TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Cloud is the big buzzword these days, with people talking about why it’s a smart move for companies , and lots of venture-backed startups developing easy ways for companies to make the shift. Van Nest was previously a venture investor at Blumberg Capital. So far that strategy has worked in Artisanal Ventures’ favor.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

“These deals were traditionally harder to track than primary venture capital deals, as they don’t generally get announced, but a new fleet of startups is shining light on them,” such as Caplight, Notice, Birel and Hive Markets. “It was really hard to figure out what was going on.”

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Via TechCrunch by Arman Tabatabai: Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries. One of the most common areas of attention respondents highlighted were startups focused on construction and manufacturing.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Three ways VC firms can construct sustainably diverse portfolios. If you follow mainstream tech media, you could be forgiven for thinking that venture capital is a founders’ market today after two years of record round sizes and outcomes. Leslie Feinzaig is the founder and CEO of the Graham & Walker.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2022

billion last year — up 153% year-over-year in terms of global VC deal value. There has been much talk as of late of a slowdown in venture funding. Brex launched a venture debt program last August as part of its effort to be many financial-related things to startups and maturing companies alike.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Shawn Carolan, partner, Menlo Ventures. Abhijit Ganguly, senior manager, Goodyear Ventures. Rachel Holt, co-founder and general partner, Construct Capital. Sebastian Peck, managing director, InMotion Ventures. and Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. Dharmesh Thakker, general partner, Battery Ventures.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a climate-focused VC firm linked to some of Earth’s wealthiest individuals, has joined a $44 million bet on solar startup Terabase Energy. ” Terabase also makes software tools to manage the design and construction of solar farms. .” million ).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Construction is the one of the least digitized industries out there. million in funding — $15 million of which was raised in a Series A led by Menlo Ventures and $3.4 million that was raised in a seed round led by Brick & Mortar Ventures and First Round Capital – to advance on its effort to “reimagine construction finance.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

As a partner at Wing Venture Capital, Zach Dewitt focuses on early-stage investments in transformative enterprise technologies. At that point, I went back to Harvard to finish up my MBA, and after graduation, I joined an early-stage venture capital firm based in Palo Alto. Zach DeWitt. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

Lots more to come, but here’s a first look at: The Builders Stage Agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 How to Build a New Venture Firm in Public with Noramay Cadena (Supply Change Capital), Mac Conwell (RareBreed Ventures) and Turner Novak (Banana Capital) Venture funds aren’t new, and neither are solo GPs.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Until a few months ago , the venture market was on a historic bull run that lasted for the better part of a decade. Many new investors and funds entered the fray, but the last few years also saw a proliferation of new venture firms. ” That’s not to say these VCs aren’t being cautious about what they’re willing to bet on.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) last week sent ripples in startup ecosystems around the world, and it is emerging that millions of dollars held by African startups and venture capital funds at the bank were at stake, until the U.S. Federal Reserve acted to save the day. Sad to see them go down. bank accounts.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

Bangalore-based Zetwerk said on Monday it has raised $150 million in a Series E financing round led by New York-based D1 Capital Partners. New investors Avenir and IIFL also participated in the round, along with existing investors Greenoaks Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners.

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FundersClub

OCTOBER 20, 2021

We'd like to congratulate FundersClub portfolio companies on their ongoing progress, as well as to welcome aboard their new VC investor partners. Jerry , a consumer app for car insurance, financing, repairs, and more, announced a $75M Series C led by Goodwater Capital. We invested at Seed, Series B, and Series D.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Until a few months ago , the venture market was on a historic bull run that lasted for the better part of a decade. Many new investors and funds entered the fray, but the last few years also saw a proliferation of new venture firms. ” That’s not to say these VCs aren’t being cautious about what they’re willing to bet on.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2021

This week, used clothing marketplace Poshmark saw a 140% pop in its first day of trading and consumer-financing company Affirm “priced its IPO above its raised range at $49 per share ,” reported Alex. Dayna Grayson, co-founder and general partner, Construct Capital. Rob Coneybeer, managing director, Shasta Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Startups and VC. Alrighty, then: In the jungle, the mighty Jungle : Singapore-based venture firm Jungle Ventures is digging deeper into Southeast Asia and India with the close of its fourth fund. Five construction tech investors analyze 2022 trends and opportunities. Suzanne Fletcher, venture partner, Prime Movers Lab.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has quickly established itself as the go-to method of financing for a variety of purchases, particularly online. This financing model has primarily been available to customers shopping online, but customers outside the U.S. We spoke with: Frances Schwiep , partner, Two Sigma Ventures.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

There’s the argument — sometimes coming from venture capitalists desperate to see portfolio companies succeed — that being in-person will help grow productivity, and eventually the bottom line. In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about noisy venture firms, Salesforce spinouts and Artifact. This tweet by VC Matt Turck.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Participants included Blume Ventures, Good Capital, Zerodha’s Rainmatter Fund, Loyal VC and angel investors. It’s already been deployed to over 20 million square feet of real estate in Asia and announced today $2.5 million in seed funding that will be used to expand across Southeast Asia, the Middle East, the United States and Canada.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

Startups and VC Comixology was genuinely a game changer. Finance, meet regulation. Regulation, finance : Ira Lam explores CeFi and DeFi in the face of regulation. AI also for enterprise : Over on TC+, Ron explores how generative AI could transform the way we interact with enterprise software.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

TX Zhuo is the managing partner of Fika Ventures , focusing on fintech, enterprise software and marketplace opportunities. Huston Collins is an investor at Fika Ventures. Leading up to the coronavirus pandemic, the venture industry saw a record number of dollars raised by seed funds less than $100 million in size. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Venture capital continues to flow into Latin America at a staggering rate. Venture firms in those countries are also raising funds; for example, this month, Colombia-based Marathon Ventures announced its first fund of $26 million. VCs say there are more startup opportunities to chase in Latin America.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Promus Ventures , a VC firm based in Chicago, closed a €120 million ($139 million) space fund, dubbed Orbital Ventures. ABL Space had a huge week, closing $200 million in funding from existing investors including Fidelity Management and Lockheed Martin Ventures. The financing shot the company’s valuation to $2.4

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

financing back in 2005, “climate change” was some future event. That’s where government, national labs, universities, angel investors and venture capital come in. We already have several multibillion-dollar tech and biotech venture and growth funds; now is time for several multibillion-dollar climate tech funds globally.

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Haystack

JANUARY 16, 2019

The more I discover about going beyond just writing checks into startups — concepts like portfolio construction, cross-fund management, and new fund formation — the more I realize how critical the parlay is. Let’s focus on the noun first. Of course, if the fund does well, that investment compounds nicely.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

CEO and founder Anthony Baker said that they began construction of their first satellite with that money, “so we knew we got our sums right,” he said, then began the process of closing additional capital. That’s what attracted Satellite Vu’s first big piece of cash, a grant from the U.K.

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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

In 2021, fintech startups were the top recipients of venture capital globally, accounting for about 21% of dollars raised with $131.5 seed round for Adaptive, a construction software and fintech play. Layoffs up in H1 2022. billion across 4,969 deals. smartphones per adult,” McCormack added. a16z leads $6.5M

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Serna, who founded payments infrastructure startup Finix in 2016, had raised more than $95 million in venture funding from the likes of Lightspeed Venture Partners, American Express Ventures, Homebrew, Precursor Ventures, Insight Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Visa and Activant Capital.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

How public markets can help address venture capital’s limitations. After interviewing Draper Esprit co-founder Stuart Chapman, Alex Wilhelm and Anna Heim took a look at the trend of European VCs floating themselves. How public markets can help address venture capital’s limitations.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Startups and VC. If you fund it, they will build : Constrafor is a SaaS construction procurement platform with embedded financing. Every time I explain what a SPAC is to someone, they go, “Wait, how is that legal?” It seems like some folks in government agree, Connie reports, with Sen.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Business-to-business transactions are full of complexities beyond the consumer space, including four types of standard payment methods, sophisticated financing tools, bulk discounts, contractual pricing, delivery schedules, insurance and compliance. How to start a VC fund without being rich already. from hundreds of brands.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2023

writing more broadly that “value investing in venture is like restricting your search for your lost keys under only brightly lit street lamps.” In these situations, investors also reserve more capital to backstop their best performing companies, which further reduces the number of new financings. Book your pass ASAP!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2023

As one VC put it: “It’s bad.” ” Unlike many other VCs encouraging companies to move their money out of SVB, fintech-focused Restive Ventures’ Ryan Falvey urged people to “stay calm.” Brazilian fintech Trace Finance launched a new checking account for startups in the wake of the news.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

Early-stage venture fund New Stack Ventures just raised $42.6 When Moran began angel investing, he found the whole process of startup fundraising to be confusing, so he started a venture podcast back in May 2014 called “ The Full Ratchet ,” to interview other VCs and provide funding transparency.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Starting with where the world is today: talk to us a little bit about venture’s lens on talent and how does a venture talent partner assess talent? And I think the way that we’re structured over here is somewhat different and unique relative to a lot of the other venture talent partners that are out there.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

According to co-founder and CEO Itai Damti , cards are Unit’s fourth and final pillar as a venture-backed company, adding onto its products in the debit, bank accounts and payments space. On the back end, Unit will handle card printing, compliance and, once the card is in use, transaction tracking as well.

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