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Should Founders Still Raise in an Economic Downturn?

Dream It

Jason sat down with Steve Barsh , Managing Partner of Dreamit, to give founders relevant downturn strategies. Jason answers critical questions for founders, including: How can your company ensure survival? Investors want to see you’re able to remain lean and adapt to changing economic circumstances. Resiliency.

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Australia’s Avarni raises $3m to speed up decarbonization efforts

AsiaTechDaily

Yammine said that to date, climate risk is one of the biggest concerns for executives, boards and shareholders and this problem is not going away anytime soon. The Financial Stability Board also created a Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (the TCFD) to fully commit to market transparency when it comes to decarbonisation.

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OkHi gets $1.5M seed extension to scale its smart address verification service across Africa

TechCrunch

But the challenge of address verification has a broader impact on the socio-economic environment. And I realised that this was a huge problem, not just for every Nigerian, but also for half the world,” the founder and CEO told TechCrunch. Bolaji Balogun, CEO of Chapel Hill Denham, will join OkHi’s board.

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The Equity Seller’s Bubble of 2021 Part 2 • 2022 From a Startup Equity Seller’s to an Equity Buyer’s Market

Angel Capital Association

2022: The Aftermath In 2022 war, inflation, rising interest rates and a tougher economic environment–one not buoyed by historically low interest rates–brought an end to the long-term bull market in assets (the “everything bubble”), including startup capital. Greater governance role for limited partner Boards of Advisors.

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Pigment raises another $65M to build the modern business planning platform

TechCrunch

Because there was an opportunity and because the current economic environment doesn’t look great. Pigment’s co-founder and CEO Eléonore Crespo told me that she doesn’t need to raise more money to turn her company into a long-term, stable business. So why did Pigment raise again so quickly?

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The Station: Restructuring ripples and the next investor darling of the EV era

TechCrunch

The terms weren’t disclosed but we do know that all Roadbotics employees and its CEO and co-founder Ben Schmidt are headed over to Michelin. RoadBotics , a road infrastructure images analysis startup, was acquired by Michelin. Arrival , the U.K.-based Hightower is the first Black CEO of a U.S. He was previously president of the company.

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Daily Crunch: Game developer bans 6,700 cheaters and publishes their usernames

TechCrunch

And we have five more for you: Board already : Vinod Khosla’s advice for top VCs is to not sit on their foundersboards , Natasha M reports. The highs and the lows : Enterprise SaaS companies continue to navigate a complex economic environment , report Ron and Alex. You can sign up here. Big Tech Inc.