The U.K.’s Treasury Select Committee last month released a report on the diversity — or lack thereof — of the nation’s venture ecosystem. Black founders there receive less than 0.4% […]
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Back to news homeVC Office Hours: Black Girls Code founder Kimberly Bryant starts a new chapter
Kimberly Bryant has had quite a few ups and down during her journey as an entrepreneur, especially over the past year. Known for founding Black Girls Code, a nonprofit organization […]
What makes everyone so sure SAFE rounds are founder-friendly?
SAFEs, simple agreements for future equity, have long been touted as a founder-friendly structure for signing venture deals. But is it really fair to call them that? TechCrunch+ recently surveyed […]
Tech-ish companies’ killer IPOs are making startups look silly as hell
The inability or unwillingness of many venture-backed startups to go public is starting to sting. Backers of venture funds are increasingly leery about putting more capital to work in the […]
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 […]
All money is not created equal: What raising venture debt looks like
David Spreng Contributor David Spreng is a seasoned venture and growth debt lender with 30 years of experience, the founder and CEO of Runway Growth Capital, and the author of […]
The bittersweet tale of two seed markets
Venture funding has been declining since the first quarter of 2022. But that trend has largely spared the seed stage until now. Or has it? Q2 apparently was quite rough […]
Suffolk Technologies looks to be more than a CVC by not really being one at all
Suffolk Technologies wants to have its cake and eat it, too. Corporate VCs and traditional investors help startups in different ways. While venture capitalists are better equipped to help startups […]
Cooling inflation in the US brings slight relief to tech valuations
New U.S. inflation data is augmenting tech stocks listed on American exchanges, helping shares of cloud companies reach prices they haven’t been close to for nearly a year. The Exchange […]
As the value of startup exits craters, poor liquidity may be harming VCs’ ability to raise capital
Is the liquidity crunch caused by the slow pace of startup exits hurting fundraising for venture capitalists? Recent data on the second quarter makes that a somewhat easy theory to […]