TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Y Combinator Demo Day week , which means a zillion startups are going to be doing their best to make noise, stand out from their peers, and raise capital on uncapped notes sans discount.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

And now we’re getting our first look at them through Demo Day. The first day’s demos included a healthy dose of artificial intelligence and open source, which is different from years past that were dominated by new fintech companies. Check out our favorites from the second day of demos below and see for yourself. Is crypto back?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. Here’s just one example from Y Combinator’s Summer 2013 Demo Day: Positioning itself as the “FedEx of today,” it hopes to provide a logistics framework that goes beyond food and can be used for any type of on-demand order. Omnitron Sensors. Apothecary.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

With 17 startups participating, Berkeley SkyDeck’s Demo Day isn’t the largest cohort we’ve seen by any stretch. We are also hearing chatter that Demo Day will be larger than ever before because virtual events are much more scalable.”. Here’s a closer look at six highlights from this Demo Day. Image Credits: EndoCrine Bio, Inc.

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APRIL 2, 2012

Similarly, picking seed investors for your first startup in and around the craziness of an accelerator demo day can be just as scarring over the long term. In fact, you'd probably be better off both deciding on a tat on demo day. I'm saying this because I went to my first YCombinator Demo Day last Tuesday. How active are they?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The idea is that you might not have time to sit through over 100 pitches – so let us filter a bit and highlight some of the best companies from the first day of Y Combinator’s Summer 2022 Demo Day. Our 11 favorite companies from YC’s S22 Demo Day: Part 1 by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch. Let’s have some fun!

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 21 Demo Day, Part 1. For YC Summer 2021 Demo Day, the accelerator’s fourth virtual gathering, Natasha Mascarenhas, Alex Wilhelm, Devin Coldewey, Lucas Matney and Greg Kumparak selected 14 favorites from the first day of one of the world’s top pitch competitions. Questions? ??Join

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Register Venture investment is a high-stakes game that demands vision, persistence, and adaptability. Although venture capital is often viewed as a maze, there are those who have paved the way, making the journey smoother for others. However, it’s the recent events that hold particular significance for him. ” Kim.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Along with demo space, a $725 Early-Stage Startup Demo Package includes: Four event passes to help your team maximize time and opportunities. A full day of online networking and demos — expand beyond the confines of the San Mateo County Event Center and achieve global reach. Why not make yours one of them?

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

TechCrunch has been covering the demo days of the seed-stage venture firm Pear VC since 2015. A lot of top firms show up, including from NEA, Lux Capital and Sequoia Capital. For example, Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures and Kirsten Green of Forerunner Ventures helped advise Pear’s newest batch of companies.

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Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

The press enhances this misconception around YCombinator demo days, where the 3-day pitch event is perceived like an auction, with investors fighting each other for the best deals. 2- You'll meet your lead investor in Demo Day That's not how Demo Days work, and it's one of the reasons Dreamit eventually replaced it for the Investor Roadshow.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

.” Today and tomorrow, we’ll have team coverage of Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 Demo Day , including a selection of staff favorites, so be sure to check the site each afternoon. 2 reasons why demo days are dead. ” 2 reasons why demo days are dead. ” 2 reasons why demo days are dead.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

” Here’s who he interviewed: Clelia Warburg Peters, venture partner, Bain Capital Ventures. Christopher Yip, partner and managing director, RET Ventures. Our favorite companies from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day. Our favorite companies from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day: Part 1.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

The Exchange loves a demo day, so we keep an eye on accelerators as best we can. As we wait for the first presentations to begin, this is a good time to take a quick look at the early-stage venture market that companies from accelerators of all stripes will operate in this year. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

Even as Y Combinator reveals the latest startups in its cohort for this winter , we have poor news for founders: the global venture capital market shrank in Q1 2023, and it would have been even worse if it were not for a few mega deals, according to Crunchbase (disclosure: my former employer) and PitchBook reports. Up is good, right?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

SparkLabs Korea , a Seoul-based seed to early-stage accelerator, held a demo Day on Thursday for its 19th cohort of companies. The latest demo day marks its tenth year after SparkLabs launched its accelerator program in December 2012. Not all teams end up pitching at demo day.

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TechCrunch

JULY 2, 2022

Tech innovation is a cycle, especially in the main character-driven world of early-stage venture capital and copycat nature of startups. The latest proof? Y Combinator this week announced Launch YC , a platform where people can sort accelerator startups by industry, batch and launch date to discover new products.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 23, 2023

Almost all of those companies raised their first rounds from investors that saw them debut at YC Demo Day. YC is undeniably an integral part of the venture capital ecosystem, helping to shine the first spotlight on many of the companies that go on to be featured high up in a huge font on the top VC portfolio pages.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Register KB Financial Group has collaborated with startups to support emerging ventures proactively. The financial institution recently organized the ‘2023 HUB Day,’ a startup demo day held at the KB Innovation Hub Center in Seocho-gu, Seoul.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

We can’t check out every investing outfit’s demo day. Pear, a seed-stage venture firm founded in 2013, has an impressive track record when it comes to identifying promising companies from their earliest stages — including DoorDash, Gusto, Aurora Solar, Vanta, Branch Metrics and Guardant Health.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

He has opinions on bigger batch sizes , a growing standard deal , competition, the power of venture capital and why startup founders should be prioritizing more than just a check after Demo Day. Michael Seibel is synonymous with Y Combinator’s growth over the past decade.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about the new career path to CEO, our favorite startups from Techstars Demo Day and the latest SPAC you should probably know about. Data about startups is helpful to understand directional trends and how the flow of capital works and changes over time. A triple-hitter Demo Day.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. We talked about the venture capital angle, since early-stage investors in the app reactively distanced from their investments. Robinhood filed privately to go public !

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

We formed a partnership with some of our favorite early stage investors and friends including Jim Andelman at Rincon Ventures and Peter Lee at Baroda. You can see Zach James & Rich Raddon who are standing next to a demo table pitching a small, yet-to-be-funded company called MovieClips – now the powerhouse ZEFR.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

For our Deals of the Week, we had: Monument and Tempest shared patients’ private data with advertisers , Acorns buys GoHenry and Alex has notes on how the Q1 venture capital market is shaping up. We also took the time to discuss the term “demo day” for an event where there are no, you know, demos.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

This year, we’re pleased to share hosting honors with Mayfield — a global venture capital firm with a people-first philosophy. A quick reminder that if you have an early-stage startup, it’s not too late to buy a Summer Party demo table. Each demo table includes four Summer Party tickets. Reserve your ticket right now.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The Baylor New Venture Competition is a business plan and elevator pitch competition for college students from around the globe. The CMU Venture Challenge is an international startup competition open to undergraduates from across the United States. Participants have a chance to win more than $250,000 in cash and other support.

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MARCH 2, 2015

One time, I spoke at a meetup that was divided into my talk and demos--and the organizer assumed I wanted to go on before the demos. I didn''t understand why it would matter, but she told me that most of the investors like going before so they could skip out after the demos and not get bombared at the end of the event.

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500

APRIL 6, 2020

On our end, we hosted our first-ever Digital Demo Day to ensure the safety and protection of our team and founders. We registered over 5K unique views during the Demo Day live stream, and over 1,300 investors joined the Slack channel to chat with our founders.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The majority of the investors sitting out of YCombinator Demo Day for the first time said it was partially due to the high valuations.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

And trust me, a demo never makes a difference. Venture Capital & Technology' If you can''t tell me what you''re doing and get me excited about a first meeting, I''m just not going to get there on it.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

We’re excited about the Apple event, and Y Combinator has its demo day. Daily Crunch: PSG, Battery Ventures invest $100M in open source password manager Bitwarden by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Back in August during Y Combinator’s two-day demo extravaganza , TechCrunch noted a number of startups from India that stood out from the batch. Data shows that India’s venture capital scene has grown sharply in recent years. In 2020, the third quarter brought the country’s venture capital scene back to form.

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500

JUNE 9, 2020

From taking all aspects of our accelerators digital (including our Demo Day) to rethinking the opportunities of the future, we’ve taken this moment to analyze what innovations can come from this time and new opportunities that arise from our changing environment. As a VC firm, we’ve had to adapt many aspects of our business as well.

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AUGUST 19, 2013

Paul''s point is all about being upfront and honest, which is ironic, because Demo Days seem to be one giant dog and pony show where the flashiest, biggest talking companies seem to get the most attention. Hunter Walk''s post on demo days really does a good job of summarizing how I feel about this: ".I’m

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

Gather around the VC dinner table : Berlin-based venture capital fund La Famiglia closed on €250 million in capital commitments for its third seed fund and first growth co-investment fund. Flying startfish : Starfish Space captures new funding ahead of orbital servicing demo mission , Aria reports.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Procore and Autodesk are two examples of ventures in the construction space that went from startup to publicly traded companies today worth $6.2 To help them along, one construction tech-focused venture capital firm is eager to fund a new generation of startups in the space. billion and $40.5 billion , respectively.

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