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6 crypto investors talk about DeFi and the road ahead for adoption in 2023

TechCrunch

Amid market volatility, decentralized finance, or DeFi, is an area that continues to be in focus in both the crypto VC world and across the community as new use cases, protocols and projects arise. Anywhere from 20% to 50% of crypto-related pitches today are DeFi-focused, several investors we surveyed said.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: New VC rules, AI biotech investor survey, Instagram ad case study

TechCrunch

The rules of VC are changing: Here’s what founders should be considering in the new era. Her highly detailed breakdown includes examples of the ads used in various campaigns, the process she used for optimizing creative materials and a cost-per-click analysis that shows how she reduced CPC from $1.51 Editorial Manager, TechCrunch+.

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Venture capitalists eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten VC

Haystack VC runs almost entirely on Notion. I always make a point of keeping firm records updated in the major data-trackers tracking the VC industry: AngelList , CB Insights , Crunchbase , Dealroom , Dow Jones VentureSource , Pitchbook , Preqin , and Refinitiv Eikon. Point Nine Capital uses 15Five for continuous employee feedback.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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The New Business Preservation Act and the Tradition of U.S. Federal Government Support for Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

Ian Hathaway

No one tells this story better than Harvard Business School professor Tom Nicholas in his recent book VC: An American History. Draper’s firm, Draper & Johnson Investment Company, was co-founded with Franklin “Pitch” Johnson, who went on to found many high-tech companies over an illustrious career. government policy.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Spanish scale-ups club together to shift the tech policy agenda

TechCrunch

The European Union also recently presented a platform worker reform — saying at the end of last year that it would establish a framework to tackle bogus self employment. Other fast growing Spanish startups Typeform , Travel Perk , Heura Foods and Wallapop are suggested as likely candidates to be next in line to join the club.