Edtech Is No Longer A Funding Fav, And Comfy Footwear Is Cool — And Fundable

August 12, 2023 Edtech Is No Longer A Funding Fav So far this year, not a single education technology company has raised a venture round of $100 million or more, per Crunchbase data, but there are some getting funded. We look at the numbers. Edtech Falls → Comfy Footwear Is Cool — And Fundable, Too Over the past year, venture investors have stepped up funding to an array of foot-focused upstarts pitching everything from 3D-printed, custom shoes to chic sneaker marketplaces to vegan high-tops. We look at who's getting funded. Funding Footwear → 5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In July: Voice Cloning, Green Ammonia, And Using AI To Fight Wildfires The summer can be slow for funding to startups — but not necessarily to unique ones. A handful of the deals that caught our eye in July includes a couple of startups applying AI in interesting ways. Unique Startups → The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Neuralink Connects With $270M, Biotech Goes Big Again Although much of the talk this week was about a big raise for a big brain-implant startup, biotech actually ruled. Biggest Rounds → Investors Have Stopped Showing Up For Virtual Events Startups At the peak of the pandemic, event-goers didn’t have a choice about whether to join in-person or online, and investors, who did have a choice, opted to put a lot of money into virtual and hybrid event startups. We take a look at how those startups are doing post-pandemic. Disappearing Investment → Global Venture Funding In July Was Second-Lowest This Year As Seed Startups Are Hit Hard   All funding stages — seed, early and late — in July 2023 were down close to a third compared to a year ago. Global Venture → Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | View in Browser | Unsubscribe Crunchbase, Inc. 564 Market Street, Suite 700 San Francisco, CA 94104