IT総合 VCs will get liquidity in 2024 from the secondary market, not IPOs
If you asked a bunch of VCs at the end of 2023 if the IPO market would finally open again in 2024, most of them would ha...
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IT総合 IT総合 NFT fantasy sports startup Sorare lays off 13% of staff, as web3 gaming continues to sputter
Web3-enabled fantasy sports platform Sorare laid off 22 employees based in its New York office in February. The move com...
IT総合 AI could be the solution for bureaucracy, with Emilie Poteat from Advocate
Founders have spent a lot of time over the past few years trying to build practical consumer use cases for AI and machin...
IT総合 Reddit should go public at $5 billion, according to secondary data
If secondary buyers aren't buying shares at more than a $5 billion valuation, it wouldn't be wise for Reddit to price it...
IT総合 Black Tech Nation Ventures’ diversity thesis undeterred by growing DEI backlash
Black Tech Nation Ventures launched in 2021 to address the funding gap for Black founders amid a wave of venture diversi...
IT総合 Europe remains hard to crack for North American GPs
While North American VCs can see the potential value in backing European startups, it hasn't been easy for firms to laun...
IT総合 Zola wants to bring the wedding industry into the 21st century
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Shan-Lyn Ma, ...
IT総合 Deal Dive: Groover bridges the promotion gap for independent artists
Groover offers a platform for independent musicians to connect with music curators and be able to better promote themsel...
IT総合 Video game startups could be a bright spot for VC in 2024
Video game startups weren't immune to recent market pressures, but the industry heads into 2024 on better footing than s...
IT総合 Deal Dive: VCs are no longer gunshy about firearm startups
Kai Kloepfer started biometric “smart” gun startup Biofire as a science fair project after the Aurora, Color...
IT総合 Why a B2B startup is placing a bet on a $7M Super Bowl ad
Papaya Global bought a Super Bowl ad slot with the hope of the commercial driving brand recognition for the software com...
IT総合 Deal Dive: It’s time for VCs to break up with fast fashion
VCs have long supported fast-fashion companies but the controversies and lawsuits they draw makes them riskier investmen...
IT総合 Pitch competitions help level the playing field for underrepresented founders, but it isn’t enough
Pitch competitions are a bright spot for underrepresented founders but not without burdens that regular funding doesn't ...
IT総合 Navigating media’s ups and downs with theSkimm co-founders
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca flew solo with Carly Zakin and Dani...
IT総合 Deal Dive: Can AI fix lost and found?
Boomerang thinks so. It uses machine learning to match photos and descriptions of lost items to streamline the lost and ...
IT総合 Where gut health meets hypergrowth with Ben Goodwin from Olipop
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Ben Goodwin, ...
IT総合 Will startup valuations start to recover in 2024? Investors aren’t so sure
Most VCs think valuations are close to the bottom, if not already there, but few think there will be any relief in 2024....
IT総合 Countdown Capital winding down is not a bad omen for micro funds
As long as micro funds can be nimble enough to gain meaningful ownership, they shouldn't be too concerned about Countdow...
IT総合 Deal Dive: Tier and Dott’s merger is not a sign of what’s to come in M&A this year
M&A is expected to rise in 2024, but we won't likely see a lot of consolidation among startups that wouldn't make i...
IT総合 What happens to Carta now?
If a noticeable chunk of Carta startup and venture customers do leave, it would hurt the company's otherwise impressive ...
IT総合 What happens to Carta now?
If a noticeable chunk of Carta startup and venture customers do leave, it would hurt the company's otherwise impressive ...
IT総合 Deal Dive: A Stripe secondary deal worth paying attention to
A recent secondary stock sale shows that investors are starting to value Stripe above its most recent, slashed, valuatio...
IT総合 VCs are optimistic that AI investing will move beyond the hype in 2024
Investors are hoping for more enterprise adoption and vertical AI solutions this year as the AI startup market starts to...
IT総合 VCs anticipate more exits in 2024 but have no consensus on when or how
Some investors are more optimistic about M&A in 2024, while others think we will see a rebound in the IPO market.
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IT総合 Debunking the myth that crowdfunding is only good for cash
VCs like to tout they bring value beyond their capital, but many startups say they've found the same benefits from crowd...
IT総合 More than 40 investors share their top predictions for 2024
From when the exit market reopens to what happens with AI investing, more than 40 VCs share their predictions and expect...
IT総合 Deal Dive: Thank god a startup is solving the bed bug problem
Spotta's devices can identify bugs before they become infestations, both indoors and outdoors.
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IT総合 Secondaries investors say some valuations are still too high
While valuations have fallen quite a bit, some sectors are still too inflated for secondaries investors to find attracti...
IT総合 My Pocket Lawyer aims to make justice more accessible
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Charlie Herna...
IT総合 The Adobe-Figma breakup isn’t a signal of what’s to come for startup M&A
Most startup exits look nothing like the Adobe-Figma deal, which means this breakup won't impact most future startup acq...