YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

With venture capitalists around the world shifting their focus to Asia, here are 5 ways the surge in venture capital fundraising is shaking up the startup landscape in the region. KPMG’s Venture Pulse Q3 2017 reported that the Asian market has raised $12.3 Drives development in technology.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. It will also be my last venture capital deal. For me, I don’t mind sharing how I think about it.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Austin-Based Venture Capital Firms There are a eleven venture capital firms based in Austin that are actively investing today, six of which are first funds. VC Firms Actively investing in Austin Companies Finally, there are a group of venture capital firms that are not based in Austin that are active investors here.

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Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

645 Ventures: A New Era of Venture Capital Investing Arena Growth Partners We help great leaders build great businesses. Our unique approach to investing, coupled with a pioneering spirit, provides the vision to guide early stage growth companies beyond today and toward future success.

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The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 14, 2014

He was on the money when he said that for early stage investments having a great team is most important but for later stage investments the market matters more. Venture Capital' Marc Andreessen wrote about this once.

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David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

HBS Angels of NY and the NAIC have named the finalist women and minority entrepreneurs of the Venture Capital Access Program; check out the press release below. Select Finalists for Venture Capital Access Program. Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York and the. domestic market. domestic market.

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David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

HBS Angels of NY and the NAIC have named the finalist women and minority entrepreneurs of the Venture Capital Access Program; check out the press release below. Select Finalists for Venture Capital Access Program. Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York and the. domestic market. domestic market.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

How else can you explain this headline matching a story about a professional social network still trying to explore revenues raising $17mm on an $80mm valuation? While job recovery is slow, it seems that we've probably ducked that bullet and there won't be a major shift in people's interest in funding the venture capital asset class.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

This is part of my series on Understanding Venture Capital. In an early stage deal that fund might reserve 2x their initial investment or if it’s a larger round or later stage they might reserve 1x. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital VC Industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. What stage? When you are raising a large, later-stage round given by this time you’ve likely got a fairly large business to run. I would gladly work with you on a $50 million late-stage, complex financing. What price?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. What stage? When you are raising a large, later-stage round given by this time you’ve likely got a fairly large business to run. I would gladly work with you on a $50 million late-stage, complex financing. What price?

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

As the former CEO of a professional expert network , I’m a firm believer in the value of speedy access to relevant experts. I was excited to see that GLG (formerly Gerson Lehrman Group), the industry leader, is now offering a professional network service geared to the needs of the startup community: GLG Share.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Or that venture capital is a meritocracy? This doesn’t take into consideration, however, that venture capital is a financial product—a product that works for some people and doesn’t work for others. We know what the racial and gender wealth disparity looks like: This is a lesson taught to be by Jewel from Collab Capital.

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David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

Most importantly, we have regular meetings with later-stage VCs and enterprise clients both in the US and internationally to discuss our companies which fit their investment mandates. Effectively, we are a market maker between our portfolio companies and the late-stage VCs and large enterprises which are our co-investors.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2015

The fundraising process may start with friends and family, but may quickly shift to a bank loan, individual angel investors, or at a later stage, venture capital or private equity. Additionally, many of our angel investor introductions have come through the Wharton alumni network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

You also will find that the stage your startup is in dictates where you go to seek funding. Funding sources specialize in certain growth stages. Angel investors typically provide early-stage funding, while venture capital firms typically come in at later stages. Funding or rollout stage.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 27, 2023

This episode is brought to you by Business Made Simple hosted by Donald Miller and brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals hosted by Donald Miller Business Made Simple takes the Mystery out of growing your business. John Jantsch (09:02): And now let's hear from a sponsor.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

In the traditionally slow moving world of venture capital they have gone from standing start to raising $4bn across three funds in 5 years – Summit Partners , an older highly successful later stage VC took 15 years to achieve the same feat. Venture Capital'

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

Accelerators generally accept startups at a slightly later stage, and attempt to compress the timeline to commercialization into a few months, instead of a year or more. Peer-to-peer networking with other startups and founders in the same stage. Think of that challenge like competing for limited venture capital.

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Austin Startup

JULY 29, 2018

It doesn’t make any sense to pitch a later stage, “growth” investor with your seed stage idea just like it doesn’t make much sense to pitch a new tech startup to an investor who only does oil & gas. Angel Networks are more like VC’s than Angel Investors. Ask if they know anyone else that you should meet.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

In the stealth phase , prescient angel investors and Venture Capitalists (VCs) start investing in an industry or market segment that others have not yet found. In the case of this bubble, it was social networks, consumer and mobile applications, and the cloud. Filed under: Venture Capital.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

There’s no use banging your head against a VC’s door with a social network venture if they only invest in biotech companies. As noted above, most investors find most of their best investments through recommendations from people in their network, and that network now includes…you!

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2010

You also will find that the stage your startup is in dictates where you go to seek funding. Funding sources specialize in certain growth stages. Angel investors typically provide early-stage funding, while venture capital firms typically come in at later stages. Funding or rollout stage.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

You also will find that the stage your startup is in dictates where you go to seek funding. Funding sources specialize in certain growth stages. Angel investors typically provide early-stage funding, while venture capital firms typically come in at later stages. Funding or rollout stage.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 30, 2010

We have a good sense of what later stage VCs are going to look for and can help think about how much you need to raise to get additional interest down the line. My network is out there. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology. Sometimes, we even have good product feedback.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . Most of us want one spouse and we’re done.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It possesses a strong corporate base, talented workforce, and a vast network of nationally ranked universities, startup development organizations and innovation-minded companies to support a robust tech ecosystem,” said Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. In Houston, we are not just running, we are sprinting?—?in

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

He says they are just as selective on seed investments as they are in later stage deals. And Mike believes that entrepreneurs often need less capital to get started these days. Current round: $10mm in Series E from Alloy Ventures, Lightspeed, and Walden International. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

He’ll be speaking at this year’s Lean Startup Conference , and also has a new book (for which I very happily wrote a short foreword) coming out next month: Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It. What is venture capital, really? And what does a venture capital firm do?

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Genuine VC

MAY 5, 2015

One of my first mentors in venture capital explained to me that the key role of a VC is to “aggregate talent.” These great people are in our network. Even more of them are within our network’s network. Below, I’ll quickly explain the genesis of this initiative and share a few more key details.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. GCVF is pioneering the future of venture capital and high growth startups for all small communities. We plan to raise $2.5m

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Network effects of cities and innovation — and how it ties to inequality Just as there are network effects in online platforms, where a network grows more valuable to users the more users that join and use it, there are also network effects in the physical world. Venture capital. The same applies to cities.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 30, 2014

Accelerators focus on early-stage startups, while incubators are geared toward later-stage startups. An accelerator usually offers a small amount of capital, office space, and mentorship in exchange for a small amount of equity, usually less than 10 percent. Accelators. Our Accelerator Experience So Far.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2017

The angels say look at the deals we’ve done and the networks we have. Are you going to only invest from the fund, or are you going to create SPVs on deals in later stages? I don’t even know what differentiation means anymore as it all blurs together. Regional funds are trendy again.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2018

Networking & relationships are important so some events are fine but if you're addicted to being out of the office that should tell you something.  —  @msuster 8/ Don't spend undue time advising other people's startups until your business is successful, scaling & stable.

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A Crowded Space

MAY 18, 2017

I recently appeared on TwentyMinute VC podcast and declared that highly concentrated portfolios are the best way to invest as a venture capitalist. This started a debate between concentrated and diverse portfolios in venture capital. Much of the difference in opinion and approach stems from differences in stage of investment.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 8, 2012

While the seed capital gap has closed, there are still only a handful of venture capital firms here in NYC investing in the crucial Series A/B rounds. In contrast, many Silicon Valley funds are large with much capital to put to work (which is why we are seeing them lead NYC deals at these stages).

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