Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Matt Murphy and Grace Ge, Menlo Ventures Which trends are you most excited about in construction robotics from an investing perspective? We are active in construction with investments such as HOVER and Fieldwire and believe the entire sector is right for a digital and automation overhaul. About 10 percent of our time.

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Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

One of the questions I heard most often from commenters was: “if Techstars is an example of a failed accelerator, what does a good one look like?” This post is an effort to unpack what’s required of a startup accelerator to truly serve the needs of high-performing founders. Aviel and I know something about this.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Internet giant Google announced today that it has made the first investment from its Africa Investment Fund in Ugandan super app SafeBoda. Before launching the fund, Google proved helpful in startups’ journeys via its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa program. Google sets up $50M fund to invest in African startups.

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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. The attendees must be EO members, EO Accelerator participants, or their vetted guest, such as a spouse or business partner. Who can attend DX22?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. That used to be called A-round investing. Society is reorienting to a new post-pandemic norm?—?even of the fund.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The trio will introduce a new accelerator program in Japan. The Founder Catalyst pre-accelerator, conducted in collaboration with JETRO, has already benefited over 100 founders in Japan. Mitsui Fudosan will be investing in an investment vehicle managed by Techstars, to fund startups selected for the Techstars Tokyo accelerator program.

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Dream It

DECEMBER 10, 2020

In this guest Dreamit Dose, Jason Calacanis (@jason), a technology entrepreneur, angel investor, and the host of the popular podcasts This Week in Startups and Angel, answers the top 5 questions he gets about angel investing. Jason says, “Investing is about the long game.” We hope we could answer your questions about angel investing.

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Dream It

APRIL 2, 2019

Press Release The venture fund and growth-focused accelerator accepted the cohort from a field of nearly 2,000 pre-Series A companies NEW YORK CITY, NY — April 2, 2019 — Dreamit Ventures, an early stage venture fund and growth-focused accelerator, announced its latest batch of startups this week.

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500

MAY 22, 2020

If we move to Georgia, we can save a fortune and get a further investment. 500 Startups recently launched 500Georgia, the first international accelerator in the country, in partnership with two. The following post is written by Nato Chakvetadze, Program Associate for 500Georgia. Gavin: Here everything is so expensive.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 18, 2019

To care about this issue, you have to believe one thing—that the presence of full time, professional investors in an ecosystem catalyzes funding rounds better than a collection of part time angels, accelerators, and/or government entities that usually don’t lead deals. Raising for a seed fund is exceptionally difficult.

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Revolution

JANUARY 18, 2024

Revolution Ventures Invests in Kashable, the Fintech Leading the Socially Responsible, Employer-Sponsored Credit Movement The $25.6M Revolution Ventures is thrilled to partner with Kashable and help the team accelerate its vision to help all working Americans forge a path to financial security. For more on Kashable, visit kashable.com.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2021

It helps me invest and advise the companies we are invested in. Like our investing, I will get some of these right and some wrong. As I wrote yesterday , I think the trends that were accelerated in 2020 will not reverse in 2021, although the slope of the adoption curves will likely flatten a fair bit.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Private-equity firm has a track record of accelerating the growth of family-owned businesses. Private equity firm Rotunda Capital Partners focuses on transforming family-founder-owned companies into data-driven platforms that lead to accelerated growth. states and 4 Canadian provinces.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 26, 2024

For example, one customer pointed out that the ability to automate processes around new customer onboarding is a revenue-accelerating outcome because it enables them to serve more customers. We’re quick to think of time and cost savings, but the impact is much larger.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 8, 2024

Orange Inc., a manga localization technology company, has successfully completed its pre-Series A financing round, raising JPY 2.92 billion (USD 19.5 The Japanese startup, which specializes in translating manga […]

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 28, 2013

YC''s best investing days may be behind it. YCombinator had a great run from 2007 through early 2009 investing at a time when there weren''t nearly as many seed funds and accelerators as there are now. Considering the myopia at the top, it''s not surprising that turning point may have already happened for YCombinator.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The company’s recent close of a Series C round was led by Development Partners International’s African Development Partners (ADP) III Fund, joined by first-time investors G oogle’s Africa Investment Fund and Verod Capital – a leading African private equity firm. Global impact firm Lightrock, an existing investor, also participated.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2021

Whilst there are a wide range of LPs and you could have first meetings for months (and many VCs do), there is probably a much smaller number of LPs who want to invest in a fund your size, with your focus, and whose minimum or maximum check size lines up with what you’re seeking. We invest 40% of our dollars in Southern California firms?—?and

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 30, 2024

With the partnership, Google […] The post Google Cloud and EnterpriseSG Announce Accelerator to Fuel AI Startup Development in Singapore first appeared on AsiaTechDaily - Asia's Leading Tech and Startup Media Platform.

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Revolution

JULY 21, 2022

Accelerate the diversification of Meati’s product portfolio. ? Revolution Growth Invests in Meati, the Mushroom-Root Superfood was originally published in Revolution on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. The funds will: ? Giga Ranch?—?capable

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

At an accelerator … Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. And so forth.

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500

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Conventional wisdom dictated that incumbents should focus their innovation efforts on R&D and growing their cash cows while investing in a few startups. But the rate of change has accelerated and with it, the balance of internal versus external investment. We believe the new corporate landscape calls for new strategies.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Since January of 2010, when I led my first seed investment in Backupify , I have led or committed to 27 investments. You start out at an accelerator or just raising some friends and family and that tends to be small potatoes. It would have lots of philosophy, religion, theory, fiction, and pontification.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In 2017, we partnered with iconic leaders in American business to turn the thesis we developed on the road — that great companies can start and scale anywhere when given a chance — into an investment vehicle. In the last decade, we’ve socialized several Rise of the Rest-isms to describe investments that check those boxes.

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Morrow

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The post Investing Into a Trend appeared first on Morrow.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

He is the founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners , an affiliation marketing company. These shifts are also likely to change how people work and shop far into the future and accelerate the pace of changes already underway. We are entering a new reality: the stay-home economy. Esports will also see a surge in popularity as well.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Most of us have seen some version of this chart that shows how the Covid pandemic has accelerated e-commerce adoption: What is interesting to me is that it has also impacted in person retail experiences. Most restaurants in NYC are not passing out menus anymore. It is not something I would have done in the past. My point is this.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 25, 2024

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (Ben Franklin CNP) continues its mission of catalyzing innovation and fostering growth in the technology sector with its recent investments in four dynamic companies.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

But today we’re highlighting the demo day for a new wave of crypto projects and teams who participated in the latest cohort for Alliance DAO, a web3 accelerator and builder community. The program has cohorts three times a year for 10 weeks, Qiao Wang, a core contributor at Alliance DAO, said during the event.

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American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 6, 2024

Identify and access management company Okta will award up to $500K as an investment to the winner of its inaugural SaaS startup competition. In addition to an investment of up to $500K, the winner will have access to a global network of identity management experts and venture capitalists. No purchase is necessary to compete.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Revolution Growth’s Latest Investment in Healthcare and AI: Pathos, the Company Re-Engineering the Drug Development Process The oversubscribed $62M Series C will be used to expand the team, accelerate platform development, and advance its clinical-stage pipeline of precision oncology therapeutics.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 13, 2024

in funding and carbon removal deals support pilot underway in Brazil Some of the biggest names in climate, technology, and investing are behind a bold plan to scale CO2 removal using an innovative technology called Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW). Terradot, a climate tech startup founded at Stanford, announced its launch with $58.2

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2024

This approach allows you to collect valuable customer feedback without investing excessive resources in full-scale development. This lean approach conserves resources and accelerates your understanding of the market’s actual demands. Keep the design simple, and focus on one or two features that make your product stand out.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Register Singapore’s Jungle Ventures has announced the launch of First Cheque@Jungle , a new program aimed at investing in startups during their pre-seed and seed stages. Second, the program offers an initial investment without imposing minimum ownership criteria.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

tl;dr + Techstars was once one of the world’s leading accelerator programs, but has steadily been eclipsed by Y combinator. From the beginning, we were deeply committed to Techstars’ “give first” ethos and mentorship-driven approach to startup investing. Bottom line, Techstars needed cash.

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