{"id":33675,"date":"2023-05-31T22:09:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T22:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2023\/05\/31\/just-how-hard-is-it-for-startups-to-raise-capital-today\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T22:09:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T22:09:40","slug":"just-how-hard-is-it-for-startups-to-raise-capital-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2023\/05\/31\/just-how-hard-is-it-for-startups-to-raise-capital-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Just how hard is it for startups to raise capital today?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source:<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/31\/just-how-hard-is-it-for-startups-to-raise-capital-today\/\">https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/31\/just-how-hard-is-it-for-startups-to-raise-capital-today\/<\/a><\/br><br \/>\nJust how hard is it for startups to raise capital today?<\/br><br \/>\n2023-05-31 22:09:39<\/br><\/p>\n<div readability=\"39.830792682927\">\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\"><span class=\"featured__span-first-words\">Hello, friends!<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\">If you are a founder looking to raise your first external capital or your startup is a bit farther down the line, you need to know what\u2019s going on in the world of venture capital. Don\u2019t worry, the TechCrunch+ crew has your back.<\/p>\n<p>Building off TechCrunch\u2019s rapid-fire coverage of individual startup funding rounds, we\u2019re digging deep into the global trends shaping venture appetite to find out how startups are responding to the new and more conservative reality.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that while the <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/03\/14\/your-startup-raised-at-40x-revenue-whats-it-worth-at-say-6x\/\">good times of 2021 are fast receding in the rearview mirror<\/a>, there\u2019s still plenty of capital flowing. It\u2019s less compared to times of plenty, sure, but <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/06\/q1-2023-vc-performance-bad\/\">billions and billions of dollars are being invested every month<\/a>. Here\u2019s the latest from our desks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The state of play:<\/strong> Some founders are bucking the slowdown by compressing the time between raising seed capital and their Series A. One startup got the work done in <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/19\/odyssey-energy-solutions-series-a-seven-months\/\">just over half a year<\/a>! And while traditional venture capital activity slows, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/23\/threading-the-needle-a-peek-at-paul-judges-plans-for-softbanks-open-opportunity-fund\/\">SoftBank can\u2019t help but keep investing<\/a>, and there are all <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/18\/the-new-rules-of-venture-debt-are-already-being-written\/\">new rules around venture debt<\/a> in the post-Silicon Valley Bank world.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What investors want:<\/strong> Well, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/28\/a16z-early-stage-effort\/\">deal allocation, naturally<\/a>. But surprisingly, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/15\/ai-weak-investments\/\">AI-focused venture investing has been modest thus far in 2023<\/a> when compared to prior results. And, despite its strong performance, the cybersecurity industry has not generated enough enthusiasm to <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/24\/venture-capital-funding-cybersecurity-startups\/\">rectify falling venture interest in startups building for digital security<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The news is not all bad, though. Venture leasing could help <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/26\/venture-leasing-the-unsung-hero-for-hardware-startups-struggling-to-raise-capital\/\">keep hardware-focused startups afloat<\/a>, and from a sector\u2019s ashes, we <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/19\/messy-ipos-insurtech-startups\/\">could see a new insurtech boom as startups continue to innovate in the industry<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The TechCrunch+ crew is busy every day chewing through venture capital data, talking to founders about the current state of play and working to collate discrete pieces of news into trends and narratives so that you can focus on what you do best: Build.<\/p>\n<p>See you soon!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/br><\/br><\/p>\n<p>Science, Tech, Technology<\/br><br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\nSource:<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/31\/just-how-hard-is-it-for-startups-to-raise-capital-today\/\">https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/31\/just-how-hard-is-it-for-startups-to-raise-capital-today\/<\/a><\/br><\/br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/31\/just-how-hard-is-it-for-startups-to-raise-capital-today\/ Just how hard is it for startups to raise capital today? 2023-05-31 22:09:39 Hello, friends! If you are a founder looking to raise your first external capital or your startup is a bit farther down the line, you need to know what\u2019s going on in the world of venture capital. Don\u2019t worry, the TechCrunch+ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,17,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science","category-tech","category-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Just how hard is it for startups to raise capital today? - Science and Nerds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2023\/05\/31\/just-how-hard-is-it-for-startups-to-raise-capital-today\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Just how hard is it for startups to raise capital today? - Science and Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Source:https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/31\/just-how-hard-is-it-for-startups-to-raise-capital-today\/ Just how hard is it for startups to raise capital today? 2023-05-31 22:09:39 Hello, friends! 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