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TechCrunch+ roundup: Cell-cultured meat, alternative financing, avoiding tech debt

TechCrunch

In a deeply researched report for TechCrunch+ , reporter Christine Hall examined the state of the cell-cultured meat industry and identified many of the startups innovating in the sector, along with the challenges they face when it comes to ramping up production and getting regulators and consumers on their side. Senior Editor, TechCrunch+.

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Preparing Your Startup for the Next M&A Wave

Revolution

According to PitchBook , VC investments were down 30% in Q2 2022 compared with 2021, and IPOs hit a 50-year low. When deal-making slows, VC dollars typically favor the perceived market leader, starving other venture-backed businesses in the same space of capital. The last category is most actionable.

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Will WeWork finally put our image of a "backable" founder to rest?

This is going to be BIG.

They just don’t like making solitary, definitive statements without making sure you know all the variables and caveats—so you can be as informed as possible and not surprised at all when things don’t go exactly according to plan as typically happens in a startup. that same founder will give the most unequivocal, most confident “Yes!”

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Why I Look for High Conviction, not Consensus, in Venture Capital Decisions

Both Sides of the Table

You’d be surprised how many firms are “dictator VCs” – even those that don’t formally acknowledge it internally. When you’re newer in VC many partners choose to play it safe, doing smaller investments and not trying to bet on something that a “far out” risk. ” Guys?

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The Perils of Founder Fighting

Both Sides of the Table

I think as a tech industry we have bred a culture that places more emphasis on product excellence than managing human behavior. I have seen it first-hand in my VC career many, many times. There were cultural challenges across the board. Of course it makes no sense to have great people management and a crappy product.

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Explo snags $2.3M seed to help build customer-facing BI dashboards

TechCrunch

Investors included Amplo VC, Soma Capital and Y Combinator along with several individual investors. And so we definitely are going to be as inclusive as possible and are definitely thinking about that as we hire,” Lin said. million seed round today.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

As an early-stage VC I love this phase. After numerous discussions we held the line and all agreed as a board that profitability was much more important than chasing new markets and that perfecting our systems and methods was critical before we expanded and just increase the scope of our problems to solve.