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| JUN 28, 2022
Venture capitalists are directing assets toward more capital-efficient fintechs rather than start-ups focusing more on long-term growth potential than cost cutting.
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| MAR 29, 2022
Despite the record-setting value and amount of venture capital deals for fintechs last year, momentum stalled during Q4. In Q1, investors appear more selective.
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| MAR 17, 2022
In the US, software startups attracted $121.2 billion in venture capital investments last year, more than triple what those in commercial products and services received, at $39.1 billion. Pharmaceuticals and biotech raised the third-highest amount, with $37.8 billion in venture capital.
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| MAR 9, 2022
Startup investment firm Bain Capital Ventures launched a $560M fund focused exclusively on crypto projects.
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| JUL 13, 2022
Index Ventures. Kore.ai. Litmus. McKinsey & Company. MMC Ventures. Morning Consult. National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Persado. PitchBook. Tortoise Media. VentureBeat.
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| MAY 31, 2022
Several tech companies have announced hiring freezes or waves of layoffs, and major venture capital firms like Sequoia Capital have urged startups to cut back on spending. Substack’s last funding round was announced in March 2021 and valued the company at $650 million. The canceled series C would have valued the company as high as $1 billion, according to the Times’ report.
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| JUL 18, 2022
Globally, AI-driven accounting software garnered $233.3 million in VC capital between January and the end of March, which exceeds the $210.2 million received for all of 2021, per Wall Street Journal. Top five AI startups to watch: The explosion of AI interest has translated into more entrepreneurs dreaming up how to apply the technology in new ways.
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| MAY 12, 2022
After historic levels of venture capital investing during the pandemic, VC investing shrank 35% in Q1 2022 from the prior quarter. However, Beezer Clarkson, a partner at Sapphire Partners, told the Post that there’s no indication that startup creation is slowing due to the tech fallout.
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| JUL 21, 2022
This challenging environment is pushing insurtechs to scale back their headcount, reversing the rapid growth strategy that has driven venture capital investors within the sector. Since the beginning of the year, Policygenius, Root, Coterie, and Bestow, just to name a few, have all cut back on staffing.
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| JUN 8, 2022
Food delivery platforms in China struggle to maintain their pandemic gains: As consumers venture out to restaurants and stores, platforms like MissFresh and Meituan are looking for new ways to keep customers on the platform.
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| AUG 2, 2022
Wells Fargo reported that higher interest rates and weaker financial markets caused noninterest income from avenues like venture capital, mortgage banking, and investment banking to decline. Canadian banks bucked the trend, seeing modest YoY increases in profits due to less uncertainty regarding Covid-19. Bank of Montreal (BMO) reported a 15% increase in profits.
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| JUN 3, 2022
Funding trends: Venture capital firms are catching on to the importance of frictionless authentication and the increasing demand for this technology. Funding in the authentication fintech space is heating up. In February, biometric user authentication Passage raised $4 million in new funding to promote its FaceID and TouchID products.
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| MAY 12, 2022
The news: Healthcare price transparency startup Turquoise Health raised $20 million in Series A financing, which was led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, to launch its direct contracting platform. How it works: Turquoise Health’s platform lets consumers compare costs of care and insurance rates to help them shop around for the most affordable healthcare services in their area.
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| MAY 18, 2022
On the other hand, unprofitable tech startups that previously relied on a virtually unchecked flow of venture capital are now having to tighten their belts—and workforce—and show investors they have a path toward profitability.
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| JUL 26, 2022
Now they are facing an existential threat as venture capital dries up. Some will not survive, opening an opportunity for neobanks that do successfully navigate to become the dominant players. Key Question: How should neobanks adjust their short- and long-term strategies amid uncertain economic conditions to survive?
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| JUN 8, 2022
There are warnings of pullbacks in venture capital funding for startups and austerity measures for established companies. Cutbacks could include reduced advertising budgets. For now, most cuts seem to be in future-oriented speculative ventures or in overbuilt capacity from the pandemic—not in ad budgets, which can have a direct line to revenues.
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| APR 29, 2022
Flush with venture capital funding, fintechs are capturing new users by the millions. Big Tech firms like Amazon and Apple, and retailers like Walmart, are becoming increasingly formidable players in financial services. And tech spending by banks has swelled to new heights.
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| DEC 10, 2021
Venture capital funds poured a record $21.3 billion into digital health in the first three quarters of 2021, per Rock Health, easily surpassing the previous record of $14.6 billion in funding for all of 2020.