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VC Funds See “Mass Extinction Event” For Startups In 2023: “It Will Make The Financial Crisis Look Quaint”
From: zerohedge Leading venture capital players are predicting a “mass extinction event” for early- and mid-stage startups that will make the global fiscal collapse in 2008 “look quaint” by comparison. According to Globest, a new survey has found that 81% of early-stage startups are facing a failure in 2023 because–as of the end of October–they[…]
An Inside Look at Bowery Farming’s Largest Indoor-Farming Facility
From Progressive Grocer: visit to Bethlehem, Pa., farm reveals how company is at the forefront of changing how produce is grown and shipped Bridget Goldschmidt Managing Editor The Bowery Operating System meticulously keeps track of a multitude of plant cultivars at different phases of growth. At New York-based Bowery Farming, they believe in continuous improvement of[…]
Sustainable Investing based on Real Intelligence
PreIPOSwap.com 2/25/2023 — New York, NY — We hear the term ‘sustainable’ being thrown around a lot with so many hidden meanings, implications, and innuendo it can be confusing. Let’s cut to the chase. Sustainability means rugged, flexible, and long term – that means a business model that doesn’t deplete natural resources, and that can[…]
Fundraising By Venture-Capital Firms Tumbles To Near Decade Low Amid ‘Tech-Wreck’ | ZeroHedge
From: zerohedge Fundraising By Venture-Capital Firms Tumbles To Near Decade Low Amid ‘Tech-Wreck’ | ZeroHedge Fundraising by venture-capital (VC) firms plunged to a nine-year low in the fourth quarter as rising market volatility, geopolitical uncertainty, and higher inflation spooked investors, according to WSJ. Preqin Ltd., a firm that tracks venture-fund data, released a new report that[…]
Venture World Watches As SEC Moves To Regulate Industry
From Crunchbase News: The Securities and Exchange Commission and venture capitalists have traditionally lived in two different worlds, but if a new rule from the regulatory agency advances, VCs could find their world under increased scrutiny. Nearly a year ago, the SEC started looking at adding regulations around how private investors — think private equity firms, hedge funds, some[…]
Crunchbase Explainer: How To Sell Your Stock Options On A Secondary Market
From Crunchbase Startup stock options mean something different in 2023. Many unicorns are staying private for around eight to 10 years while enjoying household name status with public companies like Amazon and Microsoft. Search less. Close more. Some of the highest-valued startups on the The Crunchbase Unicorn Board, including Stripe, Shein and ByteDance, have been around as private companies for longer than a decade. As[…]
‘PayPal Peril’: Twitter Prepping For Payments, Could Include Bitcoin | ZeroHedge
From: zerohedge ‘PayPal Peril’: Twitter Prepping For Payments, Could Include Bitcoin | ZeroHedge Elon Musk is going head to head with his old company PayPal as Twitter gears up to become an online payments business. Twitter is prepping for payments, and bitcoin might be in the mix. According to a Financial Times report, Elon is[…]
Watch: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Set To Launch US Military Payloads | ZeroHedge
From: zerohedge Watch: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Set To Launch US Military Payloads | ZeroHedge SpaceX’s powerful Falcon Heavy rocket will attempt to put two US military satellites into geosynchronous orbit on Saturday evening. Weather for NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is predicted to be favorable for this evening. Launch time is expected at 5:55 pm[…]
Scrambling For An Egg Replacement? Plant-Based Eggs Haven’t Yet Cracked The Market
https://news.crunchbase.com/business/vegan-eggs-funding/ “Sorry! There’s an egg shortage and we are not immune,” said a sign in my local Trader Joe’s. It was placed inside the refrigerator that once held organic eggs, large eggs, duck eggs and quail eggs. It was empty. An outbreak of avian influenza (or “bird flu,” as you might have heard it be[…]
Stripe Trims Internal Valuation Again As Unicorn Share Prices Plummet
https://news.crunchbase.com/fintech-ecommerce/stripe-cuts-valuation-unicorn-shares Payments unicorn Stripe has cut its internal valuation by 11% to $63 billion, The Information reported, citing a source familiar with the matter. Even at that valuation, the San Francisco-based company remains one of the most highly valued private companies in the world. But its latest cut is indicative of the falling valuations for unicorn startups over the[…]