Revolution

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Since the beginning of modern venture capital investing — a relatively nascent asset class — the industry has been biased toward funding what it knows best: founders with familiar demographics (white, male) in familiar geographies (Silicon Valley).

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Delve into his story as it unfolds with lessons from filmmaking, startup ventures, and the fascinating world of technology innovations and investing. This gave me a front-row seat to the world of tech/innovation, and I began making some personal angel investments along the way.”

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 14, 2020

And here we are, with a 24×7 global marketplace for crypto assets that has a market capitalization of over half a trillion and daily volumes in the hundreds of billions. This pales in comparison to the legacy capital markets, but that is always the case with a new entrant on the scene. Anyone can do it. And many/most do that.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 10, 2024

A track record of successful investments positions the global firm to partner with top entrepreneurs across industries and geographies. Index touts its three decades of investment success, noting that most of its partnerships are with founders that began early in a company’s life, at Seed and Series A.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

Investing in private markets has long been reserved for the ultra-rich. Miller’s strategy of using tech to drive down the costs associated with real estate investing seems to have paid off despite the initial pushback. Fundrise manages over $2.8

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 3, 2023

Register Kairous Capital , a venture capital firm headquartered in Malaysia, has signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with Digital Way Group and China Silk Road Group to establish the Malaysia-China Digital Cooperation Council (MCDCC) and the Malaysia-China Digital Cooperation & Development Fund.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 29, 2024

When an accounts manager working in the farming sector in the Canterbury region decided it was time for a career change, a new opportunity came in the form of a plumbing business – however, there was a twist. When you ask people to define investment, they’ll usually say – money. Investment can be knowledge, time or money.

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Angel Capital Association

APRIL 14, 2023

A core pillar of ACA’s mission is to provide our members the tools and resources necessary to successfully navigate the ever-evolving investment space in 2023 and beyond. Each quarter, the ACA will populate a listing of upcoming Linqto Learn opportunities pertinent to our membership. Registration link: [link].

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 2, 2023

Larger companies are more likely to cut back on internal innovation efforts and technology investments that are not core to the business. Higher cost of capital for the debt they lend. While big players, like Chime, who raised large amounts of capital will be fine, expect to see consolidation among the smaller neobanks.

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NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Who: Capital Connect What: Working Capital Loans; Asset Finance; Property Finance; Refinancing Solutions NZ HQ: Auckland Who do you work with and what key challenges do you help them solve? Key services and resources At Capital Connect, we provide tailored finance solutions to help New Zealand businesses grow. Learn more.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 14, 2021

It may be silly and crazy, but it has also been a good investment for my friend and anyone who bought it in the early years. The combination of memes and investing is a powerful cocktail that I have been ignoring for a long time, probably incorrectly. It is easy to dismiss meme investing. That may change. Or it may not.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Triet Nguyen (pronounced like Trent but without the N), Senior Associate at Render Capital. Born in Vietnam and raised in Texas, he recently relocated to Louisville, Kentucky, upon joining Render Capital earlier this year. How did you break into tech investing?

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 30, 2023

In addition to his rich experiences working in the venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) sectors, Joseph has also sharpened his investment acumen through his multiple years in the audit and stock-broking industry before deciding to finally launch his cross-border investment firm, Kairous Capital , in 2015.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2023

One of the biggest venture capital trends of the last few years was early-stage firms raising “opportunity” funds to make follow-on investments into their most successful bets. Earlier this week, TechCrunch first reported that Lux Capital was raising money.

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propel(x)

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

When angel investing in startups, it is important to know who the owners in the company are and what they own. This is where capitalization tables, or “cap tables” as they are commonly known, come in. You can find more information here on how to start angel investing. What is a cap table? divided by 10m Issued Shares).

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Greater Colorado Venture Fund raises $25 million dollar fund, in partnership with Colorado Venture Capital Authority; Funds will be used to galvanize, support and expand rural Colorado founders and entrepreneurs in their business building efforts. GCVF will deploy the initial investments from Fund II over the next five years.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Greater Colorado Venture Fund raises $25 million dollar fund, in partnership with Colorado Venture Capital Authority; Funds will be used to galvanize, support and expand rural Colorado founders and entrepreneurs in their business building efforts. GCVF will deploy the initial investments from Fund II over the next five years.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

But venture capital keeps on flowing even as COVID-19 wanes, recent news shows. Nigeria’s OnePort landed a $5 million investment that will help it expand to three major African hubs by the end of the year. The pandemic played a role in boosting logistics startups, shining a light on how essential supply chains are.

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HPA

MARCH 12, 2024

CHICAGO, Illinois – March 13, 2024: Hyde Park Angels (HPA) is excited to announce the promotion of four outstanding investment professionals. Collectively, Goodfellow, Ross, and Sachaj have been pivotal in shaping HPA’s distinctive People First approach to early-stage investments over the past decade.

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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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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 13, 2024

Successful track record of investment spurs latest fund supporting biotech innovation Foresite Capital, a multi-stage healthcare and life sciences investment firm continues to do what they do best—investing in companies that leverage biology and big data to transform healthcare. With over $3.5

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

Incredible Organizational Change, Growth and Advocacy: a Look at the ACA Success and Goals For 2024 Despite the volatility brought about by the pandemic, economic uncertainty, market fluctuation, bank failures and a myriad of other difficulties, the ACA has powered through to continue to be the voice for the art and science of angel investing.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 22, 2024

A ni.VC , a recently announced pet venture fund, sees great investment opportunities, investing $35 million in U.S. For the past four years Liu invested at the intersection of software, science, and healthcare. The Miami and New York City-based fund’s first investment was made into DOG PPL, a canine social club.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2023

All while raising over tens of millions in venture capital from elite Silicon Valley investors and eyeing a big mission: become the brand families can turn to when they think about a child’s education. We’ll talk about opportunity in the sector in a post-pandemic landscape — and how he landed investor patience. TechCrunch Live is free.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

African payments company Interswitch has secured a $110 million joint investment from LeapFrog Investments and Tana Africa Capital to scale its digital payment services across the continent , the two private investment firms said in a statement Wednesday. Nigeria’s Interswitch confirms $1B valuation after Visa investment.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

If you think embedded insurance is the only hot thing in insurtech these days, we’ve got a surprise in store for you: While it’s true that startups that help sell insurance together with other products and services are enjoying tailwinds, there are plenty of other opportunities in the space, several investors told TechCrunch+.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 18, 2023

30 Investments to date in the areas of AI, autonomy, cybersecurity and space Shield Capital was launched in 2021 by the Managing Partners Philip Bilden and Raj Shah, both of whom have deep experience in technology and investing, driving their passion to support founders of frontier technologies.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The opportunity lies in decoding customer sentiments Fortunately for Nelson, entrepreneurship was in his blood – both his parents are entrepreneurs who had founded a software company in Taiwan. Nelson saw this ambiguity as a great opportunity. “My parents started their own company the week I was born,” Nelson shares.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital led the round, marking the first time the New York-based venture firm has led an investment in a Brazilian startup. It plans to use the new funds to continue investing heavily in technology and data with the goal of launching its first digital product that will be “100% focused” on its members.

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American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 6, 2024

Identify and access management company Okta will award up to $500K as an investment to the winner of its inaugural SaaS startup competition. This is an incredible opportunity for startups to showcase their creativity while building for the future.” Okta’s platform helps startups develop identity-enabled applications.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 26, 2023

By: Pat Gouhin, Chief Executive Officer Looking back over the past few years of uncertainty and effort, The Angel Capital Association has made it through stronger than ever because of the work of our dedicated members, volunteers and professional staff. Without this support, many early-stage companies wouldn’t get off the ground.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

The Angel Capital Association is moving into a confident, secure future, because of the successes we’ve had and the way we’ve navigated the last two years. ACA’s angel groups made more investments in more companies despite the pandemic –continuing to risk personal capital to jumpstart businesses and ignite economies.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 25, 2023

Register Venture capital firm Goodwater has concluded its latest funding round, raising $1 billion in capital commitments for its fifth early-stage and third opportunity-style funds. Most of the capital, 60%, will be allocated to early- and seed-stage startups. With this successful raise, the firm now manages $3.3

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Red Rocket

DECEMBER 13, 2023

I was recently talking to an entrepreneur that passed on an investment because it would not need yield the company at least a 10x growth opportunity. I told him those level of returns are reasonable when investing in small businesses under $5MM, but that he should consider lowering his ROI threshold when investing in larger companies.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Today we’re wrapping our multi-week exploration of the global venture capital market’s second-quarter performance. At a glance, the Latin American venture capital and startup market appears similar to what we’ve seen from other growing ecosystems. A venture capital wave. But we’ve saved the best for last: Latin America.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Addepar , which makes software to track investment performance, is also actively hiring with roughly 50 open roles across the U.S., 401(k) provider Human Interest , which recently increased total funding to $500 million, including an investment from BlackRock, has 23 open roles, including in engineering, product and revenue.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Register Indonesia-based venture capital firm East Ventures and Seoul-based venture capital firm SV Investment have joined forces to establish a new fund targeted at $100 million. Roderick Purwana, Managing Partner of East Ventures, expressed his satisfaction with the SV Investment partnership.

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