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Gorgias’ valuation rises to $710M with $30M Series C for e-commerce customer support

TechCrunch

At the time of the Series B, it was supporting more than 4,500 stores with its technology that brings all of the channels that shoppers use to contact online stores into one feed for each company. This way support tickets can be managed in a number of different ways, including live chat, email, phone, SMS, messaging apps and social media.

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Wing Venture Capital’s Fifth Annual Enterprise Tech 30 List

American Entrepreneurship

GenAI, Developer-and Data Stack-Focused Companies Dominate List as well as 80% of ET30 founders are Millennials Five years ago, Wing Venture Capital introduced their annual Enterprise Tech 30—a list of the most promising, private enterprise tech private companies across all stages of maturity.

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Dan Teran shares Gutter Capital’s challenge of closing its first fund

TechCrunch

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. It was way harder than venture capital as a founder,” Teran told TechCrunch. “I

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Cyber firm Arctic Wolf raises $401M in debt, eyeing a potential IPO

TechCrunch

“In a turbulent economic environment, security will remain a top priority for companies. ” The debt brings Arctic Wolf’s total raised to $900 million, $499 million of which is venture capital. “Security isn’t solely a tools or staffing problem — it is an operational problem.

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Three Learnings for Startups after Big Tech’s Q3 Earnings Beatdown

Entrepreneur's Handbook

When speaking with founders looking to raise capital, as an investor, I like to see some thoughtfulness in your approach to determine what your revenue targets are, and what amount of capital/resources you believe you’ll need to achieve those targets. What about post-sales support to keep customers satisfied?

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Proptech in Review: 3 investors explain why they’re bullish on tech that makes buildings greener

TechCrunch

We asked three venture capital firms investing at the intersection of proptech and climate tech about how a focus on reducing emissions can trim a building’s carbon footprint and offer new opportunities for returns. This economic environment will continue to test a lot of companies. That’s where proptech can step in.

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The end of a second straight month of layoffs in tech

TechCrunch

The layoff comes nearly three months after Backstage Capital narrowed its investment strategy to only participate in follow-on rounds of existing portfolios. This workforce reduction further underscores that the venture capital firm is struggling to grow, both externally and internally. The StockX EC-1.