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When VCs turned to Zoom, Chicago startups were ready for their close-up

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China’s venture capital market, meanwhile, is easing as others accelerate. Chicago is an outlying benefactor from accelerating venture capital activity and the rise of remote investing. Chicago is an outlying benefactor from accelerating venture capital activity and the rise of remote investing.

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Indonesian aquaculture startup DELOS raises $8m in funding

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Canada’s Assent Compliance lands $350M from Vista Equity for supply chain data management

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The financing follows a $131 million Series C raise led by Warburg Pincus, which remains the company’s largest shareholder. Specifically, it works to help complex manufacturers proactively identify and manage risk, accelerate market access and growth and promote brand reputation. It’s an enormous market.”.

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Ashby lands $21.5M to automate key aspects of recruiting

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million in equity financing. “Existing recruiting data and analytics are limited and unreliable, making it difficult for finance to do … planning. Ashby’s platform is particularly strong in data collection, data quality, multi-departmental workflows and reporting — we have templates and custom options.”

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Did venture capitalists undervalue startups for decades?

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Data indicate that the pace of startup value creation reached a fever pitch in 2021. According to venture capital data collected by PitchBook , prices spiked for startup equity across the maturity spectrum last year. Larger venture capital funds are also a driving force behind the pricing dynamics uncovered by the data.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Why your title matters, part-time CFOs, Sequoia’s new model

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In an interview with Natasha Mascarenhas, B2B stealth startup founder Akshaya Dinesh recounted the time her team was rejected by an accelerator because they hadn’t yet picked a CEO. Data collection isn’t the problem: It’s what companies are doing with it. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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Formstack raises $425M for a no-code platform that helps businesses automate their customer and internal workflows

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This appears to be the company’s first big financing event since then, although the company is not disclosing many details about its management, nor its financial position, except to note that alongside being profitable, revenues have more than tripled since the LBO. .