TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

After a blockbuster year for venture capital funding in 2021, the flow of capital to Indian startups seemed like it would buck global trends in early 2022, but dried up in the second half of 2022. How has your investment strategy changed? Compared to 2019, what were the most notable investment trends in India in 2022?

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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 We also have a very wide top funnel such that in 2022, we made initial contact with over 2,500 startups and ideas, and eventually only partnered with less than 1% of that top of the funnel.

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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

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In a follow-up, he explains how to use predictive lifetime value (LTV) to create “more targeted, effective acquisition strategies that focus on acquiring and retaining customers.” billion on M&A in H1 2022, 39% more than a year earlier. biotech deals also set new records in 2022 for both median deal size, $33.5

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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. ” Mar Hershenson — Pear VC. Prior to Prelude Ventures, Victoria worked on climate change strategy at BCG and started an agriculture supply chain company. Earlier, she led Finance at a major solar manufacturer.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

Portal Innovations , a biotech VC firm based in Chicago, is trying to broaden everyone’s horizons and give opportunities to biotech startups growing out of labs in Chicago, Atlanta, and hopefully beyond. Biotech proved a surprisingly bright spot in 2022’s startup correction “Momentum and an ecosystem is really important. The Bay Area?

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Our findings confirmed a significant shift away from the traditional tech hubs of the Bay Area, New York City, and Boston, with the proportion of seed- and early-stage VC dollars funneling into the Bay Area falling below 30% for the first time in more than a decade. marking its highest level since 2017.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Last month, it was one of the 60 startups to get accepted into the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund 2022 cohort, which included some non-dilutive funding. But in a bid to support its transition from an insights company to a data company and buoyed by this new investment, Stears is planning a strategy modification for the Pro product.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

with Yoon Choi (Muirwoods Ventures), Mar Hershenson (Pear VC) and Gabriel Scheer (Elemental Excelerator). We’ll dig into Russell’s perspective and his strategy of how to bring autonomous vehicle to the masses at scale — without pulling the human out of the driver’s seat. . How to Land Early-Stage Funding.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

ET, Builders VC investor Andrew Chen will join me in a Twitter Space to discuss the role tech reporting plays in shaping ecosystems, narratives and expectations. — TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) December 13, 2022. How to implement a video SEO strategy. How to implement a video SEO strategy. Today at 1:00 p.m. PT/4:00 p.m.

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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. 80% of VC-backed startups fail or barely break even.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

We’re likely to see BNPL offerings become more prevalent at points of sale for a manner of different purchases through 2022. They moved from a direct-to-merchant integration strategy to a direct-to-consumer approach, winning the hearts and minds of consumers with their slick, easy-to-use app. And that’s where Nelo fits in.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

with Yoon Choi (Muirwoods Ventures), Mar Hershenson (Pear VC) and Gabriel Scheer (Elemental Excelerator). We’ll dig into Russell’s perspective and his strategy of how to bring autonomous vehicle to the masses at scale — without pulling the human out of the driver’s seat. . How to Land Early-Stage Funding.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

with Yoon Choi (Muirwoods Ventures), Mar Hershenson (Pear VC) and Gabriel Scheer (Elemental Excelerator). We’ll dig into Russell’s perspective and his strategy of how to bring autonomous vehicle to the masses at scale — without pulling the human out of the driver’s seat. . How to Land Early-Stage Funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). THE VC VALUATION GOD Valuation obsession wasn’t restricted to startups.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

On this fine day of April 21, 2022, we celebrate a shiny new podcast from our crypto team: Chain Reaction. Startups and VC. Of course, that’ll probably make other VC shops wake up and increase the investment to above that dollar amount, but that’s half of what makes this interesting! The VC market is slowing down.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 9, 2018

What VCs most typically talk about are: – Industry expertise. Many VCs focus on specific verticals, usually based on the sector in which a VC initially made her reputation. The logical challenge there is that LPs are typically not ahead of the already competitive VC industry in identifying the next great theme.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

He is also the founder and managing partner of HartBeat Ventures, an early-stage VC firm with a focus on lifestyle, media and technology. Forbes reports that while companies with white founders receive 77% of VC dollars, less than 10% go to women founders and less than 1% to Black founders. Venture funding inequity remains a big issue.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on September 28, 2022. “ According to PitchBook , VC investments were down 30% in Q2 2022 compared with 2021, and IPOs hit a 50-year low. Today’s abrupt slowdown in VC investment suggests a post-recession-type M&A wave is on the horizon.

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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 30, 2022

We announced this change publicly (aka Homebrew Forever ) in February and spent all of 2022 in this mode, revisiting, and in some cases revising, our core assumptions about venture capital. There’s also many wonderful angel/operators and smaller supporting funds with large portfolio strategies. Win : 11 offers made, 11 offers accepted.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

The dampened outlook for startup funding at the start of 2022 thanks to the pandemic’s lingering uncertainties has only worsened following a global market downturn and the war in Ukraine. CB Insights forecasts a roughly 20% drop in total VC investments from Q1 to Q2, leaving ambitious young companies scrambling to fight for scraps.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 9, 2022

I’ve been asked by portfolio companies and plenty of others about how they should be changing their strategy given the stock market pullback and what they’ve been hearing on “VC twitter”. 3) Do you need to raise a large amount of growth capital in 2022? VCs gonna VC. VCs don’t want to back past performance.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

billion last year — up 153% year-over-year in terms of global VC deal value — and include a range of outfits, from payments companies to digital banks to corporate spend players. Cross River Bank gets unconventional validation with a $28M VC round. Financial technology startups raised $121.6 We want to be judicious about it.”.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

It’s unlikely that many investors came close to predicting what would play out in 2022. How is the current economic climate impacting your deployment strategy for the next year? California-based VC: New deployments have halted for us, and remaining funds are being directed to follow-on rounds for our existing portfolio.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

Thursday May 19, 2022, and it’s the last day of our in-person Mobility event. Startups and VC. Tomorrow we take the journey to the mean streets of the world wide web, and you can still join us virtually ! Haje and Christine. The TechCrunch Top 3. He lays out some examples of why the tech sell-off may have gone too far.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

14 climate tech investors share their H1 2022 strategies. including Collab Fund, Serpentine VC, ACE & Company, Pegasus Tech Venture, Gaingel VC, Soma Capital and a number of angel investors. This inspired me to start SmartHelio,” he added.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

It’s Wednesday, May 11, aka the start of GooglePalooza, which the company insists on referring to as the far less entertaining “ Google I/O 2022.” Startups and VC. Connie reports it has burned through most of its most recent VC fund. PT, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

JULY 3, 2022

Regulations governing the process continue to evolve in the market’s favor, and 2022’s venture funding pullback may be the final piece needed to quiet the fundraising strategy’s naysayers for good. Some traditional VCs have even scouted on the platforms or encouraged their portfolio companies to pursue the process.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2023

Still, some VC firms — especially investment powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz (commonly known as a16z) — remain bullish on crypto. In May 2022, a16z announced a fourth crypto fund to the tune of $4.5 The company seems intent on staying in an industry from which many traditional VCs have stepped away. We want to know why.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

It’s possible that your pre-seed, pre-revenue startup could similarly defy gravity, but in July 2022, it’s going to be difficult to find many investors who want to bet on a company with no traction. Compared to Q1 2022, fintech funding dropped 33% in the last quarter to $20.4 based venture capital firms raised $74.1

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2022

We have an outstanding cohort of VCs ready to hear their pitches and follow up with tough Q&As — and we’re thrilled to add three more to the slate. Did you miss the other Startup Battlefield VC judges? Lo Toney incubated and spun out Plexo Capital from GV with a strategy to increase access to early-stage deal flow.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2023

“While economic conditions are challenging right now, this new funding will help Mythic focus on its technology offering, go-to-market strategy and customer acquisition,” Dave Fick, Mythic’s newly appointed CEO, told TechCrunch in an email interview. In 2022, there was $7 billion invested in VC-backed U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2023

Image Credits: Irving Investors The factors at play Waiting for a rebound in public market multiples to preserve previous valuations has not proven to be a good strategy. Venture capital activity has declined Deployment of VC capital continues to slow down.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Use alternative financing to fuel VC-level growth without diluting ownership. Investors are hungry for startups to throw their money at, but VC funding isn’t always the right option at all times or for every startup. Use alternative financing to fuel VC-level growth without diluting ownership. 3 views on CES 2022.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Amid market volatility, decentralized finance, or DeFi, is an area that continues to be in focus in both the crypto VC world and across the community as new use cases, protocols and projects arise. What were the biggest challenges your firm faced in 2022? What steps are you taking to better prepare for 2023?

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 3, 2024

In 2022, the typical angel group reporting AFR data had Directors for approximately 20% of the companies it funded. The median number of Director seats held by angel groups for their 2022 investments was 4.5, In 2022, 20% of deals had a Board Director from the reporting angel group. In the latter case, returns improved by 20%.

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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. One of the ways we can start evolving the conversation is by asking founders questions centered around the business itself…As a leader, I welcome questions on our business, growth metrics, and strategy.”

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