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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

This was the big consumer behavior story of 2018, behind the rapid rise of digitally-native vertical brands (like the breakout , Hims), and the rise of prosumer-level data applications (like breakout Airtable). Consider the above paragraph versus how this year started. 2/ The Scooter Phenomenon.

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Introducing our latest investment: Mattermark – Big Data Comes to VC

Version One Ventures

The product collects, cleans, and curates data from news sites, SEC filings, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, AngelList, CrunchBase, and more. It offers custom reports, real-time updates, specific filtering, and easy organization of start-ups based on stage, vertical, geography, and Mattermark score (a proprietary index that measures momentum).

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Bitesize Tuesday: Tracx, Innovid, Kenshoo, uTest and More Investment Rounds [recap]

VC Cafe

With verticals such as web, gaming, mobile and desktop software, utest has managed to tap into the vast market of companies that don’t have in-house QA teams. from undisclosed investors as it emerged from this SEC filing. Founded by CEO Meir (Iri) Zohar, eXalate has offices in New York and Kfar Saba, Israel.

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11 Things I've learned from running a micro VC in the last year

Hippoland

Per SEC rules, you can only accept 99 accredited investors into your fund. I know so many aspiring micro VCs who go into this, because they want to fund more women or minorities or geographies or some vertical that is underfunded. We felt fortunate and incredibly thankful to our investors to be able to raise our fund in < 1 year.

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11 Things I've learned from running a micro VC in the last year

Hippoland

Per SEC rules, you can only accept 99 accredited investors into your fund. I know so many aspiring micro VCs who go into this, because they want to fund more women or minorities or geographies or some vertical that is underfunded. We felt fortunate to be able to raise our fund in < 1 year.

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What early stage fundraising in 2018 looks like?

Hippoland

This will depend A LOT on the idea and vertical.). If your ICO is not in compliance with SEC regulations, you can get shut down by the SEC. For your “typical” software deal, the stage after us (seed-stage) is probably around $30k-$50k per month in revenue as of writing this post.

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What early stage fundraising in 2018 looks like?

Hippoland

This will depend A LOT on the idea and vertical.). If your ICO is not in compliance with SEC regulations, you can get shut down by the SEC. For your “typical” software deal, the stage after us (seed-stage) is probably around $30k-$50k per month in revenue as of writing this post.