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8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence

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Will your organization and your code pass technical due diligence when it’s your turn? Let’s start with the positives: If an investor is proceeding with technical due diligence (TDD), you’ll likely pass. We’ve looked at the contributions of over 200,000 developers who have collectively written 4 billion lines of code.

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How well did Israel’s cybersecurity industry do in 2022?

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Yuval Krigel is an associate at YL Ventures who focuses on deal sourcing, technological due diligence and providing value-add support to the firm’s portfolio companies. After closing the book on 2022 this week, it is safe to say that this optimism was somewhat misguided. Image Credits: YL Ventures (opens in a new window).

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After a record 2022, 8 investors explain why it’s ‘still just Day 1’ for Africa’s startup ecosystem

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For the first time, the sector attracted over 1,100 unique investors in 2022, which in turn resulted in a record fundraising haul of $6.5 We also have a very wide top funnel such that in 2022, we made initial contact with over 2,500 startups and ideas, and eventually only partnered with less than 1% of that top of the funnel.

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7 investors reveal what’s hot in fintech in Q1 2023

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However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their time with due diligence, they are still investing. CB Insights recently found that two of the largest global VC firms, Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, actually backed more fintech companies in 2022 than any other category.

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6 investors discuss why AI is more than just a buzzword in biotech

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. “Most of the companies we have seen have an AI component to support the discovery or development processes,” Francisco Dopazo, a general partner at Humboldt Fund told TechCrunch recently. IBM sold Watson Health to private equity in 2022 after investing billions into it. We are many more above this.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: eVTOL takes off, pivoting with agility, when to hire a lawyer

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“I’ve been working in the aircraft development space for decades, but 2021 was different,” Tigner writes. In reality, changing course is usually the smartest bet, because it allows founding teams to leverage new technology and adapt to changing market conditions. Mainstream attention is increasing.

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Founders of well-funded Egyptian B2B startup Capiter fired following fraud allegations

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Another publication stated the founders had not been reporting to the board, its representatives and shareholders during on-site in-person due diligence for a potential merger. . This is a developing story… BharatPe founder Ashneer Grover siphoned off money, Indian startup says.

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