David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). Syllabus for how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. But how do you do that? .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

When Moran began angel investing, he found the whole process of startup fundraising to be confusing, so he started a venture podcast back in May 2014 called “ The Full Ratchet ,” to interview other VCs and provide funding transparency. TC: The current portfolio is largely enterprise/B2B, with a few notable investments in food tech.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

According to the survey, the city is strong in sectors such as fintech, agritech, hospitality tech, emerging tech, cybersecurity, SaaS and medtech. The tech investment scene was characterized as being strong in software and life sciences, but sometimes too conservative or risk-averse. Clarendon, Techstart, various angels, and Catalyst.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2022

The SaaS-friendly fintech platform emerged from stealth this week with $150 million in debt financing and $11 million in seed funding with a Stripe partnership. The company is entirely betting its own revenue on the future assumed revenue of other startups, which is a statement of the maturation of this once scrappy SaaS scene. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Indeed, the fully remote company began working on its artificial intelligence–powered predictive SaaS tool in 2020 and is operating in a sector that recently saw other inventory-focused companies attract venture capital, including Zippedi and Inventa. 1984 Ventures, which led Syrup Tech’s pre-seed round last year, invested as well.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

What are the ‘jobs to be done’ of an investment manager? The macro trends forcing change on the investment management industry. The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a scout, getting compensated for sourcing investments. Scouts are typically paid a percentage of carry-on investments they source.

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Jason Calacanis

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

RSVP here: [link] The startups are a mix of B2B SaaS, consumer subscription, fintech, and AI, hitting the four most profitable business models in technology. Best, Jason PS - We often share these investment opportunities with our angel investing club, which you can join at thesyndicate.com Thanks for reading The Jason Calacanis Newsletter!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

Walter Thompson Editorial Manager, TechCrunch+ @yourprotagonist Just starting out angel investing? “There simply aren’t enough entrepreneurs providing adequately ESG-aligned investing opportunities,” according to T. Avoid these 7 mistakes. Investors want best-of-the-best ESG data. Here’s how to give it to them.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

2021 was a year like no other when it came to venture investment, and this year is poised to tread a similar path, writes 500 Global’s CEO and co-founder, Christine Tsai. In 2021, there were approximately 90 quantum investments that totaled $1.4 The berserk pace of fintech investing outshines the global VC boom.

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StartupNation

APRIL 23, 2021

There are several different ways a startup founder might fund his or her business, including series funding, crowdfunding, loans, venture capital and angel investments. As an entrepreneur, investment advisor and consultant to startup founders, I understand that each startup is different. Bootstrapping is another option.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2022

voting rights tied to its original investment, “contingent on the final settlement of certain legal proceedings (which has not yet occurred).” The investment gave four-year-old Esusu a valuation of $1 billion, making it one of the very few black-owned unicorns in the U.S. and globally (love to see this list growing!).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

VCs invested over $5.5 billion across 412 deals in 2021, more than double the amount of capital invested in 2020, according to PitchBook data. While they are not primarily focused on Texas, they are starting to invest locally, as well.”. Notably, S3’s investment thesis is focused on Texas. Comparisons to Silicon Valley.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Customers love Rillavoice’s mobile-first, user-friendly SaaS platform because it increases sales rep productivity, drives more revenue for the business, and increases managers’ coaching efficiency. It started out as a vehicle for joint angel investing for the two general partners, who later brought in Reider to lead the investment team.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

The new investment will be used to grow the company’s existing customer base and support the nascent infrastructure. A group of business angels invested in the round. The company raised $2.5 million at a $12 million valuation. Endel raises $15M to further develop its AI-powered sound wellness technology.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2023

. “We raised from three VCs — Big Story VC led the round, and Formula VC, Granatus Ventures and BANA (Business Angel Network of Armenia) participated. One of the angels investing was Vahe Kuzoyan, co-founder of Service Titan ,” Vardanyan said.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Whimsical , a startup creating tools for workplace collaboration, announced Tuesday its first funding round, a $30 million Series A investment led by Accel. In order to get to the next level, he needed partners to be able to invest more in the product and its go-to-market strategy.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

for tech recruiters, and in April we are going to extend our SaaS offering with Prog.ai for tech recruiters, and in April we are going to extend our SaaS offering with Prog.ai “This week we’re launching Prog.ai “This week we’re launching Prog.ai To help kickstart its commercial push, Prog.ai

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

Some business angels like Frédéric Montagnon and Florian Douetteau were quite instrumental in shaping Clustree’s trajectory, so de Raphélis Soissan started investing after exiting her startup. He has also invested some of his own money as a business angel. Durao has been an investor for several years.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Because raised $650,000 in angel investment last year, which enabled the company to grow to over 900 merchants and 150 paying customers. Harlem Capital led the round, and this is the third investment from them we have reported on in a month, which includes Drip and Glow Labs. New data underscores a slowing e-commerce market.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

The year 2021 proved to be a record year for HR tech vendors, with around $14 billion invested across over 300 deals. ” Ojansuu says — for what it’s worth — that the sales pitch convinced Rajeev Suri, the former CEO of Nokia, to make his first-ever angel investment in a Finnish company.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In addition to Index Ventures and Creandum, several business angels invested in the startup, such as HelloFresh founder Dominik Richter, N26 founder Max Tayenthal, Adyen founding team member Thijn Lamers and WeFox founder Fabian Wesemann. But Topi’s portal could also become a SaaS product on its own.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

This happened to be around the time he lost his father to depression, and Meyer decided to take some time off to focus on healing, and about a year-and-a-half ago, he started a number of side passion projects, including angel investing, advising and starting Keto Kitchen. Ghost Financial card app. Image Credits: Ghost Financial. “I

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Whereas for an HR SaaS brand, the challenge is all around driving adoption because the market they are creating is totally new. I started angel investing and it gave me exposure to a fantastic and wide variety of founders and innovative ideas. For instance, in health and finance, credibility and trust are critical.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

I’m an Ashley Mayer superfan so beyond the affinity, have been fortunate enough to also bring her into Homebrew as an advisor to our portfolio companies, and invest in Coalition , a venture firm she founded along with three other amazing female operators. AM: Angel investing was our collective gateway to building Coalition.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A shift from late-stage pre-IPO investing to renewed emphasis on early stage. From VCs to Investment Advisors… and back again? From VCs to Investment Advisors… and back again? But this will be especially hard to deal with for early-stage investors, given that we expect most of our investments to fail to return capital.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

It advises startups on marketing approaches, recruiting and mentoring workshops, with some angel syndicate investing as well. TC: You focus on SaaS companies. Since leaving Facebook, I worked at B2B SaaS companies, with different audiences and different stages, so that’s been my experience.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

According to Kyle Poyar, a partner at OpenView, the current downturn is creating similar opportunities for SaaS startups. Long-term angel investing: Understanding capital requirements and how to find quality investments. Long-term angel investing: Understanding capital requirements and how to find quality investments.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

A glaring example in our investment portfolio is database software company MongoDB. Veeva was a pioneer in “vertical SaaS” — software platforms that serve niche industries — which in recent years has become a popular category. Today, everyone aspires to be an early adopter.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Bain Capital Ventures has named Christina Melas-Kyriazi, a former Affirm executive and angel investor, as its newest partner. Melas-Kyriazi will be based in the firm’s San Francisco office and focus on seed and Series A investments in emerging fintech and commerce companies — two core areas of focus for the firm.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

The data revolution in partnerships Sarah Wang: That’s incredibly exciting and definitely part of our investment thesis in investing in Crossbeam. This showed up in the SaaS-pocalypse. And this is my third SaaS company. There weren’t really SaaS products or APIs at that point. We were a full stack.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

Given that broad reach, the startup is intentionally not targeting the tool for any specific use case — which sets it apart from the (equally extensive) wave of SaaS startups now going after particular business needs or niches (such as regulatory compliance ). It’s not about the use cases for specific customers.

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