TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

The Steel City has all the ingredients to be a hub for startups: a good university system, a cheaper cost of living — definitely when compared to places like New York and the Bay Area — and a proliferation of seed firms and startup accelerators. billion — venture investors on the ground can feel the city’s potential. (I

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2022

Register South Korea’s leading accelerator program K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , considered ‘a gateway’ to do business in Asia, invites global startups to participate. The program’s 2022 edition started accepting applications on April 15, and the last date for the application stage is May 31, 2022.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. That said, a paradigm shift of the broader venture landscape could be on the horizon. Concurrently, the number of funds raised in the eight-year period up to 2022 was 2,700 , up from 883 in 2010. Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 3, 2023

The startup, which operates the HDmall platform in Thailand and Indonesia, is excited to announce that it has successfully raised funding from a group of investors incl. Partech Partners, M Venture Partners, AC Ventures, iSeed, and Orvel Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

Better Tomorrow Ventures’ Sheel Mohnot landed some of his biggest wins before he ever started a venture firm. The investor previously worked as a partner at 500 , previously known as 500 Startups, where he raised and ran a dedicated fintech fund as well as helped build an accelerator. million valuations.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

While valuation cuts are often viewed as a negative event for a company — industry experts argued that a lower 409A valuation, which is set by a third party and is different from what venture capitalists measure — they make it cheaper for employees to exercise vested options. Stripe’s new and lower internal valuation, explained.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

Register K-Startup Grand Challenge(KSGC) 2022 edition has opened its doors for global startups to do business in South Korea. The startup accelerator program, launched in 2016, supports foreign startups that want to enter the Korean market and further explore the international markets.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

startup market, has been on a tear in recent quarters and years. Akin to many startup markets around the world, Europe has seen its venture capital totals rise, its unicorn ranks swell, and even a few major public exits. How hot is the market for European startups this year? Good news for 2022 European exits.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Procore and Autodesk are two examples of ventures in the construction space that went from startup to publicly traded companies today worth $6.2 To help them along, one construction tech-focused venture capital firm is eager to fund a new generation of startups in the space. billion and $40.5 billion , respectively.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

startup accelerator with global outreach that conducts demo days twice a year. This year’s Summer 2022 cohort gave us hundreds of batch companies to consider. But here, we’re detailing a few startups from the batch that caught our eye. Where is Y Combinator startup-hunting in 2022? And we’re back!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

In an in-depth post, Fernandez explains alternative financing for startups, and how to tell which option is right for you. Startup accelerators’ definition of ‘value add’ is due for a refresh. Startup accelerators’ definition of ‘value add’ is due for a refresh. 3 views on CES 2022.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2021

As we get into our dive into Q3 2021 venture capital numbers, one region in particular has our attention: Europe. While venture capital gains in markets like India, Latin America and the larger African startup ecosystem have proved impressive, Europe has posted strong results of its own. Let’s talk Europe!

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

” How our startup made it through 2 recessions without relying on layoffs. TechCrunch+ roundup: 2022 R&D tax prep, social media for founders, managing remote teams by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Y Combinator says it has intentionally shrunk the number of startups within its accelerator for the Summer 2022 batch. Amos said that the economic downturn and changes to the venture funding environment caused YC to reduce the number of companies funded between W22 and S22. This was intentional,” the statement reads.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s now raised a $10 million funding round led by Horizons Ventures, with participation from LifeX (Life Extension) Ventures (the launch of which which we covered last year ) Blackbird Ventures, Radar Ventures and In-Q-Tel ( the venture arm of the CIA ).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Startups and VC. After being bootstrapped for seven years, Ngrok today announced that it raised $50 million in a Series A round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Coatue. 3 methods for valuing pre-revenue novel AI startups. More check mark news in the Big Tech section. You can sign up here.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

According to Mike Asem , a partner at the Midwest-focused M25 venture capital shop, the new terms help Y Combinator, but come with “tradeoffs” for the group and founders themselves. We’ll examine the impact that the new deal may have on startup founders, both experienced and not.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

YKring, which launched its service in January, claims that it has more than 2,500 users with $35,000 in sales as of October 2022. DataBean : This startup develops a cooling system for data centers. Fasket : Fasket is a quick commerce startup that operates an instant grocery delivery business in South Korea. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Monday, March 28, 2022! It looks like French accelerator The Family is going through a bitter family feud, suing one of its co-founders for alleged forgery and “diverting €3 million that was supposed to be invested in several startups”. PT, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2022

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. AngelList’s recently closed early-stage venture fund brings back one of my favorite conversations within the world of early-stage startup fundraising: to data, or not to data. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This morning marked the kickoff of VC firm 500 Global’s Fall 2022 Demo Day, which saw over a dozen startups give their best pitches to prospective investors — and customers. ” He added: “We’re very proud of our accelerator. It’s demo day season.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 17, 2024

Plug and Play’s network consists of 50,000 startups, over 500 leading corporations, and hundreds of venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies. From 2020 to 2022, Plug and Play was the most active startup accelerator in the world, according to CB Insights.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Monday, February 28, 2022. Because it’s Monday, we need the boost, and a startup whose name includes a “!” The deal doubles the value of the startup to more than $4 billion, and indicates that SoftBank is still a risk-on operation. Startups/VC. PST, subscribe here. It’s a whole thing.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2022

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh, human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. You can often pick up significant market share in an economic downturn by just staying alive,” top startup accelerator Y Combinator wrote in an internal e-mail to its founders this week. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.

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