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Lessons from founders raising their first round in a bull market

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His previous company, Uhana, launched in 2016, was backed by NEA and had been acquired by VMWare in three years. But a challenge came up in 2021 as he was raising the seed round — the venture funding market got white-hot. In 2016, total VC investments in the U.S. How to make a deal with a VC at a tech conference.

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Drop In Venture Funding To Black-Founded Startups Greatly Outpaces Market Decline

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startups last year totaled only $705 million — marking the first time since 2016 that the figure failed to even reach $1 billion, Crunchbase data shows. marks the lowest amount since such startups raised only $582 million in 2016. market for underrepresented minorities, namely Black-/African-American-founded companies.

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The ElliQ eldercare robot gets a hardware upgrade, generative AI for improved conversations

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In recent years, other markets have begun exploring the space. In Tel Aviv, meanwhile, Intuition Robotics has been promoting a “companion” robot since 2016 […] © 2023 TechCrunch. In some parts of the world (read: Japan, primarily), eldercare has been an important robotics focus for decades. All rights reserved.

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Four Trends Defining the Observability Market in 2023

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Observability is a market that has grown exponentially over the past few years. It started as a buzzword in late 2015 and early 2016, and since then we’ve seen dozens of insurgent companies rush in, eager to stake their claim in a new (albeit loosely defined) market.

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In a crowded global market, Canadian AI startups’ fundraising results stand out

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The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Given how heated the overall venture capital market is proving to be, those data points were only so surprising. What did shock us a little, however, was how active the Canadian AI startup market has been this year. Perhaps it shouldn’t have.

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Real estate marketing software provider Luxury Presence raises $25.9M in a Bessemer-led Series B

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Luxury Presence, a startup selling marketing software to real estate brokerages, announced today it has raised $25.9 million since its launch in 2016. They might have a marketing assistant on a team, they might have a brother-in-law who does their SEO. million for its Series B round.

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Butternut Box wolfs down $354M for subscription canine cuisine

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Founded out of London in 2016, Butternut Box serves a handful of European markets with myriad culinary products spanning the meat and vegetable fray, […]

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