TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

French startup Riot has raised a $12 million Series A round to iterate on its all-in-one cybersecurity awareness platform for businesses and their employees. The startup originally focused on fake phishing campaigns. Recently, the startup created a fun internal experiment that it doesn’t plan to release publicly.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

According to a survey by marketing startup Uberall, there was a more than 11% increase in customer engagement with local businesses in 2020 versus 2019 and more than 35% increase in conversions via websites and phone calls during the same time frame. Yelp) and then automatically responds to those reviews.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

5 investors discuss Boston’s resilient tech ecosystem Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify In order to build a startup culture, a city or region needs some key elements in place – like an innovation engine to drive startup ideas. Register for the free virtual event here.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

The end of a second straight month of nearly daily layoffs shows how every startup sector, from mobility to fintech, is impacted by the downturn. Edtech business Byju rose to prominence over the pandemic as it both helped answer the demand for remote education and boasted the highest known valuation of any startup in India.

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Dream It

APRIL 8, 2020

In fact, Jason started investing during the financial crisis. Jason invested in companies like Uber and Calm during the financial crisis. In general, companies can expect to come out of accelerators at half the valuation they would otherwise have in favorable economic environments. Takeaways Survival is key.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Public market investors are punishing Big Tech for several strategic errors that I believe offer valuable lessons for startups to learn from. Public market investors are punishing Big Tech for several strategic errors that I believe offer valuable lessons for startups to learn from. What do you think?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

We have helped thousands of companies — ranging from seed-round startups and late-stage unicorns to mature public companies — navigate it by implementing practices that can allow them to survive and thrive. Invest in digital transformation to make your data actionable.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

Gutter Capital , a New York venture capital firm, closed on $25 million in capital commitments for its first fund to invest in pre-seed and seed stage companies focused on affordability, economic mobility and climate change. They also had to prove that they could translate their angel investing experience into leading rounds. “It’s

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Torenberg, an early Product Hunt employee and the founder of investment firm Village Global, assumed the role only a year ago. Other changes at the well-known startup include the sunsetting of several communities and spinning off its career advanced arm into a new separate business entity. Over $2 million has been deployed since 2021).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Zoe , a startup founded by doctors and researchers out of London and Boston, made its name during the pandemic with a popular — dare we say viral? “Given the tough economic environment, we wanted to make sure we have the capital to do this. — self-reporting Covid-19 app.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This is Part 2 of a two-part examination of the state of the startup capital market during the past two years. From an investor’s perspective, 2022 witnessed a sudden market reversal from an extreme equity seller’s market to an equity buyer’s market, causing dislocations throughout angel, VC, and startup ecosystems.

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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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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Information reported in late August that Arctic Wolf was in talks to raise $300 million, making this round a decided success in a punishing macroeconomic environment. This week, Crunchbase further noted that while cyber startups saw more funding in H2 than all of 2020 ($8.9 Through the same period in 2021, startups had around $13.3

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

The Michigan-based autonomous ride-hail and shuttle startup raised $111 million in a Series C round that it says will help it get to driver-out operations in 2023. This round brings the total investment in Aurora Labs to about $100 million. RoadBotics , a road infrastructure images analysis startup, was acquired by Michelin.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 10, 2022

When a company is accepted into the YC batch program, we now invest a total of $500,000. We still invest $125,000 for 7% and now also invest an additional $375,000 on an uncapped safe with an MFN 1. Our founding principles state that YC’s value is “the number of startups we help times how much we help them.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

In the fast-paced world of startups, financial forecasting can often be overlooked or considered a back-burner issue. Why is financial forecasting important for startups? For startups, financial forecasting is not just a tool for appeasing investors; it’s the backbone of effective strategic planning. Embrace scenario planning.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This year, that activity has cooled down, and so have things at this e-commerce startup. “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.” Primer , a U.K.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

If you thought the fourth quarter of 2022 felt slow when it came to investment activity in the fintech space, that’s because it was. billion of investment dollars went to fund fintech startups in the fourth quarter. In fact, the three-month period marked the lowest quarter for U.S. based companies.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The Sydney, Australia-based startup announced today it has raised $3 million for its carbon management platform. Its clients include consulting firms like KPMG Australia and Point B, and solar energy startup 5B. . The startup monetizes by charging professional services and consultancies a flat fee each month based on licenses.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Fintech startup Checkout.com was in the news this morning because the Financial Times reported that the payment company had slashed its internal valuation to $11 billion. Unlike Klarna’s down round , the new valuation wasn’t determined by a VC firm willing to invest in the company. Entrepreneurs need to make some concessions.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 13, 2020

Investors learn too, and often invest in a failed entrepreneur a second time if believing that those lessons have been well learned, Success can teach lessons too. The economic environment changing downward. Yes, it works both ways. A successful entrepreneur who has seen the movie before is even more valued. Including cash.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

In addition, the investment includes access to a credit facility with Apollo. 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.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

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. Technology investment in Q3 is around 30% down on the same period in 2021. In this environment a lower valuation is no reflection on you.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. I had a lot of fun learning more about what Hans thinks about investing in addition to what he views as the best advice he’s ever received, and I hope you will, too!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

Suggesting that the market isn’t oversaturated yet, another data observability startup secured venture capital this week: Sifflet. “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.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

Aiming to compete with Bilt in the nascent property renter rewards market, Stake , a startup that provides cash back and banking services to renters, today announced that it raised $12 million in a Series A round led by RET Ventures’ new RET Ventures ESG Fund.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

But that’s what startup Arena claims to do, fueled by a round of funding ($32 million) led by Initialized Capital and Goldcrest Capital along with Founders Fund, Flexport and a colorful cast of characters, including retired general David Petraeus, Peter Thiel, and Y Combinator CEO Michael Seibel. Image Credits: Arena.

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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. Aside from lead backer G Squared, Truework’s Series C round included investments from Sequoia Capital, Activant Capital, Khosla Ventures, Indeed, Human Capital and Four Rivers Group.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

But the challenge of address verification has a broader impact on the socio-economic environment. According to a survey conducted by OkHi, a smart addressing startup on hundreds of Nigerians, 78% stated they were required to prove their address to get a job.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 10, 2022

When a company is accepted into the YC batch program, we now invest a total of $500,000. We still invest $125,000 for 7% and now also invest an additional $375,000 on an uncapped safe with an MFN 1. Our founding principles state that YC’s value is “the number of startups we help times how much we help them.”

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 24, 2025

Before launching Pivt , Lynn gained valuable experience at Bloomberg LP in London and Autonomy Ventures , where she excelled in securing startup deal-flow, managing teams, and driving value creation for portfolio companies. Despite companies investing millions in relocation logistics, most overlook support for the human side of transitions.

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