Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

Scott and I agree on nearly everything: The VC structure is changing and there appears to be a bifurcation into small & large VCs with an impact on “traditionally sized” VCs. The only point we didn’t seem totally aligned on was what we happening to the “middle of the VC market.”

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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. If you want to understand how the VC industry is changing there is a great primer in the link.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. Throughout all of these years I was a full-time VC so Launchpad really came out of evenings and weekends for me. Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). And Jamie hers.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

You can watch the video above for a very brief overview of why we rebranded and where we see our place in the VC ecosystem along with what has changed in our industry. Relaunching our brand is part of our larger initiative to build a VC firm of the future. Nearly four months ago we rebranded at Upfront Ventures.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 27, 2021

And our second Opportunity Fund, raised in 2014, has generated 7.3x Our 2014 Opportunity Fund has a higher cash on cash return but a lower IRR than our 2010 Opportunity Fund. Venture capital funds do not take down the entire capital commitment upfront. cash on cash but generated a 58.6% cash on cash but only 46.7%

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 17, 2020

Then I found out that the creators of this new game had received venture capital funding and were going to turn it into a business. It comes with the territory in VC. Crypto was helpful for me back in 2013 and 2014 when I was going through one of those periods. I met the founders and was happy for them. Then I woke up.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. There are a lot of things I think entrepreneurs should care about when raising from a VC: How big or small their fund is? Beezer did.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In 2014, more than 40% of U.S. VC investment, according to “Beyond Silicon Valley,” a new report co-produced by venture firm Revolution and PitchBook. VC dollars have gone to Bay Area startups. Since launching the platform in 2014, Case and his teams have invested in 194 companies across 89 cities.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

Finch Capital , the early-stage fintech VC with a presence in London and Amsterdam, is acquiring Wirecard Turkey, a subsidiary of Wirecard, the disgraced fintech out of Germany. In 2014, it was wholly acquired by Wirecard Issuing & Acquiring Gmbh, which is a subsidiary of Wirecard AG.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Sopoong , a social impact-focused VC, intends to support environmentally minded tech founders in South Korea and Southeast Asia, while building a bridge between Korean conglomerates and startups in the sector. Korean VC Sopoong closes $8M fund for startups focused on environmental impact by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 25, 2023

Register Venture capital firm Goodwater has concluded its latest funding round, raising $1 billion in capital commitments for its fifth early-stage and third opportunity-style funds. Most of the capital, 60%, will be allocated to early- and seed-stage startups. With this successful raise, the firm now manages $3.3

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 5, 2021

What does it mean for venture capital and Startupland? Let’s examine the relationship between total venture capital investment and the 10 year Treasury in some detail. The y-axis tracks enture capital investment by year and the year of the data point resides in the reddish circle. In short, we should expect some cooling.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 1, 2019

In 2014, I published a post called Do Startup Require Less Capital to Succeed than 10 Years Ago ? In the analysis, I created a metric, the return on invested capital (ROIC). In other words, at IPO, how much revenue per VC dollar did the company generate. First, availability of capital. It was harder.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

I love the enthusiasm, the boundless energy and the sense of possibility that comes from having an idea that hasn’t yet been beat up in the marketplace of competing ideas, customer contracts, VC skepticism, jaded journalists or fickle consumers who are on the The New, New Thing. But alas I must scale with businesses and make money.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

.” I applaud all efforts by people to take on this issue and especially be Adeo who – let’s be honest – was really the first champion of trying to make the VC world more transparent by launching TheFunded, which didn’t exactly endear him to VCs initially. They’ll get priced soon enough by a VC.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. how & when to raise capital. Easy peasy 101 discussions for VCs.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

The dynamics that play into this forecast, aside from the impact of COVID, include a youthful population (the youngest globally), rising smartphone adoption and internet penetration that has led to a burgeoning tech ecosystem backed by local and international VC dollars. Image Credits: Bill Gates Foundation Gallup report (2014)/Endeavor.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Register Asia Pacific-based early-stage VC Investible has announced the appointment of Charlie Ill to the newly-created role of group Chief Investment Officer, as well as the promotions of Jayden Basha to Principal and Ben Lindsay to Investment Manager. in capital, including A$3.4m directly through Club Investible.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital. I suppose it depends how much money you’ve raised but if hiring critical staff, raising VC and streamlining your biz dev or sales is important to you then you might consider putting a small amount of spend against PR.

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Gust

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Cautionary note: No competent VC is actually fooled when you show up after raising $6M in seed financing and say you’re now raising an A! Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 7, 2014. No VC will be so naive as not to see straight through it. When I first became a VC, seed rounds were typically $500k – $1.5 Nobody cares.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

Venture capital (VC) firm Lifeline Ventures today announced a fresh €150 million ($163 million) fund aimed at early-stage startups across Finland. For example, London’s Playfair Capital closed a $70 million pre-seed fund, while France’s Emblem and Ovni Capital each announced new €50 million ($54 million) funds.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Levin joined Heartcore Capital in 2019 from Global Founders Capital, the billion-dollar VC arm of Rocket Internet, where he was responsible for investments in Canva, Heyjobs, Instarem, Anyfin and others. Homejoy expanded internationally in 2014 in a rush to squash a new German competitor Helpling. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Brett Calhoun Contributor Share on Twitter Brett Calhoun is the managing director and general partner at Redbud VC. Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. At the dawn of 2022, there were 2,900 active VC firms, marking a 225% increase since 2008.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

-based and Africa-focused mobile payments company through Zagadat Capital. In 2014, Mr. Eazi launched Phonetrader, an online used phone marketplace backed by a now-defunct startup incubator, 440NG, which was run by two investment firms, L5Lab and 88mph. Eazi — after building his presence overseas and connections in the U.S.,

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

According to PitchBook , VC investments were down 30% in Q2 2022 compared with 2021, and IPOs hit a 50-year low. When deal-making slows, VC dollars typically favor the perceived market leader, starving other venture-backed businesses in the same space of capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

This isn’t the first time we’ve talked about de Raphélis Soissan, as she used to be an entrepreneur herself and I first covered her startup, Clustree, back in 2014. He worked for Mangrove Capital Partners and Idinvest, which is now part of Eurazeo. The next step is a proper seed fund with more capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

I was blown away by the ubiquity and convenience of mobile money in 2014 when I visited Kenya for the first time. The round, which comes after a $500,000 pre-seed, continues a list of fintech deals amid a wave of innovation rippling through the sector, which accounted for up to 60% of Africa’s total VC funding last year.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The new capital follows $7 million Series A funding raised in December 2020, bringing the company’s total funding to $49.5 million since being founded in 2014. Canapi Ventures led the latest round, and was joined by existing investors Fin VC and TTV Capital, which both led the Series A.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

And now, the early-stage VC firm is announcing its largest fund closures to date: Kaszek Ventures V, a $475 million early-stage fund, believed to be the largest vehicle of its kind ever raised in the region, and Kaszek Ventures Opportunity II, a $525 million for later-stage investments.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

billion venture capital firm is entering the crypto market with a new $110 million fund dedicated to the sector that it will operate jointly with Ledger , a French startup focused on digital asset security, Cathay co-founder Dennis Barrier told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

In fact, among the earliest use cases for the company was helping startups track engagement with their pitch decks at VC firms. million, according to Crunchbase, but Heddleston says that he wanted to build a company that was self-sufficient and raising more VC dollars was never a priority or necessity.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Zeitview was founded in 2014 with the goal of bringing a new resource to businesses: the sky. After serving in the military, Burton did a short stint at Goldman Sachs and made the leap in 2014 to launch Zeitview. According to one source , VC investments in drone companies reached $7 billion in 2021 across 199 deals, up from $2.4

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

AppWorks , the Taipei-based venture capital firm focused on Taiwan and Southeast Asia, announced today it has closed its oversubscribed third fund, raising $150 million. Many of these LPs also participated in AppWorks’ $50 million second fund in 2014. AppWorks’ total assets under management (AUM) is now $212 million.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

But unlike the others, Juven is not a venture capital fund; the evergreen investment company is a spinoff from Goldman Sachs’ Africa principal team responsible for making several high-growth investments in the tech scene since 2014. South African fintech startup Jumo raises second $50M+ VC round. ” . .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

With the new capital injection, FreshBooks has now raised a total of more than $200 million in funding over its lifetime. The company was self-funded until 2014, when McDerment decided to bring on outside investors and raised $30 million from Oak Investment Partners, Accomplice and Georgian Partners.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack , PiggyVest, and TeamApt. Today, the investor is announcing the launch of Voltron Capital , a Pan-African venture capital firm he co-founded with Abe Choi , a U.S.-based Voltron Capital will be managed on AngelList.

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