StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

To stay competitive in the new economic environment, small businesses must be agile and adapt to shifting consumer preferences. To stay competitive in the new economic environment, small businesses must be agile and adapt to shifting consumer preferences.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

.” Choudhary added that it plans to bolster its existing headcount by 100 through 2023, taking its total number of employees to around 270 — further evidence, perhaps, that data-focused software companies are well-positioned to weather the current economic headwinds.

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Dream It

APRIL 8, 2020

In general, companies can expect to come out of accelerators at half the valuation they would otherwise have in favorable economic environments. Jason expects to see similar valuation trends during this downturn. Takeaways Survival is key.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Companies are increasingly focused on running their businesses better during adverse market conditions so they can come out stronger when the economic environment improves. Empower operations to capitalize on better market conditions in the future. Empowering operations includes understanding and communicating relevant metrics.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 22, 2023

“It’s also exciting to see the profound success previous listees have achieved, from IPOs to acquisitions raising billions in follow-on rounds despite an ever-changing economic environment.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We had a great conversation about: How he’s advising portfolio companies to weather this downturn What he’s looking for in new investments How startups can stay relevant no matter the economic environment What he’d be if he weren’t a VC (hint: Mark Cuban follows a similar playbook) His new initiative around embedded fintech With two decades of experience (..)

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2022

“Like many other firms right now, we have course-corrected heading into the new year given the economic environment and we have taken what we think are appropriate steps to account for the uncertain times ahead.” . “We can confirm that we did have a reduction in staff,” a spokesperson said.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

What Avarni has achieved since 2021 has been very phenomenal and they are on a strong trajectory despite the challenging economic environment, said Field Pickering, Managing Partner at Vulpes Ventures.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Even with all of that growth, the company is monitoring its cash burn rate in this new economic environment. Lower margins and higher acquisition costs require businesses to capture more revenue from their existing customers, and customer experience is at the heart of that effort.”.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

“In today’s economic environment, Teampay’s software-led approach has proven resilient — as we saw in late 2020 to 2021, when the economy rebounds, Teampay benefits disproportionately through accelerated growth … We increased our debt facility for additional flexibility in uncertain times.”

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 13, 2020

The economic environment changing downward. Add the economic environment to the mix of reasons for failure, including jolts such as the Great Recession of 2007-8 or COVID’s devastation to travel, retail and other personal experience-based businesses. Any business can use more money. Including cash.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

And at a time when other financial players are increasing rates due to the difficult economic environment, Constrafor is able to lower its price to customers and pass on the savings to them, he added. That potential for additional capital gives Constrafor “scalable credit and capital for our business,” Ghauche said.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

In this economic environment, I’ve been asked by many founders how they can raise capital successfully, especially by those who feel demotivated by how long the process is taking.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

Kothapa wasn’t surprised by the overall drop in investment activity given the macro-economic environment and recovery from COVID, which resulted in higher inflation and the Fed raising interest rates. On the flip side, mega round funding and deals fell 60% and 52% year-over-year, respectively.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2022

In a statement, Vulpes Ventures managing partner Field Pickering said, “What Avarni has achieved over the last year has been phenomenal and they are on a strong trajectory despite a challenging economic environment. The team is rapidly building one of the biggest datasets available on corporate emissions.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

And the current economic environment, it seems, is playing more than a bit-part in this trend. There has been a flurry of activity in the income verification space of late, with Pinwheel announcing $50 million in funding back in January , while Argyle attracted $55 million in March.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

“In the current economic environment, where companies are faced with difficult decisions, data-driven decision making is the norm and data incidents are simply not tolerated.” ” It’s hard to argue with that last point.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

As an investor that has a basket of potential investment options to choose from, those opportunities with more visibility in the sustainability of their cash flows are at an advantage in uncertain economic environments.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

We’ve covered the dry powder that venture capital firms are sitting on and also how difficult it is to raise funding in this economic environment. Forerunner is software for NFIMBYs, or no flooding in my backyard Then they went out and raised external funds.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

While it is still quite difficult to raise a funding round in the current economic environment, Riot managed to put together an interesting list of investors. It now also offers customized educational content that can help grow the cybersecurity culture in your team.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

“Despite the challenging economic environment, Soci has continued to thrive, innovate and drive value,” Khoury said. That likely won’t be an IPO, but Khoury didn’t pour cold water on the idea, either — albeit not anytime soon.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

But that metric is imperfect, as companies don’t raise at the same time and the economic environment can drastically change from one year to another. If Big VC Firm is willing to invest $100 million for a 25% stake of a startup, the startup is now worth four times this investment, or $400 million — at least on paper.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 10, 2022

Dalton Caldwell , YC’s Managing Director, Architect, and long-term Group Partner, who first suggested that now was the right time to make this change, also pointed out that if founders stay lean, this is more than enough capital to survive for years, regardless of the economic environment.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

In this TC+ post, she discusses the current economic environment and shares “actionable tips for closing pre-seed to Series B rounds.”. “Any change is an opportunity to create leverage, and a downturn is no exception,” writes Masha Bucher, founder and general partner of early-stage VC firm, Day One Ventures.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

“In a turbulent economic environment, security will remain a top priority for companies. . “We evaluated a number of different options, including traditional equity raise, but [debt] was the best for Arctic Wolf, for our stage of hyper-growth,” Schneider said via email.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

“Today, affordability for rentals is front-and-center in every aspect of our current economic environment. The pandemic has changed real estate forever,” Hobbs told TechCrunch in an email interview. Inflation and rising rents are crushing renters — and rising mortgage rates are turning even more people into renters.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

It’s just different in different economic environments, it’s never shut, so to speak. After that $150 million is in, tell me about that next stage — that’s going to require more creative business models, different go-to-market strategies that generate revenues along the way.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In a keynote address Zennström gave a blunt assessment of the economic environment, while unpacking how he failed several times in his own career during tough economic conditions.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

In a written statement, CEO Adam Hughes confirmed the percent impacted and said that “due to the current macro-economic environment, we have decided to take some proactive adjustments to ensure Amount’s ability to thrive for years to come.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

It brings to mind the AI Economist , a Salesforce-developed research environment that similarly runs millions of simulations to come up with plausible fiscal policy. Beyond pricing, Arena can ostensibly simulate things like inventory management. Image Credits: Arena.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

“Given the tough economic environment, we wanted to make sure we have the capital to do this. “We are seeing a big acceleration in customer demand so what we want to do is scale our business significantly to be able to meet that demand,” Wolf said.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2022

By going the debt route, Icertis avoids having to answer the tricky question of valuation in an especially challenging economic environment. Icertis was valued at $2.8 billion as of March 2021 and reportedly as high as $5 billion earlier this year, but valuations in tech are on a steep downswing.)

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

This move toward extension rounds illustrates a level-setting of expectations from founders around fundraising in the current economic environment. We do not have companies raising extensions of their previous rounds, but we have heard from many founders who are.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

But the challenge of address verification has a broader impact on the socio-economic environment. Customers use inefficient processes like utility bills or send physical agents to the address, both lengthy and costly procedures.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Image Credits: Pitchbook Boston had a steady investment growth trajectory until it dropped off (like everyone else) in 2022 as investment overall slowed in an uncertain economic environment. Cait Brumme, CEO at early stage tech accelerator MassChallenge says that Boston was not immuned to the vagaries of investment cycles in 2022.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

It’s not unheard of to see firms yank term sheet offers after committing due diligence or in response to a worsening economic environment, despite the fact that it can ruin a round. TechCrunch reached out to a Tiger Global spokesperson for comment but did not hear back before time of publication.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 22, 2022

No matter how hard you work, you can’t control economic trends and market fluctuations, but you can tweak your strategies to accommodate difficult financial times and proactively prepare your business for your customers’ mindsets during these periods. Adjust your business model.

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