IT総合 The impact investor and climate correspondent walk into a bar
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behi...
Rebecca Szkutak
IT総合 IT総合 Avoiding the pitfalls of OnlyFans with Rosie Nguyen from Fanhouse
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups.
This week, Darrell and Becca catch up with Rosie N...
IT総合 Startups should expect more scrutiny from VCs on their hiring plans
Startups went on a hiring spree in 2021 as VC cash flowed and the job market was hot. But many overindulged in the talen...
IT総合 Being the steady hand in market uncertainty with Sebastian Siemiatkowski from Klarna
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups.
In this week’s episode Darrell and Becca are...
IT総合 Losing the horn: VCs think majority of unicorns aren’t worth $1 billion anymore
The past few years have been a rollercoaster for the startup world’s herd of unicorns.
Two years ago, we saw a rec...
IT総合 Modernizing the live music industry with Mir Hwang from GigFinesse
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups.
This week Darrell and Becca are joined by GigFines...
IT総合 Does it ever make more sense to raise a structured round over taking a valuation cut?
Venture capital funding continued its slump through the end of 2022, and there aren’t any real signs things are go...
IT総合 When it comes to web3, investors say they’re in it for the long haul
In the heat of 2021’s record-setting venture market, you couldn’t avoid the growing noise from the burgeonin...
IT総合 A flat year for crowdfunding isn’t a bad sign at all for early-stage startups
The 2022 equity crowdfunding market was unable to top 2021’s record-setting year. But despite seeing lower investm...
IT総合 Whoops! Is generative AI already becoming a bubble?
Venture capitalists are in the business of predicting the next big thing, even if they get burned in the process. While ...
IT総合 Frosty fundraising environment may change early startups’ DNA for the better
There isn’t much hope that 2023’s fundraising environment will be better for startups than last year’s...
IT総合 Investors say web3 and hype are in for 2023, high valuations are out — maybe?
This past year was tumultuous for venture investors, to say the least. The ecosystem watched as startup funding dried up...
IT総合 Two CEOs is better than one with Henrique Dubugras from Brex
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups.
This week Darrell and Becca are joined by Brex co-...
IT総合 Investor interest in SpaceX appears immune to Musk’s meddling
Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter sent Tesla’s stock price on a roller coaster this year as its value corre...
IT総合 More investors, more problems
Amid 2021’s record-breaking funding activity, it wasn’t uncommon to see startups raise rounds composed of nu...
IT総合 Augmenting creativity with Alice Albrecht from re:collect
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups.
This week Darrell and Becca caught up with Alice A...
IT総合 Trusting your gut microbiome with Cheryl Sew Hoy from Tiny Health
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups.
This week, Cheryl Sew Hoy, the founder of Tiny Hea...
IT総合 OK, now. Now we’re going to see more startups acquire other startups
Back in June, I predicted that we would see an uptick in startups acquiring other startups this year. At the time, the v...
IT総合 There are a lot of reasons to be excited about Canada’s venture market
Canada’s venture market isn’t immune from the global market downturn, but unlike the U.S. — where everything...
IT総合 Fintech unicorn valuations have fallen hard in 2022
Fintech was hot in 2021, but looking back on it … maybe too hot?
The sector exploded last year, seeing record investment...
IT総合 Starting the tampon revolution with Valentina Milanova
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups.
This week the show kicks off a new season and welc...
IT総合 Startup valuations are declining — but not consistently
While this year’s stock market decline was swift, it was also widespread, with very few companies escaping the dow...
IT総合 Move over, operators — consultants are the new nontraditional VC
Operating experience has become a buzzword over the last few years as venture capitalists pump up their resumes in a que...
IT総合 Female Invest acquires sustainability-focused investment platform Gaia Investments
When Female Invest launched in 2019, it did so with the goal of creating a community where women who wanted to invest in...
IT総合 A wave of late-stage startups quietly marked down their valuations in Q3
Many startups are overvalued. But because they are also well-stocked with cash, they haven’t had to raise new fund...
IT総合 A love letter to micro funds, the backbone and future of venture capital
While the Sequoias and the Andreessen Horowitzes of the world continue to swell in size, their influence on venture capi...
IT総合 Fund of funds Sweetwood Ventures bets big on VC’s smallest funds
Despite legacy venture capital firms continuing to raise bigger and bigger funds, LPs may have more luck focusing on the...
IT総合 Global venture funding plateaued in October, with valuations likely to blame
After a particularly slow summer, the mood in venture capital seemed to change with the season come Labor Day. By the en...
IT総合 Nearly 80% of venture funds raised in just two states as US LPs retreat to the coasts
Venture capital funds in the United States raised more dry powder in the first three quarters of this year than they did...
IT総合 Amid record dry powder, VCs are determined to fund anything but you
If you had to sum up the 2022 venture capital market in one word, that word could be contradictions.
Venture funds have ...