Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Over the past month a colleague ( Chang Xu ) and I sifted through data on the venture capital industry (as we do every year) and made a bunch of calls to VCs and LPs to confirm our hypotheses. As a result of the IPO window shifting we saw a massive inflow of public-market capital into the latest stages of venture. What gives?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

He was introduced through mutual friends to Highland Capital. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. But it was an attractive time to enter because the successful internet companies were scaling and in need of capital. 11:40-14:15). Tell us more about MetaCafe? (37:00-40:30).

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Collaborating with JETRO, Mitsui Fudosan is actively involved in initiatives with the Cabinet Office, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to attract global startup accelerators and venture capital firms to Japan. Applications for the upcoming program will be accepted until March 6, 2024.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Register Indonesia-based venture capital firm East Ventures and Seoul-based venture capital firm SV Investment have joined forces to establish a new fund targeted at $100 million. In 2022 alone, East Ventures disbursed capital over 80 times yearly.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 5, 2021

And I suspect it is getting more profitable, not less, as the capital markets and M&A markets are providing robust liquidity options for managers. The Gotham Gal and I have been investing in the VC funds of managers we know well and have worked with closely on boards of startups for about fifteen years now.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 11, 2022

Register Chinese venture capital firm Qiming Ventures Partners announced the closing of its latest funds totalling $3.2 This increases the firm’s capital raised to $9.4 Since its inception in 2006, Qiming has demonstrated its ability to deliver consistently strong venture capital returns in China. billion ($700 million).

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? They were a way to gather cheap capital.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 25, 2023

Over half of early-stage investments typically fail to return any capital, with the top 10% usually returning 85-90% of all the cash proceeds. We all know that investing in startup companies is inherently risky. The game is won on “grand slam home runs," not “singles."

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Established in 2006, JotForm allows customizable data collection for enhanced lead generation, survey distribution, payment collections and more. Over the past decade, venture capital has become synonymous with entrepreneurship. I started my company, JotForm , in 2006. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Brian Walsh is the head of WIND Ventures , the venture capital arm of Copec. A recent article on Bloomberg asserts that venture capital activity is on the verge of collapse, but I don’t believe this is the case. More posts by this contributor. What you should know about working with corporate venture investment committees. In the U.S.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined. Family office investments increased by 5x , and corporate venture investments rose 6x , thus opening new capital avenues for founders who found it difficult to raise capital. Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x growth from 2020 to 2021. psychedelics or construction).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

Launched in 2006, Course Hero was somewhat allergic to venture capital until recent. Then, after going another nearly six years without raising venture capital, Course Hero closed two financings in 2020. After launching, the company waited eight years to raise a $15 million Series A. billion valuation. billion valuation.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 26, 2023

The capital commitments represent a significant increase from the firm’s previous venture and growth funds and demonstrate continued support from limited partners of Greycroft’s model of investing in startups across the entire venture lifecycle from seed to exit.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

Historically though, the majority of early-stage startups eventually have to move out of their bootstrapping stage to tap into outside sources of capital from institutional investors. There has never been more capital up for grabs, and there have never been so many ways to go about acquiring money to start a business.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 31, 2023

an innovative biopharmaceutical company, has listed on Nasdaq through a SPAC merger with Maxpro Capital Acquisition Corp. ” Founded in 2006, Qiming Venture Partners is a leading China venture capital firm with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Hong Kong, Seattle, Boston, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

Credit buzz : Indian fintech KreditBee’s business model of underwriting to help people get microloans attracted even more venture capital — $100 million, in fact — to boost the company’s valuation to nearly $700 million, Manish writes. Mary Ann reports on the company securing $21.5 Jacquelyn has more.

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Since 2006, Labeaud has been a sought after thought leader. I saw a lack of capital in urban start up communities. I used to think a lack of capital was my biggest challenge. She’s reached thousands with her messages of marketing, entrepreneurship and leadership. Thank you so much for joining us!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

Nancy Pfund is founder and managing partner of DBL Partners , a venture capital firm whose goal is to combine top-tier financial returns with meaningful social, environmental and economic returns in the regions and sectors in which it invests. Nancy Pfund. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Now, it’s agriculture’s turn.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

David Tisch is the managing partner of BoxGroup, an NYC-based seed-stage venture capital firm that has invested in more than 400 seed-stage startups, including Plaid, Ro, PillPack, Ramp, Amplitude, Airtable, Flatiron Health, Stripe, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Flexport, ClassPass, Vine, GroupMe and more. Rich Wong , partner at Accel.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Interior of the Batcave, 2006 ( Jake Dobkin / Gothamist). Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code.

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Gust

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Here are the trends in venture capital financings from 2006 through 2010 – the number of seed stage deals funded and total investment by region in millions of dollars. . All Seed-VC. Silicon Valley. New England. Southern California*. Northwest. . $$$$. Deals. $$$$. Deals. $$$$. Deals. $$$$. Deals. $$$$. Deals. $$$$. Investment.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

An often-cited landmark report from the venture capital firm SignalFire says that creators are the fastest-growing type of small business. One defining moment in her early life as an internet creator was when Google bought YouTube in 2006. “Before 9 a.m.,

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

Its aim is to help people struggling with infertility, and it recently raised $3 million led by ANRI, with participation from Coral Capital. Dioseve’s mission might sound like it comes out of science fiction, but it’s based on a scientific technique called induced pluripotent cells stem (iPS) cells, which was first developed in 2006.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2021

It’s about our own determination in making capitalism work for everybody.”. • “Please join the Race to Zero. Every business, city, investor, school, university and club is invited to join. It’s a race to net-zero. The technology is there. Speaker highlight: Jennifer Case.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. All of that might be true, but the 2006 price might still be over-valued. source: Capital IQ. source: Capital IQ. I spoke about a lot of things during the keynote.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MARCH 19, 2022

eCommerce platforms such as eBay (founded in 1995), Shopify (founded in 2006), , Big Commerce (founded in 2009) and more have been around for years. Selling online is not new. Of course all the social platforms are moving to make selling online even easier from within their platforms.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 3, 2014

Last week, we analyzed the fund raising history of billion dollar SaaS companies and determined SaaS startups are raising nearly twice as much capital as 16 years ago before going public. Given that trend, I wondered if there is there any truth to the idea that startups today require less capital than before to succeed.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Founded in October 2006 by Jonah Peretti (co-founder of Huffington Post).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Enza Capital participated, alongside some unnamed angel investors. Between 2006 and 2010, CEO Wilkerson, then a journalist and researcher, spent a great deal of time using motorcycles ( Boda bodas ) for quick and flexible transport. Because of the nature of its business, Tugende needs a steady influx of debt capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

When TechCrunch last covered Kaltura’s financial results , we noted that the company founded in 2006 had raised just north of $166 million, crossed the $100 million ARR mark, and was, per its own reporting, “profitable on an EBITDA.” For now we’ll focus on Kaltura. Let’s get into it.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 14, 2023

Croptix is grateful for the ongoing support of early investors 1855 Capital and Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA as well as the new investor AEA in their ongoing $3.5M With this investment, Croptix will accelerate the development and use of its patented in-field sensing technology. More About Croptix Investors.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Funders across these three rounds include Access Industries, HighPost Capital, CoVenture, GPS Partners and Crossbeam Venture Partners. “So us helping them build the business and reinvest the capital is really critical.” ” Spotter’s average size of a deal is around $1.5

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

Back in 2006/07 when I sold my company and then worked at Salesforce.com there were very few options in SF for technology folk to build their careers at big, growing companies. Spark Capital, Flybridge, Founder Collective, NextView Ventures … all in Boston or Cambridge not west of the city. Juniper and countless others.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

But, still, every startup, especially those seeking angel and venture capital funding, are conditioned to project this growth curve – because investors love it. To capitalize on this excellent growth opportunity, some entrepreneurs tend to make significant changes in a model that has been working reasonably well for them.

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Onevest

APRIL 30, 2015

There were over 200 as of 2006.” In a report on startup investing and “How the Rich Invest” Forbes notes that the Angel Capital Association counted more than 330 active angel groups in North America as of 2013. Just 2% of startup financing actually comes from venture capital firms.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 17, 2021

After assisting in founding four angel groups - the Frontier Angel Fund (2006), Vegas Valley Angels (2003), Tech Coast Angels (San Diego - 2000), and Aztec Venture Network (1999) – it was clear to Bill that angels needed comprehensive education, no matter where they were in their investing journey.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 23, 2015

That amount of Series A capital HAS NOT increased. Does it make sense to think of the amount of Series A capital as static? Or maybe they just take some of that reserve capital for follow ons and put it to work now? Otherwise, we should just call this new $2.5mm seed round what it really is: Series A circa 2006.

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