late stage startups
Is the venture market slowing or did crossover funds just bounce?
How much of the VC slowdown is predicated on investors cutting check sizes and slowing deal-making cadence, and what fraction comes from non-venture investors simply bouncing?
New Q3 2022 data from PitchBook on venture capital aggregates in the U.S. make it a bit hard to square reality with the leading narrative.
TechCrunch+ roundup: Bridge round bingo, SaaS sales smarts, tracking monthly expenses
“If you can frame your product as a way to boost revenue or cut costs, people will find a budget.”
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Just how wrong were those SPAC projections?
Why are companies that went public via SPACs struggling? Did they catch a headwind from changing market conditions that previously pushed them forward? You bet. But the damage is also self-inflicted.
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Are late-stage startup valuations going to suffer this year?
Everyone can run the math on what slowing growth and cash burn are worth on the public markets, and it’s a very different number than it was last year.