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Dream It
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Getting investors excited about your product is a critical part of raising capital. But founders are often so consumed with talking metrics, milestones achieved, or the capital they need that they sometimes forget to talk about their overarching vision for their startups. Don’t confuse "exit strategy" with your company’s vision.
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
Or that venture capital is a meritocracy? This doesn’t take into consideration, however, that venture capital is a financial product—a product that works for some people and doesn’t work for others. We know what the racial and gender wealth disparity looks like: This is a lesson taught to be by Jewel from Collab Capital.
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TechCrunch
JUNE 23, 2022
For years, the prevailing narrative for innovation in supply chain has focused on the disruptors: Upstarts that enter the industry with new technologies and business models to displace incumbents. Enablers take on the unglamorous role of helping incumbents stay relevant.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
Venture Capital is a tricky industry. When the early teams: angels, lowercase capital & first round capital funded Uber they had no idea it would be one of the most revolutionary ideas of our time. When Fred Wilson funded Twitter I guarantee you it wasn’t obvious that it was a billion dollar idea. Far from it.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
The round was led by Inven Capital, a growth fund out of the Czech Republic. Additional investment came from Iris Capital, with strong participation from current investors, including Rider Global, Northzone, Cherry Ventures and the Italian venture fund H14. It’s now raised $103 million since its launch in 2016.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 14, 2021
The round was led by an unnamed party, but round participants included Accel, Lakestar, HV Capital, Project A and Scania. Sennder competes with large incumbents like Wincanton and CH Robinson, as well as other startups such as OnTrac and Instafreight. Digital freight forwarder Forto raises another $50M in round led by Inven Capital.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 22, 2021
The key purpose of being end-to-end is to deliver an even better value proposition to consumers relative to incumbent alternatives. It’s worth noting that these end-to-end models typically require more capital to reach scale, as greater upfront investment is necessary to get them off the ground than other, more narrowly focused marketplaces.
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