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It’s time to hold investors accountable and abolish pro-rata

Vijay Chattha Contributor Vijay Chattha is a general partner in VSC Ventures and is the founder and CEO of VSC, a communications and content platform for early-stage technology startups. More […]




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Unlocking inclusion for women of color in web3

Audrey Handem Contributor Audrey is a VC at Speedinvest, a pan-European early-stage fund. Adetola Olatunji Contributor Adetola Olatunji is a Columbia Business School MBA candidate, investor (formerly of New Profit […]




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Don’t buy a breach or a bad reputation: A more effective approach to M&A due diligence

David Etue Contributor David Etue, CEO of Nisos, has 20 years of experience at early-stage and mature companies, bringing industry perspective built from experience including security program leadership, management consulting, […]







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UK’s ThirdFort nabs $20M for tools to help with ID verification, and detect money laundering and payment fraud

Money laundering has been a hot topic of late in the UK, which is facing pressure to not just make tighter rules to track down the origins of money that’s […]




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TechCrunch+ roundup: 3 views on Epic-Bandcamp deal, SPAC letdown, CIO sales strategy

You are more likely to close a sale if you have actionable insights into your prospective customer’s needs. But for enterprise software startups, this presents a special problem. Unless you’re […]




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TechCrunch+ roundup: 2021 edtech report, UBS-Wealthfront deal, falling startup revenue

I could spend hours discussing early-stage startup operations and community-based marketing, but deal flow is my blind spot. But when investment banking firm UBS picked up financial robot-advisor Wealthfront for […]




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Eleven Ventures closes new fund at $67.6M to invest in South-Eastern European startups

Bulgarian venture capital is experiencing something of a renaissance. Last year LAUNCHub Ventures raised a €70 million find aimed at South Eastern Europe, while Vitosha Venture Partners raised a €26 […]




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For the first time in 4 years, profitability beats growth

Jeremy Abelson Contributor Jeremy Abelson is the founder and lead portfolio manager of Irving Investors. Combining his experience as an operator and institutional investor, Abelson runs Irving as a multi-strategy […]




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5 areas where VCs can play an outsized role in addressing climate change

Jamil Wyne Contributor Jamil Wyne is an advisor, investor and author focusing on entrepreneurship, technology and economic development in emerging markets. He has worked with the World Bank, IFC, UN, […]