TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

The company also supports background checks for employers and staffing companies seeking to verify potential new hires. And the current economic environment, it seems, is playing more than a bit-part in this trend. Truework estimates that it will power in excess of 12 million income and employment verifications this year.

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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. These start at £59.99/month

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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. It supports card payments, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Alipay, bank transfers, SEPA direct debits and it also lets you issue payouts.

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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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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

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

French startup Pigment has raised a new round of funding less than a year after raising a $73 million Series B round. While Pigment isn’t disclosing the valuation of the startup, it is going up following today’s deal. Because there was an opportunity and because the current economic environment doesn’t look great.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 30, 2014

Because the publicly traded SaaS companies continue to grow and because the economic environment is relatively stable, I’d argue the multiples will revert to right around the median, in the 4-5x range. Some startups may face valuation-to-revenue mismatches when/if they need to raise follow on rounds.

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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

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

More ways to pays : Venmo and PayPal are following suit behind Stripe and Square to begin supporting Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhones, Ivan writes. Startups and VC. Spending management layoffs : Romain reports that spending management startup Pleo lays off 15% of its workforce. Are you ready to launch a bajillion-dollar startup?

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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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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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