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TechCrunch+ roundup: YC Demo Day faves, thrift shop VCs, cybersecurity product challenges

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.” VCs to recommerce startups: Let’s pop some tags Funds offering ‘friends and family’ checks could bring the change underrepresented founders need Image Credits: Overearth / Getty Images America’s long-standing wealth gap between white and Black households contributes to the lack of diversity among startup founders.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Mixpanel’s reset, smart growth, $100K referral bonuses

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Analytics startup Mixpanel burst out of the gate in 2009, scoring big wins as it scooped up new users and approached the $100 million ARR mark, but by 2017, “it lacked focus, it was losing customers, and many of the customers it had weren’t terribly pleased with it,” reports Ron Miller.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Alternative financing, Web3 adoption, India’s hot Q3 fundraising

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That’s because only 7% of the startups that raise seed rounds are able to grow their companies enough to land a Series C investment, according to a Dealroom study. Which form of venture debt should your startup go for? Scaling across Series A to C. Image Credits: Olemedia (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. This year, it happened.

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The lack of VC funding to women is a Western societal shortfall

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The issue of women startup founders not receiving equitable venture funding is a shortfall of the West: It’s here, everywhere in the U.S., of all venture funds in Europe, a number on par with what they raised in 2017, 2018 and 2019, which saw these teams pick up 1.5%, 1.8% and over there, all throughout Europe.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: The end of free money, how to forecast NRR, slashing SaaS spending

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Join @YourProtagonist and Silicon Valley-based attorney and @TechCrunchPlus columnist @Sophie_Alcorn as they discuss immigration-related issues and answer questions relevant to startup founders and workers. As a result, customers are spending 53% more on software licensing today than in 2017. Engagement.

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