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Back to news homeQ2 fintech funding: LatAm, Caribbean more than doubles while payments takes a big hit
CB Insights released its Q2 State of Fintech report last week, and unsurprisingly, global funding in the space was down — plunging by nearly half to $7.8 billion, its lowest […]
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 […]
Shark Tank India falls short on investment pledges
Over a year following the inaugural season of the Indian edition of Shark Tank, the seven esteemed investors made good on less than half of their investment pledges, according to […]
Forerunner Ventures sees a future full of ‘digitally native franchises’
Forerunner Ventures first made its name in the venture world by betting on once-nascent startups like Jet, Bonobos and Glossier when it was far easier to build a digitally native […]
The fintech funding slump, by the numbers
Welcome back to The Interchange! If you want this in your inbox, sign up here. When it came to fintech news, we saw a pretty sluggish first half of 2023, and that […]
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 […]
Making sense of the latest climate tech funding trend stories
Last year, when venture capital’s fiery streak cooled, climate tech held strong with tens of billions in deals despite geopolitical instability, hiked-up interest rates and crypto chaos. Still, the state […]