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Pioneer Square Labs – Investing More In Seattle

Feld Thoughts

PSL, based in Seattle, is a not a VC firm, accelerator, or incubator, but instead is a startup studio, which is a company that creates companies. PSL was announced today and GeekWire’s conference and there’s an extremely comprehensive post explaining how it works at Top Seattle investors raise $12.5M

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups.

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Our Q2 2016 Round-Up

Version One Ventures

Seattle-based sales tech company Outreach raised more $17.5 In the words of TechCrunch , “showing signs the startup wants to be more of a Facebook and less of an Instagram in its field.”. We still like marketplaces (and recently syndicated our marketplace handbook in deck form ), but we’re also looking toward the AI/ML space.

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Another $100,000 For Every TechStars Company

Feld Thoughts

Today, TechStars announced that they’ve raised $24 million from a broad syndicate of investors to fund an additional $100,000 for every TechStars company going forward. To date, there are over 75 VCs and angels that are funding TechStars programs in Boulder, Boston, Seattle, and New York.

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Million Dollar PR On A Dime

YoungUpstarts

Local newspapers are likely to be interested in your business startup and entrepreneurial story. The inventors of a reusable grocery bag were featured in their local Denver newspaper, which then was syndicated and ended up running in newspapers around the country. A local story can extend well beyond your local market.

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

Gust

Speaking with many angel leaders , I believe we have identified several possible explanations for group-to-group variations: 1) Clearly, startup ventures in some business verticals command high pre-money valuations that others. Wilmington Investor Network. Wilmington, NC. Launchpad Angels. Golden Angels. up slightly. Alliance of Angels.

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Transparent Funding Announcements

Feld Thoughts

Kyle and his team went through Techstars Boulder in 2012 before moving back to Atlanta and being leaders in energizing the Atlanta startup community. I don’t know if it’s because Danielle is in the bay area (while Rand is in Seattle), or the story has broadened. Interestingly, the media wrote more this time.

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