A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 22, 2020

I’m betting on Duolingo (and have been since we made our seed investment in the company in 2012). And the test takes one hour vs three hours. And yet, it has been hard to crack into this market. And then the pandemic hit. No more in-person testing. So now the market is open to competition and the best product can win.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 10, 2024

I quickly realized after joining a Forum that EO wasn’t just there to help you get rich but to support the complete entrepreneur, from wealth creation to emotional support, community, and education. They were also there to help me exit companies, sharing their experiences on how to maximize value during the process.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

When Raul Gutierrez was fundraising for Tinybop in the fall of 2012, he didn''t actually finish the round--instead getting about three quarters of the way and then deciding to just get started working on the app. Since then, they''ve been #1 on the app store in education in over 120 countries.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

As I write this, days after the 2012 presidential election, I’m probably not alone in feeling relieved that the political jeering and soapboxing that reached a feverish pitch during the seemingly endless campaign season has finally subsided. As The Economist put it, comparing U.S. misses an opportunity. Securities Regulation.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

Syllable allows providers to create voice and chat applications that answer common questions, educate patients about their practices’ services, make referrals, collect data for intake forms, automate scheduling, and more. Hospitals can use Sarah to make their back-office operations more efficient and to streamline patient communications.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Gust Startup Map & Trends Analysis – August 2012. For example, India has the highest percentage of startups in the Education industry, with almost 10%, while other startup leaders such as Brazil have a greater focus on the Industrial/Energy sector. Attention startup enthusiasts!

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Defy Ventures is a program that aims to educate people in prison to become better humans upon graduation. Catherine (Cat) Hoke founded the program in 2010 and launched the business plan competition in 2012. I wasn’t raised badly — I was well educated. And they didn’t want pity. They wanted opportunity. They wanted to learn.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2021

Zapier , a well-known no-code automation tool, has purchased Makerpad , a no-code education service and community. million round back in 2012 that tapped Bessemer, DFJ and others. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. TechCrunch has covered Zapier often during its life, including its first, and only, fundraising event, a $1.2

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

As a consultant at Bain and Company, Case worked with clients in technology, private equity and education. Jomayra Herrera is a partner at Reach Capital, a venture fund focused on early-stage education technology and future-of-work companies. She is currently a board director for Workwhile and a board observer for Outschool. .

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. For me Silicon Beach doesn’t quite encapsulate the wonderful, dynamic, creative, large, thriving community that is the 13 million proud Angelinos any more than Silicon Alley captures the bustling 2012 community of New York City. Don’t you think?

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 20, 2012

About three years ago, I started journaling my startup education by blogging. Thank you all for making 2012 a memorable year. Top 10 Blog Posts of 2012. In retrospect, blogging has been one of the most rewarding activities for me as an investor. It’s been more gratifying than I could have hoped. I hope you enjoy it.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 6, 2022

OSSM’s Virtual Regional Center brings added educational opportunities and challenges to rural high school students. Jessica Decker, OSSM graduate in 2008, has been an OSSM instructor since 2012 in various courses on the main campus. I know because this education made a difference for me.”. By Scott Meacham. Virtual Instruction.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Three companies from the Studiomates community-- Sherpaa , Tinybop , and Editorially --received VC dollars in 2012. While the most visible and largest of these properties is zoned for commercial usage--it hasn't escaped anyone with a fifth grade math education that they would be much more lucrative as residential properties.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Panorama Education , which has built out a K-12 education software platform, has raised $60 million in a Series C round of funding led by General Atlantic. Clients include the New York City Department of Education, Clark County School District in Nevada, Dallas ISD in Texas and the Hawaii Department of Education, among others.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

In 2012, Girls Who Code launched, teaching girls computer programming. Peeler isn’t just changing the world of student aid, she’s also redefining the role of women entrepreneurs in finance and education. Boys outnumbered girls by a wide margin. Katrina Lake / Stitch Fix. Payal Kadakia / Classpass.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 8, 2024

Cilingir at the helm as CEO with Chief Revenue Officer Serhat Soyuerel and others co-founded the AI-native platform in 2012 that boasts a community of 200,000+ CX, marketing & e-commerce professionals. Societies that educate girls and allow women to participate in decision-making are more successful.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

based savings and investing startup Acorns has acquired London-based GoHenry , a startup focused on providing money management and financial education services to 6- to18-year-olds in an all-equity deal, the two companies announced today. The combined valuation of the company, as well as further financial terms, were not disclosed.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

Coursera, an online education platform that has seen its business grow amid the coronavirus pandemic, is planning to file paperwork tomorrow for its initial public offering, sources familiar with the matter say. The Mountain View-based business, founded in 2012, was last valued at $2.4 GSV announced a $180 million Fund II yesterday. .

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Yuanfudao , a homework tutoring-app founded in 2012, has raised $2.2 The money will be used to develop curriculum and expand Yuanfudao’s online educational service, amid a larger boom in remote learning. Asia more broadly has a stronger education market because of consumer spending and a cultural focus on outcomes in education.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

“One is just pure education. So we as a company regularly meet and educate on issues around inclusion, social justice and diversity. Cloudbolt was founded in 2012 and has around 200 customers. We also recruit with with those ideas in mind. HashiCorp to offer managed versions of its developer tools starting with Consul.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

Duolingo, for example, has taken this model and found ways to embed engagement hooks, pockets of joy and addictive education features within its core app. Now, we’ll analyze how Duolingo used product-led growth as a lever to expand its consumer base, and how a company built on gamification tries to balance its whimsy with education outcomes.

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Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

It is always a good sign when founders come back and, indeed, they came up with a new idea and applied for the Winter 2012 batch. Spenser and Curtis figured this out rapidly and by the spring of 2012 they were searching once again for the right product to build.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Serial fintech entrepreneur Walter Cruttenden founded Acorns with his son, Jeff, in 2012 with the goal of helping low- and middle-income households invest and save responsibly. Coinbase too could be viewed as competition, since it leveraged the concept of “Learn & Earn” within its platform to help educate investors.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Gener8tor OnRamp Conference is a series of vertical-specific events, including education, insurance, agriculture, manufacturing, and healthcare. ” The team’s first program was in Milwaukee in 2012, and for a while they alternated running annual programs in Milwaukee and Madison. Lather, rinse, repeat.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

So at the moment of decision-making we’re bringing together educational content and product in the same place.”. The company also plans to continue building products that allow parents and their kids “to save and invest, and get educated together.” Active engagement helps people learn more,” he told TechCrunch. “So

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 26, 2017

Lynette answered questions about changes that have impacted her business since Colorado legalized marijuana in 2012. How do we better educate parents and schools about the long-term effects of drugs?” also offers services such as wellness programs and DNA tests for those who want to know if they’re pre-disposed for disease.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JANUARY 15, 2021

To increase public understanding of the role of entrepreneurship we need to educate our communities about its power and impact. We need educational and awareness campaigns that communicate the importance of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ecosystem building as a means to building stronger, more resilient, and equitable economies.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2021

Founded in 2012, Kiddom was able to raise millions without revenue or a clear business model. A lot of Kiddom’s success depends on if traditional curriculum providers, like the Pearsons and McGraw-Hills of the world, don’t catch up to the digitization of education.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

The Family was originally founded in 2012 with three co-founders — Alice Zagury, Oussama Ammar and Nicolas Colin. Over time, The Family diversified its activities with an education business and a digital transformation business. The company filed a lawsuit for breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 24, 2024

Jessica Kinsey Represented the University of Tulsa in 2012 Governor’s Cup 2012 High Growth Graduate Winner Currently CEO/Founder of Prodigy & Co Please provide a few details on your winning Entrepreneur’s Cup business idea. Our business was SpectrumFX. Prodigy & Co exists to make work better for everyone.

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Y Combinator

JUNE 19, 2019

They were part of YC’s Winter 2012 batch. 1:55 – How are their students differentiated from students educated in a traditional CS program? 19:40 – The education landscape 20 years from now. 23:30 – Education stacking. Make School students don’t pay until they have a job after graduation.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

And also, how do they go about getting up to speed, and how do they then later on educate staff in the newsroom? And over the years that has changed and there are more people doing this type of work, educating newsrooms and educating the business side at media organizations. How can I best solve them?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Other investors in the company include GSV, Rethink Education and Kapor Capital. Founder and CEO Jeff Scheur built NoRedInk in 2012 when he was an English teacher in Chicago. The financing event comes nearly six years after its Series A, a signal that the company has ambition to scale meaningfully in the coming months and years.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2021

In particular, Cora wants to go even deeper in certain segments such as B2B professional services such as law and accounting firms; real estate brokerage and education. It plans to use the new capital to add new features and improve existing ones; on operations and launching a portfolio of credit products.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success. “We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

The company’s original focus was around financial services and it counts a large base of customers in that area, but it is also seeing a lot of activity in adjacent industries like insurance, as well as education, retail and other categories Michaeli said.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

Pre-pandemic, VCs were notoriously reluctant to invest in education-related companies. Madrid headquarters of IBM International Business Machine, the American multinational of informatics and technology consulting services, Spain, November 2012. European and North American edtech startups see funding triple in 2021.

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