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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60M in funding. We’ve asked him to give us some insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia. Asia has far fewer VC firms and institutional investors, each of which invests a far smaller amount of capital.

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Q2 2019 Summary: Portfolio News and Activities

Version One Ventures

Series A round , alongside Unlock Ventures Partners and Maveron. We also invested in Guesser whose mission is to make prediction markets more accessible to mainstream users. valuation – the first Version One unicorn! Ada , a market leader in automated customer experience , launched Ada Glass.

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Everything you should know before working with investors across Asia

The Next Web

Entrepreneurs with businesses in Asia know that fundraising here can be a daunting task. With this in mind, I would like to use my experience as an entrepreneur, having closed several sizable rounds of investment around Asia over the last six years, to help explain the landscape as it currently stands.

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Getting ‘Fashion Forward’ On Customs

YoungUpstarts

Markets such as Mexico require textile or material importers to hold a license or visa. Be sure valuations are accurate and goods are clearly labelled in detail. In addition to this, many countries have supplemental laws that govern trade of animal products, which differ between markets. Cunningham, Jr.

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Taking Corporate VC: When It Makes Sense

View from Seed

It seems obvious but strategic investment only makes sense when that corporate VC is providing technology, market access, or other aid that cannot be obtained through a simple business relationship or from a startup’s other investors or advisors. 4) Are these investment partners for the long haul?

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Feb. 28, Stamford, CT: HBS Event on Angel Investing 101 – Best Practices

David Teten

David Teten, Partner, ff Venture Capital ; Chairman, HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York. From the perspective of best practices, we will address questions such as: How to assess opportunities (idea, team, valuation). . - Susan Balloch, Managing Director, Golden Seeds; formerly Executive Director and Principal, The Blackstone Group.

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FuturePerfect Ventures: A 2015 Recap

thebarefootvc

New funds have popped up in increasing numbers over the last few years – but I saw gaps in the market that needed to be filled. There is still a lot of work ahead, but the market has been overwhelmingly responsive to the original thesis. And…I wanted to have fun and work with great people while doing so.