American Entrepreneurship

MAY 17, 2024

May 8, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today designated Netflix Inc. These substantial investments will create thousands of good-paying jobs, support small businesses and vendors, and stimulate the regional economy.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Associates often shadow partners at board meetings so that they can help follow up with the company on important initiatives between board meetings. Most associates need some entrepreneurial experience before actually making investments. In 2013 we launched many firsts to reinvent our firm. Alumni activities.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Alternative investments are having a moment. Institutions have fueled a large part of this growth, investing at record pace into alternatives like crypto, private companies and real estate. Institutions have fueled a large part of this growth, investing at record pace into alternatives like crypto, private companies and real estate.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” That used to be called A-round investing.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

million) investment in Netherlands-based aquaculture investment fund Aqua-Spark , bringing its total investment to €25m. As a single-family office with an impact investing mandate focused on combating the biodiversity crisis, Silverstrand is focused on advancing regenerative food systems and natural climate solutions.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

Annie Case, a partner at Kleiner Perkins, focuses on investments in consumer, healthcare and marketplaces. She is currently a board director for Workwhile and a board observer for Outschool. . She helped lead investments in companies like Contra and Landing. . He is also the GP of the 500 Fintech fund.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 18, 2019

Accelerators can be great, but they’re not giving companies enough money to achieve the kind of escape velocity needed to get on the radar of national Series A firms that will invest anywhere. At some point, a real seed round needs to get raised—and it needs to get led by someone. I first met Daniela Perdomo , goTenna’s founder, at SXSW.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

406 Ventures since 2007 and investing as a partner since 2013. He’s a board director at multiple security companies, including Oort, KSOC, ThreatX, Tausight and Sevco Security. He’s also on the advisory board for the Advanced Cyber Security Center, where he previously served on the board of directors.

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Revolution

AUGUST 5, 2020

In 2013, we invested in BigCommerce , a SaaS startup helping companies build, manage, and market online stores. Revolution Growth has served on the BigCommerce board since our initial investment. This morning, the Austin-based company raised its initial public offering.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Valour, a Zug, Switzerland-based issuer of investment products, brought in Biggs, the former Private Banking Global Head of Innovation for HSBC, as CEO after recently launching Bitcoin Zero , a fee-free, digital asset ETP product that trades on the NGM stock exchange.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

billion and the company expects to receive about $458 million in cash, including a $100 million PIPE (private investment in public equity) deal subscribed to by a group of investors including T. Ampere Computing, which is mostly known for its Arm-based servers, is also making a direct investment.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

On Tuesday, Guo announced on Twitter and LinkedIn that she is stepping down from her position as a general partner at enterprise-focused Greylock Partners to continue investing in startups as she works to build something new. Guo joined Greylock in 2013 as the firm’s first woman partner and will now transition into the role of board partner.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Well, we learn to invest exclusively in men, preferably white or Asian. . So, why invest in anyone who’s not a white or Asian male? . We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

As part of the transaction , Vangelov told TechCrunch that he will join Starco’s board and is getting shares in the new company, while himself and Soylent’s shareholders will become the largest single voting block in Starco. He and the board chose to partner with Starco Brands. Other financial details were not disclosed.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

2013 has proved to be a wild year. Thank you to Tasha for helping to keep me sane by managing the onslaught of meeting requests, board meetings and constant change. 2013 was the year of wearable devices and physical products. So with the wild ride of 2013 I had thoughts about what made me thankful this year.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

As part of the investment, Lavender Hill Capital founding partner Xiaoyin Zhang and DCM Ventures general partner Ramon Zeng, will join Glints’ board. Founded in 2013, the Singapore-based startup says its annual revenue and gross profits grew 2.5x This brings Glints’ total raised so far to $80 million. Glints’ team.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Since its establishment in 2013, Born2Global Center served as the Ministry of Science and ICT’s overseas expansion support project for innovative technology companies over the past 10 years. Over the past 10 years, the Born2Global Center has supported 2,962 companies and attracted domestic and foreign investment worth more than 4.6

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

With the extension, the startup has now raised more than $700 million since its 2013 inception. We kept talking and they came back to us after the round, and wanted to be involved so we found a way to have them on board,” Braga said. “We São Paulo-based QuintoAndar is now valued at $5.1 We did not need the money.

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Founders Coop

AUGUST 7, 2018

With Aviel’s announcement last week, and a new website up at Founder’s Co-op reflecting our new partnership, I thought it was a good time to revisit the themes from my 2013 keynote at the Geekwire Awards: Turtles and Flywheels. Seattle in 2013 was a different place. BILLION).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

The investment, which, according to the company, was agreed on and structured in 2020, follows the $6.3 million raised in November 2020 and led by Toyota Tsusho investment fund Mobility 54. Once boda boda riders get on board, they can double their take-home profit from $5 per day to $10 per day after becoming owners, the CEO claims.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Erik Bakstad, the co-founder and CEO, said in an interview that the plan is to use the funding for more business development to expand that list of users, but also to invest in its product. This is a significant round for Ardoq, which had up to now raised less than $40 million since being founded in 2013. IT wasn’t succeeding.”

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Well, we learn to invest exclusively in men, preferably white or Asian. . So, why invest in anyone who’s not a white or Asian male? . We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.”

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For Entrepreneurs

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Rob is the co-founder of Salsify, a leading cloud-based product content management and syndication solution that I invested in in 2013 and where I currently serve on the board. The following is a guest post by Rob Gonzalez.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Abraaj bought Vine Pharmacy in 2013 when it was the largest pharmacy chain in Uganda. mPharma was originally founded in 2013, by Rockson , Daniel Shoukimas and James Finucane , to manage prescription drug inventory for pharmacies and their suppliers. and Daniel Vasella, ex-CEO and chairman of Novartis; both are members of the board. “I

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Ascend Money will use the proceeds to grow its e-wallet application – TrueMoney Wallet – and expand its digital financial services ranging from digital lending and digital investment to cross border remittances in Southeast Asia. Indonesian investment platform Ajaib gets $25 million Series A led by Horizons Venture and Alpha JWC.

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Angel Capital Association

APRIL 30, 2023

Y Combinator, a leading incubator, invented the original (pre-money) SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) in 2013 to provide an easy, fast and cheap way to fund the dozens of startups comprising a Y/C batch. So, are SAFEs truly dominating early-stage investing? So, what about Seed Stage, the angel’s most frequent investing stage?

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For Entrepreneurs

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Rob is the co-founder of Salsify, a leading cloud-based product content management and syndication solution that I invested in in 2013 and where I currently serve on the board. The following is part two of a guest post series by Rob Gonzalez. You can find part 1 here. Prior to founding Salsify, Rob was at.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

In a 2021 survey from The Conference Board focused specifically on the service industry, 80% of respondents said they were having a hard time finding qualified workers. “Smaller businesses need to focus on growth — not keeping up on HR trends, industry statistics, or job board best practices. Image Credits: WizeHire.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

Since launching in 2013, South African fintech Yoco has positioned itself as the go-to platform to access offline payments among merchants in the country. The company’s Series C investment is the largest of its kind in South Africa and one of the largest for any African fintech (third only to Flutterwave and Chipper Cash ).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

When I work with community leaders I often encourage them to “pool capital” together from many angels into a fund structure run by a small investment committee that can make more rapid funding decisions, take more risks (it is pooled capital so goes across more investments), and standardize investment terms.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

The products are currently under development, however, the plan is to also lend to bigger businesses in the agri-value chain, as the company expands its reach from micro-sellers, who have been their target market since launch in 2013. The deal also comes with the backing of Lightrock’s partner Shakir Merali, who now joins 4G Capital’s Board.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 6, 2023

SignalFire, based in San Francisco, led the Series A2 investment with additional participation from Ten Eleven Ventures. We’re 100 percent focused on creating surprisingly simple customer sign-in journeys and this new investment will accelerate our strategy and the opportunity ahead of us.” With over $1.8

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

We are also investing in other skilled talent like doctors and nurses, professionals that are critical in the work we do,” Rockson told TechCrunch. “??Bloom and Daniel Vasella, ex-CEO and chairman of Novartis; both are members of the board. ’s development arm CDC Group, Breyer Capital and Golden Palm Investments.

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For Entrepreneurs

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Rob is the co-founder of Salsify, a leading cloud-based product content management and syndication solution that I invested in in 2013 and where I currently serve on the board. You can find part 1 here and part 2 here. Prior to founding Salsify, Rob.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

This followed an investment late last year by Time Warner in the company in a round totaling $36 million , led by Rachel Lam , head of their investment group. And this month we announced that Maker Studios, where I am an investor and board member, crossed 3 billion views. Why I Invested in Maker Studios in the First Place.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

In light of Women’s History Month, we’re taking a look at the status of gender diversity in investment portfolios because women remain underrepresented in the field of entrepreneurship. Even more interesting, another study argues that women make better board directors than men. Women entrepreneurs and fundraising.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Brian Dally, a former mobile network exec, and Nick Bhargava, a co-author of the bipartisan JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act, founded Groundfloor in 2013. Groundfloor’s platform offers investments in real estate debt to its 150,000+ users, with a minimum investment of $10. in convertible notes.

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