A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 8, 2022

Most commonly they are a bridge to a round of financing with new investors (outsiders). That is a real round of financing and it is not a bridge. While that can sometimes be the right answer for a startup, I strongly prefer bringing new investors/new capital into a company in every financing round. USV TEAM POSTS:

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 15, 2024

“Metropolis has developed a new growth buyout model, demonstrating how innovation and technology can evolve legacy industries for the 21st century,” said Tony Minella, Co-Founder and President of E ldridge Industries , an existing investor in Metropolis that led the recent financing transaction. The financing included $1.05

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 30, 2025

Bank accounts are the nucleus of business finance, said Akhund. This deep integration streamlines operations and provides business owners with greater visibility and control over their finances. Mercury has reimagined this central hub by embedding essential business tools directly into the account experience.

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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 much of the total financing is allocated towards the lead program?

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2022

I’m a straight white dude who grew up in NYC and worked in finance. Doing so ascribes all the fundraising success and the leadership work underpinning it to the founders who are men, effectively propagating gender bias. Would and should you take money from people who don’t align with your values—values like privacy and bodily autonomy?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

By September 26th we had submitted a term sheet which was signed on October 4th and financing was closed in less than 30 days. International team with development in a country known for building great games and tech companies plus leadership in our home court of LA, one of the monetization capitals of the country. And Seriously.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 18, 2025

Taking place in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington, the premiere event will present pioneers in business, innovation and leadership, including innovative founders Brianne West , Nadia Lim , Sam Stubbs , Iyia Liu , special guest Dan Carter and more. said Brianne. Dan Carter, former New Zealand rugby player.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

I have had the great pleasure of working with Matt Blumberg and the senior leadership team of USV’s former portfolio company Return Path (which was sold in 2019) for much of the last twenty years. All of this is outlined in the Bolster Founding Manifesto which explains why they started this company.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

It’s no surprise that salespeople and CEOs have different conversations with customers, but recognizing this played a key role for one EO member: “In hindsight, it was a bad idea that our sales conversations weren’t handled by senior leadership. Learn from their experiences. Don’t wait too late to hire financial experts.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

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. originally raised $3 million in financing from some of the smartest people in the industry including Peter Chernin, Allen DeBevoise and Shari Redstone.

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm. Every day, 5% of the entire online world (roughly 3.5 billion people) visits a customer running on the WP Engine Digital Experience Platform. Period, full-stop. And everyone else at WP Engine would tell you the same thing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

EQ and Team Leadership? I’ve watched VCs help with valuation support (spreadsheets, comps) on next round financing, participate in M&A meetings, interview senior job candidates – even help terminate tricky senior hires. I know many VCs who don’t have operating experience and frankly some of them are fantastic.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Last week a company we enthusiastically backed, uBeam , led by a very special entrepreneur, 25-year-old Meredith Perry , announced a $10 million round of financing. Leadership over backbenchers? I wish I had 20% of her confidence, focus and leadership skills at 25. Are you willing to give them the benefit of the doubt?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

I was amazed at your innovation, approach, cleverness, enthusiasm, leadership traits, background, education, team?—?everything. Because you have a unitary focus on financing your company or you die you seem not to miss a beat in thinking about the last meeting and the funder has been whipsawed in 20 directions. everything.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 15, 2020

This is especially critical when talking about finances—one of small business owners’ biggest challenges anyway. What you discover will make you a stronger, more competent entrepreneur ready to face leadership in difficult times. You’ll sleep better—and so will your trusted employees. An opportunity to trim fat from your budget.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Accomplished executives well her senior were very comfortable joining Meredith on this journey and trusting her leadership to raise capital, do business development deals, build a team and ultimately a great company. Through many meetings discussing strategy, approach, recruiting, financing, etc.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 6, 2021

I analyzed my financial circumstances and calculated how much time I would have to “make some hay” before my personal finances would come crashing down around me. Entrepreneurship is a unique and incredibly satisfying path toward personal growth, leadership development, personal financial gain, and many other worthwhile life achievements.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Pakistan’s embedded finance platform Neem has raised $2.5 If you look at the embedded finance space, it is a $167 billion opportunity,” Shaikh said in an interview with TechCrunch. Owing to COVID, the strong growth in digitization has helped Neem embed its finance services across private and public sectors.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

This “overnight success” was first financed in 2004. We are all beneficiaries of the incredible leadership of, Gregg Johnson , a 10-year Saleforce.com exec, who stepped into a $20 million ARR business and has guided it to $100 million+ and with plans to run it to $500 million+ and becoming a public entity one day.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2013

From this I saw civic involvement and leadership first hand. Hold interviews with tech people, marking people, ops people, finance people – whatever. When I was little I had a role model for entrepreneurship – my mom. She was a natural leader. She was president of the UJA in Sacramento. Even today. She was a hustler.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

Can you expand on where you got your passion for personal finance management? This entire journey helped me to uncover my love for personal finance and I wanted to help others do the same. Additionally, I was awarded a travel grant in 2019 to attend a major financial conference in the United States.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

I wasn’t the first female member, but I was the first of any gender to hold these important leadership positions—and I believe that says something important about the ethos of EO and how the organization sees everybody as equal and of value. Getting financing for the contract was a struggle. Living every day. An evolving tribe.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 5, 2025

Whether it’s helping you develop leadership skills as your team expands, or guiding you through the complexities of scaling your operations, your mentor will continue to be a valuable resource as your business evolves. Because a mentor knows your business inside and out, they can provide ongoing support that grows with you.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The open finance startup announced today it has closed a $13 million Series B extension round led by SIG Venture Capital, with participation from CE Innovation Capital and returning investor PayU, the payments and fintech business of Prosus. Ayoconnect says it is the only open finance player in Indonesia to be licensed by the central bank.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2015

But by coining it, making a logo and repeating it Salesforce.com became associated with leadership in cloud, um, software.) ” The report also notes that 75% of mega financings are led by non-VCs. Marc Benioff, “ The End of Software ” (Whatever the f**k that means. Since of course software isn’t dead.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

” I look for a lot of things, actually: Persistence (above all else), resiliency, leadership, humility, attention-to-detail, street smarts, transparency and both obsession with one’s company and a burning desire to win. It doesn’t always have an immediate financial reward. I have a version of this conversation often.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Many companies don’t reach the next phase either because their leadership doesn’t adapt as an organization or because they don’t design processes that lead to scaled outcomes. We recently added Richard Mumby to our leadership team.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Your Finances Will Be Quite Strained. With no actual influx of capital into your business, you’re looking at a dangerous mix of emotions, finances, and ego. Of course, to solve this, you can look for professionals to add to your team, but what use are your friends then?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 4, 2020

From webinars with real-time information globally, to amazing educational sessions on leadership, finance, self care, and employment issues—all were at my fingertips.” In just 10 days, they provided more than 500 meals ! . Andrea adds, “During this time of uncertainty EO has been incredible.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) Another reason leadership of accelerators don’t stay more than a few years is – frankly – it’s very hard work / long hours / not immediate pay-back. We had a specific goal in mind.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Contributed by Shawn Johal , business growth coach, leadership speaker and co-founder of DALS Lighting, Inc. No bank would even consider us for financing, so we had to find a way to make it all work. He is also an active member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) Montreal chapter. . The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Contributed by Madhavan Sivashankar , chief executive officer and founder, Gulf International Finance Limited. Madhavan Sivashankar is the CEO and founder of Gulf International Finance Limited , a regulated firm based in the Dubai International Finance Centre. Sivashankar has been a member of EO UAE since October 2020. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Meryem Salman, EO Turkey, partner and vice chairman +partner, Finance & Insurance and founder, Buldan Foundation. The EO Path of Leadership for both my local chapter and now region is both challenging and rewarding. With education, a woman changes, she changes generations, and then the world changes.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2025

The Visionary/CEO At the helm of every startup is typically the visionary or CEO who provides direction, leadership, and a long-term strategy. While the structure of a startup team can vary, there are certain core positions that are crucial for most businesses, especially in the early stages.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 2, 2022

Afroricas creates content on finance management, social networking, careers, and leadership to support black women in their personal and professional development. Georgia is the strategic leader of an educational enterprise that stands for the social mobility of Afro-descendant women.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 9, 2022

It was super hard to get any kind of financing before, and it will remain so. You might see headlines of financings that don’t make sense to you but trust me, I have worse deals sitting in by inbox. Cultivate authentic VC relationships and a leadership profile over time. You should be all good. 9’s and 10’s only! VCs gonna VC.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Accurate forecasting informs your leadership team about the startup’s time and risk-taking capacity, facilitating informed decision-making. Alex has extensive experience working in finance operations, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, and private equity-backed companies.

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