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European insurtech is showing strength that venture data doesn’t fully detail
European insurtech is showing strength that venture data doesn’t fully detail If you only tracked American insurance technology companies that went public recently, you might think insurtech is in its flop era….
TechCrunch+ Roundup: Generative AI marketing, European edtech report, falling fintech valuations
TechCrunch+ Roundup: Generative AI marketing, European edtech report, falling fintech valuations Maintaining a full content pipeline is a laborious, subjective process, and with so many people involved, it can be hard to…
As growth becomes more elusive, a new set of software product benchmarks emerges
As growth becomes more elusive, a new set of software product benchmarks emerges Even the fastest-growing software startups aren’t expanding as fast as they used to. Of course, this is partly by…
TechCrunch+ Roundup: Firing yourself as CEO, board deck basics, venture debt explained
TechCrunch+ Roundup: Firing yourself as CEO, board deck basics, venture debt explained Feeling pretty confident about the marketing slides you’ve prepared for your upcoming board meeting? If so, you may be on…
Can insurtech recover from the ‘death of insurtech 1.0’?
Can insurtech recover from the ‘death of insurtech 1.0’? Many startup sectors came out of 2021’s hype with a massive hangover in the form of valuations that they simply couldn’t justify as…
Are software companies good businesses?
Are software companies good businesses? We’re back to talking about profitability. A technology-finance podcast recently talked about software company valuations, the impact of interest rates, and just how profitable well-known tech companies…
8 reasons why the venture capital market isn’t as miserable as you think
8 reasons why the venture capital market isn’t as miserable as you think Did the global venture capital market bottom out in the first quarter of this year? The second? There’s good…
TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS sales toughlove, cybersecurity survey, ‘the new venture normal’
TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS sales toughlove, cybersecurity survey, ‘the new venture normal’ I kept the statistics for my high school’s football team. After each game, I shared the numbers with local sportswriters, who…
Welcome to the new venture normal
Welcome to the new venture normal The U.S. venture capital market has seemingly found a new normal: Trends around the number of deals and amount of dollars invested in startups so far…