TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2022

In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about All Raise’s new CEO, funds to back other funds and Ukraine. Fintech and Ukraine. The startup story within the war in Ukraine continues to evolve, with companies in the financial services sector having an especially crucial role and set of decisions to make.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

NFTs have been sold to raise money for the Ukrainian people and military. Stand with the people of Ukraine. BTC - 357a3So9CbsNfBBgFYACGvxxS6tMaDoa1P ETH and USDT (ERC-20) - 0x165CD37b4C644C2921454429E7F9358d18A45e14 — Ukraine / ??????? Ukraine) February 26, 2022. Now accepting cryptocurrency donations.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

The company announced Thursday alongside its first-quarter earnings report that it was raising prices of the variants of its luxury Air sedan, beginning June 1. All existing reservation holders will not experience price hikes, the company said, noting that updated pricing for Canada will be made public on June 1.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

That all changed this week after Russia invaded Ukraine, when its crowdfunding drew widespread attention, and its membership list ballooned to over 14,000 patrons, contributing a total of $436,966 a month. Our statement on the suspension of Come Back Alive, and the situation in Ukraine [link] — Patreon (@Patreon) February 25, 2022.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

Gogoro’s public debut could supercharge EV battery swapping across the globe. Gogoro’s public debut could supercharge EV battery swapping across the globe. With plans to raise a $25 million fund and more than $15 million already invested, PsyMed Ventures focuses on early-stage startups developing psychedelic therapeutics.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

Driven by inflation, the war in Ukraine and other economic headwinds, recessionary fears have put a squeeze on sources of funding that were previously easily attainable. Capchase suggests that successful companies achieve at least 80% and skyrocket to over 110% during the growth stage and maintain around 55% even after they go public.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Online grocery delivery, a booming business at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, has definitely come down to earth with the shifts in the economy, public health and technology investing. billion Norwegian crowns in equity (about $151 million at today’s rates) — a big round, but executed under tough conditions.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

Turns out not every company is going to grow vertically : Back when SPACs were hot, many startups looking to combine and go public were content to forecast aggressive revenue growth. The push to fund Ukraine’s war-torn nation-state with crypto is turning out to be An Actual Thing. How far from reality were the projections?

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The Verge

MARCH 4, 2022

Microsoft is only the latest tech company to announce a stop in some of its services to Russia following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. We have publicly raised our concerns that these attacks against civilians violate the Geneva Convention.”. We have also acted against cyberattacks targeting several additional civilian sites.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Storm clouds for late-stage startups : To close out a cheery week on a high note, TechCrunch dug into late-stage valuations in light of public market declines. In short, it appears that a host of startups raised new capital last year when valuations – and therefore revenue multiples – were hot. social networking services. “

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Xreal announced in January 2024 it had raised an additional $60 million in funding for further development of its AR glasses. Varjo and partner Dogfight Boss also announced in August that their headset-based F-16 simulator had been deployed to help Ukraine train fighter pilots in its war with Russia. In the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

Ben Boissevain is the founder of Ascento Capital , a boutique investment bank that provides advisory services for M&A, capital raises and valuations to technology companies in the U.S. Valuations in 2022 have been falling like a rock as the war in Ukraine rages, inflation skyrockets and the Fed tightens the screws.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

Right now, Stinnes says VC firms are prioritizing “the high-growth B- and C-stage companies that raised substantial cash and operate at high burn rates.” Conversely, if you raise a $4 million-$6 million Series A at a more modest valuation, it gets much easier to reach the goal for a 2x-2.5x Senior Editor, TechCrunch+.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Governments, public sector organizations and many private companies moved heaven and earth to ensure public safety and adequate supply of core services. ” This realization justified the beginning of deep cuts in public spending compared to before and during the pandemic. .” billion last year from $20.1

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2022

Yet they can inevitably be buffeted by economic, social and, in recent times, extreme public health headwinds. a special-purpose acquisition company that unsuccessfully attempted to take Fertitta Entertainment, a dining, hospitality, and gaming giant, public. Some of the complaints have been more public and open.

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The Verge

MARCH 16, 2022

Weeks ago, Ukraine-based influencer Kristina Korban’s TikTok was a steady stream of gym motivation and personal finance tips punctuated by trending audio. Korban’s videos about the war have become a go-to source for people outside of Ukraine who didn’t know much — if anything — about the country until a few weeks ago. And it did.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

TechCrunch reached out to the Egypt- and Dubai-based company for comment but didn’t get any response at the time of publication. . One said the layoffs were a result of “disasters in the market,” while another said it was “due to the global market crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.” .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Firefly Aerospace’s roller coaster ride could soon send the rocket startup to the public market via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, a recent filing with the FCC suggests. AEI took Redwire public last September via a SPAC merger. Firefly raised $75 million in a Series A round in May 2021.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

The latest tech response to Russia’s Ukrainian invasion: Non-Russian tech companies continued their work to isolate the Russian state after its government invaded neighboring Ukraine. Sorenson Ventures raises $150M fund : The Utah-based firm has made it to a second fund, raising a new vehicle that is 50% larger than its last.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

In a TC+ guest post, they share a calculator for using growth metrics and public market valuations that can help founding teams “triangulate to a more company-specific enterprise value.”. What financial milestones will investors expect me to reach between each raise?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

How tech is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine : The technology world is a global industry, which means that when geopolitical conflicts arise, it impacts the world that TechCrunch covers directly. We have notes up on cyberattacks and companies in Ukraine. It just raised $140 million at a $1.5 The TechCrunch Top 3.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

We have the latest from how the technology world is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a review of the Theranos show, notes from New Zealand venture capital and more. Per our reporting, Lido “is the market leader for Ethereum liquid staking” and just raised $70 million from a16z. PST, subscribe here. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

Macrometa , the edge computing cloud and global data network for app developers, announced today it has raised a $20 million Series A. It will hire for its engineering and product development centers in the United States, Eastern Europe and India, and add new centers in Ukraine, Portugal, Greece, Mexico and Argentina.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Tech talent flees Russia : As the Russian invasion of Ukraine grinds along, technology companies of all sizes are trying to figure out how to handle their business operations and staff. Ramp raises (again) : The startup battle for dominance in the corporate spend market is huge, expensive and rapidly growing. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 18, 2022

In our effort to highlight brilliant changemakers, we sat down with Cylinda Nickel at Compassion Services International to dive deeper into their global fundraising initiatives – particularly their work for Ukraine- and hear about her top fundraising tips. By providing regular updates, CSI was accountable for the funds raised.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2022

Generally, it appears we are experiencing a market pullback – which Alex touches on in this piece – precipitated by a number of things, not the least of which – the conflict in Ukraine and disappointing performances by companies who went public in the last year. That’s why, honestly, this raise feels very satisfying.”.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Let’s do a proverbial cannonball into the startup pond: Software eats food distribution : Cerve raised $2 million for a wholesaler platform as post-COVID food distribution digitizes. Looking perky : A propos employment benefits, Compt just raised $13 million to make employee perks a bit more personalized.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

The mix of debt and equity is typical for a company building, effectively, a leasing business: it is the same approach Grover took when it raised $71 million for its Series B a year ago. ” He continued: “I don’t think we have been a boom-and-bust raising kind of company,” he said.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

In other words, this mood swing precedes the war in Ukraine, the technology stock selloff and signs of a global slowdown by several months. Other interrogations, however, are more specific to the region: Did valuations get too high, too fast compared to other regions?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Macro raised $9.3 Yer in luck, m’droogs: Op3n Sesame : Sesame Labs raises $4.5M Well, look what we have here : Paul reports that data observability platform Acceldata raises $50 million. Which publications are valid? By 2020, those experiments had grown into a fully fledged, custom PDF editor. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

When given the name of a VC-backed company, VC Exit Predictor generates a score on the probability that it’ll be acquired, go public or not exit due to becoming self-sustaining or experiencing any event (e.g., bankruptcy) that prevents an exit. ” VC Exit Predictor might perform well on PitchBook’s test set.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

My heart goes out to all of the people of Ukraine and our TechCrunch readers there. million in funding — $15 million of which was raised in a Series A led by Menlo Ventures and $3.4 It’s been really tough concentrating during the latter part of this week due to global events so forgive me if my tone is less upbeat than normal.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

According to the firm, the steepest declines in valuation have occurred for late-stage fintech companies; “enterprise value” to “next 12 months” revenue multiples for public fintechs have dipped 55% since the market peaked in early January. UK fintech Banked raises $15M for US expansion. for their company.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2022

On Tuesday, VP and managing director of Dell Technologies Capital, Yair Snir, shared an article explaining why founders should plan to get acquired , particularly since their odds of going public are so long. According to PitchBook, 270 new venture funds raised a total of $16.8 The road to an LOI. Bring in bankers? billion in 2021.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

First off, 3-year-old one-click checkout startup Fast announced it was shutting down after struggling to raise more capital to keep operations running. – Per FinSMEs , EnKash , a Mumbai, India-based “Spends Management Platform and Corporate Cards company,” raised $20 million in a Series B funding round.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

But it does underscore the widening digital fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Simetrik raising at a $100 million valuation , Digits raising at half a billion , and RapidAPI raising at a billion are some recent examples. It raised the round from a single investor, a “major sanitation solution provider.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

Now, with fresh supply chain constraints due to Russia’s war in Ukraine, these automakers are even more keen to have batteries safe and sound on national soil. . Japan’s Terra Drone raised a $70 million Series B led by Mitsui Corporation. Skyports , an electric air taxi infrastructure provider, raised $23 million in a Series B. .

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