Crypto and blockchain startups haven’t been having a good time raising funds for quite a while now, given the overall slowdown in funding, a stronger focus on due diligence, and […]
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Back to news homeHow to pitch me: 15 investors talk about what they’re looking for in August 2023
Summer 2023 has been the hottest one on record since 1880, but while early-stage founders were sweating over the order of the slides in their pitch decks, the investors they […]
Pitch Deck Teardown: BusRight’s $7M Series A deck
As soon as I saw the cover slide for BusRight, I knew I was looking at something really interesting. BusRight is a school-bus management platform that aims to improve efficiency […]
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 […]
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 […]
Proclaim raises $15M so you can pressure-wash your mouth
We all know the importance of good oral hygiene (you do brush twice a day, don’t you?), but despite its obvious impact on our mouths as well as our overall […]
Prompt engineering startup Vellum.ai raises $5M as demand for generative AI services scales
This morning, Vellum.ai said it had closed a $5 million seed round. The company declined to share who its lead investor was for the round apart from noting that it […]
Fund of funds are starting to play a different role for venture LPs
Fund of funds (FoF) were created to serve as a bridge for LPs to get access to managers they couldn’t back otherwise. But in an environment where funds are not […]
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 […]
No, you’re not raising money to increase your runway
I often hear founders say they are raising money to increase their runway by 18 to 24 months. In a sense, that is accurate, but only from the startup’s point […]