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TechCrunch+ roundup: Fighting fundraising fears, XaaS CS strategy, the ‘collapse’ of VC

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Any change is an opportunity to create leverage, and a downturn is no exception,” writes Masha Bucher, founder and general partner of early-stage VC firm, Day One Ventures. In this TC+ post, she discusses the current economic environment and shares “actionable tips for closing pre-seed to Series B rounds.”.

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Cyber firm Arctic Wolf raises $401M in debt, eyeing a potential IPO

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billion), funding to VC-backed cybersecurity startups isn’t on pace to hit last year’s high (over $23 billion). “In a turbulent economic environment, security will remain a top priority for companies. . ” Artic Wolf’s embrace of debt comes as the broader VC market slows down. raised close to $15.9

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9 strategies that will help you overcome your fear of fundraising

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In this economic environment, I’ve been asked by many founders how they can raise capital successfully, especially by those who feel demotivated by how long the process is taking. As a founder, how can you navigate this environment and successfully raise a round? Don’t dilute yourself for more than 10%-15% in any given round.

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Riot prepares your team against highly sophisticated cyberattacks

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While it is still quite difficult to raise a funding round in the current economic environment, Riot managed to put together an interesting list of investors. Base10 , a San Francisco-based VC firm that previously invested in flagship startup names like Figma , Notion and CircleCI , led today’s funding round.

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Decoding and learning from a business failure

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One VC I know calls this entrepreneur someone who “has seen the movie before” and even if it was the investor’s money lost as well, he spends time questioning the entrepreneur on lessons learned, often praising the person for having figured out the issues leading to the failure. The economic environment changing downward.

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Zennström calls the end of high-valuations era, says founders and VCs must remove stigma of downrounds

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In a keynote address Zennström gave a blunt assessment of the economic environment, while unpacking how he failed several times in his own career during tough economic conditions. But once it was over, I had the opportunity to start afresh. This is up from 12% in Q2, and the trend is continuing into Q4. .

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Even well-funded fintech companies are laying off workers

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Schulman added: “Over the past year, we made significant progress in strengthening and reshaping our company to address the challenging macro-economic environment…While we have made substantial progress in right-sizing our cost structure, and focused our resources on our core strategic priorities, we have more work to do.