Welcome to the NVCA Blog series, Building Better, where we celebrate the dynamic relationship between our VC members and their innovative portfolio companies around the nation. For today’s Building Better, we spoke with Tim Guleri, Managing Director at Sierra Ventures, and with Hiro Yoshikawa, CEO & Co-founder of Treasure Data, a Sierra portfolio company. Learn about their partnership in the Q&A below! (more…)
Welcome to our Member Spotlight series where we give a profile overview of our many diverse members. For this deep dive, we spoke to Nathan Sanders, General Partner & Chief Operating Officer at TCV. (more…)
Welcome to our Member Spotlight series where we give a profile overview of our many diverse members. For this deep dive, we spoke to Guy Turner, Managing Director of Hyde Park Venture Partners. (more…)
Welcome to the NVCA Blog series, Building Better, where we celebrate the dynamic relationship between our VC members and their innovative portfolio companies around the nation. For today’s Building Better, we spoke with Neeraj Agrawal, General Partner at Battery Ventures, and with Ragy Thomas, Founder & CEO of Sprinklr, a Battery portfolio company. Learn about their partnership in the Q&A below!
Recently, we had the pleasure of hosting Navin Sethi with Ernst & Young LLP on a webinar to discuss the new Opportunity Zones program created by the recent tax cut law (if you missed it, click here for a recording). Navin frequently counsels wealth and asset management firms on partnership tax matters as well as providing guidance on how Opportunity Zones can apply to venture capital investments.
The goal of the Opportunity Zones program is to drive more investment in underserved areas. Because venture capital investment is critical to economic growth and opportunity, our intent is to explore how compatible Opportunity Zones are to the startup investment model. This post will build off the great content we got from the webinar, provide a brief overview of the program, and go through some frequently asked questions from NVCA membership. (more…)
Are you a new or aspiring entrepreneur looking to demystify the world of venture finance?
Are you thinking of starting a venture fund or did you recently take the (scary) plunge to raise a fund?
Are you generally curious about how venture finance works and what it takes to succeed?
Are you interested in learning more about the startup ecosystems and investment opportunities across the U.S. and engaging with investors or entrepreneurs in those markets?
If you answered yes to any of these, then VC University has you covered! (more…)
Policymakers are constantly looking for ways to boost economic growth. They tweak the tax code, write and rewrite regulations, and deploy a variety of other tools at their disposal. But one underutilized tool is immigration policy; specifically immigration policy that facilitates the creation of new companies, which research shows is the true growth engine of the economy. The best part is it won’t cost the federal government one red cent. (more…)
Welcome to the new NVCA Blog series, Building Better, where we celebrate the dynamic relationship between our VC members and their innovative portfolio companies around the nation. (more…)
Now that you’ve had the weekend to digest the 4Q 2018 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor released last week, it’s time to dive into more trends! NVCA President & CEO, Bobby Franklin, reviewed some of the big takeaways from 2018 in his VentureBeat article over the weekend. This blog post builds on those trends and themes with data and charts from the Venture Monitor, highlighting what we think are the eight most notable ones.
