A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2024

Let’s start with Artificial intelligence (AI) which was the big event in 2023. While in 2023, everyone was rightly focused on the large language models like OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Llama, etc, we will see new AI-first applications emerge in 2024 that will start to move the focus and the conversation up the stack. This is a big deal.

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2023

Back in February, we started calling for content — urging startup subject-matter experts to submit applications to lead roundtable discussions or breakout sessions at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 on September 19–21 in San Francisco. TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 Audience Choice voting opens Now comes the part where you, dear readers, play a major role.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

If not, just about anyone could schedule Zoom calls with founders to talk about making their dreams come true. “If you’re not careful, you can come up against delays, or worse, investors pulling out at the last minute,” according to Denis Shafranik, co-founder of early-stage venture firm Concentric. Are solo GPs screwed?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

Some think 2023 will just be the start of a venture winter and overall economic recession, while others think we could see some stabilization as things head back to normal by midyear. Bruce Hamilton, founder, Mech Ventures: We are contemplating decreasing our check size so we can double our number of investments from 75 to 140.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2023

In early 2022, you may remember, we called for experts to submit applications to present breakout sessions and roundtable discussions at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 , taking place on September 19–21 in San Francisco. Audience Choice voting opens for TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 It’s time to make your voice count!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

Buy a $449 Founder pass now , while you still can. Are you ready to spend the day with hundreds of like-minded early-stage founders and investors? Buckle up, because this day is absolutely packed with the essential information all early founders need to determine their next steps and make meaningful connections to grow their business.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their time with due diligence, they are still investing. CB Insights recently found that two of the largest global VC firms, Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, actually backed more fintech companies in 2022 than any other category.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

startups in Q1 2023, according to PitchBook. When the economy is volatile, appetite for risk decreases, which impacts venture totals in general and certain founders in particular. Once again measured in dollars raised, mixed-gender teams also saw their venture totals decline on a year-over-year basis, raising $7 billion in Q1 2023.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 17, 2023

While women entrepreneurs continue to struggle to gain more venture capital funding, the Forbes’ 2023 Midas Lis t suggests some inroads have been made. The post <strong>Eleven Top Women Tech Investors on Forbes’ 2023 Midas 100 List</strong> appeared first on American Entrepreneurship.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2023

My greater hope: investors and founders will use this era of austerity as an opportunity to create value, and not just wealth. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch Dear Sophie, I’m a co-founder of a very early-stage startup. My co-founder and I are considering bringing on a third co-founder, who was recently laid off.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

To meet the changing startup landscape, we’re refreshing and re-imagining TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in a big way, with more of what you love and new ways to accelerate your growth. What’s new at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023? It draws founders, investors, CEOs, tech professionals, scientists, policy makers, researchers and entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Amid market volatility, decentralized finance, or DeFi, is an area that continues to be in focus in both the crypto VC world and across the community as new use cases, protocols and projects arise. We surveyed: Michael Anderson , co-founder, Framework Ventures. Alex Marinier , founder and general partner, New Form Capital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

After attending TechCrunch Early Stage last week, I was cheered to meet so many first-time founders and experienced investors who are looking for opportunities. Based on my conversations, VCs are very open to working with novices who can show that they understand the market in which they hope to compete.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

Robotics was in a nice little bubble when the VC slowdown began, as well, though not even it was immune. How essential is DARPA/defense funding to the category in 2023? 13 VCs talk about the state of robotics investing in 2023 by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch Where is the Instant Pot of stir fry?

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Hunter Walk

MAY 22, 2024

Darwin moves at half-speed in venture capital, allowing mediocrity and outdated ‘best practices’ to persist, much to the detriment of founders and LPs. 2021-2023 Start investing in amazing new VC firms, often anchoring the raise as one of their largest funders. What’s one possible solution?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 2, 2023

For startup founders, determining which path is right for their business may require fundamentally rethinking the way they measure success. The business climate in 2023 will be unfamiliar to many who founded a company in the past decade. It was a culture that nearly everyone, from founders and investors to the media, fed into.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 9, 2023

I attended a dinner this past week with USV portfolio founders and one who works in education told us that ChatGPT has effectively ended the essay as a way for teachers to assess student progress. USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — Jan 2, 2023 A Philosophical Start to 2023. I think the same thing will happen with AIs.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2023

based tech companies have already been laid off in mass job cuts in 2023, according to Crunchbase. Yet for early-stage startups, the outlook isn’t as bleak as the headlines make it out to be — conversely, there’s a huge opportunity for scrappy founders in a downturn. More than 102,000 workers in U.S.-based It’s as simple as that.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 6, 2023

This helps founders who come to talk to us about their companies understand the folks they will be talking to. At USV, they will work with all of us areas helping us find, invest in, and support founders working in our thesis areas. When someone starts at USV, we ask them to write a post on the USV blog introducing themselves.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

VCs are wringing their hands (or not) over how they can help their portfolio companies; startup founders and CEOs are running about trying their very best to plan for the foreseeable future; and vendors and partners are either helping those affected or asking for reassurances that they’ll be paid or serviced properly.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

The Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) team is often asked by portfolio founders how exactly cultural leaders can be a game-changing asset for their companies. The benefits of founder x cultural leader partnerships work both ways. For Founders Make It Make Sense Venture capital is where innovation meets investment.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2023

Friday in tech vs Sunday in tech pic.twitter.com/NsuzK5fqty — Yuri Sagalov (@yuris) March 13, 2023 Not a scientific sampling, but several investors signaled this week on Twitter that they remain interested in talking to founders who are still at the idea stage. Founders should apply on our portal and follow on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2023

In its Winter 2023 batch , three areas stood out, the accelerator said: “ open source , dev tools and AI.” AI-related startups, on the other hand, were very popular with founders, representing 34% of the winter cohort. A pot of gold at the intersection of DevOps and generative AI?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2023

Prelaunch.com is an Armenian startup that has developed tools to help startup founders figure out what’s worth building — and just raised $1.5 “We raised from three VCs — Big Story VC led the round, and Formula VC, Granatus Ventures and BANA (Business Angel Network of Armenia) participated.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

No founder event would be complete without pitches! TechCrunch editorial is looking for 6-7 founders to take part in a Pitch Deck Teardown. Founders can apply here. It’s rare however for innovators to get truly candid insight on their pitches before stepping in front of VCs.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

The dynamics that play into this forecast, aside from the impact of COVID, include a youthful population (the youngest globally), rising smartphone adoption and internet penetration that has led to a burgeoning tech ecosystem backed by local and international VC dollars. from 2010 to 2019. and Latin America’s 2.8%. “By

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 23, 2023

The first event is on February 1, 2023, and will feature a timely discussion on what to do if your company can’t raise a Series A. TCL’s mission is still to help founders build better venture-backed businesses. But going into 2023, there’s new urgency behind this mission. Of course, TechCrunch Live is free to attend.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2023

Venture firms are advising portfolio companies to move money out of SVB Q1 2023 market map: SaaS cost optimization and management Image Credits: John Lund Photography Inc (opens in a new window) / Getty Images Since the downturn began, SaaS has become a game of fine margins. . “Simply reducing costs in lieu of growth will not work.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

Portal Innovations , a biotech VC firm based in Chicago, is trying to broaden everyone’s horizons and give opportunities to biotech startups growing out of labs in Chicago, Atlanta, and hopefully beyond. As AI pervades biotech, what are investors looking for in 2023? When you think of life sciences and biotech hubs in the U.S.,

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Revolution

DECEMBER 6, 2023

However, some of the insights below can help proptech founders think strategically through their fundraising and exit strategies. Per the Pitchbook data below, that number is consistent with the broader VC-backed company exit trends, where roughly 56% of all M&A deals are defined by exits of $100M or less. of all rounds vs. 2.6%).

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Founder Bounty

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Its the only one top VC's will immidaitely latch onto and its worth trying to get in. Mentoring and advice is essential as any VC will tell you. Look at joining a pre seed accelerator to accelerate your idea There are a ton of them, but to be honest we recomend trying to get into YC if you can. Searching for a new business idea?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

Why should you go to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in San Francisco on September 19–21? Five reasons to go to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 1. Networking at Disrupt also includes plenty of organic ways to meet, greet and create startup magic in a variety of settings: Deal Flow Café, our brand-new investor-to-founder networking area.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2022

3 Black founders predict little will change in VC in 2023. A rising tide lifts all boats, but when free-flowing venture capital starts to recede, underrepresented founders are the first to find themselves on dry ground. Sevetri Wilson, founder and CEO, Resilia. Abimbola Adebayo, founder and CEO, Pinnu Analytics.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2023

Serial entrepreneur and seasoned investor Vinod Khosla has some strong, contrarian advice for the venture capital industry: don’t sit on your founders’ boards. I’m not a big fan of governance; I think if you engage as a team member with a founder, you have much more influence than if you’re sitting on a board and voting,” he said.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 10, 2023

And it is also a natural tendency to hold back the most difficult-to-process information, like a fundraising process that is not going well, or conflicts in the board room, or a co-founder relationship that is fraying, or the loss of the biggest customer, or a key supplier relationship that is at risk. It will pay dividends.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Founders start out with an idea and not much more. USV TEAM POSTS: Rebecca Kaden — Feb 2, 2023 Welcoming Liza Landsman to Stash I’d guess that upwards of half of USV’s portfolio companies have changed the name of their company during their lifetime. It is not hard to understand why.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

Startups and VC. 10 million for science-based companies : Conscience VC raises oversubscribed fund for consumer companies rooted in science by Becca. Why founders need to secure 24+ months of runway. TechCrunch+ is our membership program, which helps founders and startup teams get ahead. Darrell has more. Big Tech Inc.

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