How hard was it to raise venture capital in Q1?

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🗓️ 6 April 2023

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Alex filled in for Natasha as host this week, and to celebrate the end of Q1 2023 and the start of another earnings cycle, we invited PitchBook Senior Analyst Kyle Stanford onto the show. Stanford and his company are key providers of data concerning the domestic and global venture capital markets making him a perfect guest to help kickstart our look at recent venture results, and trends. We had a lot to talk about: Where early-2023 venture aggregates are trending, including a chat about different stages of startup size and how investors are approaching those groups. Sectors that are hot and sectors that are, well, not. When we might get an exit market that actually exists, again. And why Stanford popped our fading optimism that we could get more IPOs later this year. And we had a good time. We hope that this episode helps you form an informed posture towards fundraising for, and operating your company. For episode transcripts and more, head to Equity’s Simplecast website. Equity drops at 7:00 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotifyand all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews founders, one that details how our stories come together and more! Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. Bryce Durbin is our Illustrator. We'd also like to thank the audience development team and Henry Pickavet, who manages TechCrunch audio products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups where we unpack the numbers and the
0:16.8	nuance behind the headlines.
0:18.2	My name is Alex and this is our Wednesday show where we niche down to a single person, think
0:22.3	about their work and unpack the rest.
0:24.1	Today we are talking to Mr. Kyle Stanford, the lead venture capital research analyst at
0:28.8	Pitchbook covering all things US market. Kyle I think this is the best way I've ever jumped into the Q1 data set.
0:35.2	I'm very excited that you were here. How are you? I'm great, you know, can't complain.
0:39.4	Again, just another, oh it's actually sunny outside in Seattle.
0:43.0	So what a way to start up the day off?
0:45.2	If it's sunny in Seattle,
0:46.1	Microsoft stock goes up by five points, right?
0:48.0	Isn't that how that works?
0:48.9	That's what I heard, yeah.
0:49.8	Yeah, okay, good.
0:50.4	Well, if you want Microsoft stock, congratulations,
0:52.1	Kyle is someone that I have emailed with and quoted ad nauseum over the year,
0:55.8	so it's great to have him on the show.
0:57.2	Pitchbook, if you don't know, is a, oh, Kyle, I'll just let you do it.
1:00.6	What's Pitchbook?
1:01.6	Pitchbook is a leading data and technology and
1:04.1	research provider for the private markets and public markets. Yeah.
1:07.6	Fully owned by Morningstar. Yes, so if you want data on startups, venture capital deals, all that stuff that we chew on a lot on this show.
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