TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

Gen Z is getting a dose of some economic medicine that has older generations recalling 2008 and 2001, and Uprise is here for it. She learned a lot about finances from her mother, who was an immigrant to the U.S., and taught herself about finances, passing that knowledge down to her daughter. Image Credits: Uprise.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Colombia’s finance sector has historically been one of the most regulated in the world. That trend is being reinforced by advances in licensing and Open Finance, the promise of ubiquitous instant payments, and regulatory support for innovative fintech solutions. Lee este artículo en E spañol. See a16z.com/global-payments for more.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

During our recent Dreamit Kickoff week, Bullpen Capital Founder and General Partner Paul Martino ( @ahpah ) spoke with our Spring 2020 cohort about the state of the VC ecosystem in the current economic crisis. The founder negotiated with the fund and ultimately accepted a 15% lower price. This is not without precedent.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

This brings the company’s total funding to $85 million, Paystand co-founder and CEO Jeremy Almond told TechCrunch. During the 2008 economic downturn, Almond’s family lost their home. Specifically, Almond would like to reboot digital finance, starting with B2B payments, and reimagine the entire CFO stack.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

Like the downturns in 2008 and 2001, this has been a very trying time for entrepreneurs running startups. Alex Haro, co-founder of Life360 , one of the most downloaded apps of all time, went through many challenging times building up his startup into a public company. The pandemic of 2020 has tested most sectors of the economy.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

Oren Netzer and his co-founder Alex Liverant started DoubleVerify in the heady Web 2.0 days of 2008. The firm later led a round of debt financing and a private equity round. Blumberg Capital was the company’s first institutional investor. Blumberg led the company’s $3.5 DoubleVerify went public in April 2021.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Founded in 2008, Deputy has raised $104 million AUD (about $72 million USD) from investors like Square Peg and IVP, reaching soonicorn valuation. Martincevic is succeeding Ashik Ahmed, Deputy’s co-founder, as CEO. She is also a board member of Lemonade and Kiva. million shift workers. million shift workers.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

million working capital financing from financial institutions. I think Africa has a lot of markets that feel the same pain points that Egypt does,” said OneOrder co-founder and CEO, Tamer Ame r, who co-founded OneOrder with Karim Maurice (CTO), also founder Cube, an online restaurant-reservation service. million, including $6.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

Oren Netzer and his co-founder Alex Liverant started DoubleVerify in the heady Web 2.0 days of 2008. The firm later led a round of debt financing and a private equity round. Blumberg Capital was the company’s first institutional investor. Blumberg led the company’s $3.5 DoubleVerify went public in April 2021.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Everyone loves an underdog, which is why investors and tech journalists are so fond of discussing startups that launched during the Great Recession of 2008, like Airbnb, Uber, WhatsApp, Mailchimp, Square and Venmo. If your company is too nascent to be valued, convertible notes might be a viable way to secure early financing.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 3, 2023

On average, patients getting surgeries such as thyroid, hemorrhoid, and orthopedic surgery are able to enjoy 15-20% better pricing versus market rates in addition to getting healthcare financing options. HD was founded in 2019 by a team of passionate and dedicated individuals with a shared healthcare vision for the future.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

Originally from Munich, Germany, the company has been around since 2008 — Schufa acquired a majority stake in finAPI in 2019. Working with finAPI, we can gain more speed, agility, and depth to accelerate innovation and shape the future of open finance in Europe and beyond,” Yapily founder and CEO Stefano Vaccino said in a statement.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 16, 2023

I spent the first seven years of my career in corporate finance and advisory, helping entrepreneurs in either raising capital (through IPO) or growth through M&A. I have always wanted to start a fund; hence I joined the industry in 2008. What mistakes do you see founders make when raising money?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

We’ve had two companies where we had to bridge finance them several times before they eventually IPO’d We had a portfolio company turn-down a $350 million acquisition because they wanted at least $400 million. It sold to Amazon for > $1 billion. the sale of the company for $1 billion. It was ~30 days from bankruptcy.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

Survival tips for startup founders living through their first market correction. As a venture investor, I have invested in over 60 companies, and while many have gone public or been acquired, the journey has included pivots, near-death experiences and navigating through the 2008/2009 downturn. More posts by this contributor.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Did I mention it only took the founder a month? David's firm most recently participated in the $77 million second round financing of SoFi, a one year old startup focusing on student loans. I suppose, more specifically, the bubble ended in the last two weeks of September--right after this financing. This is a relationship game.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Tribevest founder Travis Smith went on a fishing trip with his brothers in 2008 that he says they couldn’t afford. Tribevest’s chief storyteller Julian McClurkin, co-founder and COO Josh Wilson, founder and CEO Travis Smith, and co-founder and CTO Zach Bowers (left to right) Image Credits: Tribevest.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

Clio last raised in September of 2019 when it brought in $250 million in a Series D financing. The investment also brings its total capital raised since its 2008 inception to $386 million. Clio co-founders Jack Newton and Rian Gauvreau; Image courtesy of Clio. Clio was formed to change that.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

Between his roles as co-leader of Mayfield Fund’s engineering biology practice and founder at IndieBio, Arvind Gupta reviewed approximately 470 startup pitches last year. “In 10 days, I can do the primary research and work with the founders to come to a conclusion there. For a larger Series A check. Arvind Gupta.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

I have experienced two major financial disruptions in my career: the bubble burst in 2000 and the financial crisis of 2008. It is more important than ever for founders to remain calm and be strategic. Founders must consider a new timeline for the investment process. Valuations and dilution.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

The New York-based company got its start in 2010 by founder and CEO Chris Ashenden and is the result of his journey to find out why he continued to feel bad. In 2008, he ended up in a clinic, spending $35,000 on every kind of blood, stool, saliva or urine test there was to figure out why he continued to get sick.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Launched in 2008 in Dublin, AccountsIQ’s cloud-based FMS aims to simplify how multi-entity businesses “capture, process and report” their financial results. Finch Capital launches third fund to invest in European fintech at Series A and B.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

After the 2008 financial crisis, a new slate of regulations aimed at protecting consumers and businesses opened the floodgates for a surge of fintech companies to develop into household names over the last decade. Now, it might be healthcare’s turn. An increase in healthcare innovation is listed as one of the act’s goals.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Usually, founders haven’t quit their jobs at this stage. Usually, entrepreneurs use bootstrapping to finance their expenses. Founded in 2008, by Andre Mason and Eric Lefkofsky as an e-commerce marketplace, the revenue growth of Groupon stands as a perfect example for a hockey stick growth.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 19, 2019

For founders, the increase of seed rounds (and the proliferation of seed derivatives like pre/post/second seeds) are a boon. A greater diversity of financial products serve a broader set of founder needs. The previously fixed financial products that existed in 2008 of a $4-6M Series A and a $10-12M Series B are gone.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

The capital markets are still very much on the side of founders, and there’s plenty of room for the scales to rebalance. Startups that managed their finances wisely now can boast a strong balance sheet, lower expenses and plenty of cash. VCs should be excited about the coming buying opportunities.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

2008 and 2000), not only have we seen outstanding companies being formed, we’ve also witnessed great venture firm performance during these windows,” he said. Private market valuations, at any point in time, are not only a reflection of a team’s hard work and progress, but are also impacted by the financing environment.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

The end of the lengthy startup boom that first formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and largely powered through until the final months of 2021 is shaking out, changing how the market views certain entities. Tiger, the mega-crossover fund, has evolved from a market-dominating change agent in technology financing to a bag holder.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

A classically trained pastry chef, Christina Tosi spent years in New York City restaurants before founding Milk Bar in 2008. Sparked by a pair of scissors, some pantyhose and a party where founder, Sara Blakely , wanted to look her best, Spanx officially began production in 2000 and changed women’s fashion and fit forever.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

The company based in Lagos, Nigeria, was founded by Emeka Emetarom , Obi Emetarom and Wale Onawunmi in 2008. “ Obi Emetarom, co-founder and CEO, Appzone. But issues around pricing, flexibility to innovate and a lack of local tech support always come up. This is where Appzone has found its sweet spot. Image Credits: Appzone.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

McIlwain also worked with Shim when they were both at Farecast, which was bought by Microsoft in 2008. As part of the investment, Matt McIlwain, managing director at Madrona Venture Group, is joining Read’s board of directors. They stayed in contact, and McIlwain was also a seed investor in Placed.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 9, 2022

But that just might be the best thing for the industry… Photo by Conny Schneider on Unsplash Nour Haridy, founder of DeFi protocol Inverse Finance, a self-proclaimed “decentralized global central bank” is one of many prominent figures in the cryptocurrency industry who has been tweeting for months about the inevitable demise of the UST stablecoin.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

I spent my first year developing proprietary deal flow and learning the business and then the Sept 2008 / Lehman Bros collapse / financial meltdown happened. Helping companies get to next financing round successfully: I was just beginning this phase in Sept 2010 and said so. years ago. Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10. Since then?

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

About Attorney Meyers: Nancy Meyers is a practicing attorney and founder/CEO of Advocord, a life-management platform for advocates, guardians, and conservators who are managing the care and finances of elderly or cognitively impaired individuals. since 2008. For more information visit advocord.com. Attorney Meyers holds a B.A

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Jan Lynn-Matern , founder and partner, Emerge Education. We have not seen a sharp increase in unemployment — as of May 2022, unemployment was just 3.6%, compared to 5% at the start and 10% at its peak during the 2008 recession — largely due to the tight labor market that emerged from the pandemic and the Great Resignation. million U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2023

Jeremy Abelson Contributor Share on Twitter Jeremy Abelson is the founder and lead portfolio manager of Irving Investors. Simply put, equity risk premiums (ERPs) have broken down well below the ranges that were established since 2008. There has been an aggressive shift in assumed equity returns compared to fixed income returns.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Startup founders from all over the world applied to what has been described as the most competitive batch in TechCrunch history. While at Pinterest she helped it expand internationally, close its Series C financing and led three acquisitions. The battle to win Startup Battlefield began long before TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off Tuesday.

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