We are mere days away from the end of the first quarter, putting us on the precipice of a welcome data deluge. Starting in early April, TechCrunch+ will dig into information relating to startup fundraising in the first quarter. But ...
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When the tech IPO market reopens, keep an eye on HR unicorns
BrightThe back half of 2023 is expected to unlock the technology IPO market. Whether the public-offering window opens later this year or early in 2024, TechCrunch+ expects to see a few familiar names in the mix from the HR tech ...
To my infinite chagrin, we’re probably not getting tech IPOs until later this year
BrightThe IPO market thus far in 2023 has been a goose egg, and we probably won’t get any interesting IPOs for another quarter or two. This is incredibly sad for your friendly, local TechCrunch+ reporting crew who love an S-1 ...
AI’s ascendance seems unfazed by SVB mess
BrightGood morning, Exchange crew! This installment will be brief because I have to finish prepping for today’s TechCrunch Live with Arianna Huffington of Thrive Global and Mamoon Hamid of Kleiner Perkins. Since we scheduled the conversation, a few things have ...
As the SVB dust begins to settle, what’s ahead for startups, VCs, and the banking industry?
BrightThe public and private markets are busy digesting a frenetic weekend kicked off by the failure of Silicon Valley Bank late last week. After a run on SVB, an institution where a great many venture capitalists and startups stored their ...
On cloud marketplaces, nobody knows you’re a startup
BrightW 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? Sign up here. Enterprise cloud spend is holding up well, but ...
The good news for long-term software growth
BrightWhile the venture market continues to digest a new reality, the TechCrunch+ crew has been paying very close attention to software earnings. Why are we tracking earning results for Q4 2022 in March 2023? Because lots of software companies have ...
Perhaps Substack can grow just fine without venture dollars
BrightSubstack, a publishing platform known for its newsletter service, announced this week that it had crossed the 2 million paid subscription mark. Given the wealth of historical data we have concerning the growth of paid subscribers at Substack, the number ...