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. City Spotlight: Boston Register for the free event here!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

Masha Bucher is the founder and general partner of Day One Ventures , an early stage venture capital firm that backs customer-focused startups and leads their communications. Masha Bucher. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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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

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

JANUARY 19, 2023

billion of investment dollars went to fund fintech startups in the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, global venture funding reached $415.1 This drop in unicorn births [for fintech] was actually smaller than what we saw for all VC-funded companies in 2022,” she told TechCrunch. Specifically, global fintech funding amounted to $75.2

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2023

Startups and VC Also today, we are releasing the final episode of our Inside Startup Battlefield podcast miniseries , which is all about TechCrunch’s pitch competition. And we have five more for you: Board already : Vinod Khosla’s advice for top VCs is to not sit on their founders’ boards , Natasha M reports.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Startups and VC. Spending management layoffs : Romain reports that spending management startup Pleo lays off 15% of its workforce. Robo-greenhouse layoffs : Agtech startup Iron Ox lays off 50 people , which is nearly half its staff, Brian reports. Are you ready to launch a bajillion-dollar startup? Big Tech Inc.

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