: 42 years.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Minneapolis is quickly solidifying itself as one of the Midwest’s most important startup ecosystems. Next week, on Wednesday, September 7, our crew is set to interview some of the best startups and investors, and speak on the area’s recent fundings, best practices and strategies. 2:20pm CT: Pitch-off.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Austin made headlines in 2021 for being “the place” for startup founders and venture capitalists alike to set up shop. That’s why TechCrunch has chosen to shine a spotlight on the city with a special episode of TechCrunch Live centered on the growing startup scene in Austin, Texas. Register here. It’s free.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

The campus provides an apt environment where SMEs and startups can exchange information with high-tech research institutes and large global companies. This hub aims to merge different industrial sectors, mostly within information and communications technology, to create new business opportunities and foster the growth of startups.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

managing director, The Lithuanian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. Gabriele Poteliunaite , associate, Change Ventures. Alex Gibb , partner, Katalista Ventures. Jone Vaituleviciute , partner, Startup Wise Guys. Alex Gibb , partner, Katalista Ventures. Jone Vaituleviciute , partner, Startup Wise Guys.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

As I write this, days after the 2012 presidential election, I’m probably not alone in feeling relieved that the political jeering and soapboxing that reached a feverish pitch during the seemingly endless campaign season has finally subsided. misses an opportunity. Securities Regulation. Intellectual Property.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2022

Register Kickstart Ventures , one of the most active venture capital firms in the Philippines, celebrates its 10th anniversary with a renewed commitment to invest in startups across the Philippines, and in major innovation hubs in Southeast Asia and beyond. on its first year.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

. “For people working at those startups, that means some (in some cases, all) of their employee stock options spent 2022 underwater,” writes Secfi CEO Frederik Mijnhardt. Here’s some candid advice for late-stage startup workers: Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. That’s no hot take.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2023

Set in Boston this year, Early Stage will host sessions with advice and takeaways from top experts and provide opportunities to meet entrepreneurs taking incredible journeys. But is it possible for a smaller open source project to find its way into this land of commercial opportunity? Trust me, it’ll be worth the trek.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Ann Arbor continues to be one of the top growing tech ecosystems around the country with some of the best startups to watch. They have been recognized for this innovation in FreightDocs, FreightWaves, and Venture Michigan. Mid-sized top startups in Ann Arbor. RightBrain Networks. Workit Health.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

I remember the Demo Day in 2007 where DropBox presented to about 30 Boston area Angels and Venture Capital investors. Seeing little opportunity here, Drew and Arash moved the company to Silicon Valley later that year. You will present in front of hundreds of the most successful Angel investors and Venture Capital investors.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

For this survey, TechCrunch spoke to a number of investors about the area’s potential, opportunities and key players. They see a huge opportunity for the region to become a major startup hub by utilizing its diverse workforce and wonderful quality of life. Mark Volchek, founding partner, Las Olas Venture Capital.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

My previous startup was bootstrapped, easy, fast, and 100% control. Giving the same pitch, sending the same email, and answering the same questions over and over again. Being active in the startup ecosystem is very important and gives you a chance to connect with like-minded people and brainstorm ideas together.

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