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TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Last year was a good 12 months of firsts for African tech startups. It turns out that while later-stage investors, mostly international VC firms, grabbed headlines by writing immense checks, pre-seed and seed-stage investors were instrumental to the growth of the continent’s tech ecosystem.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 16, 2021
Juan Carlos Hernández is the executive director at parallel18 , a top-level, performance-driven international startup program with a social mission, part of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust. Startup markets around the world are heating up, and more investors are competing against each other for the best deals.
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TechCrunch
AUGUST 17, 2022
Before you raise money as a cash-strapped fledgling startup, it can feel like every problem you are experiencing would go away if you just had some money in the bank. At TechCrunch, it often seems as if every other startup story is about yet another fun company raising satchels full of venture capital. I have two day jobs.
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
She was pitching for a pre-seed round of $400k. The startup ecosystem is a terrific manufacturer of bad fundraising advice. Founders hit the street with their pitch deck, some make it, and some don’t, but nearly all of them ascribe a lot more human influence over the process than there probably is. I’m a female founder.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
APRIL 13, 2021
It is a little known part of my career, but for a brief period from 1997 to 2001, I was part of a small group of investors who helped to create a startup ecosystem in Latin America. She pulled me over after the meeting and asked me if there were other startup companies like StarMedia in Latin America.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 16, 2022
If you’ve read anything about pitching your company, you’ve probably come across advice that says that you need a warm introduction to an investor. A “warm introduction” is one made by someone the VC knows well, by someone relevant. You don’t need an intro for that. Mine your LinkedIn connections.
Revolution
AUGUST 2, 2022
Rise of the Rest also hosted a Northwest Arkansas Startup Community Roundtable to help connect individuals within the regional innovation ecosystem with those visiting for the Heartland Summit to share experiences, challenges, and best practices for supporting entrepreneurs. with more than a few Foxtrot pit stops in between.
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