Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 20, 2022

Utilized lesser-used ports, other modes of shipment (air, rail), or a mix—to diversify the risk. We strategically put redundancy in the US in case of China lockdowns. Eric Griffin, EO Philadelphia, Co-founder and CEO, Mobile Outfitters. . In 2020, we paid US$6,500 for a container to be shipped and delivered.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Now as 2021 comes to a close, Cruttenden’s latest fintech, Ant Money, is announcing it has raised $20 million in funding (a mix of previously unannounced seed and Series A capital) and acquired Blast via a stock-for-stock merger. I think that’s a really big differentiator for us from our competitors.”. Or is it more like Robinhood?”.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

When Keto Kitchen had good sales in the first quarter, Meyer went to the bank to ask for expansion financing and recalled the banker asking him what a ghost kitchen was. That told him there was an opportunity for a data-driven financing tool for these types of restaurants. Ghost Financial founder John Meyer.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

Founders] want to believe in the best of humanity and that people are going to dedicate time to wanting to learn something, but we always come back to this vitamin versus painkiller problem.” Today, Hezarkhani is the CEO and founder of Parthean , a personal finance monitoring and education app that just raised $1.1

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2021

Many Southeast Asian digital businesses run into obstacles when seeking early-stage growth financing. That’s where Singapore-based Jenfi comes in, providing revenue-based financing of up to $500,000 with flexible repayment plans that co-founder and chief executive officer Jeffrey Liu refers to as “growth capital as a product.” .

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

The responses I got came at a time when I've been having a lot of conversations with female founders as well about their fundraising experiences. At this moment, I'm in the process of backing three companies that have at least one female founder and I just finished a round for a black female founder in December. Ducks head.]

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

VC Financings: 1. Other players such as Obopay have set out to focus on mobile person-to-person cash transfers, mFoundry (a GRP portfolio company) has focused on mobile banking and a mobile wallet and one of my favorite companies m-via is focusing on mobile remittances (right now between the US and Mexico). 13mm in Series B.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2017

I’ve never met a founder who wasn’t acutely aware of his or her ticking time bomb and the sense that failure and humiliation is a real possibility. Very, very few founders have an easy time despite what you read in the press. Strangely, most founders I know don’t have this conversation with the inside investors early.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

The funding round was a mix of $1.5 million in equity and $25 million in debt financing. Joe Merullo, founder and CEO, grew up in Boston and started his first business in real estate at 19 years old. Merullo plans to use the debt portion of the new funding for loans and financings issued.

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real estate financing finance mix-use 85

Gust

OCTOBER 21, 2011

In Parts II and III, we looked at commonly used mandatory and voluntary conversion language in convertible notes. To account for scenarios in which the startup is acquired before it has a chance to complete a priced equity financing round, most term sheets and deal documents contain a “ change in control ” provision.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We’re fortunate to interview William Stringer, Founder of Chisos Capital , a structured finance company. Q: Please give us an overview of Chisos. Chisos is a structured finance company that provides startup and brand capital to entrepreneurs, athletes and creatives. My background is finance, investments and operations.

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Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

Please note, this page does not cover the basics of the CARES Act and we encourage founders to read What Startups Need to Know About PPP and The CARES Act for broader context. Kathryn (attorney from PilieroMazza) : Most banks are opening applications today, though a few rolled out last Friday with mixed success.

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startup communities VC ventures 348

Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Keep in mind that any cash you put in will remain in the company as Founders’ Equity, and will only come back to you on a successful exit in which your investors make money. [3a. With #1 – #3 under your belt, you should start preparing the components you will use to support your pitch to outside investors.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use.

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Gust

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Early co-founders often drop out of the picture due to disagreements, and you forget about them, but they don’t forget about the verbal promises you made. Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share. Be quick to hire and slow to fire.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Some people are more excited by emerging areas like artificial intelligence, which has been a focus of the country’s military for years, and like cybersecurity is now producing many fresh teams of founders. What are companies you are excited about (your portfolio or not), which founders? What’s your latest, most exciting investment?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

The fintech which provides credit lines for businesses has raised $17 million, funding that it will be using to bolster its offerings and expand geographically. The seed round was a mix of $7 million equity and $10 million debt. That threw me into solving those problems with Float.”.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

More modern approaches are being adopted these days, which is the case of RxAll , a startup using deep technology to provide quality medication to patients. and Nigerian-based company is announcing a financing round of $3.15 My co-founder, Amy, was hospitalized in Thailand after taking counterfeit medicine. Today, the U.S.

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hospitality mix-use financing finance 104

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Applications in the metaverse often feel like more of a marketing gimmick than something that a critical mass of consumers would use, let alone pay for. To meet these expectations, both technology that is easy to use and accurate as well as high-quality software and content are needed. Image Credits: Varjo.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

I used to think you could use convenience and common sense to predict markets. Somewhere in the mix, timing matters a great deal and first isn’t often the most significant mover advantage. Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO, Startup Professionals. June 17th, 2012.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

Configuring a robot to mix cement is easy, but delivering a CementTron 3000 to a job site, training employees on its use, and keeping it maintained are not the kinds of disruptions builders are looking for, especially when margins are so thin and experienced workers are hard to find. Suzanne Fletcher, venture partner, Prime Movers Lab.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

The side-effect of adding a slice of robotics to the mix is that homes that used to take nine months to build can now be instantiated into existence in a month or so. Diamond Age will use the funding to continue scaling its robotics platform and execute on its first commercial contract to build homes. housing market.

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construction mix-use transportation energy 98

Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). It might be useful to list some of the ways in which you can raise money for growth with and without outside investors.

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accelerator mix-use financing finance 118

TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

million, so the latest financing brings its total raised to $95.5 And finally, its investors in the round include a high-profile mix of institutions and individuals such as DFJ Growth, K5 Global, the Chainsmokers, actor Jared Leto and the Glazer family (owners of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Manchester United).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

And it has just closed on $6 million equity and $50 million debt financing to advance on that goal. The company aims to allow for cross-border co-ownership of luxury vacation properties that goes beyond the historical use of timeshares. And so, as he discussed his frustration with his now co-founders, the idea for Kocomo was born.

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real estate mix-use financing finance 96

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

If you’re a financial services firm blog about personal finance. I use Wordpress and am very happy. In this genre there is also Typepad although I find less people using it these days. They’re more light weight, easier to use and more social. To add a post to Facebook button I use a tool called fbShare.me.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Founded out of Spain in 2019, StudentFinance partners with educational institutions such as Ironhack and Le Wagon to help finance those looking to upskill into disciplines like software development, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence, serving as an alternative to traditional bank or student loans. .

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education mix-use financing finance 90

TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

Tessera Therapeutics , the Boston-based spin-up from Flagship Pioneering, is the latest company to enter the mix with $230 million in new financing to build up its platform for better biological programming. The round was led by Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.,

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Each VC has their own take on which services to provide and mostly they’re free but some smaller VCs charge portfolio companies for use of these services but usually at a cheap cost. Kerry brings experience from all parts of the marketing mix.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The entrepreneur, who previously worked as a designer and co-founder of a snack company, says the stench of pesticides and herbicides piled high was too strong to ignore. The company brought on chief science officer Frank Rossi, who has a PhD at Cornell, to create its core product, which requires a mix of tech and science to work.

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startup mix-use financing finance 97

Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). It might be useful to list some of the ways in which you can raise money for growth with and without outside investors.

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accelerator mix-use financing finance 106

TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

A mix of new and existing investors also participated in the round, including Advent, Altimeter, DST, Silver Lake, Soros, Tarsadia, Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Caffeinated, Fifth Wall, Monashees, QED and Vulcan, among others. This latest financing brings Loft’s total funding raised to an impressive $700 million.

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real estate ventures mix-use capital 104

Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The product was useful to their business as a marketing and operations tool, but they wanted to build it into something more. Previous companies using the IdeaPAD scaled their product by 10x or became leaders in their space. Each criteria was weighted at either a 1 or 2, though any multiplier could be used.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

A startup tapping into the concept of the circular economy, where people don’t buy items outright but pay an incremental amount to use them temporarily, has raised some funding to scale its business in Europe and beyond. The fresh funding allows us to bring these possibilities to even more people across the world.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The programming, a mix of videos, prompts and projects, cover a range of questions such as, “Where do rivers flow?” Mystery Science CEO and founder Keith Schact explained how his product focuses on kids and educators, while Discovery Education focuses on educators and districts, making the deal feel like a “natural marriage.”

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education mix-use peer-to-peer creativity 109

Founder Bounty

APRIL 4, 2023

While some business owners use personal savings or loans to get started, many others turn to investors to help finance their dreams. Your team should have a mix of skills and expertise that are relevant to your industry and business. However, getting investors to fund your business is no easy task.

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