TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2023

It took me a while, but I’m realizing that my startup love language is discussing any attempts to standardize the opaque and often informal world of venture capital. Or, as I covered this week, a tool for startups that lets companies simultaneously blast out the same application — or pitch — to multiple angel and pre-seed investors.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

It was estimated that Latin America’s foodservice sales reached $270 billion in 2021, according to Statista. The company’s first institutional round of funding was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, Atlántico and MAYA Capital. Pitch Deck Teardown: Lunchbox’s $50 million Series B deck. Fudo is now among them, having raised $7.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

Latin America’s increasingly dynamic venture capital scene has been making headlines of late. Julie Ruvolo, director of venture capital, LAVCA. Corporate venture capital follows the same trend as other VC markets: Up. Corporate venture capital follows the same trend as other VC markets: Up.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

On a recent episode of Extra Crunch Live , Retail Zipline founder Melissa Wong and Emergence Capital investor Lotti Siniscalco joined Managing Editor Jordan Crook to walk attendees through Zipline’s Series A deck. She was one of the few or maybe the only CEO who ever stood up to pitch the entire team,” said Siniscalco.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

Startup pitches with promises to provide various services to Africans — across different sectors — are commonplace now. Adetola Onayemi was part of the negotiation team that saw the agreement take effect in January 2021. ” Onayemi launched Norebase with Tope Obanla in September 2021.

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StartupNation

APRIL 5, 2021

of venture capital funding ? The application deadline for this program is April 16, 2021. Starting in September 2021, Black-owned businesses harmed by the pandemic can apply to receive one of up to 300 grants of $5,000. Interested entrepreneurs can find more information here about applying to upcoming cycles.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Data indicate that the pace of startup value creation reached a fever pitch in 2021. According to venture capital data collected by PitchBook , prices spiked for startup equity across the maturity spectrum last year. Larger venture capital funds are also a driving force behind the pricing dynamics uncovered by the data.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Less than 2% of venture capital funding went to all-female founding teams in 2021, marking a five-year low, new data from Pitchbook shows. So how is it that despite the recent boom in startup funding, the venture capital industry is actually becoming an even tougher place for women to raise money?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

From our Extra Crunch Live Pitch-offs all the way up to the world-famous Disrupt Startup Battlefield, we can’t get enough of ’em. The Extreme Tech Challenge 2021 Global Finals: Startup Pitches Part 1. The Extreme Tech Challenge 2021 Global Finals: Startup Pitches Part 2. Waste Matters. Networking.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

For those who wielded that role or the coveted CEO position, you were likely to be placed on a pedestal or be viewed as a visionary, aided by a venture capital market that experienced an overextended bull run in the background. So in a way, foreign capital can act as a stressor to African founders. There are other subtler impacts.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In fact, even some of the excesses of 2021 were eclipsed when the number of investments on the continent rose higher in 2022 than they had a year earlier, boosted by early-stage firms flocking to fund startups in the wake of landmark exits of homegrown companies like Jumia and Paystack. billion, according to data from Partech.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

billion in the first half of 2021 — a fourfold increase from the previous year. Crunchbase examined the access to capital in the venture-backed startup ecosystem and proved that many industry leaders still worry that nothing will drastically shift. Funding for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S. hit nearly $1.8 Tap into foreign markets.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Register Healthcare infrastructure, digital health, pharma, and foodtech will be among the industries that will impact the world in 2-3 years, according to Angel Low , principal at early-stage venture capital investor and studio The Hive Southeast Asia. As soon as you send a pitch deck, you should assume that it will be shared more broadly.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

In 2021, we extended a grant to Grand Valley State University’s Veterans Entrepreneurship Lab. It concludes with a Pitch Showcase awarding at least $25,000 in prize money. In 2021, we also established a partnership between Verizon’s Pro Bono Program and the Metro Detroit Black Business Alliance ’s Capital Connect Program.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

If you’re curious about which kinds of startups investors are (and aren’t) willing to look at, Kami Vision CEO Yamin Durrani has written a comprehensive post about the changes he’s observed between fundraising in Q4 2021 and Q3 2022. Pitch Deck Teardown: Arkive’s $9.7M Pitch Deck Teardown: Arkive’s $9.7M Solution slide.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

The company attended pitch competition after pitch competition, raising about a total of $100,000, until one day in the summer of 2020 an analyst for musician Jay-Z’s Marcy Ventures happened to be in the audience. “It By 2021, the app had gone viral after Jay-Z’s Marcy Ventures wrote a blog post about it. Image Credits: Altro.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This dynamic zone will feature IR pitches for investment attraction, conducted on a dedicated stage, and thought-provoking conferences. This groundbreaking event, a collaboration between British media company GCV and the Korea Venture Capital Association, will be held on November 9-10.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

A lot of top firms show up, including from NEA, Lux Capital and Sequoia Capital. The pitch: Spathios says it’s a marketplace to book short-term venues and spaces. Founded in: 2021. Founded in: late 2021. Founded in: late 2021. A few things have remained true since that time. Founded in: 2020.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

Solid , which rebranded from Wise in 2021, raised a $63 million Series B round of funding to continue providing its fintech-as-a-service offering for companies wanting to launch and scale their own fintech products. FTV Capital led the new investment and was joined by existing investor Headline. To date, Solid has raised $80.7

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TechCrunch

JULY 17, 2022

In 2021, an estimated 21% of all venture deals were fintech. In summary, as Alex wrote: “We’re seeing a comedown, but not a whole-cloth retreat; things are still more active in capital terms in the fintech world now than they were two years ago.”. So when you pitch, be sure to point out what makes your company/news stand out.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2021

Next up is TechCrunch Early Stage, our yearly event that is all about tactical advice to help new and first-time founders navigate the Wild West world that is venture capital and startups. Announcing the Early Stage Pitch-Off judges. Understanding how investors value growth in 2021. Seen on Extra Crunch. Making sense of the $6.5B

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 28, 2021

2021 marked the second year of COVID and like other crises, the pandemic accelerated change, especially in technology pushing many technologies like SaaS, video conferencing, crypto/web3 deeper into the Perez deployment cycle. In 2021, 601 venture-backed IPOs raised $198b, up 40% in deal count and 173% in dollars. Half a point.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2021

In an Extra Crunch Live this past week, Cleo Capital founding partner Sarah Kunst broke down what founders can learn from Supreme, a sought-after streetwear brand. Secondly, we are already well into planning TechCrunch Disrupt 2021! Pregame Y Combinator Demo Day with Equity. The lightning-fast Series A (that was 3 years in the making).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Data about startups is helpful to understand directional trends and how the flow of capital works and changes over time. Announcing the TC Early Stage Pitch-Off. Alexa von Tobel brings 15 years of financial savvy to Early Stage 2021. As always, you can find me on Twitter @nmasc_ or e-mail me at natasha.m@techcrunch.com.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Freshly capitalized, MasterClass and Outschool are looking for ways to grow into their valuations. The belief that employers will invest in edutainment benefit platforms is a departure from the traditional pitch that edtech has used to break into this market. When the struggle is more obvious.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

Jessica Chen Riolfi and Chris Goodmacher co-founded the company in March 2021 as a free financial planning tool for Gen Zers. 10 fintech investors discuss what they’re looking for and how to pitch them in Q1 2022. Uprise’s financial recommendations for Gen Z. Image Credits: Uprise. The company also took in $1.4

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

As Extra Crunch enters its third year, we’re putting our foot on the gas in 2021 so we can bring you more: Fresh analysis about today’s most dynamic tech industries. Today, Alex Wilhelm says both transportation platforms plan to reach adjusted profitability by Q4 2021. Scott Friend, partner, Bain Capital Ventures.

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OnStartups

MARCH 24, 2021

During the first week of that class, we all had to do a short pitch of a startup idea and convince our classmates to join our “startup”. I pitched a startup called “HubSpot”, which ended up being one of the ideas chosen. It is publicly traded with a market capitalization of over $20 billion. Anyways, back to the story….

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility will feature speakers on the main stage, a bevy of startup exhibits, demos, networking and a live pitch-off with a pretty sweet prize. Despite the vast sums of venture capital that has gone into shared micromobility, the industry has yet to reach unit economics favorable enough to turn a profit.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Founded in : 2021. Founded in : 2021. Abdigani Diriye, Khalid Keenan and Youcef Oudjidane, the other co-founders, have combined experience across engineering, investment banking and venture capital. Founded in : 2021. Founded in : 2021. Founded in : 2021. beU delivery. Website : [link]. Team size : 300.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

“What you want as an entrepreneur is funders nodding in agreement with your pitch before you even have a chance to finish it,” write Fingert and Foster. Your startup pitch deck needs an operating plan. ” Your startup pitch deck needs an operating plan. . Since housing accounts for as much as 18% of the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2022

Early investors have reserved the right to maintain their stakes in startups that raise additional capital, but with the slowdown in venture funding, it’s unclear if they’ll want to do so. Pitch Deck Teardown: Encore’s $3M seed deck. Pitch Deck Teardown: Encore’s $3M seed deck. billion from $2.23

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TechCrunch

JUNE 5, 2022

As such, based on Jason’s calculations, Varo could, gasp, run out of money by the end of this year — “and would become less than well capitalized before then…All of this puts immense pressure on Varo to cut costs and raise additional capital.” What’s the best way to pitch you? What does this mean for digital banks as a whole?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Companies are experiencing the brunt of the impact, with 36% of small businesses responding to a 2021 U.S. There’s no easy fix, but an emerging cohort of startups is pitching software as a way to potentially anticipate — and respond to — market shocks. This has been costly. ” Tracking real-time shipments.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Since being founded in 2015, the company has amassed a customer list that includes AppFolio, HotDoc, Pitch, Kumospace and Teamflow, and its customers report seeing up to 80% fewer video call errors after using Daily, Kwindla Hultman Kramer, co-founder and CEO of Daily, told TechCrunch via email. video chat API service.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility will feature speakers on the main stage, a bevy of startup exhibits, demos, networking and a live pitch-off with a pretty sweet prize. Despite the vast sums of venture capital that has gone into shared micromobility, the industry has yet to reach unit economics favorable enough to turn a profit.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Other participants in the round included Commerce VC, VU Venture Partners, Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar and Kim Jackson through Skip Capital, San Antonio Spurs player Patty Mills and music group Rüfüs Du Sol. Mr Yum began pitching its mobile ordering platform to businesses before the pandemic, but the pandemic has accelerated adoption.

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