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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. Contrary to some press reporting, the boom in startups, the creation of accelerators and seed funds as well as the deserved popularity of AngelList do not signal doom for our industry. So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry.

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What Happened In The 2010s

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

2/ The massive experiment in using capital as a moat to build startups into sustainable businesses has now played out and we can call it a failure for the most part. in 2010 to 7.7% The losers in the 2010s were lower middle class and middle class people in the developed world whose incomes stagnated or fell. I will end there.

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In My Words: Aaron Lee on How EO Accelerator Altered His Journey

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I joined EO Accelerator in 2009, when I owned a business and my business owned me. In the summer of 2010, just after graduating into EO, I was standing on a cliff enjoying the amazing view in Positano, Italy, when it hit me. One of the most meaningful discoveries I made in EO Accelerator was that I was not alone as an entrepreneur.

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500 Global Secures $143M for Southeast Asia Startups in Record-Breaking Fund

AsiaTechDaily

Established in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, 500 Global has a portfolio with $2.4 Read more from AsiaTechDaily: Indonesian Government-backed Accelerator Achieves $65.8 Read more from AsiaTechDaily: Indonesian Government-backed Accelerator Achieves $65.8 billion in assets under management.

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NextView Ventures closes its fourth fund with $89 million

TechCrunch

NextView Ventures was launched in 2010 by Rob Go , a former partner at Spark Capital; Dave Beisel , who clocked time at Venrock and Masthead Venture Partners; and Lee Hower, a former investor at Point Judith Capital. In April, NextView launched a virtual accelerator for startups to build a more robust pipeline for deal flow.

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Alterpacks’ commercialization drive gets boost with $1m funding

AsiaTechDaily

In addition, the team also won the Enterprise Singapore Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge in sustainable packaging. Jupe Tan, Managing Partner of Plug and Play Asia Pacific (APAC), said that he partnered with SEEDS Capital to co-lead and invest in their very first sustainability startup in APAC.

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Canada’s Assent Compliance lands $350M from Vista Equity for supply chain data management

TechCrunch

Enter Assent Compliance — a Canadian company focused on supply chain sustainability management. Interestingly, Assent was bootstrapped for the first five years of its life — from 2010 to 2015. For manufacturers in particular, managing intricate supply chains can be particularly challenging. It’s an enormous market.”.