Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

You thought media twitter was bad… You thought tech twitter was bad… — Hunter Walk (@hunterwalk) August 24, 2015. If markets come back quickly then you’ll see a return to normal 2015 funding timeframes (which I can tell you are much quicker than in times past). And if that’s what he meant he was right.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

From a diversity standpoint, the venture capital financing landscape remains incredibly imbalanced. Since 2015, Black and Latinx founders — who have fewer funding routes available to them to begin with — have raised just 2.4% of total venture capital invested, according to Crunchbase.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Amit Anand is a founding partner of Jungle Ventures and an early pioneer and leader in the development of Southeast Asia’s venture capital industry. billion, about four times more than they did in 2015. The region is also rising in prominence as a destination for investment capital relative to the rest of Asia.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 24, 2011

One of the cool things about being a fund that works with so many early stage companies is that bringing the whole portfolio together in one place results in a lot of collaborative learning opportunities. This can cause you to miss opportunities on both sides. One of the topics that was discussed in a breakout session was recruiting.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

In 2015 in the US there were $77 billion written into startup tech companies. For every bear there’s somebody else thinking they have an opportunity. That’s the beauty of markets and of capitalism. Median valuations went up 3x in just 2 years, followed by a precipitous drop in Q4 of 2015. The result?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

That nudge was a culmination of past events mixed with present opportunities. ” In 2015, she got acquainted with blockchain and thought it was the perfect technology to solve the problems she faced while growing up. According to her, this plunged her family (and millions of others) into financial crisis. .

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

Sensing an opportunity to solve this problem, many entrepreneurs have developed voice-powered applications that allow providers to offer a better patient experience. Leveraging Voice Tech to Give Elders More Independence As of July 2015, there were 47.8 million people age 65 and older that lived in the United States.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 13, 2015

But which lesser known startup sectors are starting to raise venture dollars? Where are founders finding unique opportunities to innovate? Each year, starting in mid-2012 through mid-2015, these sectors have grown their investment dollars by more than 145%, according to Mattermark data.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

It highlights important events in the continent’s tech ecosystem until this point, compares its journey with other emerging markets and provides guidance into the opportunities within various sectors. And though they are inclined to follow the money, Endeavor wants them to look beyond usual market opportunities and map out exit pathways.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Venture capital firms continue to raise new funds, at what seems like lightning speed. Two firms stuck out in recent days, including Urban Innovation Fund , which closed with commitments of $101 million for its Fund III and $20 million Opportunity Fund, and VMG Catalyst ‘s $400 million Fund II. in half a year.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As venture capital totals grow in Latin America , the region is about to see its leading champion go public. Per Crunchbase data , QED put capital into Nubank’s 2014 Series A, 2015 Series B, 2016 Series D and 2018 Series E, though there may be more dollars in play that we cannot see.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Zappos also offers opportunities to learn about its company culture, which you can apply to your business. Brad Feld helped co-found the venture capital firm with one goal in mind: to help entrepreneurs. “We This presents out-of-towners with opportunities to connect with fellow startup leaders and potential investors.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

The argument threaded through Fred’s posts above is that significant venture-scale opportunities for VCs existed outside the Bay Area. Just like Sequoia with their franchise model, or Accel, or the other larger funs, the top-tier venture capital firms have scaled up and out to grab these opportunities.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

In 2015, there were approximately 3.5 Pandian Gnanaprakasam and Sheausong Yang — who between them had tenures at Cisco, Aruba Networks, and AT&T Bell Labs — co-founded Ordr in 2015 to address what they call the “visibility gap” in enterprise networks. . billion internet of things (IoT) devices in use.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

When Brian Schiff, Sam Krut and Jacob Cooper founded the company in 2015, they were still undergraduates at Cornell University and it was initially an Uber-like social transportation app to help people find rides on college campuses where the transportation giant wasn’t operating. The funding round he refers to is $6.5

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? The Kauffman Foundation analyzed their own investments in venture capital (100 funds) over a 20-year period and found, “Only twenty of the hundred venture funds generated returns that beat a public market equivalent by more than 3% annually….Sixty-two

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

For Mike Salguero, CEO and co-founder at ButcherBox , the problem and opportunity in the extraordinarily broken space of meat production and distribution simply could not be ignored. He hired an intern and launched a Kickstarter campaign in September of 2015, a decision made out of a desperation to never raise money again.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

A recent ZDNet piece reaffirms that the AI edge chip market is booming, fueled by “staggering” venture capital financing in the hundreds of millions of dollars. has created a software-centric, purpose-built … platform that exclusively targets this large market opportunity. “I founded Sima.ai

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2022

“[We] think that … there’s an opportunity to build more products that the entire legal team can use in areas like intellectual property management, outside counsel, [and] governance risk compliance.” “Datto hoped to migrate Backupify’s customer data to their cloud infrastructure.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

She previously led product, marketing and revenue at Plenty of Fish, which later sold to Match Group for $575 million in 2015. “And I fundamentally believe now that the right opportunity is the distribution on TikTok, as well as influencers. Snack’s founder, Kim Kaplan , has a history in the dating app market.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The Series A funding is led by Runa Capital with Flashpoint Venture Capital and LAUNCHub Ventures also participating. A lot of companies we know have grown yet kept the same lease on their office and now realize they want to use it differently and provide more opportunities to their employees”.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Image Credits: Versatile Venture Capital (opens in a new window). In VC, 100x investment opportunities only come along once every few years. If you bet your VC fund on opportunities like that, you’re relying on luck.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 23, 2024

And I am grateful for the entire partnership, especially Marc and Ben, for giving me the opportunity of a lifetime when they promoted me to be General Partner , ending the firm’s long standing rule of 9 years to only hire general partners who had been CEO’s or founders. Kobold Metals – My first deal as a general partner.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Dan Lewis launched Convoy in 2015 into an established industry dominated by several legacy businesses. 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.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

million) in Series A funding from South African investment company Base Capital. This is OfferZen’s first round of funding since Philip Joubert , Malan Joubert and Brett Jones founded the company in 2015. And although they had friends with similar professions in Africa, they realized that opportunity wasn’t democratized. . “We

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Revolution

JUNE 15, 2023

Our partnership with CAVA began in 2015, when the Mediterranean fast-casual chain had just a dozen locations in D.C., That commitment to culture has overwhelmingly paid off, with pillars like above-standard wages and ample career opportunities translating into less churn, more continuity, and a galvanized team. Maryland, and Virginia.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Truist — one of the nation’s largest financial institutions — has acquired Long Game , a 12-person fintech startup that has raised over $20 million in venture capital, executives have told TechCrunch exclusively. As of June 2021, Charlotte, N.C.-based Fintech Roundup: Fintechs and banks are getting cozier.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

Existing backers Accel, ALLVP, Clocktower and new investor Mantis Venture Capital (founded by The Chainsmokers) also put money in the Series B. The startup plans to use its new capital to keep growing its team, toward product development and to expand its service to different countries in Latin America.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

We profiled Rebag back in 2015, when its name included two “g’s,” (gotta love URL availability) and had raised $4 million in seed funding to go after incumbents like The RealReal. The market for venture capital is active and favorable, and we seized on that opportunity to accelerate funding,” he added.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 4, 2021

Detroit’s future is in the hands of young, dynamic doers who embrace the opportunity to achieve their personal goals and contribute to the greater good of the local community. One such rising star in our region is 31-year-old Cory Tincher, a senior associate at Detroit Venture Partners. His story is both exhilarating and exemplary.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The new funding, led by returning investor Cygnet Capital, will be used to grow the Sydney, Australia-based startup’s international customer base, especially in the United States and Southeast Asia. Other participants in the round included Regal Funds Management, OC Funds, Five V Venture Capital and Thorney, plus returning.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

billion since its 2015 inception — about $780 million of which was secured during the pandemic. You’re starting to see corporate travel snap back, and TripActions is well positioned to capture the opportunity,” Gil wrote via email. With the latest round, the company has raised a total of $1.3

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 was the lead investor and was joined by existing investors F-Prime Capital, SV Angel, Slow Ventures, Freestyle Capital and Third Kind Venture Capital. million since the company was founded in 2015, according to Crunchbase data. At the same time, venture capital interest in U.S.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

IgniteXL Ventures, a fund founded by general partner Claire Chang, closed on its first fund of $10 million aimed at backing diverse early-stage founders in the beauty and wellness industry. from Seoul when she was a child and started a global accelerator in 2015. Claire Chang, general partner at igniteXL Ventures.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

More venture capital is flowing into meal delivery service companies as consumers seek out better-for-you food choices. That has attracted venture capitalists’ attention and led to some recent cash infusions, including Shef and WoodSpoon for homemade items, and Little Spoon and Serenity Kids in the baby food arena.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The Future Africa Fund kicked off in 2015 when Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Nadayar Enegesi , co-founders of US-based and African-focused talent company Andela, wrote checks to African startups as angel investors. Investzilla is focused on unlocking that opportunity for them.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Tan was a YC founder in the summer of 2008 and served as a partner there from December 2010 to November 2015. YC itself says it was founded in 2005 as “an antidote to the classic venture capital firm.” During his time as a partner, he advised and funded 700 companies and more than a thousand founders, YC says. .

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