Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. Should SaaS companies trade at a 24x Enterprise Value (EV) to Next Twelve Month (NTM) Revenue multiple as they did in November 2021? By 2021 we had to write a $3.5m

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2022

For most founders, fundraising is a struggle. What’s that investor going to be like in a board meeting when you as a female founder need their support or worse, actually their vote? Eighteen percent of $330 billion translates to $59 billion, or 25% of all venture transactions (e.g.,

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2024

Women-founded startups show measurable positive results compared to those of men Alumni Ventures (AV), the most active venture firm in the U.S. Serving as America’s largest venture firm for individual investors, AV’s dedicated fund will now make investments in companies founded by highly accomplished women entrepreneurs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 19, 2022

Contributed by Robert Young, an EO Nashville member, who is the founder and CEO of Covert Results , a private investigation and security firm. He’s also the founder of Operation Rose , a non-profit focused on solutions to prevent and combat human trafficking. It was time to retire and start a new venture. What a journey!

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

companies with all female founders are raising less capital this year than the last amid current economic woes. of all venture capital allocated, a figure that stands at 1.9% The direct line between the venture haves and have-nots has always been stark, but there is some good news on the front. through Q3 of this year.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

As the technology industry retrenches and venture capital firms tighten their standards, savvy founders should consider this counterintuitive question: Even if my vision is compelling enough to secure funding, should I take it? But the truth is, I see founders every day looking for money for the wrong reasons. People problems?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 18, 2021

In early June, I wrote this post explaining that I and we need to do more to reduce the inequality issues for Black people in tech, venture capital, and startups. USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — Jan 8, 2021 SilviaTerra. I think MLK day is a good time to talk about what has happened since that post.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2021

When we penned the intro for this piece last year , little did we know that — in many ways — we’d still be deep in it by the time 2021’s feature rolled around. 2021 also largely lacked the kind of blockbuster crashes we saw last year, courtesy of names like Quibi and Essential. Abundant Robotics (2016-2021).

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

We named this summit after a report we wrote with Pitchbook at the end of 2021 to explore the impact of the pandemic on investment patterns. Consequently, the Bay Area experienced a surge, capturing over one-third of all early-stage venture funding in the U.S., marking its highest level since 2017. Seed- and Early-Stage U.S,

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

4-year founder vesting is dead. Jake Jolis is a partner at Matrix Partners and invests in seed and Series A technology companies including marketplaces and software. More posts by this contributor. 2019 saw a stampede of fintech unicorns. Dana Stalder. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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StartupNation

MARCH 30, 2021

Copyright © 2021 by Tom Eisenmann. Dear Founder: Congratulations for taking the plunge—for committing to work full-time on that startup concept you’ve been pursuing. I want to warn you about the challenges that you’ll face when leading an early-stage venture. All rights reserved. Great entrepreneurs seize opportunity.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Earlier this month, we reported that investors’ sentiments surrounding venture capital activity going into this were more reserved than upbeat. But before that, there was shared optimism that African startups would raise more VC funding last year than in 2021 when the continent, for the first time, passed the $4-5 billion threshold.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

F lourish Ventures , a global FinTech investor known for backing major players like Chime and FlutterWave, led the round, while new investors include Saudi Arabia’s Vision Ventures, Arab Bank Venture Capital, and Emurgo Kepple Ventures. With its just closed $5.2

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 18, 2023

30 Investments to date in the areas of AI, autonomy, cybersecurity and space Shield Capital was launched in 2021 by the Managing Partners Philip Bilden and Raj Shah, both of whom have deep experience in technology and investing, driving their passion to support founders of frontier technologies.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Contributed by Alexi Cashen, an EO San Francisco member who is CEO and co-founder of Elenteny Imports , co-founder of St. percent by February 2021. percent by February 2021. As co-founder and CEO of Elenteny Imports, a B2B freight forwarding logistics company, and co-founder and chief revenue officer of St.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Strategic investment fund BankTech Ventures invests in companies that are developing innovative technologies that enhance the ability of community banks to serve their customers. When Bank Tech tapped Carey Ransom as its first Managing Director, the firm valued his extensive 25-year career in software and venture capital.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The silver lining to the horrors wrought by Covid is that the pandemic opened the venture capital community’s eyes to the world of opportunity beyond the traditional tech startup hubs of California, New York, and Massachusetts. Where will they find the best talent with the desired subject matter expertise?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Chroma , a startup working to build a new type of audiovisual entertainment specifically for mobile devices, is now adding a Twitter co-founder to its board. The venture most notably incubated the blogging platform Medium. ” Founded in 2021, Stockholm-based Chroma last year raised $5.4 million in seed funding (5.1

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

Innovating AI research and advancing entrepreneurship skills in Colombia By Jewelle Saunders “What motivates me in everything that I do is the movement that comes with curiosity,” says Jonathan Puerta Pereira , a 2021 YLAI Fellow. on Innovation & Technology Policy with a focus on artificial intelligence.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

But there’s one question that many startups and investors are hoping will get answered sooner rather than later: What happens to venture debt? SVB was one of the larger, if not the largest, providers of venture debt to U.S.-based “Venture debt has its advantages, more so than ever before,” Bakalar said.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Blair Silverberg is co-founder and CEO of Hum Capital , a financial services company using technology to accelerate the fundraising process. For many founders in the startup community, a “founder-friendly” investor is one who stays relatively hands off. Factor in founder friendliness.

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Source Link

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Dave Lavinsky, GrowThink co-founder , puts it like this: “I think the mindset for many has become, ‘If I’m going to ditch the office, why not ditch the boss, too?’ Microenterprise Collaborative has helped to create or support over 21,000 jobs in 2020, and is on track to achieve their 2021 goals, according to the report.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 14, 2023

Register The Philippine venture capital firm Kaya Founders has successfully raised $12 million in funding for two new funds. With this funding, Kaya Founders now manages a total committed capital of $16.5 With this funding, Kaya Founders now manages a total committed capital of $16.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2023

One of the quieter conversations in venture capital has only grown louder, in my DMs and interviews, over the past few months: The known bias in venture capital has been a branding issue for some of the emerging, diverse fund managers just now splashing onto the scene. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Book your pass ASAP!

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Our team evaluates each potential investment opportunity through lenses familiar to many of our venture peers: market, product, team, and traction. The report also recaps our 2021 investment highlights and shares our thinking on the trends that will continue to drive our strategy in 2022.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 30, 2025

billionmore than double its 2021 Series B figure of $1.6 This round is about seizing the opportunities ahead for our next phase of growth, including driving innovation with new products, exploring acquisitions, and ensuring long-term financial flexibility, said Immad Akhund, co-founder and CEO of Mercury.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. During this era, from 2009–2015, most founders I knew were in it for building great & sustainable companies. What happened?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It needs a couple of successful exits, which in turn drives angel investing as entrepreneurs growing increasingly wealthy look to help new founders building companies reach their own goals. What is Boston like today and why should founders think about launching their companies here? All of these industries have something in common.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

It offers information on loans and grants and is accompanied by a quiz that provides specialized answers for founders regarding their capital needs and wants for expanding their businesses. It also has a long-running partnership with the Bank of America Capital Program to help provide affordable loans to women founders.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

Register Startup founders are often too focused on the amount of money they can get from an investor that they mostly fail to see the value that other investors have to offer to grow their businesses further. Sharon Lou, venture partner at Indelible Ventures , considers this as one of the top mistakes that founders commit when raising funds.

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Entrepreneurial Visionary and Devoted Family Man: An Exclusive Interview with Shakeim Reid, Founder of Serv-U Hub LLC I had the pleasure of interviewing Shakeim Reid, the founder of Serv-U Hub LLC. In 2021, I embarked on a venture into the box trucking business, a journey that led to the creation of Serv-U Hub LLC in 2023.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Register Singapore-based investment firm Foresight Ventures has successfully acquired an 80% majority stake in crypto media company The Block for $60 million. The acquisition by Foresight Ventures comes nearly a year after FTX and Alameda Research faced a downturn.

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Y Combinator

MAY 10, 2023

Curtis Fonger and Matthew Busel met on YC’s Co-Founder Matching (CFM) Platform, a tool we built to help co-founders find each other. Even in early conversations, their fit as co-founders was clear to each of them. YC invested in Whalesync in the Summer 2021 batch. What was your process for evaluating co-founders?

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 22, 2023

Register “Young musicians today treat music-making kind of like playing video games,” says PoChang Wu, co-founder of OurSong, an NFT-based platform for music collection and community building. This article is part of a partnership with Cherubic Ventures. Wu talks about “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X as an example.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Exponent Founders Capital, an early-stage venture firm founded by alumni of startups such as Plaid, Robinhood and Ramp, has closed on $75 million in capital commitments, TechCrunch is the first to report. The firm, which is emerging from stealth today, raised $50 million for its first fund in November of 2021.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

million in a funding round led by Battery Ventures. While the startup declined to share its valuation, COO and co-founder Aaron Letzeiser said Obie “was able to achieve a significant increase in valuation” from its 2021 Series A round. led by Battery Ventures by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 14, 2021

Camilo Salinas of Colombia, founder of Residia , was awarded the 2021 GSEA third-place prize of US$5,000. But then I came across the video game Minecraft where, from nothing more than my tenacious passion, I built my first venture: a Minecraft community that I converted into a business. literally building things!

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