TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

Raising venture capital is rarely an easy lift for startups, but 2022 is turning out to be a more challenging year than we’ve seen for some time. What do early-stage founders need to know to capture VC interest, and dollars, in a challenging market?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Ukraine’s startup ecosystem was thriving before the war and making great progress, with Ukrainian startups raising $832 Million in VC funding in 2021. VC Funding was steadily growing before the war and there are more than 50 VC firms continuing to operating in the country. Secured seed finding from SMRK VC.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2022

— natasha (@nmasc_) May 5, 2022. The biggest difference between layoffs in 2020 versus layoffs in 2022 is cash, potentially a lifeline. For more thoughts, read a round-up of all the tech layoffs this past week , and then head to TechCrunch+ for some advice on how to navigate the market. Start here.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

Also participating are two former American football players, Eli Manning and Ositadimma “Osi” Umenyiora; Boston, US-based seed fund Accomplice; healthcare-focused VC firm THVC and early stage European VC, Daphni.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Amid market volatility, decentralized finance, or DeFi, is an area that continues to be in focus in both the crypto VC world and across the community as new use cases, protocols and projects arise. What were the biggest challenges your firm faced in 2022? What were the biggest challenges your firm faced in 2022?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Thursday, February 24, 2022. The round goes to show that the nine-figure venture market is still getting deals done, despite some public comment from investors that things are slowing down in 2022. Startups/VC. PST, subscribe here. Now, to work. The TechCrunch Top 3. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

Bearing those factors and others in mind, Ben Parr, president and co-founder of e-commerce marketing platform Octane.ai, shared his e-commerce predictions for 2022 : Personalization and zero-party data become critical. ” My prediction: We’ll be running many articles in 2022 with tactics for zero-party data collection.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 21, 2024

My Partner Winter Mead, Founder & CEO of Coolwater Capital , the accelerator for emerging VC fund managers, said: “Fewer than 5 of the 180 emerging managers we’ve worked with are raising via 506c, in order to get in front of more retail LPs, who are generally already following the GP, e.g., through the GP’s newsletter or community.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In addition to discussing potential use cases for advertising, fintech and enterprise apps, respondents shared advice for web3 founders who are hunting for funding, along with their concerns about factors that could stall its development. Notably, several said they started exploring the space after developing an interest in crypto.

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Jason Malki

JULY 26, 2023

She has been a thought-leader in tech for the past 8 years, her newsletter has 25k subscribers, she was named one of Bloomberg’s 100 Influential Latinos of 2022 , and she has spoken at numerous panels including at TechCrunch Disrupt, L’Attitude, NFT NYC, and a16z’s Google’s demo day at LA Tech Week 2023. Personal Instagram: [link] Alphaa.io

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

Here’s the advice I wish someone told me when I started. Kevin Rose ( @kevinrose ): partner at VC firm True Ventures , host of the Modern Finance and Proof podcasts. Selkis is co-founder of industry-leading research/content firm Messari and he annually writes theses for the upcoming year (his “ Crypto Theses for 2022 ” is a must-read).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2023

As one VC put it: “It’s bad.” Plus, they were gracious enough to share some of the advice they’re giving to their portfolio companies. trillion in late 2021, the F-Prime Fintech Index slid to $397 billion by the end of 2022. billion across 2,222 deals during 2022, including $25.2

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Tuesday, February 22, 2022! Startups/VC. Advice and strategy for early-stage sex tech startup founders. Pleasure has a very large TAM, but “vice clauses” prevent many VC firms from even considering a sex tech startup. Advice and strategy for early-stage sex tech startup founders.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 kicks off in just four days, startup fans. How to Activate Your Profile: Look for an email in your inbox titled “Time to log into TechCrunch Disrupt 2022” and follow the directions. Getting to Yes and What Happens Next: An Unfiltered Chat with a Top VC , with Mayfield. 21 online). 2:00 p.m. –

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

The advice is to “be frugal to accommodate to the new situation and roll on.”. What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

But in August 2022, they like revenue even better, which is why Jonathan Martinez says companies should turn their attention to down-funnel metrics. We broke the process down into three parts: planning, execution and follow-up,” he writes in a TechCrunch+ post that condenses the advice he’s giving the founders he works with.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

David Frykman, general partner, Norrsken VC. 14 climate tech investors share their H1 2022 strategies. Advice and strategy for early-stage sex tech startup founders. Pleasure has a very large TAM, but “vice clauses” prevent many VC firms from even considering a sex tech startup. Thai Nguyen, partner, MCJ Collective.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In some ways, it’s a bit like VC funds that are setup to empower certain groups through investing that don’t actually acknowledge the structures and impact of venture capital itself on different populations. Even if these investors were skilled in such things, I’m not sure how much Audrey would have paid attention to their advice anyway.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 31, 2023

I ended my What Will Happen In 2023 with this advice: Buckle up, hang tough, and be smart. The end of the 2022/2023 tech/startup downturn happened when two things came together. This is the first of these two posts. The second one will run tomorrow. To some extent, these two things are related.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 21, 2022

You’ll receive the best practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. In this week’s edition, we discuss: Approaching the funding raising process from a VCs point of view The future of cryptocurrency in 2022 Is your side hustle profitable or a waste of time? You should be also be assessing the VCs.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2022

We start with a historical run of stories beginning last December, threading through the start of the year until we reach the latest data from the VC ecosystem. January 2022). Here’s how far VCs have lowered revenue expectations for seed through Series B (January 2022). January 2022). Sound good? Let’s go.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2022

We started 2022 on a relatively high note. Here were my top 15 most-read stories on the TechCrunch site in 2022: ‘We probably pissed away $200 million,’ Better.com CEO told employees in layoffs meeting : A collab with the brilliant Zack Whittaker , where we got to hear for ourselves Vishal Garg address employees.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 23, 2022

2022 in My Rearview: 5 Key Learnings From My First Year as a Startup Advisor The year started with a retrospective of my career, and became an incredible startup journey Credits: Greg Hillson, INSCYD Knowing that not much is for sure is a crucial skill in today’s world. 80% of VC-backed startups fail or barely break even.

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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 30, 2022

We announced this change publicly (aka Homebrew Forever ) in February and spent all of 2022 in this mode, revisiting, and in some cases revising, our core assumptions about venture capital. Overall I’m happy with 2022 opportunity flow but we’re not even close to the performance ceiling and have a bunch of work in 2023 to improve.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

CB Insights recently found that two of the largest global VC firms, Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, actually backed more fintech companies in 2022 than any other category. Plus, they were gracious enough to share some of the advice they’re giving to their portfolio companies. There is no one-size-fits-all solution.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

“I had one cross my desk yesterday where a brand-name VC led the seed, which they are now calling a pre-seed,” Winfield told TechCrunch. On Monday, we’ll run columns with practical advice for exploring both of those scenarios. Patricio Jutard, co-founder and general partner, Newtopia VC. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

After a blockbuster year for venture capital funding in 2021, the flow of capital to Indian startups seemed like it would buck global trends in early 2022, but dried up in the second half of 2022. What advice would you give your portfolio startups to continue growing at this time? How has your investment strategy changed?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Musk says a lot of things, and then says some more things, so we’ll see if he actually takes his advice and abides by the results of the poll. Startups and VC. 3 Black founders predict little will change in VC in 2023. 3 Black founders predict little will change in VC in 2023. Life as a startup founder is never dull.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Friday, February 4, 2022! The TechCrunch team is getting pretty stoked for our 2022 slate of live and online events. Startups/VC. Throw in the tea from Better.com, Bolt and other firms, and 2022 is shaping up to be a year of tech drama. PST, subscribe here. You can sign up here.).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Oh, and if you want to hear me talk about everything from “The Good and Ugly Sides of Fintech, What Great Journalism Really Means, & Why Startups Represent Hope,” check out this episode of the Fintech Leaders podcast I recently recorded with VC Miguel Armaza. VCs clamor to fund real estate investing startups.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

In a TechCrunch+ guest post, he shared three fundamental pieces of advice for new founders. Klaviyo co-founder Ed Hallen’s 3 top pieces of advice for launching a startup. — TechCrunch+ (@TechCrunchPlus) April 20, 2022. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Stay tuned! Senior Editor, TechCrunch+.

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Revolution

JUNE 21, 2022

First, 2022 marked ten years of Rise of the Rest?—?a The soundbite: “ Underfunded founders don’t need advice; they need capital.”?—?Samara Samara M Hernandez Jigar Shah and Adrian Fenty The conversation: Partnership through policy: insights for VCs from Director of the Loan Programs Office of the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

Startups and VC. If you’re a company with two founders looking for that advice, Becca and Darrell have a good Found podcast for you. And we have three more for you: If 2022 were a headline… : Natasha M , Mary Ann and Alex solicited answers to that question and compiled a list of how you described the tech industry’s 2022.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This morning marked the kickoff of VC firm 500 Global’s Fall 2022 Demo Day, which saw over a dozen startups give their best pitches to prospective investors — and customers. Both outfits look to back early-stage founders with money and advice in exchange for equity. It’s demo day season.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Now that seemingly every VC has turned their attention to the category he told TechCrunch he’s glad he’s been in it for so long and therefore will not make some of the mistakes newer entrants will. Seattle-based Ascend is one of them. “It’s so easy to throw together a vertical AI demo,” Winfield told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2022

Early-stage startups and investors, from ClearCo to SignalFire, have spent years building up advice atop algorithms atop assumed returns. For my full take on this topic, check out my TechCrunch+ column: Is algorithmic VC investment compatible with due diligence? When will VCs hit the brakes? Seen on TechCrunch+.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2023

of all VC funds in 2022, a drop from 2021 Image Credits: Emily Malan Gas Discord has acquired Gas, a compliments-based social media app for teens. Additionally, in 2022, the Toronto-based fintech saw its other co-founder, Andrew D’Souza, step down from his CEO role to be replaced by Romanow. Billion, reports Bloomberg.

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