Kerty Levy of Techstars know a thing or two about where seed money is and where it goes in the Northeast. Speaking at MinRegion’s Early Stage in Boston last month, Levy took a brief look at the number of deals and valuations before delving deeper into what the obstacles to funding are right now and … Read more
Maelle Gavet Contributor Maëlle Gavet is the CEO of Techstars and previously served as a senior executive at numerous major technology companies around the world. In these times of heightened tensions and global volatility, I believe start-ups can play a critical role in our defense, aerospace and national security ecosystem by bringing cutting-edge innovations to … Read more
Wwelcome to the MinRegion Exchange, a weekly newsletter for startups and markets. It is inspired by the daily MinRegion+ column from which it takes its name. Do you want it in your inbox every Saturday? Register here. From cybersecurity to SaaS for restaurants, the key to running a successful business is selling a product that … Read more
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox every Saturday morning. Something very scary is happening. It’s an internet-driven horror story that unfolds before us in three intertwining acts: (1) AI technology is improving fast enough that I had a bit of an existential crisis recently, wondering if I was … Read more
Heroes Jobs was recently acquired after realizing that his company wasn’t just better off Not all startups are built for a billion dollar exit – or even to grow as a standalone company. The appearance of easy-flowing follow-up funding probably led to the intense funding boom of the few years leading up to 2022. This … Read more
After sales software startup TigerEye closed its Series A and established a board of directors, the co-founders informed them: One thing we never want to do is the three-hour, too-in-the-weed, non-strategic board meeting. “Every board deck I’ve made and seen is over 80 pages long,” said Tracy Young, co-founder and CEO of TigerEye. “I am … Read more
Shares of edtech company Chegg have still not recovered from their plunge earlier this month. As you may recall, the stock fell off a cliff after the company reported its Q1 results. While Chegg beat analysts’ expectations for the first quarter of the year, it also raised a warning that didn’t fall on deaf ears: … Read more
A year ago, Mike Butcher reported that Faye hopes to do for travel insurance what Lemonade did for general insurance, and that’s as good a summary of what Faye does as anything. The company was kind enough to share its (slightly redacted) pitch deck with me so I could look under the hood to see … Read more
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the startup business, where we unravel the numbers and nuances behind the headlines. Mary Ann And Alex were a dynamic duo this week, dealing with a blizzard of tech news, startup updates, and questions that linger over hundreds of billions of dollars in venture capital investments. … Read more
Info Edge, the largest shareholder of Bizcrum Infotech, Bijnis’ holding company, has written off its entire investment in the Indian startup, citing “principles of conservatism and prudence” in the latest drastic market correction in the burgeoning South Asian ecosystem struggling with the weakening global economy. The listed Indian investor had invested about $9.3 million in … Read more