Dream It

APRIL 2, 2019

Press Release The venture fund and growth-focused accelerator accepted the cohort from a field of nearly 2,000 pre-Series A companies NEW YORK CITY, NY — April 2, 2019 — Dreamit Ventures, an early stage venture fund and growth-focused accelerator, announced its latest batch of startups this week.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 14, 2025

Chegg, a leading student-first online learning platform, has contributed to advancing student innovation by donating $50,000 to Stevens Institute of Technologys iSTEM and Launchpad@Stevens programs. Stevens Institute of Technology President Nariman Farvardin underscored the programs impact since its inception.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was. Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures A question I often hear is “how is Upfront changing given the current market?” What do you do with a $650 million platform?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Today we’re announcing that my partner Kara Nortman is becoming Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to welcome her to her new role. She worked for 5 years as a VC at Battery Ventures and co-headed M&A at IAC working with Barry Diller. She had all of the skills and traits we sought?

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The Seraf Compass

MAY 10, 2023

One of the biggest trends we witnessed over the past few years is the rapid pace of new early stage venture fund formation combined with significant growth in the amount of capital invested. A decade or two ago, most of the new funds were traditional VC funds located in technology hubs in the US and a few other countries around the globe.

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Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

The venture fund launched a completely virtual program with a focus on helping 13 Urbantech, Healthtech, and Securetech startups with business development, customer growth, and capital raising in a time of economic uncertainty. pic.twitter.com/oNozwB4OF3 — Dreamit Ventures (@dreamit) March 19, 2020.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 1, 2021

It takes a long time, at least five years and more likely a decade, to know how changes in the startup economy and venture capital will play out. And we are doing exactly that. We won’t know how this move to invest globally will impact returns and founder success.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The NVCA and Pitch Book are out with their Q3 report on the VC industry and what they report is that the VC industry continues to be very active throughout the pandemic. Deal counts and deal values are stable to up over last year. The massive expansion of later-stage private capital continues unabated. Valuations continue to rise.

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The Seraf Compass

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Whether you are located in a hotbed of technology like Silicon Valley, a huge emerging market such as China, or in the ancient city of Byblos, chances are you will stumble upon a collection of entrepreneurs working to create new, vibrant companies.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Revolution Ventures Invests in Oula, the Maternity Care Startup Combining the Best of Obstetrics and Midwifery Oula will use the $28M Series B to open additional clinics and launch new services. Where They’re Headed: Oula will use new funds to expand its physical footprint and launch new services for those in their reproductive years.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 18, 2025

a pioneering company in quantum computing hardware, has secured a significant investment from Applied Ventures, LLC, the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, Inc. With the support of Applied Ventures and other industry partners, Qolab is well-positioned to push the boundaries of what is possible in quantum technology.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 14, 2025

Surgicure Technologies, a pioneering, female-owned medical device company with a mission is to transform airway management. The Visionary Behind Surgicure Technologies At the heart of Surgicure Technologies is Irena King , a dedicated and passionate innovator focused on improving patient care through advanced medical solutions.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The global financial services firm narrowed its selection down to 25 companies for its I nclusive Ventures Lab. Over the next five months, the disruptive startup companies will participate in an in-house accelerator program designed to help them develop and scale their technology further. Twelve U.S.-based

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2025

Pison’s breakthrough technology is being applied to a range of industries that support neurocognitive health and performance such as baseball. The companys latest breakthrough in AI-powered neural sensing marks a significant leap forward in wearable technology and healthcare innovation.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 3, 2024

In a significant boost to the venture capital landscape of Central Pennsylvania, the region is set to benefit from the establishment of the Keystone Innovation Fund II, thanks to a generous grant of $412,598 from the US Economic Development Administration’s ‘Build to Scale Capital Challenge.’

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 18, 2022

Every quarter our firm goes through a process to value our entire portfolio. Those values, on a schedule of investments we publish to our investors every quarter, flow through to our financial statements and capital accounts and establish how much an interest in our partnerships are worth at that time.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

It''s like when people ask me how to get into venture capital. Nothing that I ever did to get where I am in venture was difficult or special--but none of it was anything you really learn in a classroom. Venture Capital & Technology' it just doesn''t compute.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 14, 2022

There is a lot of criticism of venture capital in web3. Bitcoin did not have or need venture capital. Ethereum did not have or need venture capital. So why would any web3 project need venture capital? In the age of community-funded projects, why would a web3 project want to take funding from venture capitalists?

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Cakes mission is for businesses of any size to readily deploy the latest technologies without requiring an army of engineers. Recently funded Cake addresses that concern with the launch of its open-source AI infrastructure platform enabling all businesses to deploy the latest technologies cost-effectively.

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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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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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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Seed funding came from venture firms committed to deep tech. Co-founders Halen Mattison and Luke Neise announced the closing of an $8 million seed round for their startup G eneral Galactic , a pioneer in fossil-free fuel generation technology. Our technology produces 100% clean fuel compatible with today’s infrastructure.

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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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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Miliary veterans possess attributes, experience, and skills that can be well-applied to entrepreneurship through leadership and knowledge of technology. The Veteran Fund was created to harness this potential, empowering veteran entrepreneurs to drive advancements in technology while securing America’s future.”

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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. Novazyme Pharmaceuticals Inc. was acquired by Genzyme Corp for $137.5

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

17) We have proprietary technology. 17) We have proprietary technology. Venture Capital & Technology' This list needs no explanation: 1) You need a technical co-founder. 2) We''re really interested in what you''re up to, but would love to see just a little more traction before we fund it. 3) No one else can do this.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

As I’ve written about recently, at Upfront Ventures we started talking a couple of years ago about wanting to fund stuff with more meaning. I think this is a combination of being realists as venture capitalists that outsized returns in our funds must come from taking on bigger, more impactful projects that can move markets.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 8, 2015

Venture Capital & Technology' Not to mention the fact that a lot of billion dollar companies get there by not necessarily trying to be a billion dollar company on paper, but by obsessively focusing on the customer experience, building a team that shares your mission, and just executing well.

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Revolution

JANUARY 18, 2024

Revolution Ventures Invests in Kashable, the Fintech Leading the Socially Responsible, Employer-Sponsored Credit Movement The $25.6M The funding will also allow Kashable to grow its research and development technology team, further refine its innovative underwriting model, and enhance its suite of financial products.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Members of The Wing are shaping our culture, our politics, and our technology everyday. 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. Both spaces are about narrative and experience.

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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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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 30, 2015

Because most internet business concepts were not capable of productively employing tens of millions of dollars of venture capital does not mean they were bad ideas." All they would have to do is cut a few hundred people or two, and stop buying growth with venture dollars. That''s when the heads start rolling.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

New CEO named to lead transformative technology in the beauty industry. AI continues to open up new frontiers as innovators apply the fast-emerging technology in ways that gain investor support. Leading the talented team at LUUM comes at a pivotal moment in the industry when technology and beauty are converging like never before.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 31, 2025

Investors back the two co-founders having great depth in agricultural innovation and technology. The company specializes in vision-based autonomous technology tailored for agriculture and it took a big step forward with the closing of a $15 million Series A round.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 11, 2023

With the rapid pace of innovation in AI and other enabling technologies, it is crucial that we have leaders on our team with deep knowledge of how these tools can be applied to drive meaningful change. That is why we are thrilled to welcome Dr. Surya Ganguli as our newest Venture Partner.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Acadian Ventures , an early-stage venture capital firm, announced its 2024 Future of Work 100, an annual list of venture-backed startups impacting how work gets done in the future. Those recognized in this year’s list have raised a cumulative $30 billion in venture capital financing, with a total valuation of over $140 billion.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Via TechCrunch by Arman Tabatabai: Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries. Matt Murphy and Grace Ge, Menlo Ventures Which trends are you most excited about in construction robotics from an investing perspective?

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