TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Gaetano Crupi is a partner at venture capital firm Prime Movers Lab. ” Every venture firm has its own idiosyncrasies in how it votes, but understanding that you are truly “dating” the entire firm when you get to larger rounds is a vital insight that I never appreciated. Gaetano Crupi. Contributor.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

Dozens of healthcare-focused voice tech startups have popped up in the last few years which are backed by top tier venture funds. Using Voice Tech to Improve Physician Documentation and Note-Taking Physician burnout has increased at a rapid rate over the past few years. Here’s a look at it:

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Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

Independent of the SBA, last week we announced SVB Debt Relief, a venture debt principal deferral program. If you have a venture lender that’s not your deposit bank, some founders have seen success going through non-bank SBA-lenders. You have the choice if you have a venture lender that’s not your deposit bank.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2020

The NVCA (National Venture Capital Association) Guidelines are below. So to be clear, if a company owns 8% of your company but has negative blocking rights as outlined above in the NVCA guidelines, you are ineligible for the program unless you modify your legal governing documents. This is another misconception.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Frankly, I think venture capital is that way, too. How does the world in Los Angeles intersect differently with venture capital? This can be your star Chief Architect who loves to code but hates having to handle the admin like testing, documentation, recruiting, etc. And I don’t want to be complacent.

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Dream It

JULY 29, 2020

The round was led by Tech Council Ventures with participation from Boston Millennia Partners Founders Fund and Front Row Fund, who join existing investors including IP Group, Dreamit Ventures, and Ben Franklin Technology Partners. Today, the company announced closing $1M in additional seed financing.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. Funding for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 16, 2014

Theoretically, someone could meet you, sign your document, and write you a check for deposit that day, but that''s not how it usually works. I went back across the 21 investments I''ve made both at First Round and at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --a period that dates back to January 28, 2010, when I closed on Backupify.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Tim Friedman, CEO, PEStack , and a Venture Partner with Versatile VC , suggests, “E.g., I list the online communities for VCs in general at Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital. Be flexible: Try to not be dogmatic about formality, avoid complex agreements/signed documents. How VCs source winning companies.

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Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

Don't get me wrong; the pitch deck is a crucial document (trust me, it's what we do). 4- Any startup can raise venture capital I've also seen a misconception on business types, versus their ability to raise venture capital. Our ability to raise further rounds of funding is affected for these same reasons.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Aramco Ventures, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco (2222. Bruce Niven, Executive MD, Strategic Venturing at Aramco Ventures, shared his thoughts on the new collaboration. The RECs serve as vital documentation, confirming that the energy generation sources are from eco-friendly sources.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Ever the adventurer, Lennert soon left Toronto’s advertising scene, at which point his new venture really took off. The venture quickly scaled beyond its initial vision. I just feel so honoured and humbled to have my story documented,” Lennert reflected. And to have my life with my partner documented forever that way.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 26, 2021

In this guide, YC Managing Director Jon Levy talks about venture debt. He covers what it is, walks through some of its benefits and risks, and gives advice on how to approach the process of taking on venture debt. He also highlights Brex’s newly launched venture debt offering. What is Venture Debt?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Series A round of Decentro is led by Rapyd Ventures, the venture arm of the UK fintech-as-a-service giant , along with participation from Leonis VC and Uncorrelated Ventures. Rapyd Ventures backs Indian fintech-as-a-service startup Decentro by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

On the other hand, Appruve, which provides an API that verifies user identity, fraud detection and digital documentation, primarily focuses on new datasets that enable or complement traditional government data such as international passports and national IDs.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. Venture capitalists often come from an operating background. Venture Capital. Asian Venture Capital Journal (free trial).

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2024

The AI “stack” has emerged with Large Language Models and other important models (like audio, imagery, video, etc) operating in the cloud with well-documented and supported APIs that are available to developers to build on. So if we have healthier capital markets and more innovation than ever, what is up with the venture capital ecosystem?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Generally speaking in venture capital financings the legal documents will specify that only “major investors” (a threshold set in the agreement – which can be $500,000 investor or more). Does he blog about venture capital and try to advise entrepreneurs? Has written a book on venture capital. You betcha.

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David Teten VC

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

If you are launching your own investment management firm, we recommend designing a constitution: a set of documents covering the firms goals, legal obligations, and principles for handling disagreement. These agreements may be inappropriate, unfeasible, or unwise to put in your signed legal documents.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 23, 2020

We are leveraging two technologies that have come of age in the last ten years; collaborative documents (google sheets) and videoconferencing (zoom). .” I have taught this material to many people, but never quite like this. And we are using project-based learning in a small group setting which has always been one of the (the most?)

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 19, 2024

It begins with a theoretical premise about your venture, proceeds to developing a minimum viable product (MVP) — the bare minimum that can still offer value — and seeks feedback from real-life scenarios. This roadmap, or strategic plan, doesn’t have to be an elaborate or intimidating document that ends up unused.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Filevine , a startup offering a software-as-a-service product for legal case management, today announced that it closed a $108 million series D round led by StepStone Group with participation from Golub Capital and existing investors Signal Peak Ventures and Meritech Capital. software-as-a-service market.” ” Legal tech suite.

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Founder Bounty

APRIL 4, 2023

A business plan is a document that outlines your company’s mission, goals, market analysis, target customers, financial projections, and strategies for success. Here are some tips to help you get your business funded by investors. Create a business plan Before approaching investors, you need to have a well-thought-out business plan.

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Dream It

MARCH 1, 2019

TELUS Ventures led the round with participation from ScaleUP Ventures , Panache Ventures , Ontario Centres of Excellence , and several angel investors. MedStack , a Dreamit HealthTech alum whose platform provides a privacy and security compliance solution for healthcare apps, recently closed a $2.4 million round of funding.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Because senior management may have a deep understanding of the sector and the specific needs of the corporate sponsor, it seems easy to assume that involving them in the selection process will help the corporate venture capitalist (CVC) pick the right startups to support? However, that’s not the case. I’ll explain. In practice, it rarely is.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

In preparation for her reentry into VC she spoke with many mentors of hers for advice on venture capital. Document management? just click that link) was preparing for our annual meeting with our LPs. Kara worked in VC for more than 5 years but more than a decade ago. ” Such simple yet poignant advice. So you become jaded.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

With a well architected product that has well-documented APIs and proper core product abstractions then all custom work should be build above the API stack. If you never read my post on Elephant, Deer & Rabbits – a guide to customer segmentation – it might be worth a read.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 29, 2025

The Power of AI Agents in Behavioral Health Eleos AI agents fundamentally change the workflow of behavioral health practitioners, improving time-consuming tasks such as clinical documentation, compliance monitoring, and patient engagement. These changes are allowing healthcare providers to spend more time with patients and less on paperwork.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

And then there were so very many cool venture capital rounds that I couldn’t get to this week. But much of this shift involved taking analog processes like meetings or document signing and approval and bringing them online. Not bad Carta, but how about a real IPO instead of staying private? This Koa Health round , for example.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 3, 2021

15+ years ago the Business Model Canvas (BMC) changed everything by giving us a 1-pager (or 4×3 foot poster) to help you quickly document and test the key hypothesis behind your business model. Cost Structure – What are the costs associated with running your venture? The BMC was a quantum leap forward. KISS Canvas V4.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 4, 2023

However, if a company has backing from a venture capital firm, we would recommend that they meet with their venture firms first to review the firm’s existing relationships and/or to get recommendations for lenders based on the company’s stage and preference. For corporate debt, normal venture counsel (e.g.,

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

LawCloud offers free legal documents through the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. These documents are helpful for forming a new company, running your company, maintaining good corporate governance, and more. The CMU Venture Challenge is an international startup competition open to undergraduates from across the United States.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

Imagine if Google Docs was end-to-end encrypted so that not even Google could access your documents. Skiff is a document editor with a similar look and feel to Google Docs, allowing you to write, edit and collaborate in real-time with colleagues with privacy baked in. That’s Skiff , in a nutshell.

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Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 15, 2023

[This is part of a series on the KISS Canvas ] For over twenty years I’ve had the pleasure of co-founding a handful of ventures and mentoring hundreds of startup and intrepreneurial teams. My first venture’s payers and users were the same people and we marketed directly to end users.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

I had already begun working at Upfront Ventures and my assistant at the time, Laura, told me I had ADD. So I might have to write a document, complete a spreadsheet, handle a negotiation or plan an event but somebody else is telling me when each task is due and we both hold me accountable for my work outputs. This is a help in itself.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

Understanding the basics of venture financing can help founders raise on better terms. Venture financing takes place in rounds. These documents are used by Y Combinator, angel investors and most early-stage funds. You should raise on post-money SAFEs using standard documents created by YC. How much to raise.

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Paul G. Silva

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

They have to create hours creating slightly different versions of documents. This costs the entrepreneurs precious time they need to run their ventures. This makes the entrepreneur answer the same questions over and over. This is bad for everyone! Angel Investor Pain Points.

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