Dream It

APRIL 8, 2020

Jason sat down with Steve Barsh , Managing Partner of Dreamit, to give founders relevant downturn strategies. In fact, Jason started investing during the financial crisis. Runway is a crucial indicator of survival that signifies your company’s future financial ability to sustain operations. Again, survival is key.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

I would say the past few years have been more of an anomaly, and we are getting back to a more sustainable pace. Emerge Education’s Jan Lynn-Matern, meanwhile, was quick to point out that edtech investment in Europe is growing despite the slowdown in the United States — the sector has secured $1.4 Edtech activity feels quieter.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

If you want the audience to invest some of their time and attention in your piece, you owe it to them to put some effort into the content. The Director of Strategy and Business Development Asia Pacific at Mashable, Gwendolyn Regina, told Ad:tech New Zealand in November that the overwhelming competition for attention has made it into currency.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

Strategy ranges; some companies are laying off specific teams, others are distributing cuts across all departments, and many aren’t responding to comments when asked for further information. Backstage Capital cuts majority of staff after pausing net new investments. Either way, the data is grim.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

Late-stage investing has definitely dried up quite a bit… It’s just a matter of time before it sort of trickles down, but there’s a lot of cash in the system right now. Seed-stage actually persists even during economic downturns because people still seem willing to make small bets. You asked me for some categories?

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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. A shift from late-stage pre-IPO investing to renewed emphasis on early stage.

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