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8 factors to consider when fundraising during a downturn

TechCrunch

This year brought the first signs of skepticism and pressure on venture. I have experienced two major financial disruptions in my career: the bubble burst in 2000 and the financial crisis of 2008. Growth investors have become far more reserved when making new investments, and many are redefining how they approach valuations.

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WorkRamp raises $17M to ramp up its enterprise learning platform

TechCrunch

WorkRamp , which has built a platform that helps organizations build their own training materials, and then distribute them both to their workforce and to partners, has raised $17 million, a Series B round of funding that’s being led by OMERS Ventures, with Bow Capital also participating. We are aiming for a consumer-grade experience.”

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Slashing churn rates, visa side hustles, YC S22 Demo Day faves

TechCrunch

Twitter Space: What can today’s founders learn from the 2000 dotcom bubble burst? In 2000, many high-flying internet startups turned into smoking craters. To seize new opportunities and stay competitive as the seasons change, regulatory clarity will be key.”. . — TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) September 9, 2022.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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How Biotech Startup Funding Will Change in the Next 10 Years

Y Combinator

In 2005, when Y Combinator started, there was already a well developed ecosystem of venture capital firms in Silicon Valley and Boston. But access to those venture capital firms was limited. Today, early stage biotech funding is dominated by the “venture creation model”. How tech startup fundraising changed from 2005 to now.

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Jay Samit: How Startup Founders Can Avoid Getting Disrupted

WSJ - The Accelerators

Since 2000, the speed of broadband has increased more than tenfold, cloud computing and the cost of storage has become affordable to even the most nascent enterprise and the reach of mobile computing devices now puts nearly six billion consumers just a click away. Never has that statement been truer or the opportunities for startups greater.

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Could Valo Health become one of Flagship Pioneering’s biggest companies yet?

TechCrunch

The investment firm Flagship Pioneering has incubated a lot of life sciences companies since it was founded in 2000. That’s notable, considering that Flagship incubated 11-year-old Moderna, which currently boasts a $50 billion market cap thanks in large part its coronavirus vaccine.

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