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TechCrunch+ roundup: Immigration law Q&A, finding your problem, why a16z pitched Deel

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Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. In a TechCrunch+ guest post, he shared three fundamental pieces of advice for new founders. Klaviyo co-founder Ed Hallen’s 3 top pieces of advice for launching a startup. Raising a Series A in a market of mixed messages. Stay tuned!

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Extra Crunch roundup: Build a founding team, choose a VC and recruit your board

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His initial advice? Choosing the right mix of people can impact everything from fundraising to hiring: “Investors often ask founders about their board [because] it says a lot about their character, their judgment and their willingness to be challenged,” he writes. Jake Gibson, founding partner, Better Tomorrow Ventures.

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Wefox grabs $400M at $4.5B valuation to buck the insurtech downturn trend

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This way of growing users, by getting third-party brokers to use Wefox to advise their own customers, is how CEO and founder Julian Teicke reckons helped the company double its revenues to $320 million last year. “Our model enables Wefox to drive a superior financial profile which puts us on a clear path to profitability.”

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TechCrunch+ Roundup: Reaching $1M ARR, tech job market rundown, women-led VC firms

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Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription “Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started,” says Brett Calhoun, managing director and general partner at Redbud VC.

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We need to unlearn the lessons of the 2021 fundraising bubble

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Below is a mix of best practices and advice I would give to anyone trying to raise money for their startup in this climate. It’s best to use the extra time you have now to prepare a solid game plan that you can set into motion when investors are around and engaged. Don’t fundraise in the summer or winter.

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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

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Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade. In 2019, about 300 deals were venture-backed. These are the investors we interviewed: Giulia Giovannini , partner, United Ventures. Giuseppe Donvito , partner, P101 Ventures.

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Parthean cares about personal finance so you don’t have to

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million at a $12 million valuation by investors including Litani Ventures, Gaingels, Amino Capital, Morning Brew’s Alex Lieberman, Republic Venture partner Namrata Banerjee and others. The startup also recently graduated from the Pear accelerator , a program put together by the 2013-founded seed-stage venture firm.