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Back to news homeDeal Dive: Forecasting rain on DTC’s Parade
You don’t need me to tell you that startups haven’t been doing great since the funding slowdown and valuation reset started back in 2022. But while some companies will be […]
Deal Dive: This AI startup is racking up government customers
Tax evasion, money laundering and other financial crimes are massive, costly issues. In 2021, the Internal Revenue Service estimated that the U.S. loses $1 trillion a year due to tax […]
Deal Dive: Most secondary sales in venture won’t look like Tiger’s Flipkart deal
A few months ago, it looked like all the pieces had fallen into place for a hot secondaries summer: Buyers were coming back to market, some companies and sellers were […]
Deal Dive: Cutting through the noise in a category clouded by catastrophic failure
Building a startup is hard enough but growing one in a category marred with Theranos-sized stigma is a new level of challenge. Vital Bio seems up for the test. The […]
Deal Dive: Futureverse is a metaverse company that might actually get it
Startups that look to improve an industry’s outdated infrastructure are definitely welcome in sectors like financial services and healthcare. But why would a company build infrastructure for an industry that […]
Deal Dive: Backing a founder again after they’ve spun out from their acquirer
It’s not often that a venture capital firm gets to back a startup again after it has exited — especially one that is still a private company. So when Builders […]
Deal Dive: Startups can still raise capital — even if it’s for a good cause
When venture funding started to slow in 2022, many feared that investors would retreat to where they were comfortable: SaaS companies founded by folks in their network. And any company […]
Deal Dive: Betting on the sports betting market
If you live in a state where online sports betting is legal, companies like FanDuel, Caesars Sportsbook and DraftKings don’t let you forget it. They dominate TV ad slots during […]
Deal Dive: Caraway shows what else digital health can do
Access to healthcare has long been an issue in the U.S., but the sheer magnitude of the problem became apparent during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Numerous digital […]