StartupNation

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Despite the growth in awarded venture capital (VC) funds, a staggering disparity remains between the amount of total VC funds invested in entrepreneurs and the portion of those funds invested in ventures founded and/or led by women—particularly women of color. I’ve created 15 funds in the last year alone. .

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

One of the first decisions we had to make in setting up our new VC fund, Versatile Venture Capital , was our CRM and marketing technology infrastructure. . Linkedin : Versatile Venture Capital / David Teten personal. Tim Friedman, Founder, PEStack , and a Venture Partner with Versatile Venture Capital , said, . “We

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Revolution Chairman & CEO, Steve Case and Mitch Landrieu The conversation: A fireside chat with White House Infrastructure Coordinator and former Mayor of New Orleans, Mitch Landrieu The takeaways: Creating an environment where startups thrive pays off in ways that courting existing corporations doesn’t. Infrastructure touches everything.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

The global venture capital ecosystem is inequitable. In the United States’ mature venture capital market, an entrepreneur’s race, gender and age help determine who has access to capital. Yes, venture capital startup hubs can take decades to reach maturity.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

It wasn’t long before venture capital firms started up and major tech companies like Microsoft, Google and Samsung had R&D centers and accelerators located in the country. At the start of 2020, Israeli startups and technology companies were looking back on a good 2019. This came decades ahead of most western governments.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

Equally important is knowing sources of capital such as bootstrapping, prospective investors such as angel investors, or venture capital if necessary, that can be tapped into at the various stages of a startups growth. Did you mismanage your finances? Was the product-market fit wrong?

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

I'm ecstatic to announce that Brooklyn Bridge Ventures has just completed a first close of $3.5 The funding was anchored by a major commitment from Two Sigma Ventures, the private venture investment affiliate of Two Sigma Investments. million of limited partner commitments--a huge and exciting first step.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. Of these companies that become well financed we only need 15–25% of THOSE to pan out to return 2–3x the fund. This translates to about 12–15 investments.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 24, 2023

A statement released by the ministry said Minister Lee Young aims to leverage the capabilities of the MSS to support the innovative venture industry in overcoming the current crisis and revitalizing the startup ecosystem.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Register Indonesian digital bank Superbank , supported by Grab, Singtel, and Emtek Group, is collaborating with Singapore’s Genesis Alternative Ventures to offer a financing package of $40 million for startups in Indonesia. This initiative will primarily focus on startups in the series B and series C funding stages.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Register Singapore-based venture capital firm Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India (VVSEAI) has successfully concluded its fifth funding round, raising $541 million. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Filling out the round has been its own challenge for Curry, who has struggled at times to find opportunity, even among historic levels of capital flowing into the startup ecosystem, a distinction that has been less noticeable for black founders that still make up just a small percentage of VC allocation.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 27, 2023

Register Harriet, a leading platform championing female founders, has partnered with venture capital firms Artesian, Wavemaker Partners, Wavemaker Impact, B Capital, and 1982 Ventures to launch a new forum aimed at bridging the funding gap for female-led startups in the Asia Pacific region.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

In conversation with reporter Taylor Hatmaker, Rubin said NFTs show that individuals can benefit from Web3 adoption, while decentralized finance and cryptocurrency trading are more commercialized forms. Early Q3 indications show India’s startup ecosystem is going gangbusters. Thanks very much for reading, Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

A close look at Singapore’s thriving startup ecosystem. Dr. Abrar Chaudhury is a climate finance research fellow at Oxford Said Business School researching on topics of global environmental change, climate finance, policy implementation, sustainable development, and corporate purpose. Abrar Chaudhury. Contributor.

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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. Allied Venture Partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 22, 2025

Atlanta, in particular, is a thriving hub for tech startups and entrepreneurs, with a growing population and access to both venture capital and skilled talent. The states low unemployment rate, access to financing, and relatively low labor costs make it a great place for new businesses to thrive.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The recently acquired capital infusion will be directed towards MADCash’s online platform, leveraging advanced AI technology for optimization, financing operational and marketing requirements, and facilitating the startup’s expansion endeavors across the Southeast Asian region, as detailed in the official press release. .

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The sessions provided a platform for in-depth discussions and collaboration talks between startup representatives and notable participants, including government investment agencies like the Korea Startup Agency and Korea Growth Finance , alongside venture capital and accelerator representatives from MYSC and The Invention Lab.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Austin’s venture capital scene has been hot for years now, but a pair of local investment firms just closed on new funds aimed at injecting more capital into startups in Austin and elsewhere. 6 VCs talk the future of Austin’s exploding startup ecosystem. Digging into the Alkami Technology IPO.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Bobby Franklin is the president and CEO of the National Venture Capital Association. The startup ecosystem is unique. At the beginning, young businesses use capital from friends, family or even outside investors to help them get started. The New Technology Policy Battlegrounds Are Getting Closer To Home.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

Laurie Fabiano, the president of the Tory Burch Foundation , said the foundation decided to launch the tool after realizing that women entrepreneurs are often unaware of their funding options or how to navigate the form of capital that might best suits their needs. billion in venture capital allocated to U.S.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

To put it mildly, the meteoric collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has been a historic time of confusion for everyone the startup ecosystem touches. The general consensus seems to be that SVB’s collapse may have far-reaching consequences for venture capital, startups and the entire financial sector in the U.S.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 4: Startup founders are white.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The main startups hubs in the country have traditionally been São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, but now a new wave of cities are building their own thriving local startup ecosystems, including Recife with Porto Digital hub and Florianópolis with Acate.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Amit Anand is a founding partner of Jungle Ventures and an early pioneer and leader in the development of Southeast Asia’s venture capital industry. However, these companies only represent the highlights of what is a blossoming startup ecosystem. Amit Anand. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

We believe that in order to increase diversity in the startup ecosystem, one thing that we must do is increase diversity — whether it be in regard to gender, race or geography — amongst angel investors,” said Hustle Fund co-founder and general partner Elizabeth Yin. To more people like Colorado-based Penn. “

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

” Katai also shared his impressions of Romania’s startup ecosystem, suggestions for maintaining top-of-mind status with customers, and reinforced the often-overlooked need to continually repurpose content to grab mindshare. Latin America’s increasingly dynamic venture capital scene has been making headlines of late.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

While at Pinterest she helped it expand internationally, close its Series C financing and led three acquisitions. Tavel is also a founding member of All Raise, the nonprofit organization focused on women in the venture capital and VC-backed startup ecosystem.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Boulder is quickly becoming a startup mecca on par with Silicon Valley — largely due to the Techstars accelerator, which has cultivated the city’s startup ecosystem. Brad Feld helped co-found the venture capital firm with one goal in mind: to help entrepreneurs. “We

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 10, 2023

This center is envisioned as a comprehensive hub, encompassing an IT park, a technology park, startup support groups, cultural and spiritual centers, libraries, a sports complex, and housing facilities for employees and resident entrepreneurs. in foreign currency and 12% p.a. in national currency.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) last week sent ripples in startup ecosystems around the world, and it is emerging that millions of dollars held by African startups and venture capital funds at the bank were at stake, until the U.S. Federal Reserve acted to save the day. Sad to see them go down.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Fast-forward to today, and while the sector is still enjoying a boom in venture capital — I’m subtweeting Owl Ventures for closing a $1 billion fund at the beginning of the year — the sentiment has certainly changed. Investors explained that while the whole startup ecosystem is slower this year, edtech hasn’t escaped that trend.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The $90 million figure was raised across two rounds: a $60 million Series C co-led by SVB Capital (a subsidiary of Silicon Valley Bank) and Ribbit Capital that values the company at $550 million, and a previously unannounced $30 million Series B1 led by Redpoint Ventures. Insurtech is hot on both sides of the Atlantic.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2023

Frederik Mijnhardt is the CEO of Secfi , an equity planning, stock option financing and wealth management platform for startup executives and employees. How investors can still get strong returns from late-stage tech startups. Looking ahead, the data suggests that 2023 will continue to be challenging for late-stage startups.

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