YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

2014 will be a formative year for new business owners and early-stage entrepreneurs. Continuing into 2014, there will likely be a shift in the role of the investor into a more hands-on player in businesses. by Melissa Thompson, CEO of TalkSession. For those would-be entrepreneurs debating the startup leap?

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Entrepreneur Startup Balance Sheet Non-Compete 210

David Teten

APRIL 6, 2015

According to the CDC’s funding data , just $32 billion of 2010-2014 spending was related to “prevention”, vs. a total of $168 billion for all disease categories combined. All venture capital and NIH funding data for CY 2010 – 2014 in USA. Source: NIH, CB Insights.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Non-Compete Philadelphia 60

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 rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc).

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Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2014

Kathryn has been the founding VP of Marketing of Oracle , a successful recruiter, a world class Venture Capitalist, a co-founder of a Venture Capital firm, a great board member, one of my mentors and most importantly a wonderful friend. Here’s the speech: 2014 University of Chicago Commencement speech ‘Your Great Adventure’.

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Venture Capital Silicon Valley Chicago Cofounder 333

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

by Marek Danyluk, managing partner at Space Executive. There is a thin line between success and failure for startups, and that is usually determined by capital. The more capital a startup has, the easier it is to get off the ground and ramp up growth. KPMG’s Venture Pulse Q3 2017 reported that the Asian market has raised $12.3

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Venture Capital Asia Artificial Inteligence Later Stage 196

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

Finally I realized that Venture Capital and Angel investors are actually humans, despite some views to the contrary. It takes more than one person to build a business, so the lone entrepreneur, without support from any visible team, advisors, partners, or potential customers, will not attract investors.

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Early Stage 268

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2014

The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. That way, if one of the partners disappears, or their role changes, a portion of the equity can be re-captured and reallocated to the other members. Now comes the reality check.

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Cofounder Stock Founder Technical Cofounder 261

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Don’t take my word for it – in the roundup of venture capital predictions for 2017 , I found it to be the top recurring theme. Security will shift from defensive to predictive AI-powered security (Norwest Venture Partners). Chris Rust, Clear Ventures). Some examples: AI will be the new mobile.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The trends described above in VC performance have an upstream effect on Limited Partners which is somewhat counter-intuitive. For example, a $10B endowment might be looking to have 10% ($1B) allocated to venture capital at any one time. Most LPs are trying to manage some targeted asset allocation.

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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). Of all VC Partners studied, just 10% identified as Asian, 1% as African-American, and less than 1% as Latino.

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Venture Capital Los Angeles Cofounder Technical Review 114

SiliconHills

MAY 9, 2017

The Austin-based startup, founded in 2014, didn’t reveal the funding amount but reported it was led by LiveOak Venture Partners, Cultivation Capital and HealthX Ventures.

Artificial Inteligence 85

Artificial Inteligence Venture Capital Austin Partner 85

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 19, 2017

We are excited to announce that Chris Moody is joining Foundry Group as a partner. When we started Foundry Group in 2006, we were very clear that we were not going to build a legacy venture capital firm; one meant to outlive its founders. Simply put, when we are done investing, we will drop the mic and shut off the lights.

Partner 91

Partner Venture Capital Conversion Portfolio 91

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. The functions of an early-stage board are pretty obvious and well understood: Providing introductions to customers, biz dev partners, recruits, the press, other investors, etc. In the Early Days.

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Technical Review Early Stage Software Review Los Angeles 325

VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

For that, Yuga labs partnered with London based Improbable. Animoca Brands is a Hong Kong-based game software company and venture capital company founded 2014 by Yat Siu. The end product of this vision is still being created but the leaked 90 page pitch deck (embedded below) details Yuga Labs’ plans in more depth.

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IP Cofounder Valuation Acquisition 206

Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Austin-Based Venture Capital Firms There are a eleven venture capital firms based in Austin that are actively investing today, six of which are first funds. VC Firms Actively investing in Austin Companies Finally, there are a group of venture capital firms that are not based in Austin that are active investors here.

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Venture Capital Austin Texas Private Equity 54

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Mitul’s passion to excel and customer focus have been built into the core values and mission of Citius Partners. They provide a hands-on transformation and revenue growth partner for B2B technology companies. billion in market capital. How Citius Partners helps their clients. Key Career Highlights.

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Founder B2B Private Equity India 126

SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Ben Horowitz joked that he is like Kelly Rowland and Marc Andreesen is like the Beyoncé of their venture capital firm. Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape, is a much more visible and famous partner, said Horowitz. Austin Andreessen-Horowitz Ben Horowitz Marc Andreessen Mark Suster'

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Cofounder Venture Capital Startup Austin 128

VC Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2014

Danny Cohen, Partner at Carmel Ventures and keynote speaker at the upcoming Marketing & Ad;Tech Israel conference, discusses three trends impacting 2014 Israeli digital media: Content Marketing, Next-Gen Publishing and Mobile Advertising. In 2014 we are looking for innovations around better mobile advertising.

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Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation IPO 155

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

The minute your company reaches its peak acceleration in terms of growth is when all of the sleeping giants wake up to compete with you and will spend massive amounts of money to keep you from capturing a growth market and other talented entrepreneurs will raise large amounts of venture capital as people start to see value in the market.

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Security Los Angeles Silicon Valley Video 247

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. public, private, debt, equity, market return, concessionary capital, etc. What gives? Vanessa Dawson, Integris Software C.E.O,

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Texas Venture Capital 50

VC Adventure

JANUARY 7, 2013

A couple of years ago I posted about what I thought would be the “new era of Venture Capital.” From that post: I believe what we’re going to see in the venture industry is a bifurcation of fundraising– basically a barbell on the graph of fund sizes.

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Venture Capital Limited Partner Early Stage Equity 95

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Sachin Bansal and his business partner, Binny Bansal, launched an e-commerce site in India in 2007. 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. Today, he is worth $1 billion.

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Cofounder Venture Capital India Valuation 141

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Based on the best evidence I can find, the genesis of this trend and the advantages come from several evolutionary changes in the startup investment industry, and some innovations driven by the recent recession: Venture capital funds are still recovering from the recession. VCs are committed to servicing existing portfolios.

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Angel Investor Silicon Valley Startup Portfolio 260

The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

Having raised a $35m Series A round from Accel Partners and angel investors behind ebay, Flickr and Squarespace to expand their global presence (which now include offices in San Francisco, Berlin, Paris and Rio), 99designs remain the darlings of the Aussie startup scene and one to watch. Accelerators. Co-working spaces.

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Australia San Francisco IPO Cofounder 146

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

janryan (@janryan) | Twitter Kerry Rupp Kerry is a Capital Factory Mentor and founding partner of True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in women-led companies in the sustainable consumer and consumer health verticals. Joe Beard joined Perot Jain as a Partner in 2015.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

For much of 2014 and 2015, I banged my head against a plane window flying back and forth between Austin and Silicon Valley while trying to raise institutional VC money for Localeur. Are there amazing Silicon Valley VCs out there with whom entrepreneurs should work to partner? or were forced to raise too much venture capital?—?something

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Venture Capital San Francisco 48

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. Finally, we try to prewire the Series A investment by getting our portfolio companies to meet with the right partners at the right firms early on before they even need money.

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Seed Stage Agile Viral API 110

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Around 2012, escape rooms became extremely in Budapest – and most people still consider Budapest as the escape room capital of the world. It only seemed logical for Akos and his partners to bring this concept to the US. In 5 years, an international takeover after partnering with the right investors. What makes you unique?

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Hungary San Jose Nashville Phoenix 63

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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Singapore Asia Early Stage Venture Capital 167

The Next Web

MARCH 8, 2014

Jason Lemkin is the Managing Director at Storm Ventures , a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage enterprise and IT companies, including MobileIron , Marketo and GuideSpark. From the standpoint of a founder, the life of a venture capitalist can seem very, very different.

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Partner Burn Rate Early Stage IPO 138

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

In this first edition of 2014, the highlight is in the 2013 performance of VC-backed companies in Israel, reaching a decade record in return. The report suggests dramatic increases in venture capital-backed exits, in average deal size, and in average return-on-equity ratios. Browse the headlines below for more news.

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VC Adventure

JANUARY 7, 2013

A couple of years ago I posted about what I thought would be the “new era of Venture Capital.” From that post: I believe what we’re going to see in the venture industry is a bifurcation of fundraising– basically a barbell on the graph of fund sizes.

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Venture Capital Limited Partner Early Stage Equity 48

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

The latest funding round led by Active Venture Partners , a European venture capital company with a presence in Spain, Germany and Scandinavia, is expected to help the online ticket trading platform drive its international growth. In the News Active Venture Partners events Ticketbis'

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Spain Asia Europe Germany 159

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

According to the 2019 Annual European Venture Report by PitchBook , European startups raised €32.4 Corporate venture capital (CVC) represented 45% of the total capital raised. The fund is done in partnership with several top tier venture capital funds including Accel, A16Z, KPCB, Spark Capital and others.

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Balance Sheet Startup IPO Venture Capital 201

K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

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. Moving up stream is a natural evolution of a venture fund, especially as you get more money and more partners. Scaling venture capital breaks it.

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Seed Stage Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation 48

SiliconHills

JUNE 19, 2018

Convey, a member of the Techstars Austin class of 2014, announced Tuesday that it has raised $10 million in funding. The Austin-based startup received the investment from Silverton Partners, Techstars Venture Capital Fund, RPM Ventures, NextGen and others. To date, Convey has raised $25.75

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Venture Capital Austin Hiring Partner 80

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. They can partner with suppliers, co-create with consumers, open-source key technologies, open their application programming interfaces, or run open incubators for customer ideas. Be an optimist.

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