Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

He was introduced through mutual friends to Highland Capital. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. But it was an attractive time to enter because the successful internet companies were scaling and in need of capital. 11:40-14:15). 37:00-40:30).

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing. I was researching consumer focused funds, building and fixing brands, and talking to just about every consumer minded investor I could find.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Namely, certain elements of the venture capital community who would prefer to keep all outsized gains in their own pockets. And the late-stage venture capital markets, along with the changing value of tech stocks and the huge boom in consumer (retail) investing. But, no matter. You might be wondering what is going on.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

There are many companies bringing one-click checkout to the direct-to-consumer marketplace, but few are developing similar tools for the business-to-business marketplace. B2B payment volume is five times the size of business-to-consumer retail payments, yet much of those payments are not being done online.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

E-commerce roll-up startup Flora emerged from stealth mode with $9 million in seed funding from an investor group that included Lux Capital, Correlation Ventures, Climate Capital and Gokul Rajaram. Kaya was also in investment banking at Goldman Sachs, focused on consumer retail M&A.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2021

While our own Anthony Ha did an inimitable job covering the Pico round, I got on a Zoom call with the company, as well, as their new capital came with a relaunch of sorts that I wanted to better understand. I expect that Swiftly will raise more capital in the next few quarters now that it has a big, public deal out. Probably too much.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 30, 2022

The Fullerton Thai Private Equity strategy is targeting to deliver returns of two times multiple of invested capital (MOIC) and 20% gross internal rate of return (IRR) over the strategy’s life of seven years. Eventually, the strategy seeks to secure returns through a sale of the portfolio company or an IPO.

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