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Will VC investment into Chinese startups slow as the country’s tech stocks shatter?

TechCrunch

Shares of Chinese technology companies are selling off at home and abroad this week as the nation’s ties to Russia add to investor uncertainty at the expense of China’s tech industry. After all, when the market’s risk tolerance flips, we often see more conservative behavior from money managers, right?

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The best VPNs for staying anonymous and secure on the web

Mashable Tech

Connected to a free public WiFi network? Initially used exclusively by businesses, subscription-based VPN services for the general public starting gaining popularity about a decade ago "after a flood of security breaches," per the cybersecurity and antivirus giant Kapersky. Note: All pricing was accurate at the time of publication.)

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The toilet paper startup backed by Marc Benioff, Dara Khosrowshahi and Robert Downey Jr. now sells paper towels

TechCrunch

has grown so substantially that, in recent years, Canada has ranked third globally in its rate of intact forest loss — behind only Russia and Brazil — mostly due to logging, the NRDC said. Demand from the U.S. Ninety percent of that is clearcutting, which exacerbates climate change.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: 3 views on Epic-Bandcamp deal, SPAC letdown, CIO sales strategy

TechCrunch

Using a special purpose acquisition company to go public was a popular fad in 2020 and 2021, but many startups that took this shortcut into the public markets haven’t done very well. ” Just how wrong were those SPAC projections? As war escalates in Europe, it’s ‘shields up’ for the cybersecurity industry.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS success stats, leveraging ad tech chaos, 2022 layoff trends

TechCrunch

According to a report by Capchase comparing more than 400 SaaS startups to unicorns that reached the public markets in the last two years, the top performers “are handily beating the ‘Rule of 40,'” reports Kyle Wiggers. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changed that, however.

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Webinar: Multichannel Strategies to Convert Online-Acquired Supporters into Donors

Care2

Using donor conversion data from Covenant House, Human Rights Campaign, IFAW and Nature Conservancy Canada, we’ll drill down on how the time-tested multichannel fundraising approach is producing strong results. Multichannel Strategies to Convert Online-Acquired Supporters into Donors Tuesday, 9/10 at 3pm ET. He also reported on the U.S.

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400 More Email Subject Lines from End of Year Fundraising

Connection Cafe

My multichannel award goes to The Nature Conservancy. But only one nonprofit, The Nature Conservancy, sent me a text message with a donation ask. Another Year of Great Public Television. Beaten for Being Gay in Russia – Andrey’s Story. Everything from the email design to the donation form experience was spot on.

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