Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As Managing Directors of Techstars Seattle, we raised a series of funds from mostly local LPs, including participation from some of our best-known local VC firms, as well as many of the mentors who worked with the founders during and after each program.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

A founding partner at AIX Ventures, a VC firm focused on AI startups, Abbeel also hosts The Robot Brains podcast, which explores what AI and robotics can do today and where they are headed. Milo Werner is a general partner at The Engine, a VC firm that helps deep tech companies bridge the gap between discovery and commercialization.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

That includes angel investors, venture capitalists, and institutional funders associated with various stages of a startup’s growth. Venture capitalists (VC) typically seek businesses experiencing rapid growth and that meet their specific investment profile. A funded venture’s success is tied to the people running it.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. raised money from VCs and 7.7% More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. A new category of VCs have emerged offering a hybrid between VC and RBI, which we call “Flexible VC”. .

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

This is important because when you have too many VCs on a board you only bring one kind of thinking to the board. Independents are critical to avoiding “VC group think.” you can build that with your personal peer network. You also cover off this type of experience with most VCs. Yes, this is a thing.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

They seek a VC model where dogma is less of a drag on the enterprise, and investment discovery can come from a wide network of smaller investors—mini LPs, in a way. Berhens Wu is the CEO and co-founder of Shippo , which offers an API to connect eCommerce businesses and marketplaces to a network of different shipping providers.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

Regardless of how groundbreaking their product idea might be, immigrant Americans will always be more wary of putting their eggs into the entrepreneurship basket, at least as long as 93% of all VC money continues to be controlled by white men.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The signal strips out factors like investor bias, the founder’s networks and even buzzy valuations. “I His team tracks the velocity of hiring demand for a startup, looking at how many job applications a single company gets within a specific period of time. We are taking advantage of some of the data” the platform already has.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

AngelList Venture’s Avlok Kohli on rolling funds and the busy state of VC. Network, then platform. AngelList pioneers rolling VC funds in pivot to SaaS. In the past, Kohli has described the power of AngelList as its capital network. Our view is that founders prefer always being integrated into one bundle.”.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

Prior to Spokn, Davis had worked with an entrepreneur in the Middle East building out a social enterprise network focused on skills training, a role in which she handled internal communications. The idea was “let’s empower companies with the same tools we had as a consumer company,” Abu Seif said. More thoughts on growing podcasts.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I suggest start by looking at the many programs offered by the Fortune 500’s startup networks. There are many VCs with a stated focus on social impact; for full lists see Impact Capital Managers and InvestorFlow.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 14, 2023

Q: I imagine you periodically have people joining not because they have cash to invest and want to lock it up in an illiquid, high-risk investment, but because they want to network with angels. Versatile VC uses FlowInc , in which I’m an investor.) How do you assess if someone is joining for the right reasons?

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 22, 2020

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm ET - How Can We ALL Continue to Advance the DREAM powered by OzoneX VC - Join leaders, angel investors, VC's, agencies & funders on how we can do better, together, transform communities & empower more minority produced start-ups through entrepreneurship. Melissa Bradley, 1863 Ventures.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 3, 2024

As the experience of one leading angel group powerfully illustrates , the difference in returns for portfolio companies having a Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) member on the Board was 7x higher than lacking a CTAN Board member. 2 All data in this note are drawn from the 2022 Angel Funder’s Report database (tracking CY 2022 transactions).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

eToro, a Robinhood competitor that describes itself as “the social investing network,” announced the introduction of ESG scores for over 2,700 stocks on its platform, “enabling its users to consider environmental, social, and governance factors when building their portfolios.” We’re changing that today by adding these assets to our platform.”

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I suggest start by looking at the many programs offered by the Fortune 500’s startup networks. There are many VCs with a stated focus on social impact; for full lists see Impact Capital Managers and InvestorFlow.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Hendrix Buckner joined the organization, which supports women founders and funders, as chief of staff in early 2022 and stepped in as interim CEO in January following the resignation of former CEO Mandela S.H. There are also active programs currently for VC partners and principals as well as a VC summit coming up in October.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

But according to data from PitchBook, less than 2% of VC funding went to all-women-founded teams in 2021. It’s identical to what’s happening in Africa: Less than 1% of all VC dollars went toward startups with one or more women founders last year, according to The Big Deal , which details investments in Africa.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

Note that I specifically am excluding from this analysis the firms that help investors access investment funds, e.g., CAIS , Context365 , iCapital Network , OurCrowd , Palico , PrimeAlpha , Trusted Insight. Rob Leclerc, Founding Partner, AgFunder , said, “We think of ourselves as a media company with VC as a business model.

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Jason Malki

JULY 26, 2023

Our annual Female Founders and Funders event during LA Tech Week this June, which connects hundreds of women-run VCs, entrepreneurs, and startups, with thousands applying to join the wait-list. Our plan is to grow our network and revolutionize the back-end. What has been your biggest challenge when growing your startup?

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