Y Combinator

JULY 15, 2019

One of the most common questions we hear from founders is “How do I manage my board?” It’s something that provokes anxiety, because this is the first time the founder/CEO is subject to external supervision, and the board has powers that include the firing of the CEO and the senior management. But first, what’s the purpose of a board?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

I know that I have not yet earned these kudos based on investment returns (although my partners have. GRP Partners last fund is the single best performing VC fund in the US (prequin data) for its vintage year). They did it by creating a blog, discussion board and hub for eCommerce advice and information. I use WordPress.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

In in the early 90′s I was in my early 20′s and I programmed on mainframe computers using COBOL, CICS and DB2. We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. They offer leadership conferences, regular content articles on leadership, board pack templates and the like.

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Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

Kathryn (attorney from PilieroMazza) : Most banks are opening applications today, though a few rolled out last Friday with mixed success. For VC-backed companies, where the investments are more likely to be minority stakes, then you look at the investor’s blocking rights (e.g. Can I expect affiliation rules to be amended this week?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 26, 2015

Whether this is a lounge with a table and chairs, a pair of couches or an open area with a white board, create opportunities for your team to communicate. Research and invest in work space options. Are you working with a large group of extroverts, or do have a mix of sensitive and tough-skinned employees?

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 21, 2021

Startups used to raise once every 18 months. Venture capitalists and boards used to value a company every 18 months. We, as an industry, are marking-to-market much more frequently than we used to. Today, we joke in Startupland that a startup is never raising and always raising. Just kidding.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2017

Because I’ve observed this process dozens and dozens of times both as somebody who has had to raise capital for nearly 20 years himself and as an investor on the board of companies where we’re raising money — I thought I’d jot down some thoughts for those who will raise in the years ahead. One very effective way is to use your broader team.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2021

A little over a month ago, Orbillion held its first public tasting event, where meats mixed with its elk, beef and sheep were on offer straight from the petri dish to the table. The company said it would use the cash to bring its first product, a Wagyu beef offering, to pilot production.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2018

A successful entrepreneur, businessman and EO Bahrain member, Suhail Algosaibi had long thought about how he could use his position and his company—FALAK Consulting—to make real, radical and sustainable change in his corner of the world. We hardly invent any new technologies and don’t invest enough in research and development,” Suhail says.

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Gust

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Some executives think they can mix business with pleasure, with inter-office relationships. Lastly, make good use of your Board Members. Invested Interests entrepreneur mistakes startup' Look for the thoughtful challenge to your ideas, and practice active listening, when you are selling your vision.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

As Stein, CEO, worked with clients, she saw the need for specialized foods, like gluten-free, and what started as a side project — a blueberry muffin mix — was the catalyst for Purely Elizabeth and became her first product before moving into granola, which is what the company is known for today.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Applications in the metaverse often feel like more of a marketing gimmick than something that a critical mass of consumers would use, let alone pay for. To meet these expectations, both technology that is easy to use and accurate as well as high-quality software and content are needed.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

No chickens were killed to obtain the cell line used to produce Eat Just’s cultured meat, global head of communications Andrew Noyes told TechCrunch. Eat Just also said no antibiotics were used and that its cultured chicken has an “extremely low and significantly cleaner microbiological content than conventional chicken.”

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Invested Interests. I used to think you could use convenience and common sense to predict markets. Investment and startups problem : we all want disruptive and game-changing businesses. Somewhere in the mix, timing matters a great deal and first isn’t often the most significant mover advantage. Power Pitches.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It was clear that there was more opportunity for their research and data products, but they wanted to invest their resources in promising ideas for their target market. The product was useful to their business as a marketing and operations tool, but they wanted to build it into something more. PAD P urpose: Why innovate?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

Offering video software and other features dedicated to workshopping, the idea is to pull people away from using more generic tools, such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams, which, arguably, aren’t well suited to workshops. Butter also supports various third-party integrations, such as for white boarding, note taking, etc.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

In fact, they were in charge of authentication and zero trust products, and saw firsthand how companies were struggling to control permissions and access across a complex environment that often included not just cloud applications, but also on-premises pieces mixed in as well.

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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. In turn, companies across the board missed out on the balance brought by investors’ complementary breadth of guidance. Blair Silverberg. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Their idea was to shrink their business’ real estate to make it easier to control the location, enable them to have multiple locations in one neighborhood versus one and save money to invest in other places, like lower product prices. Blank Street’s co-founders Vinay Menda and Issam Freiha. and King David Tacos.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

That said, it’s not clear how much of the $115 million tranche is equity versus debt — a spokeswoman for the startup declined to provide a break down or a clear answer when we asked, saying only: “This round is a mix of equity and debt funding.” The final tranche of the D round was led by U.S. based rival NexTravel.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In the wake of a $300 million investment from General Motors in September, Momenta, an autonomous driving solution provider from China, announced today an additional $500 million added to its Series C round. Betting on China’s driverless future, Toyota, Bosch, Daimler jump on board Momenta’s $500M round.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Plume’s CEO and founder Fahri Diner said the startup will be using the money to continue building out its software platform, inking and servicing more deals with carriers and generally expanding its horizons. Insight was the sole backer in its last round, investing $270 million at a $1.35 billion valuation in the startup.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

And in around 2018, 2019, there was a strategic focus by the Board of Trustees to start looking at how can we more specifically support and service founders in the Greater Canterbury region to help them pursue their ideas. For us, it was not a good use of money.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

Paystone , a payments and integrated software company, secured another strategic investment this year, this time $23.8 million in a mix of debt and equity. The company has 150 employees currently, and another 50 are expected to come on board by the end of the year. It raised $54.9 million in revenue this year.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The funding is a $154 million equity round from investors including returning investors Andreessen Horowitz and Premji Invest, and a $150 million structured financing deal from Coatue. As part of the transaction, Premji Invest’s Sandesh Patnam will join TripActions board of directors.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 20, 2023

(May 22, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board made several key program and policy approvals during its May meeting, including its first awards of residential projects under the Aspire Program, additional funding for the Authority’s child care programming, and record-breaking investments in venture capital.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

The round was led by Accion Venture Lab , a seed-stage investment firm that supports financial services targeted at underserved markets. The product can also be used by partner businesses to manage their own insurance needs. It counts when they board the bus and stops when they alight.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2022

Startups will get an upfront investment of $1 million from Sequoia; mentoring on company design from partners and operators affiliated with the firm (eg, founders and other key people from companies that it has backed); and a field trip to a legendary company to see it all in action.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

It plans to use the funding to bring the tools it has already built to a wider set of verticals that have some of the same needs to manage risk, compliance and other factors as finance — healthcare and manufacturing are two examples — as well as to continue building more into the stack. .

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

An injury or an illness can cause someone to use the internet differently on a temporary basis. Despite this, the relative universal appeal of accessibility as a principle does not mean that it will be as easy as explaining the need and getting people on board to make major organizational changes. You have the why.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic ushered in a new chapter for virtual learning, giving a boost of attention to existing tools and spurring the creation of new services and use cases as students of all ages were ordered to stay home and stay out of classrooms. All of these will also be getting more investment.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 21, 2021

” — as well as invest in its tech and R&D and efforts to break new ground for new kinds of formats. Its solution, in part, may be based on creative ways of presenting content to users, but also keeping a focus on strong material to use in those channels. “We know that’s not a typical viewpoint.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In other words, the tools that it has built are there to help companies have a presence and stack up against the rest of the online landscape, but they are built with a view to making them easy enough for non-tech companies and their partners to use. Wand and CETP director Constantin Boye are joining Shopware’s board with this round.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

On the flip side, athletes, entertainers, and C-level executives also ask what they should expect when investing in technology startups and working with founders looking to build the next big thing. For Founders Make It Make Sense Venture capital is where innovation meets investment.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Rather than reinvent the wheel, I would point readers to Martin Kleppmann’s useful blog post with graphs illustrating the effects of a valuation cap on entrepreneurs, seed investors and later-round (typically VC) investors. Redpoint, led by Geoff Yang , invested $11.5 Read on for a fuller explanation.

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