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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

Both Sides of the Table

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. They bought distribution and engineering talent. Stitcher - San Francisco-based service that lets users customize talk radio programming on their mobile devices. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital VC Industry.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group. With its concentrated mix of start-ups, established businesses, and venture capital, Boulder has all of the elements to fuel sustainable economic growth. San Francisco, CA.

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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

But in Los Angeles, Santa Monica is akin to SoMa in San Francisco, Cambridge in the Boston area or Flatiron / Union Square in NYC. Perhaps the biggest piece of new news is that after 17 years of operations we’ve changed our name from GRP Partners to Upfront Ventures. We love all of LA and fund all regions.

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It’s About Women Running Startups

Steve Blank

Just before the holidays I had coffee with Anne, an ex MBA student running a fairly large product group at a search engine company, now out trying to raise money for her own startup. Michael Bloomberg has yet to get his due for engineering the New York entrepreneurial ecosystem. What role does venture capital play?

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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

www.xconomy.com

Xconomy San Diego. Ministry of Supply Puts MIT Engineering Cred Into Dress Shirts. San Diego ›. San Diego ›. View More in San Diego ›. San Francisco ›. View More in San Francisco ›. of Computer Science and Engineering, Univ. San Diego Events ›. San Francisco Events ›.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs

crowdSPRING Blog

Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group. With its concentrated mix of start-ups, established businesses, and venture capital, Boulder has all of the elements to fuel sustainable economic growth. San Francisco.

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European startups: Here’s how to (not) raise capital in the US

The Next Web

Previously, he worked in venture capital in Europe. If you’re a European and work in tech in San Francisco, every summer you’ll be inundated with dozens of emails from friends, contacts and unknown European entrepreneurs who will ask you for advice and introductions to US investors for their classic VC fundraising trip.