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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero. also wins by making sure we don’t have too much concentration in technology innovation, which is surely a great thing for us all. The second “exit”?—?Adly?—?innovated And the fifth?—?society?—?also

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The 99: How the SEC protects you from venture capital returns.

This is going to be BIG.

Take venture capital, for example. Very few are ever going to wind up in the former category--so the most accessible option for most investors would have to be a venture capital fund. Below that and they need to keep you from investing in really risky stuff, like venture capital.

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The Future of Corporate Venture Capital

500

How has corporate venture capital changed? Conventional wisdom dictated that incumbents should focus their innovation efforts on R&D and growing their cash cows while investing in a few startups. As one of the most active, early-stage investors in the world¹, 500 Startups has a unique perspective on the innovation economy.

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LUUM’s Eyelash Extension Innovation Garners $30M Series A Round

American Entrepreneurship

AI continues to open up new frontiers as innovators apply the fast-emerging technology in ways that gain investor support. Harding, now CTO and before LUUM, was the Innovator in Residence at MUH-TAY-ZIK | HOF-FER. New CEO named to lead transformative technology in the beauty industry. That caught the ready support of investors.

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Investing in a More Inclusive Innovation Economy

Revolution

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).

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6 Innovation Secrets We Learned in London

UBI Global

How Innovation Will Survive and Thrive Last week’s GCV Symposium was a fantastic event that brought the venture capital ecosystem together. This article shares 6 innovation secrets we learned in London. This article shares 6 innovation secrets we learned in London. Innovation […].

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How Not To Regulate Innovation

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

The Secretary Of Treasury, in his last month in office, is giving us a textbook case of how not to regulate important technology innovation. USV and many others in the tech sector, venture capital sector, and crypto sector have issued comment letters opposing this rulemaking. Let’s start with why this is important.