Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) But by 2014 much had started to change. She joined Launchpad as a very non-traditional founder and defied every conventional expectation to build one of LA’s fastest growing companies. We had a specific goal in mind.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

“It is still small-scale, and the most important thing we are doing that other companies should do is focus on the design, engineering and full-scale installations of vessels and the supporting systems to make a lot of it,” said Josh Tetrick, co-founder and CEO of Eat Just, which sells lab-grown chicken meat in Singapore.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

Some are more for fun, and the financing options for those types of buys — such as motorcycles and ATVs — are more limited. The company, which offers “instant” financing for large recreational purchases, boasts impressive financials in a startup world whose inhabitants are mostly unprofitable.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Sometimes when you’re in the zone as a founder, a case of the twisties can utterly derail progress. As a consultant to many of the world’s most innovative global brands as well as motivated founders looking for a jump-start, it’s important to be able to know what steps along the way are absolutely necessary and which ones are nice to have.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

That player, Crowdz , recently secured $10 million in financing co-led by Citi and Dutch growth equity firm Global Cleantech Capital, with participation from Bold Capital Partners, TFX Ventures and Augment Ventures. Put simply, Crowdz started out by giving small and medium-sized businesses a way to sell invoices for financing to funders.

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Ian Hathaway

JANUARY 6, 2020

Economists Pierre Azoulay, Benjamin Jones, Daniel Kim, and Javier Miranda, analyzed administrative government data on the founders of all U.S. businesses that were started during a recent eight-year period (2007-2014). Next, we see two tables showing average founder age by key geographies (top panel) or success outcome (bottom panel).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

Scott pointed to B-round SaaS valuations in excess of $100 million in $15m+ financing rounds with companies with very limited proof of customer traction or revenue. But here is the deck I used to present before our panel if you haven’t seen it already: Final 2014 pre money deck from Mark Suster. And we ended. Startup Lessons'

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

In 2014, Young and Cavins invested their life savings into Outdoorsy, sold their homes and jumped into an Airstream Eddie Bauer trailer. In June, Outdoorsy raised $90 million in a Series D led by ADAR1 Partners, as well as an additional $30 million in debt financing from Pacific Western Bank. Why not open it up to RVs?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Last week a company we enthusiastically backed, uBeam , led by a very special entrepreneur, 25-year-old Meredith Perry , announced a $10 million round of financing. Could you withstand the public scrutiny every day of being a young tech founder and show up every morning filled with enthusiasm? Mark Suster (@msuster) November 1, 2014.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Was Paul Graham right in his “high resolution” financing post? In fact, most early investor work hard to help their startups get to the next level so it makes no sense for the angel investor and founders to be at odds. Convertible debt WITH a cap is stupid for founders. Some thoughts on raising angel money.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

Companies that have high recurring revenue and visibility into future performance — such as SaaS startups — in particular can benefit from debt financings, Alex points out. . The firm has deployed over $60 million in capital to 130 SaaS founders since launching in January 2020, according to Latka. Enter Founderpath.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Founder, Founder, Founder At Upfront we talk regularly about how 70% of our investment decision in Seed and A rounds is the quality of the entrepreneur and 30% is the quality of the idea. Yes, you have to figure out how to finance inventory and sure, it’s harder to iterate products when it involved physical production?—?but

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

The reality is you must be great at HR, PR, finance AND product. The reality is that a journalist who’s writing a story about you – a relatively unknown entity – wants to hear directly from the founders and/or the CEO. As the CEO you need to realize that doing PR is part of the piechart of activities called “your job.”

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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. Founder’s perspective. You’ll get empathy. Experience. Relationships.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 1, 2023

In a statement, Manafa said it will use the fresh funds to accelerate its growth in Saudi Arabia and expand its offering with the launch of several products and financing solutions in addition to double the number of investors on its platform. Established in 2014, Wa’ed Ventures manages a portfolio of more than 40 start-ups.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

London-based Divido , a white-label platform for retail finance that integrates with e-commerce platforms (but can also support omni-channel) so retailers can offer consumers a “buy now, pay later” option at the point of sale, has bagged a $30 million Series B to fund international expansion. Making sense of Klarna.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Sparked by a pair of scissors, some pantyhose and a party where founder, Sara Blakely , wanted to look her best, Spanx officially began production in 2000 and changed women’s fashion and fit forever. Peeler isn’t just changing the world of student aid, she’s also redefining the role of women entrepreneurs in finance and education.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

Staffbase , which provides an intranet-style internal communications platform for companies, has raised a $145 million (€122 million) financing round led by General Atlantic, a growth equity firm. Existing investors Insight Partners and e.ventures also participated in the round.

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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. 5 million was always the classic definition of an A-round between the late nineties (crazy financings aside) and say 2007.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

However , unlike the last financing round where Tala raised $100 million debt financing in addition to its $110 million Series D, the microlender only raised equity this time. The founder and CEO emphasized that the new product offerings will help customers “use, save, protect and grow their money better.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

Founder and CEO Prince Boakye Boampong started the company in 2019. Before Dash, Boampong was the co-founder of OMG Digital, a YC-backed Ghanaian media startup he started alongside Jesse Ghansah — the current CEO of Float — in 2016. . Other investors in the round include Global Founders Capital and 4DX Ventures.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

The financing is notable for a few reasons. For one, that new $6 billion valuation, is up 50% from the $4 billion it was valued at last November when it raised $200 million in Series D financing. The investment brings Better.com’s total funding raised to over $900 million since its 2014 inception.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

Insilico Medicine, a Hong Kong-based company that has been using artificial intelligence to discover new drugs since 2014, has completed a fresh round of funding. Alex Zhavoronkov, Insilico’s founder and CEO, also participated in the Series D round.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Back in simpler times, 2014, Yo raised $1.5 Push Party’s round was financed by Founders Fund, with Principal Trae Stephens driving the deal. million on $10 million.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In 2014, more than 40% of U.S. Case is the founder of the Revolution trio of funds (including the Rise of the Rest Seed Fund), which focus exclusively on investing outside the major hubs of Silicon Valley, New York and Boston. Since launching the platform in 2014, Case and his teams have invested in 194 companies across 89 cities.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2019

If you’re a startup founder ready to gain the tools you need to get to the next level, check out the EO Accelerator program. A number of local governments have also implemented programs to help startups. Despite all of these positive efforts and the economic recovery following the Great Recession, entrepreneurship is still stagnant.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

BTV is a venture firm that boasts two successful fintech founders as its partners. Gibson co-founded NerdWallet, where he also served as COO from 2010 to 2014. The personal finance company went public last year. We are founders ourselves and think that we can have the most impact at the seed stage,” Mohnot said. “We

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

Mizuho Bank and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group also joined in its debt financing. Founded in 2014, Zeals currently serves more than 400 enterprises, including Toyota dealerships, Shiseido and NTT Docomo. Image Credits: Zeals.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

For Kate Ryder, the founder of women’s health clinic and benefits platform Maven, business is personal. Maven began offering support for pregnancy loss and high-risk care management as the founder herself waded through the emotions and confusion of it. The company was founded in 2014 to help working women plan and start families.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2022

Founded in 2013 (or 2014 depending on the source), the Chicago-based company has raised over $82 million in funding over its lifetime from investors such as FinTech Collective and Oak HC/FT , according to Crunchbase. billion in an all-stock deal that was a reflection of its continued push into consumer finance.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

In the past week, Coderhouse, a live cohort-based learning platform, and Crehana, an on-demand skills development service for the enterprise, both announced financing rounds. Now, with formal backing, the founders are focused on growing that total by offering more services in Latin America. Diego Olcese, founder of Crehana.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In 2014, Prayank Swaroop made a pitch to the storied venture firm Accel, where he worked as an associate, about future marketplaces in India. Swaroop’s presentation from 2014. Accel and Quona recently backed Shivalik Small Finance Bank. Image credits: Accel). PharmEasy, valued at $5.6

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

There was also a lot of talk around Tornado Cash as the two founders behind the crypto mixer were charged on Wednesday by U.S. This week in web3 Two founders behind crypto mixer Tornado Cash charged by U.S. Erik previously worked on Wall Street as a VP for AIG investments and was a co-founder and consultant of other startups.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Pajani Singah’s company, Amazonia Impact Ventures , was named Top Innovation Winner of the World Economic Forum’s 2021 Tropical Forest Commodities Challenge for protecting the Amazon rainforest and improving the lives of its people through an innovative finance company that works directly with indigenous communities in the rainforests.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 27, 2019

Ryan Villanueva is an entrepreneur, educator and co-founder of Best Delegate , a rapidly growing education company with a goal of making Model United Nations a worldwide program in order to help this generation of students lead the world to a better, more peaceful, just, and sustainable future. ” .

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) led Fundbox’s Series D financing, which brings the company’s total equity raised to $410 million since its 2013 inception. “We use artificial intelligence to deliver financial products that small business owners use to better run and grow their businesses,” CEO Prashant Fuloria told TechCrunch.

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