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Zero-based budgeting: A proven framework for extending runway

TechCrunch

And now that many startups are running through the venture funding they raised in the go-go-go times of pre-2021, many founders are facing the difficult task of reducing expenses to extend their runway. The best founders look for a framework to strategically cut burn while keeping their startup’s value drivers functioning.

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NJEDA Establishes Diversity Finance Advisory Board

American Entrepreneurship

(September 21, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced the establishment of the Diversity Finance Advisory Board (DFAB) which will work to increase access to institutional capital for women- and minority-owned startups.

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten VC

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. As an agenda for each meeting, I suggest: – How can we most add value, in addition to helping with financing?

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten VC

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. As an agenda for each meeting, I suggest: – How can we most add value, in addition to helping with financing?

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Alternative financing, Web3 adoption, India’s hot Q3 fundraising

TechCrunch

In conversation with reporter Taylor Hatmaker, Rubin said NFTs show that individuals can benefit from Web3 adoption, while decentralized finance and cryptocurrency trading are more commercialized forms. Which form of venture debt should your startup go for? “And that’s, I think, the simplest way, the shortest way I can explain it.”.

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6 crypto investors talk about DeFi and the road ahead for adoption in 2023

TechCrunch

The crypto venture capital industry has become more selective thanks to the general market downturn and wavering trust caused by a slew of scandals and market disruptions, but investors at major firms are still writing checks in the space. We surveyed: Michael Anderson , co-founder, Framework Ventures.

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Digital asset exchange DigiFT scores $10.5m in Shanda-led funding

AsiaTechDaily

Other investors including HashKey Capital, a multi-stage global venture capital firm investing in visionary blockchain founders, Hash Global, a Web3 venture capital firm with offices in Singapore and Shanghai, Xin Enterprise Pte.