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Thanks to Venture Forward for highlighting Marcos Gonzalez as one of eleven VC investors to watch in honor of #HispanicHeritageMonth. Check out the full list of investors below!

True Diamond, a lab-grown diamond firm, has raised $1 million in a seed investment round headed by Titan Capital, with participation from Huddle Ventures, Zeropearl Ventures, and angel investors including Ashutosh Valani, Priyank Shah, Aashka Goradia, Mamaearth founder Ghazal Alagh, Abhishek Goyal, and Anmol Jain. The Mumbai-based firm, launched in January 2024 by Parin Shah and Darayus Mehta, intends to use the cash to expand its workforce, open boutique locations in Mumbai and Delhi NCR, and launch aggressive branding campaigns.

Dears, today I’d like to congratulate us all on our massive success in the last hundred years. When you put things into perspective like this, you notice more and acknowledge the generations before us. As we build something incredible daily, remember how tremendously courageous, smart and able we are. Here’s the ultimate list of funds, angel investor syndicates and other organisations to support our vision and ambition (pt 2 coming soon): 79 Studios Alpaca VC Amplifica Capital AMPLIFIER The Artemis Fund Aspect Ventures Authentic Ventures Avestria Ventures Backstage Capital BBG Ventures BELLE Capital USA LP Beta Boom Brava Investment Co. BUILT BY GIRLS CAPITA3 Chingona Ventures Chloe Capital Coralus Core Innovation Capital Coyote Ventures DigitalDx Ventures Elevate Capital Fearless Fund Female Founders Fund First Round Capital Freestyle Capital GingerBread Capital Global Invest Her Golden Seeds GV (Google Ventures) Graham & Walker Harlem Capital Halogen Ventures HearstLab The Helm Hypatia Capital Intel Capital January Ventures LDR Ventures Mendoza Ventures #femalefounders #femaleleadership #femaleentrepreneurs #investing #investorrelations #fundraising

#Swiss interest in #VCinvestments has #blossomed.  Data from the Swiss Venture Capital Report reveals there was around CHF500m of #investedcapital in #Swissstartups in 2014. Over the longer term this increased to nearly CHF2.6bn in 2023. That said, this figure is 34.8% less than its equivalent in 2022. Back at Rothschild & Co, Robert Skrobak, who quickly grasped there was a huge #uncatereddemand for #VCinvestments among #European #UHNWIs and #familyoffices, decided to try and meet this need himself.  In 2014 he entered the #startup and #VCecosystem. After a few trips to #SiliconValley and becoming a little more #wellversed in #AI, #biotech and #quantumphysics, Skrobak started a #VCmatchmaking offering at Rothschild & Co.   Soon, he was not only #catering to #Swiss & #German #familyoffices at Rothschild, but also to #Israeli, #French, #Italian, #Spanish & #London-based #familyoffices.   The #newgeneration wants to solve the #bigproblems of the world. They don’t just want to be #named the #heirs of XYZ. They want to be #directlyinvested, so their #names are related to some sort of #biggersolution.’   Rather than being focused on typical #wealthpreservation like previous generations, today’s #familyoffices want to try and #help #issues like #finding a #cure for #cancer or #climatechange.   This is why many have started #opting for #VCs, an #assetclass on the cusp of innovation.   He said there is a deep #cultural & #historical #difference between the US’s and Europe’s attitude to VC investments.   You must be prepared to #lose #money when investing in VC investments. You will most likely find successful #VCunicorns from the US, Israel and India, but rarely from Europe.  ‘Statistically, you invest in a #portfolio of maybe 10 #startups, * five of them will #lose, * three of them will #payback the #investedamount and * one or two of them will become a real #unicorn with a #valuation of $1bn plus. This one will deliver the #performance of such a #portfolioapproach #investing in #startups.’  The #USgovernment spearheaded its #VCculture by investing in VC investments right after World War II in an effort to become a global #technologicalleader. #Europe, which was left in a shambles, developed a #culture deeply centred around #wealthpreservation.   Unlike Switzerland, Skrobak said the #biggestinvestors in the US into VCs are not #privateinvestors, but #governmentalbodies, #pensionfunds and #universityfunds.   He also said that America with its #DNA of the #AmericanDream is #culturally much more willing to take #risks.   VC investments are still a #young #assetclass in #Europe, but Skrobak believes European #pensionfunds will soon be #investing in this market in the next five to 10 years. #Switzerland saw its largest #fundraising round so far in 2023, in which CHF600m went into a #climatetech company, Climeworks.  https://lnkd.in/dX4ft28e

The founding team’s drive, know-how, effort, and vision often are the primary motivations behind a VC fund’s investment in a startup. However, what happens when a founder departs – whether voluntarily or at the request of the company’s board? How and why do UK and US market norms differ on the topic of founder exits and non-competition restrictions? 🇬🇧🇺🇸 Read more here:  https://lnkd.in/eWX_kwYb This resource is the fifth in an ongoing series on transatlantic venture capital from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, which will be included in our US Expansion, Fundraising and Exit FAQ on Medium: https://lnkd.in/ev5PdF8

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🚀 Growing a company from seed stage to series A has a lot to do with hands-on support from your investors, shared Erica Duignan Minnihan during a conversation with investors who had started their own fund. Watch the entire clip to hear how Erica partners with founders and co-build businesses together. ⚡ If you're relatively new to investing (i.e. an accredited investor or non-partner VCs) don't miss our next New to VC event on August 6! In this next event, we'll talk to investors on what they learned about VC when they pivoted into the founder role. 🔔 Topic: Everything I Thought I Knew About VC Changed When I Became a Founder 📆 When: August 6 at 8:30am 📍 Where: Cooley LLP at Hudson Yards Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eAfrbPih This segment is from the panel on New to VC: Starting Your Own Fund on Feb 14. This event was moderated by Charlie O'Donnell, with Bloomberg Beta Founding Partner Karin Klein, Lakehouse Ventures Founder & General Partner John Neamonitis, and Reign Ventures Founder & General Partner Erica Duignan Minnihan. Big thanks to Cooley, Haymaker Group, and KPMG for making this event possible! #nyctech #nycstartups #VentureCapital #StartupGrowth #InvestorInsights #NewToVC

Locking Horn’s with Unicorn 🦄 So what best defines a “Unicorn” 📍Unicorn is the term used in the VC or venture capital industry to describe a “startup” company that has attained valuations of over $1 billion. 📍The term was first coined by venture capitalist Aileen Lee in 2013. So why the Horse with a Horn you ask❓ 📍Unicorn is a mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of chastity or purity. a heraldic representation of this animal, in the form of a horse with a lion's tail and with a long, straight, and spirally twisted horn. 🎯 Top 10 PRIVATELY HELD UNICORN SUPER SUCCESS STORIES IN THE CHART.

Nordic entrepreneur-led VC firm Node.vc closes €71 million first fund From Switzerland’s Founderful to Italians Founders Fund and the Dutch Operator Fund, a new crop of

There are so many things that make H/L Ventures unique in our approach to #VentureCapital including purpose-driven #partnerships and hands-on engagement models. Thank you to Galina Ozgur for sitting down with me and discussing hands-on venture capital, important insights for alignment, and financial research! Check out the new episode of For Starters on YouTube today. #VC