Venture Capital Fund to Become First to Issue Own Digital TokensBlockchain Capital LLC, which backs startups that use the technology best known for supporting bitcoin, plans to raise a new $50 million fund partly by issuing its own digital tokens, becoming the first venture fund to do so. The San Francisco-based company seeks to raise a portion of its third blockchain fund through an initial coin offering, or ICO, of tokens and the larger part from traditional venture-capital investors who typically contribute a minimum, Managing Partner Brock Pierce, who is also chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, said in an interview. [ Bloomberg ] Ask Jason PT1: Investing strategies, women in entrepreneurship, bootstrapping to success & more As an angel investor, as a founder, and as host of 700+ episodes of TWiST, Jason constantly receives questions from founders and superfans. Today, he answers 15 -- from how to passively support viable startups if you have a day job to best fundraising advice, from how much confidentiality founders should expect, to tips for female entrepreneurs to successfully navigate the tricky waters of owning and running a company in a male-dominated landscape. Plus, find out some of Jason’s investment strategies to choosing winners to invest in. This is only the first of two parts, so stay tuned for much more. Andy Weissman, Partner at Union Square Ventures - InterviewA great interview with Andy Weissman, Partner at Union Square Ventures. Snapchat Founders’ Grip Tightened After a Spat With an Early InvestorWhen Snap goes public next month, one of the biggest winners will be Lightspeed Venture Partners. Lightspeed, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, was the first institution to invest in Snap, the company that popularized disappearing messages, and it is now set to reap more than $1 billion from what began as a mere $485,000 investment. [ NY Times ] Women Investors Who Lead Startups To SuccessIf you’ve been following tech media lately, you may have read about women being underrepresented among investment partners at the venture firms a lot. Yet, I’m here to posit that women VCs are on the rise. Based on the observation of Women.vc, there isn’t only an increased interest in female investors, there’s a demand for them. In this past year alone we’ve seen multi-billion dollar exits of women funded companies, an influx in female investors at corporate venture funds, and the first ever hired female investment partner by Sequoia Capital. Global Tech Exits 2016: IPOs Tick Up, Despite An Overall SlumpThe top VCs with the most exits for 2016 are SV Angel, Intel Capital, and 500 Startups. VC JOBS : Venture Hacker Program at AngelList, San Francisco, USOperations Associate at Eden, San Francisco, US.Analyst Program at AngelList, San Francisco, USOperations at The Human Diagnosis Project, San Francisco, USBusiness Operations Associate at DoorDash, San Francisco, USGlobal Operations Associate, San Francisco at Flexport, San Francisco, USBusiness Analyst at Lurkin,Los Angeles, (Remote)Operations at Arka, San Francisco, US.Designer at AngelList, San Francisco, NYC, US.Engineer at AngelList, San Francisco, NYC, US.Research Engineer at Lurkin,Los Angeles, RemoteGrowth Hacker at Lurkin, Los Angeles, RemoteDirector of Marketing at Lurkin, Los Angeles, RemoteExperienced Marketing Professional at SoundBetter, New York City, LA, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Remote |