IT総合 6 first-time funds see an advantage in entering a downturn without a large portfolio
Who will fare better in the current venture downturn?
Will it be the legacy investors with years of experience amassed t...
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IT総合 IT総合 Ulta Beauty launches a fund, showcasing the resilience of corporate venture capital
Over the past few years, corporate venture capital investors have solidified their stature as a reliable source of VC fu...
IT総合 US startups seeking funds shouldn’t overlook financing from the government
What’s the difference between a startup and a small business? Semantics, mostly. As many startups find themselves ...
IT総合 US Southeast surges ahead as other regions see VC funding decline
It seems everything is doom and gloom in the U.S. venture market, between startup layoffs and declining venture deal cou...
IT総合 Every startup wants an extension round, but there aren’t enough to go around
As venture funding continues to slow, founders are scrambling to extend their runways, regardless of how much cash they ...
IT総合 Record VC fundraising isn’t necessarily good news for first-time fund managers
VC firms are holding on to their checkbooks as the investment market slows to a crawl, but fund managers are taking adva...
IT総合 The next decade for healthtech may look a lot like the last decade for fintech
After the 2008 financial crisis, a new slate of regulations aimed at protecting consumers and businesses opened the floo...
IT総合 Canvas Medical, ‘the Tesla of EMRs,’ raises a $24 million Series B round
When Andrew Hines started Canvas Medical in 2015 he couldn’t have predicted that telehealth would go from niche to...
IT総合 Battle of the bridge: Startups struggle to secure runway financing
Despite the venture capital asset class sitting on historic levels of dry powder, many investors aren’t deploying ...
IT総合 Conscience VC raises oversubscribed fund for consumer companies rooted in science
Ariana Thacker likes to say that science was her first love and startups were her second. Now, she gets to combine the t...
IT総合 Equity crowdfunding appears immune to market volatility, on track for its best year yet
Equity crowdfunding — or community raises, as the fundraising platforms involved prefer to call it — has grown steadily ...
IT総合 A second wave of consumer BNPL startups is taking the model to new markets
The buy now, pay later (BNPL) market, estimated to be worth $120 billion in 2021, has grown significantly over the last ...
IT総合 Deal terms look different in a downturn. Here’s what to watch out for
The last decade has been pretty friendly to startup founders at the deal table. Term sheets got shorter and deals became...
IT総合 Venture funding in Europe is declining faster than in the US — but causing much less panic
When venture funding started to decline globally in the first quarter, Europe initially looked like an outlier. The regi...
IT総合 DX exits stealth mode looking to help developer teams be more productive
Despite developers being deeply involved with tech company product launches and software upgrades, most company executiv...
IT総合 Dcode Capital raising $50M fund to build bridge between startups and federal government
The U.S. federal government needs better tech, but implementing new systems is more complex than the nuclear launch code...
IT総合 Sarah Guo joins the wave of women leaving venture jobs to launch their own funds
Sarah Guo is the latest woman to depart their position at a venture capital firm with plans to launch one of their own.
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IT総合 Startups are on track to acquire more VC-backed companies than ever in 2022. Here’s why
Amid a venture funding decline and dearth of IPO activity, startups have found a new way to occupy their time: buying ot...