Posts from Austin Yoshino
What You Need To Know Before Startup Investing
Early-stage startups operate similarly to other companies, although usually with much smaller teams. On a high level, a group of people is working cohesively to create something that people will buy. However, there's one significant difference: traditional companies copy what has been done before, ...
Venture Capital in 2023: What To Expect?
After record levels of deal value in 2021, the venture capital industry experienced a slowdown during 2022, in which fundraising activity fell 27% compared to the previous year. Despite this, experts are optimistic about the future of venture capital funds and argue for a potential rebound in 2023. ...
Emerging Tech Trends Investors Should Watch
Here are some areas from the technological field that will be worth watching in 2023. Some are already buzzing, and others are only just starting to arise. But all of them have the growth potential to significantly impact both our personal and professional lives in the years to come; venture ...
The Top 10 Traits Startup Founders Need
Building a successful startup team is one of the most important aspects of starting any business. Finding individuals with the right skills, qualities, and personalities to work together toward achieving common goals is essential. But forming a cohesive team can be challenging; it takes time, ...
Venture Capital 101: What You Need To Know
Venture capital (VC) is a subset of private equity or private financing, specifically to invest in startups intending to drive innovation and economic growth. Venture capital funds have become an increasingly popular and necessary source of financing for startup companies, as these firms often ...
A Glimpse Into Private Markets & Venture Capital
Investing in a company's earliest stage has long been a best-kept secret among Silicon Valley's most exclusive investors. Now that the secret is out and the startup journey has become romanticized by Hollywood, there is one major problem for the outsiders of Silicon Valley elites - access. Venture ...
Simplifying Venture Investing With aVenture
Venture capital was invented to accelerate innovation by investing in the best-emerging technology companies, commonly referred to as startups. It was created as a subset of private equity to fill the void of funding companies at their earliest and usually riskiest stages. It became a recognized ...
Austin has spent a few years in tech, starting with studying mechanical engineering as a university student then founding a sports marketplace startup that was brought through an accelerator. He was also a marketing consultant to vertically integrated organization in a highly regulated industry. Currently, he is advising aVenture on growth strategy and is passionate about breaking down barrier of entry for venture capital investments.