View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Over the last 10 years, we’ve been in a bull market with considerable froth in late stage financing activity and valuations. For example, a $10B endowment might be looking to have 10% ($1B) allocated to venture capital at any one time. This would suggest that TVPI would be performing well.

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David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

According to the National Venture Capital Association/Dow Jones VentureSource, the VC industry is dominated by men (89% of VC Partners), specifically white men (76% of the total). Despite all this, we are living on a different planet when it comes to which companies receive venture capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Although we were studying finance, we were always more interested in tech. Before graduating, I decided to forgo the finance path and instead dove into engineering and later sales and product management roles at VersaSuite (health IT) in Austin. But we never lost the finance bug. We were infatuated with tech. Factom, Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2015

David is one of the most active angel investors in New York, and also the CEO of Gust , which is an online platform for startup financing used by over 45,000 accredited angel investors, 1000 angel groups and venture capital funds, and 200,000 entrepreneurs. billion collected in 2014.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This power is wielded through a combination of a country’s diplomacy, information, its military capabilities, economic strength, finance, intelligence, and law enforcement. The third class focused on Russia, which since 2014 has asserted itself as a competing great power. It is the “venture capital” of the Navy and Marine Corps.

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Artificial Inteligence Russia Technology China 353

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. I’m here with some really phenomenal CEOs who are going to talk to us today about small business finances from funding to growth.

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Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Amir Elaguizy pitching Cratejoy on stage at SXSW 2014 I know lots of investors from Texas and from around the world who are visiting Austin for SXSW and want to know where to go and how to plug in. Yet female founders received only 2% of venture capital dollars in 2017. You can see a much larger list at the end. What gives?

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Texas Venture Capital 50

Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

Today, Europe and Israel have generated 23 public companies worth $231B and private cloud financing reached c. The $900M of SaaS VC funding in 2015 now represents less than Europe's largest financing round, with Celonis raising $1B in June this year. This world of giants is dominated by one colossus: Microsoft.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. And somebody who isn’t thinking necessarily thinking about how to maximize their ownership in your next round of financing. In the Early Days. Experience. Relationships. Founder’s perspective.

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Technical Review Early Stage Software Review Los Angeles 325

BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

As we look into 2014, we thought it was important to reflect on our activities in 2013 and refocus and refine our thinking and messaging as a firm. Entrepreneurship Venture Capital boldstart ethos investment strategy investment themes value add'

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2014

“The six venture capital funds and fund managers selected have an excellent reputation of helping build the companies that they fund, and their successes will further strengthen our tech-startup ecosystem.” “Now in 2014 we’re looking to address the next funding crunch – Series A.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

As the venture capital business has come roaring back in the last 5 years, startups are awash in available capital. Instead of measuring success in dollars of profit, …firms focus on measuring capital efficiency. Congratulations class of 2014: Embrace change and lead the way. Be an optimist.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

He started it in 2009 with 10 employees and sold it to Susino Umbrella in 2014. This company’s valuation peaked at $10 billion in 2013/2014. Carlson founded Polychain Capital in 2016. Venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz among others put $15 million into it. Today, he is worth $1.5

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Cofounder Venture Capital India Valuation 141

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

According to Jungle Ventures, Southeast Asia’s technology startups had a combined valuation of $340 billion in 2020. Venture capital (VC) investment is the primary funding source for regional startups. Back in 2014, there were only three unicorns in the region. This amount can triple by 2025. billion in 2018.

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Asia Indonesia Silicon Valley Malaysia 171

Growthink Blog

APRIL 2, 2014

Well, if you don’t, try on these IPO, M&A, and financing stats from 1st Quarter 2014: Initial Public Offerings: 72 companies went public in the U.S. Venture Capital. 1,348 companies raised more than $15 billion from venture capitalists, up 36%. Don’t you just love these booming markets? Private Equity.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) But by 2014 much had started to change. Jim raised another venture fund as did I at Upfront Ventures.

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Early Stage Venture Capital Los Angeles Coder 290

The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

This was reported as being untrue by British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) about a year ago. External constraints or the lacks of resources (finance, skills, business idea) are relative minor reasons. Many entrepreneurs claim that there’s just not enough money, and that investors in Europe fear failure.

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Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2017

Intrinsically valuable women-led startups are not making it to market because of the large growing gap in access to venture capital (VC) financing, research shows. Interestingly, when Raina took the gender of the financer into account he found that when financed by women VCs this gap between men and women led disappears.

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Venture Capital Startup Early Stage Finance 59

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Equity Crowdfunding: Your Solution for Small Business Financing? Recent studies show that 2013 was a solid year for small businesses and 2014 should be even stronger. And eight out of 10 small business owners plan to increase their products and offerings in 2014. Crowdfunding for Small Business: Marketing and Financing.

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Equity Finance Small Business Accredited Investor 60

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Competition for venture capital is fierce, especially among startups. AvantCredit’s mission is to transform consumer finance by lowering the costs and barriers of borrowing and overcome the substantial reduction in available credit for the average American. Thinking Aloud Al Goldstein startup venture capital.

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Artificial Inteligence Venture Capital Business Model Demand 100

K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

In that presentation, I said that Seed is not the first round of financing any more and that K9’s investments were mostly “pre-seed”. The Venture Capital industry as a whole does a terrible job of giving things the right name and so we end up keeping the same name, but changing the meaning out from under it.

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Seed Stage Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation 48

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2014

A new entrepreneurial venture requires a great deal of assistance in terms of headhunting, business coaching, venture capital etc. A venture should be run and managed only by people who have genuinely bought into and share the entrepreneurial vision. Business support network. and put them to good use.

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Vietnam Venture Capital Seed Capital Exit Strategy 171

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

If you’re an associate, an assistant, in finance or a new partner interviewing with the firm – you know what we expect! Over the next few weeks I’m going to release a few posts on what we believe platform services are and why we believe they’re an important part of the future of venture capital. *.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

This thinking is largely driven by the venture capital industry (and subsequently Wall Street) who are in search of high margin, highly scalable businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. You’re a small fish. This team is talented. They wanted advice. And probably some money.

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Silicon Valley IP Dividend Finance 332

Gust

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Cautionary note: No competent VC is actually fooled when you show up after raising $6M in seed financing and say you’re now raising an A! Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 7, 2014. 5 million was always the classic definition of an A-round between the late nineties (crazy financings aside) and say 2007. Reblogged via [link].

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Cap Table Silicon Valley Term Sheet Non-Compete 136

Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

OK, so microVC funds and smaller pre-seed financings could really be a thing. This narrative was laced through the event, especially with the founder of Thumbtack, Marco Zappacosta, recounting his company’s financing story. Um… wow. 4/ LPs noted that the term “pre-seed” is really a U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital. The reality is you must be great at HR, PR, finance AND product. Put it this way – Upfront Ventures spend on PR per year = $0. It super charges a business that is closer to product delivery.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

There’s been a lot of talk recently about what will happen to startup financing in 2016, including here on this blog. The consensus is definitely negative, but one thing that has buoyed my optimism about the prospects for our portfolio is the number of new funds raised in London recently.

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Marketing Institutional Investors Venture Capital Later Stage 60

Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 5, 2020

One of the hottest topics in the technology and finance world right now is an old idea that has suddenly found new life, the special purpose acquisition company or “SPAC.” In 2014, SPACs raised $1.8 What’s missing is a major financial investor with patient capital who will partner with the CEO for the long term (i.e.

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Venture Capital IPO Cofounder Institutional Investors 28

VC Adventure

APRIL 16, 2020

The result was 117,000 fewer companies in 2014 than there were in 2007. It’s about rebuilding the infrastructure of community finance and taking advantage of all the assets and conduits we have to help small businesses. billion venture capital firm in Boulder, Colorado. It’s not about either/or decisions.

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Small Business SBA United States America 110

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

You see, Dan knows more about venture than most people; and if Dan isn’t aware that “pre-seed is a thing,” then I haven’t done a good enough job of explaining to the world what I and K9 do! Q: What amount of financing is considered Pre-Seed? Typically, Pre-Seed rounds are less than $1M in aggregate capital raised.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

From Box to Glossier, and Comms to Venture Capital, Ashley Mayer Is Carving a Pretty Unique Path. We originally filed to go public in March of 2014, and didn’t actually become a public company until January of 2015. What She’s Learned, And What You Can Learn From Her. We had overlapping circles and then became friends.

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IPO Cofounder Early Stage Portfolio 91

David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

I also suggest look at the UAE-Israel Technology & Finance Community/Mailing List. Our ventures, in turn, have raised over $2 million in external funding.”. Takwin is a venture capital fund and incubator, making early-stage investments in hi-tech companies run by Arab entrepreneurs in Israel. Takwin Labs.

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UAE United Arab Emirates Technology 60

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Following Bitcoin, Ripple is the second-largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization as of 2014. It has raised over $35 million in venture capital funds. The Paydiant platform allows its business customers the ability to offer mobile payments in addition to ATM cash-access functionality and loyalty programs.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Complete 2014. Business Planning Entrepreneurship Financing Investing Jay Turo Management Venture Capital' …while developing a steely resolve and a solid plan to profit from the awesome opportunities and possibilities that the New Year is sure to bring. Let''s go out and grab them! Why not us? And why not now?

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

On June 18, Aswath Damodaran , a finance professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, published an article on FiveThirtyEight titled “ Uber Isn’t Worth $17 Billion. I find it surprising that a finance professor like Damodaran did not consider the impact of price on demand. Different Economics.

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