TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

The world’s 10 leading venture capital firms have, together, invested over $150 billion in technology startups. The venture capitalists who run these firms decide which startups today will develop the new platforms and technologies that will shape our lives tomorrow. We all live in a world shaped by venture capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. LPs Still Believe Strongly in Venture Capital as a Diverse Source of Returns.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

We're seeing, for the first time, investment and some disruption in huge areas like education, food, healthcare, government and even hardware based startups. While job recovery is slow, it seems that we've probably ducked that bullet and there won't be a major shift in people's interest in funding the venture capital asset class.

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Dream It

OCTOBER 9, 2019

But this age of disruption has also created numerous opportunities for hackers and cybercriminals. In fact, Strategic Cyber Ventures reports that cybersecurity startups got at least $5.3 billion in venture capital funding last year. Accelerated digital innovation has catapulted the world into unprecedented growth.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

Despite everything it theoretically knows about me, Facebook ad units disrupt my feed. Venture Capital & Technology' It provides me the least amount of critical and impactful value--and it feels like, compared to a year ago, it provides less and less value because of its efforts to monetize. Is it just the next Yahoo!--a

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

For founders and investors, there’s no platform like TechCrunch Disrupt. Just as the industry is always evolving and innovating — especially in recent months — we’re doing the same to keep Disrupt on the cutting edge for first-time founders, seasoned investors, visionaries and everybody in between.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

However, it quickly evolved into a platform facilitating remote team management for over 40 companies globally, providing job opportunities amidst the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Jeshua’s Fundraising Strategies for Founders: Consider whether venture capital funding is essential; not all businesses need it.

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MARCH 30, 2015

Because most internet business concepts were not capable of productively employing tens of millions of dollars of venture capital does not mean they were bad ideas." Innovation continues to disrupt older industries, create opportunities, and create new streams of revenue.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

After a decade-long bull run, many venture capital funds have found themselves holding overvalued shares of companies whose IPO prospects have been either eliminated or significantly delayed. Greater geopolitical tensions around Taiwan The case for US venture capital outperformance by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

25 seed and early-stage startups participate in a 5-month long program ending with a Demo Day showcasing their disruptive innovation For its 2024 global accelerator cohort, Morgan Stanley received thousands of applications. The global financial services firm narrowed its selection down to 25 companies for its I nclusive Ventures Lab.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

As the market swoons, venture capital firms continue to announce new funds. Haris Khurshid, general partner at Chalo Ventures , launched a $50 million second fund focused on investing in Pakistani startups and a smaller percentage in Latin American startups. Venture capital slowed in Q2 (but it’s evolving).

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2015

announced they raised $9 million from Sequoia , arguably the best venture capital firm that exists. We will have two well-funded companies educating the market on why this market opportunity for the $24 billion US storage market is ripe for disruption. This morning Clutter.io Congratulations.

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MAY 2, 2023

When I think about true disruptions in tech—the ones that enable huge investor outcomes because they create generational behavior change, entirely new markets, and populate whole business ecosystems out of nothing—location-aware mobile devices stand out to me as right up there with the web itself. Was this episode from five years ago?

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 30, 2024

Disrupt Technology Venture (Disrupt) has announced the launch of the Disrupt Health Impact Fund in collaboration with leading Thai business groups. The first group of co-investment partners includes Digital Health […]

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Founders, employees, and investors intent on disrupting the status quo start believing in a new reality even in the absence of empirical evidence or actual results. The post Venture Capital Red Flag Checklist appeared first on Above the Crowd. Plain and simple. Everyone Falls For It.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2022

The tech industry loves generalizations — and don’t worry, I enjoy my fair share too — but as the downturn continues to play out, it’s increasingly important to think about the structural changes that may be forming in the venture capital landscape. Instead, venture firms cut costs in quieter ways.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

We’re less than a month away from TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco! He also served on the National Venture Capital Association board of directors. TechCrunch Disrupt takes place on October 18–20. Buy your pass today , and find out why Disrupt is where startup founders go to grow.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

Here’s a look at just some of the ways early-stage founders can learn to build, grow and fund their startups at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco. Let’s kick off the Disrupt opportun-a-palooza with a time-sensitive reminder to apply to the Startup Battlefield 200 (SBF 200) by July 31 at 11:59 p.m.

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JANUARY 22, 2015

I met Sarah in person at Techcrunch Disrupt in NYC a few years ago. Venture Capital & Technology' So when Meg and Carolyn wanted help on their announcement, I knew the right person to cover it from the tech side-- Sarah Perez from Techcrunch. She''s a mom herself and her family is a big part of why she lives down in Florida.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

I’ve found that this is most common amongst venture capital trusts, corporate VCs and government-backed VCs — where the concern of potential litigation is higher — and at late Series A or Series B stage. Your focus shouldn’t only be on passing successfully, but also minimizing the disruption to your team and your business growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I was having dinner with a friend last night and we were chatting about venture capital and a bit about what I’ve learned. The ones above are the ones I’ve prioritized this year (other than Disrupt – I never seem to get invited to that one). And we live in public so many people are able just to reach out.

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APRIL 23, 2012

When people tell you how and why they raised capital or what drove their app to success, they often attribute success to planning or neat little explainable reasons when they might simply have no clue what happened. Venture capital is kind of like a knuckleball. Not special? Smart people fall all the time, trust me.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. So usually the first money comes locally. Maker Studios. Savings.com. TextPlus.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

We remain confident in the long-term trend that software enables and the value accrued to disruptive startups; we also recognized that in a strong market it is important to ring the cash register and this doesn’t come without a concentrated effort to do so. In short, In Venture Capital, Size Matters Size matters for a few reasons.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Because if a company can borrow capital at rock-bottom effective rates, it will nearly always prove more inexpensive over the long term than selling shares in its business that have essentially uncapped upside.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

46:00 Do you believe that most of the disruption over the last few years has some from Elon Musk and Sebastian Thrun? 49:30 Steve: When’s the last time venture capital actually led an innovation? 43:30 Is Silicon Valley just trying to build “hit businesses” without a lot of thought behind them?

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Revolution

MARCH 10, 2025

Years of offshoring, bottlenecks, and climate-driven disruptions have made it clear: we need to rethink where and how we source materials. Now, as we double down on our investment, we know that this model isnt just a clever ideaits a necessary reimagining of American supplychains. Wood is a perfect example.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

So if you’re going to raise venture capital and compete in large, growing, winner-take-most markets you had better be prepared for other people to want to knock you off your stool, steal your limelight, grab your customers and muck you up. Zuckerberg. Larry / Sergey. The founders of DropBox, Airbnb, Uber – you name it.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The venture capital industry is built on signals. The startup, launching publicly today, is building a rating system for the venture capital industry. Part of the reason people love investing in venture capital is for the intangibles, right? Venture capital will soon be brimming with ghosts.

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DECEMBER 9, 2014

8) You''re doing something disruptive that is going to have some regulatory or other kinds of hurdles that require human hours of changing the playing field. 9) You''re doing something physical in the real world that just requires a certain amount of capital overhead. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Executing on opportunities at the intersection of utility and disruption allows for exponential innovation. Cultivate a super team, not a superstar. The soundbite: On the success of the James Webb Telescope “Every once in a while there’s an opportunity to look at the universe differently.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

That’s why we’re excited to announce that Mathilde Collin, co-founder and CEO at Front, Deidre Paknad, co-founder and CEO at WorkBoard and Adriana Roche, chief people officer at Mural, will tackle this topic onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18-20 in San Francisco. Early action equals bigger savings.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2015

They are most susceptible to being disrupted by better versions. If venture capital is propping up your business performance – good luck when the spigot slows one day. Push yourself hard to be honest with yourself. I promise you that products that aren’t truly valuable eventually fade.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 5, 2023

Such passionate individuals are not only disrupting industries but also making a significant impact on social and environmental issues. To date, Forns and Wiseman have amassed an impressive pipeline of US$155 million worth of projects, securing US$735,000 in funding from angel investors, government grants, and venture capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2017

And the giant gets disrupted precisely because its cost structure to serve its customers and its cash cow, high-priced offering makes it nearly impossible for it to try compete. And what prompted this lawsuit? link] Jamie is also backed by Britain’s biggest innovator of this generation — Sir Richard Branson.

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500

JUNE 9, 2020

Supply chains have been disrupted, businesses have had to close or operate at limited capacity for months, and even founders have had to expand their fundraising timeframes as we saw in our 2020 Female Founders Data Report. There’s no doubt that COVID-19 has affected nearly every industry globally.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

The AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 At TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 , you’ll find AI’s influential fingerprints throughout the show’s programming. At Disrupt you’ll find multiple opportunities to increase your knowledge, make connections and develop collaboration possibilities across multiple industries and sectors.

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