Tag: fundraising
Longtime LP Chris Douvos shares how COVID-19 could shake up venture industry
‘I think the venture industry as a whole is going to get, you know, kind of resized over the coming years’ Connie Loizos @Cookie / 7 hours Chris Douvos runs a fund of funds called Ahoy Capital that manages assets on behalf of numerous nonprofit institutions, endowments and foundations throughout…
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Where top VCs are investing in D2C
Don’t over-index the Casper mess; investors say there’s strength yet in the sector If you’re looking for toothbrushes, skin-care face masks, mattresses, glasses or even socks, there’s a digitally-native, direct-to-consumer (D2C) company or two that can help you out. And thanks to smart digital marketing, the cult followings that ensue…
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$100M rounds are down but not out in 2020
For now, the late-stage venture world simply isn’t as bad as we expected Alex Wilhelm 7 hours Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. This morning we’re taking a look at mega-rounds: funding events of $100 million or…
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Corporate venture business strategies that work
BIll Taranto Contributor GHI Fund President Bill Taranto has spent more than two decades in the healthcare industry and has 15 years of experience in healthcare investing. In addition to his venture investing knowledge, Bill has decades of management operations experience. There are nearly 2,000 corporate venture capital (CVC) firms…
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GC’s Niko Bonatsos on Y Combinator, edtech and investing in the shadow of coronavirus
‘Assume that your budget and everything is going to get recut’ Danny Crichton 7 hours This week, Extra Crunch hosted a call with General Catalyst managing director Niko Bonatsos to discuss a number of startup topics, including what the novel coronavirus is doing to investing in the Valley, as well…
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All Raise CEO Pam Kostka on how the world isn’t ending
‘What we know for certain is that the next great companies are born from these correction cycles’ Natasha Mascarenhas @nmasc_ / 7 hours This isn’t the first economic downturn All Raise CEO Pam Kostka has been through. “I was here during the dot-com bust and rush, and here during the…
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