Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Let me elaborate on that a bit; as an investor, I’m less enthused by companies looking to raise capital to generate more demand before having some market validation. You need to plan to achieve your targets COVID and a low cost of capital were a tailwind for more technology businesses than we realized. and then budget accordingly.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

. “Even in the current economic environment, investment in data continues to grow and our platform addresses the ongoing challenges experienced by data practitioners,” Choudhary noted. Data observability platform Acceldata raises $50M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

.” As I look back on what these businesses have done to succeed, my best tips for company leaders encountering VUCA now are to empower their operations, invest in digital transformation and seek M&A opportunities. Empower operations to capitalize on better market conditions in the future.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

The companies that took their first venture capital during the craze decided to join forces with other well-capitalized competitors. Jomayra Herrera , partner, Reach Capital. And those that raised lots of cash in a short period of time have had to conduct significant rounds of layoffs due to the overhiring that followed.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

If you thought the fourth quarter of 2022 felt slow when it came to investment activity in the fintech space, that’s because it was. billion of investment dollars went to fund fintech startups in the fourth quarter. Therefore, investors did not shy away from giving capital. Specifically, global fintech funding amounted to $75.2

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

And the current economic environment, it seems, is playing more than a bit-part in this trend. Aside from lead backer G Squared, Truework’s Series C round included investments from Sequoia Capital, Activant Capital, Khosla Ventures, Indeed, Human Capital and Four Rivers Group.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It needs a couple of successful exits, which in turn drives angel investing as entrepreneurs growing increasingly wealthy look to help new founders building companies reach their own goals. It requires accelerators and incubators and coworking spaces to help nurture early ideas, and it needs VC firms investing across stages.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2022

“Like many other firms right now, we have course-corrected heading into the new year given the economic environment and we have taken what we think are appropriate steps to account for the uncertain times ahead.” Its plan now is to continue investing in product with expansions on that front planned for next year.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

Suggesting that the market isn’t oversaturated yet, another data observability startup secured venture capital this week: Sifflet. “In the current economic environment, where companies are faced with difficult decisions, data-driven decision making is the norm and data incidents are simply not tolerated.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Erik Torenberg is no longer the co-CEO of On Deck, a tech company that is trying to productize the community in a way that helps founders secure capital and advice. Torenberg, an early Product Hunt employee and the founder of investment firm Village Global, assumed the role only a year ago.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Information reported in late August that Arctic Wolf was in talks to raise $300 million, making this round a decided success in a punishing macroeconomic environment. “In a turbulent economic environment, security will remain a top priority for companies. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

Co-founder and CEO Afif Khoury says that the new capital — a combination of debt and equity of which Khoury wouldn’t provide a very detailed breakdown — will be put toward mergers and acquisitions, customer success and international expansion.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 10, 2022

When a company is accepted into the YC batch program, we now invest a total of $500,000. We still invest $125,000 for 7% and now also invest an additional $375,000 on an uncapped safe with an MFN 1. We have a new standard deal at Y Combinator.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

But that’s what startup Arena claims to do, fueled by a round of funding ($32 million) led by Initialized Capital and Goldcrest Capital along with Founders Fund, Flexport and a colorful cast of characters, including retired general David Petraeus, Peter Thiel, and Y Combinator CEO Michael Seibel. Image Credits: Arena.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Schulman added: “Over the past year, we made significant progress in strengthening and reshaping our company to address the challenging macro-economic environment…While we have made substantial progress in right-sizing our cost structure, and focused our resources on our core strategic priorities, we have more work to do.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

This round brings the total investment in Aurora Labs to about $100 million. Xpeng Robotics , a bionic robot maker affiliated with Xpeng , raised $100 million in a Series A round led by IDG Capital, at a time when venture investments are slowing in China. Existing investor Porsche Automobil Holding SE and Colmobil Corp.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 18, 2015

Taleo and SuccessFactors grew very quickly after they entered the market, bringing novel delivery to the human capital market. Interestingly, despite the smaller contract sizes, SuccessFactors invested substantially more in sales and marketing as a percentage of revenue to generate their top-line growth than Taleo.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

We asked three venture capital firms investing at the intersection of proptech and climate tech about how a focus on reducing emissions can trim a building’s carbon footprint and offer new opportunities for returns. What is your investment thesis for proptech in 2023? What sort of growth are you expecting in the sector?

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

Backstage Capital cuts majority of staff after pausing net new investments. Backstage Capital downsized its staff from 12 to three people , managing partner and founder Arlan Hamilton said during her “Your First Million” podcast that was published last Sunday. Shoe resale platform StockX, last valued at $3.8 The StockX EC-1.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

Late-stage investing has definitely dried up quite a bit… It’s just a matter of time before it sort of trickles down, but there’s a lot of cash in the system right now. Seed-stage actually persists even during economic downturns because people still seem willing to make small bets. You asked me for some categories?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

That app is now is taking the next step in scaling its operations, as it looks to onboard 250,000 people off a waiting list it’s had going for over a year: it’s announcing £25 million in funding (around $30 million at today’s rates), an equity investment that CEO Jonathan Wolf said values Zoe at £250 million ($303 million).

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This is Part 2 of a two-part examination of the state of the startup capital market during the past two years. This transformation has already led to an increased number of startup failures, a growing venture capital reset2 and 210,000 tech sector layoffs since the start of 2022. 2 A (temporary) venture capital reset?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In a keynote address Zennström gave a blunt assessment of the economic environment, while unpacking how he failed several times in his own career during tough economic conditions. Technology investment in Q3 is around 30% down on the same period in 2021. In this environment a lower valuation is no reflection on you.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

Enterprise Community Partners, Hometeam Ventures, Operator Stack, Shadow Ventures, Olive Tree Ventures and Second Century Ventures, the investment arm of the National Association of Realtors, also participated, bringing Stake’s total raised to $17.9 On the other side of the coin, rising labor costs and delinquencies are hurting rentals.”

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