AltAssets

APRIL 12, 2024

The post Startup, VC veteran pair back fundraising with third FireBrand Ventures fund first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News. FireBrand Ventures is back in the market with its third flagship fundraise, three years after closing its sophomore investment vehicle.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 12, 2024

Image source: Getty Images If you have your own small business, you're probably already pretty busy. There's a lot to manage, including developing products or services, keeping customers happy, and hiring the help you need. And on top of all that, you also need to manage your company's finances.

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AltAssets

APRIL 15, 2024

The post Lakestar picks up $600m for pair of funds to advance Europe’s digital startups first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News. Switzerland-headquartered Lakestar has hit a $600m double close for two new funds - Lakestar Early IV and Lakestar Growth II.

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FinSMEs

JANUARY 24, 2024

Here’s the thing: startups usually find themselves in a dog-eat-dog market, where anything can make or break their long-term success. However, many startup founders underestimate the value […] The post The Impact of Custom Software Development on Venture Capital and Startup Growth appeared first on FinSMEs.

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FinSMEs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Whenever people talk about finding funding for a startup, the recommendations are usually impractical for early-stage operations. Venture capitalists, for instance, tend to avoid funding prototypes or early-stage startups. When VCs invest in a startup, they like to do their due diligence and monitor it carefully.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 13, 2021

They’re “playing startup” as opposed to actually building a company. It’s easy… If the very first thing you did after coming up with your idea was make a pitch deck for fundraising, versus trying to sell or test customers on it, you’re probably playing startup, not building a company. How do you know which is which?

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AltAssets

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The post Intuitive Ventures scores $150m for medtech startups first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News. California-based Intuitive Ventures has closed its sophomore fund with $150m to “reimagine the future of minimally invasive care”.

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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The post Oxx boosts European software startups with $190m first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News. Specialist VC investor Oxx has closed its second flagship fund at $190m to scale B2B software companies across the continent.

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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Venture capital firm Twelve Below has raised $108m across two new funds to invest in pre-seed and seed-stage software startups. The post New York VC firm doubles down on software startups with $108m double fundraise first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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AltAssets

APRIL 10, 2024

The post Austrian bank-backed Elevator Ventures unveils €70m fund to support DACH, CEE startups first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News. Elevator Ventures, the venture capital arm of Raiffeisen Bank International, is looking to “bridge financing gaps” with the launch of a new fund.

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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Failup Ventures, a Finland-based VC firm, has reached €30m of a €50m target for its debut fund to support early-stage Nordic and US startups. The post New venture firm to serve Nordic-American startups with €50m fund first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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FinSMEs

DECEMBER 13, 2023

TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE), a Paris, France-based multi-energy company, acquired three startups that have benefited from its TotalEnergies On acceleration program based at STATION F in Paris.

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Entrepreneur - VC

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Social media offers a level playing field for startups to build their brand presence, but the high competition necessitates a strategic and streamlined social media branding approach.

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SuperAngel.Fund

MARCH 11, 2024

Consumer startups make for better businesses than enterprise SaaS. I genuinely believe this. And, as it turns out, there’s a lot of data to back this up. Recently, the team at Forerunner ( Jason Bornstein Kirsten Green ), published a deep-dive on the size and impact of consumer companies in the United States.

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Africa Capital Digest

APRIL 21, 2024

The post TLG Capital provides financing facility to debt collections startup first appeared on Africa Capital Digest. To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. Current members login here) [.]

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Entrepreneur - VC

JULY 13, 2023

Discover the essentials of building a robust startup, from assembling the right team to employing guerrilla marketing, and turn the odds of success in your favor.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 25, 2021

.” And yet the thing that makes me think this could be the new normal and not the late stages of a bubble is the dramatic increase in the number of people who are choosing to work in or form new startups. It has never been easier to start a company, build a team, and build a product. And many people are choosing to do just that.

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AltAssets

JUNE 30, 2023

Indian agtech investor Omnivore has hit a $150m first close for its third fund, which is targeting startups developing breakthrough technologies for agriculture, food, climate and the rural economy. The post Indian agri-startup investor Omnivore strikes $150m Fund III first close first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Bethnal Green Ventures has hit £33m at first close of its latest fund, which aims to support 100 startups ‘addressing global challenges’ over the next four years. The post VC firm hauls in £33m to back 100 ‘tech for good’ startups first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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AltAssets

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The post Android co-founder raises $410m for transformative deep tech, science startups first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News. Andy Rubin, the co-founder of Google's Android operating system, has seen his incubator firm Playground Global close its third flagship fund on $410m.

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AltAssets

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Denmark-headquartered Unconventional Ventures has hit a second close for its €30m fundraise targeting early-stage startups led by underrepresented founders. The post Unconventional Ventures fighting for diversity in startup founders with debut fund first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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FinSMEs

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

SeaFund, a Bangalore, India-based investment firm, invested Rs 5 crore across five DeepTech startups. The backed startups are Redwings, Docker Vision, Swapp Design, Simatricals and Evhicle. FinSMEs 21/11/2023 The post SeaFund Invests in 5 DeepTech Startups appeared first on FinSMEs.

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FinSMEs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

venture studio program is designed to launch new technology startups and accelerate the growth of early-stage startups. – Program to Launch Technology Startups and Accelerate Business Growth appeared first on FinSMEs. The Elev X!

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

That prediction obviously turned out pretty wrong, but it did drum up a whole lot of chatter about the right ingredients for building a startup community—about New York vs Boston on the East Coast and whether cities like Austin and Seattle would ever break through. Startup founders always need help. New Yorkers help each other out.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 18, 2024

These are people that didn’t make their money through a tech startup or startup investing. Some of these folks are founders and CEOs, but not at high-growth tech startups. They might not understand how a pre-revenue startup could be worth anything, let alone be valued at $5mm. Perhaps they inherited it.

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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

OSS Capital, which bills itself as the first and only early-stage VC exclusively dedicated to backing commercial open source startup founders, is raising up to $75m for a new fund. The post Open-source startup focused VC house OSS Capital back with third flagship fundraise first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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AltAssets

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Harpoon Ventures, founded by two-time Olympic medallist Larsen Jensen, has closed its third flagship fund to support US enterprise technology startups. The post Olympic medallist’s VC firm raises $125m for tech startups first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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AltAssets

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The post Golden Ventures, formed as a reaction to struggles of Canadian startup challenges, beats $100m in fifth fundraise first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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AltAssets

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

PhotonVentures has launched a venture capital fund aimed at early-stage photonic chip startups and scale ups. €60 The post PhotonVentures raises €60 million to back Europe’s photonics startups first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 22, 2023

For more crisp and insightful business and economic news, subscribe to The Daily Upside newsletter. It's completely free and we guarantee you'll learn something new every day. Banks and lenders around the world have been throwing trillions of dollars at bonds, betting that a cooling economy won't fully collapse and hit currently high yields.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

He describes Rise of the Rest as “going beyond Silicon Valley and coastal dollars to find early-stage startups and invest in these companies.” The post MiB: Steve Case on AOL, Startups & Venture appeared first on The Big Picture. The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future by Steve Case. Rubenstein.

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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The post NXTP doubles down on booming LatAm startup sector with new B2B fund close first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News. Latin America-based B2B venture capital firm NXTP has raised $98m for the final close of its third fund.

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Entrepreneur - VC

JULY 28, 2023

Get tips on how to form an effective founding startup team, focusing on hiring the right culture fits, creating a flexible structure and fostering a feedback-rich environment.

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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The post Silicon Valley VC firm launches its largest fund for B2B tech startups first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News. Monta Vista Capital, a seed-stage venture capital firm, has rolled out plans to raise $48m for its latest vehicle without the help of institutional investors.

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AltAssets

JULY 25, 2023

The post Mediobanca and Founders Factory to nurture 35 startups with €12m investment first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News. In a new initiative aimed at reshaping the financial services landscape, Mediobanca, Italy’s top-tier investment bank, has joined forces with Founders Factory.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

A new startup called Roam wants to use a little-known aspect of home loans called an assumable mortgage to make buying a home more affordable. Indeed, a recent Redfin report said the median mortgage payment had reached a monthly high of over $2,600, making it "more expensive than ever to buy a home." What's all this about a 2% mortgage rate?

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Entrepreneur - VC

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

There are many easy-to-overlook factors that, when tended to properly, can give your startup a much higher chance of taking off.

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