TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

You could even say some are bullish: “If anything, I expect our investment pace to increase this year as early-stage fintech companies prioritize operational discipline and product differentiation,” said Emmalynn Shaw, managing partner of Flourish Ventures. Gone are the days of investing on a whim.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

No founder event would be complete without pitches! TechCrunch editorial is looking for 6-7 founders to take part in a Pitch Deck Teardown. Mastering the Pitch Deck Pitches are critical in the quest for funding and first customers. Without further ado, here are your judges for the TC Early Stage Pitch Deck Teardown.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2023

It’s too early to determine whether SVB’s downfall heralds a new era for venture capital, but based on anecdotal evidence, off-the-record discussions and chats with co-workers, it seems like we’re back to business as usual as far as pre-revenue startup fundraising is concerned. There’s plenty of tactical advice here, and much more to come.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2024

Pitch, the company behind a collaborative presentation software for businesses, is scaling back and bootstrapping, with CEO and co-founder Christian Reber stepping down and two-thirds of its employees losing their jobs. This translates roughly to 80 personnel, based on the 120 headcount figure Pitch has published on its about page.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

The crypto venture capital industry has become more selective thanks to the general market downturn and wavering trust caused by a slew of scandals and market disruptions, but investors at major firms are still writing checks in the space. We surveyed: Michael Anderson , co-founder, Framework Ventures. How big is the DeFi market today?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

To meet the changing startup landscape, we’re refreshing and re-imagining TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in a big way, with more of what you love and new ways to accelerate your growth. What’s new at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023? Disrupt 2023 — we’re shipping a big new release by Matthew Panzarino originally published on TechCrunch

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2023

One of the quieter conversations in venture capital has only grown louder, in my DMs and interviews, over the past few months: The known bias in venture capital has been a branding issue for some of the emerging, diverse fund managers just now splashing onto the scene. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2023

But I’ve always found those same focuses to be especially in conflict with what it means to be an early-stage founder pitching your vision: You have to have Elon Musk-level ambition, big dreams and the ability to sell a company to investors before there are any real metrics behind it. What is this, revenue growth for ants?

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

There’s even a pitch-off, and we’re looking for Columbus-area startups to apply and pitch. Register for the virtual event here , and apply for the pitch-off here. Forge plans to add 200 new jobs by 2023. Apply for the pitch-off! Janine Sickmeyer, Overlooked Ventures. Pitch Competition (4:20 pm EDT).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2023

It took me a while, but I’m realizing that my startup love language is discussing any attempts to standardize the opaque and often informal world of venture capital. Or, as I covered this week, a tool for startups that lets companies simultaneously blast out the same application — or pitch — to multiple angel and pre-seed investors.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2023

Investors, we’re back with a reminder that TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 — happening September 19–21 in San Francisco — can help you pump up your pipeline and dial up your deal flow. Go meet and talk with them, get a product demo, and watch them fast-pitch from the Pitch Showcase Stage. Are you ready to hunt for future unicorns?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Silicon Valley law firm Cooley recently reported that it “handled 298 disclosable venture capital financings for Q3 2022, representing $8.1 bank JP Morgan chose to announce the launch of its healthcare venture capital practice , which will invest in early- to growth-stage companies in the space. Yet, November was also when U.S.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Practice pitching your startup on this week’s TechCrunch Live. I have two amazing guests and they bring along a lot of startup pitching experience. Three guests of this week’s TechCrunch Live event will have two minutes to practice their elevator pitch and they’ll get four minutes of candid feedback from the two guests.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Practice pitching your startup on this week’s TechCrunch Live. I have two amazing guests and they bring along a lot of startup pitching experience. Three guests of this week’s TechCrunch Live event will have two minutes to practice their elevator pitch and they’ll get four minutes of candid feedback from the two guests.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2023

.” Teach yourself growth marketing: How to boot up an email marketing campaign Putting numbers on the global venture slowdown Image Credits: Nigel Sussman/TechCrunch According to CB Insights’ State of Venture report, VC funding fell 35% in 2022.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

If you’d like to know what investors are looking for, how they want to be approached and what they’re most likely to ask, keep reading.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

Why should you go to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in San Francisco on September 19–21? Five reasons to go to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 1. Each Startup Battlefield company will also fast-pitch live on the expo’s Pitch Showcase Stage. Rapidly Grow your AI Startup : With Jeremiah Owyang, investor, Blitzscaling Ventures.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

With major universities and a legacy of innovation, the city is a great place to start up and run a venture-backed business. Apply to participate below: Are you the founder of an established Boston-area startup and want to participate in the pitch off? 406 Ventures since 2007, is one of the leading VCs in the Boston area.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 28, 2023

April 28, 2023 ) – Fifteen tech-enabled startups with at least one team member from an underrepresented demographic are sharing $198,000 in non-dilutive grant funding from Delaware’s third Startup302 competition, which was coordinated by Delaware Prosperity Partnership (DPP) and partners from throughout Delaware and beyond.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

It’s a decent metaphor for our startup ecosystem: Just as there aren’t enough sandbags in San Francisco to keep everyone’s house dry, rising interest rates, skittish investors and looming economic uncertainty are poised to bring valuations down even further in 2023. We need to destigmatize down rounds in 2023.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

As of this writing, 103,767 workers have been laid off from 345 startups so far in 2023. Mentors are immensely helpful, but they’re not a requirement: We run articles regularly that explain how to create pitch decks and reach out to investors. Many tech workers have never experienced a job market like this one.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

One of the most popular activities at a TechCrunch conference is watching top-notch early-stage founders square off in a pitch competition. Seriously, who doesn’t love a pitch-off? And the Crypto Pitch-off is just one more compelling reason to go to TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto on November 17 in Miami.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

After setting records in 2021 as “Zoom investing” took off, how are local startups faring in 2023? It seems Boston is faring well, and part of the reason for that appears to be that remote pitching is still a trend. Attend the TechCrunch City Spotlight: Boston event on February 27, 2023. Register for the free virtual event here.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

In an excerpt from her new book “Breaking into Venture,” SemperVirens General Partner Allison Baum Gates revisits her early days as an investor, when establishing deal flow and networking were skills she’d yet to acquire. Job platform interviewing.io ” Should you post that you’re #OpenToWork?

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 8, 2023

December 08, 2023 10:35 AM Eastern Standard Time SAN DIEGO—San Diego Angel Conference at the University of San Diego (SDAC) activates angel investors and connects them with early-stage companies seeking seed funding. Accredited investors are invited to nation’s largest angel conference, which has invested $4.8M

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

You don’t need to move to San Francisco to launch a startup, but working here does have some advantages: moderate weather, natural beauty, great food, and sure, the world’s largest concentration of venture capital. ” Thanks very much for reading. Have a great weekend!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Plan ahead for Disrupt 2023 and bank big savings Early action deserves to be rewarded. Don’t miss the Startup Battlefield 200 companies exhibiting at the show or the epic Startup Battlefield pitch competition. Is your company interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

There’s also been an increase in syndicates and investment groups consisting of Africans at home and in the diaspora, as well as an increase in the number of founders of later-stage companies who are now investing in other founders,” said Kola Aina, general partner at Ventures Platform. For global venture capital, 2021 was an outlier.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2023

After a Tahoe-based tech conference, Sheel Mohnot, the fintech investor behind Better Tomorrow Ventures, is beatboxing in his head — all day, every day. If you hear about a venture firm or startup winning, raising, flailing or, oh I don’t know, booting an executive because of internal happenings, tell me. No pitches, please.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The three competitively selected entrepreneurial ventures espoused Maesa’s mission of out-of-the-box thinking that helps find unmet consumer needs that could be fulfilled through innovative beauty products. Following completion of the program, each venture received a $35,000 grant to take their business to the next level.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2023

I’ll be moving on to a new publication, continuing to report on venture capital and startups. I’m thrilled to share that Haje Jan Kamps , a longtime reporter and the creator of our amazing Pitch Deck Teardown series, will be taking over Startups Weekly. It’s a bittersweet move.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

MoCap money tap : Haje is back with another Pitch Deck Teardown, this time of Rokoko’s $3 million strategic extension deck. Daily Crunch: Google to sunset Stadia in January 2023, will refund hardware purchases by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch. An IPO at last!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Join us for our first episode with Benchmark and Cambly taking place on February 1, 2023 at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET. TCL’s mission is still to help founders build better venture-backed businesses. But going into 2023, there’s new urgency behind this mission. Want to get feedback on your pitch during the show?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

But after spending hours watching YC’s Winter 2023 Demo Day pitches this week, we also couldn’t help but try to connect the dots: Are Scandinavian startups making waves at Y Combinator? When The Exchange wrote about Sweden’s startup scene at the end of last month, we said we’d revisit the Nordics this week.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Money continues to flow into new venture capital funds. For example, in the past month, Runa Capital , Lerer Hippeau , Razor’s Edge Ventures , First Star , OurCrowd , Northzone , Janngo Capital and Kapor Capital all announced new funds. Scale Venture Partners Raises New $335 Million Fund.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In 2014, Prayank Swaroop made a pitch to the storied venture firm Accel, where he worked as an associate, about future marketplaces in India. Byju’s, India’s most valuable startup, doesn’t plan to list in 2023 and is instead moving ahead with a plan to list one of its subsidiaries, Aakash , next year, TechCrunch previously reported.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

And what is the venture perspective on startups building tech services for employee well-being? This event broadcasts live on March 15, 2023 , and it’s free to attend. It’s going to be a great chat. See you there!

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