TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Rhys Spence is head of research at Brighteye Ventures, a European edtech-focused fund, where he works with portfolio companies to help address priorities, with a focus on internationalization and HR. Many providers communicate and market themselves on the “exclusivity” and focus of their communities. Rhys Spence.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Others may not have the experience you want and they fill up a seat that makes retaining founder control more difficult if you ultimately raise large rounds of venture capital in the future. What happens at the A-round of venture capital? The place most good founders & funders settle is in setting up an “independent board.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Linda Greub Contributor Share on Twitter Linda Greub is the co-founder and managing partner of Avestria Ventures. When most people think of venture capitalists, they often think of investors, the people writing checks to fund startups. But that image is only one part of venture capital.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JANUARY 29, 2021

Much of what we do as startup community builders requires in-person interactions through workshops, meetups, and other events. But the Covid pandemic pushed the big pause button on in-person events that are the beating heart of many startup communities. We’re leaning heavily on our digital platforms to keep the community engaged.

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Onevest

APRIL 1, 2015

Studies show that over 80% of funding at Angel groups and Series A VCs goes to businesses in the same city/region as the funders. No city stands out as a leader across cleantech, green, community, and bottom billion targeted startups, and as such, entrepreneurs are not flocking to any one city to find talent or funding.

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2021

All Raise, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing the footprint of women founders and funders, has released its annual report for 2020. 85% of venture funding goes to all-male teams. Precursor Ventures’ Charles Hudson on ‘the conversation no one has during an upmarket’ Internet is the new Miami.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 25, 2024

The platform serves community and regional banks by helping them grow, retain, and manage their deposits. With a strong view of the role of community banking in the American economy, they joined forces. million Series A funding round. Bertolotti completed a PhD at MIT and DeVita worked as a Product Manager at Citi.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Jamie Finney is a founding partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund , where he blogs about his work on VC and small communities. The founders, LPs and venture partners have a long history in local startup ecosystems in the Southeast including LaunchTN , The Company Lab , CO.STARTERS and several other regional funds and resources.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

And even though robotics is weathering the current slowdown in venture funding better than other tech sectors, it’s still too easy for innovative inventions to remain stuck in the lab. You can catch all of the sessions and join the robotics community online for speed networking, chats and one-on-one meetings.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

Fostering these entrepreneurs and the economies they impact is a direct result of ACA’s mission to fuel the success of angel investor community. ACA’s Four Pillars: Bringing ACA’s Mission to Life Community Networking The heartbeat of our community networking pillar is our diversity, equity, and inclusion effort.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

It is now ‘warming’ up to ocean conservation,” Daniela Fernandez, managing partner of Seabird Ventures, told TechCrunch. Our planet is 70% ocean, so the urgency of facing and solving climate change can only be properly addressed if we include the ocean in the equation,” said Rita Sousa, partner at Faber Ventures.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. How to get a job in venture capital. How to find a job as a VC scout.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

Cheryl Campos, Head of Venture Growth and Partnerships at Republic , said, “Republic is a legal innovator with five experienced attorneys on staff helping democratize investment.”. Arno Niazi, CEO, GoingVC said, “Take, for example, our Venture Capital learning and development program, which now has more than 250 global alumni.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

She is also the co-founder of Build In SE , a community of founders, funders and ecosystem partners committed to company building in the Southeast (#BuildInSE). The wave of venture capital interest in geographies other than Silicon Valley has been building momentum over the past 5+ years. and Canada. And yet, here we are.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2021

Jamie Finney is a founding partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund , where he blogs about his work on VC and small communities. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 22, 2020

Since their inception, 1863 Ventures has been unwavering in their commitment to building wealth in Black communities. – Formalized collaboration between funders, founders and ecosystem builders. About 1863 Ventures. Discussing the state of Black entrepreneurship and the broader New Majority.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

In the midst of supporting founders in their communities during a global pandemic, what do they wish they were more versed in? Many people will talk about the fact that a community needs a “unicorn” in order to get the ball rolling but I always counter that you need to create the conditions for a unicorn to flourish. Gabe Munoz.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

“Starting a business is hard, but we now have a path for proptech lined with funders and advisers that can propel entrepreneurs over early obstacles through to maturity and deep market penetration.” ” Buy a TechCrunch+ membership before July 4, 2022 and save 50% on an annual subscription. Investors flowed $1.2

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 3, 2024

Chloe Capital, a Movement-driven venture capital firm with a national investment lens, invites the Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania community to join us for our INVEST IN WOMEN x PITTSBURGH FOUNDER SHOWCASE ( InvestInWomenPittsburgh.eventbrite.com ) on Wednesday, May 8 from 5-7:30pm at Google Pittsburgh. Advanced registration is required.

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Angel Capital Association

DECEMBER 7, 2020

We never eliminated venture capitalists as a potential source of funding, but we had such great momentum with angels that we never needed any VCs. The Angel Funders Report 2020 is the only source of verified data provided directly by active angel investing groups.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 22, 2020

Perspective as Treasurer along with Recap of Virtual Summit and How that Sets Foundation for a Strong Future , Peter Adams, ACA Treasurer, Rockies Venture Club. Melissa Bradley, 1863 Ventures. Jacques-Phillippe Perverger, Ozone X Ventures. Short Term Vision as Current Chair , Tony Shipley, ACA Board Chair, Queen City Angels.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 24, 2024

As a central component of this new partnership, Thompson Hine is providing meaningful educational opportunities to angel investors and angel group leaders to benefit the angel investment community. ACA is pleased to enhance our strong resource list of early stage legal advisors with a new partnership with Thompson Hine. “ACA

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 26, 2023

Angel investors have proven their resilience, enduring several years of volatile markets driven by both the COVID-19 pandemic and the end of the great bull market where exits soared, venture funds posted record returns and private company valuations exploded.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! And of course, effectively all venture capitalists are going to require some equity for their investment. Columbia Business School Tamer Fund for Social Ventures. If you think I’ve missed any, please contact me.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

With the support of Oikocredit alongside our first-round funders, our distribution, logistics and financing services will continue not only in Ghana but also in Ivory Coast where we’ve recently begun the process of expanding our team,” said Attah in a statement.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Some grants target underrepresented communities, others are open to all small businesses and others are tied to early technology research. Its mission is to foster vibrant small business communities through free mentoring and education workshops for small business owners. Small Business Administration. Full list of U.S.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

It can be frustrating to know that there are a plethora of great opportunities out there to help and educate our entrepreneurial community, but if our entrepreneurs have to spend their precious time trying to understand or simply find the info they’re looking for, they’re not making money and their frustration grows as well. . Gabe Munoz.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 10, 2023

In fact, winning the Hans Severiens Award at the 2023 ACA Summit of Angel Investing is a validation of his profound efforts to grow and support angel investing nationally through the Angel Capital Association as well as the community in which he works. CB Insights ranked QCA second out of 370 national angel organizations.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 7, 2021

The future of our economies and our communities is at stake. Our investor community drives holistic wealth creation, leveraging dollars invested with the significant time and expertise that we commit to our budding ventures. The best way to predict the future is to create it,” as Abraham Lincoln once said. Public Policy.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 16, 2019

For additional background on the specific approach taken in communities like Franklin County. For many cities, a history of red-lining , unequal development, and decisions to build highways through thriving minority communities contributed in significant ways to disparities in wealth and access to opportunities in our neighborhoods.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2024

This event, heralded as the industry’s flagship, convenes a diverse community of new and experienced angel investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurial minds to explore critical topics and trends in angel investing. The Angel Capital Association (ACA) Summit represents a beacon for black investors, founders, and high-growth startups.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 11, 2024

The great bull market of 2010 – 2021, fueled by cheap capital, caused a nearly unprecedented rise in the valuations of speculative assets, from real estate to angel and venture equity. Exhibit 2 Globally, venture funding fell by nearly 60% from 2021 to 2022. Exhibit 2) US venture funding fell 31% overall.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

“The next best thing founders can do is to signal as much as possible that pitch materials shared with funders are confidential.” “Once you get the term sheet, the game has really begun,” says James Norman, managing partner at Black Operator Ventures. Six climate tech trends to watch for in 2023.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For additional background on the specific approach taken in communities like Franklin County, please visit the first article in the series found here. Each community has particular strengths and unique challenges for business owners. FRANKLIN COUNTY, FORWARD CITIES. For me, this hits even closer to home.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

This project is designed to better educate the early stage investor community on the benefits of Deep Tech investments with the intention of increasing the amount of private capital available for deployment in the Deep Tech sector. More importantly, without you, our economy would be weakened and society’s ability to innovate would be stunted.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

At the end of last week, venture-backed robo-adviser Wealthfront snuck in an announcement that the deal in which it was to be acquired by Swiss banking giant UBS for $1.4 This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon. billion was scrapped.

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