TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

VC has been invested over the past decade according to race, gender and educational background makes for grim reading — with all-ethnic teams and female entrepreneurs receiving just a fraction of available funding versus all-white teams and male founders. female entrepreneurs face in accessing VC funding versus male counterparts. .”

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 14, 2014

Take the most widely used number--that way fewer women are getting venture funding than guys. It also doesn''t take into consideration many important factors: One, venture backed companies are a tiny hiccup in the grand scheme of entrepreneurship. Most companies don''t ever raise venture capital and they do just fine.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear. 1) Your school.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

The headline speaks for itself : Mike scored a home run with his headline for a story about four European founders turned angel investors who are giving some of their venture capital firm competitors — many they say have not operated a company before — a run for their money. Startups and VC. Vice no more? :

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

It might be useful to list some of the ways in which you can raise money for growth with and without outside investors. Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally generated funds. It is most often a win-win for both you and the strategic partner.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? VC Josh Kopelman makes the analogy of jet fuel vs. motorcycle fuel. VCs sell jet fuel which works well for jets; motorcycles are more common but need a different type of fuel. . Absolutely not. So what is Revenue Based Investing?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The country has historically been capital-starved, but recent investments from the government and foreign investors have significantly increased access to early-stage venture capital funding. Last October, Elevate allocated $20 million to a fund managed by deep tech VC firm Pacific Channel.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. In addition, their portfolios look far more diverse than VC industry norms. Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Over the past decade, some of the biggest names in the tech, VC, automotive and aerospace industries have poured millions of dollars into developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Will the public widely accept and use it? And we’ll announce a third expert to the mix soon. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 3, 2022

This year looks poised to be monumental for equity crowdfunding, which entails raising capital through specific filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including Reg CF and Reg A , from a mix of investors that don’t have to be accredited.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

For Founders Make It Make Sense Venture capital is where innovation meets investment. Founders seeking to tap into this rare mix of reach, influence, and capital must navigate this terrain with an immense amount of intention and foresight. Remember that actors, artists, athletes, and executives work in cycles.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Startups and VC. Also, we’ve got an eclectic mix of additional news for ya: Wild tales of smarter sales : Kyle reports that Orum raised $22 million to inject AI into the sales prospecting process. Once more into the Brex : Natasha M reports that Brex is starting to look more and more like a VC firm over time. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

“Insurtech startups that do not offer embedded insurance, and rather provide other innovative solutions will still attract VC funding this year, especially if they can show cost-efficient and sustainable growth,” said Nina Mayer, a principal at Earlybird. Wechsler said, “Many firms who dabbled in insurtech (A.K.A.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

” Despite the hype about ease of use, enterprise companies always ask customers to abandon familiar tools so they can learn something new. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. But more than that, this IPO is a useful measuring stick for keeping tabs on the IPO market as a whole.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Before we get into this week’s show notes, some programming items: First up, use code “EQUITY” for a special listener discount for Disrupt tickets. We’re mere days away, and you should come hang out with us when we record on opening day! That behind us, what did Mary Ann, Natasha and Alex get into today? A whole host of things.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

Startups and VC Back in January, a $810 million deal fell apart to buy Angry Birds makers Rovio, but the company suggested they were still in talks with other potential interested parties. million in a seed investment round led by La Famiglia VC, Mike writes. Use code “DC” for a 15% discount on an annual subscription!

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

A group of four Black women, two with MBAs from Wharton, and the other two with PhDs from MIT, founded Parfait because they believed they could build a better and more efficient way to design and build these wigs using technology. They brought the idea to market and have gotten a $5 million seed investment led by Upfront Ventures.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Startups and VC. Venture capital funds focusing on niche sectors are “in,” according to Connie , and Will Ventures is here for it. Here’s the first batch that pitched today: NXgenPort : A Saint Paul, Minnesota–based startup that’s looking to remotely monitor cancer patients in between doctor visits using a port catheter.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

New investor ParaFi Capital led the round alongside existing investor Bloccelerate VC, which led ZenLedger’s Series A last August. “That turns out to be extremely useful for an individual when you do accounting and tax. It also turns out to be very useful for accounting firms.”

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 10, 2023

The drop off rate depends on each fund’s specific selection and rejection criteria, brand, team size, deal flow quality, volume, and the stage in a VC fund’s life cycle. The standard venture funnel. Or are they just going through the motions to please a VC? See the public memos by Bessemer Venture Partners.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The round is led by Flashpoint Venture Capital, Uniqa Ventures, PKO VC, Black Pearls VC (an existing investor) and Adamed. The platform has been used by more than 900,000 patients to date, w hile more than 600 doctors currently provide remote consultations for Telemedico. million (~$6.6

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. The IPO market is sending us mixed messages. From building out Facebook’s first office in Austin to putting together most of Quora’s team, Bain Capital Ventures managing director Sarah Smith has done a bit of everything when it comes to hiring.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

Can Bitcoin find its practical use case as a currency in Latin America? VC firms have taken notice: notable investors in Atlantic Canadian startups include Breakthrough Energy Ventures , a fund supported by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson. venture capital. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2022

Startups and VC. Staying in Asia, Anna and Alex take the pulse on China’s venture capital scene. This is a TechCrunch+ story, but if you don’t have a subscription, use the Daily Crunch discount code “DC” for 15% off. Let’s do a few more, shall we? Learning from my failures: Lessons from a 2-time founder.

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Haystack

OCTOBER 7, 2018

The expansion of the venture capital industry (as explained brilliantly by Eric Feng recently here ) has created space for a new breed of Series A investor, most of whom arrived at this point by slowly scaling up from smaller, more modest seed funds.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

And sure, last year was one of the best for crypto startups, but now even more big companies are getting into the mix. Twitter rolls out NFT support : If you’re a member of Twitter’s subscription service, you will soon have the ability to connect a crypto wallet and use an NFT that you own as your profile picture. Startups/VC.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2023

Startups and VC Is the grass greener on the other side? With valuations falling, founders who accept down rounds no longer have the taint of failure, said Russ Wilcox, a partner at Pillar VC. Use code “DC” for a 15% discount on an annual subscription! Fewer glitches : Lauren spoke with Warner Bros. You can sign up here.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. For any venture capitalist, overlooking a potential unicorn isn’t just potentially embarrassing — it’s the sort of mistake that can haunt them for a lifetime. Raising a Series A in a market of mixed messages.

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Ian Hathaway

OCTOBER 14, 2020

I demonstrated that with a few small adjustments, the real-time data pointed to a venture economy that wouldn’t miss a beat this year. Since the first revision is not available for the most recent quarter, Q3-2020, I will adjust it upward using the average (in percent) first revision for the previous four quarters.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

You can program it and use it for all sorts of things. But it’s also expensive to use at times, with transaction fees jumping up and down. Startups and VC. Reface, a Ukrainian app, did not, instead opting to “use its app as a conduit to circumvent the Kremlin’s media censorship,” TechCrunch writes. Upstash just closed $1.9

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Editor’s note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7 a.m. Late-stage deals made Q3 2020 a standout VC quarter for US-based startups. Founders don’t need to be full-time to start raising venture capital. Subscribe here. Now, what did we get to?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

million in funding to solve this problem with a no-code way to design online storefronts using just one tool, Christine writes. Startups and VC. The company has raised $26 million in a mix of debt and equity — money that the company is using to boost manufacturing this quarter and to invest in 2023 plans. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2021

Literally moving us along: Can solid state batteries power up for the next generation of EVs? GM CEO Mary Barra wants to sell personal autonomous vehicles using Cruise’s self-driving tech by 2030. Uber’s mixed Q1 earnings portray an evolving business. Kry closes $312M Series D after use of its telehealth tools grows 100% yoy.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Editor’s note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7 a.m. The US is settling in for some new form of national gridlock, but state and local propositions are busy defining how technology businesses will be allowed to work (legally) in the US. Subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Startups/VC. We have three sections of startup news today, starting with mobility, continuing with venture fund news, and closing with a neat startup round. And, finally from our startups coverage today, Peru-based Leasy just raised $17 million – in a mix of cash and debt – to provide car loans to ride-hailing drivers in Latin America.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

. “Bootstrapping Klaviyo, it came out of this: ‘Hey, if we are super disciplined about finding a problem that someone will pay us to solve, we have a real company,'” said Hallen. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Since then, many of the key trends and themes we surfaced have come to pass: Airtable clinched an $11 billion valuation in December 2021 after raising a $735 million Series F with help from Salesforce Ventures and Michael Dell’s MSD Capital. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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