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YC’s $500,000 Standard Deal

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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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Proptech in Review: 3 investors explain why they’re bullish on tech that makes buildings greener

TechCrunch

This economic environment will continue to test a lot of companies,” said Jake Fingert, managing partner, and Lionel Foster, investor, at Camber Creek. This economic environment will continue to test a lot of companies. Don’t miss out on this chance to get 25% off on an annual subscription to TC+!

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Mozart Data announces free tier to encourage smaller businesses to get on platform

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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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Celonis secures another $1B to find and fix process problems in enterprise systems

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. “Since the first days of Celonis, we have built a company that is operating on sound fundamentals, immutable customer value, and the kind of resiliency that performs at the highest levels in any economic environment,” Nominacher, who serves at CEO of Celonis, said.

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The B2B Sales Leader's Guide for Any Economic Environment

To thrive in a challenging environment, sales teams need a rock-solid grasp of the fundamentals and the biggest force-multipliers they can get their hands on. This guide is designed to help today’s B2B sales leaders ramp up their effectiveness in any economic environment.

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Data observability platform Acceldata raises $50M

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.” Choudhary added that it plans to bolster its existing headcount by 100 through 2023, taking its total number of employees to around 270 — further evidence, perhaps, that data-focused software companies are well-positioned to weather the current economic headwinds.

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Be relevant, or get downturned

TechCrunch

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 (..)