BeyondVC

JANUARY 6, 2018

Before diving into yet another year and list of predictions for enterprise in 2018, we’d like to recap a few thoughts and moments from 2017. — BOLDstart Ventures (@Boldstartvc) June 16, 2017. There will be more deep enterprise tech startups founded, funded, launched, and scaled out of NYC in 2018.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

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. Las Vegas, NV.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

In 2018, venture capital investments in Latin America doubled for the second consecutive year, according to LAVCA’s Annual Review of Tech Investment in Latin America. Looking at the major markets in Latin America in 2018, most show increases in VC investment in keeping with the regional average.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

In 2018, Canada had a record-low unemployment rate and as a result we are seeing more companies, startups and online-based businesses dedicated to serving the niche-jobs industry. In 2018 seven of the most well-paying in-demand occupations required a digital or technical background. million in venture capital to move.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 5, 2023

Neko Health is well positioned to achieve its goals, as the board of directors recently welcomed notable investors such as Niklas Zennstrom, co-founder of Skype, and Klaus Hommels, founder of the venture capital firm Lakestar. We try to be as clear as possible about what it is that we do and how it operates.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

It was only a year ago that many in the Venture Capital industry were predicting that “winter was coming” and to be fair the author of this post was chief amongst them. While this it total FDI as opposed to just venture, it should give you an indication of the international trend. Baidu alone raised $3.2

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

On the first official day of SXSW I’m going to be at the convention center all day until I head over to Capital Factory to kick off the SXSW Startup Crawl ! 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.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 2, 2019

We’re proud to say that we wrote a blog post every week in 2018 – and we’ve done that now for the past three years. In case you didn’t catch each and every post, here’s a look back at some of our favourite and most read pieces from 2018. What are the opportunities for the next venture-scale marketplace business?”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Then seek angel investors or crowdfunding, as required, for the rollout, and venture capital for scaling the business across multiple geographies. Marty Zwilling First published on CayenneConsulting on 08/22/2018. The best entrepreneurs I know don’t let initial funding constraints discourage them from starting.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2019

of venture capital investment in 2018. Another reason that makes it difficult for women to gather adequate funds is more than 89% of investors are male in the Venture Capital World, who often overlook women entrepreneurs. According to a report, in spite of playing a significant role in the U.S.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

On the other side of the spectrum, the idea of finding a unicorn has attracted many investors toward the much riskier venture capital and emerging technologies. Real estate has long been considered a sound investment, and has become even more popular in recent years as historical data has shown the market’s relatively low volatility.

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Austin Startup

JULY 15, 2019

You will coordinate and administer the most active venture capital fund in Texas and see an insane amount of dealflow. Job opening: Fund Administrator at Capital Factory In two or three years you’ll gain a decade worth of experience and dealflow. We did 70 transactions in 2018 alone!

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 20, 2019

By LAURA LOREK, Publisher of Silicon Hills News Venture capital investments in Austin soared to $1.33 billion in 2018, the highest on record since the dot-com boom in 2000, according to the latest MoneyTree Report from PwC and CB Insights. Venture capital investments in Austin rose 70 percent in 2018, from $783.4

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David Teten

APRIL 6, 2015

We think that our job is to invest in the growth areas of 2018-2020, and we don’t know in advance what those are. Fred Wilson wrote about a similar dynamic at Union Square Ventures. . Analytics and Data ff Venture Capital Management Venture Capital'

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View from Seed

APRIL 3, 2019

Yet, despite the attention and efforts in 2018, funding to female-founded startups continued to plateau: 2.2% of venture capital went to companies with only female founders (Pitchbook, October 2018). 17% of venture capital went to companies with at least one female founder (Crunchbase, January 2019).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? What Does this Mean for a Venture Capital Firm?

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. 2018 also had the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Since Sprout’s IPO, according to Midwest+startups , capital invested in the Midwest has doubled, from nearly $10 billion in the twelve trailing months ending June 2019 and Jube 2020 to $20 billion in the year ending June 2021. Growing Venture Capital Activity. billion in venture capital, compared to just $2.7

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

I’ve been writing checks for 8 years, and was lucky to get my start in the industry with the team at Spark Capital where I was able to witness some amazing early investments as part of that team. As I start my second 10 years in venture capital, I want to both reflect on some recent learnings that have changed the way I approach the business.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 16, 2018

David Frankel (@dafrankel) May 15, 2018. made a new deck with an update to 4 through 38 that extended the time frame (and analysis) to 2018. Good Times is nearly 10 years old! Wonder how many of today’s young seed investors have even heard of it … [link] pic.twitter.com/hnjj4y8FNn. I remember reading it in 2008.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 15, 2021

In my own view, this is awesome news — because I’ve been an investor in Aurora since February 2018 when I co-led its Series A round for Greylock and joined Aurora’s board. Meanwhile, market pioneers in blitzscale-up mode are exactly the kind of company Reinvent aims to serve with its “venture capital at scale” strategy.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Lu Zhang is the founder and managing partner of Fusion Fund , a company dedicated to promoting early-stage venture capital for entrepreneurs. She is also an elite member of the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and was nominated as a World Economic Forum Davos 2018 Young Global Leader.

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VC Cafe

JULY 31, 2020

Last year I published on VC Cafe a post titled the 7 habits of highly effective people… in startups , and this time will I apply the book’s principles to the world of Venture Capital. Let’s dive into the 7 habits of highly effective people and how they can be reflected in the world of venture capital.

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Venture capital investment in Austin has been on the rise. billion in 2018, the highest on record since the dot-com boom in 2000, according to the MoneyTree Report from PwC and CB Insights. VC funding hit $1.3 That’s up 70 percent from $783 million in 2017. Yet California deals still get more than 50 percent […].

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Whereas in 2016 I struggled to come up with one, and whereas in 2017 it was obvious it was Coinbase, with 2018 comes the most money poured into U.S. In 2018, it was that kind year. This is the company, in my opinion, which only first appeared on the radar of most investors in 2018. [Here is the Google Doc where we tracked these.]

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2017

business and reflect, plot and plan for a breakout 2018! But to acquire more of these in 2018, first we must build the kinds of “softer” assets that power and fuel our business’ cash-generating engines. So how should the ambitious and thoughtful executive take best advantage of this happy confluence? read more.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 13, 2018

Thoughts Jan 13, 2018 was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. Having said all that, who knows when this bubble will end and I’m still interested in meeting entrepreneurs with ambitious ideas around blockchain.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 2, 2023

For each dollar men raise in early-stage venture capital, women raise an average of $.38, Yet in a 2018 study of more than 350 startups conducted by Mass Challenge and Boston Consulting Group, businesses founded by women yielded higher revenue—more than two times as much per dollar invested—than those founded by men.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 28, 2017

This 2018, take some time out to refresh and recharge. The word is that a movie based on “ Ready Player One “ by Ernest Cline is slated to come out in 2018. The author is well respected across the venture capital community and startup founders,” Dana says.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 22, 2019

The question of venture capitalist versus angel investor often arises. Venture capital and angel investments offer excellent options to startup businesses. Most venture capital firms focus on targeted sectors of the business world, such as software, or on a specific geographical area when entertaining possible investments.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Sometimes that’s venture capital generally (like last year’s conversation with Reid Hoffman ) and sometimes it’s in a space where I’ve invested (like mobility and city innovation with Bird’s Travis VanderZanden , one of our portfolio founders.) Between the heavy hitters at the helm, the more than $1.4B

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2019

In 2018, for example, fintech investments in the U.S. But despite the favorable trend, fintech startups also face the same reality that all startups do – raising the capital to launch a business is no easy feat. You will face challenges and one of those could be raising capital. reached $11.9 Perseverance will get you through.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

To combat the lack of private venture funding in Canada, growth-stage businesses are leveraging public venture capital. Public venture capital has been vital in establishing Canada’s leadership in the resource space. Canada’s average deal size across all deals in 2018 was C$12 million.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Carlson founded Polychain Capital in 2016. Venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz among others put $15 million into it. Peter is the founder of Bay Street Capital Partners. In 2018, Live Current Media bought it for $5 million. She ran into legal trouble because of hyped expectations.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2017

In this recorded webinar, Five Steps to Maximize Your Valuation - I reveal the 5 steps you can take in 2018 to dramatically increase the sale price of your business, and dramatically decrease the time needed to achieve it, including: How to tailor your business value and sale story specifically for the unique conditions of these extremely strong business (..)

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

Venture capital (VC) investment is the primary funding source for regional startups. billion in 2018. Also, Southeast Asia’s startups raised a record $6 billion in the first quarter of 2021. In 2010, the VC investment in Southeast Asia startups was just $100 million. However, this amount could reach $9.6

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 8, 2018

With the current global movement for women’s rights and equality, IWD 2018 has spawned numerous initiatives including #PressForProgress and #TimeIsNow. While the hashtags vary, the common theme of 2018 is action.

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