crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Don’t let the sand, sun, and tourism of the South Beach distract you from Miami’s reputation as a great place for new businesses. The Kauffman Index recently named Miami the second most entrepreneurial city in the U.S., with the country’s highest startup density, 247.6 startups per 100,000 people. Sounding good? We think so.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 26, 2023

Hunter Walk: So why venture capital, why early stage, and why Canada? At 500, I had the opportunity to work with early-stage founders from around the world and quickly realized that this was where I wanted to spend my time. After DataHero was acquired, I felt like it was time to try something new.

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View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

This initial wave of applicants resulted in the selection of six initial Accelerator participants – female & male founders at startups hailing from the Bay Area to Miami to Alabama to Boston, ranging from b2b SaaS offerings to consumer services… all transforming people’s everyday lives.

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David Teten

MAY 14, 2013

I’m giving a talk next month on “ How Private Equity Funds Raise Capital and Source Deals with Social Media” at Terrapinn’s Private Equity Latin America & Real Estate Latin America conference in Miami. I discuss this topic in more depth in an earlier article I wrote. What else do you think I should discuss?

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2016

Goldstein, author of “ Why Are There Snowblowers in Miami? “. Goldstein is a proven leader who has held executive positions with leading global brands, such as American Express, Sears, and Citigroup, as well as several early-stage enterprises. By Steven D. Start-up companies obviously face many difficulties.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Besides, there were a limited number of places where I could do my job in venture capital anyway—and while I might be a go to for a pitch from super early stage pre-seed and seed founders looking for quick answers and decisive term sheets in New York City, the reality is that I would be pretty far down the list in the Valley.

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David Teten

APRIL 18, 2014

Going forward, VCAP will primarily focus on 25-35 of the most investment-ready early-stage women and minority owned companies (the “VCAP Fellows”). Lastly, the most investment-ready VCAP Fellows will also be introduced to early stage VCs (e.g., ff Venture Capital) for investment consideration.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 12, 2016

Goldstein, author of “ Why Are There Snowblowers in Miami? Goldstein is a proven leader who has held executive positions with leading global brands, such as American Express, Sears, and Citigroup, as well as several early-stage enterprises. His forthcoming book, “ Why Are There Snowblowers in Miami?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2015

With the daily demands of running a business along with the financial pressures and challenges inherent in early-stage companies, a business valuation may not be the first thing an entrepreneur thinks of when he awakes each morning. Janet Chase, CPA, ASA, ABV , is a director of business valuation in Kaufman Rossin’s Miami office.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We want to invest in early-stage technology enabled startup businesses – upfront in the funding cycle. They don’t assign tasks and then whisk off to Aspen or to Hawaii or Miami or wherever else tech gatherings are happening. Strictly for example sake I’ll take our mission at Upfront Ventures.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Originally created in the mid 1990’s to help with the imprecise problem of how to value early stage companies, especially those in technology, I developed what soon became known as “The Berkus Method” when published in the popular book, “Winning Angels” by Harvard’s Amis and Stevenson with my permission in 2001.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Juan Pablo Cappello is an investor in more than twenty early stage companies. He is also the co-founder of Idea.me, Sauber Energy, and the LAB Miami. Juan Pablo was a partner in Patagon.com and was elected “Top 50 Entrepreneur” by Business Leader Magazine. His blog can be found at www.jpc.vc.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Obviously the funding environment has changed considerably in 2022 but as early-stage investors our daily jobs stay largely unchanged. We are proud to announce the close of our 7th early-stage fund with $280 million to invest in seed and early stage founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

So I went from San Diego to LA to Miami to the south of France. You’ve got entrepreneurs and founders who are really – a lot of them are in the very early stage of their startup. I didn’t have someone willing to offer me a job in Spain. I had someone willing to offer me a job in France. So that didn’t suck.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas is well capitalized Silicon Valley has traditionally received a disproportionate share of private, early-stage funding compared to other geographies given its density of firms focused on these types of investments and the number of start-ups and private companies in the region.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

Think intimate practice pitch sessions featuring real-time feedback from the NextView team and the broader early-stage investment community. Rather, we work with each team on an individual basis and come up with a specialized fundraising plan, catered to YOUR business and YOUR goals.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

I’ve offered to fund an early stage company where I promised cash in bank in less than 30 days. He was working on a big deal at his company Public Spend when his client, a Miami public official, was arrested for fraud. I’ve offered to fund an early stage company where I promised cash in bank in less than 30 days.

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David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

However, VCs, who pride themselves on making bold bets, have rarely funded entrepreneurs in Quadrant IV, particularly at the early stage. 645 Ventures is a seed and early-stage venture fund that focuses on Internet and software companies. Another example is 645 Ventures, a new venture fund founded by Nnamdi Okike.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

And today, we have a group of early adopter premium members who are making good use of the program. In over 100 roundtables, I have personally coached more than 400 early-stage entrepreneurs. It would also result in creating at least 10 million jobs around the world. Over 7,000 people have attended the roundtables.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Most were in SF, mostly early stage, some generating buzz out of YC or 500 Startups, almost entirely ‘check-in’ type apps. Folks in Miami will say Chicago is cold, Enterprisey, no vibes, and yolo miami bro. LLH: When starting Belly in 2011, yeah, we were tracking something like 15 companies in the Loyalty space.

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