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The Seraf Compass
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Whether true or not, startups with multiple founders face key issues that will affect the company and its ability to raise money, grow, and ultimately be successful. Conventional wisdom is that startups with cofounders succeed more often than startups run by solo entrepreneurs.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 5, 2023
Sometime in the next few weeks, I’ll complete my next investment. Last August, I passed the point at which I had spent literally half my entire life working in this asset class, having started at the General Motors pension fund doing institutional investments in venture funds and late-stage directs back in February of 2001.
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Revolution
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Since the beginning of modern venture capital investing — a relatively nascent asset class — the industry has been biased toward funding what it knows best: founders with familiar demographics (white, male) in familiar geographies (Silicon Valley). One event held by a few investors focused on Black founders is clearly not enough.
The Seraf Compass
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Join Seraf for an engaging and informative webinar on VC investing in BRICS countries, with an emphasis on the exciting opportunities in Brazil. This event is tailored for venture capitalists, startup founders, and investors eager to delve into the high-growth potential within Brazil's dynamic market.
500
APRIL 28, 2020
500 actively invested in founders who were diverse or were building for diverse customers; we shunned manels by making sure to feature female speakers at our events, so that it wasn’t predominantly men doing the talking. The post Why Investing in Female Founders Matters Now More Than Ever appeared first on 500 Startups.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
JUNE 1, 2021
When I look at all of the opportunities we are currently considering plus all of the investments we have made this year to date, what stands out most to me is the location of the founders and teams. And very little of it is in western Europe where most of our non-US investing has been for the last decade.
Revolution
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
When Revolution Growth first invested in Sweetgreen in 2013, the whisperings of food and wellness were present but sparse, and the bulk of lunchtime options focused more on convenience than ingredients. But we believed in the founders, Jonathan Neman, Nicolas Jammet, and Nathaniel Ru, and their vision of a healthier way to eat.
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