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. Concurrently, the number of funds raised in the eight-year period up to 2022 was 2,700 , up from 883 in 2010.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

That deal is quite different from what most VC funds will take on, but we believed it to be critical to the advancement of a better food system, and we pursued it. Both cities have a growing tech scene that is not yet saturated with VC firms, and each has different focuses at the core of their startup ecosystems.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Jeremy Loh, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Genesis Alternative Ventures highlighted a concerning trend of dwindling venture capital (VC) funding for Asian startups. He stated that VC funding experienced a substantial decline of 60% in Q3 2022 compared to the previous year’s corresponding period.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

Having local expertise in the category every VC wants to invest in right now doesn’t hurt, either. Startups in the city raised more than $534 million through December 12, 2022, according to PitchBook, which, while not a lot of capital, is better than 2021, when they raised $336 million.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2022

Register South Korea’s leading accelerator program K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , considered ‘a gateway’ to do business in Asia, invites global startups to participate. The program’s 2022 edition started accepting applications on April 15, and the last date for the application stage is May 31, 2022.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

James Burnes: Ministry of Awesome is a startup ecosystem organisation that is on a mission to drive New Zealand’s economic growth through founder-led innovation. We do run the Christchurch Startup Hub, Te O Haka, on the Ara campus here in Christchurch, where I’m sitting today. James Burnes: Absolutely.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 3, 2022

There’s a prevailing narrative that the health of the Bay Area startup ecosystem faces challenges. San Francisco’s share of startup rounds by count has fallen from its perch ten years ago. In 2021, San Francisco Bay Area startups raised $126b. In 2019, US startups raised $126.4b.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

“Founders should also evaluate which VC is able to add-value to their growth, rather than just focusing on the amount of money the investor has to offer,” Lou told AsiaTechDaily. Indelible Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in B2B SaaS startups that can scale internationally. billion in 2022 to US$ 883.34

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

Africa seemed to defy the global venture funding decline in the first half of 2022 after its startups raised $3 billion, double the amount secured over a similar period the previous year. ” Abel Boreto, Novastar Ventures.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Register Multi-stage global venture capital firm MSA Novo , announced that it has invested more than $16 million in six Indian startups and plans to further inject funds into the Indian startup ecosystem by the end of 2023.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A “warm introduction” is one made by someone the VC knows well, by someone relevant. The VC might know their kids’ school teacher pretty well, for example, but the school teacher may not have a lot of startup or investing experience. You don’t need an intro for that.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. Secured seed finding from SMRK VC. Deus Robotics Ukrainian Startup Deus Robotics secured a $1.5M

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

A hallmark of that spirit is quite visible these days in the country’s flourishing startup ecosystem, which has expanded rapidly in the past few years, to say the least. However, the global slowdown has impacted startups’ growth in the country, just like everywhere else in the world. How has your investment strategy changed?

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

2022: The Aftermath In 2022 war, inflation, rising interest rates and a tougher economic environment–one not buoyed by historically low interest rates–brought an end to the long-term bull market in assets (the “everything bubble”), including startup capital. Smaller VC fundraises? VC resets are often short-lived.

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Revolution

JUNE 21, 2022

First, 2022 marked ten years of Rise of the Rest?—?a Last month, we gathered more than 150 investors across 42 states with more than $180 billion in assets under management to explore new frontiers in regional investment. Our inaugural Beyond Silicon Valley Summit was timely for several reasons.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Spain’s government is gearing up to pass the country’s first ever startup law. The process of debating and agreeing the details of this startup ecosystem support framework is expected to take between six and nine months. So — if all goes to plan — Spain will finally get a startup law before the end of this year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify Boston has had a thriving tech startup ecosystem for a while, but things can change fast. After setting records in 2021 as “Zoom investing” took off, how are local startups faring in 2023?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

To paint a picture of the demand, AltSchool, one of the exhibitors at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 , received 9,200 applications in its initial call but could only admit about half. The year has been great so far; we’ve experienced tremendous growth.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

For the past decade, Gener8tor has been working to shift that by spinning up accelerators in local communities that have money but are underserved in terms of startup support. We spoke with the Gener8tor founders about why they are passionate about thinking about the startup ecosystem a little differently.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Thursday, March 24, 2022! I am happy to report that Haje is taking on the day’s startups section, as he will be sharing the Daily Crunch writing load starting next week (along with Christine )! Startups and VC. PT, subscribe here. My precious.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

In 2022 alone, so far, two Austin-based venture firms have announced significant raises in the city — the most recent being Next Coast Ventures. That firm, founded in 2016, announced on March 29, 2022 that it closed $310 million in capital across three funds. The Texas capital is home to more capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

And given the current emphasis on achieving cost efficiency to extend runways in the broader startup ecosystem, it appears investors are open to insurtech startups that can build a sustainable business model, regardless of it including embedded insurance. That hasn’t changed.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

We’d all benefited tremendously from having access to scout capital…could we create a new model to bring more women into this part of the startup ecosystem at scale? Now in 2022, we’ve taken both of these efforts to the next level.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

Startups and VC. I’ll have 50 million of those : Our long-estranged sibling Crunchbase raised $50 million to further develop its startup ecosystem database, Kyle reports. Funds , which, across all the new funds, total around $3 million of new capital ready to deploy into the ecosystem. You can sign up here.).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Investors participating include Lever VC, Blue Horizon Ventures, Hatch, Good Startup and Alwyn Capital. The three-year-old company is swimming in waters that have gotten crowded lately as startups all over the world get in on a market poised to reach a value of $1.6 billion in the next 10 years.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Yeah, baby, we are ready to jump right into a jam-packed day dedicated to the growth and success of the entire early-stage startup ecosystem. Start your day off right — join Mary Ann Azevedo, Natasha Mascarenhas and Alex Wilhelm at the TechCrunch+ stage for a live recording of Equity, the podcast about the business of startups.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

billion, things are shaping up well for French tech in 2022. Weirdly, this seems underrated in the startup ecosystem. Unfortunately, when it comes to VC checklists, years of industry experience at unsexy companies don’t tick a box in the same way as having had a C-level role at a former startup.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Today, there’s a wall of new exciting things to look at…including, among other things, an opportunity Neesha has for you if you’re running a space startup: Apply to pitch onstage at TC Sessions: Space 2022 ! Startups and VC. Okay, with that, let’s get started with the TC Top 3. Christine and Haje. Popup grabbed $3.5

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In May, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) glowingly reported that the country’s IT industry — which had for years been working across a range of roles, covering homegrown tech companies and outsourced or satellite groups supporting companies from other markets — posted $2 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2022, versus $1.44

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Startup of the Week: AutoBrains: A new kind of AI for automotive. The EU will require some ADAS features in all European cars from 2022. Investing industry bible PitchBook has crowned OurCrowd as “the most active venture capital investor in Israel this year as record amounts of capital flood into the country’s startup ecosystem.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Tuesday, February 1, 2022! Startups/VC. As we wrote in our piece dissecting the news, “money is flowing into Australia and New Zealand’s startup ecosystems.” 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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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

OurCrowd made history this week by becoming the first Israeli VC firm licensed by Abu Dhabi Global Market, the regulatory authority in the UAE. Flytrex is already delivering to customers of Walmart, Chilis and other providers in North Carolina and expects to be operating nationally by the mid-2022. Introductions. Invest Now. .

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 7, 2022

Top investment opportunities Startup of the Week: Workspot’s secure cloud desktop Binah.ai: World’s first blood pressure via video InsideTracker guides users to longer, healthier lives Israel hits new VC record of $25.6 Israel hits new VC record of $25.6 IPOs and a startup ecosystem now numbering 9,000 different companies.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Over time, many cities across the Midwest have been building out bona fide startup ecosystems, as M25’s annual ranking of Midwest startup hubs makes clear. Each year, the Chicago-based VC firm puts together a list of the Midwest’s most active tech scenes, using a wide range of criteria.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

. “For people working at those startups, that means some (in some cases, all) of their employee stock options spent 2022 underwater,” writes Secfi CEO Frederik Mijnhardt. Expect other VC firms to follow suit; despite the maverick myth of the tech investor, herd mentality dominates. Editorial Manager, TechCrunch+.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Michael, Co-founder and General Partner at Aleph VC, was my partner for over a decade at Israel Seed, one of Israel’s pioneering venture capital firms. OurCrowd Global Summit returns to Jerusalem, May 25, 2022. This year’s event is free to attend online – register now to claim your virtual pass. . Order it HERE. .

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OurCrowd

JUNE 3, 2022

Operating in a field with no major competition, and with an existing client base of over 20 customers in the automotive, energy and production industries, 3d Signals is on track for 400% ARR growth by the end of 2022. We were the first Israeli VC to open offices in the UAE for direct investment in Emirati companies. Learn Mo re.

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