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Place, Policy, & Partnership Beyond Silicon Valley

Revolution

Second, the gathering came on the heels of a pivotal year in venture capital. One in which the proportion of seed and early-stage capital invested in Bay Area startups fell below 30% for the first time in more than a decade. DOE, Jigar Shah and Former D.C.

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Both Things Can Be True: Bias and Bad Fundraising Advice

This is going to be BIG.

The startup ecosystem is a terrific manufacturer of bad fundraising advice. Or that venture capital is a meritocracy? This doesn’t take into consideration, however, that venture capital is a financial product—a product that works for some people and doesn’t work for others. That adds risk.

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S3 Ventures, Tacora close on new funds to boost Austin startups

TechCrunch

Austin’s venture capital scene has been hot for years now, but a pair of local investment firms just closed on new funds aimed at injecting more capital into startups in Austin and elsewhere. 6 VCs talk the future of Austin’s exploding startup ecosystem.

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Extra Crunch roundup: finding GTM, China’s edtech clampdown and how to define growth

TechCrunch

“Canada’s venture capital results now rival those of the entire Latin American region, with exits and mega-deals coming in roughly on par in the second quarter, and a similar number of total venture capital rounds in the period,” they write. “That caught our attention.”

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Austin emerges as a city of unicorns and tech giants

TechCrunch

They include Jim Breyer of Breyer Capital and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, who said last year he was moving his venture capital firm , 8VC, from Silicon Valley to the city, and Geoff Lewis , founder and managing partner of Bedrock Capital. All that was needed was more capital to support it.”. .

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8 founders, leaders highlight fintech and deep tech as Bristol’s top sectors

TechCrunch

To get a better idea of the state of the tech ecosystem and the investor outlook for this city, we surveyed founders, leaders and executives involved in nurturing Bristol’s startup ecosystem. The survey revealed that the city has a robust renewable, zero-carbon and fintech startup landscape. What’s their focus?

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6 investors and founders spotlight SaaS, B2B and medtech as Wroclaw’s hot startup sectors

TechCrunch

There will for sure be more startups, more investors and more startup organizations (like meetups or community builders). Which sectors is your tech ecosystem strong in? aw is quickly developing its startup ecosystem. Which sectors is your tech ecosystem strong in? Jakub Karkocha, CEO, LightApply.

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