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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

Brett Calhoun Contributor Share on Twitter Brett Calhoun is the managing director and general partner at Redbud VC. Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. At the dawn of 2022, there were 2,900 active VC firms, marking a 225% increase since 2008.

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HYU Holdings partners with Farquhar VC to help S Korean startups go global

AsiaTechDaily

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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How to Find a Job as a VC Scout: Compensation and Which Firms Are Recruiting

David Teten VC

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to find a job as a VC scout. VC recruiters list and compensation data. How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm. Syllabus for how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund.

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Nigerian proptech Spleet gets $2.6M led by MaC VC to scale its property management products

TechCrunch

Then in July, it became the first African startup to join New York’s MetaProp Accelerator. million seed funding led by Los Angeles–based early-stage VC firm MaC Venture Capital. Closing on $103M, MaC VC is changing the face of venture capital. Now it is announcing the completion of its $2.6 The proptech has processed over $3.5

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Alternative VC Tech Stack: Chisos structured finance

David Teten VC

Q: What is CISA and how does it compare to other alternative VC models? Oftentimes our investments are in companies with little revenue or traction, making them more difficult to finance from a traditional VC/angel perspective. These may indicate room for Versatile VC to build or invest in a startup addressing that need.

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Orb Launches with $19.1M to Enable Businesses to Unlock Revenue

American Entrepreneurship

They are joined by base case capital, The Cannon Project, Data Community Fund, Essence VC, FOG Ventures, Scribble Ventures, South Park Commons, and SV Angel, as well as founders and executives from leading companies such as Asana, Datadog, HubSpot, Braze, Notion, Plaid, Replit, and Vercel. I wish we had Orb to accelerate our revenue goals.”

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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

TechCrunch

Rome has more than 20 incubators/accelerators and many established VCs; because of its lower costs compared to other European cities, it’s become a major base for startups. The good news: VC funding in Italy has grown. It has an estimated 67 VC funds, with 18 of them started since 2015. I think the wave has passed.

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