It hasn’t been a kind year for blockchain-based startup activity. In addition to an asset-price correction during a general venture capital slowdown, web3-focused tech upstarts have also had to deal […]
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Back to news homeHave you marked down your portfolio yet? You are running out of time to hide
To mark down your portfolio or not mark down your portfolio? That is a question many venture capitalists are grappling with right now. But first, what does that mean? VCs […]
The good and bad news for women founders so far in 2022
How are women faring amid the venture capital and startup slowdown? New data paints a somewhat uneven picture, albeit one that tilts toward the negative. Startups are a global business, […]
Let’s stop pretending there are silos in startupland
I have been thinking a lot about silos, or the lack thereof, within startupland. There’s sometimes an artificial wall that is put up between companies at different stages of growth, […]
International startups shrug off US insurtech meltdown
A survey of Y Combinator companies makes it clear that the fintech subsector is far from dead Alex Wilhelm Anna Heim 11 hours Given the recent run of concerned headlines […]
Bullish or bearish? What to expect for Europe VC activity in 2022
With another year of venture capital records in the books, it’s time to look forward. Global data was clear: The 2021 venture capital startup investment cycle was record-breaking; around the […]
Venture capitalists fell in love with Europe last year
Amid this long-lasting startup era, 2021 may go down as the peak venture capital year. When The Exchange looked at global data for venture capital activity in 2021, we used […]
VCs are racing to pay more to get smaller pieces of less profitable companies
It’s data season, with groups like Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), CB Insights, PitchBook and Crunchbase News putting out data sets that we’re having fun exploring. This morning, we’re adding one […]
Expect an even hotter AI venture capital market in the wake of the Microsoft-Nuance deal
Microsoft’s huge purchase of healthtech AI company Nuance led the technology news cycle this week. The $19.7 billion transaction is Microsoft’s second-largest to date, only beaten by its purchase of […]
Fintech startups and unicorns had a stellar Q4 2020
The fourth quarter of 2020 was as busy as you imagined, with super late-stage startups reaching new valuation thresholds at a record pace, and total venture capital funding in the […]