![]() McConnell expects the numbers will continue to go down as more instability shows up in the market. That’s despite Microsoft’s $10 billion infusion into OpenAI and Stripe’s $6.5 billion investment in Stripe, which skewed the figures. Companies raised $76 billion in the first quarter of this year, a 53% year-over-year decline from 2022 figures, according to new Crunchbase data released this morning. Ideally, like airbags, these innovations will work when you need them but can be taken for granted the rest of time.Global funding is already at a low. If all goes according to plan, we might wind up in that best of all worlds place for innovation: Technological progress that provides benefits, without requiring end users to spend a lot more or learn a new system. You won’t notice that the help desk is providing clearer advice or responding more quickly. Consumers won’t necessarily know, say, that the concrete used to pour their driveway was more sustainably produced. This is kind of how the carbon capture idea works. While you have to decide to buy a car, airbags just got included in the package over time, making an existing product better and safer. Rather, they’re working on the kinds of innovations that get quietly incorporated into existing products, services and industrial processes, without the end consumer having to do much.īy way of analogy, it’s kind of like airbags and seatbelts. ![]() What does that mean? Essentially, they’re not making products that a consumer will have to consciously decide to consume, like say a new device, food or eco-friendly home good. The seed-funded areas emerging lately, to grossly over-generalize, seem more involved with what I’d call progress behind the scenes. ![]() This time around, however, I’d describe the broad theme differently. In particular, seed-funded startups commonly want to lead consumers toward an increasingly digital life, where screens rather than physical location dictate what we can do. Having written these seed funding trend pieces over many years, I’ve noticed some overarching themes crop up repeatedly. An overarching theme: Progress behind the scenes Founders initially launched as a wireless charging startup called Chargify, but changed the business model and brand following the pandemic-driven shift in workplace culture.ĭeskbird, another startup offering desk- and space-booking tools for hybrid workplaces, pulled in $6.5 million in a late September round. Kadence, a provider of desk-booking software for hybrid offices, led in funding with a $10 million December financing. Using Crunchbase, we aggregated a list of five: On both these fronts, we’ve seen a number of good-sized seed funding rounds in recent months. ![]() However, they can make it easier to access women’s health and fertility-related care regardless of geography as well as connect people to specialized providers. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like startups can do much to expand the supply of specialists. Shortages vary widely by region, with the South and Midwest expected to see steeper shortages. In the U.S., the number of OB-GYNs is expected to decrease 7% by 2030, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration, with demand on track to increase 4%. ![]() 3: Fertility and women’s healthĭemand for women’s health care services continues to exceed supply, and the imbalance is only projected to grow. And SellScale, of Silicon Valley, which snagged $3.4 million in seed funding, uses AI to personalize email outreach efforts at scale for sales teams. Meanwhile Tymely, another Israeli company that raised $7 million, offers AI technology for e-commerce customer support emails. Tel Aviv-based Ask AI, the largest recent funding recipient, bagged $9 million in October for technology that aggregates company data from scattered sources and uses AI to synthesize concise, readable answers to questions. ![]()
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