abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

It’s no coincidence that Enron happened in the late 2000s and that FTX occurred in 2022. As the bull market raged on from 2015 to 2022, it became quite trendy for venture capitalists to wave the requirement for an annual audit which is embedded in almost every standard Series A term sheet. Letting the Good Times Roll” .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2021

As someone who covers Southeast Asia startups and funding stories, the best word I can think of to describe 2021 is “whoa!” Backed by international LPs, Southeast Asia-focused venture firms like Alpha JWC , AC Ventures and Jungle Ventures raised their largest funds yet. million people.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Venture capital data thus far in the third quarter indicates that investment into blockchain-focused startups is on pace to contract dramatically compared to recent quarters and the heady 2021 period. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Last year was a good 12 months of firsts for African tech startups. For the first time, the sector attracted over 1,100 unique investors in 2022, which in turn resulted in a record fundraising haul of $6.5 billion, according to data from Partech. How do you balance writing so many checks and funding the best companies?

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2023

Register Malaysia’s private equity and venture capital funding saw a significant increase in 2022, according to a report released by the Securities Commission Malaysia. billion) in 2022, compared to $3.35 billion) for VC by the end of 2022. billion) for VC by the end of 2022. billion (MYR16.08

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

It’s time to take stock of just what went down in the first three months of the year, which means a deluge of venture capital data and yet another earnings cycle. I want to start our formal Q1 2023 venture lookback with China. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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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

JANUARY 12, 2022

Data collected from a number of sources indicates that last year set venture capital records around the world. Today’s startup boom, from a venture capital perspective, is a wide-ranging and incredibly expensive enterprise. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. A record year ‘round the world.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The venture capital industry is built on signals. The startup, launching publicly today, is building a rating system for the venture capital industry. The 11-person startup currently takes around two weeks to whip up a report. “The The startup currently has over 100 funds on its platform.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

Although Africa’s venture capital totals remained afloat in the first quarter, some investors and tech stakeholders think there’s still a good chance the continent will join the rest of the world in a slowdown. Thus, as startup funding decreases in the U.S. ” Sherpa Ventures co-founder Aaron Fu.

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Hunter Walk

JANUARY 6, 2023

If 2022 was the year of the startup layoff, 2023 is going to be the year of the wind down. That’s not how early stage venture is done IMO — each company has its own reality and as investors we should service founders to their needs, not some overgeneralized advice. 2022 is done. 2023 shouldn’t be status quo.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

No startup sector was entirely immune from 2022’s market uncertainty — except maybe AI — but some proved more resilient than others. based deals in 2022, worth a collective $30.7 Comparing any sector’s results to 2021 is slightly specious, as that year was the peak of the last startup boom. The sector recorded 1,054 U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In addition to his venture investing knowledge, Bill has decades of management operations experience. The virtual state of corporate venture capital today. The digital healthcare revolution has already begun, and it will gain further momentum in 2022 as providers and patients look for new and better ways to improve care.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Medium is on the lookout for some 2022 roundup stories. And it’s been a turbulent year for startups and entrepreneurs; look at the tech-scape (and the stock prices) for a reminder. We’d love to read your takes on what 2022 meant for you as an entrepreneur or, more broadly, for the startup environment. 2022 in bad dates?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was. The industry has obviously changed enormously in 2022 but in many ways it feels like a “return to normal” that we have seen many times in our industry.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

That’s what early data appears to say about the global venture capital market in Q1 2022. In comparative terms, the dataset shows that the global venture market in Q1 2022 was in fact larger in dollar terms than its year-ago comp. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Data from a new venture capital fund and recent funding rounds underscore the pace of deal flow the crypto market has ahead of it, indicating that bets placed on blockchain-related startups will continue despite some wobbly indicators from the decentralized market.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

With another year of venture capital records in the books, it’s time to look forward. 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.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

The second day of Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 Demo Day is now behind us, and the TechCrunch team is recovering from watching hundreds of pitches in quick succession. Today we’re taking a look at AI startups, open source-focused companies, and, yes, more favorites. Here are TC’s favorite YC Demo Day startups, part 2.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Exhibiting your early-stage startup at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 in San Mateo, California on May 18-20 is one of the fastest ways to discover new opportunities and accelerate your growth potential. TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 takes place in San Mateo, California on May 18-19 with an online event on May 20. You do the math.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2022

We started 2022 on a relatively high note. Venture capital was still readily available. Watching one-click checkout startup Fast crash and burn was certainly one of the biggest stories in fintech this year. Mega rounds were still taking place! Decacorns were born. Then sometime in the second quarter, things took a turn.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

But 2022 was the year when this “spending” slowed and was instead more widely rebranded and accepted as actually being “borrowing.” Against this background, we formed our annual review of European edtech activity for 2022. billion in 2022 compared to $2.5 billion a year earlier. billion in 2021.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2023

Frederik Mijnhardt is the CEO of Secfi , an equity planning, stock option financing and wealth management platform for startup executives and employees. How investors can still get strong returns from late-stage tech startups. Last year was a painful one for startups and their employees. More posts by this contributor.

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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 27, 2022

When Homebrew Started Investing Its Own Money, The Reaction From Our Venture Capital Peers Surprised Me [Part One]. During the last several years venture firms approached fundraising like trips to an All-You-Can Eat buffet: fast, frequent, and without regards for the digestive impact. a buffet of money, digital art [DALL-E].

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

I asked some investor friends to share, as the title suggests, one thing they wished people better understood about venture capital. With a few legendary exceptions (like Hunter and Satya) most VCs haven’t had the personal success to deploy millions into startups. They have to fundraise just like startup founders.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

This week, Bill Taranto, president of Merck’s Global Health Innovation Fund, wrote a TechCrunch+ article that explored six digital health trends his corporate VC fund is tracking as we enter 2022. Between Q1 and Q3 2021, healthcare startups landed $21.3 The growing power of digital healthcare: 6 trends to watch in 2022.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 24, 2023

Register Startup Island TAIWAN, an initiative backed by Taiwan’s National Development Council, recently joined forces with domestic venture capitalists and listed companies to present a significant event showcasing the prowess of Taiwanese digital tech startups.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2022

SaaS has cemented its place in the epicenter of startup and Big Tech life, but it’s already being disrupted by the usage-based pricing movement. More startups are offering their services via a developer hook or API, and charging for customer usage over, say, a set number of seats for a predetermined period of time.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

There were two markets for insurtech startups in 2021: one welcoming and one dismissive. Private market investors poured capital into promising insurtech startups, while the public markets sent the value of recently public insurtech companies down — and then further down as the year progressed. Today it’s worth $1.82

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Register Indonesia-based venture capital firm East Ventures and Seoul-based venture capital firm SV Investment have joined forces to establish a new fund targeted at $100 million. Roderick Purwana, Managing Partner of East Ventures, expressed his satisfaction with the SV Investment partnership.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

was up in the first quarter of 2022, CB Insights and Crunchbase data show. In other words, the region escaped the global quarter-on-quarter slowdown in startup investment. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Q1 2022 was no different in that regard. and Latin American startup scenes. Data overview.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Register The Merah Putih Fund , an Indonesian government-backed venture capital firm, has successfully secured $300 million in the first phase of its inaugural fund. The initiative brings together five state-owned venture capital companies, each with a corporate focus.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This is Part 2 of a two-part examination of the state of the startup capital market during the past two years. 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.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2021

A few years ago, VCs were expected to perform extensive due diligence on startups. But power has now shifted toward the founders after a long run of investors holding more than half the power thanks to the commoditization of capital. Investors dove into financials, called customers and vetted founders.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

In prior roles, he was an associate at a LatAm-focused venture capital firm and worked in corporate venture with regional banks and the Brazilian stock exchange. More posts by this contributor US-listed SPACs have a new target: Latin American tech companies Will Brazil’s Roaring 20s see the rise of early-stage startups?

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 11, 2024

With war, inflation, supply chain disruption, epidemics and the end of nearly free capital, the twelve-year party ended in 2022. What some have called “startup apocalypse,” began with a decline in the S&P 500 (losing 20% of its value by Q4) and similar declines in other public markets. And did we see lower returns in 2022?

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Register Indonesian digital bank Superbank , supported by Grab, Singtel, and Emtek Group, is collaborating with Singapore’s Genesis Alternative Ventures to offer a financing package of $40 million for startups in Indonesia. This initiative will primarily focus on startups in the series B and series C funding stages.

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