After initially defying the global slowdown, African startups’ first quarter venture results fall The recent, and now past, venture capital boom was a global affair. While traditionally busy markets like North America…
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What is this, revenue growth for ants?
What is this, revenue growth for ants? It’s earnings season, that time of the quarter when we get to judge how well public tech firms are fulfilling all the lofty promises they’ve…
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 detailed a widespread evaporation of its deposit…
Read the room
Read the room W elcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday?…
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 up: What if we are witnessing a…
TechCrunch+ roundup: 5-year business models, RevOps tactics, how much to pay founders?
TechCrunch+ roundup: 5-year business models, RevOps tactics, how much to pay founders? About 10% of startups will fail in their first year. Between years two through five, approximately 70% of companies will…
Have startup valuations fallen enough to feel sane again?
Have startup valuations fallen enough to feel sane again? Welcome to the new week. While recording Equity this morning, I noted with surprise an interesting bit of data that got me wondering…
We’re still talking about Y Combinator valuations
We’re still talking about Y Combinator valuations 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…
Selling insurance is hard, but that’s not bad news for insurtechs
Selling insurance is hard, but that’s not bad news for insurtechs W elcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its…
What if Scandinavian startups don’t need Y Combinator?
What if Scandinavian startups don’t need Y Combinator? When The Exchange wrote about Sweden’s startup scene at the end of last month, we said we’d revisit the Nordics this week. Well, a…