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VC Policy Pulse: The International Entrepreneur Rule with Yiannis Yiakoumis

blog, Immigration, Public Policy April 20, 2021/by Devin Miller

Welcome to our VC Policy Pulse series, where we speak with a VC or founder on a policy issue that is having a major impact on the venture and startup ecosystem. Today, we’re speaking with the founder of a VC-backed startup about the International Entrepreneur Rule. Yiannis Yiakoumis founded Selfie Networks in 2017 and since then has raised VC financing from Bowery Capital, Lightspeed, and individual investors. Yiakoumis is originally from Greece and has been able to stay in the U.S. to build and continue to grow his company here through the International Entrepreneur Rule. We spoke with him about his immigration journey, utilizing the International Entrepreneur Rule, and what the rule could do for other founders who want to found new companies in the United States. Read more

NVCA Member Spotlight: Icon Ventures

blog, Member Spotlight April 15, 2021/by Devin Miller

Welcome to our Member Spotlight series where we give a profile overview of our many diverse members. For this deep dive, we spoke to Joe Horowitz, Managing General Partner at Icon Ventures and NVCA Board Member, to learn more about his firm. Read more

Women in VC Making a Big Impact: Carmen Palafox

blog, Diversity March 31, 2021/by Maryam Haque

This new series focuses on successful women in VC and rising stars who are making a big impact as investors and who are making a making positive impact on the venture ecosystem. For this edition, we spoke with Carmen Palafox, Managing Partner at MiLA Capital. Carmen shares details on her VC career, her work with All Raise and Latinx VC, and more!
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VC Policy Pulse: Medical Device Coverage Reform with Vensana’s Justin Klein & Kirk Nielsen

blog, Healthcare Innovation, Public Policy March 30, 2021/by Devin Miller

Welcome to our VC Policy Pulse series, where we speak with VC investors on policy issues that are having a major impact on the VC and startup ecosystem. Today, we’re hearing from Justin Klein and Kirk Nielsen, co-founders & Managing Partners of Vensana Capital, about the effects of federal policy on medical device innovation in the U.S. and how reformed coverage policy for innovative technologies from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could help advance new medical devices and accelerate access to these products for Americans. Read more

Women in VC Making a Big Impact: Bethany George

blog, Diversity March 29, 2021/by Maryam Haque

This new series focuses on successful women in VC and rising stars who are making a big impact as investors and who are making a making positive impact on the venture ecosystem. For this edition, we spoke with Bethany George, Managing Director at Rev1 Ventures. Bethany shares details on her VC career, her work with VentureNext, and more!
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NVCA Member Spotlight: Ironspring Ventures

blog, Member Spotlight March 24, 2021/by Devin Miller

Welcome to our Member Spotlight series where we give a profile overview of our many diverse members. For this deep dive, we spoke to Ty Findley, Managing Partner at Ironspring Ventures, to learn more about his firm. Read more

Growth and Momentum in Austin’s Startup Ecosystem

blog, Ecosystems March 19, 2021/by Devin Miller

NVCA recently launched ‘Spotlight On,’ a new series highlighting VC ecosystems across the country. Our first program on March 2 featured Austin. Dennis McWilliams, Partner at Austin-based VC firm Santé, shares his perspective on the evolution of Austin’s startup scene and why the city is poised for growth in life science investing. Read more

Why Enterprise Tech is Dominating Venture Capital

blog, Venture Investment March 18, 2021/by Matt Carbonara

Matt Carbonara is the Managing Director, Venture Investing at Citi Ventures

As our technological world rapidly evolves around us, venture capital always strives to follow close behind. Facing a seemingly daily influx of new innovations coming to market, there’s certainly no shortage of trends to chase for investors looking for the next hot growth opportunity. Our constant challenge is to look past mere flashes-in-the-pan, identifying long-term secular trends that are here to stay. Read more

NVCA Member Spotlight: Plum Alley

blog, Ecosystems, Member Spotlight March 17, 2021/by Devin Miller

Welcome to our Member Spotlight series where we give a profile overview of our many diverse members. For this deep dive, we spoke to Andrea Turner Moffitt and Deborah Jackson, co-founders of Plum Alley Investments, to learn more about their firm. Read more

Building Better: Airbus Ventures & LeoLabs

blog, Building Better, Ecosystems March 16, 2021/by Devin Miller

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 Thomas d’Halluin, Managing Partner at Airbus Ventures, and with Daniel Ceperley, Founder and CEO of LeoLabs, an Airbus Ventures portfolio company. Learn about their partnership in the Q&A below! Read more

3 Reasons Companies are Leaning into Employee Equity Education

blog, Ecosystems June 22, 2021/by Cliff Goldstein

Last year was the most active year in the U.S. for IPOs — a staggering 402 companies went public. And 2021 isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. In fact, the pace of company exits is expected to accelerate. It’s a defining and, potentially, lucrative moment for everyone that built the company. Yet, many startup […]

Diversifying the VC Industry, Venture Forward Celebrates One Year Anniversary

blog, Diversity, Ecosystems June 16, 2021/by Maryam Haque

Venture Forward turns one today! After several years in the making, we publicly launched on June 16, 2020 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting organization to NVCA, to meet the growing needs of the VC industry related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), education, research, and history preservation.