We pretend the startup has value so that the startup’s team is motivated and everyone involved has a chance to win.
Kenya’s Pariti raises $2.85M led by Harlem Capital to develop startup ecosystems in emerging markets
Pariti, the Kenya-based community-led marketplace building the digital infrastructure for startup ecosystems in emerging markets, has raised $2.85 million seed, the company confirmed to TechCrunch today. The round was led by U.S.-based Harlem Capital. In Africa, it’s the first deal of the diversity-focused fund that secured $134 million for its second fund earlier this year. […]
LV= sell-off could knock the mutuals movement for six
Members of the former Liverpool Victoria vote this week on a deal that may be the last gasp of a more equitable eraAfter 178 years of history, mutual insurer LV= faces a crunch moment this week, when its members decide whether to sell to US private equ…
Essential steps to thriving and surviving while fundraising
While not every fundraise is the same, founders can tap the experience of others who have been down this path to ensure their fundraising efforts are efficient and successful.
Norrsken Foundation’s hub opens in Rwanda, to house 1,000 entrepreneurs by next year
In 2019, Swedish coworking space and investment fund Norrsken Foundation announced the launch of its first entrepreneurship hub outside the Scandinavian nation in Rwanda. The center, located in Kigali, has finally opened up to the region, though it is happening in two phases. The first, which took place yesterday, will welcome 250 entrepreneurs. The second phase […]
Super app Grab starts trading on supersized SPAC combination
Grab will begin trading today on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “GRAB.”And it raised a pile of money in the process. Billions, in fact.
8 disappointing investor archetypes: How founders can stop falling for them
In the spirit of helping founders look beyond the promises of value, let’s delve into some common archetypes of investor relationships that founders experience post-investment.
Vauban, an AngelList-like platform for VCs and angels to run and raise funds, closes $6.3m
It’s always been a slight puzzle why AngelList never really properly took off in Europe, especially when, a few years ago, there was such a dearth of funding options for poorly served European startups. But the reasons are fairly simple when you look at them. For starters, the US tech industry boomed in the last […]
VCs and university endowments should partner to make venture more diverse
University endowments should invest in educational opportunities to give more people pathways to careers in venture.
Choose your job title before you name your startup
The ability to quickly spin up a team and launch something is clearly the core of what makes startupland so special (and, candidly, fun to write about).