Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

2022: The Aftermath In 2022 war, inflation, rising interest rates and a tougher economic environment–one not buoyed by historically low interest rates–brought an end to the long-term bull market in assets (the “everything bubble”), including startup capital. 2 A (temporary) venture capital reset?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

million in equity and debt in 2022, and since then, Constrafor has grown from 15,000 customers to 23,000. Since then, the company tweaked its credit origination and is now growing at 25% month over month this year “in sustainable growth.” The general contractor then reimburses Constrafor for the invoice.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Reach Capital’s Jomayra Herrera encapsulated the changing landscape well: The deal pace has definitely slowed down in 2022 across most sectors. I would say the past few years have been more of an anomaly, and we are getting back to a more sustainable pace. billion in Europe thus far in 2022, 40% more than a year earlier, reports say).

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Investors are punishing Big Tech for several strategic errors Photo: Unsplash 65% of S&P 500 companies have already reported Q3 2022 earnings, and 70% have beaten earnings expectations, consistent with the 10-year average. MUCH better than most investors feared.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

The company, which reported Thursday widening losses for the second quarter, said it no longer expects to generate revenue in 2022. “We Arrival revealed in May 2022 at a TechCrunch event the first prototype of its purpose-built electric vehicle for ride hailing. For the second quarter, Arrival reported a loss of $89.6

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2023

Series A to bring Nigeria’s informal retail sector online The company’s e-commerce business grew 2.3x (in dollar terms) in 2022 compared to 2021 due to the expansion. This does not align now with the economic environment today, so we, unfortunately, had to make changes to our business to be more focused around pursuing strong unit economics.

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