TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Though some businesses may never be truly sustainable, a venture firm in Seoul argues that emerging climate-tech startups will help big manufacturers do better overall. I spoke with Sopoong chief executive Max Sang-Yeop Han , a serial entrepreneur who joined Sopoong in 2016 and acquired the firm in 2019, to learn about the VC’s plans.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 13, 2023

How can venture capitalists promote human sustainability in entrepreneurship? We know startups are bad for mental health. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Since then, I’ve founded several startups, was employee #3 at a $65m VC firm in San Francisco, and realized that there is a similar phenomenon to what Robert Kiyosaki is talking about in Rich Dad, Poor Dad currently occurring in Silicon Valley. It was my favorite growing up. Let’s tastefully call this phenomenon: Rich Founder, Poor Founder.

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TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2022

The seed is led by Franco-German VC XAnge, with participation from London-based VC firm Nordstar, as well as a number of business angels and serial founders, including Gustaf Alstromer (partner at Y Combinator), Sundeep Ahuja (partner at Climate Capital), Lea-Sophie Cramer (founder at Amorelie) and Anselm Bauer-Wohlleb (Alasco, Stylight).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

But what if you don’t have unicorn dreams – or you don’t want to pursue VC money? Bootstrapping a SaaS company is not only possible – I believe it’s a saner, more sustainable way to build and scale a business. If you’re a SaaS founder who’s wary of VC funding, here are my best bootstrapping tips. startups are backed by VCs.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2023

It wasn’t sustainable and economic correction was needed. It created an opportunity to exit the hype cycle, clearing the way for development that will ensure the growth of the ecosystem in a sustainable way, adding value.” “Bubble had to pop,” People of Crypto co-founder Simone Berry said. “It

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

I remember about fifteen years ago, a well-known VC said to me “you need to sell a company within a few years of the founder leaving. Companies can’t sustain their innovation after a founder leaves.” ” I told that VC that my experience has been different on that measure and that I did not agree.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2022

The firm is not always right in its prognostications — maybe why it stuck to internal musings instead of a Medium post this time — but it does do a service in providing a snapshot of how one of the most weathered, and successful, VC firms of all time thinks about a looming downturn. TechCrunch+ is having a Memorial Day sale.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

Because VC investment in the region didn’t start slowing down in the last few weeks: Dollar funding has now fallen for three consecutive quarters in the region. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday. Latin America is an interesting place to dive into what might be coming for startups.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Luis Daniel Arbulú, partner at Salkantay, told TechCrunch via email that the fund is “the country’s largest VC fund” as per PitchBook and Crunchbase data. The firm invests across Latin America, with a focus on the Andean region, in the areas of maximizing human potential, economic inclusion and sustainability.

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Revolution

APRIL 24, 2023

While many think achieving that goal is unlikely, as investors with capital to put to work, we have to have a ‘challenge accepted’ mindset.” — Kristin “I look for tech opportunities that enable sustainable B2B change versus small lifestyle changes. What industries are ripe for transformation from a sustainability standpoint?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

Securing early-stage venture financing is usually the best way to accelerate and sustain growth, but with various funding options available, how do you figure out the best course of action? What is the best alternative to VC, and at what point in your company’s growth do other funding sources make sense?

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 11, 2022

We will continue to support companies that share our vision in using science and technology to create food that is not only healthy and tasty, but also enables a sustainable and environmentally friendly food system,” said Jayesh Parekh, managing partner of Good Startup.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

It’s that time of year, time to look back and reflect on the most significant storylines in the tech, startup, and VC world. Telegram announced their ICO and raised over $1B from some of the best VC firms. VC funds invested directly in MakerDao’s Dai stable coin. 5/ Early Effects Of The Softbank Effect.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). THE VC VALUATION GOD Valuation obsession wasn’t restricted to startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. However, to be a great VC you have to hold two conflicting ideas in your head at the same time. Where are Things Headed for VC in 2031?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription “Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started,” says Brett Calhoun, managing director and general partner at Redbud VC.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

Today, it’s Prewave ‘s turn to demonstrate that the global supply chain is still one of the hottest tickets for raising VC bucks. For its latest cash injection, Prewave has also attracted European VC heavyweight Creandum , which has previously backed the likes of Spotify, Klarna, and iZettle. .

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Venture capital or VC. VCs provide guidance and mentorship and test your company’s direction by assessing its sustainability and financial potential. The post From VC to DeFi: 6 Realistic Ways to Fund Your Startup in 2022 appeared first on StartupNation. Angel investment. Decentralized crowdfunding. Crypto lending.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2020

.” It says it builds a self-sustainable “privacy-friendly alternative to very popular and widely used surveillance capitalism web analytics tools”. However, the research shows a possible interesting trend away from the VC-backed startups of the last 10 years.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

We have been seeing quite a few seed rounds getting done in and around $100mm post-money and that concerns me for a few reasons: Seed stage is when a company has a good team, a good idea, but has not yet proven product market fit and a go to market model, and has not yet demonstrated a sustainable business model. That makes sense.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2023

Venture capital activity around climate tech has been heating up in Africa despite the global VC funding cooldown. African climate startups set to gain ground as VC funding shifts their way by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch The timing of the funding couldn’t be better.

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OurCrowd

JULY 11, 2021

The round is led by MoreTech VC and a leading European carmaker has joined the round alongside a leading testing and tooling company with significant focus on automotive solutions, a Top-10 US insurance company, and a Japanese VC. Mechanical Engineer for Zippin (Dallas, TX). Project Manager for Shield (London).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

Kyle Wiggers says several trends are driving VC interest in the future of work: In a down market, investors are looking for sustainable growth, “which tend[s] to be found among longer-lasting, ironclad business-to-business contracts for software tool suites.”

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 21, 2021

A well-known entrepreneur turned VC, who will go unnamed because I am not sure he would want me to share this conversation publicly, once told me “if you remove a founder, you must sell the company within a couple of years or it will start to decline in value.” Some founders are this rare breed of visionaries who can operate too.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 19, 2022

4 key reasons my sustainability VC fund hit a dead end Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

That deal is quite different from what most VC funds will take on, but we believed it to be critical to the advancement of a better food system, and we pursued it. I am proud to say that most companies in the portfolio are working towards at least one UN sustainable development goal. That $63 million sale took place in 2018.)

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

As VC activity slowed down globally last year, Kenya defied odds to record the strongest growth in funding raised in Africa. Why Africa had no unicorns last year despite record fundraising haul Partech placed Kenya fourth in the list of the top VC destinations after Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt, respectively.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

At the time, restaurants and food tech were on the margins of most investors’ minds and there was skepticism around VC-backed food concepts. Greener Greens: At the root of Sweetgreen’s farm-to-table concept was a commitment to sustainability. What did we see in the then-regional salad company?

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics? I think the most common ethical issue in VC is when I’m talking with another possible investor in a portfolio company. Are you politically active? Why is that?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Edtech needs to reach beyond underfunded public school systems to become more sustainable, which is why more investors and founders are focusing on lifelong learning. Some readers say they use our surveys to study up on an individual VC before pitching them, so let us know which format you prefer.

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HPA

DECEMBER 8, 2021

HPA participated in the round, which included participation from other investors including Supply Change Capital, Aera VC, Sustainable Food Ventures, Hanfield Venture Partners, Lifely VC, Conscience VC, Kingfisher Capital, Big Idea Ventures, among others. Food tech startup Aqua Cultured Foods announced a $2.1M

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

VC funding of women climate tech founders is abysmal. Gender bias is still persistent “The funding gap is astounding,” Emily McAteer, co-founder and CEO of Odyssey Energy Solutions , told TechCrunch+. Here’s how it could improve by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

Our firm’s original premise was – and remains – dead simple: Seattle is a global gravity well for engineering talent, thanks to the sustained excellence and corresponding human capital needs of Amazon and Microsoft. First, the increment of learning in VC is investment decisions managed to maturity. The implications of this are many.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

I have been investing in developer tools since the earliest days of my VC career. If you build software that sits in the flow of something important (mission critical, recurring, etc) then it will increase in value over time, and sustain its value, much more significantly than something that “sits on the side.”

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Earth Venture Capital (Earth VC), a global climate tech venture fund with Southeast Asia focus, led the recently concluded funding round that was also participated by KSL Maritime Ventures, the venture capital arm of The Kuok Maritime Group, and existing Ampotech investors like Silicon Solution Ventures and SEEDS Capital.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

For the better part of a decade, VC firms and growth equity funds have plowed nearly $42 billion into battery technology startups across almost 1,700 deals, according to an analysis by PitchBook and TechCrunch. And if the risks from battery startups are tough for VCs to stomach, then it’s an even harder pill for growth equity to swallow.

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