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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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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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Stephanie Spong – Venture Capital Executive Interview

Startup Professionals Musings

Last week at an angel investor forum I was privileged to meet Stephanie Spong, who is a Principal with EPIC Ventures, an increasingly rare early stage VC firm. Stephanie: I am a venture capitalist currently based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico, with EPIC Ventures. Tell us what you do. Stephanie: I love building companies.

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Hey Buddy, Can You Spare a Vote? My SXSW Panels.

Hunter Walker

The tech startup world has changed dramatically in recent years with the rise of crowdfunding, a changing venture capital industry, and changes in the M&A market. Venture capital has seen the growth of many angels and smaller funds, new corporate venture firms, as well as the concentration of a small number of large funds.

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Announcing our investment in Dinari, a decentralized stock trading platform

Version One Ventures

seed round , alongside Third Kind Venture Capital, SPEILLLP , Sancus Ventures, 500 Global, and Balaji Srinivasan. This is significant as a large number of people in countries like Mexico and Thailand own a blockchain wallet, but no brokerage account. We are excited to announce our investment in Dinari’s $7.5m

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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?