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What I did on my summer vacation: The First LP Close ($3.5mm) of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

In the early spring of 2009, the fundraising nuclear winter of the previous year hadn't yet thawed. I was out trying to save my startup by talking to as many investors as I could. While I am not exclusive to Brooklyn companies, it's fun to be a part of the growth of the startup ecosystem across the East River.

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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. In 2009 we could take a long time to review a deal. discipline & focus. Of course our execution against the strategy has had to change but the strategy has remained constant.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.

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East Ventures and SV Investment Inject $100m Fund to Supercharge Tech Startups in Southeast Asia

AsiaTechDaily

He highlighted the strong synergy between East Ventures’ profound knowledge of the startup ecosystem in Indonesia and Southeast Asia and SV Investment’s extensive experience in the South Korean market. East Ventures, established in 2009, has an impressive track record of supporting more than 300 technology companies.

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The Silicon Valley Bank Crisis: Resources and Information

Angel Capital Association

While a run on a bank by current depositors can clearly accelerate negative trends we must also be mindful of the responsible support of the startup ecosystem that can and should come from venture capitalists, angels and other stakeholders.

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Paytm raises $1.1 billion from anchor investors in India’s blockbuster IPO

TechCrunch

Paytm has raised $1.104 billion in India’s largest-ever anchor round as part of its initial public offering, which is also shaping up to be the nation’s largest, as the poster child of the Indian startup ecosystem moves closer to listing in the public markets.

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Tory Burch Foundation launches tool to help women founders find capital

TechCrunch

The Tory Burch Foundation, which was launched in 2009 by fashion designer Tory Burch, has a long history of supporting women entrepreneurs. Regarding the landscape for women overall within the startup ecosystem, she said she hopes it will get better.

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