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

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As the market swoons, venture capital firms continue to announce new funds. Haris Khurshid, general partner at Chalo Ventures , launched a $50 million second fund focused on investing in Pakistani startups and a smaller percentage in Latin American startups. As the global venture capital market slows, is the US dodging the downturn?

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

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For our latest investor survey, Natasha Mascarenhas polled 13 edtech VCs to learn more about how “employer-led up-skilling and a renewed interest in self-improvement” is expanding the sector’s TAM. Here’s who she spoke to: Deborah Quazzo , managing partner, GSV Ventures. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin.

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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. Pitch deck pro tips from a leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist. ” Pitch deck pro tips from a leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist. opens in a new window) license.

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Felicis Ventures partners share the four pillars of scaling a SaaS startup

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At TechCrunch Early Stage this month, we sat down with Felicis Ventures partners Viviana Faga and Niki Pezeshki to talk about scaling, product-market fit, and why it’s crucial to be “10x better” than the incumbents. Product-market fit.

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

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GV (formerly Google Ventures) led its $20 million Series A this year, and Menlo Ventures led its $4.2 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. Image Credits: Vareto.

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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. The round was led by True Ventures, with participation from V1.VC, million in seed funding.