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Food for thought at #StartupVic’s #pitch night | by Rory Manchee

There was something of a different flavour at Startup Victoria‘s pitch night for September — including the new beverage sponsors! — which may have been helped by the large crowd, and the more polished presentations (judging by the feedback). I will comment on each pitch in order of appearance: Studio Ninja is described as Client

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Funderful raises â‚Ĵ150,000 to kickstart their US expansion

Funderful raises â‚Ĵ150,000 to kickstart their US expansion

Funderful, the web-based alumni fundraising management platform developed in Latvia, successfully raised â‚Ĵ150,000 from Lithuania’s StartupHighway, the leading investor in this round of funding, and two angel investors. According to the founder of Funderful Raimonds Kulbergs, the funds will help to accelerate the pace of product development and help establish a foothold in the US

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The Unicorn Hedge. There’s a Bubbleâ€Ĥ but it Ain’t in Tech | by Dave McClure, Practical Venture Capital

The Unicorn Hedge. There’s a Bubbleâ€Ĥ but it Ain’t in Tech | by Dave McClure, Practical Venture Capital

Everybody in the press loves to write stories about the next “Tech Bubble”. me too, kid. but they got stock symbols on ‘em, not horns. Of course, they all think they’ve seen this movie before — twice in fact, in 2000 and in 2008. They think they know the script. They think they know the

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Thinking like a VC — What I learnt from putting 23 investors in a room | by Rohit Bhargava

Thinking like a VC — What I learnt from putting 23 investors in a room | by Rohit Bhargava

On the 26th of May, I put together an event (Unpitch) that matched 23 investors with 69 startups. Most conversations between startup founders and investors tend to be formal discussions, where startups are given limited time to pitch to investors or trying to catch investors at a hallway during an event, with the power dynamic

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late bloomer, not a loser.. (this post was originally published onâ€Ĥ | by Dave McClure, Practical Venture Capital

(this post was originally published on svbtle.com on July 7, 2012) most of the time I think of myself as a failure. when I’m optimistic, I think maybe I’m just a late bloomer. I know a lot of folks won’t understand this perspective, but when I was growing up I was always the smartest kid

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Two Lithuanian startups begin the journey to success

Two Lithuanian startups begin the journey to success

Last week StartupHighway business acceleration fund successfully completed this year investment round. The investment agreements have been signed with two Lithuanian startups – BeScouted and InPeak. The StartupHighway investment portfolio manager Martynas Matekonis says, that the astonishing number of applications for the investment has been received this year. It is a good sign, according to

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99 VC Problems But A Batch Ain’t One: Why Portfolio Size Matters For Returns | by Dave McClure, Practical Venture Capital

99 VC Problems But A Batch Ain’t One: Why Portfolio Size Matters For Returns | by Dave McClure, Practical Venture Capital

Abstract: Most VC funds are far too concentrated in a small number (<20–40) of companies. The industry would be better served by doubling or tripling the average # of investments in a portfolio, particularly for early-stage investors where startup attrition is even greater. If unicorns happen only 1–2% of the time, it logically follows that

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