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News August 31, 2020

Dutchie received $35m to improve cannabis experience

Dutchie, a company selling marijuana online for the legalized markets, founded by Ross Lipson, Samuel Ellis, and Zach Lipson in July 2017 with the first 3 dispensaries in Bend, Oregon, where their HQ is currently located with 102 employees, serving 1300 stores in 32 markets (that’s 10% of the Global legal cannabis market), and processing around 75,000 orders per day, molded $35m during Series B from Thrive Capital, Casa Verde Capital, Thirty Five Ventures, Gron Ventures, and Howard Schultz, totaling $53m of investments. These days they processed their ten millionth order since the beginning, and their business model seems to be prosperous.

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Analytics August 31, 2020

Tweet me tender: how investors emotional posts influences VC

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Interviews August 28, 2020

Maarten ter Keurst (PureTerra Ventures): Focus more on who you need to know rather than what you need to know

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Interviews August 27, 2020

Jacqueline van den Ende (Peak Capital): We look at 4 main criteria, we call it T-Score. We evaluate Team, Thesis, Traction, and Timing.

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Interviews August 26, 2020

Jessica Rameau (Wellstreet): I don't think you should do what you love. I think you should do what you are good at

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Interviews August 25, 2020

Rick Segal (Rethink Capital Partners): We favor technology SaaS companies because we want the impact that we make to be scalable, and technology solutions are the ones that scale the most from the smallest investment dollar

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Interviews August 21, 2020

Vanessa Larco (New Enterprise Associates): Before investing I have to play with a product, I have to believe there's a real strong focus on the customers and their needs and those people will love using it.

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Interviews August 7, 2020

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Dutchie received $35m to improve cannabis experience

Tweet me tender: how investors emotional posts influences VC

Maarten ter Keurst (PureTerra Ventures): Focus more on who you need to know rather than what you need to know

Jacqueline van den Ende (Peak Capital): We look at 4 main criteria, we call it T-Score. We evaluate Team, Thesis, Traction, and Timing.

Jessica Rameau (Wellstreet): I don't think you should do what you love. I think you should do what you are good at

Rick Segal (Rethink Capital Partners): We favor technology SaaS companies because we want the impact that we make to be scalable, and technology solutions are the ones that scale the most from the smallest investment dollar

Jessica Liu (AppWorks): We focus on Founders’ characteristics

Natural Fiber Welding got $13m of strategic investment

Thirty Madison paves its direct way to consumers with $47m of Series B investments

Labster devirtualized new $9m to conquer Asia

GoSite is enlarged with $16m Series A Round and going to help SMB even more

Allergy Amulet winded $3.3m of Seed funding

Skillshare assembled $66m for further expanding of the platform

Shigeru Handa (AAIC): We are investing in the Healthcare sector, we are a Healthcare fund in Africa

Cross-Border investment: Unicorn Nest research 2020

StreetLight Data extracted $15m from investment Round D

PandaDoc jackpots Series B with extra $30m totaling 2017 Round B to $45m

Zencity scores $15m to expand product capabilities

Vanessa Larco (New Enterprise Associates): Before investing I have to play with a product, I have to believe there's a real strong focus on the customers and their needs and those people will love using it.

Michele Novelli (Digital Magics): We Invest In Companies That Make Things Happen!

Palmetto absorbs $29m Round B financing

Lemonaid Health flats $33m Round B investments to rocket their Health Care platform

Remitly rounded $85m to extend mobile payment opportunities

Stack Overflow sports $85m at Round E for their SaaS space

Fabian Westerheide (Asgard): I consider companies who do customer support and customer communication.