TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Dave Samuel, the co-founder of Freestyle.vc. An experienced executive, serial entrepreneur and internet pioneer in software and media, Dave Samuel is co-founder of Freestyle.vc. The seed-stage venture capital firm holds more than $565 million assets under management and investments in over 150 startups.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2022

While many funds are returning to more conservative check-writing , with a focus on profitability and business fundamentals, crypto remains a sector in the spotlight that attracts dedicated billion-dollar funds and investment terms that remind us more of 2021 than 2022. Influx of cash-rich attention.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 19, 2023

Commenting on their support for the initiative, Callaghan Innovation Startup and Founder spokeswoman, Dr Jenny Douché, said that the partnership with Startup NZ was a natural fit within the organisation. ” Richard Liew, Startup NZ. ” Richard Liew, Startup NZ.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

According to Mike Asem , a partner at the Midwest-focused M25 venture capital shop, the new terms help Y Combinator, but come with “tradeoffs” for the group and founders themselves. Has Y Combinator truly changed the early-stage startup investing game, perhaps in its own favor?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

There’s so many companies targeting startup founders and their wealth – there’s literally a new one launching every month or two all backed by big name VCs, but no one is focused on the business owner that is otherwise doing well but is not a startup founder or a startup employee,” he said.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The purchase price of Gaia was undisclosed, but the startup raised at a $3 million valuation, three months prior to the transaction, Female Invest told TechCrunch. For Female Invest co-founder and partner Camilla Falkenberg, adding the ability to invest directly through Female Invest is a great next step for the subscription edtech platform.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

All right, here are the final five business Brahmins who will help judge the Startup Battlefield pitch competition. Mar Hershenson , co-founder and managing partner at Pear VC. Tisch is the chairman of Good Dog, a marketplace to find pets online, and is the co-founder of Techstars NY.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Data reveals Women Entrepreneurs Gaining Ground On the startup side, according to the 2024 Wells Fargo Impact of Women -Owned Business Report, between 2019 and 2023 women-owned businesses grew at nearly double the rate of those owned by men which was exceeded during 2022 to 2023, reaching 4.5 In contrast, male-only founded U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

Register Startup founders are often too focused on the amount of money they can get from an investor that they mostly fail to see the value that other investors have to offer to grow their businesses further. Indelible Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in B2B SaaS startups that can scale internationally.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Austin, Texas, is becoming the new home for large companies (Tesla), investors and startups alike. . It is now also the new home for Tim Draper’s newest initiative to help support early-stage founders: Draper Startup House Accelerator Program. Backed by Draper, of course, the program will launch in April 2022.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

According to InVideo, individual Internet consumers spent an hour and 40 minutes per day watching videos in 2022. The fact that influencers are moving their strategies to shorter-form content is a clear signal for startups to follow suit. There’s no denying the dramatic increase in video consumption across the globe.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Clothes, accessories and luxury goods are the most popular product items for counterfeiting, according to the 2022 intellectual property crime threat assessment report. MarqVision won the LVMH Innovation Award in June 2022 and is participating in the LVMH’s accelerator program, La Maison des Startups. “No

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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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

With that in mind, SaaS startup Wingback made a fractional head of remote its first hire, “and it was the best decision we made,” said Yann Leretaille, co-founder and CTO. “A Our startup’s first hire was a fractional Head of Remote. Do you have recent experience recruiting talent for pre-revenue startups?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2023

More than $178 million was pumped into alternative seafood in the first half of 2022, and the market’s value is poised to reach $1.6 How can founders work with regulators and investors to bring more proof-of-concept projects to fruition? billion over the next 10 years. There have been some strides in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

Hello and welcome to this 109th day of 2022 – April 19 – which celebrates, among other things, National Garlic Day (nice try, Big Allium) and Bicycle Day , the anniversary of the discovery of LSD. And Australia’s Square Peg Capital is plowing $550 million into startups in Southeast Asia. PT, subscribe here. You can sign up here.).

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propel(x)

JULY 11, 2022

In this Startup Spotlight session, Propel(x) had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Barmak Heshmat, the CEO and founder of Brelyon. Barmak noted that his experience with Propel(x) was straightforward, the team was helpful, and did not require a great deal of work from him as a founder.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Austin made headlines in 2021 for being “the place” for startup founders and venture capitalists alike to set up shop. That’s why TechCrunch has chosen to shine a spotlight on the city with a special episode of TechCrunch Live centered on the growing startup scene in Austin, Texas. It’s a city of unicorns and tech giants.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

It’s still a great time to be a startup founder. Specifically — an early-stage startup founder. 3 views: How should founders prepare for a decline in startup valuations and investor interest? In blow to unicorns, the global IPO market continues to soften. Alex Wilhelm: Money over bulls**t.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Startup founders just don’t stop. Many are striving to lock in client contracts before their customers’ 2022 budget cycles take hold. In some industries, the last few weeks of the year provide time to take a breath and take a break. That is not the case in entrepreneurship.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2023

We are encouraged to see so much support for this strategically important investment that improves access to capital for under-represented founders and entrepreneurs.” Lead investors include Allianz Life, Allina Health, Xcel Energy, and Abōva. The fund is managed by gener8tor partner Al Cornish.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Founders Fund is leading the round, and Teamraderie said that a raft of more than 12 “Chief Human Resource Officers and Chief People Officers” are also participating (which speaks to who it targets as customers).

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

As a startup, it is the best way to gain traction and create raving fans. Logan Rae , Founder, Argon Agency Gain a Loyal Following and Community Content marketing helps startups to gain a loyal following and community. Collaboration like that can be a major boost to any startup. UGC goes a long way. and SEO (Google).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

5 investors discuss Boston’s resilient tech ecosystem Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify In order to build a startup culture, a city or region needs some key elements in place – like an innovation engine to drive startup ideas. All of these industries have something in common.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Dear Sophie, As a first-time, early-stage startup founder, I find it difficult to compete against other startups on compensation. Fledgling Founder. Dear Sophie: How can early-stage startups compete for talent? “If it isn’t, that should be cause enough for founders to back away.”

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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. How Banks and Fintech Startups Can Effectively Co-Thrive , with Wells Fargo. .: 21 online). 2:00 p.m. –

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Tuesday, February 22, 2022! Advice and strategy for early-stage sex tech startup founders. The old saying, “build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door,” does not apply to startups in the sexual wellness category. We are back! You can sign up here.).

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2022

4 negotiation points startup founders must focus on in a down market. I haven’t tracked this figure nationally, but the amount of venture capital invested in San Francisco-based startups reportedly fell by 65% between May and June 2022. 4 negotiation points startup founders must focus on in a down market. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Marc’s Lore: Startup Schemes, Utopian Dreams. Billionaire Marc Lore sold his startup to an everything store, twice. After inking deals with Amazon and Walmart, the Quidsi and Jet.com co-founder aims to launch a “more equitable” city in the desert. TechCrunch Startup Battlefield — Session 3.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Joshua Posamentier, co-founder and managing partner, Congruent Ventures. Maryanna Saenko, co-founder and partner, Future Ventures. 14 climate tech investors share their H1 2022 strategies. Advice and strategy for early-stage sex tech startup founders. Advice and strategy for early-stage sex tech startup founders.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

Rosie Nguyen isn’t your typical startup founder. I am a creator at heart and I always will be, and just because I’m also a founder now doesn’t mean I’m not a creator,” Nguyen said. — jasminericegirl (@jasminericegirl) January 26, 2022.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Since the beginning of modern venture capital investing — a relatively nascent asset class — the industry has been biased toward funding what it knows best: founders with familiar demographics (white, male) in familiar geographies (Silicon Valley). One event held by a few investors focused on Black founders is clearly not enough.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on October 3, 2022. Put another way: If founders don’t have to be in Silicon Valley, New York City, or Boston — if they can choose to start and scale in a much broader range of places — where does it make the most sense to put down roots?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

There’s a galaxy of talented and/or well-connected startup founders out there, but few have any prior fundraising experience, which levels the playing field by an inch or two. Telling a story clearly and succinctly is table stakes, but so many founders miss this step. Sarah Kunst, Cleo Capital.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

Even if you didn’t experience this first-hand as a startup founder or employee, the sheer amount of funding dispersed just last year proves my point. Funding startup trends. The past couple of years were all about huge valuations and less about needing to prove peak operational efficiency across the entire business.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

One of the best investments aspiring or freshly minted early-stage startup founders can make is attending TechCrunch Early Stage. Our $249 founder passes are moving fast. We’ll share details in a moment, but here’s what Katia Paramonova, founder and CEO of Centrly, said about her experience.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2024

HW: You’ve been a startup founder as well as an executive at larger tech companies. Especially if, say, it’s someone who has only done startups making the case they now want to be at a BigCo, or even more commonly, the BigCo person wanting to join a startup.

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