YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

With venture capitalists around the world shifting their focus to Asia, here are 5 ways the surge in venture capital fundraising is shaking up the startup landscape in the region. KPMG’s Venture Pulse Q3 2017 reported that the Asian market has raised $12.3 Drives development in technology.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

billion gamers worldwide will help the global games market generate revenues of $189.3 ” Let’s meet in the virtual world – Even as IRL events return, expect these virtual destinations to continue as a way to make events more accessible to a global audience, according to Ketchum. Fortnite alone made $1.8

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The pandemic has caused a severe downturn in global economies. Venture capital firms have become more discerning where they put their limited funds to use, and banks have always been anti-startup in their business dealings. Yet despite the overarching negative outlook, startups seem to be weathering the storm.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Every Flexible VC structure allows founders to access immediate risk capital while preserving exit, growth trajectory, and ownership optionality. . We detail below the major categories of VC: VENTURE CAPITAL TYPOLOGY.

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SiliconHills

APRIL 8, 2020

million in venture capital funding. The company’s latest Series B round of funding was led by Baird Capital with participation from existing investors Silverton Partners, ATX Ventures and […]. SourceDay, which makes supply chain management software, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $12.5 million to date.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of those demanding angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. Your options for funding just increased, or at least you have a new way to get some real market feedback on the demand for your solution.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The market for our product was global, and we had unique advantages in terms of our product and how we distributed it to customers. VCs want to see that there’s a demand for your product and that you’re able to meet that demand. Be ready when it counts. Ultimately, these advantages helped us secure the funding we needed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2023

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. In fact, the latest figures show that crowdfunding globally is expected to grow from USD 1.41 billion to USD 3.62

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

The pervasive ability and need to communicate constantly and globally through the Internet and smartphones is incenting everyone to get more out of their own assets and time, and capitalize on the idle resources of others. Community means more than supply and demand. Assets need to move in a community of engaged users.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

He wanted to create awareness for himself to generate marketing buzz and demand and then get the retail stores to pay wholesales prices for his cds. He created demand. The song spread globally. He was fine with the bootleg – it helped build and audience and helped him globalize.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). The downside is that with so much venture and angel capital available, investors have been willing to fund the 10 th Groupon clone. For the last few years, there really hasn’t been a demand to innovate on top of the ecosystem that’s been built. business models.

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thebarefootvc

JANUARY 27, 2014

Last week, a chart in the Wall Street Journal listed private companies globally that have raised capital at $1 billion-plus valuations from venture capital firms. The how and why are purely a function of Economics 101—supply and demand. Cross-border supply of capital. Or so it seems. Which leads to….

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

It is also a result of pent-up demand. The IMF just raised its global growth forecast from 2.5% My advice : if you’re raising a $750,000 round and you have demand for $1.2 Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. then the world will be fine for fund raising.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

We were roommates at the time and launched two different companies out of a kind-of dumpy apartment: We both went on to raise millions in venture capital and build meaningful businesses in interesting spaces. Cryptoassets have fixed supplies; therefore increases in demand drive up prices. But we never lost the finance bug.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The book has been shepherded and edited by a great Japanese VC at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, Takashi Tsutsumi, with help from Masato Iino. These kinds of success cases continue to happen in Japan’s startup community and in corporations that have to innovate to remain competitive in the global market.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

DogVacay is part of a new global movement some people are calling “ Collaborative Consumption.” He wanted to work in venture capital and I was new to the industry and in no position to hire anybody. Supply and demand. I’ll leave the year out. We got along and shared stories about the startup market.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

Since I wrote that post, millions more entrepreneurs have launched their businesses globally. Thanks to the Web and mobile connectivity, more and more people have access to online resources for education and information – the combination of on-the-ground expertise and this access to global information is creating a revolution.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

While this reaction to such a valuation is understandable, to anybody who has seen the meteoric rise in consumer demand and actual revenue the valuation is much less surprising and may turn out to be quite conservative. This is why so many great LA funds like Upfront, Greycroft and B Capital Global have all backed Bird.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). The downside is that with so much venture and angel capital available, investors have been willing to fund the 10 th Groupon clone. For the last few years, there really hasn’t been a demand to innovate on top of the ecosystem that’s been built. business models.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Good data from @msuster on The State of Venture Capital and the Internet – [link]. Wow – only 1318 companies control 80% of global revenue – [link]. Worldwide, Broadband demand & speeds are zooming – [link]. Worldwide, Broadband demand & speeds are zooming – [link].

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 26, 2020

We interviewed Bill Walsh, CEO/Founder of Business Coaching / Venture Capital firm Powerteam International. He is an innovator with a remarkable ability to determine and dictate success strategy to seize global market opportunities. Here’s more from The Startup Magazine Founder Interview series.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. He built & IPOd Demand Media. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Venture Capital is a tricky industry. He couldn’t have imagined power users would be global political figures, dictatorships, small factions of people standing up to the Iranian army or every sports figure & celebrity in the world. Far from it. Lots of it. It was an early and smart bet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

The pervasive ability and need to communicate constantly and globally through the Internet and smartphones is incenting everyone to get more out of their own assets and time, and capitalize on the idle resources of others. Community means more than supply and demand. Assets need to move in a community of engaged users.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

Venture capital (VC) investment is the primary funding source for regional startups. The pandemic has significantly increased the demand for access to digital services. Now the pandemic has settled, startups in the region should meet the demands of millions of new customers. However, this amount could reach $9.6

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2020

With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent global lockdowns, telehealth has been rewriting all the rules on the way healthcare has historically been conducted. Mental health services have been in demand from the very start of this pandemic. This year has seen historic growth for startups in telehealth. Mental health.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Yet you can never forget the seasonal business cash flow and activity demands that are approaching, so to be prepared – you need to start the planning now. Venture capital investments are returning to startups. Venture capital firms raised $4.1 Venture capital firms raised $4.1

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

and the global economy. Than our global competitiveness? Remember that total venture capital and angel investing in a typical year doesn't add up to more than $50 billion, or about one-half of the mortgage interest tax break. For opportunities that Growthink is following now, click here. How transformative would this be?

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 26, 2023

Chris Neumann (of Canada’s Panache Ventures ) checks these boxes so I asked him to come on my blog (currently less consistent, hopefully still the other two) for Five Questions. Hunter Walk: So why venture capital, why early stage, and why Canada? CN: Thanks so much – that means a lot coming from you.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Competition for venture capital is fierce, especially among startups. The demand for credit, however, is there. This void in the lending industry coupled with demand for the product makes online lending companies such as AvantCredit an attractive prospect for investors. Thinking Aloud Al Goldstein startup venture capital.

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Ben's Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

The two most obvious are: Why did such a new venture capital firm raise so much money? How did such a new venture capital firm raise so much money? After raising our first round of funding for Loudcloud in 1999, we went to visit our new venture capital firm and meet their full team.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 23, 2021

Many times, a global view of data is sufficient, like the virality curve at PayPal. Job postings can give you a sense of what key companies are working on and what skills and products are in demand. One of the fundamental principles of venture capital is that size does matter. DATA AND VC INVESTING. to daily commutes.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

For the market size, he states, “For my base case valuation, I’m going to assume that the primary market Uber is targeting is the global taxi and car-service market.” He then goes on to calculate a global estimate for the historical taxi and limousine market. The global market would obviously be much larger.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Rise of Global Tech Hubs An exciting shift in recent years is the emergence of new technological hubs across the globe. This global expansion means startups now have a wider array of ecosystems to choose from, each with its unique advantages, resources, and challenges.

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 6, 2013

At the Series C level and above startup financing is an increasingly global market but below that level inter-continental deals still aren’t that common and the laws of supply and demand have limited price rises in the under-financed European startup market. Venture Capital'

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Babbling VC

OCTOBER 3, 2011

For those of you not in the know, they are one of the largest limited partners ( LP's : investors in venture capital funds) in Europe and are basically in almost all the funds throughout the market. I believe this will very much remain a necessary channel for capital into funds in the future. .

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