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  Vernon Niven

  

  1 day ago

  Your startup pitch deck needs an operating plan

  TechCrunch - Haje Jan Kamps

  Over the course of the past 10 weeks, I’ve taken apart 10 pitch decks as part of our Pitch Deck Teardown series. All the decks had their own strengths and weaknesses, but there was one glaring omission from most of the decks I reviewed: an operating plan. Leaving it out of your deck might be …

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  Vernon Niven

  

  2 days ago

  Backstage Capital cuts majority of staff after pausing net new investments

  TechCrunch - Natasha Mascarenhas

  Backstage Capital has downsized its staff from 12 to three people, managing partner and founder Arlan Hamilton said during her “Your First Million” podcast that was published Sunday. The layoff comes nearly three months after Backstage Capital narrowed its investment strategy to only participate in …

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  Vernon Niven

  

  2 days ago

  MaC Venture Capital Raises $203M for Its Second Fund

  dot.la - Decerry Donato

  While venture capital funding has taken a hit this year, that hasn’t stopped MaC Venture Capital from raising $203 million for its second fund.The …

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  Vernon Niven

  

  1 day ago

  These four iconic European founders plan to kick the asses of VCs who never started a company

  TechCrunch - Mike Butcher

  Until recently Taavet Hinrikus, cofounder of Wise, and Sten Tamkivi, cofounder of Teleport, had banded together as a sort of ‘mini Angel brand’ known as “Taavet+Sten”. Tamkivi has done around 50 angel deals, Hinrikus has, reportedly, done as many as 150. But they were effectively pooling their …

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  Vernon Niven

  

  6 days ago

  Accel’s Deal Size Shrinks As Venture Market Pullback Continues

  crunchbase.com - Chris Metinko

  Known for its early investments in companies like Meta, Slack and Atlassian, Accel owns its reputation for placing big bets on transformational …

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  Vernon Niven

  

  RapidAPI Raises $150 Million to Empower Developers to Innovate and Build Software Faster with APIs

  Cheddar

  API platform RapidAPI recently became a unicorn with a $1 billion valuation after raising $150 million in a Series D funding round led by Softbank …