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7 investors discuss why edtech startups must go back to basics to survive

TechCrunch

How has this affected your edtech portfolio’s ability to grow, and how are you changing strategy? When it comes to workforce learning, we believe companies are taking a different approach than they did in 2008. It is important to acknowledge that this slowdown looks different from past downturns like the Great Recession. million U.S.

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The Equity Seller’s Bubble of 2021 Part 2 • 2022 From a Startup Equity Seller’s to an Equity Buyer’s Market

Angel Capital Association

2022: The Aftermath In 2022 war, inflation, rising interest rates and a tougher economic environment–one not buoyed by historically low interest rates–brought an end to the long-term bull market in assets (the “everything bubble”), including startup capital. Recovery from the 2008 Great Recession took two years and was relatively weak.

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Mayfield’s Arvind Gupta discusses startup fundraising during a downturn

TechCrunch

Now, there’s some extremely capital-intensive businesses where you need buckets of money before that traction is generated, and that becomes harder to finance in downturns. Who’s going to have a harder time in this new environment? It’s just different in different economic environments, it’s never shut, so to speak.

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