TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

While it’s my first Startups Weekly column, you’ve likely seen me on TC here and there, covering chiefly venture, AI and enterprise-related items. — we’ll talk about Twitter’s fleeing user base, the rise of generative AI and e-commerce’s enduring VC appeal. Twitter’s losses are rivals’ gains.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2022

We’re also building a growing stable of podcasts focused on the most critical topics relating to the startup and venture capital worlds. Finally, there’s Equity , TechCrunch’s long-running, Webby-award-winning podcast focused on venture capital and the latest startup news, hosted by Natasha , Mary Ann and Alex.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

According to the accelerator, the decision to downsize the S22 batch — significantly smaller than its most recent batches — was a result of the economic downturn and changes to the venture funding environment this year. The most funded sector in Africa is also fintech.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2022

At TechCrunch Early Stage this month, we sat down with Felicis Ventures partners Viviana Faga and Niki Pezeshki to talk about scaling, product-market fit, and why it’s crucial to be “10x better” than the incumbents. Product-market fit.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

GV (formerly Google Ventures) led its $20 million Series A this year, and Menlo Ventures led its $4.2 The B2B SaaS startup thus aims to become a command center for the finance and executive teams to see how a business is doing in real time and to be able to make necessary operational changes faster. Image Credits: Vareto.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

This is where he says the differentiator is between his company and the incumbents, like Momentive/SurveyMonkey or Typeform, which focus more on the research space, while EnquireLabs is focused on how to put the data to use in real time. The round was led by True Ventures, with participation from V1.VC, million in seed funding.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

To continue its mission, the Miami-based trade finance company raised $7 million in seed funding and $75 million in a credit facility, led by Arcadia Funds LLC and Kayyak Ventures, to increase its credit line to $100 million. How tech can build more resilient supply chains.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

Optimism reigns at consumer trading services as fintech VC spikes and Robinhood IPO looms. Optimism reigns at consumer trading services as fintech VC spikes and Robinhood IPO looms. Last year was a record 12 months for venture-backed biotech and pharma companies, with deal activity rising to $28.5 But will it? billion from $17.8

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

On the bright side, the fact that VCs are more discriminating about where they put their dollars could actually lead to more M&A activity, according to Ruark. That is one reason why a number of VC firms have told their portfolio companies to focus on performance and cut costs,” he told TechCrunch. Well, that was fast!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2021

Sindhya Valloppillil is the founder and CEO of Skin Dossier, a venture partner at Next Gen Ventures, a freelance writer and formerly a beauty industry executive and marketing professor. Beauty tech SaaS companies that are worth $5.2 Sindhya Valloppillil. Contributor. Share on Twitter. billion, $1.5 billion at IPO.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2021

Phil Edmondson-Jones is a principal at Oxx , the specialist SaaS VC backing Europe and Israel's most promising B2B SaaS businesses at the scale-up stage. Once the uncool sibling of a flourishing fintech sector, insurtech is now one of the hottest areas of a buoyant venture market. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

Besides incumbent staffing agencies, Deng acknowledges that there are several startups with business models similar to Clipboard’s, like NurseDash, CareRev and Nomad Health, which focuses on travel nurses. . Underlining the appetite for startups like Clipboard, venture capitalists in the U.S. Growth opportunities. invested $37.9

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

There are plenty of well-deserved articles by Axios and Forbes and tweets of praise for Qualtrics (must read Utah-based VC Bryce Roberts’ storm here ), which you can and should read. In fact, it feels like old news, even a year after a this New York Times feature on the region.

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OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

The strategy behind it, I think, is strong in terms of it gets HubSpot into a thing which is where I think the future of SaaS companies is going to be heading. Because people don't love the incumbent right now. Dharmesh: HubSpot's a classic venture backed playbook company. that people love. Sam: Can I say my opinion, Dharmesh?

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