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Despite its many troubles, the insurtech market is ‘far from dead,’ investors say

TechCrunch

As the markets turned early this year, insurtech left most generalist investors’ playbooks almost as fast as Metromile and its peers’ plummeting valuations. The bulk of the buyers, however, would likely be companies involved in insurance themselves – either insurtechs acquiring some of their peers or legacy players.

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Cultivating a Practice of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Ecosystem Building Programs

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It is incumbent upon those of us working to build vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystems to put inclusion front and center, at the heart of everything we do. A prerequisite to incorporating specific techniques is a fundamental mindset and world view of why DEI is crucial to equitable economies. It’s not an afterthought. It is the whole thought.

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MakeSpace Raises an Additional $17.5 million and Unveils Strategy to Make Public Storage the Next Blockbuster Video

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We raised this capital in what has increasingly become a difficult market for fund raising so I’d like to share with you some details on how we get it done. Incumbents became increasingly annoyed with our successes in the country’s largest market – NYC – that they started even taking out ads against us.

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8 investors weigh in on the state of insurtech in Q3 2022

TechCrunch

Notably, Metromile saw its valuation decline over 85% and was subsequently acquired by peer Lemonade , and it hasn’t been alone in losing a lot of value and being eyed by peers and incumbents. If you’re an investor who’d like to participate in future surveys, fill out this form.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. But this isn’t likely to be a VC-backable business (which to be clear is totally ok). Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. ” when often that’s a stupid comment. Market Size.

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How a Tourist Can Help you with Your Startup

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I found that I was always more curious about issues like “why do you charge for your web hosting services this way when newer non-incumbent players do not?&# And that’s how I view VC today. I suppose there’s some truth to that but of course it’s an over simplification. Such is leadership. Persuasive.

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Investing Outside The Bay Area

Haystack

From an investment point of view, managing and deploying capital in the same physical area makes sense, where investors can work with young companies and help them with a variety of things. Well, that time has finally come. Will folks be able to buy a house and raise their families here? These questions have been rattling around my brain.

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