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6 New Venture Funding Realities To Guide Your Efforts

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on the best evidence I can find, the genesis of this trend and the advantages come from several evolutionary changes in the startup investment industry, and some innovations driven by the recession several years ago and the recent pandemic: Venture capital funds are regaining momentum. Marty Zwilling.

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Acorns To Go Public Via SPAC

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Irvine-based savings and investing app developer Acorns said today that it will be going public, via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with Pioneer Merger Corp., The transaction will give the company a fully diluted equity value of $2.2 and will trade under the symbol OAKS on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

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Faraday Future Gets $225M In Bridge Loan

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Los Angeles-based electric vehicle developer Faraday Future (FF) says it has received a new, $225M Senior Bridge Financing, from Birch Lake Fund Management, LP, ahead of a $1.25 billion equity capital raise it is running with Stifel Nicolaus & Co.

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How long can Zuckerberg afford to bankroll the AR/VR market?

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This writeup from industry analyst Karl Guttag showcases how Magic Leap has turned away from several of the key technologies it raised billions of dollars to develop with its latest hardware which he nevertheless believes will “blow away” the HoloLens 2 in image quality. “ Crypto investment starts 2022 with a roar.

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7 Keys To Scaling Your Startup To Be The Next Unicorn

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience, here are some of the key elements of that “second-stage” of entrepreneurship: Move from small investors to major venture capital. Of course, that means a mindset willing to give up much more equity, and taking on a whole new level of risk. Switch your focus from product development to sales.

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6 Key Rules To Stay Competitive In The Digital World

Startup Professionals Musings

Apple pulled ahead of other mobile phones in its early days largely because it cultivated an ecosystem of software developers who created iPhone apps to meet every consumer niche and need. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 05/20/2021. You need to be part of a larger ecosystem. These tolerate negative cash flows for growth.

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Canada’s newest unicorn: Clio raises $110M at a $1.6B valuation for legal tech

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and OMERS Growth Equity. Much like how Microsoft Windows defined the operating system for personal computers decades ago, Clio has developed a software platform for law firms and their clients that is cloud-based and client-centric by design,” Newton said. With 5 new unicorns in first week of 2021, are we in for a stampede this year?

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