TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 goes big, live and in-person on May 18-19 in San Mateo, California. Looking for a co-founder to help you build your mobility-centric startup? TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 takes place on May 18-19 in in San Mateo, California, with an online component on May 20. We can’t wait to see you!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

Since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2016, the bank has financed more than $430 billion worth of fossil fuel projects, according to the most recent Banking on Climate Chaos report , far exceeding its peers. billion, and the total fell only slightly in 2022. It’s also a great opportunity for startup founders.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

If you’re itching to get your game-changing product out of the garage, onto the streets or into customers’ driveways, we not-so-humbly suggest that you do whatever it takes to attend TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 in San Mateo, California on May 18-19. Is your company interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 1, 2022

I’m Ramon Ray founder and editor of Smart Hustle, this year has been tough for me, in some regards. On behalf of the Smart Hustle Team, I wish you a happy new year 2022. Business Strategies That Can Make Difference in 2022. You’re likely to struggle to grow in 2022 if you don’t hire the right people.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 goes big, live and in-person on May 18-19 in San Mateo, California. Looking for a co-founder to help you build your mobility-centric startup? TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 takes place on May 18-19 in in San Mateo, California, with an online component on May 20. We can’t wait to see you!

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

But is it the right choice for every founder? If you have information, knowledge or experience to share that could help early-stage startup founders, investors and workers make better decisions, please review our submission guidelines and drop us a line. These founders landed early checks by being savvy about social media.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

The venture capital market is slowing down, which means early-stage founders are chasing a smaller pool of money. According to Carta , the number of seed deals funded between Q4 2021 and Q1 2022 fell 41%, and dollar volume followed suit, dropping from $2.62 How to pitch me: 4 VCs share what they’re looking for in March 2022.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2022

If you’re itching to get your game-changing product out of the garage, onto the streets or into customers’ driveways, we not-so-humbly suggest that you do whatever it takes to attend TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 in San Mateo, California on May 18-19. Is your company interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Those looking to push ahead with their plans to go public will face another obstacle: Several global public funds including Invesco that ardently finance the pre-IPO rounds are retreating from the Indian market after getting hammered in China and other emerging markets this year, according to people familiar with the matter.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

Here’s a look at just some of the ways early-stage founders can learn to build, grow and fund their startups at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco. Check out everything SBF 200 founders receive and apply to the SBF 200 today ! Word to the budget-wise: don’t miss out on early-bird savings. PT and save up to $1,300.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The rapid adoption of digital payments has become a great challenge for finance teams. He worked a Melio, a business-to-business (B2B) payments platform for small companies, where he saw finance teams become the victims of their own success. According to one report , teams spend as much as 40% of their time processing transactions.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

We’re thrilled to tap into this controversy and excitement once again as we announce the star-studded agenda for TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto 2022. Binance is the largest crypto exchange in the world, and its founder and CEO, Chinese Canadian billionaire Changpeng Zhao, is so well-known that he’s often referred to by his initials alone — “CZ.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has quickly established itself as the go-to method of financing for a variety of purchases, particularly online. This financing model has primarily been available to customers shopping online, but customers outside the U.S. Melissa Guzy , co-founder and managing partner, Arbor Ventures.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

We’re thrilled to tap into this controversy and excitement once again as we announce the star-studded agenda for TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto 2022. Binance is the largest crypto exchange in the world, and its founder and CEO, Chinese Canadian billionaire Changpeng Zhao, is so well-known that he’s often referred to by his initials alone — “CZ.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

We’re thrilled to tap into this controversy and excitement once again as we announce the star-studded agenda for TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto 2022. Binance is the largest crypto exchange in the world, and its founder and CEO, Chinese Canadian billionaire Changpeng Zhao, is so well-known that he’s often referred to by his initials alone — “CZ.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today launched a new program, AWS Impact Accelerator , that will give up to $30 million to early-stage startups led by Black, Latino, LGBTQIA+ and women founders. From a diversity standpoint, the venture capital financing landscape remains incredibly imbalanced.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

While leagues behind fintech as a whole, insurtech startups have still attracted a significant amount of investment over the last few years — $43 billion between 2016 and 2022, according to a recent report. Stephen Brittain and Rob Lumley , directors and co-founders, Insurtech Gateway. David Wechsler , principal, OMERS Ventures.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The open finance startup announced today it has closed a $13 million Series B extension round led by SIG Venture Capital, with participation from CE Innovation Capital and returning investor PayU, the payments and fintech business of Prosus. Ayoconnect says it is the only open finance player in Indonesia to be licensed by the central bank.

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Y Combinator

MAY 10, 2023

Curtis Fonger and Matthew Busel met on YC’s Co-Founder Matching (CFM) Platform, a tool we built to help co-founders find each other. Even in early conversations, their fit as co-founders was clear to each of them. What brought you to YC’s Co-Founder Matching Platform?

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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. The founders are from Ann Arbor, but this company now hires remotely and has a major job on its hand working with infrastructure cleanup across the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

But to build one, founders must first define clear goals and create value for participants. 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions. 2021 was a year like no other when it came to venture investment, and this year is poised to tread a similar path, writes 500 Global’s CEO and co-founder, Christine Tsai.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

million in equity and $25 million in debt financing. Joe Merullo, founder and CEO, grew up in Boston and started his first business in real estate at 19 years old. The company pivoted to Arrenda in 2022. Merullo plans to use the debt portion of the new funding for loans and financings issued.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Image Credits: Co-founders Gloria Lin and Joel Poloney / Bonnie Rae Mills Photography. Last week I wrote about two startups that had female co-founders and CEOs and I was so impressed with them both. This is also at least the fourth construction tech company I’ve written about in the past year with a female co-founder.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Exhibiting your early-stage startup at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 in San Mateo, California on May 18-20 is one of the fastest ways to discover new opportunities and accelerate your growth potential. You might just find the co-founder or engineer who can help you put the proverbial pedal to the metal. Apply it liberally.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

We refer, of course, to early-bird pricing on passes to TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 , which takes place in-person on May 18-19 in San Mateo, California, with an online component on May 20. Make it your mission to buy your TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 pass by April 1 and relish the thrill of scoring a great deal.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

TechCrunch is excited to announce the six companies pitching in person and onstage at TC Sessions Mobility 2022. Hailing from around the United States and the globe, founders will pitch on the main stage, for four minutes, followed by an intense Q&A with our expert panel of judges. I know you want to see who made the cut.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2021

Many Southeast Asian digital businesses run into obstacles when seeking early-stage growth financing. That’s where Singapore-based Jenfi comes in, providing revenue-based financing of up to $500,000 with flexible repayment plans that co-founder and chief executive officer Jeffrey Liu refers to as “growth capital as a product.” .

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 4, 2022

I wrote down five data points that struck me: Q1 2022 was the most active quarter ever in Angellist history, and likely venture history. This data point confirms founders have maintained leverage in fundraising conversations. AngelList published their quarterly state of venture report. Most SAFEs forgo a board-of-directors.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Just some of these investors include Google co-founder Larry Page, United Therapeutics founder Martine Rothblatt, UP.Partners co-founder Cyrus Sigari and Kitty Hawk CEO Sebastian Thrun — along with corporations such as Airbus, American Airlines, Boeing, Honda and more. . We’ll be announcing a third panelist soon.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

Companies that have high recurring revenue and visibility into future performance — such as SaaS startups — in particular can benefit from debt financings, Alex points out. . With the market shifting dramatically in recent months, Latka says Founderpath has seen more demand than ever in 2022. Enter Founderpath.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2023

is a weird world, and you should use end-to-end encrypted messages if you’re going to DM your friends about things that are potentially illegal. — Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 “Power”ing up Marqeta’s portfolio : Marqeta made its first acquisition, securing Power Finance in a $275 million all-cash deal, Mary Ann reports.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

CEO and co-founder Aaron Polhamus said he, Miguel Arroyo and Jaime Rodas were driven to start Mexico City-based Vest in December 2020 because of their belief that while Latin Americans work hard for their savings, “historically their savings have not worked hard for them.”. “That’s not us.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Much of the losses persisted or worsened in early 2022. Revenue multiples of less than one don’t get founders’ hearts racing. And yet the insurtech market is an even more extreme example of the decoupling we’re seeing more broadly in startup land. Root, which raised a $350 million Series E in 2019 at a valuation of around $3.6

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 17, 2022

Across financing rounds, dilution from capital has fallen by 30-50% in that decade. Today, founders sell less of their companies to achieve fundraising milestones today than at any point in the last decade - a 40% drop in 12 years. In the last 12 years, mean seed round dilution has dropped from 25% to 12.5%. Cumulative Dilution Points.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility is back, and this year we are bringing together the best and brightest founders, investors, engineers and experts on the future of transportation for a two-day, in-person event May 18 and May 19 in San Mateo, California. Founders — apply here. Vehicle Spotlight: Zoox. with Jesse Levinson (Zoox).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Toward the end of 2022, a number of entrepreneurs, some citing Elon Musk, told me that they’re bringing back an in-person work culture in the following year to help promote productivity and, in some cases, loyalty. While some founders are clearly set on a return, others are confused. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

During a recent Twitter Space, M13 Partner Anna Barber and I looked back at the dot-com crash in search of lessons operators can use to avoid missteps founders have made in past downturns. Like a horde of unprofitable startups, Petstore.com’s founders planned to go public. “Don’t believe your own press, right?

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