TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

One startup that aims to help make the process simpler, cheaper and less stressful by helping people manage the home renovation process has raised $6 million to help it grow even faster. Builders VC led the round, which included participation from Celtic, Newfund and Wish co-founder Danny Zhang.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

Jonathan Strauss took this issue head on in a blog post that I believe every startup founder should read on “ Replacing Oneself as CEO.” ” “After 3 and a half years of fusing my self-worth with the success of the company in the crucible of startup survival, it was impossible to tear them apart without pain.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

” Your VC friends have been egging you on. The don’t understand VC liquidation preferences or multiple return expectations. They weren’t with you when you did the VC pitch where you looked them in the eyes 9 months ago and said, “I see only one outcome, we want to build something really big. .”

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Not coincidentally, they also serve as training grounds for some of the world’s most successful startup founders. Although we haven’t been on the inside at Techstars for several years, we grew up with the program and have watched with growing dismay as it drifted away from its original focus on founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. Oh, yeah. “Sequoia has been awesome.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

Essentially, VC is a high-stakes extreme sport in which top players can accumulate startling amounts of wealth and power. But where does all that money actually come from, and how do VCs actually make money? But where does all that money actually come from, and how do VCs actually make money? Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth. The Upfront VII and Growth teams are made up of 10 partners: 6 leading investment activities & 4 supporting portfolio companies including Talent, Marketing, Finance & Operations. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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Jason Malki

JULY 12, 2024

I had the pleasure of interviewing Rachel and Jordan, who are currently Venture Partners for GoAhead Ventures and Scouts for various VC funds. They are also startup consultants, helping startups scale and become more investable. Most notably, they were the Co-Founders of Qutie LGBTQ+ Social App.

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

But as a “company town” where most engineers come for a well-paying job, not as founders seeking like-minded peers, our region’s entrepreneurial support systems are surprisingly weak. Startups are defined by velocity and growth, learning and adapting faster than your competitors on the path to dominance in your chosen category.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

This is part of my startup advice series. It’s still important advice for startup founders and something that I’m passionate about. Why do job hoppers make such bad employees at startups? -. You’re a startup founder. And good VC’s feel the same way. I’m sure of that.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa. In the middle of the year I was introduced to Tim Schigel , the founder & chairman of ShareThis who had become the manager of a Cincinnati-based fund called Cintrifuse.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Overall, of the 50 VC firms and three startup accelerators analyzed by Amnesty International, we found that almost all of them lacked adequate human rights due diligence policies and processes. Despite gains, gender diversity in VC funding struggled in 2020. are Latinx, and only 4% are Black. of all U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Register Philippines-based Nila Capita l is the country’s inaugural student venture fund, officially launching with new opportunities for Gen Z startup founders. They aim to collaborate with fellow young trailblazers and guide their startups toward success.

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Startup Catalyst

MARCH 27, 2018

The second Startup Community Leaders Mission to the USA took place from 11-18 March 2018, with 20 participants taking part, including 14 from 11 different regional towns in Queensland, 3 from Brisbane, one from Sydney, one from Adelaide, and one from New York (assisting the Beach City film crew). Who we took.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Or will we have to repeat the same conversations about representation failings within VC funds?

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

Former investment banker Khaled Jalanbo was working with emerging artists when he encountered an entrepreneur who pointed out the similarities between working with artists and startup founders. I didn’t have that many connections when it came to the VC industry,” Jalanbo recalls. “So

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

One thing he is particularly proud of is that his cousins in India, now see becoming a startup founder as something that’s in reach. The other part of the story is that some of my cousin’s want to become founders and now they see some sort of path and that gives me a lot of joy in many ways,” he said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Pre-seed round funding is under scrutiny: Is VC pandemic posturing here to stay? Amid the pandemic, investors became laser-focused on sections of the pitch deck that address monetization and business viability — signs that founders need to come to the table with better-defined businesses in order to succeed. Let’s explore.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Leah Edwards is a passionate fan and connector in technology and impact, a lecturer at UC Berkeley and Stanford and a partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures , a Silicon Valley-based VC firm. As a partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures , I’m aware that the VC industry boasts about finding teams with outlying and industry-changing ideas.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Access to funding and lack of support systems are some of the greatest challenges faced by startup founders in sub-Saharan Africa. It is these gaps that continue to inspire the development of new programs like Madica by US-based venture capital firm Flourish Ventures , which hopes to lessen the burdens of building startups.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 4, 2021

What does data from the leading investors suggest Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash The current context supports research-heavy startups, there is even a special term for them?—?the the ‘deep tech startup’ search query is reaching one peak after another on Google Trends. Startup Founders Build for the Long term?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Evaluate investors thoroughly, not just based on the size of their check, but whether they can provide strategic advice and introductions that support your vision. Founders are so anxious to avoid the pain of missing payroll or running out of cash in the near term that they make hasty decisions on investors that cost them later.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

Watch/listen to the Interview: In this interview Richard Liew talks with James Burnes , Chief Executive at Ministry of Awesome , a Christchurch New Zealand based startup hub helping high growth startups throughout New Zealand to start, grow and scale up. James Burnes: Electrify Aotearoa is the New Zealand Women Founders Summit.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

Budget-minded entrepreneurs and early-stage startup founders take heed — this is no time to procrastinate. Don’t wait…the early bird gets the…SAVINGS: Buy a $249 founder pass and save $200 before prices increase on April 1 — that’s no joke. So how do you raise outside the Valley bubble?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2009

If I were writing about the most important attributes of a VC (hmmm) one of the things that would make my list is “ability to spot patterns.&# I see the same things over-and-over again and being able to spot things and compartmentalize them is important – it helps with short-handing analysis and learning. We were SMOKING cash.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Register Startup founders need to be authentic and prepared when they get the chance to meet prospective investors, according to Rex Fong, founding partner at investment and advisory group Capitale Ventures. Rather than tapping traditional VC funding, emerging venture stage companies went public at early stage (e.g. Remember Me.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 3, 2021

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and nationwide protests, venture capital firms are making newfound commitments to invest in, or at least evaluate, potential investments that are led by diverse founders. Firms need to conduct training and reform on how founders are treated when their companies are being considered for investment.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 13, 2020

When raising a Series A, it’s recommended to create a data room that can feature your main deck and support documents that can tell a more holistic story of how your company is doing. But VC reading time has actually decreased for this round, clocking in on average at three minutes and eleven seconds.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Topics range from accessible product design and fighting algorithmic bias to the justice system, workplace organizing and support for underrepresented founders — and that’s just for starters. Don’t miss your chance to meet some founders currently participating in TechCrunch’s Include program.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

MAY 21, 2021

What does it say when we tell them their ideas and dreams are unworthy because they don’t fit into some narrow model of a startup founder? In our ecosystem, this includes black, Latinx, LGBTQIA, people living with disabilities, and women founders. It’s not an afterthought. “In Moving from the ‘Why’ to the ‘How’. “If

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

There are often cases where Tokio Marine sees very promising companies or product ideas that are too early to support Tokio Marine as a customer,” Yoshi Yoshida, who leads the CVC fund at Tokio Marine, told TechCrunch. “We Corporate venture capital follows the same trend as other VC markets: Up.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

Given the school’s past in spinning out successful startup founders, it unsurprisingly had no trouble raising $1.5 Now, two years later, the leader of that club, Steph Mui, is trying to replicate that playbook in the form of a venture-backed startup, and solo entrepreneurship. Like, a hiring bounty system. “Now

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2022

I am doubtful that I could ever be a venture-backed startup founder. Guess that’s why I’m a journalist and not a startup founder! VCs clamor to fund real estate investing startups. Former VC brings smart financial advice to people who really need it, instead of just the rich : In announcing this $24.4

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Austin made headlines in 2021 for being “the place” for startup founders and venture capitalists alike to set up shop. That’s why TechCrunch has chosen to shine a spotlight on the city with a special episode of TechCrunch Live centered on the growing startup scene in Austin, Texas.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Tech investors born after 1996 “have raised funds, garnered social media followings and profited from the Gen Z mentality,” says Andrew Chan, a senior associate at Builders VC. A Gen Z VC speaks up: Why Gen Z VCs are trash. 6 ways to make sure your startup is using the right GTM model. “Good for them.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2023

Sweden-based VC fund Pale Blue Dot bounced onto the scene in 2020 with a €53 million fund to help climate-focused startups. This one is valued at €93 million (approximately $101 million at today’s valuation), with the same thesis in mind: to support climate tech-oriented startups. The Pale Blue Dot team.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Startups and VC. Like customer support, but more embeddable : Plain is a new customer support tool with a focus on API integrations , Romain reports. On TechCrunch+, he shares some of the tips and advice the company has learned — most of the advice is best applicable to earlier-stage startups. Kyle has more.

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