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Venture capital funding may have slowed, but VC firms have no problems raising new funds

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As the market swoons, venture capital firms continue to announce new funds. With a large population, Pakistan is geographically smaller, well-connected with fewer provinces, has lower regulatory barriers and doesn’t have strong incumbents,” Khurshid, who is originally from Pakistan, said via email. billion in capital commitments.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Edtech VC survey, 5 founder mistakes, fintech liquidity, more

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John Danner , managing partner, Dunce Capital (an edtech and future of work fund with portfolio companies Lambda School and Outschool). Benoit Wirz , partner, Brighteye Ventures (an active edtech-focused venture capital fund in Europe that backs YouSchool, Lightneer and Aula). Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Creating financial models, UiPath’s plummet, pitch deck pro tips

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Last quarter, UiPath grew its revenue by 39%, so “the company fits neatly into the high-growth SaaS bucket,” wrote Ron and Alex Wilhelm. At TechCrunch Early Stage, Managing Editor Matt Burns hosted Lotti Siniscalco, a partner at Emergence Capital, for a session on pitch deck basics. opens in a new window) license.

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Here is Why Non-Obvious Startup Ideas Can Yield the Largest Results

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Try to imagine if you *didn’t* already know Amazon and the company walking into VC meetings telling people they were going to disrupt the selling of all goods starting with books but then extending into electronics, apparel, toys and so forth. What tech has our capital raised gone into? The value prop is pretty clear.

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Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A

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In announcing the deal, they said: “DeFi-enabled B2B payment networks that are on chain can unlock transformative working capital efficiencies, and make financial services more fair and open, especially in developing markets like LATAM.”. Specifically, it said, in Q2 2022, “ VC investment in fintech companies fell 17.8%

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Marco Financial raises $82M in debt, equity seed round to support small Latin American exporters

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Marco was backed last September by a small seed round from Struck Capital and Antler and over $20 million in a credit facility underwritten by Arcadia Funds. Families with money can access the banks, but you can’t launch a business without capital, and many owners lack that access to banks.”.

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April taps AI to help personalize and autofill tax filings

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” Countless vendors offer online tax prep services, including incumbents like TurboTax and H&R Block. Borodach claims the company has commitments of tens of thousands of tax filings ahead of next year, which was apparently enough to convince VCs to invest. The tides might be turning.