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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

For Part 1 on The Equity Seller’s Bubble of 2021, click here to access the ACA Data Insights Archive. A shift from late-stage pre-IPO investing to renewed emphasis on early stage. From VCs to Investment Advisors… and back again? From VCs to Investment Advisors… and back again? Higher litigation risks.

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YC’s $500,000 Standard Deal

Y Combinator

When a company is accepted into the YC batch program, we now invest a total of $500,000. We still invest $125,000 for 7% and now also invest an additional $375,000 on an uncapped safe with an MFN 1. Our founding principles state that YC’s value is “the number of startups we help times how much we help them.”

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

TechCrunch

If you thought the fourth quarter of 2022 felt slow when it came to investment activity in the fintech space, that’s because it was. But overall, while total fintech funding globally was down markedly last year compared to 2021, numbers were still higher than 2020. billion in 2022, marking a 35% drop from a record 2021.

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

TechCrunch

“In today’s economic environment, Teampay’s software-led approach has proven resilient — as we saw in late 2020 to 2021, when the economy rebounds, Teampay benefits disproportionately through accelerated growth … We increased our debt facility for additional flexibility in uncertain times.” This year, $1.6

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Dan Teran shares Gutter Capital’s challenge of closing its first fund

TechCrunch

Gutter Capital , a New York venture capital firm, closed on $25 million in capital commitments for its first fund to invest in pre-seed and seed stage companies focused on affordability, economic mobility and climate change. They also had to prove that they could translate their angel investing experience into leading rounds. “It’s

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

TechCrunch

The Information reported in late August that Arctic Wolf was in talks to raise $300 million, making this round a decided success in a punishing macroeconomic environment. “In a turbulent economic environment, security will remain a top priority for companies. . Through the same period in 2021, startups had around $13.3

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Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders

TechCrunch

It needs a couple of successful exits, which in turn drives angel investing as entrepreneurs growing increasingly wealthy look to help new founders building companies reach their own goals. It requires accelerators and incubators and coworking spaces to help nurture early ideas, and it needs VC firms investing across stages.