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Blockstream

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– Austin Hill , co-founder Blockstream (FPV’s newest portfolio company). I founded FuturePerfect Ventures earlier this year because I believe that technology’s potential for positive social impact is still in formative stages.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

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Kiva co-founder Jessica Jackley’s latest venture Profounder is one platform that could power these transactions. As Western growth stalls, and emerging and frontier markets (such as Africa) grow, we will collaborate in ways not imagined before. What’s Next in 2012…. And Beyond….

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Blockstream

thebarefootvc

– Austin Hill , co-founder Blockstream (FPV’s newest portfolio company). I founded FuturePerfect Ventures earlier this year because I believe that technology’s potential for positive social impact is still in formative stages.

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. Today, we are lucky to welcome Dan Kimerling of Deciens Capital. Venture Capital is not a complicated business.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc.,

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. Of the 43 U.S.-based