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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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Technology is moving faster, markets are changing more quickly and uncertainty seems to be increasing. Finance is changing. Venture Capital & Technology' No risk, no return. In my mind, that creates the opportunity for increasing returns. New markets are available. TVs are changing. Let''s remember that, people.

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JANUARY 8, 2015

Small world, it turns out I also knew his husband from the finance world having met him over 10 years ago. Venture Capital & Technology' After Bradford left, I reached out to him and asked him to get dinner. I wanted to hear his lessons learned and help him figure out his next thing. We had a great chat and stayed in touch.

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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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The Seraf Compass

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Whether you are located in a hotbed of technology like Silicon Valley, a huge emerging market such as China, or in the ancient city of Byblos, chances are you will stumble upon a collection of entrepreneurs working to create new, vibrant companies.

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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? substantial real estate lease agreements).

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NOVEMBER 17, 2014

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. In my opinion, if there are around 150 or 200 companies that get seed or pre-seed financing in NYC from *someone*, that''s about how many meetings I could take. Venture Capital & Technology'

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DECEMBER 28, 2013

Since Airbnb, however, it feels like not only is YC missing another billion dollar plus home run, but the percent of companies worth $40 million (a standard YC has used in the press), either by financing or exit, seems low. Venture Capital & Technology' That''s less than 10%. That''s 25%.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2021

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. We are already seeing that happen in the finance sector, with breakout projects in decentralized finance in 2020 like Compound, Yearn, and Uniswap (a USV funded project).

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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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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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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The discussions will cover finance, retail, government, education, entertainment, and technology sectors on each of the show’s nine stages. The 300 speakers scheduled over the two-day Conference meet the immense demand for AI discussions, networking opportunities, and solutions.

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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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2023

Marqeta has agreed to acquire two-year-old fintech infrastructure startup Power Finance for $223 million in cash, marking the first acquisition in the publicly-traded company’s 13-year history. Founded in early 2021 by Randy Fernando and Andrew Dust, New York-based Power Finance announced last September that it had raised $16.1

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 31, 2020

And technology based products and services are benefitting from these losses. 3/ Technology based commerce solutions gain when less people venture into stores to buy groceries, clothes, and other consumer products. And they finance the trend that they are directionally correct about. That’s just how things are.

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Revolution

MARCH 26, 2025

Ive been grateful to see that support firsthand throughout my careerwhether through the passage of the JOBS Act , the creation of Opportunity Zones , or, most recently, the Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs (Tech Hubs) initiative. Take Detroit, for example. The world is changing, and our securities laws must change withit.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Occupation Employment (in millions) AI Technology Software Developers & IT 2.71 AI radiology, drug discovery, research analysis Finance 1.13 Occupation Employment (in millions) AI Technology Software Developers & IT 2.71 AI radiology, drug discovery, research analysis Finance 1.13 Sales Managers 0.4

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more From a technology perspective our journey is nowhere near over. Public-company tech investors creates competition in late-stage financings and these investors can afford to be less price sensitive if they choose. more than 5 years ago?—?and and hasn’t abated.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2013

And of course the most successful technology companies: Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com [duh], Oracle, Microsoft all have loads of sales people. But they’re technology people not sales people! That it is non-dilutive financing? But the “no sales people” mantra isn’t what I’m here to take on.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 16, 2025

In a significant step toward accelerating the global transition to renewable energy, Terabase Energy has successfully raised $130 million in a Series C financing round. The round, led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 with participation from existing and new strategic investors, brings the companys total funding to over $200 million.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2020

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. The biggest consumer technology successes of this decade will be in the area of privacy.

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MAY 27, 2014

Is it really surprising to anyone when we talk about "party rounds" as financing strategies we''ve created companies with unprofessional environments and founders behaving irresponsibly? Treat financings like an auction and you''re going to get a bubble and a lot of bad behavior. Venture Capital & Technology' No, probably not.

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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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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. We believe Libra has the potential to be the catalyst that brings the entire cryptocurrency and cryptoasset market into the mainstream.

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Dream It

JULY 29, 2020

Today, the company announced closing $1M in additional seed financing. The round was led by Tech Council Ventures with participation from Boston Millennia Partners Founders Fund and Front Row Fund, who join existing investors including IP Group, Dreamit Ventures, and Ben Franklin Technology Partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

why the hell has seed financing declined so much in the past 3 years?? The reality is that as a result of two major trends the costs of starting a technology startup went down massively. In this post I set out to explain why the seed market emerged as its own category in the first place and why it’s declined as of late. (

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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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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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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.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Contributed by Madhavan Sivashankar , chief executive officer and founder, Gulf International Finance Limited. We invested in online technologies and continue to do so, to improve communication and its periodicity. Sivashankar has been a member of EO UAE since October 2020. . Life’s not about how hard of a hit you can give.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

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. Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10. Working with early-stage teams : coaching, mentoring, setting strategy, rolling up sleeves: 9/10.

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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. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 12, 2025

Amongst these groundbreaking ventures, two startupsHexemBio and Spectrohmsecured key investor interest and accolades for their revolutionary technologies. Spectrohm was recognized with The Crimson Founders Most Relevant Tech to the UAE and MENA Region Award for its AI-powered high-speed security inspection technology.

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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? Through many meetings discussing strategy, approach, recruiting, financing, etc. This kicked off a frantic process of discovery for me personally. Did the physics actually work? Was it safe?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

How Quibi is a technology platform first and then a content platform Being an investor in LA and having seen a decade’s worth of video startup ideas, one of the reasons many video startups fail is because they think they can just distribute content online the way they’ve done it offline for a hundred years, without the innovation of technology.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

It has become an essential way to pay—whether you’re purchasing a water bottle at the kiosk around the corner or financing your wedding plans. Tesla has offered to share its innovative battery technology and other software with the automotive industry. Eight out of every 10 Ant customers use at least three of its five services.

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MARCH 2, 2015

Just the other day I had a great conversation with someone who had already raised, had a good product and was making excellent progress--and I thought he was undercutting himself with some really conservative financing plans. Venture Capital & Technology' Best of luck. I look forward to hearing from you.

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