TechCrunch

JANUARY 2, 2023

Victoria Treyger is a managing director at Felicis Ventures. Fintech has fallen a long way from the highs of 2021, and while 2022 was largely about the reset of the funding environment, 2023 is going to be a year of recalibration for fintech companies. Victoria Treyger. Contributor. Share on Twitter. It’s been quite an eventful year.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In 2023, the industry attracted substantial investments, with strong financial inclusion and blockchain technology gaining acceptance in some countries. This investment came from a consortium of regional investors, including Northstar Group, Alpine Ventures, Patamar Capital, and January Capital.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Register The South Korea Ministry of SMEs and Startups, in collaboration with the Korea Startup Forum, is set to host the highly anticipated “COMEUP 2023,” set to take place from November 8 to 10 at the renowned Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

As we embrace 2023, the Southeast Asian startup landscape is abuzz with anticipation surrounding cross-border acquisitions to shape the upcoming year. Utu’s Strategic Acquisition of CardsPal Utu , the Singapore-based travel technology company, secured $33 million in a Series B funding round led by SC Ventures in June.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Consequently, the Bay Area experienced a surge, capturing over one-third of all early-stage venture funding in the U.S., However, by 2022 (with most pandemic restrictions in the rear view mirror and financial markets facing challenges), investors began gravitating towards perceived safe havens, as reflected in the data.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Register AIOX Apex Angel Fund (AIOX) has introduced a new venture fund with a dedicated focus on deeptech and web3. In pursuing innovation and technological advancement, AIOX joins forces with X-PITCH 2023, to nurture founders in deeptech and web3. “We see immense potential in partnering with X-PITCH.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 18, 2024

Venture capital investments surged to unprecedented heights in 2023, surpassing $600 billion worldwide. This figure shows venture capital driving innovation and economic advancement globally.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Acadian Ventures , an early-stage venture capital firm, announced its 2024 Future of Work 100, an annual list of venture-backed startups impacting how work gets done in the future. Those recognized in this year’s list have raised a cumulative $30 billion in venture capital financing, with a total valuation of over $140 billion.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 31, 2023

I like to think of what we’ve been going through in the tech sector/startup land/venture capital over the last year as a cleanse. Venture capital firms got out of whack. This cleanse is likely to continue for most, if not all, of 2023 but I think it gets easier from here. Cost structures got out of whack.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In Fall 2023 and Fall 2024, LUUM began collaborations with Ulta Beauty and Nordstrom to pilot their innovative eyelash extension service in San Jose store locations. With its robust global patent portfolio and the support of notable beauty and venture capital investors, its reach is global. That caught the ready support of investors.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Ruth Foxe Blader has left her role as partner at Anthemis Group after nearly seven years to start her own venture firm, Foxe Capital, TechCrunch learned exclusively today. Winwood previously co-founded WVC:E, an organization that pledges to […] © 2023 TechCrunch. Sophie Winwood is serving as an operating partner.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Saviu Ventures, a VC firm targeting startups in Francophone Africa, has made an initial close of €12 million for its second fund with the backing of private investors, including French and Kenyan family offices.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

I saw Dan Primack assert that the venture capitalist’s customer is their limited partners in this tweet about the Citizen app, the recap, and their VCs: Regular reminder that, ultimately, VC funds works for their limited partners, not for their portfolio companies. The entrepreneur is the customer and the LP is the shareholder.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Menlo Ventures has raised $1.35 billion in new capital that it plans to use in part “to support the forthcoming generation of AI startups,” the venture firm announced today. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 4, 2023

USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — Apr 30, 2023 What’s Our Problem by Tim Urban (Book Review) Andy Weissman — Apr 28, 2023 Trust and Artificial Intelligence Mona Alsubaei — Apr 25, 2023 CarbonChain Samson Mesele — Apr 25, 2023 Joining the Venture Climate Alliance

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Ballistic Ventures, a venture capital firm dedicated to funding and incubating cybersecurity startups, is looking to raise as much as $300 million for a new fund, according to a regulatory filing. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise $300 million for its second fund — over […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2023

© 2023 TechCrunch. Suzanne Fletcher invested in 10 companies from the new fund, so far, and plans to invest in 40 companies in total. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

According to VC firm Atomico, companies in Europe are on track to raise just $42 billion […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2024

Venture capital often finds nonconsensus and nonobvious deals, but the process may take hundreds of meetings before the first yes. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Over the years, Al Mada’s approach has centered on acquiring majority shareholdings in some of Morocco’s largest private companies, with its portfolio spanning 27 markets […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 26, 2023

USV TEAM POSTS: Mona Alsubaei — Apr 25, 2023 CarbonChain Samson Mesele — Apr 25, 2023 Joining the Venture Climate Alliance Grace Carney — Apr 19, 2023 AI Learning Summit And those are great days for me.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2024

© 2023 TechCrunch. The situation has been worsening, and if this continued weakness persists in 2024, we could start to see global VC investment retreat to prior norms. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 4, 2023

“Latinos: Driving Prosperity, Power, and Progress in America” is the theme of the 2023 US Hispanic Heritage Month. Relying solely on foreign investments can limit the vision of business leaders and deter them from venturing into first-world markets. Such an approach fosters doubt and the belief that failure is inevitable.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. It wasn’t always like this and frankly it took a lot of joy out of the industry for me personally. What happened?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 5, 2023

In a world where constant change and the need for sustainable solutions are more urgent than ever, young entrepreneurs emerge as the driving force behind innovation and progress — as demonstrated by the winners of EO’s 2023 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards. However, their journeys are not without challenges.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Via TechCrunch by Arman Tabatabai: Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries. Matt Murphy and Grace Ge, Menlo Ventures Which trends are you most excited about in construction robotics from an investing perspective?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2023

For builders who are just starting on their founder journey, TechCrunch Early Stage is absolutely […] © 2023 TechCrunch. We’re excited to share this sneak peek at some of the fantastic speakers and sessions we have on tap. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

million in a pre-seed round led by Zayn VC with participation from Palm Drive Capital, Deem Ventures, Q Business and angel investors. The Singapore-based startup has launched an artificial intelligence-powered study now, pay later (SNPL) lending platform […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2023

Notably, Doorstead also announced that it picked up the Boston assets of another venture-backed proptech, Knox Financial, whose raise I had covered in 2021. I don’t have details as to what led to the latter company winding down its operations, but I suspect we’ll be seeing more of this sort of thing in 2023.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2023

million seed funding led by VentureSouq, with participation from 500 Global, DASH Ventures, Jahez Group, SEEDRA Ventures, Bunat Ventures, Hala Ventures, RZM Investments and several family offices including Al Rasheed, Siraj Holding, Al Bawardi, Al Nafea. The UAE and Kingdom of […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2023

million in seed funding led by Upfront Ventures alongside Oceans Ventures, Venrex Investment Management, Marlinspike Partners, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. That’s the vision of OurSky, a startup founded last year that’s aiming to make space observational data more accessible via a software platform and global telescope network.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

We asked a number of venture capitalists who are active in the AI investing space to walk us through what they are seeing in the market today. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Source: Pitchbook Q3–2023 NVCA Venture Monitor That said, the M&A dynamic in proptech is unique. Source: Carta Per Cooley , 21% of Q2–2023 financings were down rounds (compared to virtually 0% in Q4–2021) and “pay-to-play” provisions were up 2x relative to the 2021 market average (5.4% of all rounds vs. 2.6%).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2024

Paris-based startup Nabla just announced that it has raised a $24 million Series B funding round led by Cathay Innovation, with participation from ZEBOX Ventures — the corporate VC fund of CMA CGM. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2023

million in pre-seed investment led by Egypt-focused venture capital firm Algebra Ventures. Other investors that participated in the round include Dutch Founders Fund (DFF), Aditum Ventures, LoftyInc Capital and other local and global angel investors, the startup said in a statement. All rights reserved.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The red dot is 2023 - the other years are in grey. The time between rounds has also lengthened - something all of Startupland felt throughout 2023. The public valuation environment & pace of venture capital investments mirror those years better than others. Here’s another way of visualizing the data.

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Revolution

MARCH 7, 2024

Despite this, venture capital funding continues to miss the gender parity mark, with the gap between all-women and all-men-founded teams becoming even more pronounced amid a broader investment slowdown. of allocated capital in 2023 (compared to 18.2% Their preferences and spending habits quite literally move industries and economies.

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