TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

Although Africa’s venture capital totals remained afloat in the first quarter, some investors and tech stakeholders think there’s still a good chance the continent will join the rest of the world in a slowdown. The moment of truth will be the end of the summer,” Max Cuvellier, co-founder of The Big Deal , told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

Venture capitalists went hard in 2021. Data collected from a number of sources indicates that last year set venture capital records around the world. Today’s startup boom, from a venture capital perspective, is a wide-ranging and incredibly expensive enterprise. market retain much of their historical heft.

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Revolution

MARCH 7, 2024

In Their Own Words: Female Founders and CEOs Discuss the Discourse That’s Missing (and Hitting) the Mark This year’s International Women’s Day theme is “ Inspire Inclusion ” — a call to recognize the unique perspectives and contributions of women from all walks of life, in all facets of life, including the innovation economy.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

It now offers more capital to chosen companies than ever and is in the process of working out how its program will operate in a post-COVID world. Like much of the venture capital landscape, Y Combinator has shrunk slightly this year. Where is Y Combinator startup-hunting in 2022? The current cohort of startups in the U.S.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

as of December 31, 2022, according to the FDIC. Strategic investment fund BankTech Ventures invests in companies that are developing innovative technologies that enhance the ability of community banks to serve their customers. Funding supports innovative technology companies that are taking community banks into the future.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

Raising venture capital is rarely an easy lift for startups, but 2022 is turning out to be a more challenging year than we’ve seen for some time. What do early-stage founders need to know to capture VC interest, and dollars, in a challenging market?

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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.” Janna Meyrowitz Turner, the founder of Synastry Capital, echoed similar sentiments.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 22, 2023

GenAI, Developer-and Data Stack-Focused Companies Dominate List as well as 80% of ET30 founders are Millennials Five years ago, Wing Venture Capital introduced their annual Enterprise Tech 30—a list of the most promising, private enterprise tech private companies across all stages of maturity. years for 2022 and 5.0

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

Black founders raised 1.3% venture investment, totaling just over $4.3 So far this year, Black founders have raised a smaller 1.2% It’s a more significant societal issue masked by the constant reassurance the venture market is on the precipice of change. of last year’s $330 billion worth of U.S.

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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

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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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 million strategic funding round led by the venture capital firm and Accelerator N eo.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Rhys Spence Contributor Share on Twitter Rhys Spence is head of research at Brighteye Ventures, a European edtech-focused fund. But 2022 was the year when this “spending” slowed and was instead more widely rebranded and accepted as actually being “borrowing.” billion in 2022 compared to $2.5

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 8, 2024

In EO, we celebrate the remarkable women entrepreneurs who have shattered glass ceilings and are now paying it forward to pave the way for future generations of female founders to rise. Women still only get about 2% of venture capital investment money, and we want to see that change,” said Cindy Boyd, EO Houston. “By

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

With another year of venture capital records in the books, it’s time to look forward. Global data was clear: The 2021 venture capital startup investment cycle was record-breaking ; around the world, startups raised more money than ever before, with individual geographies posting all-time hauls. Africa had a killer year.

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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 Clelia Warburg Peters , managing partner, Era Ventures.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Backed by international LPs, Southeast Asia-focused venture firms like Alpha JWC , AC Ventures and Jungle Ventures raised their largest funds yet. Indonesian venture capital firm Alpha JWC closes $433M third fund. Golden Gate Ventures forecasts a record number of exits in Southeast Asia.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

Evan Kipperman is a partner in the emerging companies and venture capital practice at Wiggin and Dana. Paul Hughes is a partner in the emerging companies and venture capital practice at Wiggin and Dana. Len Gray is a partner in the emerging companies and venture capital practice at Wiggin and Dana.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Investors dove into financials, called customers and vetted founders. But power has now shifted toward the founders after a long run of investors holding more than half the power thanks to the commoditization of capital. The process also helps stop predatory investors from winning deals, because, well, founders talk.

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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

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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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).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

Atlanta’s venture ecosystem is looking pretty peachy. In H1 2022, Atlanta companies raised $1.6 billion in capital it raised last year. There were 56 seed-stage deals in H1 2022, surpassing the 50 closed in H1 2021. billion in funding, according to a recent PitchBook report. The verdict?

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2023

Register Zhang Yiming, the co-founder of ByteDance, the parent company of the popular social media platform TikTok, has established a new private investment fund in Hong Kong. The fund, known as Cool River Venture, will primarily focus on investing in technology-related industries.

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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. Sharon Lou, venture partner at Indelible Ventures , considers this as one of the top mistakes that founders commit when raising funds.

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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

DECEMBER 19, 2022

For Black founders, who have rarely received more than 1% of total venture capital invested in startups, 2022 wasn’t kind, and 2023 doesn’t look promising given how things are going. He doesn’t expect the startup environment to get any better for Black founders, but is set on finding success regardless.

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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

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Mar Hershenson , co-founder and managing partner at Pear VC. Aileen Lee , founding partner at Cowboy Ventures. A founding partner at Cowboy Ventures, Aileen Lee leads a team that backs seed-stage technology companies reimagining work and life through technology, what they call “life 2.0.”

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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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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

million from investors over the last few months, part of which includes a recently concluded $2 million seed round that was led by the Africa-focused venture capital firm 4DX Ventures. Other investors in the seed round were To.org, Golden Palm Investments, LoftyInc Capital, Afropreneur Angels, and Future Africa.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

And yet when CB Insights dropped its 2021 fintech data collection , it noted that global insurtech venture activity hit a new high in the year. billion in capital (again, an all-time record, and a 90% gain over 2020.). Much of the losses persisted or worsened in early 2022.

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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. We spoke with: Alex Bondar , partner, Acre Venture Partners. Carolin Funk , partner, Blue Bear Capital. Joshua Posamentier , co-founder and managing partner, Congruent Ventures.

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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

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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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The Fund’s six initial investments have CEOs from underrepresented groups of which 50% are women W ashington -based Bison Ventures announced the closing of its inaugural fund that will invest in early-stage frontier technology companies. Most venture dollars today continue to chase pure software companies.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Lugano, Switzerland-based venture capital fund Privilège Ventures just launched its fourth fund. We don’t just want to support women,” Jacqueline Ruedin Rüsch, founding general partner at Privilège Ventures said in an interview with TechCrunch. ” The good and bad news for women founders so far in 2022.

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