Revolution
AUGUST 2, 2022
miles to visit founders, college campuses, co-investors, ecosystem builders, and communities in rising cities. What we did: Steve Case was a featured panelist at Heartland Forward’s 2022 Heartland Summit?—?an co-chairman of the inaugural Raleigh-Durham Startup Week, former EIR of Techstars, and co-founder of MapQuest?—?for
Revolution
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
One is “tentpole company,” or a category-defining startup that helps put their hometown on the map, both for investors and future generations of founders. We dive deeper into the definition in our 2022 Annual Report. Internally, we’ve begun using the term “founder-market-geography fit” to describe this idea. Let’s get into it.
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TechCrunch
JANUARY 27, 2023
Earlier this month, we reported that investors’ sentiments surrounding venture capital activity going into this were more reserved than upbeat. Investors believe the market correction, which caught up with the continent in the second half of 2022, will spiral into this year. There was reason to believe so. Briter Bridges recorded $5.2
Revolution
MARCH 7, 2024
In Their Own Words: Female Founders and CEOs Discuss the Discourse That’s Missing (and Hitting) the Mark This year’s International Women’s Day theme is “ Inspire Inclusion ” — a call to recognize the unique perspectives and contributions of women from all walks of life, in all facets of life, including the innovation economy.
Y Combinator
DECEMBER 20, 2022
In 2022, most of the world freed itself from the shackles of the COVID pandemic, everyone struggled with inflation, and a war broke out in Europe. As we continue to live in troubled times, economic and otherwise, this amount of capital alone will usually be sufficient to tide thrifty startups over until better times.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
It now offers more capital to chosen companies than ever and is in the process of working out how its program will operate in a post-COVID world. Like much of the venture capital landscape, Y Combinator has shrunk slightly this year. Where is Y Combinator startup-hunting in 2022? The current cohort of startups in the U.S.
TechCrunch
JULY 14, 2022
Black founders raised 1.3% So far this year, Black founders have raised a smaller 1.2% The past few months have seen private market investors reduce their investment pace as a possible recession looms, but that 1% figure has barely budged, meaning economic rain or shine, it’s always a challenging time to be a Black founder.
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