American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 16, 2025

The surge in energy demand, driven largely by AI data centers, is spurring Terabases innovative approach to digitalizing and automating solar power plant deployment supported by recent funding. Were pleased to support this vision as Terabase redefines how the world builds renewable energy infrastructure.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 1, 2021

The emergence of raising money and supporting investments on Zoom has made it possible to have a much broader reach than was possible a few years ago. It takes a long time, at least five years and more likely a decade, to know how changes in the startup economy and venture capital will play out. And we are doing exactly that.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Most VCs did well academically and had enough career success that a venture firm was willing to give them an investment role or they were able to raise their own fund. The biggest difference we can make is helping support talented teams with complementary talent. Fundamentally venture capital is about human capital.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

It's a story that just hit a milestone--a $4mm round of venture funding that I'm ecstatic to say Brooklyn Bridge Ventures just led. But just because you could see them everywhere doesn't make them an obvious venture bet--nor does it tell the story of how the round even came to be.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was. Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures A question I often hear is “how is Upfront changing given the current market?” What do you do with a $650 million platform?

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 2, 2025

The venture firms newly launched Fund will fuel food, beverage, and snack innovation. Taste Tomorrow Ventures (TTV), a new early-stage venture capital firm dedicated to investing in the next generation of consumer food, beverage, and snack brands, announced the closing of its $30 million TTV Fund I.

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Dream It

APRIL 21, 2020

Here are some common red flags for venture investors: Red Flag #1 : Ask isn’t tied to specific fundable milestones. Investors want to see founders supported, rewarded, and aligned to continue creating future enterprise value. Luckily, there is a formula you can use to answer it. Red Flag #2 : Round prices equity too high or too low.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Revolution Ventures Invests in Oula, the Maternity Care Startup Combining the Best of Obstetrics and Midwifery Oula will use the $28M Series B to open additional clinics and launch new services. How They Do It: Oula’s offering centers on midwifery with support from OB/GYNs. employer of midwives. For more on Oula, visit oulahealth.com.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 10, 2023

While all entrepreneurs face similar pressures, those under age 45 are twice as likely to ask for mental health support vs. those over age 45. My company offers free mental health support for our 150 team members. It The post Bridging the Age-Driven Gap in Mental Health Support for Entrepreneurs first appeared on The EO Blog.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 19, 2025

New multi-strategy venture fund addresses capital alignment challenges with equity and credit options tailored for scaling companies in regulated industries. Lioncrest Ventures has officially launched with the debut of a $100 million multi-strategy investment platform designed to support growth-stage technology companies.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 21, 2025

Creator Ventures, founded in 2022 by cousins Sasha Kaletsky and Caspar Lee , is uniquely positioned to invest in the next wave of AI-enabled consumer applications, marketplaces, creative tools, and SaaS platforms reshaping the digital landscape. Thats what we bring. Its Fund I (20222025) already shows 0.3x

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Hunter Walk

APRIL 21, 2025

I entered venture capital with some beliefs – many of which still hold true (such as ‘your LPs are your business partners, not your customers’). Every venture firm who has held crypto tokens/coins have made buy/sell decisions and some even have a trading desk equivalent. We hold until the founders and company exit.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 18, 2025

a pioneering company in quantum computing hardware, has secured a significant investment from Applied Ventures, LLC, the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, Inc. With the support of Applied Ventures and other industry partners, Qolab is well-positioned to push the boundaries of what is possible in quantum technology.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 7, 2025

StackOne, the London-based AI-powered integration platform, has secured $20 million in Series A funding led by Google Ventures (GV) that also included Workday Ventures, XTX Ventures, Episode 1, Playfair, and angel investors from leading technology companies such as OpenAI, DeepMind, Microsoft, and Mulesoft.

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The Seraf Compass

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Steven Wamathai is the General Partner and Co-Founder of FrontEnd Ventures, a Kenya-focused venture capital fund committed to supporting local and diverse founder teams that are passionate about innovating and changing their value chains.

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Revolution

MARCH 26, 2025

Ive been grateful to see that support firsthand throughout my careerwhether through the passage of the JOBS Act , the creation of Opportunity Zones , or, most recently, the Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs (Tech Hubs) initiative. were on the platform. Based in Washington, D.C., I have more like them, but not nearlyenough.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In support of military Veteran-founded startups, the Fund focuses on space, AI, and cybersecurity leveraging a veteran’s leadership. Its mission is to support and empower veterans across the U.S. The Fund’s team values the unique experience that veterans bring to startup ventures. in their journey post-service.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 3, 2025

The company, which focuses on providing personalized nutrition support has successfully raised $7.9 Other investors that participated in this funding round include Rethink Impact, Collab Capital, Collide Capital, Vamos Ventures, Tensility Venture Partners, Cake Ventures, and GW Ventures.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Since first investing in Oklahoma startups in 1999, i2E, and now its independent Venture Capital Fund management partner, Plains Ventures, have managed numerous early-stage debt and equity investment funds, making 452 investments in more than 250 companies. Alkami , Oklahoma’s first unicorn, was valued at $3.1 About i2E, Inc.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Sony Group announced today that it has established Sony Innovation Fund: Africa (SIF: AF), a program that will support the growth of entertainment businesses in Africa.

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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. Where we went: Houston, TX ?? Where we went: Charleston, SC ??

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Revolution

JANUARY 18, 2024

Revolution Ventures Invests in Kashable, the Fintech Leading the Socially Responsible, Employer-Sponsored Credit Movement The $25.6M Meanwhile, 97% of employers feel more responsible than ever for employees’ financial wellness, and 82% of employees believe that their employer should play a role in supporting their financial well-being.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 18, 2019

Very little time and effort is spent helping professional, full time investors raise capital for venture funds. but the connections are not being made to support the funds that are supposed to be funding all these local startups. They can help filter who these organizations should be focusing their time in supporting.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2024

Women-founded startups show measurable positive results compared to those of men Alumni Ventures (AV), the most active venture firm in the U.S. Serving as America’s largest venture firm for individual investors, AV’s dedicated fund will now make investments in companies founded by highly accomplished women entrepreneurs.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 12, 2025

Recognizing the Pioneers Reshaping Business, Technology, and Leadership CatalyX Ventures, the globally renowned innovation accelerator, has officially announced the winners of its prestigious 2025 CatalyX Champions Series Awards, celebrating groundbreaking achievements across industries. What Are the CatalyX Champions Series Awards?

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 10, 2025

Creating a Support System Building a business can be isolating. Having a support network can help you maintain perspective during tough times. These are real stories of entrepreneurs who’ve persevered through tough challenges to bring their products to market and to scale their ventures.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The company’s decade-long growth will continue with its recent funding round supporting its innovative approach to healthcare. She spent approximately 10 years in the field before joining Index Ventures and pivoting to then found Maven. Members receive support from the first trimester through returning to work.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The team quickly gained pre-seed funding support from P rimary Venture Partners which joined the latest round with Alumni Ventures, Friends & Family Capital, Correlation Ventures, Firestreak Ventures, and numerous industry-veteran individual investors.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 20, 2024

They have the enthusiastic support of their investors. DCVC, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm specializing in deep tech, led the recently closed $28 million Series B round. The Georgia-based startup was founded in 2020 by former Tesla, Cummins, GE, and Waymo engineers.

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Venture Well

JULY 29, 2019

VentureWell Director of Venture Development, Eli Velasquez offers insights on how to develop pitch competitions that provide maximum support to startups. The post Rethinking Pitch Competitions: Create Value, Not a Spectacle appeared first on VentureWell.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Startups, early-stage and growth-stage companies present their models to a gathering of angel investors and venture capital firms The Venture Atlanta Conference, set to take place on October 8-9, 2024, at The Woodruff Arts Center and Atlanta Symphony Hall, is one of the most anticipated entrepreneurial events in the southeast U.S.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2025

Pison’s breakthrough technology is being applied to a range of industries that support neurocognitive health and performance such as baseball. The company announced it has received a strategic equity investment from Samsung Ventures Investment Corporation (Samsung Ventures).

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The two-year-old startup having served approximately 40,000 customers announced the closing of a $21 million Seed funding round to support its AI speech models and an AI voice agent platform. mini is a lighter weight low-latency model that supports 30+ languages and a voice agent platform for a diversity of applications. Its Play 3.0

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Culture in Action: A Story from Valley Venture Mentors Let me share how this played out at Valley Venture Mentors (VVM), a nonprofit startup accelerator I helped lead. Your shared values and behaviors shape every decision, big and small, creating the foundation for lasting success. Building a Strategy-Driving Culture Based on BE 2.0

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The global financial services firm narrowed its selection down to 25 companies for its I nclusive Ventures Lab. Each year since the Inclusive Ventures Lab’s launch in 2017, we have expanded our efforts to ensure that more entrepreneurs around the world can succeed – and this year is no different,” sums up Bueno.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

After being largely ignored by Valley investors (the biggest checks in her seed, Series A, and Series B came from men on the East Coast), she finally found support from the VC elite. The whole thing started with Armstrong’s outright refusal to publicly support the Black Lives Matter movement and a walkout of employees.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

AI continues to open up new frontiers as innovators apply the fast-emerging technology in ways that gain investor support. With its robust global patent portfolio and the support of notable beauty and venture capital investors, its reach is global. That caught the ready support of investors.

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