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We’re almost there, folks. It’s the last Thursday of 2022, and today we have some news for you out of Alibaba and Spotify, as well as some crypto news out of India. And as always, we give you some goodness from TC+, our premium membership program. Read on, dear readers, and we’ll be back again tomorrow to bring you the final moments of 2022 in tech. — HP
Could the FTX debacle have been avoided if investors had taken a more active interest in the company’s operations?
Given the chilly climate for late-stage fundraising and widespread economic uncertainty, “it’s time for the startup community to redefine what ‘founder-friendly’ capital means and balance both the source and cost of that capital,” writes Blair Silverberg, co-founder and CEO of Hum Capital.
In a TC+ guest post, he weighs the relative benefits of active versus passive investors, breaks down the basics of debt startup financing, and shares advice “for founders seeking a better balance of capital and external expertise for their businesses.”
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We rounded up the best of our TC+ coverage from the roller-coaster year in crypto. Not enough? Jacquie provided us with a couple extra in order to squeeze more pulp out of the crypto juice:
Ron took a look at the private equity that dominated the top 10 enterprise M&A deals this year. The deals totaled nearly $154 billion. (Requires TC+ subscription.)
Rebecca has some ideas about what is in store for the micromobility market in 2023 — after what she said was a “tumultuous” year.
Source @TechCrunch
