Venture capital (VC) is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as biotechnology, IT, software, etc.
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Don’t believe the hype: Why skepticism is increasingly important for VCs
Investing in technology startups is now riskier than ever — and here's why it's increasinly more important for VCs to cut ...
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It's 2020 and tech still sucks at diversity – here's how we fix it
The tech industry, which is ironically synonymous with innovation and progress, has a deep-rooted problem: A lack of diversity. Here's ...
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Skype co-founder raises €757M fund to back European tech startups
Skype's co-founder Niklas Zennstrom has raised €757 million ($820 million) for his VC fund Atomico to continue backing ...
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What’s venture capital and why does it matter for startups?
The term 'venture capital' is often thrown about in the tech startup world, but do you know what it means and how it works? ...
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Your first step to raising €1M: Fewer investors and bigger sums
We spoke to two technology startup founders about how they raised their first million and to find out how you can do too. ...
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What VC funds wish your startup knew about their selection process
Venture Capital is a competitive game, so understanding the VC process is integral to your success. There’s no doubt that ...
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[Best of 2019] Here’s how to save your elevator pitch from falling flat
A solid elevator pitch can be the difference between a successful startup launch or a lost opportunity. Even though it's ...
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A brief overview of what’s fueling the autonomous last-mile
To cut costs and deliver on consumer expectations, those exploring the last-mile space must continue to assess market conditions ...
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Software giant Oracle sues blockchain startup over similar name
One of the world's most powerful software companies is going after a blockchain-focused venture capital firm for alleged ...
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This 'factory of factories' helps hardware start-ups solve real problems in Kenya
[NAIROBI] Esther Mwangi, a 2014 graduate of economics from Kenyatta University in Kenya who wanted to venture into ...
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Here's how working with VCs can make you more than just money
Even though it might seem biased — coming from a VC — I genuinely believe that for ambitious founders looking to grow ...
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How BMW is innovating for the next generation of drivers
The BMW marque is synonymous with German build quality and innovation. But its latest innovation isn't on its vehicles at ...
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Sirin Labs cuts 25% of its workforce as CEO faces $50M lawsuit
One quarter of Sirin Lab's staff have been let go, while the firm maintains it is paying its employees in full, despite the ...
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Study: Women founders face challenges, but investor bias is rare
It's recently been confirmed that female-led startup companies get just 10 percent of venture capital investment. And according ...
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Innovative sex toys are challenging taboos and improving mental health
Dominnique Karetsos, CMO of MysteryVibe, a company that invents personalized pleasure products, has fully immersed herself ...
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This is how I started a successful B2B tech company
Less than a decade ago, I left a high-paying tech job in New York City to found my own SEO-optimization company. It was a ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Portugal
It might be everyone’s dream to move to Portugal. Beautiful beaches, amazing food, and weather. Its vibrant startup scene ...
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Blockchain investment still lags behind fintech despite record-breaking 2018
European blockchain technology companies had a record year in terms of VC investment in 2018, although overshadowed by funding ...
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Public pensions back new $40M blockchain fund raised by Morgan Creek
The pension funds of the Fairfax County police and its employees are now invested in blockchain, thanks to a new $40M digital ...
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Reflecting on my failure to build a billion-dollar company
This article was originally published on Medium by Sahil Lavingia, the Founder and CEO of Gumroad. In 2011 I left my job ...
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What big-time blockchain investors look for when funding a startup
At Hard Fork, we want to know what piques investors' interest, what drives them to back certain companies, what they're uninspired ...
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Here's how male (and white) VC firms are
CB Insights released its top 100 VC influencers, and guess what? There are only 9 women on the whole list. This isn't how ...
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Venture capital is really male and really really white — Arlan Hamilton wants to fix it
Arlan Hamilton, CEO and founder of Backstage Capital, wants to see more color in venture capital. Backstage focuses on ...
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Now's the time to bridge the gap between female health and technology
Most products are designed without taking the physiological differences between men and women into account.
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Let's stop worshipping Silicon Valley in 2019
Silicon Valley is basically this American generation’s Detroit. It’s a business hub, an economic engine, and the stuff ...
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Genies makes realistic looking Bitmoji that can be used in other apps
Genies has launched their new Android and iOS mobile app that lets users create a digital version of themselves that looks ...
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5 female entrepreneurs on how to perfect a pitch
With only two percent of all US venture capital going to female founders in 2017, saying women have it tough when pitching ...
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The rise of femtech funding clearly shows it's not a ‘niche’
This year the femtech industry is set to see more than $400 million, the most amount of funding than any year in the last ...
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Tesla’s woes unlikely to end soon, but startups can take a cue
“Funding secured.” When Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk tweeted the above statement early August, it kickstarted a ...
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Why Silicon Valley is no longer the place to be for your startup
By this point, everyone knows the legends and stories surrounding Silicon Valley. The origins of the biggest and most famous ...
