Category: Venture Capital
Deal Dive: Betting on beauty fads is big business
RepeatMD recently raised a $50 million Series A round to serve the exploding med spa industry that is built on consumer beauty trends. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Benchmark, the storied venture firm, sees “traps” in today’s AI funding frenzy: “Don’t be Microsoft”
Yesterday in Helsinki, this editor interviewed four of the six general partners at Benchmark, the nearly 30-year-old, Silicon Valley firm that’s known for some notable bets (Uber, Dropbox), paying each general partner exactly the same way, and for cont…
Tola Capital, investing in AI-enabled enterprise software, closes largest fund at $230M
Tola Capital III will invest 25 to 30 companies globally and write average check sizes of between $1 million to $4 million for seed-stage companies. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Fearless Fund grant program was already ‘at risk’ before lawsuit
A leaked document shines new light on the fund’s relationship with Mastercard and the embattled grant program. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
NXTP closes largest fund with $98M for early-stage B2B founders in Latin America
NXTP Fund III represents over a 2x increase from the size of its previous fund, enabling the firm to invest in between 25 and 30 companies this time around. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
TC Startup Battlefield master class with Blumberg Capital: Make the most of your investors’ expertise
David Blumberg, founder and managing partner at Blumberg Ventures, explains how early-stage startups can look to their investors for help with solving problems, scaling, hiring, and strategic planning. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For person…
In Australia and New Zealand, a venture downturn isn’t the end. It’s time to shine.
The geographic isolation of Australia and New Zealand creates a sense of hustle, if not urgency, around raising funds and building a global product. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Owning the earscape market with Lisa Bubbers and Anna Harman from Studs
Welcome back to Found, where we get to the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Lisa Bubbers and Anna Harman, the co-founders of the ear piercing company Studs. The duo spoke to us about: What fundraising for a brick-and-m…
Twelve Below secures $108M across two new funds
Twelve Below aims to lead or co-lead pre-seed and seed financings with the goal of earning a 10% to 15% ownership stake in the core investments from the fund. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
5 investors have high hopes for defense tech amid growing venture interest
It is likely not an overstatement to say that the relationship between U.S. defense and Silicon Valley is undergoing its most profound transformation since the 1950s © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.