Posts Tagged ‘Venture Capital’
Founder Friday: Celebrating LGBTQ+ Founders & VCs
We couldn’t have Pride Month pass without featuring some of the top LGBTQ+ founders and VCs on Founder Friday. We did the heavy lifting for you and curated some of the best articles we found celebrating the LGBTQ+ startup world… First, we recommend checking out PitchBook‘s “33 LGBTQ+ founders, entrepreneurs and VCs you should know.” You’ll see organizations and platforms you know…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Sequoia Capital “Adapting to Endure” – It’s time to embrace the muck
You can’t be in the tech arena and not know who Sequoia Capital is. From its first investment in Atari to some of its notable investments in names like Apple, Google, Cisco, Uber, Nvidia, Airbnb, Zoom, LinkedIn, Reddit, Instagram, Palo Alto Networks, ServiceNow, Unity Technologies, YouTube, 23andMe, Instacart, Klarna, Snowflake, Stripe, WhatsApp, Tumblr, UiPath, BitClout, Bolt, FTX, and Wiz.…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Mental Health Unicorns
Earlier this week, we shared a list of 55 Mental Health Resources for People of Color. If you spend much time online, it’s hard to miss the increased awareness of mental health. We thought we’d use this Founder Friday installment to look at the mental health startup ecosystem. Seven. By the end of 2021, there had been seven mental…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Atlanta’s STORD
In September of 2021, STORD became one of Atlanta’s growing list of unicorns. In today’s Founder Friday, we piece together Sean Henry and Jacob Boudreau‘s founding story and STORD’s meteoric rise. Not familiar with STORD? It is the cloud supply chain startup rapidly changing the 3PL arena… As a teenager, Sean first got the idea for STORD when he was…
Read MoreFounder Friday: The Most Important Things to a VC
There’s a 2015 blog post from Taiwan Startup Stadium titled “Pitching ain’t easy: Robert Neivert of 500 Startups on how to grab & keep your audience’s attention.” Pitching ain’t easy. Short. Simple. True. Pitching is even more challenging if you don’t know what motivates a VC to want to invest in your startup. So, that begs the…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Melanie Perkins & Canva
Sticking with our Women’s History Month theme, today’s Founder Friday features Melanie Perkins, co-founder of Canva. For those that don’t create graphic and social media content, Cava is the “it” SaaS solution. Melanie’s story is awesome! Enjoy… The idea for Cavna came to her dating back to 2006. It was born out of the pain of teaching InDesign and Photoshop to…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Women in Startups
We thought we’d kick off Women’s History Month by sharing some great articles looking at the state of women in startups. The first place we’ll point you to is PitchBook‘s “81 female founders and investors to know.” They break down founders by focus area, which we like. Also, of the listed women, a good portion is investors, so…
Read MoreFounder Friday: The Launch of Black@
When our company first opened its doors, we primarily used LinkedIn to share our Founder Friday series. In January of 2021, we featured a startup from our hometown of Greenville, SC, Bandwagon. And while we love to celebrate what Bandwagon and their Founder & CEO, Harold Hughes, have built, Harold has a new initiative that we are excited…
Read MoreFounder Friday: PitchBook’s 66 Black founders and investors to watch in 2022
We are just past the midpoint of 2022’s Black History Month. Keeping with that theme, today we share PitchBook‘s recent post highlighting “66 Black founders and investors to watch in 2022.” PitchBook is one of our favorite resources for private market intelligence. Their blog is a “must follow” if you are in the startup world. So, if…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Choosing the Right Investor
Inc. recently published an article, How to Choose the Right Investor, According to a Coffee Entrepreneur Who Raised $100 Million. In it, Cometeer co-founder Matthew Roberts shares his insights on how to vet potential investors. Some of the key takeaways were… They need to be engaged and interested in your mission What value do they add outside of capital Carta has a…
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