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January 2024

Rebecca Lynn
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Bloomberg Technology VC Spotlight: Consolidation in the VC Industry

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January 2024

Rebecca Lynn
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Bloomberg Technology VC Spotlight: Consolidation in the VC Industry

Canvas News

January 2024

Rebecca Lynn
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She closed a $400 million fund the week Lehman crashed. Here’s what Canvas Ventures cofounder Rebecca Lynn predicts for the year ahead

Canvas News

January 2024

Rebecca Lynn
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She closed a $400 million fund the week Lehman crashed. Here’s what Canvas Ventures cofounder Rebecca Lynn predicts for the year ahead

Insights

October 2023

Rebecca Lynn
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Rebecca Lynn - Why Good Marketing Beats Good Product, Use Cases for AI, Tactical GTM Advice

Insights

October 2023

Rebecca Lynn
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Rebecca Lynn - Why Good Marketing Beats Good Product, Use Cases for AI, Tactical GTM Advice

Insights

October 2023

Rebecca Lynn
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Diversity In Startups Requires Strong STEM Pipelines—and Government-Mandated Reporting Won’t Have Much To Do With It

Insights

October 2023

Rebecca Lynn
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Diversity In Startups Requires Strong STEM Pipelines—and Government-Mandated Reporting Won’t Have Much To Do With It

Canvas News

July 2023

Rebecca Lynn
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Bloomberg Technology VC Spotlight: Canvas Ventures Secures All Cash Exit for Casetext

Canvas News

July 2023

Rebecca Lynn
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Bloomberg Technology VC Spotlight: Canvas Ventures Secures All Cash Exit for Casetext

Insights

July 2023

Rebecca Lynn
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A Case Study on Casetext: Six Insights Drawn from Six Years and a $650M Acquisition

Insights

July 2023

Rebecca Lynn
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A Case Study on Casetext: Six Insights Drawn from Six Years and a $650M Acquisition

Canvas News

June 2023

Rebecca Lynn
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Meet the 2023 Canvas Go-to-Market Council

Canvas News

June 2023

Rebecca Lynn
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Meet the 2023 Canvas Go-to-Market Council

Insights

June 2023

Rebecca Lynn
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Bloomberg Technology VC Spotlight: AI and Venture Trends

Insights

June 2023

Rebecca Lynn
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Bloomberg Technology VC Spotlight: AI and Venture Trends

Canvas News

February 2023

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Harrison Lieberfarb

Our Investment in Smartrr: Investing in Go-to-Market Tools For Customer Lifecycle Management

Canvas News

February 2023

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Harrison Lieberfarb

Our Investment in Smartrr: Investing in Go-to-Market Tools For Customer Lifecycle Management

Portfolio News

February 2023

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Smartrr bags $10M for its customer experience approach to e-commerce subscriptions

Portfolio News

February 2023

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Smartrr bags $10M for its customer experience approach to e-commerce subscriptions

Insights

December 2022

Rebecca Lynn
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Rebecca Lynn - Finding Your Customers

Insights

December 2022

Rebecca Lynn
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Rebecca Lynn - Finding Your Customers

Insights

November 2022

Rebecca Lynn
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Now Is the Time to Be Opportunistic

Insights

November 2022

Rebecca Lynn
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Now Is the Time to Be Opportunistic

Insights

September 2022

Mike Ghaffary
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M&A Q&A with Mike Ghaffary

Insights

September 2022

Mike Ghaffary
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M&A Q&A with Mike Ghaffary

Insights

August 2022

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Driving Revenue With Enterprise Partners: How to Scale Efficiently With a B2B2C Model

Insights

August 2022

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Driving Revenue With Enterprise Partners: How to Scale Efficiently With a B2B2C Model

Insights

August 2022

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Series A Q&A With Paul Hsiao: Advice for Founders Fundraising In A Storm

Insights

August 2022

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Series A Q&A With Paul Hsiao: Advice for Founders Fundraising In A Storm

Portfolio News

July 2022

Rebecca Lynn
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Our Investment in Particle Health: Standardizing Access to Health Data

Portfolio News

July 2022

Rebecca Lynn
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Our Investment in Particle Health: Standardizing Access to Health Data

Portfolio News

July 2022

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Particle Health Raises $25M To Make Healthcare Data Access Seamless Across The Digital Health Spectrum

Portfolio News

July 2022

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Particle Health Raises $25M To Make Healthcare Data Access Seamless Across The Digital Health Spectrum

Portfolio News

July 2022

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The 8 Largest NYC Tech Startup Funding Rounds of July 2022

Portfolio News

July 2022

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The 8 Largest NYC Tech Startup Funding Rounds of July 2022

Insights

June 2022

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Growth Marketing in a Down Market: Which Channels to Use Now

Insights

June 2022

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Growth Marketing in a Down Market: Which Channels to Use Now

Portfolio News

June 2022

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Keyway Unlocks $25 Million in Series A Funding

Portfolio News

June 2022

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Keyway Unlocks $25 Million in Series A Funding

Portfolio News

June 2022

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Exclusive: Zola Founder Shan-Lyn Ma Appoints a Co-CEO

Portfolio News

June 2022

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Exclusive: Zola Founder Shan-Lyn Ma Appoints a Co-CEO

Portfolio News

June 2022

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Skyflow Launches Integration To Build Privacy and Data Protection Into the Snowflake Data Cloud

Portfolio News

June 2022

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Skyflow Launches Integration To Build Privacy and Data Protection Into the Snowflake Data Cloud

Insights

June 2022

Mike Ghaffary
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How To Raise Venture Capital for Your Startup Regardless of Market Conditions

Insights

June 2022

Mike Ghaffary
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How To Raise Venture Capital for Your Startup Regardless of Market Conditions

Portfolio News

June 2022

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Platform9 Raises $26M To Help Manage Distributed Cloud Clusters

Portfolio News

June 2022

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Platform9 Raises $26M To Help Manage Distributed Cloud Clusters

Portfolio News

June 2022

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Roofstock Named to Forbes' 2022 Fintech 50

Portfolio News

June 2022

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Roofstock Named to Forbes' 2022 Fintech 50

Portfolio News

May 2022

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Data-sharing Platform Vendia Raises $30M Series B

Portfolio News

May 2022

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Data-sharing Platform Vendia Raises $30M Series B

Insights

May 2022

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Series A Q&A With Paul Hsiao: Most Common Questions About Raising Your Series A Round

Insights

May 2022

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Series A Q&A With Paul Hsiao: Most Common Questions About Raising Your Series A Round

Insights

May 2022

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Whale Hunting, Part II

Insights

May 2022

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Whale Hunting, Part II

Insights

May 2022

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From Product-Led Growth to Profitable Growth: Why PLG is Much More Than a Free Trial

Insights

May 2022

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From Product-Led Growth to Profitable Growth: Why PLG is Much More Than a Free Trial

Portfolio News

May 2022

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For First-Time Homebuyers, Are Starter Homes Becoming Extinct?

Portfolio News

May 2022

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For First-Time Homebuyers, Are Starter Homes Becoming Extinct?

Portfolio News

April 2022

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Matias Recchia Creates Keyway To Make Real Estate Easy For Small And Medium-Sized Business

Portfolio News

April 2022

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Matias Recchia Creates Keyway To Make Real Estate Easy For Small And Medium-Sized Business

Insights

April 2022

Mike Ghaffary
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Tech Needs To Step Up In Effort To Rebuild America’s Middle Class

Insights

April 2022

Mike Ghaffary
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Tech Needs To Step Up In Effort To Rebuild America’s Middle Class

Portfolio News

March 2022

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Shoreline Scores $35M Series B To Build Automated Incident Response Platform

Portfolio News

March 2022

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Shoreline Scores $35M Series B To Build Automated Incident Response Platform

Portfolio News

March 2022

Mike Ghaffary
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Our Investment in Navattic

Portfolio News

March 2022

Mike Ghaffary
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Our Investment in Navattic

Portfolio News

March 2022

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Proptech Greets Another Unicorn With Roofstock’s $240 Million Series E Fundraise

Portfolio News

March 2022

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Proptech Greets Another Unicorn With Roofstock’s $240 Million Series E Fundraise

Portfolio News

March 2022

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Keyway Secures Funding To Buy Property from Small Business Owners and Lease It Back to Them

Portfolio News

March 2022

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Keyway Secures Funding To Buy Property from Small Business Owners and Lease It Back to Them

Canvas News

March 2022

Rebecca Lynn
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Canvas Ventures Announces the 2022 Go-to-Market Council

Canvas News

March 2022

Rebecca Lynn
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Canvas Ventures Announces the 2022 Go-to-Market Council

Portfolio News

February 2022

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Tilled Expands PayFac-as-a-Service Innovation with New Capital and Capabilities

Portfolio News

February 2022

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Tilled Expands PayFac-as-a-Service Innovation with New Capital and Capabilities

Insights

February 2022

Mike Ghaffary
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The Marketplace Checklist: 16 Questions

Insights

February 2022

Mike Ghaffary
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The Marketplace Checklist: 16 Questions

Portfolio News

February 2022

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[LISTEN] Walker Drewett (NuBrakes) - How He Started a Mobile Brake Repair Company with No Automative Experience

Portfolio News

February 2022

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[LISTEN] Walker Drewett (NuBrakes) - How He Started a Mobile Brake Repair Company with No Automative Experience

Insights

January 2022

Rebecca Lynn
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What I Tell All My CEOs After A Year of Conversations with Marketing Leaders at Airtable, Curology, One Medical, Twilio, and Uber

Insights

January 2022

Rebecca Lynn
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What I Tell All My CEOs After A Year of Conversations with Marketing Leaders at Airtable, Curology, One Medical, Twilio, and Uber

Portfolio News

January 2022

Canvas
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Routefusion Raises $10.5M Round To Simplify Cross-Border Payments

Portfolio News

January 2022

Canvas
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Routefusion Raises $10.5M Round To Simplify Cross-Border Payments

Portfolio News

January 2022

Rebecca Lynn
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Our Investment in Routefusion

Portfolio News

January 2022

Rebecca Lynn
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Our Investment in Routefusion

January 2022

Mike Ghaffary
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[LISTEN] What’s Next After the iPhone, Unpacking Web3, Metaverse and Remote First Products, and Is This the Time to Be Investing in B2C or B2B

January 2022

Mike Ghaffary
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[LISTEN] What’s Next After the iPhone, Unpacking Web3, Metaverse and Remote First Products, and Is This the Time to Be Investing in B2C or B2B

Insights

January 2022

Canvas
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The Web3 World

Insights

January 2022

Canvas
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The Web3 World

Insights

December 2021

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Honing Your Positioning Strategy: Read These Insights from Top Product Marketers at Peloton and Uber

Insights

December 2021

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Honing Your Positioning Strategy: Read These Insights from Top Product Marketers at Peloton and Uber

December 2021

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Finding Success with Partnerships: Hear from Early Business Development Leaders at Venmo and Uber

December 2021

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Finding Success with Partnerships: Hear from Early Business Development Leaders at Venmo and Uber

Portfolio News

December 2021

Mike Ghaffary
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Our Investment in NuBrakes

Portfolio News

December 2021

Mike Ghaffary
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Our Investment in NuBrakes

Portfolio News

December 2021

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NuBrakes Scores Major Funding To Expand Mobile Repair Business

Portfolio News

December 2021

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NuBrakes Scores Major Funding To Expand Mobile Repair Business

Insights

November 2021

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Sales in the Early Stages: Proven Advice for Getting It Right

Insights

November 2021

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Sales in the Early Stages: Proven Advice for Getting It Right

Portfolio News

November 2021

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Our Investment in OfferFit

Portfolio News

November 2021

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Our Investment in OfferFit

Portfolio News

November 2021

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Check Out the 9-Slide Pitch Deck This Ex-Googler Used To Raise $15 Million for SME Property Tech Startup Keyway

Portfolio News

November 2021

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Check Out the 9-Slide Pitch Deck This Ex-Googler Used To Raise $15 Million for SME Property Tech Startup Keyway

Portfolio News

November 2021

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Our Investment in Keyway

Portfolio News

November 2021

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Our Investment in Keyway

Portfolio News

October 2021

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Skyflow’s Data Privacy API Business Raises $45M Series B

Portfolio News

October 2021

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Skyflow’s Data Privacy API Business Raises $45M Series B

Insights

October 2021

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Building a Growth Engine From Day 1: Advice from Early Marketing Leaders at Headspace and Zillow

Insights

October 2021

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Building a Growth Engine From Day 1: Advice from Early Marketing Leaders at Headspace and Zillow

Portfolio News

October 2021

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Our Investment in ResQ: A Leading Back-of-House SaaS Platform and B2B Marketplace

Portfolio News

October 2021

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Our Investment in ResQ: A Leading Back-of-House SaaS Platform and B2B Marketplace

Insights

October 2021

Rebecca Lynn
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Wall Street Journal Women to Watch 2021

Insights

October 2021

Rebecca Lynn
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Wall Street Journal Women to Watch 2021

Portfolio News

September 2021

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Customer Success Company Totango Lands $100M Growth Investment

Portfolio News

September 2021

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Customer Success Company Totango Lands $100M Growth Investment

Insights

August 2021

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[LISTEN] How the Data Economy Is Impacting Consumer and the State of the Series A

Insights

August 2021

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[LISTEN] How the Data Economy Is Impacting Consumer and the State of the Series A

Canvas News

August 2021

Rebecca Lynn
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Canvas Launches GTM Council, Bringing Together Industry-Leading Experts in Go-to-Market Strategy

Canvas News

August 2021

Rebecca Lynn
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Canvas Launches GTM Council, Bringing Together Industry-Leading Experts in Go-to-Market Strategy

Portfolio News

June 2021

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See the Pitch Deck That Landed Startup Robocorp a $21 Million Series a Round To Take On Microsoft and UiPath in the Hot Robotic Process Automation Market

Portfolio News

June 2021

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See the Pitch Deck That Landed Startup Robocorp a $21 Million Series a Round To Take On Microsoft and UiPath in the Hot Robotic Process Automation Market

Portfolio News

June 2021

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[LISTEN] Flyhomes' Giant Round and a Small Growth Fund Among Giants

Portfolio News

June 2021

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[LISTEN] Flyhomes' Giant Round and a Small Growth Fund Among Giants

Portfolio News

June 2021

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Homebuying Startup Flyhomes Closes $150 Million Series C

Portfolio News

June 2021

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Homebuying Startup Flyhomes Closes $150 Million Series C

Portfolio News

May 2021

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Our Investment in Tilled

Portfolio News

May 2021

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Our Investment in Tilled

Portfolio News

May 2021

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Tilled Takes A New Approach To PayFac-as-a-Service, Banks $11M Series A

Portfolio News

May 2021

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Tilled Takes A New Approach To PayFac-as-a-Service, Banks $11M Series A

Insights

May 2021

Mike Ghaffary
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Every Early-Stage Startup Must Identify and Evaluate a Strategic Advantage

Insights

May 2021

Mike Ghaffary
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Every Early-Stage Startup Must Identify and Evaluate a Strategic Advantage

Insights

May 2021

Rebecca Lynn
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Too Much Money, Too Few Deals—Investing in Today’s Startup Ecosystem

Insights

May 2021

Rebecca Lynn
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Too Much Money, Too Few Deals—Investing in Today’s Startup Ecosystem

Insights

May 2021

Rebecca Lynn
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5 Post-COVID Trends in Digital Health Investing

Insights

May 2021

Rebecca Lynn
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5 Post-COVID Trends in Digital Health Investing

Portfolio News

May 2021

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Vida Health Raises $110 Million To Expand Its Chronic Care Management Platform

Portfolio News

May 2021

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Vida Health Raises $110 Million To Expand Its Chronic Care Management Platform

Canvas News

April 2021

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How are VCs handling diligence in a world where deals open and close in days, not months?

Canvas News

April 2021

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How are VCs handling diligence in a world where deals open and close in days, not months?

Insights

April 2021

Mike Ghaffary
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Knowing When Your Startup Should Go All-In On Business Development

Insights

April 2021

Mike Ghaffary
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Knowing When Your Startup Should Go All-In On Business Development

Canvas News

March 2021

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Canvas Ventures Raises $350 Million To Help Bring Intentionality Back To Early-Stage Investing

Canvas News

March 2021

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Canvas Ventures Raises $350 Million To Help Bring Intentionality Back To Early-Stage Investing

Portfolio News

March 2021

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On-Demand Logistics and Fulfillment Startup Flowspace Raises $31M

Portfolio News

March 2021

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On-Demand Logistics and Fulfillment Startup Flowspace Raises $31M

Insights

March 2021

Mike Ghaffary
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Marketplace Checklist: How To Analyze Labor Marketplaces

Insights

March 2021

Mike Ghaffary
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Marketplace Checklist: How To Analyze Labor Marketplaces

Portfolio News

March 2021

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[LISTEN] How I Built Resilience: Shan-Lyn Ma of Zola

Portfolio News

March 2021

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[LISTEN] How I Built Resilience: Shan-Lyn Ma of Zola

Insights

February 2021

Mike Ghaffary
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What Is The Right Amount of Bureaucracy For A Startup? Introducing “Minimum Viable Bureaucracy” (MVB)

Insights

February 2021

Mike Ghaffary
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What Is The Right Amount of Bureaucracy For A Startup? Introducing “Minimum Viable Bureaucracy” (MVB)

Portfolio News

February 2021

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Our Investment in Vendia: The New Standard for Data Sharing

Portfolio News

February 2021

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Our Investment in Vendia: The New Standard for Data Sharing

Portfolio News

February 2021

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Vendia raises $15.5 million to disrupt transaction processing

Portfolio News

February 2021

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Vendia raises $15.5 million to disrupt transaction processing

Portfolio News

January 2021

Mike Ghaffary
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Why We Invested in Darwin Homes: Superpowering the Single-Family Residential Market

Portfolio News

January 2021

Mike Ghaffary
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Why We Invested in Darwin Homes: Superpowering the Single-Family Residential Market

Portfolio News

January 2021

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DoorDash Execs’ Proptech Company Darwin Homes Raises $15 Million Series A To Equip Investors in Single-Family Homes With Institutional Real-Estate Management Tools

Portfolio News

January 2021

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DoorDash Execs’ Proptech Company Darwin Homes Raises $15 Million Series A To Equip Investors in Single-Family Homes With Institutional Real-Estate Management Tools

Portfolio News

January 2021

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Our investment in Brace

Portfolio News

January 2021

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Our investment in Brace

Portfolio News

January 2021

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Brace picks up $15.7 million in Series B funding round

Portfolio News

January 2021

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Brace picks up $15.7 million in Series B funding round

Insights

January 2021

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Focusing As You Scale: A Conversation with Kevin Ryan, Founder and Chairman of MongoDB, Zola, and Gilt Groupe

Insights

January 2021

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Focusing As You Scale: A Conversation with Kevin Ryan, Founder and Chairman of MongoDB, Zola, and Gilt Groupe

Portfolio News

December 2020

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Our Investment in Skyflow: Safeguarding Customer Data with a Privacy API

Portfolio News

December 2020

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Our Investment in Skyflow: Safeguarding Customer Data with a Privacy API

Portfolio News

December 2020

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Skyflow Raises $17.5 Million Series A for Data Privacy API

Portfolio News

December 2020

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Skyflow Raises $17.5 Million Series A for Data Privacy API

Portfolio News

December 2020

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Skyflow raises $17.5M more to help companies protect your personal data

Portfolio News

December 2020

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Skyflow raises $17.5M more to help companies protect your personal data

Portfolio News

December 2020

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Skyflow raises $17.5 million to bring its data privacy API to more businesses

Portfolio News

December 2020

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Skyflow raises $17.5 million to bring its data privacy API to more businesses

Portfolio News

December 2020

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What it Took For a 17-Year-Old to Transform the Automotive Industry ... and Become the Youngest Self-Made Billionaire

Portfolio News

December 2020

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What it Took For a 17-Year-Old to Transform the Automotive Industry ... and Become the Youngest Self-Made Billionaire

Portfolio News

December 2020

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Luminar CEO: We're absolutely in this for the long run

Portfolio News

December 2020

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Luminar CEO: We're absolutely in this for the long run

Portfolio News

December 2020

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Luminar going public makes 25-year-old Austin Russell one of world's first, and youngest, self-driving billionaires

Portfolio News

December 2020

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Luminar going public makes 25-year-old Austin Russell one of world's first, and youngest, self-driving billionaires

Portfolio News

December 2020

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Luminar Technologies becomes public company as lidar race builds

Portfolio News

December 2020

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Luminar Technologies becomes public company as lidar race builds

Portfolio News

December 2020

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Meet The World's Newest And Youngest Self-Made Billionaire: Luminar's Austin Russell

Portfolio News

December 2020

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Meet The World's Newest And Youngest Self-Made Billionaire: Luminar's Austin Russell

Portfolio News

December 2020

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Real Autonomy Video from Luminar

Portfolio News

December 2020

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Real Autonomy Video from Luminar

Portfolio News

November 2020

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Luminar Inks Deal To Sell Laser Sensors To Intel's Mobileye Ahead Of Nasdaq Listing

Portfolio News

November 2020

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Luminar Inks Deal To Sell Laser Sensors To Intel's Mobileye Ahead Of Nasdaq Listing

Insights

November 2020

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The Mindset of a Data Leader

Insights

November 2020

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The Mindset of a Data Leader

Portfolio News

November 2020

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Luminar Increases Guidance; Accelerating Deals

Portfolio News

November 2020

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Luminar Increases Guidance; Accelerating Deals

Portfolio News

October 2020

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Pentagon’s Silicon Valley Hub is Helping NORAD Monitor US Airspace

Portfolio News

October 2020

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Pentagon’s Silicon Valley Hub is Helping NORAD Monitor US Airspace

Portfolio News

October 2020

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Our Investment in FOSSA

Portfolio News

October 2020

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Our Investment in FOSSA

Portfolio News

October 2020

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Introducing Open Source Security Management at Enterprise Scale

Portfolio News

October 2020

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Introducing Open Source Security Management at Enterprise Scale

Insights

September 2020

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The Third-Party API Economy

Insights

September 2020

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The Third-Party API Economy

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