Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2015

I’m rooting for Meerkat to succeed as an independent network. The group of people I might communicate with in a network like this might be different than the people with whom I interact on Twitter and in general I like to see new products and new companies emerge. Mark Suster (@msuster) November 7, 2014. Exciting time.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

You’ve had a few difficult years outside of work – I feel confident 2014 is going to be a great one! Meanwhile while social networking was white hot 3 years ago it is now persona non grata unless your user numbers are insane. I know your 2013 success will lead to more sustained travel in 2014.

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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

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The investment is the largest-ever Series A round for the region, and it values Wave at $1.7 Four big-name backers jointly led the round — Sequoia Heritage, a private investment fund and a subsidiary of Sequoia; Founders Fund; payments upstart Stripe; and Ribbit Capital. Wave , a U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The company’s latest funding round earned investments that will help Willowmore further expand its market presence and strengthen its position as a leading provider of smart access, IoT and analytics technologies. The round was also participated by SEEDS Capital, Enterprise Singapore’s investment arm. “We

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2020

Decisiveness towards survival, and later investing, will move the needle forward. A range of essential services like healthcare, e-commerce, gaming, telecom networks, and so on, are thriving right now. Ruchir Punjabi has been an EO member since 2014. Cash Is Everything. For entrepreneurs, cash is everything right now.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

That’s a reason why some are quick to portend “a new bubble” but this post sets out to show that would be a misunderstanding of the market and in fact by historic levels this may be amongst the best times to invest in seed and early-stage funds. More on that later. trillion in value. Still reading?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

The report also pinpoints other metrics such as fixed and mobile broadband connections and mobile cellular network coverage. These markets make up 32% of Africa’s population, 51% of the continent’s mobile network connections, 50% of its professional developers and 51% of its GDP. The continent’s investment story.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2014

I’m a strong believer that investors invest in people, before they invest in a business plan, or an idea. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the First Quarter 2014, the Q1 increase marks seven consecutive quarters of positive sentiment among Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

It’s not dissimilar to venture capital investments — you give a promising company (or person) the money that they need to grow, assuming that eventually, you’ll recoup your investment and turn a sizable profit.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

How much money will they reserve from their fund for future investments in your startup? How much pull that investment professional has within his or her fund? which matters for getting future support) Where the fund is in its investment cycle (year 1 out of 10 or year 7 out of 10)? What percentage of their fund will you be?

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

Indelible Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in B2B SaaS startups that can scale internationally. I also had the opportunity to learn firsthand how VC firms put together an investment fund and understood the type of LPs coming together to form a fund. What types of companies/sectors do you look to invest in?

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

Creative use of the country’s networked manufacturing and logistics hubs make mass production both cheap and easy. But Tang wasn’t satisfied and eventually sold ELEX Technology to a publicly listed company for about $400 million in 2014. He soon began to invest in everything from ramen and hotpots to bottled beverages.

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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 the past three months, Investible has deployed A$9.8m

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Today Juniper Networks announced it was acquiring smart wide area networking startup 128 Technology for $450 million. This marks the second AI-fueled networking company Juniper has acquired in the last year and a half after purchasing Mist Systems in March 2019 for $405 million.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

Africa’s fintech space has gained proper attention over the past few years in investments but it is not news that startups still battle with offering high-quality products. Today, the company is announcing that it has closed $10 million in Series A investment. Appzone is a fintech software provider.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

An alternative payment network with connected wallets allowing a mobile money user to transact with a bank account would fix this problem, and that’s the premise of Ghana-based fintech Dash. I was blown away by the ubiquity and convenience of mobile money in 2014 when I visited Kenya for the first time.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 4, 2023

By leveraging the expertise and networks of the Tech Angel Syndicate, First Move plans to offer startups financial support and access to a network of experienced entrepreneurs and industry leaders. Neoh’s involvement with Prenetics dates back to 2014, when he became its initial angel investor.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 3, 2021

In addition, working with the SBDC has also resulted in a much larger and growing network of business mentors and supporters. Networking through groups like your chamber of commerce, Rotary or other organizations may help you identify the perfect mentor. Find your VBOC here. . Community business groups or associations.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2024

billion from 10,000 individual investors since its founding in 2014, the firm has funded to date over 350 companies founded or led by women of its 1300+ current portfolio companies. The new fund will offer approximately 15-20 investments, diversified by sector, stage, and region over the span of 12 to 18 months. Having raised $1.3

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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. 5/ The Enduring Allure Of Platform Potential: Revenue is important.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2022

Founder and chief executive officer Bimbola Adisa , an aerospace engineer, started the company in 2014 after working several years for a power turbine manufacturer and as an investment banker covering the power sector in the U.S. Adisa launched BPS in 2014 to address the inadequate electricity supply from power distribution companies.

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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. The idea was to invest $25,000 and take the startups through a three-month accelerator program culminating in a Demo Day. It’s funny how things have changed since then.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

Many of these LPs also participated in AppWorks’ $50 million second fund in 2014. As part of Fund III’s close, AppWorks is recruiting new investment associates and analysts, especially ones who will focus on sourcing deals throughout Southeast Asia. AppWorks’ total assets under management (AUM) is now $212 million.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Simultaneously , they announced that the fund had invested $1.5 The idea for a syndicate fund would come in the following months as the pandemic disrupted investment activities worldwide. During the onset of the pandemic, Aboyeji, via his blog post , said Future Africa Fund was looking to raise institutional investment.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

We’re thrilled to have him on TechCrunch Live this week, along with Chris Howard, founding partner at Fuel Capital, which invested in Convoy’s seed round. As you’ll hear, in 2014 and 2015, freight was ready for reinvention. Convoy launched at the right time, CEO Chris Howard told me. Join the event here.

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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. The process starts slowly, but as the chart below shows, venture-backed M&A plummeted during the recessionary period, when venture investing also slowed.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 15, 2024

Charting the Path to Success in Tech Investing: An Exclusive Interview with GoAhead Ventures’ Founding Trio GoAhead Ventures (“GoAhead”) is a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm founded by three Stanford graduates: Takeshi “TK” Mori, Clancey Stahr and Phil Brady (the “Managing Partners”). How did you break into tech investing?

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OurCrowd

APRIL 27, 2021

The decision by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to expand its definition of an “ accredited investor ” paves the way for thousands more aspiring venture capitalists and angel investors to benefit from investing in the private markets. Brokers, dealers and registered investment advisers exempt from registration under the U.S.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Sopoong was launched in 2008 by Jaewoong Lee , who co-founded South Korea’s largest internet portal operator Daum Communication, which merged with Kakao in 2014. If participating fellows succeed in founding a startup, Sopoong could make a seed investment, Han said.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

South African consumer internet giant Naspers led the round through its investment arm, Naspers Foundry , investing $5.6 Cathay AfricInvest Innovation, FMO: Entrepreneurial Development Bank and Platform Investment Partners also participated. million, according to Aerobotics. Within that, the U.S. and other markets. .

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Revolution

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Creating space for in-person connections has long been at the center of our Rise of the Rest place-based philosophy and investment thesis. In a continuing effort to help shift the venture capital funding geographic imbalance in our country, since 2014 our team has traveled to 38 cities to meet entrepreneurs where they are. Leverage?—?and

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 1, 2020

It includes a basket of all the next-generation software companies since 2014.* The bigger question is whether software purchasing habits change because of reduced travel and networking. Notice: I hold Zoom and Microsoft stock and others as investments in index funds. This is our familiar forward multiples chart.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

When Moran began angel investing, he found the whole process of startup fundraising to be confusing, so he started a venture podcast back in May 2014 called “ The Full Ratchet ,” to interview other VCs and provide funding transparency. TC: The current portfolio is largely enterprise/B2B, with a few notable investments in food tech.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

million pre-seed investment. The investors in this round include Egyptian VC Foundation Ventures, Y Combinator, MSA Capital, CRE Ventures, Alter Global, Jameel Investment Management Company (JIMCO) , B&Y Ventures Partners and Access Bridge Ventures. The fintech company raised $3 million in debt and equity.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Lydia first raised $45 million in January 2020 — Tencent led that investment. Interestingly, Amit Jhawar is heading this investment for Accel. Back in 2014, when I first covered Lydia , I called it the Venmo for France — they had only raised €600,000 back then. French fintech startup Lydia has extended its Series B round.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 24, 2023

Gyeonggi-do’s Seongnam-si, where Pangyo Techno Valley lies, has been earmarked as a special game and content district, with investments nearing KRW 170 billion won. By 2025, investments summing up to 171.9 By 2025, investments summing up to 171.9 This sector has been on an upward trajectory since 2014.

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