TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

At TechCrunch, it often seems as if every other startup story is about yet another fun company raising satchels full of venture capital. One truth is that successfully raising capital from a VC firm is a huge milestone in the life of a startup. Not understanding why your VC partner might be interested to invest in you is dangerous.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In 2014, Prayank Swaroop made a pitch to the storied venture firm Accel, where he worked as an associate, about future marketplaces in India. At the time, Flipkart and Snapdeal were the only two e-commerce startups in India that had shown a semblance of scale. Accel and Quona recently backed Shivalik Small Finance Bank.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

” Katai also shared his impressions of Romania’s startup ecosystem, suggestions for maintaining top-of-mind status with customers, and reinforced the often-overlooked need to continually repurpose content to grab mindshare. Boston’s startup market is more than setting records in scorching start to year.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 3: Startup founders don’t have kids.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

That only changed in 2019, when it decided to incur losses in favor of investing millions trying to conquer the U.S. Pitch perfect, you might think. But whatever the intent, it would be another two years before the firm eventually had the opportunity to invest in Klarna at what was almost certainly a much higher valuation.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Disrupting the traditional MBA may be the most tried, tested and tweaked edtech startup pitch out there. And rightfully so: Business school is damn expensive and largely reserved for a select group of people who have the time and money to invest in elite education.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

I’m very interested in the tech stack of private equity/VC firms , both to improve the efficiency of Versatile VC and also as a focus area for our investing. Ideally, we wanted to pull in data from outside databases , including data about limited partners and more broadly the startup ecosystem (e.g., Hootsuite).

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Yeah, baby, we are ready to jump right into a jam-packed day dedicated to the growth and success of the entire early-stage startup ecosystem. TechCrunch Startup Battlefield presented by Capital Connect by J.P. Building and running a startup has become even more daunting and challenging. Making Care Actually Work.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Horizon Capital , an investment firm based out of Kyiv, is in the process of raising a $250 million fund that it plans to use to back tech startups in the country and neighboring Moldova. The startup ecosystem in Ukraine is, arguably, in an even more precarious state when considering all of the above. and Catherine T.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

This Space is not a forum for pitching an article — if you’d like to submit your post for consideration, please email guestcolumns@techcrunch.com. Ask @YourProtagonist tomorrow, October 19 at 3 pm PT/ 6 pm ET during our Q&A (but please save your pitches to send over via email!) — TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) October 18, 2021.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

It’s a decent metaphor for our startup ecosystem: Just as there aren’t enough sandbags in San Francisco to keep everyone’s house dry, rising interest rates, skittish investors and looming economic uncertainty are poised to bring valuations down even further in 2023. We need to destigmatize down rounds in 2023.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. Main investors include TMT Investments, TLF Ventures, Flyer One and others. It has raised $14.7

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 3: Startup founders don’t have kids.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

That only changed in 2019, when it decided to incur losses in favor of investing millions trying to conquer the U.S. Pitch perfect, you might think. But whatever the intent, it would be another two years before the firm eventually had the opportunity to invest in Klarna at what was almost certainly a much higher valuation.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2021

“This investment will allow us to double-down in our core markets, accelerate our leadership position in places where we are already very strong and continue to expand our excellent Q-Commerce division, as well as bring new innovations to our unique multi-category offering to extend more choice to our customers.”. ”

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

Angel investing in tech startups is a gut wrenching and risky business. Most of them lose, but sometimes you invest in a “unicorn” and make 100 times your money or even more. Ycombinator is the largest and most successful startup incubator in history, and it was started right here in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

We are excited to invest in fast-growing consumer and techsumer companies doing over $10 million in revenue, are quickly scaling and need growth capital. I would be thrilled to find an investment based in Miami, however Clerisy is not focused on a specific geography. Where do you see Miami’s startup scene five years from now?

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

Top carmaker invests in Connected Energy. OurCrowd is investing in this Series B round alongside energy, banking and equipment manufacturing giants. Israeli startup ProFuse aims to cut the production price of lab-cultured protein. Learn Mo re. We kicked off in the UK and focused on the Benelux countries in Europe. Learn More.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I see a clear cultural change happening in the investing universe, as more people pay attention to ESG objectives and apply an ESG filter to their investments. Bank of America has predicted $20T to flow in ESG investing strategies in the next two decades. For every company I’ve invested in, I can talk about why we invested.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I see a clear cultural change happening in the investing universe, as more people pay attention to ESG objectives and apply an ESG filter to their investments. Bank of America has predicted $20T to flow in ESG investing strategies in the next two decades. For every company I’ve invested in, I can talk about why we invested.

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