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5 tips for scaling your green startup during a funding drought

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The dampened outlook for startup funding at the start of 2022 thanks to the pandemic’s lingering uncertainties has only worsened following a global market downturn and the war in Ukraine. More posts by this contributor. Aiming to create a gender-equitable startup landscape? When it rains, it pours.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

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As a mark of the Ukrainian’s astounding resilience both on and off the battlefield, in the first 10 months of 2022, Ukraine’s export of IT services grew by 9.9% Ahrefs claims to have become a $100 million company in annual revenue without venture capital. Finmap A cash flow management service for businesses.

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The latest list of YC-backed companies worth over $150M is the most geographically diverse yet

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Thus, the original list of 101 companies has ballooned to 267 as of February 2022 ( YC list isn’t exhaustive; some founders opt out of being listed ). The second is that companies YC backed four to five years ago, after raising a series of venture capital rounds, are now commanding huge valuations that they didn’t have in 2018.

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Alto raises $40 million to help individuals make tax-savvy investments in assets like crypto and artwork

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The startup plans to use the fresh funding to grow its team of product and engineering employees from 50 today to 120 by the end of 2022, Satz said. I [also] think we’ll see some innovation in 2022 in fund access, and the ability for more people to participate in fund investing.”.

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8 factors to consider when fundraising during a downturn

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The key difference between 2022 and previous downturns is that this contraction was anticipated for a long time, whereas the previous downturns were far more sudden. I ran a technology startup and a fintech startup through these times, respectively, and as such I have experienced the impact that such events can have.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: The Kindbody TC-1, Glossier’s mistakes, calculating startup runway

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billion so far in 2022, fundraising at crypto startups is showing no signs of slowing, market downturn be damned. Crypto is altering the investing landscape for even the most disciplined VCs. Image Credits: Andriy Onufriyenko (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. With more than $32 billion invested last year, and over $11.3

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Has Y Combinator’s new deal changed the early-stage investing game?

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According to Mike Asem , a partner at the Midwest-focused M25 venture capital shop, the new terms help Y Combinator, but come with “tradeoffs” for the group and founders themselves. But early-stage investors are paying attention.