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TechCrunch+ roundup: Tested TAM tips, no-code tech survey, writing crypto white papers

TechCrunch

I haven’t launched a successful startup, but I have helped write several pitch decks. How to calculate your startup’s TAM, SAM and SOM. On Twitter, Boldstart Ventures partner Ed Sim noted that Gitlab’s valuation has fallen from $15B to $5.5B, and Hashicorp has dropped from $14B to $6.7B. Walter Thompson.

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Keeping It Simple

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

At 60, with 35 years of venture investing experience, I still get most things wrong. I told him the story of how I bumped into Rikki Tahta walking through the garment district in NYC in the spring of 2011 and Rikki told me he was working on a Bitcoin startup. I replied, “a what coin startup?” Investing is humbling.

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Funds offering ‘friends and family’ checks could bring the change underrepresented founders need

TechCrunch

A new white paper by the venture fund Fifth Star put into context how incongruous such statements are: The average friends and family round is $23,000. Black family wealth is $3,630 compared to $79,000 for white families; the average Black founder raises less than around $1,000 from family and friends.

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Revolution Ventures backs Casted in B2B-focused podcast play

TechCrunch

And now Casted has raised $7 million in Series A funding led by Revolution Ventures. . Existing backers High Alpha Capital, Elevate Ventures and Tappan Hill Ventures also participated in the financing, which brings Indianapolis-based Casted’s total raised to about $9.3 million since its inception.

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At Last – An Asset Class Achieving High Ownership at Low Cost

Angel Capital Association

By: Nick Zasowski, Director at Global Startup Studio Network Startup studios are gaining steam across the angel investing landscape. As the Global Startup Studio Network (GSSN) researched last year, the early signs of studio data are just the beginning for the growing expectations.

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The Heartbeat of Korean Gaming: Pangyo Techno Valley’s Evolution into a Cultural Epicenter

AsiaTechDaily

Besides, a multitude of small to medium-sized companies and startups specializing in gaming also call it home. To further this commitment, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups has designated an expansive area, including both the 1st and 2nd Pangyo Techno Valleys and the KINS Tower, as the game & content special hub.

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Blockchain startup XREX gets $17M to make cross-border trade faster

TechCrunch

Blockchain startup XREX was launched to help cross-border businesses in emerging markets perform faster transactions with products like a payment escrow service and crypto-fiat exchange platform. Huang sold his previous startup , anti-malware SaaS developer Armorize Technologies, to Proofpoint in 2013. Growing up in the U.S.

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