This is going to be BIG.

MAY 31, 2022

So, it wasn’t too surprising when I got back my results from Base (a subscription data-driven personal health company also in the BBV portfolio) that my cholesterol, particularly by LDL (bad cholesterol) had ticked up to the point where I needed to do something about it.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Financial institutions are waiting for the SEC and other regulators to pass rules about how to disclose emissions from their portfolio companies. It allows financial institutions to exchange carbon information with their portfolio companies and limited partners securely, and collaborate to identify carbon hotspots. million AUD.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2023

There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s our job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann and Christine Brex bid for SVB portfolios The FDIC finally released the various financial institutions that bid for parts of Silicon Valley Bank’s portfolio. Have a wonderful week ahead!!

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peer-to-peer startup mix-use SaaS 112

FundersClub

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

We'd like to congratulate FundersClub portfolio companies on their ongoing progress, as well as to welcome aboard their new VC investor partners. Selected recent FundersClub portfolio company follow-on rounds and events: DoorDash completed an IPO. We became early shareholders via their acquisition of portfolio company, Rickshaw.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Microtraction , an early-stage venture capital firm based in Lagos, Nigeria, saw funding nearly quadruple for its portfolio. In a review of the year published last week, the firm noted that 21 companies in its portfolio have raised more than $33 million in funding. The rest were unannounced.

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FundersClub

MAY 18, 2021

We'd like to congratulate FundersClub portfolio companies on their ongoing progress, as well as to welcome aboard their new VC investor partners. Selected recent FundersClub portfolio company follow-on rounds and events: Coinbase held a successful direct listing on NASDAQ on April 14 under the ticker COIN.

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venture capital VC investing investment 103

FundersClub

AUGUST 6, 2021

We'd like to congratulate FundersClub portfolio companies on their ongoing progress, as well as to welcome aboard their new VC investor partners.

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SaaS VC investing investment 103

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Who is actually building a portfolio whose founders reflect the diversity of the greater population? I went back and calculated the number of companies in the first Brooklyn Bridge Ventures portfolio who have at least one founder who is female, from an underrepresented minority group, or LGBT.

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venture capital capital ventures VC 336

NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 31, 2021

Andrew Chen shares his takeaways from the second instalment on Portfolio Management, held in Wellington on 13 May 2021. Participants heard about both the theory and reality of portfolio management from three different experiences: Marcel van den Assum provided the angel investor perspective, having invested in over 50 companies over 15 years.

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FundersClub

OCTOBER 20, 2021

We'd like to congratulate FundersClub portfolio companies on their ongoing progress, as well as to welcome aboard their new VC investor partners. Selected recent FundersClub portfolio company follow-on rounds and events: GitLab (NASDAQ: GTLB), a SaaS platform for DevOps, completed a successful public listing on October 14, 2021.

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real estate SaaS construction investing 91

The Seraf Compass

AUGUST 21, 2019

I believe building a diverse portfolio is critical to success as an angel investor. But when I first sat down to write an article on diversification of angel investments, I knew right away I was facing a serious challenge. Numerous articles have been written on aspects of this topic:

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angel investing investing investment 130

TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

And because a birthday sounds like a good opportunity to share some metrics, the portfolio companies have reached a valuation of $2 billion together — only 18 months after reaching $1 billion. With 30 portfolio companies, there are now 1,500 people working for an eFounders-backed company. And it’s been working well.

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SaaS startup entrepreneurship consulting 82

Haystack

DECEMBER 27, 2018

About a year ago, I tracked down a VC who gave a talk I heard about where he referenced the phrase “Your portfolio is your path,” it stuck out in my mind because amid all the noise, it was simple, brief, and yet still open to interpretation. “Your portfolio is your path.” The portfolio is, indeed, your path.

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FundersClub

OCTOBER 20, 2020

We'd like to congratulate FundersClub portfolio companies on their ongoing progress, as well as to welcome aboard their new VC investor partners. Selected recent FundersClub portfolio company follow-on rounds: Rippling was minted a unicorn with the close of a $145M Series B led by Founders Fund.

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VC enablement investing investment 91

FundersClub

JULY 15, 2020

We'd like to congratulate FundersClub portfolio companies on their ongoing progress, as well as to welcome aboard their new VC investor partners. Selected recent FundersClub portfolio company follow-on rounds: Instacart closed a round of financing led by DST Global, General Catalyst, and T.

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VC financing finance ventures 91

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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venture capital accelerator capital ventures 81

AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 21, 2022

Register Fintech firm Validus announced that it has agreed with Citi to acquire its CitiBusiness loan portfolio in Singapore, in a move that will bolster Validus’ top line revenue, customer base, and expand its growing loan book. As we continue our relentless focus on growth, today’s acquisition marks a new inflection point for us.

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FundersClub

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

We'd like to congratulate FundersClub portfolio companies on their ongoing progress, as well as to welcome aboard their new VC investor partners. Selected recent FundersClub portfolio company follow-on rounds: Gecko Robotics announced its $40M Series B led by Drive Capital for its industrial inspections robotics and software company.

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VC investing investment capital 91

FundersClub

MAY 25, 2020

We'd like to congratulate FundersClub portfolio companies on their ongoing progress, as well as to welcome aboard their new VC investor partners.

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VC investing investment founder 91

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2020

K nowing how to hop on quick Zoom calls, Hangouts, and phone calls, with portfolio companies, to help put out fires, and doing all board meetings remotely, and all that sort of stuff.

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FundersClub

OCTOBER 17, 2018

We'd like to congratulate FundersClub portfolio companies on their ongoing progress, as well as to welcome aboard their new VC investor partners. Selected recent FundersClub portfolio company follow-on rounds: GitLab announced its $100M Series D, led by ICONIQ, and minting it a new $B portfolio company. We invested at Seed.

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collaboration VC investing investment 70

FundersClub

AUGUST 14, 2019

We'd like to congratulate FundersClub portfolio companies on their ongoing progress, as well as to welcome aboard their new VC investor partners.

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education VC investing investment 70

Haystack

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

The first wave of reactions centered around the importance of diversification in a portfolio. There are countless posts on portfolio construction, or how many investments are ideal in a venture portfolio, and so forth. I totally agree diversification is an important concept to help protect LPs and maximize returns for the GP.

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construction VC investing investment 83

TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Will it be the legacy investors with years of experience amassed through multiple market cycles — but who also have a sizable portfolio to worry about — or the emerging managers who are looking at the market with fresh eyes and a clean slate? One thing these managers are better equipped to help their portfolio plan for is runway.

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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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venture capital accelerator capital ventures 56

Hunter Walk

MARCH 3, 2022

For those who’ve been around a while, it’s fair to read this post and assume I’m slagging on Bessemer Venture Partners, as far as I can tell the originator of the public anti-portfolio concept. But I’m not! Like many things, the original intention was pure and introspective.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Will it be the legacy investors with years of experience amassed through multiple market cycles — but who also have a sizable portfolio to worry about — or the emerging managers who are looking at the market with fresh eyes and a clean slate? One thing these managers are better equipped to help their portfolio plan for is runway.

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financing finance VC investing 65

Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 26, 2021

Securing that precious capital has been the primary goal of every founder in our portfolio at one point or another, and along the way they have become familiar with the beginning of the venture capital path yet may not be familiar with ends and outs of portfolio management. So, what happens AFTER your startup gets funded?

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David Teten VC

MAY 9, 2021

I just spoke at the London Business School Multiple:X conference Friday on How Private Equity and VC Investors Increase Portfolio Company Success , based on my Journal of Private Equity research study. I’ve embedded below my presentation and the video. -->. If this was helpful to you, please sign up for my newsletter.

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FundersClub

OCTOBER 31, 2019

We'd like to congratulate FundersClub portfolio companies on their ongoing progress, as well as to welcome aboard their new VC investor partners. Selected recent FundersClub portfolio company follow-on rounds: Embark Trucks announced its $70M Series C led by Tiger Global to continue rollout of its autonomous trucking fleet.

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SaaS VC financing finance 70

FundersClub

JANUARY 15, 2019

We'd like to congratulate FundersClub portfolio companies on their ongoing progress, as well as to welcome aboard their new VC investor partners. Selected recent FundersClub portfolio company follow-on rounds: Coinbase announced its $300M Series E, led by Tiger Global, at a pre-money of $8B.

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FundersClub

APRIL 15, 2019

We'd like to congratulate FundersClub portfolio companies on their ongoing progress, as well as to welcome aboard their new VC investor partners. Selected recent FundersClub portfolio company follow-on rounds: Chainalysis announced its $30M Series B led by Accel.

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transportation VC support capital 70

Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The ballpark minimum premiums for portfolio company D&O depends on many factors but can be as little as $1,000 for a “start-up” depending on the industry. Q: Are you focused on our angel groups or on our portfolio companies? This program is designed to help both angel groups and portfolio companies in a big way.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

A much-anticipated market downturn may finally be here, and investors have been preparing for it by diversifying their portfolios away from the traditional stock and bond holdings, and into alternative assets such as collectibles.

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financing finance investing investment 82

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 12, 2019

This Regional Director/Portfolio Manager position serves as principal point-of-contact for those seeking financial investment and business support services from Ben Franklin/CNP in our Southern Alleghenies Region which includes Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntington, Indiana and Somerset counties. Apply online at [link].

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

In 2008, I tried to fundraise for my startup the week that Lehman Brothers went under. You can imagine how well that worked out. Basically, VCs told us that they were going to wait and see how the election turned out--and things didn't really thaw out until the following September.

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FundersClub

JULY 20, 2018

We'd like to congratulate FundersClub portfolio companies on their ongoing progress, as well as to welcome aboard their new VC investor partners.

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