Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

We love capital efficiency until we love land grabs until we abhor over funding until we get huge payouts and ring the bell for more funding until we attract every non-VC on the planet to invest in startups until it crashes and we start the cycle all over again none the wiser. ” I believe firmly in capital efficiency in the early days.

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Hunter Walk

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Watching the boom/bust cycle of DTC brands that were running on just the sugar high of venture dollars has given me even more appreciation for those who, yes, require investment capital along the way, but are playing the long game. Sandro Roco: I had the idea for Sanzo in 2018. Here are Five Questions with Sandro.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Her fibromyalgia diagnosis after university gave her even more drive to launch CAPAZ in 2018. In 2018, after Déborah finished researching the play, it went on tour around Lima, and her team launched their production with a new name, CAPAZ (Spanish for “able”). Fibromyalgia changed my life,” she believes.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Register Ficus Capital has announced that it invested $400,000 in Assemblr , a Bandung-based start-up that is focused on helping users to create AR content via its web-based platform. Assemblr is Ficus Capital’s first investment outside of Malaysia. Remember Me. No account yet? Mavcap is the fund’s anchor investor.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 18, 2019

2018 YLAI Fellow Marcos Heyd is a great example of someone with a good entrepreneurial spirit. To combat this, Surcos Argentinos taught sustainable farming to impoverished families in villages far from the capital. Entrepreneurship can empower individuals and communities limited in resources.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Angel Flores, a 2018 YLAI Fellow, has made it his life’s mission to improve the lives of people with disabilities. The first time, only about 80 people participated, but in 2018, about 5,000 people took to the streets. One inspiring YLAI Network member in Nicaragua wholeheartedly shares these goals.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

The first two MyEO DealExchange conferences in 2018 and 2019 made a significant impact on the members who attended—including a 7-figure investment in Scott Mesh (EO New York)’s company. MyEO DealExchange was formally approved as a MyEO Premier Group in August 2018. So that’s what I did. Two months later, we hosted our first conference.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

We believe this consistency in leadership and intuition for where the markets were going in the heady days of 2019–2021 helped us to stay sane in a world that momentarily seemed to have lost its mind and since we have new capital to deploy in the years ahead perhaps I can offer some insights into where we think value will be derived.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

One of the questions we discussed is, “How much capital should a startup raise?” ” Fred & I are both in agreement that there is a tension between capital constraints and creativity. Perhaps that’s rational capitalism at its extreme. But it’s not who I am.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Vessel Capital , a web3 venture fund, has emerged from stealth with $55 million in assets under management to invest in infrastructure and applications, the firm exclusively told TechCrunch. The fund is “evergreen” and has the potential for the capital pool to be increased, he added. It will be deployed over a five-year period. “We

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 15, 2020

2018 YLAI Fellow Alex founded El Árbol English School in Costa Rica, an institution where students of all ages learn English and develop critical thinking skills. Creating unique lesson plans. After taking courses on his scholarship, Alex taught in Costa Rica for years before receiving his master’s degree in the United States.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

” In 2018, Crossworks Myanmar was born, initially intended to hire talent for Jeshua’s ventures. Jeshua’s audacious adventure unfolded during the pandemic, where he traveled to over 55 countries, joining Accelerating Asia and Decacorn Capital to dive deeper into the world of disruptive technology-led innovations.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

rang the opening bell on the NASDAQ stock exchange, signifying the start of their new chapter in life as a public traded company after successfully completing a merger with Novus Capital Corporation. Having the opportunity to learn from the founders you back is by far one of the most rewarding parts of being a venture capital investor.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 20, 2019

Rafael, a 2018 YLAI Fellow and an entrepreneur in Honduras, saw years later a need for his skills in the country’s cultural heritage sector. “My Rafael López is a 2018 YLAI Network Fellow and the co-founder and CEO of Malengu, a Honduran fashion brand. She told me I would be successful because I took care of my money,” Rafael says.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 25, 2021

a Suriano, 2018 YLAI Fellow. “It By Jewelle Saunders. Everyone deserves to have equal opportunities, rights, and benefits,” says Marí?a It is time for everyone to fight for what is right and fair.”. María, who was born and raised in El Salvador, is the founder of Masshii.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The company recently secured funding in a Series A round, which was led by TRIVE Venture Capital , a Singapore-based firm specializing in early-stage high-growth technology companies. Since its establishment in 2018, Charge+ already has over 1,000 strategically distributed EV charging points in the city-state.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

2018 YLAI Fellow Porfirio Baez spent his free time dreaming up different ways to contribute to the preservation of the environment. By Jewelle Saunders. So he founded his own company to do just that. Green Depot , based in the Dominican Republic, aims to make the planet, and his community members, more eco-conscious.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 10, 2021

This Computer Science Education Week, I celebrated by meeting with a very large employer in NYC and talking about getting that company’s employees deeply engaged with computer science education in the NYC schools and supporting the CS4All Capital Campaign, which I Chair. I wrote about that visit here.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 20, 2023

Register Southeast Asia-focused venture capital firm Go-Ventures has successfully concluded the final close of its second flagship fund, raising a total of $240 million. As part of the announcement, the company has rebranded itself as Argor Capital Management.

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Dream It

APRIL 26, 2019

According to a new report from Risk Based Security, 6,500 publicly known data breaches from 2018 exposed more than 5 billion user records, a decrease from the 7.9 Cybersecurity Venture Funding News Deepwatch, which provides managed security services, closed a $23 million Series A led by ABS Capital Partners.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

2018 YLAI Fellow Gastón is the founder of eaInversores , an online platform based in Córdoba, Argentina, that provides low-cost investment assistance and financial literacy education. “It is important to try to understand your customers and their needs and supply what they need with honesty,” says Gastón Fontaine.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 25, 2020

2018 YLAI Fellow Cinthya Andino is most passionate about design and about protecting the environment. By Angie Garozzo. In 2015, she was able to merge these two passions together to create her company, Beleaf.

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Dream It

APRIL 24, 2019

Meet the tech companies transforming real estate using VR and AR technology: View this post on Instagram UberPuppy A post shared by VirtualAPT (@virtualaptcorp) on Nov 19, 2018 at 1:58pm PST VirtualAPT develops autonomous robots that scan rooms and capture 360-degree video content that customers can then use to market their spaces.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Innovators Hernann Zabala Naoumov, 2018 YLAI Fellow, and Antonio Mendoza, 2016 YLAI Fellow, co-founded EnerGea , a social enterprise aimed at increasing energy efficiency and reducing pollution and energy consumption through sustainable technology.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

Global venture capital firms are pouring money into the semiconductor startups developing the next generation of chips. The startup will use the capital to mass-produce its second AI chip prototype, called ATOM, which will be used in enterprise servers, Park said. by the end of this year, Park continued. . billion in early 2021.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

Lumachain was founded in 2018 to use computer vision-based artificial intelligence to transform meat plant operations. The innovation Gordon has seen in the food industry is more “incremental rather than transformational.” That’s why she believes AI should be helping employees be the best they can be. She even did a TED Talk about it.

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Dream It

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The United States Department of Homeland Security designated their MailSecur device as a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology in early 2018. Their clients include celebrities, government agencies, and leading Fortune 500 companies. The company has been growing since as a result of its breakthrough technology.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Between 2010 and 2015, Evernote raised hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital from investors including Sequoia, Meritech Capital and Japanese media company Nikkei. August 2018 saw an exodus of top execs, including Evernote’s chief technical officer, chief financial officer, chief product officer and head of HR.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Sometimes that’s venture capital generally (like last year’s conversation with Reid Hoffman ) and sometimes it’s in a space where I’ve invested (like mobility and city innovation with Bird’s Travis VanderZanden , one of our portfolio founders.) Between the heavy hitters at the helm, the more than $1.4B

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Dream It

OCTOBER 1, 2019

About TrekIT Health Founded in 2018, the company has developed a software platform for both large institutional health systems and individual clinicians looking for a better way to manage their workflow and hand-off process. About Dreamit Ventures Dreamit Ventures is an early stage venture fund and startup accelerator.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

Despite a pandemic that sparked a global recession, 2020 was still a record year for venture capital investments into American startups. According to data shared by PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association, investors poured $156.2 venture capital market in 2020 was hot, it was not newly so. But while the U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The startup targeted working professionals in cities, and raised only around $11 million in known venture capital. It sold its assets earlier this year to PB Funding Group — a group of lenders recruited by then-CEO Bill Mitchell in 2018 to keep it afloat. Quibi (2018-2020). Stockwell/Bodega (2018-2020). Total Raised: $1.75

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Zeni , a Palo Alto fintech company providing real-time financial services data to venture-backed startups, raised $34 million in Series B funding led by Elevation Capital. As part of the investment, Ravi Adusumalli, founder and managing partner at Elevation Capital, will join Zeni’s board. million in a combined seed and Series A round.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 11, 2017

That's one of my 2018 goals--is to help make NYC tech feel smaller again, and more connected. Raising a first round of capital is as good a proxy for "Someone vouched for you and you're a legit founder doing cool stuff with actual resources to give it a shot." We'll do a 2018 cohort and so on.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 11, 2019

Alvarado explica que la app está inspirada en su experiencia personal, cuando luego de vivir y educarse en Guna Yala, llega a la universidad en la capital y descubre la brecha comunicacional que vive su comunidad pues su idioma materno es guna y no español. “Yo

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Quadrille Capital and Headline are leading the round. Since 2018, Homa has published 80 games and attracted one billion downloads. French startup Homa has raised a $100 million Series B funding round. In other words, Homa builds tools that help third-party developers build games. The company’s metrics are mind boggling.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

Toyota AI Ventures, Toyota’s standalone venture capital fund, has dropped the “AI” and is reborn as, simply, Toyota Ventures. Toyota Ventures has been an invaluable partner for Boxbot since they invested in our seed round in 2018,” said Austin Oehlerking, co-founder and CEO of Boxbot, in a statement.

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