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Q&A: How Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Can Help You

StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

In 2021, we also established a partnership between Verizon’s Pro Bono Program and the Metro Detroit Black Business Alliance ’s Capital Connect Program. To stay competitive in the new economic environment, small businesses must be agile and adapt to shifting consumer preferences.

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Spend management platform Teampay expands partnership with Mastercard, raises $47M

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Today, Teampay has hundreds of customers and significant venture capital financing behind it. million in debt) Series B led by Fin Venture Capital with participation from Mastercard, Proof Ventures, Trestle and Espresso Capital, bringing Teampay’s total raised to $65 million. . million in equity, $11.75

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

TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

The companies that took their first venture capital during the craze decided to join forces with other well-capitalized competitors. Jomayra Herrera , partner, Reach Capital. This impacted the kinds of startups that got funding and the total capital in the market. Jan Lynn-Matern , founder and partner, Emerge Education.

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Soci raises $120M in debt and equity to grow its marketing management platform

TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

Co-founder and CEO Afif Khoury says that the new capital — a combination of debt and equity of which Khoury wouldn’t provide a very detailed breakdown — will be put toward mergers and acquisitions, customer success and international expansion. .”

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Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Boston by the numbers The chart below shows Boston fluctuating between third and fourth place in overall venture capital investment over the last several years, moving back and forth with the Los Angeles area startup scene. Citing those Pitchbook numbers, Brumme noted that area investment growth was down close to 40% last year.

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The end of a second straight month of layoffs in tech

TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

Backstage Capital cuts majority of staff after pausing net new investments. Backstage Capital downsized its staff from 12 to three people , managing partner and founder Arlan Hamilton said during her “Your First Million” podcast that was published last Sunday. Shoe resale platform StockX, last valued at $3.8 The StockX EC-1.

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Gorgias’ valuation rises to $710M with $30M Series C for e-commerce customer support

TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Gorgias , developing customer service tools for e-commerce companies, raised $30 million in new Series C capital in a round that boosted its valuation to $710 million. In late 2020, the company had raised $25 million in Series B funding on a $305 million valuation. The environment we’re working in has changed quite a bit,” he added.

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Even well-funded fintech companies are laying off workers

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Schulman added: “Over the past year, we made significant progress in strengthening and reshaping our company to address the challenging macro-economic environment…While we have made substantial progress in right-sizing our cost structure, and focused our resources on our core strategic priorities, we have more work to do.

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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

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This is Part 2 of a two-part examination of the state of the startup capital market during the past two years. This transformation has already led to an increased number of startup failures, a growing venture capital reset2 and 210,000 tech sector layoffs since the start of 2022. 2 A (temporary) venture capital reset?

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Cyber firm Arctic Wolf raises $401M in debt, eyeing a potential IPO

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This week, Crunchbase further noted that while cyber startups saw more funding in H2 than all of 2020 ($8.9 “In a turbulent economic environment, security will remain a top priority for companies. . “In a turbulent economic environment, security will remain a top priority for companies.

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Fintech in 2022: A story of falling funding, fewer unicorns and insurtech M&A

TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

But overall, while total fintech funding globally was down markedly last year compared to 2021, numbers were still higher than 2020. billion in 2022, down 46% compared with 2021, but up 52% compared to 2020. However, on the positive side, 2022 numbers were higher than 2020. Specifically, global fintech funding amounted to $75.2

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Truework, which helps lenders verify borrowers’ income and employment, raises $50M

TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

On the flip-side, mortgage demand recently hit a 20-year low after the highs of 2020 , but Truework co-founder and CEO Ryan Sandler reckons that the need for automated verifications is only going in an upward direction. And the current economic environment, it seems, is playing more than a bit-part in this trend.

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Arena raises money from Peter Thiel and David Petraeus for its decision-making AI

TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

But that’s what startup Arena claims to do, fueled by a round of funding ($32 million) led by Initialized Capital and Goldcrest Capital along with Founders Fund, Flexport and a colorful cast of characters, including retired general David Petraeus, Peter Thiel, and Y Combinator CEO Michael Seibel. Image Credits: Arena.

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Contract lifecycle management vendor Icertis secures $150M in debt to stave off rivals

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2022

After raising $115 million in 2019, Icertis today secured $150 million — $75 million in convertible debt and a $75 million revolving credit facility — in a combined tranche from Silicon Valley Bank that brings the company’s total capital raised to $520 million. Icertis was valued at $2.8

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Startup Catalyst Brief

Q&A: How Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Can Help You

Spend management platform Teampay expands partnership with Mastercard, raises $47M

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

Soci raises $120M in debt and equity to grow its marketing management platform

Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders

The end of a second straight month of layoffs in tech

Gorgias’ valuation rises to $710M with $30M Series C for e-commerce customer support

Even well-funded fintech companies are laying off workers

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

Cyber firm Arctic Wolf raises $401M in debt, eyeing a potential IPO

Fintech in 2022: A story of falling funding, fewer unicorns and insurtech M&A

Truework, which helps lenders verify borrowers’ income and employment, raises $50M

Arena raises money from Peter Thiel and David Petraeus for its decision-making AI

Contract lifecycle management vendor Icertis secures $150M in debt to stave off rivals

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