Gené Teare

Globally, more than $2B was invested in seed-stage companies last month. Close to $10B was invested in early-stage companies. And venture investors spent $9.3B at late-stage, including technology growth companies, our data shows. We look at the numbers. https://t.co/EiheN3OOui

VC firm @BatteryVentures has been active in AI, backing @databricks and companies working on streamlining insurance claims or automating sales outreach. General partner @Dthakker02 tells us about where he sees AI creating billions of dollars in value. https://t.co/6z7Z8TBs0T

Big shoutouts to our partners at @TechCrunch @crunchbase (also a Cowboy portfolio co!) @PitchBook @PeopleDataLabs and @Hiive_HQ for sharing such awesome data with us. We could not have done the analysis without them!

Down rounds in 2023 became increasingly common. They weren’t isolated to troubled companies, either. In fact, valuation resets were visited upon some companies widely considered to be the most likely to have IPO plans for the next few years. https://t.co/jp0vxvU6vU

Former department head at @Google, Andy Harrison is CEO and managing partner at @S32_VC, a venture firm that invests heavily in AI. We spoke with him about the firm’s investments in everything from AI-enabled drug discovery to large language models. https://t.co/qb6vAKqDSh

today on @EquityPod myself and @bayareawriter had @geneteare on the pod to dig into All Things VC In Q3 come hang for more on global results, what we're seeing in the data, and some jokes! https://t.co/6b8P70GguL

Scoop: VC Firm Greycroft is cutting five investors after missing its fundraising target by 40%. Startups & big tech companies have been dealing with major layoffs for 2 years now but the realities of the downturn are just beginning to hit many VC firms. https://t.co/UrOAEHprVZ

For years, SF-based @IndexVentures has been investing in artificial intelligence companies. We speak with firm partner Erin Price-Wright about where she sees AI headed and what the firm is investing in. https://t.co/d17xwGyCnI

The IPO market faces a key task with Instacart gearing up for its public debut. Investors are proceeding with caution as many of 2021’s billion-dollar IPOs are now worth less than $500 million, according to Crunchbase. Senior Data Editor @geneteare discusses: https://t.co/jfEzfyJWlb

As the herd of new unicorns joining The Crunchbase Unicorn Board dwindles, the rankings of most active investors has also shifted dramatically. We look at who leads in unicorn investment in 2023. https://t.co/ifTghW2Xzj

It increasingly looks like the startup ecosystem is undergoing a top-to-bottom reset. All funding stages — seed, early and late — in July 2023 were down about a third compared to a year ago. https://t.co/mEUIwWuuDU