TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

But now, many VC firms have raised huge funds. If a portfolio company is doing well, VC firms now usually want to double down on their previous investment. Lydia plans to hire 800 people over the coming three years, including 160 people in 2022 alone. He doesn’t think it’s a duel between neobanks and incumbents.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

“Insurtech startups that do not offer embedded insurance, and rather provide other innovative solutions will still attract VC funding this year, especially if they can show cost-efficient and sustainable growth,” said Nina Mayer, a principal at Earlybird. That hasn’t changed.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

“I released Yuma as a prototype for fun in mid-December 2022, and was overwhelmed with demo requests,” Luccisano said. But Ochoa argues that Lasso solves many of the setup problems associated with incumbent RPA solutions while remaining license-free. ” How well Lasso works in practice remains to be seen.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Digital banks, neobanks, challenger banks or whatever you may call them, are among the biggest recipients of VC investments in fintech. Globally, hundreds have sprung forth the past few years to challenge incumbents in their respective markets. TA Ventures, Jiji, u.ventures and AVentures Capital also participated.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

On the bright side, the fact that VCs are more discriminating about where they put their dollars could actually lead to more M&A activity, according to Ruark. That is one reason why a number of VC firms have told their portfolio companies to focus on performance and cut costs,” he told TechCrunch. Guess we’ll see about that.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

“If your business requires a lot of preparation to understand the nuances before you meet the VC, you probably need to reframe your story a little bit and simplify,” she said. H1 2022 cybersecurity product-led growth market map. H1 2022 cybersecurity product-led growth market map.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

From March 2021 to March 2022, the company says it saw a 2,200% increase in wallet growth. That subscription service saw 50% quarter over quarter growth between Q1 2021 through Q1 2022, according to Welcome Tech. One of the things you do in VC asset allocation is lean in to the winners,” he told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Thursday, February 3, 2022! Startups/VC. But first up is Natasha’s dive into Mos , which founder Amira Yahyaoui says is gunnin’ to become “the incumbent bank in the U.S.” To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

And of course incumbent payroll providers like Square offer their own solutions. ” Whether because of those differentiating features or because global HR tech VC investment continues to outperform the market (the first half of 2022 saw funding reach $9.4 So what does Wingspan bring to the table?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

“When we are profitable, we will be able to take on all of these massive incumbents.”. Startups are on track to acquire more VC-backed companies than ever in 2022. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is serving as legal advisor to Misfits Market. Here’s why.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2021

In fact, Galileo founder Clay Wilkes introduced the VC firm to Dan Snyder, Lower’s founder and CEO. That will change, however, in early 2022, when Lower intends to launch its own native servicing platform. . Today, for example, Lower sells primarily to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

“I set out to answer that problem and defeat the incumbent solution — the clipboard — and that’s the seed that became Infogrid today.” The growing number of competitors coincides with an uptick in VC investments in IoT companies. IoT companies raising funds in 2022 pulled in $15.9

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2022

billion last year — up 153% year-over-year in terms of global VC deal value. Meanwhile, Jeeves says it has seen its revenue grow by 900% since its September raise and even more impressively, that in the first two months of 2022, it brought in more revenue than all of 2021. billion in annualized gross transaction volume (GTV).

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

“In early 2022, we moved to Los Angeles and started partnering with brick and mortar locations, creating a marketplace between hyperlocal venues and members looking to discover their city and meet new people through unique social experiences.” Perhaps that will change now that 222 has VC money behind it.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

It’s worth noting that there are a number of other platforms out there that have raised significant VC money to power community-led growth at companies of all sizes. ” But Talkbase says that it’s moving beyond the incumbents by pulling together all the various elements that constitute a community manager’s toolset.

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TechCrunch

MAY 22, 2022

One day, I’m hearing personal accounts of VCs pulling term sheets at the last minute, with some citing that their own investors had backed out of providing funds, leaving founders scrambling to save a round — and face. One day, I’m having a fintech-focused VC tell me they haven’t invested in any startups since last October.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 16, 2022

Suppose a VC gave you, a web3 marketer, $50m to spend to acquire as many users as possible? Web2 marketing channels don’t apply because they employ third-party cookies, a technology Google will phase out at the end of 2022. How would you do it? Conference sponsorships? Cross-DAO messaging in Discord? Sponsored social?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2022

At TechCrunch Early Stage this month, we sat down with Felicis Ventures partners Viviana Faga and Niki Pezeshki to talk about scaling, product-market fit, and why it’s crucial to be “10x better” than the incumbents. Product-market fit. Startups must be able to demonstrate that they have users that love their product.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

In 2022, web3 was one of the big buzzwords in town, with the metaverse and tangential immersive technologies also jostling for mindshare. It’s clear that Neeva has its work cut out if it’s to differentiate in a market that includes long-established billion-dollar incumbents, and other agile startups, with much the same goals.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Notably, Metromile saw its valuation decline over 85% and was subsequently acquired by peer Lemonade , and it hasn’t been alone in losing a lot of value and being eyed by peers and incumbents. Insurtech IPOs don’t seem to be on the cards for 2022. How much have early-stage insurtech deals slowed in 2022?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Wednesday, March 9, 2022! Startups and VC. Strong Compute wants faster ML model training : Hailing from the current batch of Y Combinator startups – Winter 2022, to be precise – Strong Compute is tackling a pretty big market. PST, subscribe here. Now onto the rest of the news! million round.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

The antitrust bills, if passed, could significantly restrict the ability of Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and other tech incumbents to acquire and punish rivals to boost their own products and services. Unsurprisingly, the industry was out in force for the 2022 midterms, judging by the top donors. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

For Clarisse Lam , associate at New Alpha Asset Management , this makes sense: “The repricing represents a great opportunity for incumbents to make strategic acquisitions and accelerate their digital transformation. ” VC money is definitely drying up for some, such as neo-insurers whose unit economics are under scrutiny. .”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Alongside a16z founder Marc Andreessen, general partner Chris Dixon has been integral to the firm’s rise as a giant in the crypto VC world — he was an early investor in startups such as Coinbase, Uniswap and Oculus VR. It’s a pitch that has landed thousands of members and, most recently, a billion-dollar valuation as of May 2022.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 23, 2024

With scarcer exit opportunities and LPs looking for returns, VCs may retreat further to perceived safety in traditional techhubs. The optionality to lock in gains amid prolonged investment cycles through secondary sales and continuation funds are disproportionately available to larger, multi-stage, incumbent funds.

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