Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. The following was available: “I kept hearing about startups that raised VC funding, but which hadn’t filed Form Ds (nor issued a press release).

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APRIL 2, 2010

I’m writing this series because if you better understand how VC firms work you can better target which firms make sense for you to speak with. It in not uncommon to see a VC talk about “total assets under management&# as in “We have $1.5 What is a VC fund? VC’s don’t invest 100% of their own money.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

They do around 7% of the total VC-backed deals in the US per year or just under 40 deals / year on average (present year excluded!). Where I add commentary from myself or my fellow VC colleagues from our discussion after Jamie left I’ll put in red. They have data from surveys they did with corporate development officers (e.g.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

In fact, one could say that the sagging stock price of Facebook and stories about lack of VC funding for consumer startups represents , in one microcosm, the story of Web 2.0: The seminal application of the collaborative web--Github--was launched in April 2008. The collaborative web arrived after the social web hit a tipping point.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Now that he’s become a VC he’s promising me he’ll provide way more public information and discourse so please welcome him by following him on Twitter and better yet welcoming him with a Tweet of your own linking to his Twitter handle or this post. I’ve known Hamet for 5 years. I stayed close. And he followed through.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I''m super proud of Rob, Ben and the whole Backupify team--and this is particularly special for me because Backupify was the first investment I ever made as a VC, and the first board I ever sat on. Rob messed around with some local video thing in 2008, which everyone but Rob thought was a pretty terrible idea. I will keep you posted.".

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2016

In 2008 I started VC blogging. My friends said, “I don’t need another network. That’s what happens when you join a network and have kids. Here’s the thing: If you never try new product and new networks you’ll never learn anything. Right now it’s my favorite network. I had blogged when I was an entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

They have totally changed the way you run a VC firm, investing heavily in systems & events for their founders that are pushing the boundaries of the way our industry works. It is clear that he is simply passionate about being a VC and participating in this industry. In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2024

Satoshi gave us the playbook to build a decentralized internet stack back in 2008 and I feel quite confident that we will have massive mainstream applications running on this decentralized stack well before 2028. I think both will grow but not nearly as fast as the sectors that surround VC.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Sopoong , a social impact-focused VC, intends to support environmentally minded tech founders in South Korea and Southeast Asia, while building a bridge between Korean conglomerates and startups in the sector. Korean VC Sopoong closes $8M fund for startups focused on environmental impact by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

What is the True Sentiment of VCs? I recently survey more than 150 VC friends from all stages and geographies what they thought about the market by asking “Which of the following statements best describes your mood heading into 2016?” But not a VC or Bill Gurley or myself would have spooked it 2 years ago.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

This was the first episode where Jason wasn’t on the show, which gave me the chance to have another VC on the show to discuss deals. Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. VC Financings: 1. I keep meaning to get him drunk to spill the stories.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 22, 2023

Register HYU Holdings has partnered with Singapore’s early-stage fund Farquhar VC to help early-stage university startups scale and thrive in overseas markets. The partnership will allow HYU Holdings, a Hanyang University-based investment-holding company, to work closely with Farquhar VC to help South Korean startups to go global.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Brett Calhoun Contributor Share on Twitter Brett Calhoun is the managing director and general partner at Redbud VC. Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. Network effects have evolved, moving away from the traditional physical spaces to digital ones.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

And you can see what AVC looked like in September 2008. Machines that provide storage to the network get paid out in small increments over time as they continue to prove that they have held onto archived files. . And you can see what AVC looked like in September 2008. The Internet Archive and Wayback Machine are awesome.

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Onevest

MARCH 19, 2015

Join the rest of the nation including equity crowdfunding platforms like 1000 Angels , the private investor network that connects startups with investors, where currently only accredited investors are allowed to invest. Even the more realistic projection, $300 billion , is 10 times the current VC investment market.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

In March of 2008, Perry Chen contacted me to ask for my help with fundraising--not the kind of crowd fundraising that he specializes in--but venture capital. It also seemed to lack natural network effects--the idea that I would one day subscribe to Kickstartr e-mails and essentially "shop" the site didn't seem apparent.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

A little startup by the name of Dropbox competed in the Battlefield at TC50 (the precursor to Disrupt) way back in 2008. Your demo and presentation will be, well, pitch perfect when you deliver it to panels of top VC judges. Once Disrupt ends, you’re part of this phenomenal community — just imagine the networking possibilities.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Without further ado, here are the five judges who will pick the 2021 Startup Battlefield winner: Kirsten Green is the founder and managing partner of Forerunner Ventures, a San Francisco-based VC firm she formed in 2010.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

He goes hard out of the gate with his inaugural story on the site, covering how Wheelocity raises $12 million for its supply chain network for fresh commerce in India. Startups and VC. 10 million for science-based companies : Conscience VC raises oversubscribed fund for consumer companies rooted in science by Becca.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

From 2007 to 2011, during which the Great Recession of 2008-09 took place, the construction industry lost approximately 2 million workers. Zach Aarons, MetaProp VC Which trends are you most excited about in construction robotics from an investing perspective? according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics ( Recode ).

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Soyombo is one of the few founder-cum-investors on the continent, despite his company not being the traditional VC-backed startup the world has become accustomed to. I’ve built that network within the startup ecosystem and reputation as an angel always ready to help. Choi is the key to making that happen.

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Haystack

JUNE 25, 2018

AT&T’s logic is that these new generations are mobile-first, so if they buy an AT&T network phone, that is potentially extensible at home into a new service relationship around live and premium television content. at the right time across both broadband and mobile networks.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 30, 2021

These “VCs for investment management companies” are also known as GP Stake investors or fund platforms. According to DocSend , “About half the VC firms in our survey had an anchor LP for their fund, and the average percentage that an anchor LP took in a first-time fund was 25%. Fundraising hacks for VC and private equity funds.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio. Working within a network of angel investors also expands the pool of expert resources and helps divide the work of screening companies and investment due diligence. The range of the data is from a low pre-money valuation of $0.8 million to a high of $3.4

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 12, 2022

For example, activist hedge funds, and most private equity and VC funds. A private equity/VC investor can proactively recruit new team members, win clients, or if necessary change management. . This negative externality is unique to financial services and was particularly obvious in the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2020

While several marketplace unicorns prepare IPOs, a VC digs into the data (EC). Gorny founded Nextiva in 2008, focused on what it describes today as “UcaaS,” or unified communications as a service. Wish wants to be the Amazon for the rest of us; will retail investors buy it? Airbnb said to price IPO between $67 and $68. DoorDash, C3.ai

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David Teten VC

APRIL 30, 2021

These “VCs for investment management companies” are also known as GP Stake investors or fund platforms. According to DocSend , “About half the VC firms in our survey had an anchor LP for their fund, and the average percentage that an anchor LP took in a first-time fund was 25%. Fundraising hacks for VC and private equity funds.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

Terra Money is one of the newest crypto networks that is also in the top ten by market cap. internal network) statistics for Bitcoin as well as the macro economic environment. Kevin Rose ( @kevinrose ): partner at VC firm True Ventures , host of the Modern Finance and Proof podcasts. Read the Terra whitepaper.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

In 2008, I started a business called RJMetrics, which was basically the first SaaS analytics platform. 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. And this is my third SaaS company. We were a full stack.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

We want to know how the founder hooked the VC, what makes their partnership work and how other founders can improve their storytelling and pitching. DoubleVerify and early investor Blumberg Capital is speaking on how they’ve worked together since 2008. days of 2008. March 16 – 11:30 am PT / 2:30 pm ET.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

And of course I’ve sat on the other side of the table: As a VC. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. I now observes the fund raising process as a profession. Why buy me?

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

Meesho is a platform in India that allows people to resell products using their social networks. Meesho is a platform in India that allows people to resell products using their social networks. It’s not just us, this is 2008 to 2012. Adora Cheung [38:24] – Having a strong peer network is so important.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Samsung wants you to have that crystal-clear smartphone communication in places where there is no cellular network connectivity, so it developed its own satellite-based solution, Ivan writes. Goin’ retro, with a 15-year-old pitch deck : Pitch Deck Teardown: Uber’s $200K pre-seed deck from 2008 , by Haje. Sarah has more.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The report, titled Europe and Israel’s Startup Founder Factories , was produced by VC firm Accel with heavy support from startup and VC data platform Dealroom. Founder factories: Alumni from 344 European and Israeli unicorns have birthed 1,018 startups since 2008 by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I spent my days meeting companies, figuring out what areas of the market interested me and trying to get a sense for how VCs thought about fair valuations. By 2008 I had gotten more serious about championing companies through our investment process. It was September 2008. But I guess you could say the same about VC.

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