This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Some financing rounds seem to go really fast. Venture Capital & Technology' Others drag on for months and months. The problem with dragging it on is twofold--. a) The entrepreneur is distracted from doing what they need to do--i.e. running the business. Tell me how I''m being unreasonable.

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Dream It

DECEMBER 19, 2019

million Series A financing round led by San Francisco-based Builders VC. Also participating in the round are Dreamit Ventures , Spring Point Partners, Red & Blue Ventures, and AWT Private Investments. This week, the company announced a $7.5

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 31, 2022

The world is a big place, and companies wishing to invest have many domestic and foreign options. based companies invested in Germany in some way in 2021, almost matching the pre-pandemic total. Excluding sources of investments may alter the way a startup builds and shapes its culture. For example, 1,806 U.S.-based

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 28, 2013

YC''s best investing days may be behind it. YCombinator had a great run from 2007 through early 2009 investing at a time when there weren''t nearly as many seed funds and accelerators as there are now. Venture Capital & Technology' They picked up Airbnb, Heroku and Dropbox. That''s less than 10%.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

If someone actually did check all these boxes, it would be a Series B deal, not a seed investment. Technology is moving faster, markets are changing more quickly and uncertainty seems to be increasing. Finance is changing. Venture Capital & Technology' It frustrates me to no end. No risk, no return. TVs are changing.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2014

I only invest in NYC, so I won''t take meetings with out of town companies or people "planning on moving". Investing a few hours of time to meet five random people doesn''t make a lot of sense. There are roughly 400 venture deals being done in NYC each year these days, and maybe about 30% or so of those are seed financings.

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JANUARY 8, 2015

How I got to this investment was another long term story. Small world, it turns out I also knew his husband from the finance world having met him over 10 years ago. Venture Capital & Technology' I was a huge Fab.com buyer in the early days when we backed it at First Round Capital. We had a great chat and stayed in touch.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

My entrepreneurial story didn’t start with an invention or a groundbreaking technological breakthrough. This experience allowed me to identify a critical void in financing companies: building healthy capital stacks and navigating the public offering process. Loans replaced savings, and credit lines were stretched to their limits.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2021

It helps me invest and advise the companies we are invested in. Like our investing, I will get some of these right and some wrong. At USV, we have begun that reallocation of capital and we will be investing heavily in companies and technologies that can help the world address this existential threat.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The showcased solutions included Tomtit for rural finance, Goose for supply chain finance, and Lark for automated credit line management. These solutions were specifically designed to assist SMEs in overcoming financing barriers and enhance the accessibility of financial services for MYbank’s 50 million SME clients.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 3, 2024

Combining Forces for Growth The consolidation of the management teams of 1855 Capital and White Rose Ventures will strengthen the capacity to raise and deploy venture capital and enhance capital support for regional technology companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. pre-money valuation you certainly would want to exercise your right to continue investing if you had prorata rights. and the bigger funds can’t get in directly.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

But how can biotech teams effectively communicate to investors and partners how they will, with each round of financing, incrementally reduce the risks of discovering and developing successful new drugs? How is the company’s go-forward budget split across platform investments and program-specific spend?

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 15, 2024

Metropolis Technologies’ recent acquisition of SP Plus Corp. (SP+) Alex ander Israel , CEO , brought his technology background and experience to the startup. He was previously the General Manager of an enterprise division of INRIX, the leading traffic intelligence provider of smart technology and data analytics for urban mobility.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 19, 2021

Over the last 18 months, the early-stage financing market has seen dramatic changes characterized by these three things: A shift from in-person fundraising to virtual fundraising A reduction in financing process timelines from months to weeks A continued increase in the amount of capital available for early stage companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2013

The era of VCs investing in successful consumer Internet startups such as eBay led to a belief system that seemed to permeate many enterprise software startups that hiring sales or implementation people was a bad thing. But they’re technology people not sales people! That it is non-dilutive financing?

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This interview is with Kristin Marquet , Founder, Tech/Analytics/PR Expert, Academic Finance Background at Marquet Media. Startups should invest in creating a cohesive digital-marketing strategy that spans content marketing, social media, SEO, and email marketing, with each channel aligned to serve long-term goals, not just quick results.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve spoken our goal of funding more ambitious project before and we’ve enlisted the research help of a Principal in our firm – Kevin Zhang , who has an interest in Agtech (agriculture technology). Their vision is to create technology and products for a world where food is grown in and around where people live.

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Revolution

APRIL 20, 2023

Carbon Robotics’ LaserWeeder™ is the first and only commercial robot that leverages sophisticated AI deep learning technology, computer vision, robotics, and lasers to deliver high-precision weed control. Where They’re Headed: This latest round of financing brings Carbon Robotics’ total funding to-date to $72 million.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 18, 2019

When USV invested in Coinbase in early 2013, our rationale was that digital currencies and digital assets (like Bitcoin and beyond) were a breakthrough technology, similar to TCP/IP, HTTP and SMTP. To be clear, we view this as both an ecosystem investment and a financial investment. This has proven to be true.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

At the time I pointed out: “If I had realized exits almost certainly it would be because I invested in a company that failed. Helping companies get to next financing round successfully: I was just beginning this phase in Sept 2010 and said so. I’ve now been involved with many other successful foll0w-on financings.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2020

We will see massive capital investments made in protecting critical regions and infrastructure. Asian crypto exchanges, unchecked by cumbersome regulatory restraints in Europe and the US and leveraging decentralized finance technologies, will become the dominant capital markets for all types of financial instruments.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 12, 2020

My partner Albert told me that when you factor in the financing costs of this swap, the average home in the Northeast United States could save $1000 to $2000 a year by doing this swap. It has gotten less expensive to do this swap out as solar and heat pump costs have come down.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

I am fond of quoting that about 70% of my investment decision of an early-stage company is the team. So I naturally spend much time with the companies in which I invest helping them: recruit. Tech teams are comprised of three distinct managements skills: people, process & technology. Final startup grind from msuster.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 27, 2014

Last week, for just the second time ever, I passed on an investment opportunity because of the terms of the deal--both the price and the legal structure of the agreement. Three of the aforementioned companies have taken investments from Andreessen Horowitz--probably the hottest firm on the planet right now. No, probably not.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Let’s look at six reasons to invest in tech startups that hail from Ukraine. Today’s startups will become a foundation for a new layer of technology companies that will add significant value to the Ukrainian economy. It also offers a strong opportunity that can be accelerated with investment.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Register Singapore-based medical technology firm Awak Technologies has secured over $20 million in Series B funding, making it one of Singapore’s most significant MedTech fundraising events this year. Headed by CEO Suresha Venkataraya , Awak Technologies focuses on patient-centered healthcare solutions.

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MARCH 2, 2015

Also, if none of the investments you made first looked like random crap at the beginning, and you have a great track record, I''ll buy you lunch. You can''t get the big fat carry check when your rocket ship investment goes public without talking to some new entrerpeneurs really early. Venture Capital & Technology' Other pitches!

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

3 Investment Partnership, a fund with a capitalization of JPY 20 billion. The company assists growth through equity investments, mainly facilitated by Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co., The company assists growth through equity investments, mainly facilitated by Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co., and MUIP funds. and MUIP funds.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In 2023, the industry attracted substantial investments, with strong financial inclusion and blockchain technology gaining acceptance in some countries. This investment came from a consortium of regional investors, including Northstar Group, Alpine Ventures, Patamar Capital, and January Capital.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

intends to use the funding to investment in technology and scale its business operations and teams in the United States, India and the Middle East. It was also the first investment for Sorin Investments, an early-stage tech fund founded by private equity veteran Sanjay Nayar, Former Chairman of KKR India.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

This happens slowly because while public markets trade daily and prices then adjust instantly, private markets don’t get reset until follow-on financing rounds happen which can take 6–24 months. Across more than 10 years we have kept the size of our Seed investments between $2–3.5 This translates to about 12–15 investments.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

The practical uses for uBeam technology is limitless. Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology? He was doubling down on his investment and also gave me a great lay of the land on handicapping how all of the other seed investors saw the company. Did the physics actually work? Was it safe?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. acquired Overture for $1.63

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

And while over the past few years we have been laser-focused on cash returns, we are equally planting seeds for our next 10–15 years of returns by actively investing in today’s market. We are excited to share the news that we have raised $650 million across three vehicles to allow us to continue making investments for many years ahead.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 2, 2023

Register China has announced the extension of favorable taxation policies for venture capital firms and individual angel investors investing in tech startups. Initially introduced in 2018, the policies have now been extended until the end of 2027, as stated in a joint announcement by the Ministry of Finance and State Taxation Administration.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

At the same time, many investors are being more cautious with making new investments, preferring to focus on their existing portfolio before investing in new companies. It’s important to enlist the ideas of others that are invested in your venture. A startup is not a lone adventure. Join a CEO peer group.

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