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Riot prepares your team against highly sophisticated cyberattacks

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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. Base10 , a San Francisco-based VC firm that previously invested in flagship startup names like Figma , Notion and CircleCI , led today’s funding round.

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9 Steps to Start Making Money in Crypto

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You can also follow the co-founders Ryan Sean Adams ( @RyanSAdams ) & David Hoffman ( @TrustlessState ). He’s trusted enough among founders and crypto enthusiasts that he was even roped into acting as the escrow account for $22M in bets between Do Kwon & some critics. Ryan Selkis ( @twobitidiot ) : one of the longest tenured?—?and

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Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders

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It needs a couple of successful exits, which in turn drives angel investing as entrepreneurs growing increasingly wealthy look to help new founders building companies reach their own goals. It requires accelerators and incubators and coworking spaces to help nurture early ideas, and it needs VC firms investing across stages.

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Even well-funded fintech companies are laying off workers

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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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The Equity Seller’s Bubble of 2021 Part 2 • 2022 From a Startup Equity Seller’s to an Equity Buyer’s Market

Angel Capital Association

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. Smaller VC fundraises? VC resets are often short-lived.

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

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Similarly, there’s no reason to be fearful about raising money, but like carefree cruisers at full sail, founders should have healthy respect for a process that’s not under their control. In this TC+ post, she discusses the current economic environment and shares “actionable tips for closing pre-seed to Series B rounds.”.

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Zennström calls the end of high-valuations era, says founders and VCs must remove stigma of downrounds

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As the world moves into economic head-winds and geopolitical uncertainty, European founders must get used to taking tough decisions to ensure the survival of their startups. He pointed to data from Pitchbook showing an uptick in down rounds in Q3 this year, with almost 19% of all European VC funding now fitting this criteria.

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