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Wing Venture Capital’s Fifth Annual Enterprise Tech 30 List

American Entrepreneurship

GenAI, Developer-and Data Stack-Focused Companies Dominate List as well as 80% of ET30 founders are Millennials Five years ago, Wing Venture Capital introduced their annual Enterprise Tech 30—a list of the most promising, private enterprise tech private companies across all stages of maturity. years median time since founding versus to 2.7

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I’ve worked with hundreds of unicorns: Here’s what founders and executives need to focus on

TechCrunch

Companies are increasingly focused on running their businesses better during adverse market conditions so they can come out stronger when the economic environment improves. In some cases, companies that had been targeting IPOs or funding transactions for 2022 are now postponing until Q1 or Q2 of 2023, if not later.

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Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders

TechCrunch

Attend the TechCrunch City Spotlight: Boston event on February 27, 2023. Over time the Boston area watched the development of a robust technology startup ecosystem across industries like cybersecurity, robotics and biotech with companies like Hubspot, Wayfair, Rapid7, Boston Dynamics and Moderna, to name but a few.

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Digital marketing survival strategies for tough economic times

Entrepreneurs' Organization

No matter how hard you work, you can’t control economic trends and market fluctuations, but you can tweak your strategies to accommodate difficult financial times and proactively prepare your business for your customers’ mindsets during these periods. Develop your email content. Adjust your business model. Optimize your Google Ads.

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Arrival slashes production targets to just 20 EV vans as part of restructuring

TechCrunch

based commercial EV startup turned publicly traded company, has lowered its delivery plans from 400 vehicles to 20 as it postpones development of its battery-electric buses and shifts gears to focus on vans. Arrival, the U.K.-based

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Nigerian B2B e-commerce startup Alerzo cuts 15% of full-time staff in second round of layoffs

TechCrunch

According to Alerzo, the first round of layoffs were performance-related and involved the digitization of some roles (including the development of an internal ERP). This does not align now with the economic environment today, so we, unfortunately, had to make changes to our business to be more focused around pursuing strong unit economics.

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Proptech in Review: 3 investors explain why they’re bullish on tech that makes buildings greener

TechCrunch

This economic environment will continue to test a lot of companies,” said Jake Fingert, managing partner, and Lionel Foster, investor, at Camber Creek. What is your investment thesis for proptech in 2023? This economic environment will continue to test a lot of companies.