Venture capital spring is here

Over the past six months, I have seen a trickle of early-stage financings turn into a river, and I predict we will soon see a gush.

Explained in 5 charts: Venture capital in 2023

Venture capital had a lot of ups and downs in 2023, so we charted out the numbers to make it clear just how much things actually improved.

Deal Dive: Bagels with a schmear of venture capital

Popup Bagels raised $8 million in venture capital this week. But why would a bagel store chain want such expensive capital?

Creators raising venture capital: Unsettling or genius?

When Slow Ventures announced that it would set aside $20 million to invest in individual creators, GP Sam Lessin responded to onlookers’ confusion with a memorable quip: “it’s def not indentured

Venture capital is opening the gates for defense tech

Anduril is symbolic of a trend in which defense tech and venture capital dollars are no longer antithetic.

The civil rights movement comes to venture capital

Black women raise around 0.4% of all venture capital funds in any given year, and grant programs like what Fearless built were created to fill that funding gap.

The global venture capital market is not done retreating yet

The situation has been worsening, and if this continued weakness persists in 2024, we could start to see global VC investment retreat to prior norms.

AI hardware, fintech woes and venture capital’s shedding phase

Welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups. This is our revamped Wednesday episode, and we're going to be digging into critical startup and venture capital news.

Fate of US venture capital in China teeters on uncertainty

On a weekday afternoon at Red Rock Coffee, the café known for spotting venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, one is likely to overhear a few conversations in Mandarin. With China reopening its borde

The future of batteries needs more than venture capital

French battery maker Verkor secured more than €2 billion (around $2.1 billion) to build its Dunkirk gigafactory, which is set to be operational by 2025.

What’s more venture capital than space lasers?

Welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups. We brought TechCrunch+ senior climate reporter Tim De Chant on to talk climate tech and the sustainability stage at Disrupt.

The slow-burn standardization of venture capital

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. It took me a w

Four venture capital personas (and how to land them)

Founders must understand which kind of VC investor they’re dealing with to have the best shot at closing a funding round.

The Q3 venture capital market explained in five charts

The TechCrunch+ team has charted the most important VC data we've seen thus far in Q3 to help you better understand where global startup investing really is today.

Salesforce’s silly deal dies, Rubrik’s IPO, and venture capital in space

Equity discusses the latest market news, upcoming earnings, IPOs, and what impact — if any — the recent bitcoin halving had on its value.

4 problems venture capital can’t solve

Sometimes, it's good to ask yourself if you're raising capital in anticipation of pain that may never materialize.

How can venture capital survive a three-year liquidity drop?

We're back to dig into Q4 2023 venture capital results and what's coming up this year.

Venture capital will soon be brimming with ghosts

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. “There’s m

How hard was it to raise venture capital in Q1?

Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single pe

The UK hasn’t lost its appeal for venture capital

Not dead yet: This is true both of the U.K's capacity to attract venture capital dollars, and of the promise of autonomous cars.
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