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

JANUARY 6, 2023

That’s the top-level finding of a new PitchBook report that looked at VC trends toward the end of 2022, specifically Q4, including investments made at the seed, late-stage and nearing-the-exit levels. Last year set an annual record for capital raised, in fact, with $162.6 But the year was ultimately mixed.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions. 2021 was a year like no other when it came to venture investment, and this year is poised to tread a similar path, writes 500 Global’s CEO and co-founder, Christine Tsai. 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions. on Tuesday, Jan.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2022

Beyond being awash in capital, the VC industry has also seen a historic number of exits. Last year, a total of $643 billion was invested globally, according to Crunchbase News , compared with $335 billion in 2020 – that’s 92% growth year over year. Web3 goes mainstream.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

The first quarter of 2022 brought a historically huge sum of investment for global startups, with the three-month period outclassing any quarter in 2018, 2019, and 2020, according to CB Insights data. But despite the fact that Q1 2022 posted historically elevated results, venture capital investment decelerated from Q4 2021 levels.

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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. This means there’s a lag in what’s reported as the current state of VC on the African continent.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Some might think “Silicon Valley’s share of US VC funding falls to lowest level in more than a decade” is a scary headline, but from my perspective as a resident, it’s great news. Silicon Valley’s share of US VC funding falls to lowest level in more than a decade. This momentum we’re seeing now? Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

VC funding into Europe (including the U.K.) was up in the first quarter of 2022, CB Insights and Crunchbase data show. But Europe isn’t the only place where VC funding didn’t decline. Q1 2022 was no different in that regard. As we noted earlier this week, this was also the case in Africa – unlike the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Brian Walsh is the head of WIND Ventures , the venture capital arm of Copec. What you should know about working with corporate venture investment committees. SPACs are the construct VCs need to fund clean tech. The macro environment changed in 2022, and three major trends drove downward near-term trends.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

Even as Y Combinator reveals the latest startups in its cohort for this winter , we have poor news for founders: the global venture capital market shrank in Q1 2023, and it would have been even worse if it were not for a few mega deals, according to Crunchbase (disclosure: my former employer) and PitchBook reports. Up is good, right?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2023

Many feared that the bull market had pushed valuations to unsustainable heights and would result in a windfall of startup down rounds and cash burn, which would have a negative impact on VC fund performance. Data shows that as a whole, venture funds, while not immune to market pressures, were doing just fine.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The venture capital industry is built on signals. The startup, launching publicly today, is building a rating system for the venture capital industry. Ratings is a sensitive topic in venture, only reinforced by some of the reactions I got by investors when telling them about this ratings platform.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

That’s what early data appears to say about the global venture capital market in Q1 2022. In comparative terms, the dataset shows that the global venture market in Q1 2022 was in fact larger in dollar terms than its year-ago comp. And if that happens, the exuberance of 2021 could become the hangover of 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

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

billion during the same period in 2022. But one venture capital firm is anticipating a recovery. Fuse, a Bellevue, Washington-based early-stage venture outfit focused on PNW companies, today […] Funding for startups in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) fell precipitously early this year.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

This week, Bill Taranto, president of Merck’s Global Health Innovation Fund, wrote a TechCrunch+ article that explored six digital health trends his corporate VC fund is tracking as we enter 2022. billion in VC, “dwarfing the previous record of $14.6 The growing power of digital healthcare: 6 trends to watch in 2022.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

The picture forming from Q1 2023 venture data is one of measured decline compared to the end of 2022. And March brought with it something akin to a boomlet in domestic venture activity, which could become an even brighter spot if the last bits of first-quarter data further bolster the month’s totals.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Mar Hershenson , co-founder and managing partner at Pear VC. Mar Hershenson co-founded and serves as managing partner at Pear VC, a seed-stage investment firm in Palo Alto backing companies like Guardant Health, DoorDash, Gusto, Aurora Solar and Branch. He also served on the National Venture Capital Association board of directors.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

That global venture capital slowed down in Q1 2022 might no longer be news to you. According to CB Insights’ latest State of Venture report , the amount of funding flowing into U.S.-based based and Asian startups did decline, in line with the global trend. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

But 2022 was the year when this “spending” slowed and was instead more widely rebranded and accepted as actually being “borrowing.” Against this background, we formed our annual review of European edtech activity for 2022. billion in 2022 compared to $2.5 billion a year earlier. billion in 2021.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

If you thought the fourth quarter of 2022 felt slow when it came to investment activity in the fintech space, that’s because it was. fintech funding since 2018, according to CB Insights’ State of Fintech 2022 Report. billion in 2022, down 46% compared with 2021, but up 52% compared to 2020. In the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Seventy-five venture capital firms, including Bloomberg Beta, 776 and M13, are standing together to launch VCs for Repro, a coalition stating that criminalizing abortion is a violation of human rights that stifles innovation. Vote like it matters to you on November 8, 2022,” VCs for Repro’s statement read.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 21, 2022

In this week’s edition, we discuss: Approaching the funding raising process from a VCs point of view The future of cryptocurrency in 2022 Is your side hustle profitable or a waste of time? A founder’s guide to startup due diligence What are your chances of actually getting funded by a top VC? Let’s get to it. Sign up here.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Ivan writes that BeReal won “app of the year” for 2022 in Apple’s annual App Store Awards. Startups and VC. The venture market is in the middle of a downturn, but there are still plenty of emerging fund managers. Early-stage founders still have currency: Fundraising in times of greater VC scrutiny. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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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. 3 Black founders predict little will change in VC in 2023 by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Over the past decade, some of the biggest names in the tech, VC, automotive and aerospace industries have poured millions of dollars into developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. And that investment trend shows no sign of slowing any time soon. We’ll be announcing a third panelist soon.

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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. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2023

While many have gotten their burn rates way down, most startups still are losing money and will eventually need to raise capital in 2023. These startups will struggle to raise capital at any price and most of them will fail.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2022

The program’s 2022 edition started accepting applications on April 15, and the last date for the application stage is May 31, 2022. Furthermore, the government plans to find 200 promising startups through 2022 and 1,000 promising startups, and 700 pre-unicorn startups by 2025. trillion won (US$6.4

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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. Valerie Shen , partner and COO, G2 Venture Partners. David Frykman , general partner, Norrsken VC. Alex Bondar, Acre Venture Partners. Carolin Funk, Blue Bear Capital.

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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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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 22, 2023

Register HYU Holdings has partnered with Singapore’s early-stage fund Farquhar VC to help early-stage university startups scale and thrive in overseas markets. The partnership will allow HYU Holdings, a Hanyang University-based investment-holding company, to work closely with Farquhar VC to help South Korean startups to go global.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

Felix Williams is the founder and managing director of Lagomaj Capital. TechCrunch sat down with Williams to learn more about how he got into venture capital, and his plans for the future. When did you first become interested in venture capital? While growing up, I had no idea what venture capital was.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

billion in venture capital allocated in Q4 2022. venture capital allocated last year. ” De’Havia Stewart, an investor at BLCK VC. founders picked up around 0.79% of VC funds raised in Q4 2022. That’s an uptick from the $178 million — or 0.43% — the group raised in Q3. In total, U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

The African tech scene was met with fanfare in 2021: Venture capital investments in the region totaled between $4 billion and $5 billion and produced five unicorns. In my piece detailing this progress, I predicted there would be more unicorns in 2022. That said, 2022 was peculiar.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

This year, we’re pleased to share hosting honors with Mayfield — a global venture capital firm with a people-first philosophy. This event draws an incredible mix of Silicon Valley’s startup community, including over 40 VC firms so far — a who’s who of founders, investors, tech makers and movers and shakers.

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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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