The late-stage venture market is crumbling
The late-stage venture market is crumbling If you are a startup founder raising a venture round this year, you’ll get a lower valuation than you...
Q2 fintech funding: LatAm, Caribbean more than doubles while payments takes a big hit
Q2 fintech funding: LatAm, Caribbean more than doubles while payments takes a big hit CB Insights released its Q2 State of Fintech report last week,...
VCs love to talk about AI, but they aren’t writing as many checks as you might think
VCs love to talk about AI, but they aren’t writing as many checks as you might think Conventional wisdom around AI investment suggests artificial intelligence...
Revolut’s valuation troubles signal a stormy horizon for less-profitable neobanks
Revolut’s valuation troubles signal a stormy horizon for less-profitable neobanks While the banking world watches American lender First Republic publicly convulse after its earnings report...
There was just one fintech unicorn birth in the first quarter
There was just one fintech unicorn birth in the first quarter Global fintech funding totaled $15 billion in the first quarter of this year, growing...
The venture market may be correcting more than we think to pre-COVID times
The venture market may be correcting more than we think to pre-COVID times Ever since the tech downturn began affecting startups, a question kept coming...
Dry powder versus wet powder: The numbers have spoken
Dry powder versus wet powder: The numbers have spoken Welcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column...
Fintech in 2022: A story of falling funding, fewer unicorns and insurtech M&A
Fintech in 2022: A story of falling funding, fewer unicorns and insurtech M&A If you thought the fourth quarter of 2022 felt slow when it...
Putting numbers on the global venture slowdown
Putting numbers on the global venture slowdown “Tell me something I don’t know,” was my first reaction when reports on venture capital in 2022 hit...