TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

After a decade-long bull run, many venture capital funds have found themselves holding overvalued shares of companies whose IPO prospects have been either eliminated or significantly delayed. Greater geopolitical tensions around Taiwan The case for US venture capital outperformance by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Earlier this month, we reported that investors’ sentiments surrounding venture capital activity going into this were more reserved than upbeat. Africa predicted to experience sustained funding slowdown in 2023 Most tech observers share Cuvelier’s thoughts on VC activity in Africa. There was reason to believe so.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2023

I believe that sometime in the first half of 2023, the central banks around the world will start backing off the tightening that they have been engaged in as inflation continues to ease and the economy continues to cool. Startups are going to have a tough year in 2023.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2023

It took me a while, but I’m realizing that my startup love language is discussing any attempts to standardize the opaque and often informal world of venture capital. As a nod toward the beginning of this newsletter, ChatGPT could be looked at as yet another way that venture tries to automate itself. RRR won a Golden Globe.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2024

© 2023 TechCrunch. The situation has been worsening, and if this continued weakness persists in 2024, we could start to see global VC investment retreat to prior norms. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Initially aspiring to work in the events industry to organize music festivals, Triet gained valuable experience at non-profit organizations like The Dallas Entrepreneur Center and later at Capital Factory, a Texas-based accelerator fund. Breaking into venture capital has been a remarkable and challenging journey.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 18, 2024

Venture capital investments surged to unprecedented heights in 2023, surpassing $600 billion worldwide. This figure shows venture capital driving innovation and economic advancement globally.

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Founder Bounty

DECEMBER 17, 2022

The chances of you getting venture funding in 2023 are close to zero. In venture capital, you get paid a management fee whatever happens plus a carry of its one of your investable company exits. We highly recommend trying to get into venture capital if you can. Building a company is damn hard.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 16, 2023

In The Figures that Will Move the Venture Capital Market in the Next 3-5 Years , I wrote about the correlation between interest rates & venture capital investing. The correlation is strong enough to build a simple prediction of early stage venture capital activity in 2023. correlation to -0.51.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It seems that every internet company and their dog have at least one venture capital (VC) arm under their wing, with the likes of Google Ventures (now GV), Microsoft Ventures (now M12), Salesforce Ventures , Twilio Ventures , and Zoom Ventures all serving their corporate namesakes potential cash cows via hundreds of equity investments.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Register KB Financial Group has collaborated with startups to support emerging ventures proactively. The session facilitated valuable exchanges between government officials, investment organizers, venture capital funds, accelerators, and digital platform managers from KB Financial.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

Even as Y Combinator reveals the latest startups in its cohort for this winter , we have poor news for founders: the global venture capital market shrank in Q1 2023, and it would have been even worse if it were not for a few mega deals, according to Crunchbase (disclosure: my former employer) and PitchBook reports.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Register The South Korea Ministry of SMEs and Startups, in collaboration with the Korea Startup Forum, is set to host the highly anticipated “COMEUP 2023,” set to take place from November 8 to 10 at the renowned Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 17, 2023

While women entrepreneurs continue to struggle to gain more venture capital funding, the Forbes’ 2023 Midas Lis t suggests some inroads have been made. The 22 nd annual ranking was conducted in partnership with TrueBridge Capital Partners. The List includes11 women in the media company’s global list of top 100 investors.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Register Soho.com.au , an AI-powered real estate discovery app, has secured a $750,000 equity investment from Singapore-based proptech venture capital firm Feedback Ventures. The collaboration between Soho and Feedback Ventures aims to leverage AI technology to transform the real estate sector. to over $20 million.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In 2023, the industry attracted substantial investments, with strong financial inclusion and blockchain technology gaining acceptance in some countries. This investment came from a consortium of regional investors, including Northstar Group, Alpine Ventures, Patamar Capital, and January Capital.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Ballistic Ventures, a venture capital firm dedicated to funding and incubating cybersecurity startups, is looking to raise as much as $300 million for a new fund, according to a regulatory filing. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise $300 million for its second fund — over […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2024

Venture capital often finds nonconsensus and nonobvious deals, but the process may take hundreds of meetings before the first yes. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 24, 2023

Launched in 2022, GGV Capital’s SMBTech 50 demonstrates both the breadth and depth of the sector and the enthusiasm of venture capital investors for these companies. Placement on the 2023 SMBTech 50 is the latest in a string of accolades Boulevard has garnered in recent months. To learn more, visit joinblvd.com.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Eric Tarczynski is managing partner and founder of Contrary Capital. To predict what 2023 will look like for venture capital, we need to start by understanding where we are now. The VC landscape has started to bifurcate, and it will continue to do so during 2023 both for fundraising and investments.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2024

Let’s start with Artificial intelligence (AI) which was the big event in 2023. While in 2023, everyone was rightly focused on the large language models like OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Llama, etc, we will see new AI-first applications emerge in 2024 that will start to move the focus and the conversation up the stack. This is a big deal.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Register AIOX Apex Angel Fund (AIOX) has introduced a new venture fund with a dedicated focus on deeptech and web3. In pursuing innovation and technological advancement, AIOX joins forces with X-PITCH 2023, to nurture founders in deeptech and web3. “We see immense potential in partnering with X-PITCH.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 22, 2023

GenAI, Developer-and Data Stack-Focused Companies Dominate List as well as 80% of ET30 founders are Millennials Five years ago, Wing Venture Capital introduced their annual Enterprise Tech 30—a list of the most promising, private enterprise tech private companies across all stages of maturity. years for 2022 and 5.0 years in 2019.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

In 2023, it’s back under a new moniker. What is a fresh innovation in venture land, however, is building a new fund or firm in public. And that’s no diss: Raising capital is tough, and building a brand is no sin. This year, you’ll swing by the Builders Stage for more of the same great programming.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

You could even say some are bullish: “If anything, I expect our investment pace to increase this year as early-stage fintech companies prioritize operational discipline and product differentiation,” said Emmalynn Shaw, managing partner of Flourish Ventures. Gone are the days of investing on a whim.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

It’s time to take stock of just what went down in the first three months of the year, which means a deluge of venture capital data and yet another earnings cycle. I want to start our formal Q1 2023 venture lookback with China. Early 2023 data does little to dispel that impression.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 31, 2023

Register True Global Ventures (TGV), a Singapore-based technology equity venture capital firm, has invested more than $24 million in France-based digital asset platform and Web3 provider, Ledger. This round of funding was backed by several new and existing investors, including TGV, Molten Ventures, and 10T. billion ($1.41

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Strategic investment fund BankTech Ventures invests in companies that are developing innovative technologies that enhance the ability of community banks to serve their customers. million to six fintech companies for the second half of 2023. as of December 31, 2022, according to the FDIC.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

As we embrace 2023, the Southeast Asian startup landscape is abuzz with anticipation surrounding cross-border acquisitions to shape the upcoming year. Utu’s Strategic Acquisition of CardsPal Utu , the Singapore-based travel technology company, secured $33 million in a Series B funding round led by SC Ventures in June.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Karthee Madasamy Contributor Share on Twitter Karthee Madasamy is the managing partner at MFV Partners , a deep tech-focused venture firm. As interest rates skyrocketed, deep tech deals, which inherently take more capital than other kinds of software businesses, became less attractive to many VCs and their LPs than lower-risk investments.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 27, 2023

Register Harriet, a leading platform championing female founders, has partnered with venture capital firms Artesian, Wavemaker Partners, Wavemaker Impact, B Capital, and 1982 Ventures to launch a new forum aimed at bridging the funding gap for female-led startups in the Asia Pacific region.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

For Black founders, who have rarely received more than 1% of total venture capital invested in startups, 2022 wasn’t kind, and 2023 doesn’t look promising given how things are going. As 2023 approaches, broadly, the most pressing political issue is the 2024 election. How has it impacted you as a founder?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

“Tell me something I don’t know,” was my first reaction when reports on venture capital in 2022 hit my inbox this month. The point, as often with data, is that we can now confirm what was merely intuition until Q4 actually closed: 2022 saw fewer exits and venture deals than 2021. billion, 35% less than in 2021.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Back to top Meet the Team Clay Rankin North Coast Ventures Founder and ACA member Pat Gouhin CEO, Angel Capital Association Chris McCannell D.C. What We’ve Done So Far This Year 2023 has been extremely busy for ACA. ACA has continued its efforts to push legislation to help the entire Angel community.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Popup Bagels raised $8 million in venture capital this week. But why would a bagel store chain want such expensive capital? © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 23, 2024

Business analytics platform CB Insights released their State of Fintech 2023 Report which indicates the fintech sector experienced a greater downturn than the broader venture capital market—which reported that Q4’23 was “the harshest quarter for global VC in 6 years”. Globally, fintech funding was down 50% year over year to $39.2

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

This past year was tumultuous for venture investors, to say the least. The ecosystem watched as startup funding dried up , held its breath as a $32 billion venture-backed company evaporated almost overnight and witnessed one of the largest startup acquisitions of all time. Did you hear anyone yell “bingo?” Probably not.

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