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Investors have flipped their weighting of growth versus profitability

Rational or not, public markets are where consensus gets formed on how much listed companies are worth, impacting the value of private companies in the process. But in a downturn, such as the one everyone suddenly agreed we are going through, that consensus can shift quickly. Most of the stock fluctuation tends to hit public […]
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Boldstart Ventures has two new funds to plug into teams with an idea and little else

Boldstart Ventures, a seed- and early-stage venture firm that markets itself as a “day one partner for developer first, crypto infrastructure and SaaS founders,” has closed on two new funds roughly 14 months after announcing its last two funds. The firm — which began in New York with a $1 million proof-of-concept fund in 2010 […]
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Block rival SpotOn lands $300M at $3.6B valuation after doubling ARR last year

Payments and software startup SpotOn has closed on $300 million in a Series F financing that values the company at $3.6 billion. Dragoneer Investment Group led the latest round, which included participation from existing backers Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), DST Global, Franklin Templeton and Mubadala Investment Company, as well as new investor, G Squared.  The investment […]