funders innovation investment 
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. Today you have funders focused exclusively on “Day 0” startups or ones that aren’t even created yet. That used to be called A-round investing. The biggest change for us in early-stage investing is that we now need to commit earlier.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 14, 2012
Just because you put up a structure doesn't mean it's going to sprout a whole innovation ecosystem. VCs and fulltime angels bring a lot more than just money to the communities they invest in. On top of that, they tend to be the locus of innovation networks. You need a lot of other elements crosspollinating.
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This is going to be BIG.
JULY 14, 2013
There was no strategic goal to build venture backed startup companies, but yet at least three companies in her community got VC investment last year. I''ve always believed that investors make great community glue because they have a huge incentive for their local communities to thrive as places of innovation.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 9, 2018
I was amazed at your innovation, approach, cleverness, enthusiasm, leadership traits, background, education, team?—?everything. I fly home Friday night, weekend on the soccer field with the kids and head into a Monday partner meeting that will be contentious because there are two controversial investment decisions to make. everything.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
This was certainly the case when I invested in a small YouTube video production company called Maker Studios that recently sold to Disney for just shy of $1 billion. But if it’s a very obvious deal to a group of strong-minded & cynical investment professionals you probably need to think a bit harder as to why.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 17, 2017
This Goliath imposed fight by ADT is particularly annoying for me because Ring is literally my family’s single favorite tech innovation of the past several years. And the giant knows it has no ability to properly respond at the prices and with the innovation that Ring will serve its customers. It comes through in full force.
Onevest
APRIL 1, 2015
By Michael "Luni" Libes In the traditional world of early stage, Angel and VC investing, money is local. Studies show that over 80% of funding at Angel groups and Series A VCs goes to businesses in the same city/region as the funders. Over in the impact investing space, this rule is not true. Read the original post here.
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