TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

We’re just days away from kicking off TC Early Stage 2021: Operations & Fundraising on April 1-2. Join us for two program-packed days dedicated to founders in the earliest stages of startup life (pre-seed through Series A). Build community and expand your network. Ever feel like you’re going it alone?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Edtech needs to reach beyond underfunded public school systems to become more sustainable, which is why more investors and founders are focusing on lifelong learning. Jan Lynn-Matern , founder and partner, Emerge Education (a leading edtech seed fund in Europe with portfolio companies like Aula, Unibuddy and BibliU).

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 12, 2022

dating app My pitch to investors I want to tell you my story as a founder and CEO and share some examples of my f**k-ups. We started the project in Spring 2021. Four guys (two techs and two non-tech) decided to disrupt the dating app market. The skills of the technical founders allowed us to do this.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2021

Determined early-stage startup founders (are there really any other kind?) Well, heads up folks because this is a brand-new opportunity like no other, and it takes place at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. What’s in store for the Startup Alley+ cohort? So glad you asked. How healthy?

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

And for decades, until the entire industry was disrupted, that attraction established a virtuous cycle. The venture funds in those hubs invested a mere $4 billion annually in seed- and early-stage start-ups throughout “the rest” of America a decade ago — in 2021 that figure had grown to $24 billion.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In a mere 72 hours, early bird pricing disappears for TechCrunch Early Stage 2021 , our two-part, founder bootcamp series focused on the building blocks you need to grow your company. TC Early Stage is all about helping new startup founders (pre-seed through Series A) learn the essential skills required to build a successful startup.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2022

By the time you’re reading this, we’ll be two days away from TechCrunch Disrupt! Last week’s big news was corporate spend management startup Brex’s announcement that it was laying off 11% of its staff , or 136 people. I am doubtful that I could ever be a venture-backed startup founder. Hello, hello. Soooo exciting!

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

For early-stage startups “this is arguably one of the worst times to be looking for talent,” says Champ Suthipongchai, founder and GP of Creative Ventures. ” 3 ways to hire well for your startup. 8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence. Image Credits: Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

Our 2021 Technologist Sentiment Report — which in the second quarter polled technology professionals who mostly work at bigger organizations — shows 48% of tech professionals expressed an interest in changing companies this year, up from 40% in the fourth quarter of 2020, and a big jump from 32% in the second quarter last year.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Over timer founders and sales teams who adopt this mindful approach can turn customers into assets, says Khan. Using a special purpose acquisition company to go public was a popular fad in 2020 and 2021, but many startups that took this shortcut into the public markets haven’t done very well. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Despite their varied backgrounds, each panelist agreed that it’s important for founders who aren’t from privilege or wealth to understand and accept that systemic bias is real. And because Silicon Valley touts itself as a meritocracy, the gap between expectation and reality can create cognitive dissonance. ”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The growing trends of hiring and running remote workforces, and more recently the major upheaval of restructuring across a number of industries, have redefined and disrupted the concept of teams at work. “Our reason for being is to ensure that teams can really collaborate effectively,” McCarroll said in an interview.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Their discussion, which took place at TechCrunch Disrupt, also addressed the value of using test suites and selecting a reliable continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) framework. Lessons from founders raising their first round in a bull market. founder Manu Bansal. Flourishing Founder.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

At TechCrunch Disrupt, Houseparty founder Ben Rubin emphasized decentralization as Web3’s central feature. We have many more Disrupt recaps to come in the next few days, so stay tuned. Which form of venture debt should your startup go for? Startups have more options than ever to lower their reliance on venture capital.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In short order, this shift has created tangible benefits for the cybersecurity industry: In 2021, investors poured $29.5 billion into cyber startups, a YoY increase of 138%. Our startup’s first hire was a fractional Head of Remote. As part of an ongoing series of interviews with transportation startup founders, ??Rebecca

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2021

We love to invest in old, staid industries where companies can disrupt from a business model and product perspective,” Agarwal said. Bethea’s background is not the same as a “typical” startup founder, which also was viewed as an advantage by True Ventures. “He Upsie has done that in a big way.”.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

set in January 2021. So, what does this mean for proptech startups, you might ask? blockchain infrastructure startup Alchemy had closed on a $200 million Series C extension that valued the company at $10.2 billion (a round that reportedly actually closed in December 2021 but not announced until now).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Things have largely continued in 2021, with IPOs throughout the first and second quarters leading to debuts from Freshworks , Toast and, most recently, filings from GitLab , Rent the Runway , NerdWallet and others. ai had an explosive offering late last year as well.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

If you haven’t been, expect an annual founder summit with sessions from top experts and opportunities to meet fellow entrepreneurs. Looking farther down the line, there’s Disrupt , TechCrunch’s annual flagship conference, taking place September 19–21. and the dangers of startups selling our data.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth. Since 2021, Upfront returned more than $600 million to LPs and returned more than $1 billion since 2018. What do you do with a $650 million platform?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

The company chose a price disruption strategy to swiftly dethrone Samsung from its leadership position in the Indian smartphone market, making it one of the trailblazers in the first wave of cheap, sub-$200 smartphones. All of this was being played out amid the ambitions of Micromax’s founders and management.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The unprecedented rush of venture capital into startups is having an interesting knock-on effect: “Venture capital investors are racing to pay more to buy smaller pieces of startups that are less profitable than before,” writes Alex Wilhelm, who studied Silicon Valley Bank’s State of the Markets Report Q4 2021.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

By now you probably know that we’re hosting two TC Early Stage events this year — one on April 1-2 and another on July 8-9 — each with its own set of topics, speakers and content — both designed to help nascent startup founders build a better, more successful business. TC Early Stage 2021 takes place on April 1-2.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

Drawing from The TechCrunch List , reporter Sarah Buhr interviewed eight active health tech VCs to learn more about the companies and industry verticals that have captured their interest in 2021: Bryan Roberts and Bob Kocher, partners, Venrock. Nnamdi Okike, co-founder and managing partner, 645 Ventures. yourprotagonist.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

raised approximately $7 billion in 2021 , up 59% year over year. Female-founded venture firms have shown strong support for female-founded startups accounting for 28% of their deal counts from 2016 to October 2021 in startups with at least one female founder. In contrast, male-only founded U.S.

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Y Combinator

APRIL 26, 2021

Business credit is traditionally underwritten based on the founders’ FICO scores. As international founders with less than a month of credit history, their chances of getting approved were slim to none, despite having $125K in the bank. Brex gave startup founders a daily view into the month’s cumulative expenses (vs.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

To help our founders in transition , some of which are interested in becoming scouts. Our goal is to invest in, coinvest with, and/or recruit founders in transition. At the same time, to respect founders’ time, scouts should mention their real ability to make an investment happen. Just confusing minority founders even more.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Jonathan Greechan is co-founder of the world's largest pre-seed accelerator, Founder Institute , has run over 100 webinars including 100,000+ live attendees, and is one of Meetup's most active organizers. Startup investors can be the financial backbone for mass disruption. Jonathan Greechan. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

“The idea came from the fact that, as a software engineer, I saw many AI projects fail because of the deployment to production phase,” says sole founder and CTO Julien Salinas. ” The platform launched in January 2021 and now has around 500 users, including 30 who are paying for the service.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

Also, if you want to speak at Disrupt later this summer, you can apply now. Oh, and sustainability is getting a whole stage all to itself at Disrupt. Securities and Exchange Commission and Charlie Javice, the founder of student financial aid startup Frank. What’s a fair price premium for startup shares?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Local investors tend to invest 50% to 90% of their fund into local startups, “but we do look at deal flow in all Nordic countries,” said one. This offer is only available to readers in Europe and expires on April 30, 2021. What are companies you are excited about (your portfolio or not), which founders?

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