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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

Other players such as Obopay have set out to focus on mobile person-to-person cash transfers, mFoundry (a GRP portfolio company) has focused on mobile banking and a mobile wallet and one of my favorite companies m-via is focusing on mobile remittances (right now between the US and Mexico). Tags: This Week in Venture Capital.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail. NAME David Cowan.

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The Snap IPO Happened. What Next LA?

Both Sides of the Table

It’s hard to remember that in 2012 it was still hard for LA VCs to persuade investors into funds that LA was a viable market for great venture capital funds or convince many VCs that LA was a market worth investing dollars into startups. He truly is a gifted thinker, orator and more importantly doer. link] The Snap IPO Happened.

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Succeeding in Venture Capital as an Introvert

Hunter Walker

When it comes to my job, after practicing venture capital for seven years under normal circumstances, it was instructive to get thrown into this new scenario, because I don’t think we’ll ever fully “return to normal.” Instead, we’ll blend aspects of pre-2020 and our experiences from the past year into a “new normal.”

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Miami: A hot spot for venture capitalists

David Teten

You might assume the event took place in Sao Paolo or Mexico City, but no, it was in Miami, and will be again in 2014. Another portfolio company of ff Venture Capital that targets this market is Voxy , a mobile app that creates an immersive experience in teaching English as a second language.

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The Investors Guide to SXSW 2019

Austin Startup

1:30PM HILTON AUSTIN DOWNTOWN, SALON K SIMÓN BORRERO, Rappi RODOLFO GONZALEZ, Foundation Capital COURTNEY MCCOLGAN, Runa HR DANIEL VOGEL, Bitso Latin American startups are attracting a record amount of venture capital funding. Yet female founders received only 2% of venture capital dollars in 2017. What gives?

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Is This Mic On?: Capital Factory Members at #SXSW2018

Austin Startup

Casa Mexico is Mexico Tourism & the Mexican Government’s SXSW hub. Join us and learn how to attract Venture Capital investment in your startup when you live somewhere other than Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, or Boston. SXSW 2018 is sponsored by Bud Light, Mercedes Benz, Capital One, and The Austin Chronicle.

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