TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2023

Much hope remains after the crypto winter almost froze the sector: the Luna crash , the bankruptcy of Celsius and the arrest of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried for alleged fraud. By 2022, that number dipped to $21.5 Bubble had to pop,” People of Crypto co-founder Simone Berry said. “It web3 startups in 2022).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

To help us with that question, we corralled Nalin Patel , EMEA VC Analyst at PitchBook, and Christoph Janz , co-founder at Point Nine Capital, to help us dig into what’s ahead for European venture activity. Why Europe could accelerate in 2022. What’s at stake?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

You ain’t seen nothing yet,” said Revolution founder and CEO Steve Case. Some might think “Silicon Valley’s share of US VC funding falls to lowest level in more than a decade” is a scary headline, but from my perspective as a resident, it’s great news. 3 disruptive trends that will shape marketing in 2022.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2022

Beyond being awash in capital, the VC industry has also seen a historic number of exits. This has created enormous opportunities for founders everywhere to build world-class companies. Regardless of the macroeconomic challenges ahead, I anticipate startup funding will continue at an accelerated pace this year. Web3 goes mainstream.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

Women founders have received just 6.9% But while climate tech and its backers might be experiencing an awakening, founders who identify as women have yet to experience it. Gender bias is still persistent “The funding gap is astounding,” Emily McAteer, co-founder and CEO of Odyssey Energy Solutions , told TechCrunch+.

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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. billion in VC, “dwarfing the previous record of $14.6 The growing power of digital healthcare: 6 trends to watch in 2022.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Over the last several years, VC money has been abundant and relatively cheap. Source: PitchBook data from 2012-2022. Across all stages, companies were seeing higher post-money valuations, anywhere from about 40% at the earliest stages to over 200% in the growth stages in the 2018 to 2022 period, compared to 2012 to 2018.

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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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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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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. PitchBook surmises non-traditional VC (aka hot money) comprises 78% of venture dollars invested in 2021. The broad market sentiment is they will be lower.

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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. Startups and VC. Early-stage founders still have currency: Fundraising in times of greater VC scrutiny. At the same time, they are submitting 30% more pitch decks, but VC engagement has fallen 23%. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 21, 2022

In this week’s edition, we discuss: Approaching the funding raising process from a VCs point of view The future of cryptocurrency in 2022 Is your side hustle profitable or a waste of time? A founder’s guide to startup due diligence What are your chances of actually getting funded by a top VC? Let’s get to it. Weekly ?? #10:

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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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

The latest Crunchbase data shows that Black startup founders in the United States raised around $264 million out of the total $33.6 billion in venture capital allocated in Q4 2022. Black founders raised an estimated $2.254 billion out of the $215.9 ” De’Havia Stewart, an investor at BLCK VC. In total, U.S.

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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

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 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. David Frykman , general partner, Norrsken VC.

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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. Getting to Yes and What Happens Next: An Unfiltered Chat with a Top VC , with Mayfield. 21 online). 2:00 p.m. –

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Mar Hershenson , co-founder and managing partner at Pear VC. Mar Hershenson co-founded and serves as managing partner at Pear VC, a seed-stage investment firm in Palo Alto backing companies like Guardant Health, DoorDash, Gusto, Aurora Solar and Branch. He also serves on the board of Friends of Hudson River Park.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

(You will find very few Indian names in the cap tables of local exchanges CoinSwitch Kuber and CoinDCX and until recently, blockchain scaling firm Polygon, as a prominent VC at one of the world’s largest crypto VC funds recently pointed to me.). PharmEasy, valued at $5.6

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2022

Shanea Leven is co-founder and CEO of CodeSee , a developer platform that helps developers and development teams better understand codebases. Raising money is catastrophically challenging for female founders, and even harder for Black female founders.”. Women are still behind. This is what we need to latch on to and scale.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

Even as Y Combinator reveals the latest startups in its cohort for this winter , we have poor news for founders: the global venture capital market shrank in Q1 2023, and it would have been even worse if it were not for a few mega deals, according to Crunchbase (disclosure: my former employer) and PitchBook reports.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

That global venture capital slowed down in Q1 2022 might no longer be news to you. However, their European, Canadian, and African counterparts attracted more dollars in Q1 2022 than they did in the previous quarter. According to CB Insights’ latest State of Venture report , the amount of funding flowing into U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

Then, in 2022, investments fell to $4 billion, with 2023 likely to see further precipitous declines. In 2022, these companies attracted $7 billion in investments, defying the broader slowdown in VC investment by growing 15% over the previous year. From 2018 to 2021, investments in the AV sector across the U.S.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

billion on M&A in H1 2022, 39% more than a year earlier. ” Going private: A guide to PE tech acquisitions Biotech proved a surprisingly bright spot in 2022’s startup correction Image Credits: Getty Images The hard science and regulations that govern biotech companies sets them far apart from other startups. .

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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

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Without a doubt, a good, friendly introduction — ideally from a founder they’ve already invested in — is the best way to get on the radar of an investor. A “warm introduction” is one made by someone the VC knows well, by someone relevant. Warm introductions. You don’t need an intro for that.

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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. Former Lightspeed partner Amy Wu made waves this year when she left the VC firm to lead startup investments out of a new $2 billion fund at Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto powerhouse FTX.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Vote like it matters to you on November 8, 2022,” VCs for Repro’s statement read. “There is the outdated pressure for VCs to have to toe the line … about where they stand on abortion.” ” Simmone Taitt, founder, Poppy Seed Health. ” Simmone Taitt, founder, Poppy Seed Health.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

billion all-female founding teams raised in Q1 2022. When the economy is volatile, appetite for risk decreases, which impacts venture totals in general and certain founders in particular. When the economy is volatile, appetite for risk decreases, which impacts venture totals in general and certain founders in particular.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Over the past decade, some of the biggest names in the tech, VC, automotive and aerospace industries have poured millions of dollars into developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. And that investment trend shows no sign of slowing any time soon. We’ll be announcing a third panelist soon.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2023

My greater hope: investors and founders will use this era of austerity as an opportunity to create value, and not just wealth. Although estimated deal count didn’t drop proportionately, “global venture funding was down by 19% quarter over quarter in Q4 2022,” reports Anna Heim. You can have that one for free.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 23, 2022

2022 in My Rearview: 5 Key Learnings From My First Year as a Startup Advisor The year started with a retrospective of my career, and became an incredible startup journey Credits: Greg Hillson, INSCYD Knowing that not much is for sure is a crucial skill in today’s world. So why not give this momentum a shot, and turn it into something bigger?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2023

Because most startups avoided raising in 2022, there will be a glut of startup companies in the market for capital this year and while there is plenty of venture capital sitting on the sidelines waiting to be deployed, VCs will be much more selective, instead of funding everything that moves as we’ve done over the last few years.

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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

AUGUST 15, 2023

Brett Calhoun Contributor Share on Twitter Brett Calhoun is the managing director and general partner at Redbud VC. Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. There is an unprecedented amount of information or knowledge that is now freely available to guide founders (e.g.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Off the bat, Kefer refused to answer questions pertaining to Kirchner, save that he was suspended from his position as Slync’s CEO in 2022. billion in 2022. And while logistics companies were the VC darlings of 2021 into mid-2022, funding has slowed considerably since then. But lots of startups do the same.

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