TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2023

It’s hard to believe it but TechCrunch Disrupt — only one of the most engaging, fun, well-attended startup events in the world — is around the corner, taking place September 19–21! Outsiders may not realize just how much work goes into planning Disrupt. If you want to receive this in your inbox every Sunday, sign up here.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Twenty of the most promising and creative early-stage startups — chosen from the elite Startup Battlefield 200 — will bring the heat for $100,000 in the world-renown Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco. Prior to joining Sequoia, Chen worked at Emergence Capital and McKinsey.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

The reinvention of banking is well underway, and we’re excited to welcome three key players — Peter Hazlehurst, co-founder and CEO, Synctera; Laura Spiekerman, co-founder and president, Alloy; and Amanda Swoverland, chief compliance officer, Unit — to the Fintech Stage on September 19 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Happy TechCrunch Disrupt eve! How to Build Your Early VC Network — Turning Social Capital into Financial Capital: If you haven’t heard of Nik, Josh or Gefen, where have you been? Acing Venture: Serena Williams is the greatest to ever play the game of tennis, and she’s already made a name for herself as a VC in the tech world.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The venture capital industry is built on signals. The startup, launching publicly today, is building a rating system for the venture capital industry. Ratings is a sensitive topic in venture, only reinforced by some of the reactions I got by investors when telling them about this ratings platform.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

TechCrunch Disrupt — taking place October 18–20 in San Francisco — is the world-class tech conference where startups go to grow. Famously Overlooked: How Underestimated Founders Survive and Thrive in a Competitive Market with Maëlle Gavet, CEO at Techstars, and Tashi Nakanishi, managing partner at HartBeat Ventures and CEO at XPV Group.

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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. Jomayra Herrera is a partner at Reach Capital, a venture fund focused on early-stage education technology and future-of-work companies.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

With less than a week to go, we’re absolutely stoked to see you all in San Francisco for TechCrunch Disrupt , live and in person! Just two days left to save: Buy your Disrupt pass before October 14 at 11:59 p.m. Sponsored by Fast Forward Venture Studio. Sponsored by Fast Forward Venture Studio. But first….

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2022

If you couldn’t make it to San Francisco to attend TechCrunch Disrupt in person, the next is the next best thing. With it, you can access all the sessions that went down on the Disrupt stage, the TechCrunch+ stage along with select presentations from both the Discovery stage and breakout sessions — today, October 21 only!

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Welcome to the first day of TechCrunch Disrupt ! You’ll find all the day’s programs, stage location and times listed in the Disrupt agenda and in the event app. You’ll find all the day’s programs, stage location and times listed in the Disrupt agenda and in the event app. Disrupt Stage | 10:00 am. Disrupt Stage | 1:40 pm.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2023

After slowing way down last spring, venture outfits disclosed a stunning $8 billion in new capital commitments in the span of just five days. billion ; Cowboy Ventures announced two funds totaling $260 million ; and FJ Labs also disclosed two funds totaling $260 million. Is venture funding already back? Even non-U.S.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

That’s a question all companies — from startups to major corporations — are asking as they consider how to distribute and manage their workforces in 2022 and beyond. . Since founding the company in 2014, Collin has raised more than $138 million in venture capital funding, including a $65 million Series D round last month.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Decades after Palo Alto’s first garage startup, talent and capital has become more evenly distributed: This year, Bay Area startups only attracted 27% of all U.S. seed- and early-stage venture dollars. 3 disruptive trends that will shape marketing in 2022. 3 disruptive trends that will shape marketing in 2022.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

When you’re building a startup and thinking about what it’s going to take to raise your first dollars in a slowing capital market , perspective can be very helpful. In this case perspective, like any story worth telling, has two sides — founder and venture. TechCrunch Disrupt is back in person on October 18-20 in San Francisco.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

However, by 2022 (with most pandemic restrictions in the rear view mirror and financial markets facing challenges), investors began gravitating towards perceived safe havens, as reflected in the data. Consequently, the Bay Area experienced a surge, capturing over one-third of all early-stage venture funding in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Soda that serves a purpose, whether that be more healthy or even functional, is the new wave of drinks disrupting the $38 billion U.S. The company is the second venture in the realm of “functional soda” for co-founders Ben Goodwin and David Lester, who have worked together for nearly a decade. soft drink industry.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

Everstream Analytics , a supply chain insights and risk analytics startup, today announced that it raised $24 million in a Series A round led by Morgan Stanley Investment Management with participation from Columbia Capital, StepStone Group, and DHL. Investors seemingly see the potential. billion in funding, according to Crunchbase.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2023

Over the last year, the venture industry has had a tough time. A fund typically invests the capital for three to five years, which causes its “performance” to drop. There are ways to disrupt this timeline: VC firms can sometimes back a relatively early-stage company and exit the investment within 12 months.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Travel booking startup Hopper today announced that it closed a $96 million follow-on investment from Capital One, bringing the company’s total raised to $740 million. Travel app Hopper raises $96M from Capital One to double down on social commerce by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

We’re likely to see BNPL offerings become more prevalent at points of sale for a manner of different purchases through 2022. We also see opportunities for new BNPL products for small businesses that are looking to reduce cash flow strains or avoid maxing out credit lines,” said Jason Brown, partner at Victory Park Capital. In the U.S.,

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 6, 2022

Register Transport Capital , a globally-recognised investment management and advisory firm focused on the maritime and aviation industries, has launched its new venture capital arm named TC Ventures. Headquartered in Singapore, Transport Capital’s core expertise is in Real Assets and Private Capital Markets.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2022

An Indian upstart, co-founded by a group of journalists, that seeks to disrupt how people follow news and what they consume has raised funds as it prepares to accelerate its growth and broaden its offering. — Soumya (@bytesofnews) August 22, 2022. Check out their whole piece (and subscribe!) But unlike the U.S.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2021

million Series A round of funding led by Ribbit Capital. Senior executives from Robinhood, Stripe, Wise, Carta and Capital One had also put money in the round. The insurtech plans to use its new capital to continue to hire, and expand its area of operations, as well as toward launching other lines of insurance.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2022

SaaS has cemented its place in the epicenter of startup and Big Tech life, but it’s already being disrupted by the usage-based pricing movement. To explore the concept, Natasha Mascarenhas , Alex Wilhelm and Anna Heim took the time to write up their expectations for 2022’s startup theses.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Check out some of the Ann Arbor companies with the biggest growth, best funding and most innovative products to watch into 2022. Small Ann Arbor startups to watch in 2022. Supply chains have become front-page news since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted global networks of everything from furniture makers to grocery suppliers.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

According to three entrepreneurs Connie Loizos spoke with at TechCrunch Disrupt, a social media presence that blends aspects of your business and personal lives can “make it easier to connect with investors and customers.” Allison Barr Allen, angel investor, Trail Run Capital. ” Nik Milanovi?

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 22, 2022

Register Le Yen Thanh, the 28-year-old CEO of Vietnam’s smart mobility startup Phenikaa Maas , is among the 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia honorees in the Industry, Manufacturing & Energy category. In 2021, BusMap received a capital injection of $US1.5

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2022

AngelList’s recently closed early-stage venture fund brings back one of my favorite conversations within the world of early-stage startup fundraising: to data, or not to data. Money certainly doesn’t solve all woes — the top reason startups fail today is still due to failure to raise new capital. Our approach?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

“With TAM, it is almost guaranteed you’re going to be wrong,” Aydin Senkut, the founder and managing partner of Felicis Ventures, said at TechCrunch Disrupt. “It’s Kara Nortman, a managing partner at Upfront Ventures, said the TAM numbers given in a pitch do not control whether she’s likely to invest. “I

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

billion on M&A in H1 2022, 39% more than a year earlier. “M&A is a part of doing business and it’s important to recognize that the impact and disruption of a PE take-private deal may be felt for years.” biotech deals also set new records in 2022 for both median deal size, $33.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

Sanjay Aggarwal Contributor Share on Twitter Sanjay Aggarwal is a venture partner at F-Prime Capital focused on frontier technology investment opportunities. Then, in 2022, investments fell to $4 billion, with 2023 likely to see further precipitous declines. From 2018 to 2021, investments in the AV sector across the U.S.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

We all know that cash is not nearly as readily available in 2022 as it was in 2021. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2022, I interviewed Ramp CEO Eric Glyman, Airbase CEO Thejo Kote and Anthemis partner Ruth Foxe Blader on the topic. This puts startups in the position of having to compete without losing their minds — or runway.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

As the venture market has cooled and investors became pickier, founders have found it more difficult to bargain for clean term sheets or aggressive valuations. So, what can founders expect if they’re looking to raise their first round of capital these days? billion mark throughout the first half of 2022.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on October 3, 2022. And for decades, until the entire industry was disrupted, that attraction established a virtuous cycle. Hill Street Studios/Getty Images There was never a guarantee that Detroit would become the Motor City.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 7, 2023

Register Indonesia-based hyperlocal online F&B startup, UENA , has secured new funding from existing investor East Ventures and new investor Trihill Capital in a round that closed in Q1 2023. Since launching in August 2022, UENA has opened seven kitchen locations in Jakarta and has served over 300,000 portions.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Just like every TechCrunch Live event, the program features entrepreneurs and investors who will share their stories with the goal of helping others build better venture-backed businesses. The winner gets fast-tracked into the Battlefield 200, which comes with free exhibition space and exclusive programming at Disrupt 2022.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 7, 2023

Register Bain & Company, a prominent global management consulting firm, has revealed its plans to acquire the Asia-Pacific division of Rainmaking, a renowned venture-building and startup development studio. Both Bain and Rainmaking APAC were selected to participate in the Corporate Venture Launchpad 2.0

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