TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Last year, VCs flowed approximately $6 billion to resale platforms, according to Brian Schwarzbach, an investor with Cathay Innovation. In a post for TC+, he explores three recommerce areas that are attracting VC interest and shares “some food for thought for founders building startups in this (re)emerging space.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

Startups and VC Meal replacement startup Yfood did a thing today. Since the average friends and family round is $23,000, “they’d need to secure the entire liquid wealth of six Black families,” according to a white paper by venture fund Fifth Star. That now includes cracking down on online betting games, Manish reports.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 2, 2021

And second, I wanted to inform the strategy of my new firm, Versatile VC , from the most educated point of view. . Teten: In the Before Time, I was at a dinner for Partners at many of the major New York VC funds. I don’t think it’s a threat to established VCs.” drive the bulk of returns for the VC industry.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 30, 2021

When I read the Bitcoin White Paper for the first time, I was struck by the similarity of its design to the Internet. They accomplished that with a design where no part of the system was central to its operation. You can take out any part of the Internet and it will still operate.

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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. . I’m very interested in the tech stack of private equity/VC firms , both to improve the efficiency of Versatile VC and also as a focus area for our investing.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2022

Jill Gunter is no stranger to crypto — she’s seen the market through its ups and downs, conducting research on blockchain protocols, working at multiple crypto startups and co-founding her own , and investing as a crypto VC at Slow Ventures.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

See How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm.) At Versatile VC , we’ve used all these models. Thank you to my co-author for this essay, Paulina Symala, a Consultant at Oliver Wyman and a past intern of Versatile VC. Certain VC funds offer “Fellowships” for industry executives. Expert Networks.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

The round, which was led by Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon Capital in participation with Toyota Ventures and existing investors Maniv Mobility and Trucks VC, will help the young company set up a manufacturing facility and get its first product ready for sale by early 2023.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

The Bitcoin white paper was published in 2008. In his summary at the end, he writes: Tim Berners-Lee developed the protocol for the web in 1989. 10 year later, in 1999, its potential was glimpsed — but technological, commercial and economic challenges brought expectations back to earth with a crash.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 14, 2020

But it is not great for an eight page blog post, a white paper on a new crypto project, or a memo from one of my colleagues or portfolio companies. When I read on paper, I often will use a pen to underline or mark-up the document. I have found that when I read on a computer screen or phone, I tend to skim.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The proposed protocol will see package maintainers receive a non-fungible token (NFT) when they complete a package submission, and which is “used to evidence their work and is the key that directs tea rewards,” according to Tea’s white paper. From the creator of Homebrew, Tea raises $8.9M

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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. Or will we have to repeat the same conversations about representation failings within VC funds? Make serious headway with accelerators.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

Nym’s white paper, for example, touts the possibility for the tech being used to enable users to prove they have the right to access a service without having to disclose their actual identity to the service provider. “One of our core innovations is we scale by adding servers. And the question is how do we add servers?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

Terra references the Bitcoin and Ethereum white papers in its preponderance of what other value blockchain technology can bring to the world. Kevin Rose ( @kevinrose ): partner at VC firm True Ventures , host of the Modern Finance and Proof podcasts. tokens pegged to the value of something else, like 1 USD).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2015

If you create content marketing programs and drive traffic to websites where you can measure how long somebody spends reading your materials or downloading your white papers you’ve at least confirmed some level of interest. So understanding the stage of a VC matters. Many have $25 minimums.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

I’ve written my share of ambitious e-books and white papers and things like that along the way. I’m sure you’ll ask me about AI or you’ll have your VC card revoked, right? I’m going to wrap it and I don’t want to get my VC card revoked. This is different, right?

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