AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 28, 2023

The Singaporean startup recognizes the immense potential of the global B2B cross-border payments market. With its latest funding infusion, Sunrate is poised to capitalize on this significant market growth. According to industry experts, this market is projected to reach a volume of $56.1 trillion by 2030.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This year, that activity has cooled down, and so have things at this e-commerce startup. “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.” Primer , a U.K.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

Gutter Capital , a New York venture capital firm, closed on $25 million in capital commitments for its first fund to invest in pre-seed and seed stage companies focused on affordability, economic mobility and climate change. It was way harder than venture capital as a founder,” Teran told TechCrunch. “I

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Today, Teampay has hundreds of customers and significant venture capital financing behind it. million in debt) Series B led by Fin Venture Capital with participation from Mastercard, Proof Ventures, Trestle and Espresso Capital, bringing Teampay’s total raised to $65 million. million in equity, $11.75

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Gorgias , developing customer service tools for e-commerce companies, raised $30 million in new Series C capital in a round that boosted its valuation to $710 million. Customer support startup Gorgias raises $25M. Even with all of that growth, the company is monitoring its cash burn rate in this new economic environment.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

By way of example, the likes of Observe , Monte Carlo , Cribl , Manta , and Coralogix all raised substantial amounts of funding last year, while in the five short weeks of 2023 so far we’ve already seen two fledgling observability startups in the form of Metaplane and Chaos Genius announce $8.4 million and $3.3

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

We have helped thousands of companies — ranging from seed-round startups and late-stage unicorns to mature public companies — navigate it by implementing practices that can allow them to survive and thrive. Empower operations to capitalize on better market conditions in the future.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

Masha Bucher is the founder and general partner of Day One Ventures , an early stage venture capital firm that backs customer-focused startups and leads their communications. Masha Bucher. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

In 2021, we also established a partnership between Verizon’s Pro Bono Program and the Metro Detroit Black Business Alliance ’s Capital Connect Program. To stay competitive in the new economic environment, small businesses must be agile and adapt to shifting consumer preferences.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

billion of investment dollars went to fund fintech startups in the fourth quarter. Kothapa wasn’t surprised by the overall drop in investment activity given the macro-economic environment and recovery from COVID, which resulted in higher inflation and the Fed raising interest rates. based companies.

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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. Other changes at the well-known startup include the sunsetting of several communities and spinning off its career advanced arm into a new separate business entity.

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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. .” Yelp) and then automatically responds to those reviews.

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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

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

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. This week, Crunchbase further noted that while cyber startups saw more funding in H2 than all of 2020 ($8.9 Through the same period in 2021, startups had around $13.3

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 10, 2022

Incidentally, we also hope that this deal will encourage more founders of any age and from every demographic group and geographic location to take the leap into the startup world, apply to YC, and build their own successful startup. 1 The $375,000 is on an uncapped safe with “Most Favored Nation” (MFN) terms.

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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

The Michigan-based autonomous ride-hail and shuttle startup raised $111 million in a Series C round that it says will help it get to driver-out operations in 2023. Lightship , a new all-electric RV startup steered by Tesla alumni, raised $23 million in a Series A led by Victoria Beasley of Prelude Ventures. Autonomous vehicles.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

CEO and co-founder Bharath Krishnamoorthy tells TechCrunch that the new cash, a combination of equity ($26 million) and debt ($100 million), will be put toward scaling the business and providing Denim’s customers with working capital. To date, the startup has raised a total of $165 million.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2023

Startups and VC Also today, we are releasing the final episode of our Inside Startup Battlefield podcast miniseries , which is all about TechCrunch’s pitch competition. Moar layoffs : Tage reports that Nigerian B2B e-commerce startup Alerzo cuts 15% of full-time staff in second round of layoffs.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

Between his roles as co-leader of Mayfield Fund’s engineering biology practice and founder at IndieBio, Arvind Gupta reviewed approximately 470 startup pitches last year. Who’s going to have a harder time in this new environment? It’s just different in different economic environments, it’s never shut, so to speak.

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Startup Blogpost

APRIL 7, 2023

From using the slowdown to innovate to seizing the opportunity to recruit talent cheaper, here are 10 answers to the question, “What are some effective ways a startup can benefit from a recession?” Overall, the success of startups during a recession can, in general, be significantly influenced by innovation.

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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. The first part of this survey covered proptech startups solving financial problems. A deeper look at proptech.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

The end of a second straight month of nearly daily layoffs shows how every startup sector, from mobility to fintech, is impacted by the downturn. Edtech business Byju rose to prominence over the pandemic as it both helped answer the demand for remote education and boasted the highest known valuation of any startup in India.

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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. From an investor’s perspective, 2022 witnessed a sudden market reversal from an extreme equity seller’s market to an equity buyer’s market, causing dislocations throughout angel, VC, and startup ecosystems.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Zoe , a startup founded by doctors and researchers out of London and Boston, made its name during the pandemic with a popular — dare we say viral? based venture firm Accomplice is leading the round, with previous backers Balderton Capital, Ahren, Daphni, and new backer L Catterton also participating.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

As the world moves into economic head-winds and geopolitical uncertainty, European founders must get used to taking tough decisions to ensure the survival of their startups. In this environment a lower valuation is no reflection on you. It’s market dynamics.”. It’s easy to hope the market will improve.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

Aiming to compete with Bilt in the nascent property renter rewards market, Stake , a startup that provides cash back and banking services to renters, today announced that it raised $12 million in a Series A round led by RET Ventures’ new RET Ventures ESG Fund.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2022

After raising $115 million in 2019, Icertis today secured $150 million — $75 million in convertible debt and a $75 million revolving credit facility — in a combined tranche from Silicon Valley Bank that brings the company’s total capital raised to $520 million. Icertis was valued at $2.8

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 30, 2014

Because the publicly traded SaaS companies continue to grow and because the economic environment is relatively stable, I’d argue the multiples will revert to right around the median, in the 4-5x range. Some startups may face valuation-to-revenue mismatches when/if they need to raise follow on rounds.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

French startup Pigment has raised a new round of funding less than a year after raising a $73 million Series B round. While Pigment isn’t disclosing the valuation of the startup, it is going up following today’s deal. Because there was an opportunity and because the current economic environment doesn’t look great.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

He believes that a product like this can thrive even in a down economic environment. “We We are a bit fortunate that we haven’t been impacted by this recession and inflationary environment. Investors in the $12 million Series A include Crosslink Capital, Work-Bench and Uncorrelated along with industry angels.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Startups and VC. Spending management layoffs : Romain reports that spending management startup Pleo lays off 15% of its workforce. Robo-greenhouse layoffs : Agtech startup Iron Ox lays off 50 people , which is nearly half its staff, Brian reports. Are you ready to launch a bajillion-dollar startup? You can sign up here.

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