Here On the eve of Thanksgiving in the United States, this columnist spent a good part of the morning hunting around the ground for something to give thanks to.
Alternatives exist: The world has never been more software-centric, meaning that its core startup product is aligned with long-term macroeconomic trends. that’s nice. Consumers are also expecting more than expected in the face of rising interest rates and difficult-to-manage inflation. And despite the endless calls tomorrow and the day after, the key economies of technology continue to grow.
The exchange examines startups, markets and money.
Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get the Exchange newsletter every Saturday.
Unfortunately, for many startups, the news is generally more negative than positive. For example, tech investment is falling, valuations are falling, IPOs are stalling, layoffs are rampant, and startups that have decided to stop raising funds due to depressed market conditions may grow when the valuation stick is short. (The good news version of this point is some beginners. He did Add in the previous quarters of the current tech-market slump, which turned out to be the right move!)
Forge’s November 2022 report — which shows the company is running a secondary market for private-equity tech stocks — shows that startups raised earlier this fall have raised smaller rounds and fared better than their more bullish brethren. .
