TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

In 2023, it’s back under a new moniker. What is a fresh innovation in venture land, however, is building a new fund or firm in public. Still, we want to know both the pros and cons of building something as complicated as a venture fund without a filter. When should founders follow the hype? When should they ignore it?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

You could even say some are bullish: “If anything, I expect our investment pace to increase this year as early-stage fintech companies prioritize operational discipline and product differentiation,” said Emmalynn Shaw, managing partner of Flourish Ventures. Gone are the days of investing on a whim.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

Banking-as-a-service (BaaS), embedded finance and open banking are among the hottest topics in fintech today. In a session called “Making Money Move with Embedded Finance,” our panel will talk about how a new breed of finance infrastructure companies have the potential to turn any company into a fintech company. The promise?

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2023

Back in February, we started calling for content — urging startup subject-matter experts to submit applications to lead roundtable discussions or breakout sessions at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 on September 19–21 in San Francisco. TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 Audience Choice voting opens Now comes the part where you, dear readers, play a major role.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

September 21, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced the establishment of the Diversity Finance Advisory Board (DFAB) which will work to increase access to institutional capital for women- and minority-owned startups.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Strategic investment fund BankTech Ventures invests in companies that are developing innovative technologies that enhance the ability of community banks to serve their customers. million to six fintech companies for the second half of 2023. as of December 31, 2022, according to the FDIC.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

The crypto venture capital industry has become more selective thanks to the general market downturn and wavering trust caused by a slew of scandals and market disruptions, but investors at major firms are still writing checks in the space. We surveyed: Michael Anderson , co-founder, Framework Ventures. How big is the DeFi market today?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

It would be a few years of self-employment, and building a venture firm later, before Nagpal returned to the moment as one of the early catalysts for his newest startup, Ocho. Personal finance is hard – and that’s a tale as old, and difficult to disrupt, as time. million from Nagpal’s own venture firm, Vibe Capital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

How essential is DARPA/defense funding to the category in 2023? It’s just a financing question. Abe Murray, managing partner, Alley Robotics Ventures How is robotics investing different than in previous years? 13 VCs talk about the state of robotics investing in 2023 by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

But more impressive is its backing from top-tier funds focused on web3 and gaming: Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Konvoy Ventures and now Bitkraft Ventures, the lead investor in its newly announced $27 million pre-Series B round. We now have, in our minds, the three best funds that focus on gaming and web3. Image Credits: Carry1st.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2023

One of the quieter conversations in venture capital has only grown louder, in my DMs and interviews, over the past few months: The known bias in venture capital has been a branding issue for some of the emerging, diverse fund managers just now splashing onto the scene. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

But there’s one question that many startups and investors are hoping will get answered sooner rather than later: What happens to venture debt? SVB was one of the larger, if not the largest, providers of venture debt to U.S.-based “Venture debt has its advantages, more so than ever before,” Bakalar said.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

We spoke to a diverse array of investors about finance-focused proptech and the move towards greener proptech. Construction tech would fall into the buckets of planning and execution in the examples I just gave, and could also touch financing (for things like construction loans) and repair.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Silicon Valley law firm Cooley recently reported that it “handled 298 disclosable venture capital financings for Q3 2022, representing $8.1 ” The firm said that deal volume, dollar volume and deal size for financings of life sciences companies also continued to decline in Q3 2022 compared to Q2 2022 and 2021. .”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

It is difficult to quote a specific number for salary, as that is a combination of the level of financing the company has raised, the experience of the CEO, and their financial obligations. There are more venture funds than ever and increasingly more specialized funds. How much salary should the CEO of a pre-revenue startup take?

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

million in equity and $25 million in debt financing. Fasanara Capital led the investment and was joined by Kube Ventures, ODX, Toehold Ventures, Wharton Fintech, Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout Fund, PRMM Inmobiliaria and a group of angel investors. million in a pre-seed round of equity and debt.

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Secure Docs

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Venture capital and private equity transactions have fallen dramatically, with North American value and volume down 60% and 35%, respectively. 2023 is the year of cautious optimism. We expect continued decline in the second half, though likely a much less dramatic fall as we get further away from the gangbuster quarters of yesteryear.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Delve into his story as it unfolds with lessons from filmmaking, startup ventures, and the fascinating world of technology innovations and investing. ” In 2018, Crossworks Myanmar was born, initially intended to hire talent for Jeshua’s ventures.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Unpacking Proptech: A data-driven series on advancing built world innovation In Part 1 and Part 2 , I reviewed proptech financing trends, sources of capital and investor types, scaling and fundraising lessons from the past five years, and potential conflicts of interest. That brings us to one of the most exciting topics — exits.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2023

Friday in tech vs Sunday in tech pic.twitter.com/NsuzK5fqty — Yuri Sagalov (@yuris) March 13, 2023 Not a scientific sampling, but several investors signaled this week on Twitter that they remain interested in talking to founders who are still at the idea stage. Like many investors, we are bullish on AI. You know, before it got weird.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

Last year, climate tech seemed to be invincible while the venture capital and startup worlds were fretting about a downturn and scrambling to conserve cash. Operationally, if you’re running a firm, the SVB stuff put new deals down,” Abe Yokell , managing partner at Congruent Ventures, told TechCrunch+.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 1, 2023

Register Thailand’s health-tech company, HD , has secured investment from FEBE Ventures , a well-known venture capital firm headquartered in Vietnam. The investment from FEBE Ventures will enable HD to strengthen its marketplace further. Last month, the global healthcare venture platform VentureBlick secured US$2.6

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Earlier this month, we reported that investors’ sentiments surrounding venture capital activity going into this were more reserved than upbeat. Africa predicted to experience sustained funding slowdown in 2023 Most tech observers share Cuvelier’s thoughts on VC activity in Africa. There was reason to believe so. It was 18% last year.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

.” Vartana today announced that it raised $12 million in a Series A round led by Mayfield with participation from Xerox Ventures, Flex Capital and Audacious Ventures., Image Credits: Vartana On the capital marketplace side, Vartana-developed algorithms normalize data, rate each buyer and extend debt financing offers.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

While operating Fablic, the trio found that many users still used cash to pay and manage their day-to-day finance. The founders wanted to address the issue in the consumer finance industry in Japan and launched SmartBank. In addition, it will soon release services for parents and kids to manage finance together, the startup says.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 2, 2023

The business climate in 2023 will be unfamiliar to many who founded a company in the past decade. Equity financing is no longer cheap and plentiful, and as drought strikes, a sense of anxiety will grip founders. We need to destigmatize down rounds in 2023 by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

It’s a decent metaphor for our startup ecosystem: Just as there aren’t enough sandbags in San Francisco to keep everyone’s house dry, rising interest rates, skittish investors and looming economic uncertainty are poised to bring valuations down even further in 2023. We need to destigmatize down rounds in 2023.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 27, 2023

Register Harriet, a leading platform championing female founders, has partnered with venture capital firms Artesian, Wavemaker Partners, Wavemaker Impact, B Capital, and 1982 Ventures to launch a new forum aimed at bridging the funding gap for female-led startups in the Asia Pacific region.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

March 5, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) held the first in-person meeting of the Diversity Finance Advisory Board (DFAB) last week, bringing together a diverse group of investors, entrepreneurs, and mentors for presentations and networking sessions.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2023

It took me a while, but I’m realizing that my startup love language is discussing any attempts to standardize the opaque and often informal world of venture capital. Or tools that help startups see all their financing options at the drop of a profile. Monique Woodard has closed $17 million for her debut fund at Cake Ventures.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 20, 2023

Register Southeast Asia-focused venture capital firm Go-Ventures has successfully concluded the final close of its second flagship fund, raising a total of $240 million. Argor Capital successfully concluded its inaugural venture fund, Fund I, in 2020, raising a total commitment of $175 million.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

AI startup Fourthline locks down $54 million to bring better ID checks and compliance tools to the finance sector, Ingrid reports. Meanwhile, Nintendo Systems, a joint venture between Nintendo and mobile games company DeNA is a go, Lauren reports. Who are ya? : If it does, Google will give you the difference.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

It was during his tenure at Capital Factory that Triet discovered his passion for startups and venture capital, eventually leading him into the world of venture capital. He then transitioned to MicroVentures as a Venture Deal Flow Associate before joining Render Capital in March 2023.

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Red Rocket

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

CB Insights, a leading research organization that tracks venture capital financings, recently released its report on the state of the venture capital market in 2023 and, most recently, the fourth quarter of 2023. Long story short, it was a terrible year for raising capital.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

They include high-profile crypto and web3 investors such as Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research (FTX) and Distributed Global. We are pleased to partner with MARA as it embarks on building a digital financial system for Sub-Saharan Africa,” says Schuster Tanger, co-founder of TQ Ventures, one of the investors, in a statement.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

New investors Sanofi Ventures, Medical Excellence Capital, and Astellas Venture Management join syndicate with founder RA Capital Management Funding supports advancing multiple first-in-class degrader pipeline programs for the treatment of autoimmune, neurological, and other diseases driven by pathogenic extracellular proteins WALTHAM, Mass.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2023

For the venture world specifically, this dynamic is compounded by the venture debt markets cooling, which in turn makes equity the most viable option for most. Venture capital activity has declined Deployment of VC capital continues to slow down. Opportunity cost is powerful indeed.

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