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What early-stage VCs look for in startups

by Steven Loeb, August 3, 2017

Nearly 1 out of 10 said 'team' was the most important criteria; read on to see the rest

For the last two years, Vator has been interviewing investors putting money into early stage companies, meaning anything from pre-seed to Series A, in the Meet the VC series. In that time, we've interviewed 93 investors, and we've been able to gather their thoughts on the venture capital ecosystem, what they like to invest in and how they became part of ...

Meet Sutian Dong, Partner at Female Founders Fund

by Steven Loeb, July 28, 2017

Female Founders Fund makes 6 to 8 investments a year, with $500,000 initial checks

Venture capital used to be a cottage industry, with very few investing in tomorrow's products and services. Oh how times have changed. While there are more startups than ever, there's also more money chasing them. In this series, we look at the new (or relatively new) VCs in the early stages: seed and Series A. But just who are these ...

Meet Laura Sachar, Managing Partner at StarVest Partners

by Steven Loeb, July 21, 2017

StarVest puts money into B2B companies, in sectors that include IoT, fintech and infrastructure

Venture capital used to be a cottage industry, with very few investing in tomorrow's products and services. Oh how times have changed. While there are more startups than ever, there's also more money chasing them. In this series, we look at the new (or relatively new) VCs and their investing philosophies. But just who are these funds and venture capitalists ...

Meet Jonathan Struhl, General Partner at Indicator Ventures

by Steven Loeb, July 13, 2017

Indicator Ventures focuses on enterprise companies, with initial checks of $500k

Meet Whitney Rockley, Managing Partner at McRock Capital

by Steven Loeb, July 7, 2017

McRock invests in Industrial Internet of Things companies, with $3 to $4 million initial checks

Meet Jessica Peltz-Zatulove, Partner at MDC Ventures

by Steven Loeb, June 30, 2017

MDC Ventures, formerly KBS Ventures, is the corporate venture arm of marketing agency MDC Partners

Meet Elizabeth Galbut, Founding Partner at SoGal Ventures

by Steven Loeb, June 16, 2017

Galbut also founded A-Level Capital, a student-led venture capital firm, while at Johns Hopkins

Meet Tim Hoerr, CEO and Managing Partner at Serra Ventures

by Steven Loeb, June 1, 2017

Serra Ventures, headquartered at the University of Illinois, invests in startups from the Midwest

Meet George Dimopoulos, co-founder of VentureFriends

by Steven Loeb, May 24, 2017

VentureFriends mainly focuses on investing in Greek talent, both in Greece and abroad

Meet Krishna K. Gupta, General Partner at Romulus Capital

by Steven Loeb, May 4, 2017

Gupta founded Romulus Capital while an undergrad at MIT, and invests in enterprise software

Meet Arlan Hamilton, Managing Partner at Backstage Capital

by Steven Loeb, April 20, 2017

Backstage invests in underrepresented founders, including women, people of color and LGBT

Meet Alvaro Abella, Managing Partner at BECO Capital

by Steven Loeb, April 7, 2017

BECO is based in Dubai and invests in companies in the Middle East and North Africa region

Meet Joe Floyd, Partner at Emergence Capital

by Ronny Kerr, April 1, 2017

Creator of an entrepreneur-focused graphic novel, Joe looks for five personal qualities in founders

Meet Julie Sunderland, co-founder of Biomatics Capital

by Steven Loeb, March 22, 2017

Sunderland was director of Program Related Investments for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Editor's note: Our Splash Health, Wellness and Wearables event is coming up on March 23 in San Francisco. We'll have Mario Schlosser (Founder & CEO of Oscar Health), Brian Singerman (Partner, Founders Fund), Steve Jurvetson (Draper Fisher Jurvetson), J. Craig Venter (Human Longevity), Lynne Chou (Partner, Kleiner Perkins), Michael Dixon (Sequoia Capital), Patrick Chung (Xfund), Check out the full lineup and register for tickets before they jump! ...

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