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Portfolium Acquired By Instructure

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Portfolium was founded in 2014, and was led by founder and CEO Adam Markowitz. Portfolium had been venture backed by SFJ Ventures, University Ventures, USA Funds, the Tech Coast Angels, Taner Halicioglu of Keshif Ventures, and others. READ MORE>>.

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A Chat With Kelly Perdew: Moonshots Capital And Its First Dedicated Fund

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This morning, Moonshots Capital (www.moonshotscapital.com), led by Kelly Perdew and Craig Cummings , announced its first formal fund, a $19M seed stage fund. We had been doing that for several years, and decided we wanted to start syndicating deals in September of 2014, so we formed Moonshots Capital. That was the umbrella.

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Five Years After Y Combinator First Admits Biotechs, They’re Dug In

Xconomy

Five years ago, the big tech incubator Y Combinator started to welcome life sciences companies into its sizable startup classes, which had previously nurtured entrepreneurs in information technology almost exclusively. That opening to biotech startups in 2014 was controversial at the time.

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2014 Was An Amazing Year for the Pasadena Angels

Steve Reich

2014 Pasadena Angels Performance. • 4 Exits, including Bluebeam for $100mm. • $4.7mm in new funding for portfolio companies. • We’ve also been building relationships with incubators and other investors in the ecosystem. 17 Deals closed, 10 new and 7 follow-on rounds. • 20 New Angels joined.

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Let Me Count The Ways Entrepreneurs Fund Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. This is the primary source of non-personal funds for very early-stage startups.

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10 Reasons For Joining The New Startup Wave Now

Startup Professionals Musings

I believe the days of the “job work” mentality are thankfully waning, with more people looking to get satisfaction by making the world a better place, rather than just tolerating brain-numbing work to fund enjoyment elsewhere. 275 IPOs were completed in 2014, topping the 2013 total of 222 by more than 23%. million businesses in 2014.

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Data Elite | First Venture Lab for Big Data Launched by Andreessen Horowitz, Formation8, Ron Conway & Others

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Venture lab & early stage fund for big data startups and scientists. Founded by Tasso Argyros and Stamos Venios , the lab is Silicon Valley’s first venture lab and early stage fund for big data startups and scientists, complete with working space, support staff That will help build disruptive big data firms.

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