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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

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Seed investments are down by any measure (funds, deals, dollars) over the past 3 years in deals < $1 million AND in deals between $1–5 million. As you can see below the number of seed funds shot up dramatically between 2006 and 2014. thus the rise of “pre seed” investing). What gives?

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London and SF have become Impact Tech hubs, with 280% increase in VC in 5 years

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New research has found that San Francisco and London have become two of the world’s leading hubs for VC investment into tech solutions that address one or more of the 17 UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), more commonly referred to as “Impact Tech” They are followed by Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Shanghai and Beijing.

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Venture Numbers From Dow Jones Also Show Big Investment Drop

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According to Dow Jones, it also tabulated a decline in fourth quarter investments in 2012, with companies raising $6.6 billion invested across 3,363 deals, which also represented a decline from 2011, a 15 percent drop in capital and 4 percent decline in deals. billion was invested in those deals, down from $3.2 billion in 2011.

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BeSmartee Gets Funding For Mortgage Software

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Huntington Beach-based BeSmartee, a developer of digital mortgage software, said Tuesday that it has received a strategic growth investment. Size of the new investment was not announced. The company was founded in 2006. The funding came from M33 Growth. BeSmartee is led by CEO Tim Nguyen, and was co-founded by Veronica Nguyen.

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Interview with Richard Wolpert, Acrew Capital

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Richard Wolpert: I joined Accel at the end of 2006. Accel has grown so much since I joined, I think they probably have 25 investment partners now. Theresa Gouw, one of the three founders of Acrew, worked closely with me from 2006 to 2013, when she left. Tell us about how you ended up joining this new fund?

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Qualcomm's Jacobs Sees The Light With New Investment

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Flarion had been acquired by Qualcomm in 2006 for $805M. Laroia was a VP at Qualcomm from 2006 until 2011. Light was co-founded by Dr. Rajiv Laroia, who was previously the CTO of Flarion Technologies--whose base technology became LTE. READ MORE>>. qualcomm paul jacobs light venture capital flarion photography digital photo hardware'

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Aaron Fyke, Thin Line Capital: The Second Wave Of Cleantech Investing

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There's a new opportunity in clean technology investments, according to venture capitalist Aaron Fyke , the head of a new, Pasadena-based venture capital investment fund, Thin Line Capital (www.thinlinecapital.com). Aaron Fyke: I believe we're in a second wave of clean tech investing. Talk about the new firm and the new fund?

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