This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

It's a story that just hit a milestone--a $4mm round of venture funding that I'm ecstatic to say Brooklyn Bridge Ventures just led. But just because you could see them everywhere doesn't make them an obvious venture bet--nor does it tell the story of how the round even came to be. So what makes Ample Hills so special?

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

After checking out The Information's "open dataset" on diversity in venture capital , I felt pretty disappointed. I went back and calculated the number of companies in the first Brooklyn Bridge Ventures portfolio who have at least one founder who is female, from an underrepresented minority group, or LGBT.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Today's top founders will undoubtedly start something new in the future, but they won't make up the majority of innovators going forward--just as prior generations of venture backed founders don't make up a majority of those who are succeeding today. I didn’t say venture investing was easy—but at least we got a look.)

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

After years of trying to persuade Kara Nortman to become a partner at Upfront Ventures I can officially announce now that she’s joined us effective immediately. Investment experience (5 years a VC at Battery Ventures). As a result we need somebody well networked into these communities already.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

You''re required to be a lot more entrepreneurial, which requires you to build your own networks in order to get customers and collaborators, since these functions won''t be under the roof of a big company anymore. It''s like when people ask me how to get into venture capital. Venture Capital & Technology'

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The Seraf Compass

JANUARY 19, 2022

Liz Leahy is the Founding Partner of Purple Sage Ventures, Board Member of the Columbia Business School Lang Entrepreneurship Center and Chairperson of the Georgetown Angel Investor Network (GAIN). This profile is the third in a series of interviews highlighting the work of interesting female investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

I’ve heard a lot of people question whether there is too much money in venture capital chasing too few great deals. Others believe that new business models are emerging that could replace venture capital all together. We’re in a new tech bubble!” some have pronounced. Valuations are out of control” is the mantra of others.

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Kashyap Kompella I had the pleasure of interviewing Kashyap Kompella is the founder of Talentmapp , an AI-driven people search engine designed to facilitate purposeful, noiseless networking for professionals, startups, and venture studios. He is also launching TPH Venture Studio , a pre-seed venture fund backing AI startups.

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The Seraf Compass

MARCH 15, 2023

Matt Johnson is the founder and Managing Partner of Johnson Venture Partners, a micro venture capital fund investing in seed and early-stage startups. Matt has invested in over 40 venture-backed companies throughout 15 years of early-stage investing experience.

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Dream It

MARCH 6, 2020

Jeff Berman is General Partner at Camber Creek , one of the first venture funds dedicated to real estate technology and the built world. The team owns, operates and manages over 150 million square feet of real estate, making Camber Creek one of the biggest value-add venture partners for real estate tech startups.

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DECEMBER 28, 2013

However, in this moment, I think one''s career in venture capital depends on changing your perspective. If you are a venture capital investor and you''re not preparing yourself to succeed in a more diverse ecosystem of entrepreneurs, you''re just going to get left behind. Stop--AND think. What''s the coolest place to go to?

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JANUARY 31, 2021

There’s been an emergence of “pre-accelorator” or “people accelorator” programs—experiences that you can buy your way into with cash, as opposed to potentially valuable future equity, that replicate the education and network provided by the likes of YCombinator. But what about the network? Social development or “Campus life” - Parties!

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MARCH 14, 2019

Because I had previously met Jack Dorsey through the Union Square Ventures network, in 2009 I was able to grab coffee with him before he launched Square. Had you actually had your fund in the four years prior to today—which deals would you have legitimately been able to do? This is actually easily referenced.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The overall trends in our industry have breathed a new life into the venture capital industry. Twitter spread through the tech crowds at SxSW and raised its first venture capital round led by Fred Wilson. Why is this?

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Since first investing in Oklahoma startups in 1999, i2E, and now its independent Venture Capital Fund management partner, Plains Ventures, have managed numerous early-stage debt and equity investment funds, making 452 investments in more than 250 companies. Alkami , Oklahoma’s first unicorn, was valued at $3.1

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FEBRUARY 21, 2021

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. What we do not know is how many people are deciding to seek out venture capital from each group. That adds risk.

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OCTOBER 19, 2016

The Wing was actually the first brick and mortar space Brooklyn Bridge Ventures has invested in, closing a month before our investment in Ample Hills about a year ago. Professional networking, for hundreds of years, has largely been a male construct, transactional in nature, urgent, and disjointed.

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DECEMBER 4, 2016

Founders should also be spending time in networks of other venture-backed founders--not only to learn, but to have their message and reputation echo back to other VCs. Content you create, interviews, podcasts, speaking engagements, survey data you research and disseminate, events, engagement over social media. Have you met so-and-so?

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JUNE 19, 2014

It''s also the same bet that Brooklyn Bridge Ventures made with Makr --that enabling more people to be more creative could be revolutionary. When everyone is a creator--connecting networks like Behance look even more like critical parts of the ecosystem. Venture Capital & Technology'

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Startups, early-stage and growth-stage companies present their models to a gathering of angel investors and venture capital firms The Venture Atlanta Conference, set to take place on October 8-9, 2024, at The Woodruff Arts Center and Atlanta Symphony Hall, is one of the most anticipated entrepreneurial events in the southeast U.S.

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Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

The most valuable resource the accelerator provides is the network, so use all my time to navigate that network. A HUGE network enhancer. The partners at the program will be willing to introduce you to their network, not only investors but (mainly) potential clients and partners. The plan-sort of worked.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 3, 2025

Other investors that participated in this funding round include Rethink Impact, Collab Capital, Collide Capital, Vamos Ventures, Tensility Venture Partners, Cake Ventures, and GW Ventures. Culina Health achieves this by offering a nationwide network of registered dietitians.

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Source Link

JANUARY 29, 2022

Identifying and connecting the resources in one central network makes it easier for entrepreneurs of all types to find assistance for the hurdles they face. Cultivate an inclusive network with culturally competent support. If they don’t have access to networks of support, they might not move forward with their business idea.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 16, 2014

I went back across the 21 investments I''ve made both at First Round and at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --a period that dates back to January 28, 2010, when I closed on Backupify. As for the two and a half year mark, it should say a lot to anyone looking to get into venture. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. It required a diffusion of personal computers that led to the massive growth of Hewlett Packard, Intel, Apple Computers and others.

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Dream It

JANUARY 13, 2021

The venture capital screening call is an important step to get right in due diligence. We cannot put enough emphasis on how important utilizing your network is. If you’re raising, ask people in your network to help. By Elliot Levy , Healthtech Associate at Dreamit Ventures Book Office Hours with me.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2024

Women-founded startups show measurable positive results compared to those of men Alumni Ventures (AV), the most active venture firm in the U.S. Serving as America’s largest venture firm for individual investors, AV’s dedicated fund will now make investments in companies founded by highly accomplished women entrepreneurs.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Who she could convince to sit down with her would say something about her network and access. If you can’t, you need to train that muscle better and do some network-building. Are they not interested in learning, growing and building their network? It would remind your own network that you exist.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Partnering organizations advance regional health innovation ecosystems To advance healthcare access, quality, and equity, the Ohio -headquartered managed care organization CareSource is partnering with Indiana -based Boomerang Ventures, an early-stage venture studio, specializing in connected health solutions. Overall, the U.S.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 11, 2023

That is why we are thrilled to welcome Dr. Surya Ganguli as our newest Venture Partner. His research has focused on modeling how both artificial and biological neural networks acquire capabilities through learning–core skills needed as AI is integrated across healthcare.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Over the past month a colleague ( Chang Xu ) and I sifted through data on the venture capital industry (as we do every year) and made a bunch of calls to VCs and LPs to confirm our hypotheses. As a result of the IPO window shifting we saw a massive inflow of public-market capital into the latest stages of venture.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2021

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of talking to Samir Kaji on the Venture Unlocked podcast about a wide range of topics that we as venture capitalists think about everyday, including: How to build a generational firm?—?retaining Let me explain.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Register Indonesia-based venture capital firm East Ventures and Seoul-based venture capital firm SV Investment have joined forces to establish a new fund targeted at $100 million. Roderick Purwana, Managing Partner of East Ventures, expressed his satisfaction with the SV Investment partnership.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Janese believes in the importance of perseverance in entrepreneurial ventures and to always look for the positive in tough situations. The YLAI Network spoke with Janese to learn more about her goals for her community and how adaptability in the global pandemic has impacted her reach. Establishing a network. government.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 1, 2024

Founders-led investment firm We Founder Circle (WFC) announced on Monday that it has become the largest angel investor network in the country by investing in 103 deals across 82 startups in 2023.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

A few years back I helped start Screendoor , a fund that backs new venture firms by hopefully being one of their earliest and largest supporters. Most strategies are some combination of innovation and best practices along the classic five steps of venture investing: See, Pick, Win, Service, Exit. This post is about ‘seeing.’

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 3, 2023

When the organizers of Venture Atlanta 2023 put together this year’s program, they decided to add some excitement. “I am so grateful to Venture Atlanta, BIP Ventures, Catalyst by Wellstar, Florida Funders, and Knoll Ventures for this incredible opportunity for growth,” said Jordan.

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