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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. Should SaaS companies trade at a 24x Enterprise Value (EV) to Next Twelve Month (NTM) Revenue multiple as they did in November 2021? But rest assured valuations get reset.

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Venture Investments Hit Record Highs

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JULY 15, 2021

The National Venture Capital Association says that venture capital activity in Q2 of 2021 has hit record highs, with the group saying, in particular, that seed and early-stage VC financings have hit record highs and new quarterly records. The NVCA said that $75.0 The NVCA said that $75.0

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Fifth Wall Rakes In $1.1B In Funds In 2021

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JANUARY 5, 2022

billion across its funds in 2021. The company said it made investments in more than 25 new companies in 2021, with exits at Procore, Blend, Doma, Hippo, and SmartRent. Los Angeles-based real estate technology investor Fifth Wall said Tuesday afternoon that it raised a total of $1.1

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Reflections on 2020: Greg Martin, Archer Venture Capital

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

Here, we have Greg Martin, Founder and Managing Partner of Archer Venture Capital (www.archervc.com). At Liquid Stock, we were fortunate the IPO market stayed red-hot and we had two successful IPOs with Sumo Logic and Wish along with the filing of Affirm, Marqeta and Robinhood which we expect to go public early in Q1/2021.

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MuckerLab Opens 2021 Accelerator Program Applications

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JUNE 21, 2021

Los Angeles-based startup accelerator and investor MuckerLab has opened up programs for its 2021 program, according to the accelerator. MuckerLab says it invests between $100,000 and $200,000 in companies in its accelerator program, with follow-on capital available over the lifespan of its investment.

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Upfront Ventures Raises > $650 Million for Startups and Returns > $600 Million to LPs

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JULY 26, 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was. 2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth. The answer is: not much.

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6 New Venture Funding Realities To Guide Your Efforts

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OCTOBER 17, 2022

A major chunk of this activity is provided by the newer class of “super angels,” who often look more like micro-VCs, except that they are investing their own money. Institutional venture capital dispensed in 2021 reached record highs of almost $330 billion, up significantly from the last few years.

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Fintech giant Klarna raises $639M at a $45.6B valuation amid ‘massive momentum’ in the US

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

billion in volume for the entire fiscal year of 2021 and Afterpay is projecting $16 billion in volume for its entire fiscal year. . March 2021 also represented a record month for global shopping volume with $6.9 Now we have more cash and money available to invest further in the long term.”.

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HBCUvc founder Hadiyah Mujhid on one way investors can advance racial equity

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2020

In response to VCs’ sudden rush to invest in more Black founders , Black venture capitalists and entrepreneurs have penned a bunch of advice on the best way to tap into talent. It held a city-based internship program with Los Angeles, which connects students to venture capital firms in the area.

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Manufacturing startup Divergent 3D reduces staff by one-third

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 24, 2020

Czinger is hopeful that by 2021 the company will be able to announce that its 3D-printed structures will be production vehicles. Those programs, which are for serial production vehicles, are moving forward, Czinger said. There will be delays as automakers have slowed or stopped operations.

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Nowadays puts its spin on plant-based nuggets

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 18, 2022

The alternative protein space is hot, hot, hot as evidenced by both the number of companies developing products and the venture capital going into the space. Investment into alternative proteins, for example, plant-based meats and dairy substitutes was $5 billion in 2021, according to both the Good Food Institute and Crunchbase data.

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Acorns To Go Public Via SPAC

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MAY 27, 2021

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., and will trade under the symbol OAKS on the Nasdaq Capital Market. and will trade under the symbol OAKS on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

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

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

“…The question before us is simple: Can the investing dynamics of the venture capital market slow to the point that startup valuations (expectations, essentially) reach parity with potential exit valuations (forecasts, essentially) before too many young tech companies are priced like early- to mid-2021 exits are still possible?

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Micromobility in limbo: Takeaways from Paris and LA

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Yet despite billions in VC money and plenty of hype , the future that micromobility companies promised still hasn’t quite arrived. In 2021, over 1.2 One study from 2021 found that e-scooter users in Paris are mainly men aged 18 to 29, have a high educational level, and usually jump on a scooter for travel time savings.

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5 Equity Crowdfunding Reflections Before You Sign Up

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of those demanding angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. This means less capability to ensure that invested funds are spent wisely or as planned. Risk is increased.

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7 Keys To Scaling Your Startup To Be The Next Unicorn

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

In my experience, here are some of the key elements of that “second-stage” of entrepreneurship: Move from small investors to major venture capital. Then there is the pressure to go public ( IPO ), and open your investment to thousands, maybe millions, of small investors. Bring in an experienced Board and world-class leaders.

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The New Style of Startup Vision: Smaller But Sharper?

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JUNE 28, 2021

” Sharper Startup Focuses Warrant Investment. “RFP and response management software combined with PreSales is a strategic area for investment at the moment for a lot of VC’s and PE companies, so it feels like Avnio is in the right place at the right time.”. However, investors have seen fit to pump $31.2

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Backed by Will Smith and FabFitFun, OurPlace brings cookware and dinnerware direct to consumers

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Amir Tehrani, the company’s co-founder and chief executive spent, his life in the cookware and kitchen business, while his wife, Shiza Tehrani, is the co-founder of the Malala Fund, supporting educational initiatives for young women around the world, and Now Ventures, an impact seed investment fund based in Los Angeles.

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6 Key Rules To Stay Competitive In The Digital World

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

In many cases, growing the ecosystem is so important that your best competitive move may be to invest in facilitating “competition,” such as Tesla Motors giving away their battery patents to other auto providers, without royalties, to build the ecosystem. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 05/20/2021.

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5 Ways Crowdfunding Is Not A Panacea For New Ventures

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors.

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

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 27, 2021

The investment also brings its total capital raised since its 2008 inception to $386 million. The company plans to do more acquisitions with the capital, according to Newton. The company plans to use its new capital to continue investing in its platform as well as toward strategic partnerships.

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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Venture Investments Hit Record Highs

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Fifth Wall Rakes In $1.1B In Funds In 2021

Reflections on 2020: Greg Martin, Archer Venture Capital

MuckerLab Opens 2021 Accelerator Program Applications

Upfront Ventures Raises > $650 Million for Startups and Returns > $600 Million to LPs

6 New Venture Funding Realities To Guide Your Efforts

Fintech giant Klarna raises $639M at a $45.6B valuation amid ‘massive momentum’ in the US

HBCUvc founder Hadiyah Mujhid on one way investors can advance racial equity

Manufacturing startup Divergent 3D reduces staff by one-third

Nowadays puts its spin on plant-based nuggets

Acorns To Go Public Via SPAC

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

Micromobility in limbo: Takeaways from Paris and LA

5 Equity Crowdfunding Reflections Before You Sign Up

7 Keys To Scaling Your Startup To Be The Next Unicorn

The New Style of Startup Vision: Smaller But Sharper?

Backed by Will Smith and FabFitFun, OurPlace brings cookware and dinnerware direct to consumers

6 Key Rules To Stay Competitive In The Digital World

5 Ways Crowdfunding Is Not A Panacea For New Ventures

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

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