Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 1, 2019

In 2014, I published a post called Do Startup Require Less Capital to Succeed than 10 Years Ago ? In the analysis, I created a metric, the return on invested capital (ROIC). Startups going public from 2006-2009 showed a median ROIC of 0.42. First, availability of capital. The chart above updates that analysis.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

While there’s some evidence that fundraising has begun to slow down, cybersecurity startups raised $2.4 Companies that defend APIs from outside attack have been particularly fruitful, lately, with startups such as Ghost Security and Corsha raising tens of millions of dollars in capital.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

the free YC Startup School courses). Family office investments increased by 5x , and corporate venture investments rose 6x , thus opening new capital avenues for founders who found it difficult to raise capital. At the dawn of 2022, there were 2,900 active VC firms, marking a 225% increase since 2008.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

What is happening to risk-taking in venture capital? As an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who has lived through two downturns (the post-2000 internet bubble bust and the post-2008 financial crisis), I know that entrepreneurial innovation is always alive and that company-building is a marathon, not a sprint.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

As a veteran startup worker who has been laid off during economic downturns, it’s dissonant to hear investors say this is a good time to launch a software company. According to Kyle Poyar, a partner at OpenView, the current downturn is creating similar opportunities for SaaS startups. They’re not wrong, however.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 13, 2023

The move should restore confidence and keep startups solvent and their employees employed, but there likely will be some longer-lasting psychological effects relating to capital risk that we should all be on the lookout for. history, behind only the 2008 failure of Washington Mutual with roughly $300 billion in total assets.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic might have upended the global economy, but according to Meagan Crawford at Spacefund and Chris Moran with Lockheed Martin Ventures, it didn’t dampen investment in space startups. Crawford and Moran both agreed that interest and investment in space will increase as more startups have successful exits.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 20, 2023

Register Singapore-based private equity firms Capital Square Partners (CSP) and Basil Technology Partners (BTP) have publicly announced a partnership that seeks to build a leading regional technology investment platform. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Though some businesses may never be truly sustainable, a venture firm in Seoul argues that emerging climate-tech startups will help big manufacturers do better overall. The early-stage VC had already set up five social impact funds and backed 81 startups since 2020, after Han acquired the firm in December 2019.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

A chill has descended onto the global startup market , albeit not evenly. Venture capital totals are sagging in most geographies, and falling share prices for tech companies large and small have soured sentiment on the future value of high-growth and often cash-hungry startups. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

The venture fund launched a completely virtual program with a focus on helping 13 Urbantech, Healthtech, and Securetech startups with business development, customer growth, and capital raising in a time of economic uncertainty. Since 2008, Dreamit has worked with over 350 companies. View Dreamit’s full portfolio here.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 4, 2020

We reviewed the data in May and compared it to the effects of the financial crisis in 2008 on startup fundraising. As a reminder, 2008 saw a 40% reduction in venture dollars invested in startups. These corrections match 2008. We venture capitalists have raised record amounts of capital in the last 2-3 years.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Mobile developers earned more than $260 billion on Apple’s App Store between its launch in 2008 and the end of 2021. It is one of the main offerings of Adapty, but not its only one: The startup sees itself as growth-focused, rather than infrastructure-focused.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

days of 2008. Blumberg Capital was the company’s first institutional investor. TechCrunch Live is thrilled to have CEO Netzer and Blumberg Capital partner Yodfat Harel Buchris speak to DoubleVerify’s early pitch deck on March 16 at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET. Click here to register for free! It only takes a hot second.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

The companies that took their first venture capital during the craze decided to join forces with other well-capitalized competitors. Jomayra Herrera , partner, Reach Capital. When it comes to workforce learning, we believe companies are taking a different approach than they did in 2008. During the Great Recession, 1.5

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

Alexa von Tobel, co-founder and managing partner of Inspired Capital, will be joining TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 taking place September 21-23 to help judge the startups competing in Startup Battlefield. After raising $75 million in venture capital and growing the service to 1.5

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

If you read this blog often you'll know that I'm a huge fan of First Round Capital. One example is that they introduced a program where their founders can pool together shares from their company and exchange them for a small portfolio of other First Round Capital companies. In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 14, 2022

How will employee benefits startups fare when their corporate customers start slashing costs as the market goes downhill? These startups sell everything from paid care leave coordination and fertility services to discounted gym memberships to consumers through their employers. We’re going to find out if current trends continue.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

Based on his time leading startups through the dotcom implosion in 2000 and the 2008 Great Recession, Alomar said it’s critical for founders to be strategic and not reactive. “If you’re a fintech business, you need to make sure there’s a good supply of capital. How to talk to your investors about pivoting.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

days of 2008. Blumberg Capital was the company’s first institutional investor. TechCrunch Live is thrilled to have CEO Netzer and Blumberg Capital partner Yodfat Harel Buchris speak to DoubleVerify’s early pitch deck on March 16 at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET. Click here to register for free! It only takes a hot second.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The latest funding brings the total funding raised by the startup to $10.5. million working capital financing from financial institutions. before settling in Egypt from 2008. million, including $6.5 The platform also ensures operational efficiency and helps restaurants save money by leveraging OneOrder’s economies of scale.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. In fact, if you add the capital flows of the past ten years, there have been just shy of $50 billion in net cash outlays.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

When the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global health emergency at the end of January 2020, the startup world held its breath. The question under consideration this week: How should founders prepare for an eventual retreat in startup valuations and investor interest?

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Olumide Soyombo is one of the well-known active angel investors in Nigeria tech startups and Africa at large. Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack , PiggyVest, and TeamApt. Non-traditional startup founder to an angel investor.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

Natalia Holgado Sanchez is head of capital markets at Secfi , an equity planning, stock option financing and wealth management platform for startup executives and employees. I am not sure about you, but lately I’ve been hearing the same chatter from friends and colleagues at startups. What was the impact on startups?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Those workflows include creative, sales, client services or startups using DocSend to deliver proposals or pitch decks and track engagement. In fact, among the earliest use cases for the company was helping startups track engagement with their pitch decks at VC firms. DocSend raises $8M for smarter document sharing.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

Survival tips for startup founders living through their first market correction. What is happening to risk-taking in venture capital? On the startup side, my first company, VXtreme, was acquired by Microsoft and became the platform for media streaming over the internet. More posts by this contributor.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2014

Many startups these days are started by young, technical or product founders who are in the idealistic phase of their lives and careers. I call it “ the Co-Founder mythology ” and it’s persistent in our startup mythology. Trust me – ignore startup politics at your peril.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 22, 2023

Register HYU Holdings has partnered with Singapore’s early-stage fund Farquhar VC to help early-stage university startups scale and thrive in overseas markets. The partnership will allow HYU Holdings, a Hanyang University-based investment-holding company, to work closely with Farquhar VC to help South Korean startups to go global.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

In 2008, I tried to fundraise for my startup the week that Lehman Brothers went under. Over the long term, innovation prevailed and 2008 turned out to be a great year to have a 1-3 year old company if you could make it through the next year. This also means taking on extra capital.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

since 2008. The post Startup Launches A New Tool to Protect Vulnerable Adults appeared first on BFTP/CNP. Nancy’s community involvement includes service to the library, hospitals, and nursing homes. She has been a shareholder and chair of the Estates and Trusts Practice Group for Salzmann Hughes, P.C. Attorney Meyers holds a B.A

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The battle to win Startup Battlefield began long before TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off Tuesday. Startup founders from all over the world applied to what has been described as the most competitive batch in TechCrunch history. Von Tobel joined the management team of Northwestern Mutual as the company’s first chief digital officer.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

The move could affect as much as 30% of UK tech startups, with potentially 10%, industry sources estimate. Additionally, a group of VCs released the following statement, which reads: “SVB-UK is a trusted and valued partner of the entire innovation ecosystem powering founders and the venture capital industry.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The US venture capital ecosystem has grown 40x in dollars from $8b to $320b invested in 10 years. Fueled by this capital, startup company formation rates touched fifteen-year highs in 2021. I remember joining in 2008, a green product manager out of Google who had just landed his dream job. This era will be no exception.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

After managing and exiting two startups over a 20-year career, Karl is now M13’s managing partner. I have experienced two major financial disruptions in my career: the bubble burst in 2000 and the financial crisis of 2008. The most important next step is to secure growth investment, without which many startups won’t survive.

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StartupNation

JULY 23, 2021

Census Bureau, the pace of startups being opened in the U.S. Survey after survey is underscoring the rise in startups led by women today, and that’s welcome news for many reasons. Survey after survey is underscoring the rise in startups led by women today, and that’s welcome news for many reasons.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

The company raised $50 million Series C funding led by NewView Capital, with participation from SoftBank’s SB Opportunity Fund and King River Capital. During the 2008 economic downturn, Almond’s family lost their home. As part of the investment, Jazmin Medina, principal at NewView Capital, will join Paystand’s board.

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