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Regenerative Finance (ReFi)

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Our investment in Kickstarter back in 2009 is an excellent example of that. Our interest in web3 which started back in 2011 was also grounded in the idea that new forms of funding are necessary to finance innovation and creative work. And that is why Regenerative Finance (aka ReFI) is so interesting to me.

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Google’s Africa Investment Fund behind Moniepoint, Africa’s Fastest-Growing Fintech

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Africa’s fastest-growing fintech, successfully raised US$110 million in equity financing, supporting its all-in-one financial ecosystem. Our mission is to help our customers solve their challenges by making our platform more innovative, transparent, and secure. Moniepoint Inc.,

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

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Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.

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Innovation In Capital Markets

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

There is real innovation happening in the IPO process for example. You don’t have to be wealthy to invest in crypto startups. The crypto markets are also innovating in areas like lockups, vesting, and governance. Why, for example, does one have to be wealthy to invest in startups in the US? Anyone can do it.

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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

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Seed investments are down by any measure (funds, deals, dollars) over the past 3 years in deals < $1 million AND in deals between $1–5 million. why the hell has seed financing declined so much in the past 3 years?? thus the rise of “pre seed” investing). This begs the question … Why Has Seed Investing Stagnated?

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

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Yesterday MiTú Networks announced that Upfront Ventures led a $10 million financing in what is now the largest producer of Latino online videos – primarily driven through YouTube. I was arguing that I believe in this strategy on the Internet as any disciple of The Innovator’s Dilemma will tell you. So Why MiTú?

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Open Finance First, Open Data Second

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

My partner Nick put together a deck outlining USV’s approach to crypto investing earlier this year and we have been using it with founders and investors since then. We expect we will see continued innovation in the open finance (finance 2.0) sector in the next few years while the open data (web 3.0)

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