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After a record 2022, 8 investors explain why it’s ‘still just Day 1’ for Africa’s startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

This shows that Africa’s investment landscape is still very promising because it continues to grow, and there’s increasing interest in multiple startup ecosystems, including nascent ecosystems. billion, which we believe is an indication of the maturity of the ecosystem and the growing/diverse financial needs of entrepreneurs.

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4 Indian investors explain how their investment strategy has changed since 2021

TechCrunch

A hallmark of that spirit is quite visible these days in the country’s flourishing startup ecosystem, which has expanded rapidly in the past few years, to say the least. However, the global slowdown has impacted startups’ growth in the country, just like everywhere else in the world. How has your investment strategy changed?

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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. Should SaaS companies trade at a 24x Enterprise Value (EV) to Next Twelve Month (NTM) Revenue multiple as they did in November 2021? At Upfront we believe clearly in “super focus.”

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Five, count ’em, five reasons you need to be at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023

TechCrunch

AI Stage Fintech Stage Hardware Stage SaaS Stage Security Stage Space Stage Sustainability Stage 3. World-class speakers The startup ecosystem is packed with brilliant minds, and you’ll always find the best and brightest leaders across the startup spectrum speaking on the stages at Disrupt.

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How York IE Is Reshaping the Way Startups Are Build Scaled and Monetized

Jason Malki

As CRO of Dyn, Kyle led the company to $100 million ARR and a $600 million acquisition by Oracle, where he was a general manager and vice president of product strategy for the cloud infrastructure business inside the $300B Big Red empire. Current York IE investment highlights include Cyberhaven, Flywheel, Canvs, HourWork, Metadata and Vetro.

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Startup Fundraising Playbook for 2024

Entrepreneur's Handbook

In this stage, startups can choose to raise their seed round from early-stage VCs and angel investors. Business #3 (Scale): The only job is to create a growing but sustainable business. In this stage, startups raise their series A, B, C, …. Bill Payne’s startup valuation method example. to grow their business.

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The Equity Seller’s Bubble of 2021 Part 2 • 2022 From a Startup Equity Seller’s to an Equity Buyer’s Market

Angel Capital Association

From an investor’s perspective, 2022 witnessed a sudden market reversal from an extreme equity seller’s market to an equity buyer’s market, causing dislocations throughout angel, VC, and startup ecosystems. In a sharp reversal of 2021 values, 2022 SaaS multiples declined by more than two-thirds, returning to their 2019 levels.

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