The 30 Hour HBS NY VC Trek: suits, standing desks and unreal chocolates
Along with a couple startup/VC obsessed HBS students, I recently visited some of New York’s VC funds to learn more about post-MBA careers in venture capital, NY venture capital ecosystem, and firm-specific investing philosophy. In this post, I wrote about what stuck with me, what I learned and what I think could be useful for other VC/Startup obsessed people. I skipped details that can be read or inferred from the funds’ websites or the Internet. I would like to begin by thanking all the VCs below who took time to meet us, opened up their experience to us and candidly answered our...
Read MoreInSITE Companies Raise > $215M
On the 10th Anniversary of our companies raising funding after graduating InSITE, we have surveyed their accomplishments and found tremendous success in Angel and VC fundraising. Since Spring of 2001, InSITE’s companies have raised a total of more than $215 million of disclosed funding and have enjoyed at least 6 successful exits. With 96 companies completing our program to date, that’s an average of $2.2 million raised per company – an impressive number, particularly considering the majority of start-ups do not receive funding. The biggest raise by far was by RecycleBank,...
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