Revolution

MARCH 23, 2022

which is why we assembled a panel of founders paving the way for a more proactive future in their industries. SXSW 2022: Building the Sustainable Startups of the Future was originally published in Revolution on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 23, 2022

The list includes private and acquired companies valued at $150M or more as of July 31, 2022, and is sorted by valuation (YC’s public companies are featured here ). 63 companies have been added to the list since our last update in February 2022. Congrats to all of the YC founders who are building these amazing companies!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Investors believe the market correction, which caught up with the continent in the second half of 2022, will spiral into this year. As we’ve done in previous years, let’s peep into 2022 numbers from the three data trackers and compare them with 2021. However, they raised 22% of all deals in 2022, up 2% from 2021.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 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 a virtual component on May 20. We can’t wait to see you!

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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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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

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Let’s see where Y Combinator’s most promising young tech companies come from to get a loose barometer of where the accelerator is finding the most intriguing founders to back. Per the investing group, the Summer 2022 class has startups from 34 countries, down from the 42 countries in the Winter 2022 cohort.

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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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Revolution

MARCH 8, 2023

population, but in 2022, companies with solely female founders garnered just 2% of the total capital invested in venture-backed startups. The long and short of it: Female founders face systemic barriers to founding, funding, and scaling their businesses. Women represent 50.5% of the U.S. That ticked up to 15.4%

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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

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 24, 2021

This week, Bill Taranto, president of Merck’s Global Health Innovation Fund, wrote a TechCrunch+ article that explored six digital health trends his corporate VC fund is tracking as we enter 2022. The growing power of digital healthcare: 6 trends to watch in 2022. Here’s who we spoke to: Jonathan Martinez, founder, JMStrategy.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

We reached out to 10 growth marketing experts to find how they were preparing for 2022 and to ask they had any New Year’s resolutions to share. Here’s the full list of who we spoke to: Jonathan Martinez , founder, JMStrategy. Gus Ferguson and Alyssa Crankshaw , co-founders, Ascendant. was high on their to-do list.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 kicks off in just four days, startup fans. How to Activate Your Profile: Look for an email in your inbox titled “Time to log into TechCrunch Disrupt 2022” and follow the directions. Navigating Silicon Valley — OG Advice for African Founders , with Fast Forward Venture Studio. 21 online).

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

This question sits atop most founders' lips and boardroom agendas. Instead of late-stage opportunities, they’ll be focusing on early-stage venture in 2022. Founder preferences may differ at the early stage than the growth stage. Will year-end Series A and B valuations top or trail those of January?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

For the first time, the sector attracted over 1,100 unique investors in 2022, which in turn resulted in a record fundraising haul of $6.5 Having 1,000 active investors is not enough,” said Stephen Deng, founder and partner of DFS Lab. “We billion, according to data from Partech.

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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Founders – pitch on stage with TechCrunch. We’re on the hunt for early stage founders creating innovative companies in space or space-related industries. Now founders – apply to pitch on the same stage as these space tech luminaries. Pitch on stage at TC Sessions: Space 2022 by Neesha A.

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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

JANUARY 24, 2023

For Oriana Papin-Zoghbi, CEO and co-founder of early ovarian cancer detection company AOA, the sector has tons of potential to grow, but raising capital remains a challenge, as some investors still think of it as a “niche market.” “We still have a very long way to go in changing opinions about the importance of investing in women’s health.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

But 2022 was the year when this “spending” slowed and was instead more widely rebranded and accepted as actually being “borrowing.” These conditions are not conducive to inducing confidence for investors or founders. Against this background, we formed our annual review of European edtech activity for 2022.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

The second day of Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 Demo Day is now behind us, and the TechCrunch team is recovering from watching hundreds of pitches in quick succession. TechCrunch once again spent much of the day watching a parade of startups present as part of Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 cohort, Demo Day part two.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 15, 2024

Tesla co-founder joins TELO board timely guiding the company through its next development stage EV manufacturer TELO gained significant support for its innovative mini-truck via a $5.4 Jason Marks, Forrest North, and Yves Béhar co-founded the California-based company in 2022 to build the most cost-effective company on the market.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

On today’s episode of the Business Beat, Jeff highlights a few companies mentioned by Cronicle Tech News as hot tech companies to watch in 2022 in the Great Lakes region. Top Detroit Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2022. for the WJR Business Beat. Listeners outside of the Detroit area can listen live HERE.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Medium is on the lookout for some 2022 roundup stories. We’d love to read your takes on what 2022 meant for you as an entrepreneur or, more broadly, for the startup environment. How did it affect you as a founder? 2022 in bad dates? 2022 in getting covid (again)? 2022 in vibe shifts ? Or your business?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The start of 2022 shows no signs of slowing, with more startups jumping into the fray to tackle one of humanity’s biggest challenges. Joshua Posamentier , co-founder and managing partner, Congruent Ventures. Maryanna Saenko , co-founder and partner, Future Ventures. What is your climate tech investment thesis in H1 2022?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Ivan writes that BeReal won “app of the year” for 2022 in Apple’s annual App Store Awards. Early-stage founders still have currency: Fundraising in times of greater VC scrutiny. According to a pre-seed report by DocSend, founders took an average of 52 meetings with investors in 2022, compared to 39 last year.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2023

The venture firm, which just closed a $150 million fund in May 2022 , is launching what it describes as a common application for pre-seed startup founders. Here’s how it works: Afore Capital has an accelerator-like program, Afore Alpha, that offers a standard pre-seed deal to founders.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 29, 2022

For the Winter 2022 batch, we received 17,000 applications from founders around the world and funded 414. Today, these founders will present their companies to an invite-only audience of investors at Y Combinator’s 34th Demo Day. 18% of the companies have a woman founder, 10% of the founders are women.

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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

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

JANUARY 4, 2022

Ben Parr is president and co-founder of Octane AI. And most importantly, how can entrepreneurs and merchants prepare for — and take advantage of — rapidly evolving e-commerce trends in 2022? Here are a few educated guesses on what will be critical to e-commerce in 2022, along with some advice on how to prepare your brand or company.

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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. We talk to some of the brightest people in the space, who will dig into what regulation means for the industry in 2022. Building a Blockchain Behemoth. with Changpeng Zhao (Binance).

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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

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Here are a few sectors that took off in 2021, and are worth keeping an eye on in 2022: Investment apps. Nium crosses $1B valuation with $200M Riverwood Capital-led round. As Southeast Asia starts to boom, an accelerator backed by Silicon Valley execs jumps in. Indonesian SME-focused startups dig deeper into fintech.

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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

DECEMBER 29, 2022

But many star unicorn founders are unwilling to take a haircut in their valuations, in part because they believe that will drive some talent away. ” Dispatch from Bangalore, end of 2022 edition by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch. PharmEasy, valued at $5.6

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