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Back to news homeMain Sequence hits first close of $450M AUD for its third deep tech fund
Main Sequence, an Australian venture capital firm, said Wednesday it has raised the $450 million AUD (approximately $303 million) first close of its third fund. The venture capital firm, founded […]
Deep tech in Latin America and the Caribbean is set to skyrocket
There’s room for a twentyfold increase in VC investment in LAC deep tech startups, report says Anna Heim 19 hours The Tesla Gigafactory planned to be built in Mexico should […]
TechCrunch+ roundup: Deep tech tips for SaaS VCs, toxic fundraising, student visa startup options
If someone said “startup” while we were playing a word association game, I’d respond with “fundraising.” (I bet you would, too.) Asking people for money is a key aspect of […]
Deep tech VC First Star plots a $40M third fund
First Star, backer of deep tech startups like Plus One and Fyto, aims to raise as much as $40 million for its third venture fund, TechCrunch has learned. Based in […]
Here’s why climate tech may avoid repeating clean tech’s failures
About a decade ago, the clean tech boom went bust. Industry darlings were dropping like flies. Solyndra, most famously, shut down after taking a $500 million loan from the U.S. […]
Europe’s deep tech depends on university spinouts
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3 ways deep tech founders can climb out of pilot purgatory
Champ Suthipongchai Contributor Champ Suthipongchai is a co-founder and general partner at Creative Ventures, a method-driven deep tech VC firm investing in startups that address the impact of increasing labor […]
VCs weigh in on Europe’s future in the critical deep tech market
Writing about Europe is hard today. Russia is invading Ukraine as we write, and global markets are in freefall. This is the continent’s political and military backdrop. Last week, this […]
Sectors where New Zealand startups are poised to win
As a remote island nation in the middle of the South Pacific, New Zealand is experiencing the stirrings of a burgeoning startup scene. The country has historically been capital-starved, but […]