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Why the startup sector should keep its eye on the SEC

TechCrunch

startup ecosystem lost an important business partner. If more lawmakers become convinced that Silicon Valley companies require greater supervision, the consensus could embolden the SEC to accelerate its agenda for increasing regulation in the private markets and fundamentally altering venture as we know it.

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‘Insane’ — UK tech reacts to government moves that might hand UK startups contract to Barclays Bank

TechCrunch

Some 44% of the UK’s decacorns graduate from a TN non-dilutive accelerator growth programme (failure rate is less than 5% thus far).”. s tech startup ecosystem. We can’t hand the support to the tech ecosystem to an incumbent bank! One source told City A.M. We need to shout this into oblivion.

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Both Things Can Be True: Bias and Bad Fundraising Advice

This is going to be BIG.

The startup ecosystem is a terrific manufacturer of bad fundraising advice. Well, if you add it to your startup, it does a few things. One, it usually implies that you’re going to start going cash flow negative to accelerate growth. Was she just an anomaly or is there something else going on here? That adds risk.

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6 VCs explain why embedded insurance isn’t the only hot opportunity in insurtech

TechCrunch

You see, insurtech startups often need to take into account the myriad rules and regulations in place when they seek to innovate and embed insurance into products, which might make it difficult to pull it off. Every time a big name enters insurance, there is always a mix of skepticism from incumbents and a reminder that change is needed.

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Opportunity Amid Volatility

Haystack

Much of this can trickle down into the startup ecosystem. They’ll have to back up the truck for their best companies, take acquisitions off the table, and go right after the incumbents head-on. Speaking of acquisitions — many leaders of larger VC funds have privately given up on the incumbents buying their companies.

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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

TechCrunch

Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. Which areas are either oversaturated or would be too hard to compete in at this point for a new startup? Jumpspeed invests exclusively in pre-seed and seed-stage startups from the Jerusalem startup ecosystem.

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