Startup Valuations Dip As Concerns Swirl, And The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds

[Crunchbase News]( March 5, 2022 [1]( [Are The Good Times Over? Startup Valuations Dip As Inflation, Geopolitical Issues And Pandemic Concerns Swirl]( While last year was a record-breaker in terms of venture capital doled out to startups, this year is trending to be a much different story. [Dipping Valuations →]( [2]( [The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Down Week, But Investors Fanatical About Fanatics, Weee Takes $425M Home]( While this week saw three rounds of more than a quarter-billion dollars each, the trend seems to be a slowing down of venture dollars. [Top Deals →]( [3]( [This Startup Offered To Relocate Its Ukrainian Employees. They Chose to Stay.]( The leadership team at customer success startup Totango was monitoring the tensions between Russia and Ukraine for several weeks. About two weeks ago, they offered to relocate their small Ukrainian team to Tel Aviv, where Totango has engineering operations. [Ukraine Workers →]( [4]( [More Early-Stage Funding Flows To Climate Fintech And Finance]( We’ve been following startups at the intersection of fintech and climate, an area that’s seen rising funding in recent months for offerings that include carbon-tracking business software, environmentally friendly online banking, and products that make it easier to value ESG assets. [Climate Fintech →]( [5]( [The Crunchbase Unicorn Board: Value Of World’s Biggest Startups Doubles In A Year To $4 Trillion]( There are now more than 1,200 unicorn startups in the world, collectively valued at more than $4 trillion. That’s double the value of the world’s unicorns at the end of 2020. Keep track of it all with The Crunchbase Unicorn Board, our new leaderboard of unicorn startups that's updated daily. [Unicorn Board →]( [6]( [SaaS Sales: An Introductory Guide Plus Tips for Success]( Software as a service, or SaaS, has rapidly taken off in recent years — and with its increasing popularity, comes a different sales approach. In this article, we’ll dive into the basics of SaaS sales and share a few sales tips to ensure success. [SaaS Sales Tips →]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( | [View in Browser]( | [Unsubscribe]( Crunchbase, Inc. 564 Market Street, Suite 700 San Francisco, CA 94104