TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Global macroeconomic instability, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, funding shortfalls, supply chain disruptions and many other factors made running a company an extremely challenging experience. Last year was akin to a ride through hell. It sounds like a cliche, but in the midst of difficulty lies opportunity.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 6, 2023
The worldwide battle with COVID, the Ukraine-Russia conflict and the economic fallout of the COVID lockdowns and supply chain disruptions have together created a painful combination of a global recession, global inflation and unpredictable instability in the worldwide economy.
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TechCrunch
MAY 25, 2022
Natasha Mascarenhas obtained emails from Y Combinator, Lightspeed, Reach and January Ventures that contained standard suggestions for conserving runway and rethinking valuations in “an extremely capital constrained environment.” ” In short: save your money, and if you plan to ask for more, expect less generous terms.
TechCrunch
JULY 1, 2022
And it was presaged by falling public markets that, we presume, allowed some private companies to conserve cash in anticipation of, say, a more conservative funding market.” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changed that, however. ” Today’s startup layoffs have nothing on the 2020 correction.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 9, 2022
Many of these companies were forced to delay their IPOs until the markets calmed down and had to start conserving cash and extending their runways for longer than they anticipated. Some have already lowered their valuations, either in response to these market corrections ahead of a future IPO or to attract investors.
TechCrunch
MARCH 4, 2022
And that’s the problem — if SPACs had been used more conservatively, they could have leveraged their moment in the sun as a way to get more companies public that deserved it.” ” Just how wrong were those SPAC projections? As war escalates in Europe, it’s ‘shields up’ for the cybersecurity industry.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
Can’t keep a good startup down : Ingrid reports that IFC and other impact investors return to backing Ukraine startups, with new $250 million fund aimed at founders under the gun. Funding the future they want to live in : Conservative capitalists are funding their vision of the future by Dominic-Madori.
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