Metaverse And Augmented Reality Remain Unpopular With VCs

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Artificial intelligence • Media & entertainment tech • Retail and Direct To Consumer • Startups • Venture

Metaverse And Augmented Reality Remain Unpopular With VCs

June 21, 2024

The unsurprising finding from our latest data dive regarding investment in startups innovating around the metaverse, virtual reality and augmented...

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Fintech & e-commerce • Retail and Direct To Consumer • Sales & Marketing

GRR Vs. NRR: Choosing The Right Metric For Your Business Strategy

Itay Sagie

June 11, 2024

Two key metrics required to master revenue for sustainable growth are gross revenue retention and net revenue retention. Strategic adviser Itay Sagie...

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Retail and Direct To Consumer • SaaS • Sales & Marketing • Startups

The State Of Saas: After A Positive Start To 2024, Founders Can Find Success In A Reset Market

Guest Author

May 23, 2024

Paddle's Q1 2024 statistics show evidence of a SaaS market reconciliation. Guest author Jimmy Fitzgerald, CEO of Paddle, provides some strategies for...

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Agriculture & foodtech • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Retail and Direct To Consumer • Startups • Venture

Old Dogs Can Inspire New Business Models

Joanna Glasner

April 1, 2024

As furry friends age, their people face the prospect of costly vet bills, chronic health conditions to manage, and constant worry about their...

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Health, Wellness & Biotech • Layoffs • Retail and Direct To Consumer • Startups • Venture

These Are Lean Times For Fitness Startups — And Not In A Good Way

Joanna Glasner

March 27, 2024

Valuations for both public and private fitness companies have declined, investment is down, and fitness-related consumer spending remains tough to...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Retail and Direct To Consumer • Seed funding • Startups • Venture

From Construction To AI Diagnostics, Here Are 5 Areas Where Seed Investors Are Most Active

Joanna Glasner

February 16, 2024

Using seed-funding data, we looked at today’s cohort of very young funded companies and pieced together a sense of the technologies startup investors...

Agriculture & foodtech • Retail and Direct To Consumer • Startups • Venture

Food Investors Bet On Healthy, Convenient, Fermented And Highly Caffeinated

Joanna Glasner

November 7, 2023

What do investors like about funding food startups? After poring over more than 500 food- and drink-related funding rounds, we’ve identified five...

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Clean tech and energy • Retail and Direct To Consumer • Startups

These Funded Startups Want To Make Fashion Less Wasteful

Joanna Glasner

October 10, 2023

A recent European Union report concluded that consumption of textiles has, on average, the fourth-highest impact on the environment and climate...

Funding reports • Retail and Direct To Consumer • Semiconductors and 5G • Startups • Venture

China’s Early-Stage Funding Softens

Chris Metinko

September 5, 2023

Total funding numbers in China for Q2, and even the first half of 2023, don't look too bad considering the venture market everywhere is down. We took...