Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

The product should be live if we hope to raise capital. A program to get your company 'accelerated'- selling faster, moving faster, which does not necessarily translate to capital. 4- Any startup can raise venture capital I've also seen a misconception on business types, versus their ability to raise venture capital.

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JULY 1, 2010

Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Current round: $7.0mm Series-B led by MK Capital, withClearstone Venture Partners and Shasta Ventures. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 5, 2021

You can download a cryptocurrency wallet onto your phone, you can send some Ethereum to it from your Coinbase account in the cloud (called a “hosted wallet” and/or “exchange”), and then you can send that Ethereum to anyone else using any other crypto wallet.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

We also spent a fair bit of time talking about the changing nature of venture capital and in particular the hand-on practitioner role of early-stage VC led by accelerators such as YC, 500Startups, Betaworks and the like. You can watch on YouTube or download the podcast (for the gym!) I agree with him. or video podcast.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

But despite the fact that Q1 2022 posted historically elevated results, venture capital investment decelerated from Q4 2021 levels. To understand how the late-stage market is slowing, let’s observe trends in data that we tracked during the 2021 venture capital bonanza.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

And if you want my presentation on the things I Effed Up at my first startup you can view or download the short PPT by clicking that link on Docstoc. 49:30 Steve: When’s the last time venture capital actually led an innovation? It’s why I love the idea of the FailCon conference and hope to speak there one day.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 21, 2015

Conventional wisdom says that you follow on in your winners in venture capital, but I''m not sure you can always accomplish that so cleanly. It''s not clear whether the metrics of pre-sales, downloads, or customers acquired with venture dollars are really predictive of great outcomes.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

We have the latest from how the technology world is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a review of the Theranos show, notes from New Zealand venture capital and more. Soon every company will also be a VC : The boom in venture capital activity that the world saw in 2021 did not fail to impact large companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

You can of course view the presentation in SlideShare above or download it directly for free here. Here I talked about Lending Club where I understand hedge fund managers are now deploying capital to lend directly against pools of borrowers. Venture capital will be easy and then hard. Will this Trend Last?

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

With early venture capital in its pocket, Duolingo could afford to focus on product over profits. It’s an attractive route because it vastly lowers the cost of acquiring users while also increasing engagement and thus retention.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 11, 2015

In this capacity I can tell any entrepreneurs raising early-stage capital that I would have Matt on my short list if I were raising. Gogii [the original company name] was an early leader in the free text messaging space and we had tens of millions of downloads of our product. He’s with you in good times & bad. Conclusions?

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JUNE 28, 2010

And Mike believes that entrepreneurs often need less capital to get started these days. SGN games downloaded +17mm times on mobile devices. Current round: $8.5mm Series-C led by Jafco Ventures with DCM , Emergence Capital, and August Capital participating. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

If you have time check out the video (or download on iTunes – Episode 27 - and listen at the gym or on your commute!). Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. Brad’s start in Venture Capital. was starting.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). 2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

Unfortunately, as long as content is produced by people who send nastygrams to people building great consumption experiences , like Pulse, and who want us to download a new app for every site we visit, you can expect little change. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology. Ok… that’s all I got.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

You can watch him on YouTube , download in iTunes (for gym or commute) 3/31/11 edition. What better than to have capital from somebody who has actually done it in the trenches? Matt’s commitment to re-investing in tech startups is reminiscent to this great Fred Wilson post of “recycling capital. &#.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2016

And if you do happen to be lucky and find the right mountain to climb, if you find that you’ve started ascending the peak before others have found the right trail — then venture capital is for you. But you need to understand venture economics. You can scroll through it or download it directly from SlideShare.

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David Teten VC

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

At Coolwater Capital , the Y Combinator for VC funds, we assess this as part of our diligence process. See 33 Questions We Asked Ourselves Before Starting Pace Capital and Alexander Jarviss collection of investment theses. Do they get to download the data regarding the people and/or companies with whom they were in contact?Giving

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TechCrunch

JUNE 14, 2021

That time is now, and Yana is now among the top three downloaded apps in Mexico and 12 countries, including Spain, Chile, Ecuador and Venezuela. With its new capital, Yana is planning to “move away from the depression/anxiety narrative,” according to Campos. “We When you download it, it’s almost like you can see a soul in there.”.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase. Public investors, cross-over investors, and even traditional private equity firms have taken notice, further blurring the lines of what constitutes true venture capital. The fear of them investing in a competitor is real.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 17, 2010

Dropbox should have a marketplace of folders that I can download or even buy that have specific actions built in that occur when I drag a document into them. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Myths such as &# real companies raise venture capital,&# &# you’re selling out if you sell your company for JUST $15 million,&# or “companies need two co-founders&# need closer examination. You can download the deck here. I disagree with all three of these.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 17, 2020

economy, people of color are disproportionately hurt by lack of access to capital. Some studies have indicated that 16% of non-white business owners overall report a negative impact on their profits, specifically due to a lack of access to capital. Your Guide to the Season’s Hottest Gifts from Dell: Download Now and Save up to 39% Off.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 28, 2025

Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, a leading venture capital firm, says, “The thing that gets me most excited is the founder whos obsessed with solving a problem that matters, and is determined to keep going no matter what.” Learn what investors want to hear that triggers their investment decisions.

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JUNE 2, 2010

I’m not even going to bother downloading Venture Economics data because I know it’s going to be garbage—most angel rounds aren’t tracked very well. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology. That being said, is it me, or do more and more entrepreneurs seem to out there in the market essentially skipping the 500k-ish angel round?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 16, 2011

That’s why I was so interested in having “ The Gotham Gal &# come on This Week in VC ( video link on YouTube , download iTunes, episode 15) ) and dispel those myths. ’ You can watch it all on YouTube or download from iTunes for free. In the next generation everybody (including women (are going to write code).&#.

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JUNE 28, 2018

Today the company officially announced its most recent round of capital ?—?having Capital of course drives scale advantages and when you have “winner take most” markets it also has a way of scaring away some investors from investing in the 3–5th “me too” competitors. having raised $300 million?—?less There is nothing viral!

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Download the a16z Guide to Raising Debt Thank You Your download will begin shortly. Or click here to download manually. OUR PRIVACY POLICY By clicking the Download button, you agree to the Privacy Policy. Let’s get started. Topics of discussion will include company overview, background of the management team (i.e.,

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 12, 2017

To compare the differences between a bootstrap and a venture business, I’ve created a very basic financial model on Google spreadsheets. You can download this model or clone it in your Google docs to play around with it. The company that raises the seed round has more capital to acquire customers earlier in its life.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Juno used your modem to to download and send email, and it was paid for by placing ads in the email client. With StackOverflow, Joel raised money through venture capital. Free email providers (like gmail or hotmail) didn’t exist, and you had to pay a separate fee to dial up companies like AOL to access the internet.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

First of all, their CrunchConnect product will make your pitches a lot easier, by not forcing your clients to download plugins to do over the web presentations. That’s unfortunate, because Salescrunch is one of the most exciting deals I’ve ever seen and Sean Black is the right person for the right job if I’ve ever seen one.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Going after the some 83% of Americans that have a credit card , the app version was officially launched in 2019, and now the Atlanta-based company is announcing a $3 million seed round co-led by Dundee Venture Capital and Calano Ventures. I downloaded the app, and on the first day, saved $20.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2012

download from iTunes for free) or just skipping to the bits you like. He also covered how “traditional media companies” think about the future and how they view disruption. You have the luxury of either watching the whole episode with Andrew Siegel (or listing on podcast at the gym!

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

What is the mix of revenue between ads, subscriptions, digital downloads & ecommerce. They’ve worked with a few small companies like Zynga, Playdom, GroupOn and TopSpin Media. If you have this sort of need – check ‘em out. </end of plug> 4.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Calm , a well-known meditation app, has raised new capital at a valuation of $2 billion. Prior investor Lightspeed Venture Partners led the investment, which also saw participation from Insight, TPG and Salesforce CEO and new Slack owner Marc Benioff, among others. That Calm was able to secure more capital is not surprising.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Over the past decade, venture capital has become synonymous with entrepreneurship. SaaS founders often emphasize vanity metrics, like user acquisitions and total downloads. Established in 2006, JotForm allows customizable data collection for enhanced lead generation, survey distribution, payment collections and more.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

Funding backers included Y Combinator, Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen, Canary, Hustle Fund, Necessary Ventures and the co-founders of TaskUs. The total investment includes pre-seeding capital raised in 2020. Yummy’s app can be downloaded for free, and the company charges a delivery fee or merchant fee.

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