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JULY 23, 2014

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The overall trends in our industry have breathed a new life into the venture capital industry. Twitter spread through the tech crowds at SxSW and raised its first venture capital round led by Fred Wilson. Why is this?

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. Unemployment continues to rise – Unemployment as of September 2009 is 9.7% Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. As of near the end of September 2009, we’re up 46% since the March 9th nadir (yes, I need to find a way to use one of my SAT words ; – ).

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MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. 6mm in Series A: Investors: Union Square Ventures (Brad Burnham) (lead), Ron Conway, Chris Dixon, Caterina Fake, Naval Ravikant, Nirav Tolia, Joshua Schachter, Micah Siegel, Bob Pasker – Read more: VentureBeat.

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MAY 18, 2014

We’ve gotten to the point where after the film The Social Network and now with our own ironic HBO drama “Silicon Valley,” (makes it sound like writing a algorithm can easily net you $10 million without trying) one might think starting a company is a bit like the gold rush where riches flow to you with ease.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

I built a 3,000 person tech networking organization in NYC back in 2006 and was one of the first 100 members of the NY Tech Meetup back in 2005 so I’ve participated in a lot of these conversations. In 2005, it was a risky bet to join Union Square Ventures and plant my VC career here in NYC. Those two things aren’t really the same.

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DECEMBER 14, 2014

It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) Sam is an uber-networker, savvy, helpful, product-oriented leader who had a great eye for young entrepreneurs and a passion about helping them. And Jim & I went on to raise several more venture capital funds in our day jobs.

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JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Paul discussed his perspective having been at SAP Ventures. Read more: PaidContent.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Viewing the article through the lens of a venture capitalist there’s much to agree with under the mantra of “growth!” He also nails the reason why venture capital is still necessary to grow large businesses quickly in a world where the costs of running startups have fallen dramatically. So I like that bit, too.

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APRIL 17, 2010

They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email. The company’s analytics comprehensively monitors customer behavior over multiple networks, including location-based mobile networks. They also have my favorite company intro video ever.

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OCTOBER 12, 2011

Ironically enough, the second nudge she gave my career also had to do with AOL--ten years later when in 2009, she introduced me to Jon Brod who was forming AOL Ventures. I got to interview there and had a great conversation with Jon that inspired a post on the kind of venture firm NYC needed. Don't get me wrong.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

Weren’t entrepreneurs tired of the golden handcuffs of venture capitalists and bankers? I doubled down on my efforts, making more calls, writing more content, and networking tirelessly. Prior to founding Equifund, Jordan founded capital markets consulting and investor relations firm Novea Capital Inc in 2009.

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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. Roderick Purwana, Managing Partner of East Ventures, expressed his satisfaction with the SV Investment partnership.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 16, 2024

for the following venture strategies: American Dynamism ($600M), Apps ($1B), Games ($600M), Infrastructure ($1.25B), and Growth ($3.75B). Venture Capital firms configured themselves to address a market of 15 important companies. I am pleased to announce that we have just raised $7.2B This marks an important milestone for us.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. But the way we see it is that in venture right now you have 2 choices?—?super In 2009 we could take a long time to review a deal. What is a VC To Do? discipline & focus.

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JUNE 19, 2012

6/15/2008 – Application network of its own apps plus agency business plus ad network. Buddy Media builds, promotes and monetizes one of the largest networks of engaging and entertaining social media applications on the web. 4/19/2009 – Still an agency.

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AUGUST 3, 2009

So with the metoric rise of Twitter now forecast at 45 million as of August 3rd, 2009 (and rising fast), has Twitter Killed the Blogger Star? My LA VC colleague Peter Lee of Baroda Ventures has started a blog about VC. Tags: Social Media social networking technology Twitter. Now we could all sleep more. Or could we?

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AUGUST 22, 2016

Today, I'm happy to announce that Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I founded and continue to run as the sole General Partner, has raised a second fund, totalling $15.1 It's easy to get swept up into the cult-like status around venture capitalists as kingmakers or thought leaders. million in commitments. What does this mean?

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). 2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade.

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MARCH 17, 2010

First, I’d like to quote (paraphrase) Brad Feld speaking at Twiistup in LA in 2009, “I keep hearing people in LA talking with a chip on their shoulders about building a tech business here relative to Silicon Valley. Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them.

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Dream It

MARCH 19, 2019

Stephens has been involved in advising over a million square feet of tenant and landlord representation transactions within Manhattan and across the country since 2009. He has worked with clients such as Conde Nast, ING, Ernst and Young, and many more.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

The phenomenon, they argue, will accelerate creativity across a larger network. RSVP: [link] 12PM Networked News Gatherers: Defining the Social Media Editor Role, hosted by Time Inc. Come laugh and learn as we dissect the twelve worst social media campaigns of 2009. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. RSVP: [link].

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APRIL 2, 2010

This is part of my series on Understanding Venture Capital. Example: if a VC is on their fourth $200 million fund that they just raised in 2009 then you might hear them talk about $800 million under management. For example, my firm, GRP Partners, has a $200 million fund that was closed in March 2009 and we have 4 investment partners.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Most venture capitalists who have been in this business for a long time foresaw this correction and have been talking about it privately for the better part of the last year or two. Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. Even Sequoia.

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JULY 13, 2013

And my specialty was computer networks. So I joined this group called Network Solutions, we did computer networking, the predecessor to the internet. So then when I wanted to go into venture capital, they said, “You can’t do that, you need to be in EIR.” It was all technical.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

While a few iconic brands including Uber, Airbnb, and Square emerged successfully from the last downturn, most venture-backed companies struggled during this period, and many ended up pursuing M&A strategies. People join boards for many reasons, but one of them is to leverage their networks.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 20, 2023

Its subsidiary cacaFly, launched in June 2022 a joint venture with leading digital solution and electronics distributors, PT Metrodata Electronics (Metrodata), Tbk to form a data-driven digital marketing agency for Indonesia, named PT cacaFly Metrodata Indonesia (CMI).

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 31, 2023

announced that it raised fresh funds in a round led by East Ventures and participated by Magic Fund. The lead investor, East Ventures , is a pioneering and leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm. East Ventures is the first investor of Indonesia’s unicorn companies, namely Tokopedia and Traveloka.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Revolution Ventures led the round and was joined by existing investors Madrona Venture Group, Oregon Venture Fund and Mucker Capital, as well as Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus. CEO Karkal has a long history in the fintech space, co-founding Simple, an app unifying various accounts into one accessible bank card, in 2009.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Just two years later, in 2009, we worked out a deal to create the Techstars Seattle program, with our first program running in 2010. It would also have required more patience from the owners of the network itself, but would have been much more likely to serve their long-term goal of massive value creation over time.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Year-in, year-out, the gender gap in venture capital investment continues to be a problem women founders face. In the short term, women founders can take action to boost their chances at VC success in the current investment climate, including leveraging their community and support network and building the necessary self-belief to thrive.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 15, 2024

The company now has North America’s largest parking network having also purchased Premier Parking’s 500+ locations in 2022. He also co-founded ParkMe in 2009 achieving the world’s most comprehensive parking database. Metropolis Technologies’ recent acquisition of SP Plus Corp. (SP+)

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

AppWorks , the Taipei-based venture capital firm focused on Taiwan and Southeast Asia, announced today it has closed its oversubscribed third fund, raising $150 million. Founded in 2009, AppWorks started its accelerator program before launching a $11 million debut fund in 2012. for the other funds. Want to double your rate of return?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

The Tory Burch Foundation, which was launched in 2009 by fashion designer Tory Burch, has a long history of supporting women entrepreneurs. It’s best known for its fellowship program that provides education grants, networking opportunities and business advice to women entrepreneurs. billion in venture capital allocated to U.S.

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JANUARY 25, 2010

6:30PM New York Video January Meetup A new decade is in front of us and as we tip our hats to 5min for winning our top honor of 2009, we're looking forward to big things from all our members in the year ahead. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. RSVP: [link] Wednesday, January 27th. RSVP: [link]. Saturday, January 30th.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The report , by the not-for-profit community interest company Extend Ventures , looked at how VC has been invested in the U.K. between 2009 and 2019 — providing data on 3,784 entrepreneurs who started 2,002 companies over this period. of the venture capital investments made at seed, early and late-stage over this decade. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The company has built out its online sales platform, pre- and post-purchase customer support teams, retail showrooms, service van and a local service partner network. The company has largely been bootstrapped, although it did raise a private round of a few million dollars in 2009 and a $20 million injection of capital in 2020.

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