Startup Blogpost

APRIL 7, 2023

From using the slowdown to innovate to seizing the opportunity to recruit talent cheaper, here are 10 answers to the question, “What are some effective ways a startup can benefit from a recession?” Overall, the success of startups during a recession can, in general, be significantly influenced by innovation.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Today, Teampay has hundreds of customers and significant venture capital financing behind it. million in debt) Series B led by Fin Venture Capital with participation from Mastercard, Proof Ventures, Trestle and Espresso Capital, bringing Teampay’s total raised to $65 million. million in equity, $11.75

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

Gutter Capital , a New York venture capital firm, closed on $25 million in capital commitments for its first fund to invest in pre-seed and seed stage companies focused on affordability, economic mobility and climate change. It was way harder than venture capital as a founder,” Teran told TechCrunch. “I

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Dream It

APRIL 8, 2020

In general, companies can expect to come out of accelerators at half the valuation they would otherwise have in favorable economic environments. Startups will most likely have to raise under unfavorable circumstances for a while, but the key is to persevere despite challenging market dynamics. Takeaways Survival is key.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Register Australian carbon management startup Avarni raised $3 million to streamline the future of carbon management in a funding round led by deep tech venture firm Main Sequence. The funding round was also participated by Vulpes Ventures and Common Sense Ventures, Avarni said in a statement. Remember Me. No account yet?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

By way of example, the likes of Observe , Monte Carlo , Cribl , Manta , and Coralogix all raised substantial amounts of funding last year, while in the five short weeks of 2023 so far we’ve already seen two fledgling observability startups in the form of Metaplane and Chaos Genius announce $8.4 million and $3.3

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Transpose Platform and Shopify led the round and were joined by previous investors Jason Lemkin of SaaStr, Rajeev Dham from Sapphire Ventures, CRV and Alven. Customer support startup Gorgias raises $25M. Even with all of that growth, the company is monitoring its cash burn rate in this new economic environment.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The Sydney, Australia-based startup announced today it has raised $3 million for its carbon management platform. The funding was led by deep tech venture firm Main Sequence, with returning investors Vulpes Ventures and Common Sense Ventures. . It will also hire more employees and open an office in the U.S. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

Masha Bucher is the founder and general partner of Day One Ventures , an early stage venture capital firm that backs customer-focused startups and leads their communications. Masha Bucher. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

A neuroscientist and attorney by education, with a genetics degree from UCSD and law degree from Northwestern, Khoury previously held roles as a geneticist, an attorney and a venture fund manager. “Despite the challenging economic environment, Soci has continued to thrive, innovate and drive value,” Khoury said.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

New investor Fifth Wall joined existing investors, including FinTech Collective, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Commerce Ventures, FJ Labs and NotreVis, in the round. Now Constrafor is back with another cash infusion of $7.5 million via a SAFE note, led by Motive Partners, that closed this month. Anwar Ghauche, CEO of Constrafor.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This week, Mary Ann interviewed Hans Tung , prolific investor and managing partner of GGV , a venture firm with more than $9 billion in assets under management.

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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

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

“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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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

Suggesting that the market isn’t oversaturated yet, another data observability startup secured venture capital this week: Sifflet. million) in a Series A funding round led by EQT Ventures with participation from existing investors. Today the company announced that it raised €12 million (~$12.7

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Last week at SaaStr, we unveiled the results of the Theory Ventures 2024 Go-to-Market Survey. Here’s a breakdown of the key findings: Increased Optimism & Steady Fundraising Expectations Despite the challenging economic environment, founders are more optimistic than 2022. The average outlook score has risen from 6.1

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Other changes at the well-known startup include the sunsetting of several communities and spinning off its career advanced arm into a new separate business entity. The company has raised tens of millions in venture capital from investors, including Founders Fund, Village Global and Tiger Global.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

Aiming to compete with Bilt in the nascent property renter rewards market, Stake , a startup that provides cash back and banking services to renters, today announced that it raised $12 million in a Series A round led by RET Ventures’ new RET Ventures ESG Fund.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 13, 2020

In fact, many angel investors or venture capitalists look for and respect the lessons learned by entrepreneurs that have survived a failed business. The economic environment changing downward. Are you currently at risk due to events you cannot control? Not all companies are successful. What questions should you ask?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Information reported in late August that Arctic Wolf was in talks to raise $300 million, making this round a decided success in a punishing macroeconomic environment. This week, Crunchbase further noted that while cyber startups saw more funding in H2 than all of 2020 ($8.9 Through the same period in 2021, startups had around $13.3

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

And the current economic environment, it seems, is playing more than a bit-part in this trend. Aside from lead backer G Squared, Truework’s Series C round included investments from Sequoia Capital, Activant Capital, Khosla Ventures, Indeed, Human Capital and Four Rivers Group.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Zoe , a startup founded by doctors and researchers out of London and Boston, made its name during the pandemic with a popular — dare we say viral? based venture firm Accomplice is leading the round, with previous backers Balderton Capital, Ahren, Daphni, and new backer L Catterton also participating.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

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.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

But that’s what startup Arena claims to do, fueled by a round of funding ($32 million) led by Initialized Capital and Goldcrest Capital along with Founders Fund, Flexport and a colorful cast of characters, including retired general David Petraeus, Peter Thiel, and Y Combinator CEO Michael Seibel. Image Credits: Arena.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

As the world moves into economic head-winds and geopolitical uncertainty, European founders must get used to taking tough decisions to ensure the survival of their startups. In this environment a lower valuation is no reflection on you. It’s market dynamics.”. It’s easy to hope the market will improve.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

“In our current economic environment, companies can’t afford to ignore back-end risks and slow processes.” To date, the startup has raised a total of $165 million. And most importantly, it ensures the entire supply chain continues moving in the right direction,” Krishnamoorthy continued.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2023

Startups and VC Also today, we are releasing the final episode of our Inside Startup Battlefield podcast miniseries , which is all about TechCrunch’s pitch competition. Moar layoffs : Tage reports that Nigerian B2B e-commerce startup Alerzo cuts 15% of full-time staff in second round of layoffs.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

billion of investment dollars went to fund fintech startups in the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, global venture funding reached $415.1 The second half of the year was especially bleak. billion of that, or nearly 30%, flowed into U.S.-based based companies. billion in 2022, marking a 35% drop from a record 2021.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

The end of a second straight month of nearly daily layoffs shows how every startup sector, from mobility to fintech, is impacted by the downturn. Edtech business Byju rose to prominence over the pandemic as it both helped answer the demand for remote education and boasted the highest known valuation of any startup in India.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

The Michigan-based autonomous ride-hail and shuttle startup raised $111 million in a Series C round that it says will help it get to driver-out operations in 2023. New investors to the round include SoftBank, State Farm Ventures, Next Century Ventures, SAIC, Wanxiang, Karma and 10x Group. also participated. Autonomous vehicles.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Startups and VC. Spending management layoffs : Romain reports that spending management startup Pleo lays off 15% of its workforce. Robo-greenhouse layoffs : Agtech startup Iron Ox lays off 50 people , which is nearly half its staff, Brian reports. Are you ready to launch a bajillion-dollar startup? You can sign up here.

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