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Texas Investor Friends! If you are in Austin this week, and haven't received a personal email, join me & be in the room at the Texas Venture Gala & Forum, 4/12-13, 2024 The first statewide gathering featuring talks from Texas state government, high net worth/family offices, and investors. The event will kick off with a breakfast keynote from Adriana Cruz, Executive Director of Texas Economic Development in the Office of Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Aaron Demerson, CEO of Texas Economic Development Corporation, and Glenn Hamer, CEO of Texas Association of Business. Hear from Giovanni Capriglione the newly named Chairman of the House Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies. The day will be followed by a variety of 50+ investors on breakout sessions throughout the day including: venture capitalists, LPs, corporates, heads of angel networks from across the state, family offices, emerging managers, incubators, accelerators, city chambers & economic development corporation startup funds, and more. Additional highly influential contributors to Texas' statewide innovation featured are the CEOs of the Texas Higher Education Commission, Texas Economic Development Corporation, and the Texas State Chamber of Commerce, along with top leaders from the Texas State Legislature. This is a not-to-be-missed, first Texan experience of it’s kind. Thank you to the founding sponsors and founding community partners all across our great, big state, for your leadership in the first gathering of the Texas innovation ecosystem. You make a difference with your unifying spirit, and our state's future is golden because of your collective contribution. More sponsorships and partnerships frequently updated, with limited number of tickets so get them today: They're going fast, so get access to the event ASAP by using this special code "LINKEDINVENTURE": https://lnkd.in/gzqj9zJm Moneta Ventures, Sputnik ATX VC, Carta, Sydecar, Builders + Backers, Texas Association of Business Frisco Economic Development Corporation Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation EisnerAmper, Pearland Innovation Hub, Akerman LLP, @Aurora Equity , Revere Partners, International Accelerator IA Global Ventures Fundingstack, Alamo Angels, Austin Technology Incubator, Executive Council Network (ECN), Founder Institute Texas, National Security Innovation Council, The Founders Arena, The Red Fridge Society, Tech Bloc, In Good Taste Wines, @Latino Startup Alliance Texas Venture Fest (formerly the Texas Venture Crawl), Texas Venture Alliance @Texas Venture Newsletter

Our relationship to money influences so much of how we make business decisions and the risks that we take, especially for early-stage immigrant and first generation founders. In the VC ecosystem we always talk about "failing fast", but what if the founder can't afford to fail? How does that impact their relationship to taking risk and the decisions they make?  How can early stage founders begin to redefine their relationship to money and transition from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset to improve decision making? Join FirstGen on June 25th as we tackle this uncomfortable and vulnerable topic and dive into how first generation and immigrant founders think about money - the mindsets, beliefs and constructs that shape decision-making. Thank you to our panelists for driving this needed conversation: Lei Bely-Cheng 成蕾, Ray Fu, David Tswamuno and Evelysse Vargas Thank you to Free Agency and Acronym Venture Capital venture for supporting this event. #firstgen #firstgenfounders #immigrantfounders #nyctech #nyc #immigrants #nyc #startups Ines Gramegna Vadim Gordin James Hueston Ying Zhou Sarah Liu Fernando Montejo Sherveen Mashayekhi Tori. Hanson Benjamin Brand Vincent Zhu Jerry Fung Geri Kirilova Stephanie Wong Daniel Paredes Fabián Ronisky Nanda Neng

One of the main reasons why I am working diligently towards getting accepted into the VC Unlocked Cohort at Stanford University this fall. For those not familiar w/ Uncle Nearest, Inc. founded by Fawn Weaver it's yet again another perfect case study for why democratizing access to capital is beyond a non-negotiable! #InvestInWomen #AccessToCapital #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital

What? It’s May already? The good news is that means it’s time for our next Epic Angels Pitch Night 🎉🎉 Pitch nights at Epic Angels happen on the first Thursday of every month and it’s when our global collective comes together. We hear pitches from the startups shortlisted by our team and Investment Committee. After the pitches, we discuss the opportunity. The great thing about evaluating a deal with 300+ angels is that we have expertise on almost every industry you can think of. And we have fun. A pitch, a drink, a bite and great insights. It’s angel investing done differently. Throwback to some Epic pitches we’ve seen from our portfolio companies Rebel Girls, Matilda. Digital Endometriosis Care and Vulcan Augmetics Want to be part of the largest collective of female angel investors investing in APAC? Join us: https://lnkd.in/gkM8iCNS Or join an upcoming webinar to find out how you can get started with angel investing: https://bit.ly/44nm7pZ #epicinvestors #femaleinvestors #startuppitch #angelinvestors

Every month new startups are presenting themselves to our angels. Pitch Night in Asia, and Pitch Breakfast in the US. It is a virtual event, although some angels come together to enjoy a glass of wine, or a mimosa, and put the pitches on a large screen. We hear from the founders and afterwards, we discuss our thougths among the angels. I learn so much every month! About new industries, from the founders, and from our angels. DM me if you are interested to join Pitch Night!

🌟Exciting Update! 🚀 🔮Prediction: The fundraising landscape for emerging managers is set to become more promising in the near future, with success stories like Katie Jacobs Stanton's experience at Moxxie Ventures paving the way for more opportunities and support. 🌟General commentary: - Stanton's ease in raising funds for her third round indicates a positive shift in investor sentiment towards emerging managers. - Her success story serves as a beacon of hope for other VC firms navigating the challenging fundraising environment. - This trend could potentially encourage more investors to support and invest in early-stage VCs, driving innovation and growth in the startup ecosystem. 🔍 Let's keep an eye on the evolving landscape and watch out for more success stories like Moxxie Ventures in the coming months! Exciting times ahead for emerging managers and the startup community. 🚀✨ #FundingSuccess #StartupEcosystem #VCs #InnovationGalore

Tonight, as a part of our Seattle Angel Conference workshop efforts, we will host a "Meet the Funders" event to help our alumni investors and our participating startup founders to build connections with the different pre-seed groups in the Seattle area. https://lnkd.in/exH_z9vS This helps us connect together the different parts of the ecosystem as people move through their Angel Investing journey. I often see questions coming through social media that are of the form "How do I find Angel Investors?". This seems relatively easy to me (being in the midst of things). We have lots of alumni that have put Angel Investor into their Linkedin profile. As an active Angel Group, we are members of the ACA - Angel Capital Association. We also have membership in EBAN, the European Business Angel Network. We have a profile on Crunchbase, we have membership in NFX, we have a twitter address where we tweet about Angel Investing, we have a Youtube channel about our workshops. We have a Gust application page for each of our programs. A little bit of googling should find our efforts. Which brings up the question for me about new Startup Founders. If you are a startup who is engaging in your Fund Raising Journey, How do you expect the Angel Groups to find you?

New funds launched 🚀 Hey community, we have gathered data on last week's fund launches. Hope this info will aid fund managers in understanding the venture landscape and help founders find new investors. See below (Dec, 11 - Dec, 18 2023) 👇 1️⃣ Singular Raffi Kamber and Jeremy Uzan launched their 2d fund to invest on startups that are building innovative solutions to real-world problems. Size: €435M Stage: Early-stage Sectors: Sector-agnostic Geo: Europe 2️⃣ BoxGroup David Tisch, Adam Rothenberg, and Nimi Katragadda launched their 6th fund to support first-time founders. Size: $425M Stage: Early-stage Sectors: Sector-agnostic Geo: US Any funds we forgot to mention? Tag them below 👇 Did you enjoy this thread? Like, and repost it to help more people see it ❤️ Follow us, join our private community of GPs, angels and fund managers. 👉 Apply now on https://joinentropy.com/ #entropynewfunds

As a valued member of The Sounding Board community, we would like to share this event with you. Angel Stories Event - Tuesday June 4th, 5pm-7pm. Fuel Studios Norwich .Pottergate, Norwich, NR2 1DX. A networking event for angel investors, those actively considering angel investing, or anyone just curious to learn more. An event hosted by Akcela Ventures, Norwich’s only start-up Incubator. Supported by Anglia Capital Group, Norwich’s Angel Investor community. This event aims to demystify the topic of angel investing, learning from existing angel investors from Norfolk about their hits, misses and lessons learned. So, if you're considering taking the leap into angel investing, or you are already an active investor interested in meeting and hearing from other angels, this event will help add to your knowledge and build your network. 👉 Please note, this event is by angels, for angels (and potential angels). It is not a demo day, we won’t be pitching any investment opportunities, or allow anyone else to try! 👉 Spaces are limited, so we encourage you to book your place early. https://lnkd.in/ej4tK4Dj Peter Ballard, Kevan Williams - Associate Professor, Company Director, Richard Ross, Angela Brett, Andrew Hatcher, Andrew Thorpe, Denise Markham Wroe, Daphne Metland, Kevin Johnson, Saul Humphrey 🌍, , Greg Allan, Chris Sargisson, Brian Keane FIH, Stuart Riseborough.

🚀 We are delighted to announce the closure of our seed round! A warm welcome to Peak, our new investor, and a heartfelt thank you to our current investors and friends, The Inner Foundation, Unconventional Ventures, and Calm/Storm, for their continued support. In an interview with Impact Loop, Tiffany Boswell, our CEO, explains why she started Meela, how she never intended to become an entrepreneur, and how investors are (actually) keen to invest in mental health. "Personally, I hope that more impact companies can show venture capitalists that purpose and profit can go hand in hand", says Tiffany Boswell. With this funding, Meela is ready to take on new challenges and opportunities in the UK market. We can't wait to see what the future holds! Link to the article in the comment section. #mentalhealth #psykiskhälsa #socialimpact #healthtech