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Venture capital funding may have slowed, but VC firms have no problems raising new funds

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With a large population, Pakistan is geographically smaller, well-connected with fewer provinces, has lower regulatory barriers and doesn’t have strong incumbents,” Khurshid, who is originally from Pakistan, said via email. This allows Pakistani startups to scale faster throughout the country and expand into other markets.”.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Edtech VC survey, 5 founder mistakes, fintech liquidity, more

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Some readers say they use our surveys to study up on an individual VC before pitching them, so let us know which format you prefer. 10 VCs say interactivity, regulation and independent creators will reshape digital media in 2021. Does a $27 billion or $29 billion valuation make sense for Databricks?

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FintechOS nabs $60M for a low-code approach to modernizing legacy banking and insurance services

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“Challenger” startups in banking and insurance have upended their industries, and picked up significant business, by building more customer-friendly tools and services — more personalized, easier to access and usually competitively priced — than those typically provided by their bigger, incumbent rivals.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Creating financial models, UiPath’s plummet, pitch deck pro tips

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Last quarter, UiPath grew its revenue by 39%, so “the company fits neatly into the high-growth SaaS bucket,” wrote Ron and Alex Wilhelm. If your business requires a lot of preparation to understand the nuances before you meet the VC, you probably need to reframe your story a little bit and simplify,” she said.

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Vareto raises $24M from GV, Menlo and all-star angels to reinvent financial planning for enterprises

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The B2B SaaS startup thus aims to become a command center for the finance and executive teams to see how a business is doing in real time and to be able to make necessary operational changes faster. The VC says she experienced that firsthand when running product growth and monetization at Invoice2go. . Image Credits: Vareto.

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Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A

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On the bright side, the fact that VCs are more discriminating about where they put their dollars could actually lead to more M&A activity, according to Ruark. That is one reason why a number of VC firms have told their portfolio companies to focus on performance and cut costs,” he told TechCrunch. Well, that was fast!

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EnquireLabs aims to pull back the curtain on consumer behavior

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This is where he says the differentiator is between his company and the incumbents, like Momentive/SurveyMonkey or Typeform, which focus more on the research space, while EnquireLabs is focused on how to put the data to use in real time. million in seed funding. The round was led by True Ventures, with participation from V1.VC,