allthingsd.com

JULY 16, 2012

Venture Capital Has Its Biggest Quarter Since Dot-Com Days. venture capitalists put $8.1 venture capitalists put $8.1 It’s clear that factors like the greater American economy and the bumpy tech IPO market don’t necessarily have a direct and/or timely correlation with venture capital spending.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2023

The characters can speak any language and HourOne uses generative AI also to help users come up with the script, based on a text prompt; Munch uses AI to create automated short clips from long form video content leveraging generative AI for descriptions, subtitles and tags.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

VENTURE CAPITAL. You are here: Home / Startups / Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Filed Under: Startups , Tech Tagged With: Madrona , Startups , Tech , Venture capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2010

billion invested during the same three-month period in 2009, according to the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Overall, venture capital investment fell in the United States last year but rose elsewhere. Tags: entrepreneur startups investors venture capital business. Marty Zwilling.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of venture capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally. The New Structure of the Venture Capital industry. or Euro-centric phenomenon. Happy Thanksgiving.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2010

But until now, I’ve never seen a study of exactly how that plays out for startup founders for current venture-backed companies, specifically: race, age, experience and the number of founders per company. California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. I’m not even talking about your 12-page Powerpoint presentation that you need to raise venture capital or to talk with potential biz dev partners. You get the point.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

I have to start with a major negative: if you have to ask if your startup can get venture capital, then it almost certainly can’t. Venture capital is a very rarified atmosphere of high-end startups and emerging businesses with experienced management teams, high potential growth, secret sauce, and so on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2019

No real investor or venture capital firm asks for money from the company they are intending to invest in. A simple inquiry or response to one of these emails will get you permanently tagged as a prime scam candidate, meaning a flood of new deals. Off-shore unsolicited investor offers. Won the lottery. Delete these quickly.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog. The Original Post (after the jump): Venture Capital, By Mark Suster (December 2nd, 2006). I don’t plan to write the authoritative venture capital blog, just some anecdotes.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

I was on This Week in Venture Capital today with Jason Calacanis talking about the big VC deals at the moment and talking about the VC industry. Talked about the roles of partners, venture partners, associates and principals in a VC. - Tags: VC Industry. My blog and what it’s done for my deal flow. - and much more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2010

Last week at an angel investor forum I was privileged to meet Stephanie Spong, who is a Principal with EPIC Ventures, an increasingly rare early stage VC firm. Stephanie: I am a venture capitalist currently based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico, with EPIC Ventures. Stephanie: I love building companies. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

This is part of my series with Advice on Raising Venture Capital. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Raising Venture Capital Start-up Advice Startup Advice. I recently wrote a post on how to Deal with your Elephants in the Room during your VC meetings.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. What Do VC’s Do?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Tags: This Week in Venture Capital VC Industry. Investors: Greylock (James Slavet). Do you know more about any of these deals? Want to debate them? No competitor bashing, please. But let’s further the discussion in the comments.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Filed under: Customer Development , Venture Capital. Tags: Customer Development Venture Capital. Early sales from board members or friends are great for morale and cash but may not be indicative of learning and discovering a business model.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

If you want to raise venture capital more easily the advice could be quite practical and counter-intuitive. Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. It is 2010. Or are you sure that they’re really supportive of you?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. Tags: Startup Advice This Week in Venture Capital. It was accept the terms or go into bankruptcy so we took the money.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2010

Thirty plus years ago when I came to Silicon Valley Asian’s and Indian’s in high technology were a small minority and almost none were running companies or in venture capital. Filed under: Customer Development , Venture Capital. Tags: Customer Development Venture Capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

It is no secret that the world of venture capital (VCs) has been turned upside down by the recession, and the many other changes in the marketplace. I conclude that the genesis of this trend seems to come from several forces, including the following: Less investment capital available due to the recession. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2023

You have an advantage if you can get them on your turf, and even get several key employees to tag-team the presentation. Your idea alone will not get you a loan, but your experience running businesses may get you a loan, even if not intimately related to the current proposal. Conduct meetings at your site, not at the bank.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2010

Back to VCs, Silicon Valley venture capital firms are still the most active. For the 1st quarter, Healthcare remained the largest single sector for venture money. So what can you do to get to the head of the venture capital investment queue? Tags: startups venture capital business.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

million in a second round led by previous backer Genesis Partners and joined by T-Venture , the venture capital company of Deutsche Telekom. Started in 2008 by Eran Gilad, Yaniv Ben-Arie, Asaf Shtekler and Niv Singer, the company has a headcount of 15 in Tel Aviv and works with Israeli agencies and advertisers.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Among the Khan Academy videos are several on the subject of venture capital , including "Raising money for a startup," "Getting a seed round from a VC," and "Going back to the till: Series B.". Tags: Tips. But math and science aren't the only topics Khan teaches.

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VC Adventure

MARCH 22, 2010

You already know the about the state of the venture capital industry in 2009: venture investing down (32%), exits down (14%; slowest exit year for VC backed companies since 1995), fundraising down (56%), IPO’s almost non-existent (8 venture backed IPOs in 2009). Related posts: Venture capital is dead!

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

You have an advantage if you can get them on your turf, and even get several key employees to tag-team the presentation. Your idea alone will not get you a loan, but your experience running businesses may get you a loan, even if not intimately related to the current proposal. Conduct meetings at your site, not at the bank. Marty Zwilling.

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Up and Running

JUNE 30, 2010

Scott has excellent in-depth data, complete with some eloquent business charts, in his Trends in Venture Capital post yesterday on Small Business Trends. What it shows is the total amount of investment money managed by venture capital firms, in billions of dollars, from 1982 through 2009. Hooray for bootstrapping.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Last week, we looked at one of the latest reports from the investment research firm CB Insights , tracking the top venture capital firms across the U.S. Tags: Analysis. in terms of their deal activity. Social, advertising, and gaming were the top three sub-industries in terms of deal flow as well.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 13, 2010

T he latest IVC Online Report is out and Q3 results are in: 96 Israeli high-tech companies raised $341 million from venture capital funds and other venture investors – both local and foreign – in the third quarter of 2010. Capital Raised by Israeli High-Tech Companies by Quarter ($M).

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Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2010

And the beneath-the-surface rumblings were about how it was screwing up the venture capital business model. It’s more about the changing texture of investment, and the relative weight of angels vs. venture capital. That’s where venture capital is normally strong. No, I don’t have data.

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Up and Running

JUNE 22, 2010

Audrey Watters posted “Is Venture Capital Broken?&# The title is direct reference to an essay, titled “Venture Capital is Broken&# , which angel investor Chris Sacca released as the “creed&# of his new investment firm, Lowercase Capital. this weekend on ReadWriteWeb’s startup channel.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The law firm Fenwick & West LLP has released its Third Quarter 2010 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey. The survey looks at the valuations and the terms of financing for over 100 technology companies in Silicon Valley that reported raising capital in the third quarter of this year. Tags: Analysis.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

A midst a 72% decline in funds raised by Israeli venture capital funds in 2009, Battery Ventures announced the completion of its new fund, BV-9, totaling $750 million. The Israeli office of Battery Ventures includes: Scott Tobin, Itzik Parnafes, Avi Domoshevizki, Eyal Shinar and David Sokolic.

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aweissman.com

JULY 31, 2007

Venture Capital. Rarely have I read a more interesting essay about the psychology of venture investing than this piece written by Todd Jaquez - Fissori. If venture investing interests you, please read the whole thing. Tags: venturecapital. skip to main | skip to sidebar. aweissman.com. Jul 31, 2007. at 2:22 PM.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ]. Other venture capital links.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

Only three Israeli venture capital funds completed their fund raising efforts in 2009: Sequoia Capital Israel , announced final closing of Sequoia IV, a $200 million vintage 2009 fund. These losses have reduced capital available for investments. as its main investor). A sign of the times or lack of performance?

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Now that September is here, venture capital activity will pick up as usual. Here are a few of the companies who raised venture capital in August that I found really interesting. Or maybe because they show that all types of companies can raise venture capital. Tags: Dave Lavinsky. Or maybe both.

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