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ShopKeep Acquired by Lightspeed: Reflections
by Tribeca Venture PartnersBrian Hirsch, Cofounder and Managing Partner In late 2011, Tribeca Venture Partners led ShopKeep’s Series A financing to help expand the penetration of their cloud-based POS software from a small group of mostly local NYC merchants to a
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July 2020: Our First COVID-19 Investment and Updates
by Tribeca Venture PartnersAs the world shut down around us and we shifted to working from home, we were forced to reinvent our investment process. Our old investment process, which consisted of a lot of in-person interactions, just isn’t possible anymore. But we
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Wear a Mask, The Venture Brief, and Summer Reads
by Tribeca Venture PartnersWe’re joining the chorus of friendly reminders to please Wear A Mask. We’re not doctors or epidemiologists. We’re technology investors, and we use as much data as we can get our hands on to make investment and operating decisions
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The Early Stage Founder’s Reading List
by Tribeca Venture PartnersOur TVP Founders tell us there are so many lessons in entrepreneurship, and they’re continuously learning as they build. They gain insights from board members, advisers, and other entrepreneurs, and find that a good book or whitepaper
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June 2020: Annual Meeting, Insights, and Portfolio News
by Tribeca Venture PartnersHope you and your families are all safe and well. The NYC area has made tremendous progress, and life is slowly returning to a new normal that we’re all figuring out together. As part of that new normal, we recently hosted our first, and
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May 2020: Reopening, CEO-Board Panel, Portfolio News, and Open Roles
by Tribeca Venture PartnersWe hope this message finds you and your family safe. Thankfully the TVP team and our families continue to be well. As we await the gradual reopening of our economy and reflect on our collective situation, we know the only true
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COVID 19: CommonBond makes student loan relief simple
by Tribeca Venture PartnersDuring this time of uncertainty, the last thing you want to do is worry about your student loans. Our portfolio company, CommonBond, has created a simple, interactive guide to help you understand the impact of the recent federal student
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April 2020 Updates and Portfolio News
by Tribeca Venture PartnersWe hope you and yours are all safe as we all work together to save lives. We were taken by this powerful image above. It’s almost as if the sky itself is paying tribute to healthcare workers here in NYC and around the world.
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COVID-19 Portfolio Updates and Resources
by Tribeca Venture PartnersWe. Are. Still. Here. Like all of you, we’re home doing our part to fight this horrendous pandemic. The only thing we know for sure is the world changes fast. In the face of all this uncertainty, we’re working hard on things we can
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Managing through COVID-19: Advice to our TVP Founders and CEOs
by Tribeca Venture PartnersWe recently shared the email below with our TVP Founders and CEOs. We also wanted to share this with our New York Tech community as we collectively work through this unprecedented time. Good afternoon TVP Founders and CEOs. We hope this
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IWD 2020: Breaking into the C-Suite
by Tribeca Venture PartnersRocky Lachman, Head of Marketing In celebration of International Women’s Day, I reached out to female leaders across our Tribeca Venture Partners portfolio to hear more about their experiences in tech and highlight their leadership.
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The Perfect Pitch: 7 Steps to Deliver The Perfect Pitch
by Tribeca Venture PartnersIt’s not only OK but good to answer “I don’t know” to a question for which you don’t have an answer. You can’t bulls–t a bulls–tter. We see thousands of entrepreneurs and hear countless
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Founder Interview with Sam Caucci, Founder and CEO at 1Huddle
by Tribeca Venture PartnersSam Caucci has managed and coached sales and leadership teams for publicly held, private sector, and franchised companies across the globe. Sam founded 1Huddle, a workforce training platform using game technology to help organizations
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The Future of Work: Why we invested in 1Huddle
by Tribeca Venture PartnersChip Meakem and Nitya Rajendran There’s a lot of talk about “the future of work” these days. Within this very broad category, we’ve done some deep dives in a few sub-sectors. One area that drew our attention is corporate training.
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Tribeca Venture Partners 2019 Year In Review
by Tribeca Venture Partners2019 YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 was a good year for Tribeca Venture Partners. We built on last year’s success in the portfolio, welcomed a new unicorn from Buffalo, expanded our marketing and analytics, and deepened our contributions to the
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2020 Predictions: Trends and Insights
by Tribeca Venture PartnersWe’ve been working on our 2020 Predictions and opportunities for next year. We don’t have a crystal ball but have thoughts to share based on what we see across our portfolio and in the market. We’d love to hear what your team has been
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Fireside Chat with Mona Bijoor, Founder of JOOR and Author of Startups and Downs: The Secrets of Resilient Entrepreneurs
by Tribeca Venture PartnersOur Head of Marketing, Rocky Lachman, recently interviewed Mona Bijoor, Founder of JOOR and Partner at Kings Circle Capital, to discuss her new book Startups and Downs: The Secrets of Resilient Entrepreneurs. This was a special fireside
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Founder Interview with Philip James, Founder and CEO at Penrose Hill
by Tribeca Venture PartnersPhilip James is the founder and CEO of Penrose Hill, one of the largest wine producers in the US, selling wines around the world through multiple channels, including via its Direct to Consumer website, Firstleaf. Philip is a serial
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Breaking into Venture Capital
by Tribeca Venture PartnersOur Senior Associate, Nitya Rajendran, recently sat down with SoGal Foundation to discuss Breaking into Venture Capital. Each month, Elizabeth Galbut interviews venture capitalists to gain valuable insight into the various paths to land a
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Q4 Portfolio Update: ACV Auctions, AiCure, clypd, Hive, and Thinkful
by Tribeca Venture PartnersWe are thrilled to announce two recent exits in the Tribeca Venture Partners portfolio. Congratulations to the founders and teams at clypd and Thinkful for successful exits. It’s been an absolute pleasure working with both teams over the
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Founder Interview: John Furneaux, CEO and Co-founder at Hive
by Tribeca Venture PartnersJohn Furneaux is the CEO and Co-founder of Hive, the secret behind the blistering pace of execution at brands like Uber, Starbucks, Netflix, and Google. John founded Hive after seeing a white space in the collaboration space, and coded the
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Finding Genius: The Journey
by Tribeca Venture PartnersNitya Rajendran, Senior Associate I am excited to finally announce the publication of Finding Genius. As a contributing author, I wrote a chapter unpacking major trends, opportunities, and challenges in the fintech space. Fintech is
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Founder Interview: Charles Bonello, CEO and Co-founder at Vivvi
by Tribeca Venture PartnersCharles Bonello is co-founder and CEO of Vivvi, and its very proud “First Dad”. Prior to starting Vivvi, he co-founded Grand Central Tech and helped build it to NY’s largest, most selective and most inclusive tech ecosystem, with over
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Back to School: Perspectives on Edtech
by Tribeca Venture PartnersWe’ve been talking about education and edtech recently given the Back to School buzz in Tribeca. New York is the nation’s second-largest ecosystem for edtech and has been growing over the past few years. With parents, educators,
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End of Summer Reading List
by Tribeca Venture PartnersIt may feel as if summer is winding down, but there’s still a lot of summer left in us here at Tribeca Venture Partners. So, the team is sharing our End of Summer Reading List for those looking for a good read. And for anyone who’s
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A Look At What’s Ahead
by Tribeca Venture PartnersWe live amongst the trees – or buildings here in NYC – but once in a while, we try to think about the forest. One example: If I told you right now that your phone was lost, you would probably feel physically ill. That’s how
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The Fed Just Cut Rates
by Tribeca Venture PartnersThe Fed just cut rates. A few thoughts from our Managing Partner Chip Meakem: It’s a Global Market: We think about the Fed rate too domestically. While the connection between Fed Funds Rate and the US Treasuries is complicated, they
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Bank On It Podcast: Episode 223 Brian Hirsch on Fintech
by Tribeca Venture Partners“New York is eating the east coast venture capital market.” I recently sat down with John Siracusa, host of the Bank On It Podcast. Each week, John Siracusa interviews impressive leaders and entrepreneurs in Fintech to gain their
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AlphaSense Raises $50M Series B
by Tribeca Venture PartnersWe are thrilled to announce that our portfolio company AlphaSense has raised a $50M Series B round led by Innovation Endeavors with participation from Tribeca Venture Partners, Soros Fund Management and other existing investors. AlphaSense
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Negotiating the Terms: Q&A with Tribeca Venture Partners’ Nitya Rajendran
by Tribeca Venture PartnersPublished by Negotiating the Terms on September 25, 2018 Nitya Rajendran is an associate at Tribeca Venture Partners, based in New York. Prior to TVP, she was an investment banking analyst at Lazard. What attracted you to venture capital
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TVP Named Top 5 NYC VC Firm
by Tribeca Venture PartnersPublished by Red Herring on June 27, 2018 Silicon Valley is still the king of American venture capital: last year the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA metro area contributed just over $23 billion, or 34.13%, of the nation’s entire VC
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EdSurge – Thinkful Raises $9.6M to Grow In-Person Hubs for Its Online Coding Bootcamp
by Tribeca Venture PartnersPublished on EdSurge by Sydney Johnson, 1/10/2018 Darrell Silver is a unlikely critic of coding bootcamps, the 9- to 12-week intensive courses in computer science and programming skills. “Bootcamps as an entity aren’t working,” he
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Thinkful Announces $9.6m Fundraise to Bring High-Growth Tech Careers Everywhere with 1-on-1 Learning
by Tribeca Venture PartnersBrooklyn, NY – January 9, 2018 – Thinkful, the school that brings high-growth careers to people everywhere, today announced a $9.6 million Series A funding to reach students and employers in up-and-coming tech hubs. “The tech
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ShopKeep Enters Small Business Lending Market
by Tribeca Venture PartnersLike its competitor Square, ShopKeep seems to be stepping closer into its business users’ back offices. On Wednesday (Aug. 29), ShopKeep announced the launch of a small business financing solution, ShopKeep Capital. The merchant cash
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First Data Expands ShopKeep Partnership
by Tribeca Venture PartnersFirst Data, the commerce-enabling technology company, and ShopKeep, a cloud-based company whose technology transforms an iPad into a cash register, announced on Thursday (Feb. 16) they inked a new partnership that expands their existing
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ACV Auctions raises $15 million in venture capital amid fast expansion
by Tribeca Venture PartnersACV Auctions has raised $15 million in Series B venture capital funding, continuing the Buffalo-based tech startup’s meteoric trajectory. ACV was founded in late 2014 by co-founders Joseph Neiman, Dan Magnuszewski and Jack Greco. It
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LoftSmart raises $1.7 million for its local rental marketplace for college towns
by Tribeca Venture PartnersMy first home-way-from-home was a room in a house with an unrepeatable nickname on West College St. in Oberlin, OH. I lived with 8 other people in a two-story, rambling warren filled with rooms and roomlets that had been created over the
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Tentrr makes camping easy with furnished campsites
by Tribeca Venture PartnersThere’s an app for everything these days, and one of the latest industries to get the tech makeover is camping. Tentrr is a free iPhone app that makes camping easier by letting users find and book private campsites close to major
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Camping Today: Goodbye Pup Tent; Hello Wi-Fi
by Tribeca Venture PartnersIf you’re planning to spend the last weeks of summer sleeping under the stars, you won’t be alone. A new wave of campers is taking to the great outdoors, though you might not find them in A-frame tents. They’re in tree houses and
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PebblePost raises $47M as it uses online data to fuel direct mail marketing
by Tribeca Venture PartnersPebblePost, a startup that uses online data to target consumers with printed mail, has raised $47 million in a combination of equity and debt. That includes the $15 million, RRE Ventures-led Series B that the company announced in
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Truveris gets $25M to grow prescription benefits analytics platform
by Tribeca Venture PartnersTruveris, a healthcare technology company focused cloud-based data analytics solutions for the $450 billion prescription benefits industry, today announced that the company has secured $25 million in a new round of funding to accelerate its
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CommonBond Closes $231 Million Securitization of Student Loans
by Tribeca Venture PartnersCommonBond is reporting they have closed a $231 million securitization of refinanced student loans. The online lender says the issuance received their highest ratings to date with Moody’s rating Aa3, DBRS at AA. The securitization was
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The Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2017
by Tribeca Venture PartnersEvery year for the past three, Forbes has gone looking for 25 young U.S. companies with a strong shot at reaching a valuation of $1 billion or more. Last year’s list included hot companies like the crowdfunding site GoFundMe, online
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Entrepreneurship at Cornell
by Tribeca Venture PartnersI drove up to Cornell University last week for the ELAB’s Entrepreneurship Kickoff event held at POPSHOP, their coworking space. As a Cornell grad it was a great excuse to make the beautiful drive up Route 17 along the southern flank of