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. This program is preparing and connecting Metro Detroit Black-owned businesses to various funding resources to ensure their sustained success. How do we bridge this gap?

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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. I would say the past few years have been more of an anomaly, and we are getting back to a more sustainable pace.

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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

JULY 1, 2022

Strategy ranges; some companies are laying off specific teams, others are distributing cuts across all departments, and many aren’t responding to comments when asked for further information. Backstage Capital cuts majority of staff after pausing net new investments. Either way, the data is grim. The StockX EC-1.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

Now, there’s some extremely capital-intensive businesses where you need buckets of money before that traction is generated, and that becomes harder to finance in downturns. It’s just different in different economic environments, it’s never shut, so to speak. The exit value is what drives it all.

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