Catching Up On Readings: Post-Pandemic E-commerce

This feature from The Wall Street Journal looks at how consumers are finding a new balance between online and in-person shopping post the pandemic. In March, online spending dropped by 3.3%, the first year-over-year decline since November 2013 while spending in bricks-and-mortar stores was 11.2%. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: Venture Funding in Q1 ’22

This report from Crunchbase News analyzes the trends in venture funding in the first quarter of 2022. There were 34 private companies newly valued at $1 billion or more in a disclosed funding in March 2022, compared to 49 in February and 46 in January. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: State of Blockchain 2021

This report from CB Insights analyzes how companies across 65 industries use innovatively using Blockchain. The global blockchain unicorn count jumped from 9 to 47 in 2021. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: Women-Led Unicorns

This feature from Crunchbase News analyzes the trends in unicorns founded by women. So far, 10 of the 100 unicorns in 2022 have a woman co-founder. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: 2022 Blockchain 50

This research report from CB Insights lists the top 50 most promising Blockchain and Crypto companies for 2022. The 2022 Blockchain 50 cohort has raised $17.1B in aggregate funding across 216 deals since 2016. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

567th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Zain Jaffer, Blue Field Capital

Zain Jaffer, Partner at Blue Field Capital, discusses trends in PropTech.

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Catching Up On Readings: Supply Chain Startups

This feature from Crunchbase News looks at how startups are innovating and using technologies like Blockchain to mend and then enhance supply chains. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: Cyber Security Funding

This feature from Crunchbase News looks at how the Russian invasion of Ukraine is affecting investment in the Cyber Security sector. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.