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The 'valley of death' for climate lies between early-stage funding and scaling up | TechCrunch
It's easier for climate companies to get enough funding to get started. It's much harder once they need money to scale. (2024)
Anthropic's $5B, 4-year plan to take on OpenAI | TechCrunch
AI research startup Anthropic aims to raise as much as $5 billion over the next two years to take on rival OpenAI. (2023)
Beacons raises $6 million for its link-in-bio homepage builder that lets creators monetize | TechCrunch
Mobile landing page builder Beacons has raised a $6 million seed round to expand its vision for empowering creators to make money beyond the crampe... (2021)
How much is 'link in bio' real estate worth? Linktree's new valuation says $1.3 billion | TechCrunch
Who would’ve thought that an entire swath of startups would spring up all because Instagram, TikTok and Twitter only let you link to one website in... (2022)
Funding When Capital Isn't Cheap | Andreessen Horowitz
When capital becomes more expensive, how do you evaluate and decide on the best financing option for your company? (2022)
Founders Equity - Best Practices for Startup Founder Equity
By following these startup equity best practices, founders and co-founders will establish a solid foundation to have a successful startup (2017)
Handshake Takes Aim At LinkedIn With $200 Million Fundraise - Michael B. Horn
With $200 million raised as part of its Series F round at a hefty $3.5 billion valuation, Handshake intends to disrupt LinkedIn to transform how pe... (2022)
What we learned from our $5M community round
We’re excited to announce that we’ve completed our community round, via Wefunder. In late July of 2021, we set aside ~$5M to allow our customers... (2022)
The Y Combinator Deal | Y Combinator
The Y Combinator Deal We have a standard deal for all our investments. We invest $500,000 in every company on standard terms. Our $500K inves... (2022)
YC’s $500,000 Standard Deal – Y Combinator
We're excited to announce our new standard deal at Y Combinator. When a company is accepted into YC, we now invest a total of $500,000. (2022)
How Former BuzzFeed Employees Missed Their Big Payday | The New Yorker
When the company went public this past week, ex-staffers learned something alarming: they were unable to sell the stock that they had waited years ... (2021)
VC Investor Relations - AVC
I realized a long time ago that the VC’s customer is the founder/CEO/portfolio company and that our investors (called LPs in VC speak) are our “sha... (2021)
Why 2021 Is the Year of the Travel IPO – Skift
At least a dozen travel companies will have gone public via SPAC and IPO by the end of 2021, with more than that possible. Here's why. (2021)
What We Learned Doing Fast Grants - Future
We launched an abnormally fast source of emergency science funding during COVID-19. The results revealed flaws in current science funding models. (2021)
How People Get Rich Now - Paul Graham essay
April 2021 Every year since 1982, Forbes magazine has published a list of the richest Americans. If we compare the 100 richest people in 1982 to... (2021)
Patreon triples valuation to $4 billion in new raise – TechCrunch
Patreon has tripled its valuation to $4 billion in a $155 million funding round led by Tiger Global, the company confirmed to The Wall Street Journ... (2021)
Pipe, which aims to be the ‘Nasdaq for revenue,’ raises more money at a $2B valuation – TechCrunch
Fast-growing fintech Pipe has raised another round of funding at a $2 billion valuation, just weeks after raising $50 million in growth funding, ac... (2021)
Early-stage investors excited for new $5M crowdfunding limit
U.S. companies can now raise up to $5 million per year from unaccredited investors, a nearly fivefold bump from the previous $1.07 million limit. *... (2021)
This Pipe-ing hot startup just raised $50M to be the ‘Nasdaq for revenue’ – TechCrunch
A little over one year ago, Pipe raised a $6 million seed round led by Craft Ventures to help it pursue its mission of giving SaaS companies a fund... (2021)
How Salesforce became Silicon Valley's best late-stage tech investor
Salesforce reported a $2.2 billion gain in 2020 from strategic investments, after the IPOs of Snowflake and nCino. (2021)
Codecademy, an Early (and Now Profitable) Pioneer of Coding Education, Raises $40M in New Funding | EdSurge News
Money has flowed into the edtech sector over the last twelve months. Bumper funding rounds and freshly minted unicorns are grabbing headlines, but ... (2021)
EquityBee raises $20M to help startup employees actually afford their stock options – TechCrunch
EquityBee, a stock option marketplace startup, has raised $20 million in a Series A round of funding. Group 11 led the financing, which also includ... (2021)
How Do Stock Options and RSUs Differ?
The increasing use of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) has led to a good deal of confusion about their use and how similar they are to stock options. (2014)
Launching Reach Capital III, $165M Early Stage Education Technology Fund | by Reach Capital | 2021
Today, Reach Capital, the education technology VC firm I co-founded with Shauntel, Wayee & Esteban, launched our third fund. At $165 million, it’s ... (2021)
5 Things To Be Wary of In VC Financings | SaaStr
Even these days, in The Best of Times for SaaS, many founders are wary of Venture Capital. Aren't they just trying to buy shares too cheaply? Well... (2021)
CartaX - Andreessen Horowitz
For more than 100 years, companies have existed in a binary world, either private or public. Private companies have been highly restricted in how t... (2021)
Billionaires Build - a Paul Graham essay
December 2020 As I was deciding what to write about next, I was surprised to find that two separate essays I'd been planning to write were actua... (2021)
Playbook: How to raise a smart Series A | by Alpaca VC
If your Seed stage startup has regularly been hitting milestones, you’ve likely begun thinking about your Series A. This financing round varies in ... (2021)
How startups are using crowdfunding to raise capital - even during a pandemic
When it comes to capital raising, entrepreneurs have been increasingly tapping their own crowds. We explore the types of crowdfunding and share tip... (2020)
New SEC Crowdfunding Rules Could Provide Founders With a Boost
Founders can raise $5 million through crowdfunding, up from $1.07 million, and certain demo day communications will not be deemed general solicitat... (2020)
NSF's merit review process determines which research has the greatest potential
NSF receives about 50,000 research proposals every year. The Foundation's mission is to promote the progress of science, but it's able to support o... (2022)
The Black Swan Event: Funding in the time of Coronavirus with Mark Suster
YouTube - Streamed April 22, 2020 The Black Swan Event: Funding in the time of Coronavirus with Mark Suster (2020)
How To Cold Email Investors - Michael Seibel
Y Combinator CEO and Partner Michael Seibel on how to cold email investors. https://twitter.com/mwseibel Y Combinator invests a small amount of mon... (2019)
Kirsty Nathoo - Startup Finance Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - YC Startup School
YC Partner and CFO Kirsty Nathoo shares the most common mistakes startups make with their finances and how they can prevent them. You can find the ... (2019)
Modern Startup Financing - YC Startup School - Carolynn Levy
YC Partner and GC Carolynn Levy details the basics of startup financing and how modern early stage rounds of financing are done using convertible s... (2019)
"Zombie Startups" by Mathias Pastor
Startupfood Published on Jan 7, 2019 At The Family, we believe that anyone can become a great entrepreneur. DESCRIPTION The end of a year i... (2019)
Customer Pitch vs Investor Pitch - Michael Seibel - Y Combinator
Michael Seibel on pitching customers vs pitching investors. Michael is CEO and a Partner at YC. He was the co-founder and CEO of Justin.tv and Soci... (2019)
How Investors Think About Ideas - Kevin Hale - Y Combinator
Y Combinator Published on Feb 27, 2019 Kevin Hale on how investors think about ideas. Kevin is Visiting Partner at YC. Prior YC Kevin was the ... (2019)
How to Get Meetings with Investors and Raise Money by Aaron Harris - YC Startup School
YC Partner Aaron Harris gives invaluable advice for how to most effectively and strategically meet with investors. (2018)
Understanding SAFEs and Priced Equity Rounds by Kirsty Nathoo - YC Startup School
YC Partner Kirsty Nathoo gives the lowdown on several different ways to capitalize your company and how those impact founder equity and cap tables ... (2018)
Fundraising Fundamentals By Geoff Ralston - YC Startup School
YC Partner Geoff Ralston gives an introduction to the key concepts to keep in mind once you enter a fundraising process. Learn more at https://www.... (2018)
A Conversation with Aileen Lee - Moderated by Geoff Ralston
YC Partner Geoff Ralston talks to Cowboy Ventures Founder Aileen Lee. Transcript and additional content can be found here: See Min 26 - for VC ... (2018)
A Conversation with Andy Bromberg - Moderated by Geoff Ralston || YCombinator
YC Partner Geoff Ralston talks to CoinList Co-Founder and President Andy Bromberg. Transcript and additional content are here: https://www.startups... (2018)
Chamath Palihapitiya, Founder CEO Social Capital, on Money as Instrument of Change | Stanford
Stanford Graduate School of Business Published on Nov 13, 2017 During his View From The Top talk, Chamath Palihapitiya, founder and CEO of Soci... (2018)
Sam Altman on how to get funded by Y Combinator @ Startup Grind
Published on Feb 9, 2015 Hear Sam Altman speak about how to get funded by Y Combinator, the danger of some incubators, and other great startup adv... (2017)
How to Raise Money, and How to Succeed Long-Term - CS183F | Stanford
Stanford, Published on Jun 8, 2017, Jess Lee (Partner at Sequoia Capital) and Aaron Harris (Partner at YC) discuss raising money as an early stage ... (2017)
How to Get Your Startup Idea Funded by Venture Capitalists | Google Developers
from Google Developers conference: Google I/O 2011: How to Get Your Startup Idea Funded by Venture Capitalists. Uploaded on May 13, 2011 Don Dod... (2017)
How to Raise Money from Angel Investors | This Week in Startups, Jason Calacanis
Published on Apr 17, 2014 I have a great idea but need money to make it happen. How do I network with angel investors? Where do I make the connect... (2017)
a16z Podcast: Direct Listings, Myths and Facts - Andreessen Horowitz
Another route to the public markets is the direct listing, recently reinvented for tech companies (with Spotify and Slack so far). This episode of ... (2019)
How to Raise a Seed Round - Justin Kan - Atrium - VoxSnap
Seed rounds and Series A are both part of the path for a startup’s success. However, even though these two types of fundraising are different, I se... (2019)
What’s next for WeWork, an episode from Financial Times on Spotify - Jan 2019
SoftBank changed course when it scaled back plans for an investment in WeWork from $16bn to $2bn. The FT’s Eric Platt spoke with US business editor... (2019)
Ryan Hoover on Product Hunt’s Acquisition and Lessons Learned – Y Combinator
Ryan Hoover is the founder of Product Hunt which was in the Summer 2014 YC batch and was acquired by AngelList. Dalton Caldwell is a Partner at YC ... (2019)
VCs Are Wrong About Bootstrapped Founders, How Content Can Be Used As A Key Customer Acquisition Tool
Jesse Genet is Founder & CEO @ Lumi, the startup that has raised close to $10m from Homebrew, Forerunner, Spark Capital, Lowercase and more. (2018)
Caribu: Can Storytime Become Big Business? (#34) by from Gimlet Media
Max Tuchman is on a roll with Caribu, an app that lets parents and kids read together virtually. But can she convince investors that early success ... (2018)
a16z Podcast: Market Shifts – Andreessen Horowitz
NASDAQ CEO Adena Friedman runs one of the world’s largest financial services companies, including the NASDAQ stock exchange that’s home to more tha... (2017)
Ledgy - cap table management
Ledgy makes your equity plans scalable, compliant in all countries, integrates with your existing systems and comes with enterprise-ready security ... (2021)
Buy Me A Coffee | Where creators make money doing what they love
Buy Me A Coffee is the best way for creators and artists to accept one-off support and membership from their fans. (2020)
Case - Raise impact investing capital. Better.
The first online toolkit for raising impact investing capital.. (2019)
StartEngine: Equity Crowdfunding & Investment Opportunities
StartEngine is One of The Nation's Leading Equity Crowdfunding Platforms. StartEngine Allows Everyday People The Opportunity to Invest Online a... (2018)
Social Impact Movement – Social Impact Movement
Social Impact Movement improves people & social causes connection by curating, educating, and providing easy access to social-related engagement op... (2018)
All Raise - Dedicated to diversity in funders & founders
We believe people of all different backgrounds should have the opportunity to participate, shape, and succeed in the founding, funding, and buildin... (2018)
NSF SBIR - Seed funding -- We invest up to $1.5 million in seed funding We take 0% equity
Seed capital for early stage product development We offer funding for early stage R&D and take no equity in your company — you retain full contr... (2018)