TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

We’re less than two weeks away from TC Sessions: Justice 2021 , a day-long deep dive into the state of diversity, inclusion and equity in tech. What’s more, the TC Include founders will take the virtual stage for a live pitch feedback session with a TechCrunch staffer during the conference. Founded by Lucinda Koza.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Entering 2021, the bullishness of African tech stakeholders returned — and why not? Stephen Deng, the co-founder and partner of DFS Lab, a firm that invests in digital commerce startups, serially compared the 2016 Southeast Asia funding landscape to where Africa might be in 2021, at $3 billion. billion and $2.8

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

On March 3, we’re hosting TC Sessions: Justice 2021 , a day-long virtual conference dedicated to examining diversity and inclusion in tech. Topics range from accessible product design and fighting algorithmic bias to the justice system, workplace organizing and support for underrepresented founders — and that’s just for starters.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

We’re looking for motivated early-stage founders who want to take advantage of every possible opportunity to launch their startups to new levels of success. This year at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 (September 21-23) we’re shaking up history and adding a new layer of opportunity exclusively for founders who apply for a Startup Alley Pass.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

That capital is adding up; since the start of 2021, climate tech startups have raised $88 billion, according to PitchBook data. Women founders have received just 6.9% But while climate tech and its backers might be experiencing an awakening, founders who identify as women have yet to experience it.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

It is clear that Black, women, Latinx and LGBTQ+ startup founders face an uphill battle when it comes to getting a share of the VC investment pie in Silicon Valley. It’s working with another Indy based VC firm, Allos Ventures , and Paul Ehlinger from Allos will be a venture partner at Sixty8.

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Hunter Walk

MAY 22, 2024

Darwin moves at half-speed in venture capital, allowing mediocrity and outdated ‘best practices’ to persist, much to the detriment of founders and LPs. 2021-2023 Start investing in amazing new VC firms, often anchoring the raise as one of their largest funders. What’s one possible solution?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Atman Capital, a year-old early-stage venture firm partially backed by about 20 founders, is sweetening the deal for these individual limited partners. “We spoke with over 100 founders, asking them what they wanted and what was important to them. and Latin America. Currently, 70% are from LatAm and 30% are from the U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Russ is the co-founder and CEO of DocSend. Now we are staring down the end of 2020 and looking toward what we all hope is a better, safer 2021. Founders and VCs alike have navigated the ups and downs of remote networking and fundraising interactions and will stick to what works and what doesn’t. Russ Heddleston.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

As such, founders and investors have always been incentivized to believe in optimistic estimates of a company’s true worth. Post-money valuations were inflated by market expectations in 2021, but they were also inflated by the underlying mechanics of the valuation model itself. The miracle year of 2021.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

We love nothing more than highlighting notable early-stage startups, and you’ll find plenty of them in the spotlight on March 3 at TC Sessions: Justice 2021 , a virtual conference exploring diversity, inclusion and the human labor that powers tech. Each TC Include founder gets a 60-second pitch to a TechCrunch staffer.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The Big Deal tracks funding rounds from $100,000 and above from startups operating in Africa with their headquarters on the continent or HQ outside Africa but with founders from Africa. African tech took center stage in 2021. The number of deals in 2021 grew 73% year-on-year from 244 deals in 2020. What was that number in 2021?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Selected from the most competitive batch in TC history, selected founders from across the globe will pitch on the virtual stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. It’s apparent that this next wave of founders are very much focused on building unicorns and also building deeply impactful technologies. Session 1: 10:45 a.m.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Eric Tarczynski is managing partner and founder of Contrary Capital. We’re entering a messy middle where prices continue to drop and the “2021” deal, industry slang for an investment made at an exorbitant price, is long gone. More posts by this contributor. University entrepreneurship — without the university.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 15, 2020

This is a theme I have come back to many times over the last decade but in the wake of all of the headlines about high profile founders, VCs, and companies leaving the bay area, I thought I would return to it. I am not saying that founders will stop traveling to raise money, although I think that may stick post-pandemic.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Just seven days until more than 10,000 people around the world storm the internet to attend TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. You’ll hear from iconic founders, unicorn makers, boundary-benders — all of it served up with a gigantic side of DIY tips, actionable advice, encouragement and inspiration.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Sesie Bonsi is the founder and CEO of Bleu , a financial technology platform focused on enabling touchless payment experiences. billion in the first half of 2021 — a fourfold increase from the previous year. Or will we have to repeat the same conversations about representation failings within VC funds? Sesie Bonsi. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

Because VC investment in the region didn’t start slowing down in the last few weeks: Dollar funding has now fallen for three consecutive quarters in the region. Mexico: $258 million, down 59% from Q4 2021. billion, down 32% from Q4 2021. Colombia: $457 million, up 56% from Q4 2021. Brazil: $1.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

After a blockbuster year for venture capital funding in 2021, the flow of capital to Indian startups seemed like it would buck global trends in early 2022, but dried up in the second half of 2022. Fundamentally, we are looking to partner with founders who are going after large problems in large markets to make a dent in the world.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2022

This was another blockbuster year for global venture funding, with 2021 breaking records across the board. Beyond being awash in capital, the VC industry has also seen a historic number of exits. Beyond being awash in capital, the VC industry has also seen a historic number of exits. Deal activity is at record highs.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2021

When you’re head-down and nose to the grindstone — I’m looking at all you hard-working early-stage startup founders — it’s easy to miss a deadline for an outstanding opportunity. Case in point: competing in Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 in September. 11 words and phrases to cut from your VC pitch deck.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

There are an estimated 100,000 Italians already living in London, attracting the likes of Riccardo Zacconi, co-founder of King.com (maker of Candy Crush) and Simon Beckerman of social shopping app Depop. The good news: VC funding in Italy has grown. It has an estimated 67 VC funds, with 18 of them started since 2015.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 21, 2021

A well-known entrepreneur turned VC, who will go unnamed because I am not sure he would want me to share this conversation publicly, once told me “if you remove a founder, you must sell the company within a couple of years or it will start to decline in value.” Most are not. It has to come from the top.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Less than 2% of venture capital funding went to all-female founding teams in 2021, marking a five-year low, new data from Pitchbook shows. All-female founding teams did receive 83% more funding in 2021 in absolute dollars compared to the year prior, but that’s likely because US startups overall raked in a record amount of cash last year.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

It offers information on loans and grants and is accompanied by a quiz that provides specialized answers for founders regarding their capital needs and wants for expanding their businesses. It also has a long-running partnership with the Bank of America Capital Program to help provide affordable loans to women founders.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

But to build one, founders must first define clear goals and create value for participants. 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions. 2021 was a year like no other when it came to venture investment, and this year is poised to tread a similar path, writes 500 Global’s CEO and co-founder, Christine Tsai.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

Early-stage founders, why not take a page from the old Doublemint gum slogan — double your pleasure, double your fun — and buy a dual-event pass for access to both TC Early Stage 2021 events? Founders, investors and other startup experts who’ve been in the trenches and done the heavy lifting. Don’t wait.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Chroma , a startup working to build a new type of audiovisual entertainment specifically for mobile devices, is now adding a Twitter co-founder to its board. In 2017, Stone publicly announced he was returning to Twitter to lead strategic vision, brand, and culture, where he remained until 2021. million in seed funding (5.1 Chroma did.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

VC investment, according to “Beyond Silicon Valley,” a new report co-produced by venture firm Revolution and PitchBook. So far in 2021, only about 27% of U.S. VC dollars have gone to Bay Area startups. But that was a long time ago. In recent years, Bay Area startups have accounted for a smaller percentage of U.S.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 takes place September 21-23, and we’re here to call out just some of the awesome content we have scheduled over three very busy days. You gotta pay to play: Buy your pass to Disrupt 2021 here and open a door to opportunity. You gotta pay to play: Buy your pass to Disrupt 2021 here and open a door to opportunity.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

Global data was clear: The 2021 venture capital startup investment cycle was record-breaking ; around the world, startups raised more money than ever before, with individual geographies posting all-time hauls. PitchBook data collected on the European 2021 investment cycle pegs venture activity at €102.9 Africa had a killer year.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

From 2018 to 2021, investments in the AV sector across the U.S. and Europe increased by nearly 2.5x, eventually peaking at close to $10 billion in 2021. In 2022, these companies attracted $7 billion in investments, defying the broader slowdown in VC investment by growing 15% over the previous year.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2021

We brought on some of the biggest names in tech and VC, including likes of Roelof Botha, Kirsten Green, Zach Perret, Charles Hudson, Aileen Lee, Mark Cuban, Howard Lerman, Niko Bonatsos, Alexa Von Tobel, Aileen Lee and the list could go on and on and on. . We’re super excited about our ECL plans for 2021 and we hope you are, too.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

in a seed investment round led by La Famiglia VC , out of Berlin, the €250M fund raise for which we covered just last month. Other investors include Lightbird, Anamcara and Angels including Ignaz Forstmeier, co-Founder at Personio, and Charlie Songhurst, former Head of Corporate Strategy at Microsoft. It’s now secured $3.8M

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

The next Battlefield takes place at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. Founders from these three startups took a chance, gave it their all and ended up winning the championship — and $100,000 — in their respective years: Canix (2020), Render (2019) and Forethought (2018). 11 words and phrases to cut from your VC pitch deck.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2021

Today’s the day new founders get down to the business of, well, building a better business. TechCrunch Early Stage 2021: Operations & Fundraising provides early-stage founders with access to top founders, investors and subject-matter experts across the startup realm. Who’s ready for bootcamp? Are you ready?

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

The prospect of more women writing checks was viewed as a positive for female founders, a cohort that has struggled to attract more than a fraction of the funds that their male peers manage. During a time of plenty, many female founders are still going without. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. What the data show.

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