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Wing Venture Capital’s Fifth Annual Enterprise Tech 30 List

American Entrepreneurship

“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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Q&A: How Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Can Help You

StartupNation

In 2021, we extended a grant to Grand Valley State University’s Veterans Entrepreneurship Lab. To stay competitive in the new economic environment, small businesses must be agile and adapt to shifting consumer preferences. Veterans and/or military spouses work on their business launch over a three-month period.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Fighting fundraising fears, XaaS CS strategy, the ‘collapse’ of VC

TechCrunch

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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Mayfield’s Arvind Gupta discusses startup fundraising during a downturn

TechCrunch

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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The end of a second straight month of layoffs in tech

TechCrunch

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.