Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2020

Written by Ruchir Punjabi , the co-founder and chief digital officer of Distributed Energy , a company that matches investors with renewable energy projects across Africa, Middle East and India, and the founder of Langoor, which was sold to Havas Group in 2019. For example, my energy business matches investors with renewable projects.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 21, 2020

According to Accenture, 80 percent of B2B companies try to innovate around CX , but fail to generate a satisfactory return on investment. Opportunities to Innovate: Addressing Challenging B2B Customer Experiences through Digital Products. What does it take to design innovative digital customer experiences that predictably win?

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 29, 2023

Register Singapore-based venture capital firm TRIREC and Thai energy innovations company INNOPOWER announced today the formation of Energy Ignition Ventures, a $100-million growth-stage fund aimed at promoting decarbonisation initiatives.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2015

The energy was election so I’m going to do it again this coming week. The energy created by livestream is awesome. It created an energy on the show that doesn’t exist without it. 2/ it shows how big the opportunity for live video, and owning the “go live now” network can be. Exciting time.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 15, 2023

When you waste energy looking left and right instead of staying focused on the path in front of you, you will lose ground. Where awareness goes, energy flows ; it is your choice where to invest your time, energy and attention—growth will mean fewer, deep relationships and limitless acquaintances. How did she get there?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 1, 2021

Most venture capital funds have a “recycling” provision that allows them to sell some percentage of their investments and reinvest those funds back into new investments instead of distributing that capital to their limited partners. So it would only actually invest $80mm into startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

1) has escaped the attention of the major Internet companies, which are better run than ever before; (2) is capable of being launched and proven out for ~$5M, the typical seed plus series A investment; and. (3) And a Final Note on Whether Silicon Valley Opportunities Remain. How many ideas like that are left?” ” My 3.5

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 13, 2021

It cleared my head and when I got back to work, I was full of energy and clarity. Teaching is another occupation that presents a lot of opportunity to rethink time and location. And, naturally, this coming work-life balance revolution presents tremendous opportunities for new products, services, and companies.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In a statement, VFlowTech that it will use the funds to set-up a 200 MWh production line capacity and scale up the manufacturing of its 250 kWh modular vanadium-based long duration energy storage solutions. Kumar said that conventional energy storage technologies such as lithium-ion and lead acid batteries have limited functionality.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

It does this by providing incentives to building owners/occupiers to shift to clean energy usage through a machine learning-powered software automation layer. And in that we hope to help push for a more greener power grid,” he adds.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 27, 2020

As I look upon the current state of the economy and the challenges that we face as an investor, it strikes me as being very clear what kind of an economy will work best if I’m seeking investment returns going forward—and that is a more progressive one.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 24, 2015

By now most of you know that Chris Sacca invested in what is now thought to be one of the best performing VC funds of all time having invested an $8.4 In fact, Matt personally grew up with hardships but you wouldn’t know it because he gives off such a positive energy you could imagine he lived the life of Riley.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Think USV is only invested around Union Square in NYC? And in many communities that are new to building tech startups I’ve found that a lot of angel money is not very sophisticated at investing in startup companies. Think the next big startup can’t come from Dallas, TX? Think again. Angry Birds?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Brian Walsh is the head of WIND Ventures , the venture capital arm of COPEC, a leading energy company in Central and South America and the U.S. WIND Ventures provides mobility, energy and retail startups and scaleups with access to Latin America. The arbiters of investment. Brian Walsh. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Most often the name change comes in the first few years when the business opportunity comes into clarity and the original name becomes an issue. We made a seed investment in Dronebase eight years ago about six months after the company was formed. But occasionally it comes much later in life. So the company is in its ninth year.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2014

In my Twitter bio is says that I’m “ looking to invest in passionate entrepreneurs ,” which almost sounds like I was just looking for a cliché soundbite to describe myself. I was immediately drawn to his passion and energy. I had an hour to kill and wanted to meet entrepreneurs. Tristan pinged me on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

With a passion for drones and other cutting-edge tech, Burton says he saw an opportunity to use airborne robotics and sensors to capture data about how assets — for example, solar panels and turbines — change over time. Those thoughts align with Energy Transition Ventures’ Neal Dikeman’s. billion in 2022.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Italian climate startup Energy Dome , which has developed a “CO 2 Battery” for storing renewable energy, has closed a €40 million (~$44M) Series B round — bringing the total raised for its novel energy storage solution to €54M (or just shy of $60M). Europe, South America, India and Australia.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The decarbonization of the planet will be the next major disruption of the 21st century, according to SOSV managing general partner Sean O’Sullivan and Carmichael Roberts of Breakthrough Energy Ventures. ” This opportunity has helped climate tech become one of the hottest sectors to invest in.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

While legacy sectors like transportation and energy have embraced new tech, innovation in the construction industry has been slow to take hold. GDP, the market opportunity is huge, especially as spending climbs — the U.S. Where are you looking for opportunities in construction tech in Q3 2022? Its recently enacted $1.2

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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 24, 2023

As entrepreneurs, it’s typical for us to invest most of our energy into our businesses while neglecting our intimate relationships. This allows me to actively change my mindset and reframe challenges as opportunities. And remember, you don’t need to be in crisis mode to take advantage of mental health services.

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Dream It

AUGUST 29, 2019

Investors are giving you capital to make 10x, 20x, or 100x their investment. The definition of Exit Strategy from Investopedia: “The method by which a venture capitalist or business owner intends to get out of an investment that he or she has made in the past. In other words, the exit strategy is a way of “cashing out” an investment.”

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Berkonomics

MARCH 20, 2025

But when money is the issue, your time, energy and focus are drained from other important areas of your life or business. This is one interpretation of It takes money to make money , although that statement was probably created to describe new investment opportunities. Money in the bank is like oil in the car.

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Hunter Walk

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Apoorva was looking to bring on a non-technical co-founder as he entered YC, and my epic bad decision was not to jump at the opportunity to join Instacart at that moment. What advice do you have for people in fast-growing companies about being a team-player but also taking advantage of the unique opportunity it provides?

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 12, 2024

We are standing on the edge of a profound shift in the world of angel investing. Where we once had to plead for deals, our syndication pilot networks—Cleantech, Growing Women’s Capital, Life Sciences, Northeast, and Southwest—are now thriving, full of opportunities and collaborative energy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 11, 2022

Emma Allen State Farm offers a variety of insurance services, mortgages, investment planning and 401K rollovers. I knew that if we scaled up, we’d have the opportunity to influence and impact even more people in a positive way, but I needed to take the time to do that,” Allen explained. “To It’s a necessity. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

Investments began flooding into robotics around this time. Slowed investments have been compounded by continued economic woes and the recent bank collapses have further shaken confidence. What role have the pandemic, slowing economy and recent bank crisis had on your investments? What would you like to see more of?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

As part of the retail giant’s self-proclaimed mission to better address underrepresentation and technology inequities, the company announced today that it is investing up to $10 million in Brown Venture Group. Ten million dollars seems like a drop in the bucket for a company that generated sales of $47 billion last year.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

One of the best business models ever is creating a marketplace between investors and investment opportunities. I’ve been meeting lately with more and more family offices interested in investing directly into companies, in lieu of via funds. The data about the investments needs to be accurate and formatted in a consistent way.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2023

AMP Robotics , a Denver, Colorado-based startup creating robotic systems that can automatically sort recyclable material, today announced that it extended its Series C round to $99 million, thanks to an investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund. billion in 2019, per the Department of Energy (DoE).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2019

Dandapani recognizes this tendency, observing, “If you are a person whose awareness races through the mind all day, then your energy is also flowing all over the place. When I lived as a monk, my guru taught me a phrase he coined: ‘Where awareness goes, energy flows.’ Life is a manifestation of where you direct your energy.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

The company is tooling up to switch things up even further, developing what it describes as the “biggest innovation since the transistor” A bold claim, but, $150 million of fresh investment says that at least a slice of the investment community thinks the company is onto something.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

s development finance institution, Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) Group, formally changed its name to British International Investment. As part of the name change, the development finance institution (DFI) announced that it surpassed its pledge to invest £2 billion in Africa over the last two years. On April 4, the U.K.’s

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 3, 2024

Video marketing success relies on its effectiveness at engaging viewers on an emotional level and giving you ample opportunity to inform and convert while entertaining them. It’s worth noting that producing video content is a big deal due to the substantial effort invested into the process.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS-SAINT PAUL, MN – The Forge North startup coalition announced the first close of the MSP Equity Fund – the first-known venture capital fund of funds in the country designed to invest across race, place, and gender. Lead investors include Allianz Life, Allina Health, Xcel Energy, and Abōva.

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Revolution

APRIL 24, 2023

As investors who bet on those entrepreneurs and the industry-transforming startups they’re building, VCs have a unique perspective on what “investing in the planet” looks like at scale. What does investing in our planet mean to you as a venture capitalist vs. as a consumer? “As Here’s what they had to say. “As

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