2012 founder venture capital 
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2016
With a massive increase in companies created and a huge number of sources one trend that we witnessed from 2012–2015 was the rise of the undisciplined round. Angels / seed often wanted to exit early and late-stage wanted more ownership than founders would sell so secondary transactions were common. I Leaderless Rounds. Choose wisely.
Dream It
JULY 31, 2019
The first time, back in 2012, I joined as part of a mobile gaming company. It's possible to raise capital with a great idea, yes, but you need to be a fantastic hustler, or if you've sold businesses in the past, or if you come from an Ivy League school. We foreign/minority founders come with increased risk, and that's the hard truth.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 8, 2014
Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware. So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa. Welcome to the future.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 16, 2014
We’ve been dying to tell you all for a while that we had raised a new venture capital fund and of course given SEC filing requirements the story was somewhat already scooped by the always-in-the-know Dan Primack a few weeks ago. Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 5, 2023
It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. It will also be my last venture capital deal. No more founder pitch meetings. Sometime in the next few weeks, I’ll complete my next investment.
500
MARCH 26, 2020
When I moved to San Francisco in 2012, I was working on my fourth startup and looking to join an accelerator. But from a young age, going against the grain was in my DNA. It’s what led me to San Francisco, and, ultimately, what drew me to 500 Startups.
This is going to be BIG.
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
The venture capital game has become about branding yourself so you can get into a handful of hot deals." -- @Naval on stage with @Jason. This feels like a West Coast mentality, because deals seem to feel "hot" more often out there--I believe because of founder pedigree. Venture Capital & Technology' Show up early.
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