TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Twenty of the most promising and creative early-stage startups — chosen from the elite Startup Battlefield 200 — will bring the heat for $100,000 in the world-renown Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco. Did you miss the other Startup Battlefield VC judges? Did you know?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

I’ve worked at early-stage startups where we relied on our best guesses to shape product pipelines and develop marketing strategies. With a product advisory council (PAC) , early-stage startups can tap into the their users’ hive mind. How to build a product advisory council for your startup. on Tuesday, Jan.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Imagine a drumroll, folks, because we’re about to announce the last tranche of investors and thought leaders who will choose which outstanding startup takes the title of Startup Battlefield champion, along with the $100,000 prize and serious bragging rights. Mar Hershenson , co-founder and managing partner at Pear VC.

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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. Sarah Kunst, managing director, Cleo Capital. What kind of opportunities are you looking for in Q1 2022? Christine Choi, partner, M13.

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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

JULY 8, 2022

To tackle these challenges, Wu shares several strategies that can help e-commerce startups refine their brand marketing and “entrench” existing customers. Dear Sophie, My startup needs to hire an AI expert, and our top candidate has a complicated immigration situation. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2023

Though investment in food technology has slowed in line with the rest of the venture capital world, the industry recently achieved some milestones that suggest the sector and the government are moving into alignment. billion over the next 10 years. billion over the next 10 years.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

The venture capital market is retreating somewhat from its aggressive 2021 pace, new data indicates. For founders hunting up their next capital tranche, the news could prove less desirable. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. We’re only discussing the U.S.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Day One Ventures , a venture firm launched in 2018 with a pitch to combine venture capital acumen with marketing and communications support, has launched a program aimed explicitly at those impacted by tech layoffs this year. million fund to back founders spinning out of turbulent startups.

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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 venture capital allocated last year. .

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on October 3, 2022. The silver lining to the horrors wrought by Covid is that the pandemic opened the venture capital community’s eyes to the world of opportunity beyond the traditional tech startup hubs of California, New York, and Massachusetts.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2022

I’ll be publishing this every Sunday, so in between posts, be sure to listen to the Equity podcast and hear Alex Wilhelm , Natasha Mascarenhas and me riff on all things startups! Unfortunately, as with most private companies, neither startup will share hard revenue figures. But they do at least provide some metrics.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

As the Latin American startup scene has matured, founders and executives of multi-billion dollar companies in the region have started to move on to new ventures. One of its co-founders is Ariel Lambrecht, who also helped start mobility startup 99, Brazil’s first unicorn.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

For early-stage startups looking to hire new talent, it’s not enough to make one-off decisions about pay as each new employee comes on board. Complete aims to help companies, particularly early-stage startups, conceptualize and implement a firm-wide compensation strategy, reflective of cash, equity, bonuses and benefits.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Startups and VC. Despite shrinking investment into startups in 2022, venture capital funds of all sizes are still being raised. startups at the pre-seed or seed stage. The rules of VC are changing: Here’s what founders should be considering in the new era. Her target is to invest in 25 to 30 U.S.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS-SAINT PAUL, MN – The Forge North startup coalition announced the first close of the MSP Equity Fund – the first-known venture capital fund of funds in the country designed to invest across race, place, and gender. Inclusion is the imperative in this next era of innovation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

I could spend hours discussing early-stage startup operations and community-based marketing, but deal flow is my blind spot. European and North American edtech startups see funding triple in 2021. European, North American edtech startups see funding triple in 2021. It’s still a great time to be a startup founder.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

TechCrunch Disrupt , our yearly flagship startup event, returns to San Francisco on September 19–21 — and you can bet TechCrunch+ will be in the house. If you went to Disrupt 2022, you’ll recall the TechCrunch+ Stage, which hosted dozens of panels and interviews focused on the nuts and bolts of building and funding new tech enterprises.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

3 ways to hire well for your startup. For early-stage startups “this is arguably one of the worst times to be looking for talent,” says Champ Suthipongchai, founder and GP of Creative Ventures. ” 3 ways to hire well for your startup. ” 3 ways to hire well for your startup.

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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

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Startups and VC. Life as a startup founder is never dull. That’s doubly true for Black founders, who routinely struggle to raise funds, be noticed and get their fair share of attention, Dominic-Madori reports. 3 Black founders predict little will change in VC in 2023. Chained to a desk : Tech’s latest controversy?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

He has opinions on bigger batch sizes , a growing standard deal , competition, the power of venture capital and why startup founders should be prioritizing more than just a check after Demo Day. Michael Seibel is synonymous with Y Combinator’s growth over the past decade.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Earlier this month, TechCrunch argued that startups looking to raise a Series C round were facing a uniquely difficult fundraising threshold. market indicate that the Series A round is also looking green around the gills for domestic startup founders. However, further data focused on the U.S. Recent data is even more dismal.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2022

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. From there, it was time to talk about a new $100 million fund , which boasts some high-profile LPs and partners, that is out to invest exclusively in Latino(a) startup founders.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 23, 2023

TCL’s mission is still to help founders build better venture-backed businesses. TechCrunch Live started in the heady days of 2021, and now in early 2023, the startup world is experiencing radical changes. Hear from Cacioppo and Sequoia Capital general partner Andrew Reed on Vanta’s growth trajectory and fundraising strategy.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2022

The long-awaited re-correction of private tech startup valuations and fundraising expectations has a web3-sized asterisk next to it. Venture capitalists and founders across all fundraising stages spoke to current investment strategies when it comes to investing in this cohort of startups.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In a TC+ guest post, he shares the basic steps for creating a cash management plan for startups that have closed an extension or need to make the most out of their precious runway. Treasury management should be top of mind for startup founders. “The founder wants us on the journey. Image Credits: Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

When robotic process automation company UiPath filed to go public in March 2021, the startup had just closed a $750 million round that helped it clinch a $35 billion valuation. What most startup founders get wrong about financial projections. The pressures facing first-time founders are enormous. per share. .”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

billion into cyber startups, a YoY increase of 138%. Why are cybersecurity asset management startups so hot right now? Our startup’s first hire was a fractional Head of Remote. By this point, most startup employees have worked remotely. Our startup’s first hire was a fractional Head of Remote.

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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

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

EDT when we bring you a special Twitter Spaces, “ Immigration law for startups ,” featuring Silicon Valley–based attorney and TechCrunch+ columnist Sophie Alcorn. Sophie will discuss immigration-related issues and answer questions relevant to startup founders and workers. Startups and VC. PDT/1:00 p.m. Christine and Haje.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

— Marcelo Claure (@marceloclaure) November 12, 2022. ” At the time, Jobs was talking about building products, but evidently, this also applies to the people funding the startup ecosystem. They’re human after all, and their classic lack of self-awareness combined with venture enthusiasts’ myopia is perhaps the problem.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

There’s another episode out of Inside Startup Battlefield, the podcast mini-documentary getting a behind-the-scenes look at the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield. Startups and VC Card collectors often dispute how much their cards are worth. Ron takes a look at how Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2022

whereas in 2014 around 71% of teens used Facebook, the study says in 2022 that number has dropped down to 32%. Magnus Grimeland, founder of the early-stage VC firm Antler, lays out some of the key principles to keep in mind. other stuff. million investors losing $5 billion collectively.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

Venture capital funding continued its slump through the end of 2022, and there aren’t any real signs things are going to pick back up for a while. That means more doom and gloom ahead for startups looking to fundraise.

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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. You can read more about what startups are worth in the TechCrunch+ section below. Startups and VC. PT, subscribe here. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2022

” It’s a bold declaration for a startup founder aiming to work with robots — or more accurately, the software that helps turn a tractor, tiller or forklift into an automated vehicle. That’s where Seltz-Axmacher, co-founder Ilia Baranov and their new startup Polymath Robotics hope to come in.

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