TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

The first quarter of 2022 brought a historically huge sum of investment for global startups, with the three-month period outclassing any quarter in 2018, 2019, and 2020, according to CB Insights data. But despite the fact that Q1 2022 posted historically elevated results, venture capital investment decelerated from Q4 2021 levels.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

Venture capitalists are chatting this week about a recent piece from The Information titled “ The End of Venture Capital as We Know It.” Sure, it’s the end of venture capital as we know it. The early-stage venture capital market is weird and chaotic. Feel free to tell me if I am wrong.).

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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. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday.

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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

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

It now offers more capital to chosen companies than ever and is in the process of working out how its program will operate in a post-COVID world. Like much of the venture capital landscape, Y Combinator has shrunk slightly this year. Where is Y Combinator startup-hunting in 2022? The current cohort of startups in the U.S.

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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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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. Part of the reason people love investing in venture capital is for the intangibles, right? 3 views: How due diligence will change in 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. Unless, of course, 2022 manages to out-crazy last year. A record year ‘round the world.

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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. No unicorns have been created so far in H1 2022.

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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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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. And if that happens, the exuberance of 2021 could become the hangover of 2022.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

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. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. To the moon.

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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. Africa had a killer year.

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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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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2022

We started 2022 on a relatively high note. Venture capital was still readily available. valuation after ‘a nearly 10x’ YoY increase in revenue : The corporate spend startup had doubled its valuation from August 2021 to March 2022. Mega rounds were still taking place! Decacorns were born. and it wasn’t pretty.

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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. TechCrunch once again spent much of the day watching a parade of startups present as part of Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 cohort, Demo Day part two.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Backed by international LPs, Southeast Asia-focused venture firms like Alpha JWC , AC Ventures and Jungle Ventures raised their largest funds yet. Indonesian venture capital firm Alpha JWC closes $433M third fund. As Southeast Asia starts to boom, an accelerator backed by Silicon Valley execs jumps in.

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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

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

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 We also have a very wide top funnel such that in 2022, we made initial contact with over 2,500 startups and ideas, and eventually only partnered with less than 1% of that top of the funnel.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2023

Venture capitalists tightened their investments, thousands of people lost their jobs and company valuations stalled or fell amid a protracted bear market. An estimated 24% of startups on the Secfi platform reduced their fair market valuations in 2022, according to an internal analysis. billion valuation — an 85% decline.

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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. So much has been written about venture-backed startups and particularly about the most successful outliers. Reporting out in batches of five. Growth drives everything in this world.”

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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. The sharp reversal in 2022 from bubble to sober economics is well illustrated by Pitchbook’s index(1) of how founder or investor friendly the investing climate is. And did we see lower returns in 2022?

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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. The growing power of digital healthcare: 6 trends to watch in 2022. Between Q1 and Q3 2021, healthcare startups landed $21.3

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

TechCrunch has discussed the growing gap between public and private tech valuations in recent weeks , as an exuberant venture capital market seemed to move further apart from a late-2021 decline in the value of many technology companies. Much of the losses persisted or worsened in early 2022.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2022

The program’s 2022 edition started accepting applications on April 15, and the last date for the application stage is May 31, 2022. Furthermore, the government plans to find 200 promising startups through 2022 and 1,000 promising startups, and 700 pre-unicorn startups by 2025. trillion won (US$6.4

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

This issue is why we’re thrilled to announce that Gary Gysin, the CEO of Wisk Aero, and Cyrus Sigari, the co-founder and managing partner at UP.Partner, will share their perspectives on the effect of air mobility on urban planning and development at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 in San Mateo on May 18-19.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The acceleration of venture capital and the burgeoning check sizes in the last few years has led to a decline in traditional due diligence. The pace at which deals were done increased, and the time to reach what VCs love to call “conviction” fell sharply. This compressed diligence cycles, leading to less intrusive vetting.

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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 biotech deals also set new records in 2022 for both median deal size, $33.5 Biotech was one of the most fortunate. The sector recorded 1,054 U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

That’s the top-level finding of a new PitchBook report that looked at VC trends toward the end of 2022, specifically Q4, including investments made at the seed, late-stage and nearing-the-exit levels. First, the good news: “On an annual basis, angel- and seed-stage deal activity remained relatively resilient in 2022, with $21.0

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

Buy a TechCrunch+ membership before July 4, 2022, and save 50% on an annual subscription. ” Useful news for investors and founders, but a worrisome signal for workers at software companies: Aggregator Layoffs.fyi tracked 75 layoff events in May 2022, and as of this writing, 152 in June. . “The 2022 correction is different.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The start of 2022 shows no signs of slowing, with more startups jumping into the fray to tackle one of humanity’s biggest challenges. Valerie Shen , partner and COO, G2 Venture Partners. Alex Bondar, Acre Venture Partners. What is your climate tech investment thesis in H1 2022? Carolin Funk, Blue Bear Capital.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Medium is on the lookout for some 2022 roundup stories. 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? 2022 in getting covid (again)? 2022 in vibe shifts ? Did you hear? But has it all been doom and gloom?

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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

MARCH 24, 2022

We refer, of course, to early-bird pricing on passes to TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 , which takes place in-person on May 18-19 in San Mateo, California, with an online component on May 20. Make it your mission to buy your TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 pass by April 1 and relish the thrill of scoring a great deal.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

While leagues behind fintech as a whole, insurtech startups have still attracted a significant amount of investment over the last few years — $43 billion between 2016 and 2022, according to a recent report. Insurtech IPOs don’t seem to be on the cards for 2022. How much have early-stage insurtech deals slowed in 2022?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Ivan writes that BeReal won “app of the year” for 2022 in Apple’s annual App Store Awards. According to a pre-seed report by DocSend, founders took an average of 52 meetings with investors in 2022, compared to 39 last year. The TechCrunch Top 3. Nigerian restaurant tech company Orda gobbled up $3.4 What about your friends?

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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. Apply it liberally.

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