TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

A new foreign investment bill will impact venture capital and the US startup ecosystem. The startup community must defend merit-based immigration. Firms were also more likely to report that they typically seek external candidates for open positions than they did in 2018. More posts by this contributor.

VC 77

VC peer-to-peer venture capital strategy 77

Founders Coop

AUGUST 7, 2018

It’s incredible to look back at how far our startup ecosystem has come in that time. With three tech IPOs in 2018 alone, our market is adding new anchor tenants at an accelerating rate. Seattle in 2013 was a different place.

accelerator 70

accelerator startup ecosystem communities health 70

Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Much of this can trickle down into the startup ecosystem. TechCrunch’s Kate Clark has done a round-up of the largest “private VC” rounds of 2018, and there’s a whole other list for just $100M+ financings led by Softbank’s Vision Fund. Money has been coming into the U.S.

opportunity 76

opportunity incumbents VC culture 76

TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

Despite the pandemic’s economic impact, Southeast Asia’s startup ecosystem has proven to be very resilient. Southeast Asia’s startup ecosystem was not immune, and had less exits, but it still did relatively well, with $8.2 billion invested in 2020, according to a report by Cento Ventures and Tech In Asia.

ventures 102

ventures startup ecosystem opportunity startup 102

TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

Existing backers ATX Ventures, Integr8d Capital, Stage 2 Capital and HubSpot Ventures also participated in the financing, which brings the startup’s total funding to $26.3 million since its 2018 inception. The funding comes amid a year of growth for the startup, which has dual headquarters in Austin and Philadelphia.

financing 99

financing finance SaaS startup ecosystem 99

TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. Jumpspeed invests exclusively in pre-seed and seed-stage startups from the Jerusalem startup ecosystem. Are there startups that you wish you would see in the industry but don’t?

startup 141

startup mix-use SaaS advice 141

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Investors let him control the board as long as he continued to make them paper rich, and then actually rich--so they couldn’t technically force him out. When it happens at companies run by women, the media, disgruntled employees, and their investor board members, burn them at the stake. Two reasons: One, they had no other real choice.

coworking spaces 545

coworking spaces hospitality culture coworking 545