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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.”

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Singapore’s TC Ventures invests in German, French startups

AsiaTechDaily

Joshua Politis, Deputy Managing Partner of Transport Capital and Chief Investment Officer of TC Ventures, commented: “We believe that transportation by sea and air is at a multi-generational inflection point, with the need to decarbonise and digitalise dramatically accelerating. Germany-based Turtle (www.go-turtle.com)

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60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms

American Entrepreneurship

DYVVYD : work with diverse teams who are actively seeking capital that are self-launched, self-scaled or recent graduates of an incubated or accelerator cohort. They invest in companies that are disrupting traditional retail and consumer experiences. The broad portfolio includes companies disrupting traditional markets.

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Thailand’s fintech startup Ascend Money lands $150M at a $1.5B valuation

TechCrunch

The company, which was founded in 2013, also plans to strengthen its global operations across six countries — Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, and the Philippines. Ascend Money considers going public after hitting $1.5

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20 Years of Investing in Startups

Paul G. Silva

Ignitepost IgnitePOST is a service that enables sales & marketing teams to boost conversion rates by 15X. 2018 Libboo Accelerating great stories and big ideas. 2017 Relativity6 AI for Insurance Advisers, Brokers and Agents helps enable your sales and accounts teams to service and retain clients smarter. management.

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Argentinian fintech infrastructure startup Geopagos leaves the boot straps behind with $35M funding round

TechCrunch

Founded in 2013, the Argentinian startup serves as a white label infrastructure software provider, with the aim of giving businesses the ability to launch financial services. The pandemic accelerated the use of digital payment solutions globally, but especially in Latin America, noted Núñez Castro.

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Can Europe compete in the quantum ‘space race’?

TechCrunch

In the near future, some enabling technologies needed to make quantum computers work — such as cryostats — could be placed under control too. A disruptive technology like quantum computing will have massive industrial implications. launched its National Quantum Technologies Program in 2013, well before the U.S. In fact, the U.K.