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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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

Founded in 2018 by CMA CGM Group chairman and CEO Rodolphe Saadé, ZEBOX already has hubs in France, the United States, the United Kingdom, West Africa and the Caribbeans, which have collectively worked with 100 startups that have raised a total of $235 million in funding. ZEBOX looks for startups in four area.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? What happened? There was no money train.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

the free YC Startup School courses). At the dawn of 2022, there were 2,900 active VC firms, marking a 225% increase since 2008. Finally, the talent pool for tech startups has broadened immensely. The number of accelerators has more than doubled since 2014 , while the number of accelerator-backed startups in the U.S.

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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

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. And the past few weeks of geopolitical challenges only added to the bleak scenario.

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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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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. It took about six to eight quarters to return to normalcy.

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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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TechCrunch

MAY 22, 2022

If you need a reminder, Venmo, Instagram, Uber and WhatsApp all launched during the Great Recession of 2008. But if you have a well-grounded startup built on a good idea with a solid foundation, you can probably ride out whatever storm is coming. But all is not lost. But then again, maybe you always were.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 12, 2023

In this week’s edition, we discuss How to devise your startup’s strategy (yes, you do need one) Lessons learned from building and selling a dotcom business Let’s get to it. Every startup needs a strategy — but how do you devise one? Really, it’s an agreement about what you will and won’t do to develop your startup.

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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. How to talk to your investors about pivoting. When it’s OK to leave money on the table. What you need to do differently to fundraise during a downturn.

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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 5, 2022

The latest funding brings the total funding raised by the startup to $10.5. The startup plans to use the funding to scale its operations in Egypt including increasing its warehouse footprint, and to explore growth opportunities within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, and Africa. “The before settling in Egypt from 2008.

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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. NOTE: Applications are now open to don’t hesitate to throw your hat in the ring here !

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

As 2021 wound down, The Exchange wanted to dig into what might happen if the startup music stopped playing. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. But most relevant today is his experience investing during downturns, including both the 2000-era startup contraction and the 2008 financial crisis.

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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. Startup Advice'

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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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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 22, 2020

The Financial Crisis of 2008 sure seemed bad in the moment as well. There we were at the casino table again after that, pouring billions of dollars into unprofitable startups while cutting taxes when we didn’t need to, for people and companies who didn’t need it, with little regard to the future. Scrutiny is coming in a big way.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 2, 2022

In 2008, tightfistedness dominated the market. Software startups would need at least $1m in ARR to raise capital to muster a small round. Today, a story is sufficient to raise a 2008-sized Series B. In my notebook, I sketched this 2x2. Capital availability on the x-axis and evidence on the y-axis to illustrate his point.

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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

AUGUST 11, 2022

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. In fact, one of our companies had their best quarter on record in Q2.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

Startup Battlefield — the matriarch of all pitch competitions — is the stuff of tech legend. Heck, it even played a role in the HBO show, “Silicon Valley,” and its influence touches early-stage startups around the globe. Under no circumstance will you find a bigger, better platform for launching your startup to the world.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 11, 2020

The most recent event to use as an analogy is the 2008 financial crisis. In 2008, I had just joined the venture industry, and then Lehman fell. That grew to about $5B per quarter in 2007 and early 2008. Seed investments suffered a 50% fall in Q3 2008, but the market came right back in Q4 and continued to increase in volume.

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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

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

MARCH 11, 2023

The move could affect as much as 30% of UK tech startups, with potentially 10%, industry sources estimate. It plays a pivotal role in supporting and financing Britain’s startups. In addition, SVB UK is commonly used as a payroll facility by many startups, as TechCrunch has reported in the US as regards startups there.

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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. You can imagine how well that worked out.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

days of 2008. TechCrunch Live is all about helping startups build better venture-backed businesses. Folks in the audience can come to our virtual stage to pitch their startup to our esteemed guests and get their live feedback. Oren Netzer and his co-founder Alex Liverant started DoubleVerify in the heady Web 2.0

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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

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Will your startup go public and grab a giant slice of your market, or is it a value-add that will be gobbled up by a hard-charging unicorn? More than once, it’s been my responsibility to look someone in the eye and tell them that their job had been eliminated.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

based incubator focused on nonprofit startups that are addressing climate-related challenges through open-source data initiatives has announced the six startups which will be put through its 2022 program. government minister and a former MD of Microsoft for Startups U.K. and CEO of Code First: Girls, among others.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

I love how open Danielle has been throughout the development of her startup Mattermark including honest reflections of when she has changed her opinion. “I love those Beats commercials where the basketball player puts on his music and tunes it all out, to go win the game,” she said. That’s what it feels like.”. It won’t be.

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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.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

days of 2008. TechCrunch Live is all about helping startups build better venture-backed businesses. Folks in the audience can come to our virtual stage to pitch their startup to our esteemed guests and get their live feedback. Oren Netzer and his co-founder Alex Liverant started DoubleVerify in the heady Web 2.0

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