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Want to Raise Venture Capital More Easily? Clean Up Your Own Shite First

Both Sides of the Table

If you want to raise venture capital more easily the advice could be quite practical and counter-intuitive. Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. Ready to talk turkey. It is 2010. Issue off the table. So what option do you have?

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6 Trends Startups Must Cope With In 2013 – From Paul Kedrosky

ReadWriteStart

Venture Capital Will Rebound. Kedrosky thinks it will be eased by the return to the venture market of big investors like pension funds. They’ve been staying away from venture funding after getting burned in the downturn – but they’re beginning to come back. Cash now versus cash later.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook. Typically engineering, QA, and support are offshore, while CEO, sales, and marketing are in the US.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook. Typically engineering, QA, and support are offshore, while CEO, sales, and marketing are in the US.

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Why International Startups Love NY, and NY VCs Love International Startups

David Teten

At HOF Capital , we are particularly interested in investing in companies with international roots. At HOF Capital , we are particularly interested in investing in companies with international roots. In addition, HOF has backed 6 companies with roots in Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, India, and Russia. (In

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How Israel and the Arab World Connect Through Technology

David Teten

Markets include Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, the Arabian Gulf among others. “. Phoenix Capital , a tie-up between OurCrowd and Abdullah Al Naboodah’s business development unit. Our ventures, in turn, have raised over $2 million in external funding.”. Takwin Labs.

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