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. Even with all of that growth, the company is monitoring its cash burn rate in this new economic environment.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

.” Choudhary added that it plans to bolster its existing headcount by 100 through 2023, taking its total number of employees to around 270 — further evidence, perhaps, that data-focused software companies are well-positioned to weather the current economic headwinds.

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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

AUGUST 11, 2022

The companies that took their first venture capital during the craze decided to join forces with other well-capitalized competitors. To give TechCrunch+ readers a better understanding of what education investors are looking for today, seven leading venture capitalists in the category answered a series of questions about the sector’s future.

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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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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

APRIL 10, 2022

It’s just different in different economic environments, it’s never shut, so to speak. After that $150 million is in, tell me about that next stage — that’s going to require more creative business models, different go-to-market strategies that generate revenues along the way. The exit value is what drives it all.

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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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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2022

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

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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

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

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The company has raised tens of millions in venture capital from investors, including Founders Fund, Village Global and Tiger Global. On Deck Scale is for founders of high-growth, venture-scale companies and costs $10,000 per year. On Deck told TechCrunch that Booth was unable to do a phone interview due to a family obligation today.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Boston by the numbers The chart below shows Boston fluctuating between third and fourth place in overall venture capital investment over the last several years, moving back and forth with the Los Angeles area startup scene. These schools, both private and public, act as an engine for ideas and producer of engineering and business talent.

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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. Any business can use more money.

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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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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

OCTOBER 6, 2022

“In a turbulent economic environment, security will remain a top priority for companies. ” The debt brings Arctic Wolf’s total raised to $900 million, $499 million of which is venture capital. ” The debt brings Arctic Wolf’s total raised to $900 million, $499 million of which is venture capital.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

based venture firm Accomplice is leading the round, with previous backers Balderton Capital, Ahren, Daphni, and new backer L Catterton also participating. “Given the tough economic environment, we wanted to make sure we have the capital to do this.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

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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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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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

As an investor that has a basket of potential investment options to choose from, those opportunities with more visibility in the sustainability of their cash flows are at an advantage in uncertain economic environments.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

It brings to mind the AI Economist , a Salesforce-developed research environment that similarly runs millions of simulations to come up with plausible fiscal policy. Beyond pricing, Arena can ostensibly simulate things like inventory management. Image Credits: Arena. The business had grown “profitably” up to this point.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

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.

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Startup Blogpost

APRIL 7, 2023

Startups can not only survive but also grow in a difficult economic environment by creating products and solutions that address the shifting needs of their target audience. Consequently, venture capital firms may be on the lookout for exciting opportunities, making a recession the ideal time to raise an additional round of funding.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Regina said that 80% of millennials sleep next to their phones (I’d venture that so do most Gen Xs and Baby Boomers), and one of the tactics that have led to Mashable’s success is to deliver news to people on the platforms where they live. ECONOMIC: Consider the economic environment. And how can they deal with it?

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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 16, 2022

“In our current economic environment, companies can’t afford to ignore back-end risks and slow processes.” “This combination of automation, financial stability and accurate reporting enables freight brokers and their partners to navigate volatile shifts in the economy.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

the blockchain [is] simply changing one word: any entity exchanging value with any other entities in a frictionless way”— Ken Seiff , Managing Partner at Blockchange Ventures on The Pomp Podcast 2. internal network) statistics for Bitcoin as well as the macro economic environment. Gandhi led India’s campaign for independence.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2023

The risk of branding : Natasha M digs into the oh-so-biased branding risk in venture capital. The highs and the lows : Enterprise SaaS companies continue to navigate a complex economic environment , report Ron and Alex. TechCrunch+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

Meanwhile, global venture funding reached $415.1 Kothapa wasn’t surprised by the overall drop in investment activity given the macro-economic environment and recovery from COVID, which resulted in higher inflation and the Fed raising interest rates. billion of that, or nearly 30%, flowed into U.S.-based based companies.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

This workforce reduction further underscores that the venture capital firm is struggling to grow, both externally and internally. Today’s cuts are slimmer but show how tensions manifest for the company through two separate economic moments. The StockX EC-1. Substack cuts 13 employees.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

May originally announced an initial closing of an $83 million Series C in January , which was led by Mirai Creation Fund II and included Tokio Marine, Toyota Tsusho, Bridgestone Americas , as well as returning investors like Toyota Ventures and LG Technology Ventures. Together, they bring May’s total funding to $194 million.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

2022: The Aftermath In 2022 war, inflation, rising interest rates and a tougher economic environment–one not buoyed by historically low interest rates–brought an end to the long-term bull market in assets (the “everything bubble”), including startup capital. 2 A (temporary) venture capital reset? Higher litigation risks.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

No one goes here right now : An Amazon exec told Brian that the delivery giant will have a corporate hiring freeze through the end of the year as it adjusts to the current economic environment.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 24, 2025

Before launching Pivt , Lynn gained valuable experience at Bloomberg LP in London and Autonomy Ventures , where she excelled in securing startup deal-flow, managing teams, and driving value creation for portfolio companies. Her insights have been featured in publications such as Forbes, The London Evening Standard, and Digital Trends.

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