Sat.Apr 09, 2022

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Crypto is altering the investing landscape for even the most disciplined VCs

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The long-awaited re-correction of private tech startup valuations and fundraising expectations has a web3-sized asterisk next to it. While many funds are returning to more conservative check-writing , with a focus on profitability and business fundamentals, crypto remains a sector in the spotlight that attracts dedicated billion-dollar funds and investment terms that remind us more of 2021 than 2022.

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Government action on tech innovation is good news for startups

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Dana Linnet. Contributor. Dana Linnet is president and CEO of The Summit Group DC, an independent strategic advisory consultancy in Washington, D.C. specializing in defense, space and emerging technologies. She formerly held positions as a career U.S government official and contracting officer, defense executive and VP/GM for a Silicon Valley tech startup.

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Elon Musk, dual-class shares, and who owns the future

TechCrunch

Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. . Technology news was entertaining this week, if nothing else. The fact that we started the week learning that Elon Musk had bought a material percentage of Twitter’s stock , spent the mid-week period learning that he had joined the board, and by the end of Friday were busy reading about h

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