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5 questions emerging managers should ask before selecting LPs

TechCrunch

In order to make those investments, venture firms must first have the money, which means they’re not only just the funders, they’re fundraisers, too. For example, Juul, a male-founded e-cigarette company, received $10 billion more in funding in 2018 than female-founded companies received collectively that year.

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Celebrating 2021 Accomplishments and Looking Ahead to New Opportunities

Angel Capital Association

Our events all feature a rejuvenated and refined version of our Innovation Funders Showcase, with broader outreach aid all member groups in deal flow, increasing the value of the program for early-stage companies and angels alike. The Angel Funders Report is based on direct investment data solicited from all ACA member groups.

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Systemiq secures $70 million to fund early-stage climate tech founders

TechCrunch

The London-based VC aims to raise as much as $130 million more; that would mark quite a step up for the firm, which says it has funneled $30 million into 19 startups since 2018. Morgan , the world’s top funder of fossil fuels. . Last year, OpenInvest sold to J.P.

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VC meets the land of opportunity

TechCrunch

She is also the co-founder of Build In SE , a community of founders, funders and ecosystem partners committed to company building in the Southeast (#BuildInSE). Image Credits: Nashville 2018 Regional Economic Development Guide. Monique Villa is an investor at Mucker Capital , an early-stage VC fund investing in startups across the U.S.

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Pocket FM’s $103 Million Series D takes Storytelling to New Heights

American Entrepreneurship

Founded in 2018 the audio entertainment platform is filling a gap, creating a new entertainment category in the form of audio series. Having surpassed $150 million ARR, the company is growing at 57% QoQ, attracting funders Lightspeed with participation from private equity firm StepStone Group. This latest round will fund U.S.

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Jitx wants to change the way engineers design circuit boards using code

TechCrunch

It was led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Y Combinator, Funders Club and Liquid 2. The company was a member of the Y Combinator Summer 2018 cohort and was one of the 10 startups that caught the eye of the TechCrunch reporters covering their Demo Day. The $12 million investment closed last year.

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Are SAFE’s Truly Everywhere? The Role of SAFEs in Angel-Stage Deals

Angel Capital Association

Y/C helped enable this by introducing the Post-Money SAFE in 2018, fixing some of the more egregious problems with SAFEs, principally the lack of transparency about valuations when multiple SAFEs convert to equity. To answer this question, let’s first identify the stage at which angels most commonly invest.