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8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence

TechCrunch

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. Here’s the not-so-good news: Companies can pass the business test, but fail TDD.

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Venture capital undermines human rights

TechCrunch

The future of technology is determined by a handful of venture capitalists. The world’s 10 leading venture capital firms have, together, invested over $150 billion in technology startups. Europe and China, which in turn are shaping the future of technology. Despite gains, gender diversity in VC funding struggled in 2020.

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The return of the lean, green startup

TechCrunch

As tech stocks take a hit, the big question on my mind is how a dip in market performance impacts early-stage startups. D’Onofrio is seeing rounds taking longer, VCs asking more questions and the return of full due diligence (which, for anyone who has been reading this newsletter, is music to my paranoid ears). Deal of the week.

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5 pillars of a cloud-conscious culture

CIO

To them, most of the technology stack can be regarded as a commodity, a layer of hardware and software no different from one organization to another. Your customers don’t care about your data centers,” says Drew Firment, chief cloud strategist at online education company Pluralsight. They care about value.

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Bud Financial helps banks and their customers make more informed decisions using AI with DataStax and Google Cloud

CIO

Organizations must ensure their technology stack can handle immense data flow. Foster a data-driven culture Bud’s commitment to a data-driven culture is an important lesson for organizations to encourage their teams to embrace data as a valuable resource for improving efficiency and effectiveness.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Lordstown Motors’ woes, how co-CEOs work, Brian Chesky interview

TechCrunch

The startup’s history is tied to places representative of San Francisco: The founding team worked out of Peet’s Coffee on Mission Street for a few months, then crashed at a penthouse lounge near the 4th and King Caltrain station, followed by a tiny office and then a slightly bigger one in the Flatiron building near Market Street.

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Extra Crunch roundup: A fistful of IPOs, Affirm’s Peloton problem, Zoom Apps and more

TechCrunch

Tech companies that go public capture our imagination because they are literal happy endings. For all the hype about new forms of payment, the way I transact hasn’t been radically transformed in recent years — even in tech-centric San Francisco. Will edtech empower or erase the need for higher education?