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Big rounds are back. VC Funding is flowing. In April, there were 28 fundraising rounds announced with >$10M in funding. We've seen private market (pre-launch) deals valued >$3B recently. Private Markets are hot. Public Market comps (FDVs) are hot. But who will buy our multi-billion dollar bags? Deal Flow Digest April w/: - Recap of largest web3 funding rounds - Airtable with ALL the data - Hackathons & Demo Days - VC Fundraises Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g7V4KrAj

I've written a weekly company update to a couple hundred potential & current investors every Friday at 1:30pm ET for the past 93 weeks. Here's how it's changed our company: When we were in our Techstars cohort, Ryan Kuder consistently emphasized the importance of two things: 1. Bring people along for the ride 2. Maintain you network as you build it I genuinely believe that was the most positively-impactful piece of advice we could have received early on in our journey. Even when at times when we were just building & testing without much to say yet, the consistency of checking in began to resonate with people on the list. We started to receive more feedback, ultimately leading to more help, which also led to more money raised - all thanks to our company updates. Now we're beginning to grow faster, we feel ready for the next step towards more aggressive growth, and we feel even more prepared knowing not only that we can ask for help when we need it & actually receive it, but also that each week, the investors we want to work with in the future are getting an even better understanding of who we are, what we're doing, and where this is headed. Write company updates!

What's product-market-fit & has your startup achieved it to raise its Series A? Listen to Lan Xuezhao of Basis Set, Amy Cheetham of Costanoa Ventures, & Natalie L., former Lightspeed and now angel investor share their advice on the latest DrinksWithAVC Ravix Roundup!

Here's a very quick update for our future potential investors! KreiosLabs just surpassed $8.5k in ARR this month! While April's growth was slower than anticipated, we saw a strong rebound in May and hopefully it continues from here. I recently attended the Raid the Fridge event hosted by Kickstarter Ventures that featured Expedock Cofounders Jig Y. and Jeff Tan. My two main takeaways from the talk are: 1. I'm simply not working hard enough 2. Go global And guess what? That's exactly what we will do for the next few months - work harder and go global. Stay tuned for our next update!

Jed Tan is going global. I'm excited for more stories like this. Keep the fire alive, we need more young dreamers to rally around your story! Jed literally just proved the spectators wrong that "there's no tech talent and entrepreneurs in Manila" 🤣 🤣 🤣 I havent' been in the local scene for years because we were busy grinding but I'm shocked at this change in language from investors. "VC's" now love to call entrepreneurs, dreamers, and visionaries with the derogatory term of "operators". 🙄🙄🙄 "Operators" vs "Spectators" is harmful language and reflective of subconcious #crabmentality . To even debate this dichotomy is a farce. I will pick a fight with anyone who uses the word "operator" to puff themselves up because of their inability to execute & deliver results themselves. My younger brother, Jeremy Young, helped me realize that the real language should be: "Kings" and "Kingmakers" - allies who shape the future together. Both are capital & time allocators, both are operators that drive ROI, both are visionaries, both are dreamers. We have different roles and emphasis but a shared mission. Cheering your story on, Jed! I'm confident your SaaS first approach will surpass ours earlier and much faster! #carryingcrabs

SCV COMMUNITY | In the early stages of development, start-ups face many challenges, with the biggest one revolving around the ability to navigate uncertainty and manage various aspects of the business simultaneously. It is crucial for them to have strong support from the onset. Check out this short clip from our annual Summit, where all of our founders come together to share experience and help each other. ⬇️ 

If you want to increase your chances of getting in front of the eyes of the best VCs then this Masterclass by Eva Dobrzanska is a MUST! And it is FREE to attend. #startups #venturecapital #founders

Gen Z takeover at NY Tech Week!!! 💫 Last week, Gen Z VCs & HubSpot hosted a breakfast to bring together top Gen Z investors and founders all in town for Tech Week, organized by the Andreessen Horowitz team. Shoutout to Benjamin Grosse for leading this event & moderating a killer panel with 3 incredible founders (Bruno Faviero of Magna, Ben Sharf of Platter, and Madi Rifkin of Mount). We hosted at Republic HQ (thanks to Zehra Naqvi), and our sponsors at Hubspot made the whole event possible (shoutout to Walter Mannino) ❤️ Don't sleep on Gen Z... we're just getting started!!!! 💫 #genz #genzinvestors #venturecapital #founder #investing #nytechweek #newyorktechweek

Congratulations to Hivebrite, a French-based SaaS community engagement platform, that raised $37M in Series B funding 🚀 The total financing has reached a record €56M! The round was led by Quadrille Capital, with participation from existing investors Insight Partners and angel investors. Led by CEO Jean Hamon, since 2015 Hivebrite has become a leading SaaS driven all-in-one community engagement platform serving such global clients as Boeing, Roche, the Obama Foundation, and others. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate the global team expansion and further strengthen the platform. #venturecapitaleurope #investments #businessdevelopment #funding #investments #investing #investors #venturecapital #venturefunding #privateequity #growth #europeantech #investment #business #technology #innovating #development #France

Good morning founders! This your last chance to register for the Cintrifuse Venture Velocity Program tomorrow. I'm excited for its kickoff and learning more about all the great companies that will be participating. Thanks to Nikki Boehmker, the team at Cintrifuse and everyone involved in making it happen, such incredible support for the founders!! #BeDifferent #BeImpactful #TeamworksMakesTheDreamWork #FounderSales #StayAwesome