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 […]
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Back to news homeVC Office Hours: Fabrice do Rego on building one of the few Black-led funds in the EU
Before he became one of the few Black fund managers in the EU, Fabrice do Rego had quite a long career in finance. He started off with Lehman Brothers, before […]
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 […]
What’s it like being a Black founder in France?
In France, Shaila Sahai says pitching investors usually goes like this. She is a woman, Black and a CEO, and when she walks into a meeting with investors, armed with […]
15 investors talk about their investment cadence in H1 2023
As part of our ongoing coverage of VC performance in the first half of 2023, TechCrunch+ surveyed 15 investors about their investment cadence and their plans for the second half […]
11 VCs reveal how hard it was for their startups to fundraise in H1 2023
Everyone knows that raising venture capital has been harder for startups lately — unless you are building an AI startup, of course. But instead of only talking to founders, we’re […]
There are signs that it will be a hot secondaries summer
One of the main reasons we have yet to see a meaningful recovery in late-stage deal activity is the lack of consensus around how startups should be valued. No one […]
Keeping tabs on dry powder and university spinouts
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What happens if regulators nix the $20B Adobe-Figma deal?
When Adobe announced it was putting up $20 billion to buy Figma in September 2022, it didn’t take long before people began assuming it was a blatant attempt to take […]
While everyone keeps talking about AI, HRtech startups are quietly building toward a $24B market
While venture capitalists, startup founders and major tech companies compete to see who can say “AI” the most in a week, people are busy building other, more useful stuff. And […]