Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Passive venture capital investing is a relatively new idea. If the public equities market is any indication, passive investing is here to stay. In public equities, passive investment funds constitute 54% of total dollars in the market, according to Bloomberg Reseearch. But it’s transforming the industry.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Transparently.ai, headquartered in Singapore, has secured an investment from Franklin Templeton as part of its entrance into the asset manager’s FinTech Incubator program. The investment comes as the AI company, specializing in identifying accounting fraud, announced its successful pre-Series A funding round of US$3 million.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 12, 2019

We brought together the best of all worlds: Conscious customers invested in uplifting the underprivileged, a low-cost and motivated rural workforce, and passionate leaders in urban communities who nurture and grow global opportunities,” Ravi explained in a 2018 interview published on Inc.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

TPG invested in the startup through its TPG Capital Asia, its Asia-focused private equity platform. helps firms improve investment decisions, Eugenie.ai Fractal also incubates and invests in AI projects, he explained. A typical customer of Fractal generates at least $10 billion in revenue.)

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 14, 2012

VCs and fulltime angels bring a lot more than just money to the communities they invest in. You can get just about any wealthy person to part with some small portion of their wealth to put into risky investments, but these people don't contribute back to the ecosystem. On top of that, they tend to be the locus of innovation networks.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 30, 2021

Dapper Labs came out of an incubator called Axiom Zen back in 2017. I wrote a short post on the USV blog announcing that we had invested in Cryptokitties , but in truth, we invested in much more. Financings don’t really interest me but companies do. And this is a fascinating company.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Here are a bunch of things I don''t do: I won''t do office hours anymore at incubators and accelerators. I only invest in NYC, so I won''t take meetings with out of town companies or people "planning on moving". Investing a few hours of time to meet five random people doesn''t make a lot of sense.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Don’t think about starting an incubator until you have real operating experience otherwise you don’t really have anything to offer startups. I commented that many young entrepreneurs I talk to these days have a desire to “go plural&# and create an incubator. I think this makes no sense. We talked about patents.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While VC dollars still overwhelmingly funnel into places like Silicon Valley, Brookings research shows tech jobs are finally spreading out — movement spurred by the availability of hybrid and remote work, private investment, and federal initiatives.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

Early-stage venture capital fund Newtopia VC launched Monday with $50 million to invest in tech startups based in Latin America. The fund will invest between $250,000 and $1 million in startups at the seed stage to help them achieve the milestones needed on the path to raising a Series A. We aim to help entrepreneurs in those stages.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

If you’d like to invest the same way that fintech influencers, including Austin Hankwitz , WOLF Financial , Breyanna Nava and Patrick Meng do, Follow can help you do that. Social investing is not a new concept. However, he “felt like it was a problem worth solving” if it helped connect a new segment of younger people to investing.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

” And then there are incubators and accelerators. The only conclusion one can draw from this is that if you start your investment analysis at a YC Demo Day, you are perhaps best reminded of t he famous quip about PT Barnum. Invest influencers and tech people to salon’s to have discussions about topics of interest.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Based on this agreement, the two organizations plan to establish a cooperative relationship and provide each country’s business acceleration and incubation programs to revitalize startup businesses in both countries. We’re here to facilitate valuable partnerships.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 18, 2019

Libra has been incubated by Facebook. 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. To be clear, we view this as both an ecosystem investment and a financial investment.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

At the time, seven-figure seed investments in African startups were a rarity. These investments are usually made by third-party investors (friends and family), and range between $25,000-$150,000. Her firm, TLcom, led the $1 million pre-seed investment in Okra. When Stripe-subsidiary Paystack raised its seed round of $1.3

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 28, 2023

Register Sony Network Communications, a subsidiary of the renowned Japanese tech and entertainment giant, has invested $3.5 This investment, facilitated through a private placement of new shares, is expected to be utilized to develop crucial infrastructure for the global adoption of web3. The post Sony Network Invests $3.5

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Our paths crossed again when we were both in grad school at MIT, and then Jordi subsequently joined a biotech venture incubator in the Boston ecosystem where he helped build and lead several new companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

It’s the whole basis of my investment philosophy, which I call “ The Entrepreneur Thesis.&#. It’s interesting to me that two of the most talented tech leaders of our era – Bill Gross & Paul Graham – have both opted for a model of incubation to encourage young tech entrepreneurs to build disruptive businesses.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

Hell, I can barely manage 10 investments – how could anybody do 500? Wasn’t when Dave started championing it and making it a tenet of his incubator class. When my pal Dave started his venture fund, 500 Startups, he was ridiculed. How can anybody do 500 startups?”. I have to admit I felt the same way. Sounds obvious. I’m one of them.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2024

This approach allows you to collect valuable customer feedback without investing excessive resources in full-scale development. Additionally, look for grants, contests, or incubator programs that support early-stage entrepreneurs. Consider pre-sales or crowdfunding campaigns to generate early revenue and validate your product concept.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic might have upended the global economy, but according to Meagan Crawford at Spacefund and Chris Moran with Lockheed Martin Ventures, it didn’t dampen investment in space startups. Crawford and Moran both agreed that interest and investment in space will increase as more startups have successful exits.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Seven startups begin a six-month program that will make them investment-ready To grow the Orange County, California ecosystem , the RevHub social enterprise incubator was established in 2019. They leave with foundational tools and resources that position them to grow and be investment-ready.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 30, 2024

Betagro, a prominent player in Thailand’s integrated food industry, has recently launched Betagro Ventures, a new corporate venture arm to incubate innovative startups in the food and agricultural technology sectors.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2021

Notably, the 38-year-old Silicon Valley-based venture firm is doubling down on global investing. billion global “Leaders” fund that is focused on later-stage investing that Accel closed in December. Accel expects to invest in about 20 to 30 companies per fund on average, according to Partner Rich Wong.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

The Series C was led by Japanese VC firm Incubate Fund, with additional investment from partnerships managed by Innovation Engine, funds managed by SBI Investment Co., Katsunori Sago, Aizawa Investments and funds managed by HiJoJo Partners and Aizawa Asset Management.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

The other problem with extreme success is that for some VCs it makes them disinterested in middling outcomes, things that take a long time to incubate or solving thorny problems when a company doesn’t immediately move up and to the right. Fred Wilson wrote perfectly about sticking with struggling investments. It’s not you.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Lay the groundwork before the event and apply to become a speaker or invest in a tradeshow booth. I suggest they may be found at higher-level industry conferences and trade shows. If this is the right fishing hole for you, don’t just show up. In addition to high-level conferences, where else can you meet CEOs? None in your area?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

And since we all knew that Sam’s dealflow and judgment were sound we empowered him to make early-stage, accelerator-like investments in early-stage entrepreneurs under the Upfront brand. She joined Mesa Global where she is doing both venture capital and investment banking. We decided on the latter. Jamie did, too! See point one!

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. Search for movies times, book your tickets, see a show. And the future?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Pinterest is further investing in creator tools and video with today’s news it’s acquired the video creation and editing app, Vochi, for an undisclosed sum. With Vochi, Pinterest says it will have the ability to bring even more quality video to its users. Image Credits: VOCHI.

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Startup Catalyst

MARCH 27, 2018

Some of the top startup accelerators, incubators, co-working spaces, maker spaces, investor groups, and founder support groups are located in San Francisco, making it the ideal location to visit. Doing startups, Angel and VC investing is mainstream. Investing here is about making sure you are in – FOMO is huge.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

It's even more relevant now that I've started the first venture capital fund in Brooklyn-- Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --and invested in four Brooklyn based companies. On a per resident, annualized bases, that's tops for any kind of co-working or incubation space in the city--but, unlike in similar setups, that's not even the goal of the space.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 17, 2021

When we study real accounts of innovation, we find that critical moves are often preceded by long spells of reflection or incubation–which are absent from innovation models. It was enough to secure a formal meeting with Thiel, who went on to invest US$1.85

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

However, the segment is yet to record the type of investments that have poured into B2B retail e-commerce in the previous two years. But he contends that since most of these startups haven’t scratched the surface of a vast FMCG space, it’ll take a long while before they invest in B2B medicine distribution.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

What would it take in investments to acquire and retain traffic to support these businesses? After a year in the market, MakeSpace was growing rapidly and our biggest issue was CAC (customer acquisition costs) relative to payback period (when we get our marketing investment back) and relative to LTV (lifetime value). But you should.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Beyond Converge, surprisingly, there aren’t many incubator programs focused exclusively on AI startups. The Allen Institute for AI has a small accelerator that launched in 2017, which provides up to a $500,000 pre-seed investment and up to $450,000 in cloud compute credits.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

Microsoft has today announced plans to support 10,000 startups in Africa over the next five years through a series of initiatives including partnerships with accelerators and incubators across the continent. Microsoft said that it is already working with Banque Misr, Global Venture Capital and Get Funded Capital. “Our

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