TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

While it is still quite difficult to raise a funding round in the current economic environment, Riot managed to put together an interesting list of investors. It now also offers customized educational content that can help grow the cybersecurity culture in your team.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

“Despite the challenging economic environment, Soci has continued to thrive, innovate and drive value,” Khoury said. That likely won’t be an IPO, but Khoury didn’t pour cold water on the idea, either — albeit not anytime soon.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

It’s just different in different economic environments, it’s never shut, so to speak. After that $150 million is in, tell me about that next stage — that’s going to require more creative business models, different go-to-market strategies that generate revenues along the way.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

This move toward extension rounds illustrates a level-setting of expectations from founders around fundraising in the current economic environment. We do not have companies raising extensions of their previous rounds, but we have heard from many founders who are.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

internal network) statistics for Bitcoin as well as the macro economic environment. Dylan LeClair ( @DylanLeClair_ ): Senior Analyst at digital asset fund UTXO Management and expert in on-chain (i.e., The whole crypto markets generally follow Bitcoin’s price action and Dylan is one of the best at providing Bitcoin price analysis.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Image Credits: Pitchbook Boston had a steady investment growth trajectory until it dropped off (like everyone else) in 2022 as investment overall slowed in an uncertain economic environment. Cait Brumme, CEO at early stage tech accelerator MassChallenge says that Boston was not immuned to the vagaries of investment cycles in 2022.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

In a written statement, CEO Adam Hughes confirmed the percent impacted and said that “due to the current macro-economic environment, we have decided to take some proactive adjustments to ensure Amount’s ability to thrive for years to come.

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Dream It

APRIL 8, 2020

In general, companies can expect to come out of accelerators at half the valuation they would otherwise have in favorable economic environments. Jason expects to see similar valuation trends during this downturn. Takeaways Survival is key.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

What Avarni has achieved since 2021 has been very phenomenal and they are on a strong trajectory despite the challenging economic environment, said Field Pickering, Managing Partner at Vulpes Ventures.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Companies are increasingly focused on running their businesses better during adverse market conditions so they can come out stronger when the economic environment improves. Empower operations to capitalize on better market conditions in the future. Empowering operations includes understanding and communicating relevant metrics.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Even with all of that growth, the company is monitoring its cash burn rate in this new economic environment. Lower margins and higher acquisition costs require businesses to capture more revenue from their existing customers, and customer experience is at the heart of that effort.”.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 22, 2023

“It’s also exciting to see the profound success previous listees have achieved, from IPOs to acquisitions raising billions in follow-on rounds despite an ever-changing economic environment.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

We’ve covered the dry powder that venture capital firms are sitting on and also how difficult it is to raise funding in this economic environment. Forerunner is software for NFIMBYs, or no flooding in my backyard Then they went out and raised external funds.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

As an investor that has a basket of potential investment options to choose from, those opportunities with more visibility in the sustainability of their cash flows are at an advantage in uncertain economic environments.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

“Given the tough economic environment, we wanted to make sure we have the capital to do this. “We are seeing a big acceleration in customer demand so what we want to do is scale our business significantly to be able to meet that demand,” Wolf said.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

It’s not unheard of to see firms yank term sheet offers after committing due diligence or in response to a worsening economic environment, despite the fact that it can ruin a round. TechCrunch reached out to a Tiger Global spokesperson for comment but did not hear back before time of publication.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Schulman added: “Over the past year, we made significant progress in strengthening and reshaping our company to address the challenging macro-economic environment…While we have made substantial progress in right-sizing our cost structure, and focused our resources on our core strategic priorities, we have more work to do.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

2022: The Aftermath In 2022 war, inflation, rising interest rates and a tougher economic environment–one not buoyed by historically low interest rates–brought an end to the long-term bull market in assets (the “everything bubble”), including startup capital.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

“In a turbulent economic environment, security will remain a top priority for companies. . “We evaluated a number of different options, including traditional equity raise, but [debt] was the best for Arctic Wolf, for our stage of hyper-growth,” Schneider said via email.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

based commercial EV company, plans to slash costs and cut as much as 30% of its workforce as it attempts to protect the business from a challenging economic environment while meeting its production targets. Arrival , the U.K.-based Audi started construction of an EV factory in China that is expected to come online in 2024.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 10, 2022

Dalton Caldwell , YC’s Managing Director, Architect, and long-term Group Partner, who first suggested that now was the right time to make this change, also pointed out that if founders stay lean, this is more than enough capital to survive for years, regardless of the economic environment.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

For example, startups with well-prepared forecasts are better equipped to manage through challenging economic environments. . • Risk management: Understanding your financials inside and out allows you to take calculated risks, enhancing the startup’s competitive edge.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

Since then, it has raised $19 million and attracted 100 customers, but the founders recognize that to attract new users to the platform, especially in today’s economic environment, might take some creativity. Mozart Data came out of the Summer 2020 Y Combinator cohort with an idea to provide a data stack in a box for companies.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

Kothapa wasn’t surprised by the overall drop in investment activity given the macro-economic environment and recovery from COVID, which resulted in higher inflation and the Fed raising interest rates. On the flip side, mega round funding and deals fell 60% and 52% year-over-year, respectively.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

In this economic environment, I’ve been asked by many founders how they can raise capital successfully, especially by those who feel demotivated by how long the process is taking.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 13, 2020

The economic environment changing downward. Add the economic environment to the mix of reasons for failure, including jolts such as the Great Recession of 2007-8 or COVID’s devastation to travel, retail and other personal experience-based businesses. Any business can use more money. Including cash.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2022

In a statement, Vulpes Ventures managing partner Field Pickering said, “What Avarni has achieved over the last year has been phenomenal and they are on a strong trajectory despite a challenging economic environment. The team is rapidly building one of the biggest datasets available on corporate emissions.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2022

“Like many other firms right now, we have course-corrected heading into the new year given the economic environment and we have taken what we think are appropriate steps to account for the uncertain times ahead.” . “We can confirm that we did have a reduction in staff,” a spokesperson said.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

And at a time when other financial players are increasing rates due to the difficult economic environment, Constrafor is able to lower its price to customers and pass on the savings to them, he added. That potential for additional capital gives Constrafor “scalable credit and capital for our business,” Ghauche said.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

And the current economic environment, it seems, is playing more than a bit-part in this trend. There has been a flurry of activity in the income verification space of late, with Pinwheel announcing $50 million in funding back in January , while Argyle attracted $55 million in March.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

“In the current economic environment, where companies are faced with difficult decisions, data-driven decision making is the norm and data incidents are simply not tolerated.” ” It’s hard to argue with that last point.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

“Today, affordability for rentals is front-and-center in every aspect of our current economic environment. The pandemic has changed real estate forever,” Hobbs told TechCrunch in an email interview. Inflation and rising rents are crushing renters — and rising mortgage rates are turning even more people into renters.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

In this TC+ post, she discusses the current economic environment and shares “actionable tips for closing pre-seed to Series B rounds.”. “Any change is an opportunity to create leverage, and a downturn is no exception,” writes Masha Bucher, founder and general partner of early-stage VC firm, Day One Ventures.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We had a great conversation about: How he’s advising portfolio companies to weather this downturn What he’s looking for in new investments How startups can stay relevant no matter the economic environment What he’d be if he weren’t a VC (hint: Mark Cuban follows a similar playbook) His new initiative around embedded fintech With two decades of experience (..)

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

But that metric is imperfect, as companies don’t raise at the same time and the economic environment can drastically change from one year to another. If Big VC Firm is willing to invest $100 million for a 25% stake of a startup, the startup is now worth four times this investment, or $400 million — at least on paper.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In a keynote address Zennström gave a blunt assessment of the economic environment, while unpacking how he failed several times in his own career during tough economic conditions.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

It brings to mind the AI Economist , a Salesforce-developed research environment that similarly runs millions of simulations to come up with plausible fiscal policy. Beyond pricing, Arena can ostensibly simulate things like inventory management. Image Credits: Arena.

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