2016 founder ventures 
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 4, 2016
” There are a lot of data points that one can observer to get a sense of the venture capital markets – both LP fundings into venture and VC financings of startups. Of course sentiment can swing wildly with new information but I set out to take the pulse of the market as we enter 2016. State of the Market.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 1, 2016
It’s a new year – 2016. Most founders have a strong sense of what they’re trying to achieve. They hire their initial co-founders and early employees and everybody has a sense of “mission.” Strictly for example sake I’ll take our mission at Upfront Ventures. A Sense of Purpose.
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TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 12, 2021
Sesie Bonsi is the founder and CEO of Bleu , a financial technology platform focused on enabling touchless payment experiences. But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Contributor.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2016
The other major trend of 2012–2015 was the entrance of “non VCs” into late-stages of venture capital , which mostly consisted of hedge funds, mutual funds, corporate investors, sovereign wealth funds and even LPs doing direct deals. In Q3/Q4 2015 the market changed noticeably for VC funds and the market started to realize this by Q1 2016.
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
2016 YLAI Fellow Marco Mendieta works hard to develop the small-business community of Ecuador and regenerate the economy following the country’s devastating earthquake of 2016. Learn how other #YLAIStrong entrepreneurs are building their resilience and strengthening their businesses in the face of adversity.
TechCrunch
JULY 6, 2021
Influential entrepreneurs like Paul Graham and Naval Ravikant always preach the need for startups to have founders-turned-investors on their cap table. As Ravikant puts it, “founders want to know that the people they are taking money from have first-hand experience.” . MAGIC Fund has 12 founders who act as general partners.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 14, 2021
There’s no question that we are in the middle of a long-running and accelerating venture bull market. The venture alphabet soup of “A, B, C rounds” suggests it’s all the same, just one after the other, but it is not. In fact, the venture bull market affects different stages very differently.
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