TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

Some are more for fun, and the financing options for those types of buys — such as motorcycles and ATVs — are more limited. The company, which offers “instant” financing for large recreational purchases, boasts impressive financials in a startup world whose inhabitants are mostly unprofitable.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

March 5, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) held the first in-person meeting of the Diversity Finance Advisory Board (DFAB) last week, bringing together a diverse group of investors, entrepreneurs, and mentors for presentations and networking sessions.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

Companies that have high recurring revenue and visibility into future performance — such as SaaS startups — in particular can benefit from debt financings, Alex points out. . The firm has deployed over $60 million in capital to 130 SaaS founders since launching in January 2020, according to Latka. Enter Founderpath.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Over the past month a colleague ( Chang Xu ) and I sifted through data on the venture capital industry (as we do every year) and made a bunch of calls to VCs and LPs to confirm our hypotheses. As a result of the IPO window shifting we saw a massive inflow of public-market capital into the latest stages of venture.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 1, 2023

In a statement, Manafa said it will use the fresh funds to accelerate its growth in Saudi Arabia and expand its offering with the launch of several products and financing solutions in addition to double the number of investors on its platform. The company is licensed by the Saudi Central Bank and the Saudi Capital Market Authority.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

There was also a lot of talk around Tornado Cash as the two founders behind the crypto mixer were charged on Wednesday by U.S. This week in web3 Two founders behind crypto mixer Tornado Cash charged by U.S. Erik previously worked on Wall Street as a VP for AIG investments and was a co-founder and consultant of other startups.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Sometimes when you’re in the zone as a founder, a case of the twisties can utterly derail progress. As a consultant to many of the world’s most innovative global brands as well as motivated founders looking for a jump-start, it’s important to be able to know what steps along the way are absolutely necessary and which ones are nice to have.

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Ian Hathaway

JANUARY 6, 2020

Over the next eight years, Facebook would attract half a billion users and nearly $7 billion in venture capital investment, on its way to a May 2012 IPO that valued the company at more than $81 billion. businesses that were started during a recent eight-year period (2007-2014). This restricted-use dataset at the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

When much of the shopping shifted online during the global pandemic, startups developing software and other products to aid the transition began to garner attention from venture capital firms. The CEO is Guru Hariharan, who you might remember from retail analytics company Boomerang Commerce , a Startup Battlefield finalist in 2014.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

He is founder of Arowana , a B Corporation which invests in, operates, and grows sustainable companies. Steve Jobs: In 1996, the Apple founder returned as CEO only to find his company in tatters. Finances, production, and thus investor confidence bounced back, allowing Musk to shift into hyper-scale mode.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

There is a lot of uncertainty about the state of the private, high-growth technology markets and the venture capital markets that underpin them. Technology riches yield bumper crops in venture capital with new firms and new largesses – the rewards of LPs rediscovering our asset class. Are LPs to blame?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

Insilico Medicine, a Hong Kong-based company that has been using artificial intelligence to discover new drugs since 2014, has completed a fresh round of funding. Alex Zhavoronkov, Insilico’s founder and CEO, also participated in the Series D round.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

London-based Divido , a white-label platform for retail finance that integrates with e-commerce platforms (but can also support omni-channel) so retailers can offer consumers a “buy now, pay later” option at the point of sale, has bagged a $30 million Series B to fund international expansion. Making sense of Klarna.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

million in a Series E round of funding, as well as $50 million in debt financing. Existing backer Accomplice led the equity financing, which the company described as “an inside round” that propelled FreshBooks to unicorn status with a valuation of “over $1 billion.” .

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 10, 2023

eFishery’s comprehensive ecosystem encompasses the entire aquaculture value chain, from seeds to financing. ” Joining as new investors are Malaysian pension fund company Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP), Swiss asset management firm responsAbility (rA), and venture capital investor startup 500 Global.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. I divided success into the phases of venture capital and 18 months into writing my first check here was my view (details on each in the link above). I’ve now been involved with many other successful foll0w-on financings.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Founded in 2014, Blossom Finance was first intended for Muslim entrepreneurs in the United States. But founder Matthew Joseph Martin soon realized that the startup, backed by investors like Boost VC and Tim Draper, was serving a relatively niche market in the States. Meanwhile in Malaysia, where 61.3% out of its 33.6

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

Existing backers Riverwood Capital, Viking Global Investors and Sunley House Capital also participated in the financing. In 2014, Riverwood Capital and Antonio Soares — who now serves as Dock’s CEO — bought out 100% of Conductor and essentially created the company that is Dock today.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

The financing is notable for a few reasons. For one, that new $6 billion valuation, is up 50% from the $4 billion it was valued at last November when it raised $200 million in Series D financing. The investment brings Better.com’s total funding raised to over $900 million since its 2014 inception.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Existing investors IVP, Revolution Growth and Lowercase Capital also joined the round that brings Tala’s total funding raised to a little over $360 million. However , unlike the last financing round where Tala raised $100 million debt financing in addition to its $110 million Series D, the microlender only raised equity this time.

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HPA

JUNE 29, 2021

The Series E financing was led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from Hyde Park Angels, SoftBank, Menlo Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners and Silicon Valley Bank. Congrats to co-founders Dhruv and Divey as well as the entire ShipBob team for achieving unicorn status! We look forward to the continued growth ahead.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

JIC Venture Growth Investments led the Series E equity funding, with participation from Z Venture Capital , a venture investment arm of Z Holdings, Japan Post Capital and Salesforce Ventures. Mizuho Bank and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group also joined in its debt financing. Image Credits: Zeals.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

BTV is a venture firm that boasts two successful fintech founders as its partners. Gibson co-founded NerdWallet, where he also served as COO from 2010 to 2014. The personal finance company went public last year. We are founders ourselves and think that we can have the most impact at the seed stage,” Mohnot said. “We

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

million for its second fund aimed at injecting capital into founders that don’t come from the educational pedigree or location that we typically see with entrepreneurs. It makes angel, pre-seed and seed investments into B2B SaaS startups in sectors like finance, healthcare, cybersecurity, supply chain, construction and real estate.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Or more simply, the company aims to solve SMBs’ working capital needs through its credit and payments offerings. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) led Fundbox’s Series D financing, which brings the company’s total equity raised to $410 million since its 2013 inception. billion in working capital, the executive added.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In 2014, more than 40% of U.S. Case is the founder of the Revolution trio of funds (including the Rise of the Rest Seed Fund), which focus exclusively on investing outside the major hubs of Silicon Valley, New York and Boston. Since launching the platform in 2014, Case and his teams have invested in 194 companies across 89 cities.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Lone Pine Capital is leading the round, with new backers G Squared and Vetamer Capital Management, and previous backers 1835i Ventures (formerly ANZi), DST Global, Salesforce Ventures and Sequoia Capital China also participating. “We want to be like the Apple of business finance.” That involves two parts.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

Founder and CEO Prince Boakye Boampong started the company in 2019. Before Dash, Boampong was the co-founder of OMG Digital, a YC-backed Ghanaian media startup he started alongside Jesse Ghansah — the current CEO of Float — in 2016. . Other investors in the round include Global Founders Capital and 4DX Ventures.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

Nigeria is becoming Africa’s unofficial tech capital. “ Obi Emetarom, co-founder and CEO, Appzone. CardinalStone Capital Advisers , a Lagos-based investment firm, led the Series A investment. CardinalStone Capital Advisers , a Lagos-based investment firm, led the Series A investment. Image Credits: Appzone.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

New investor Franklin Templeton joined existing backers — including Founders Fund, Bedrock Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Moore Strategic Ventures, 137 Ventures and Brookfield Growth Partners — in putting money in the round. With this latest financing, Workrise has now raised more than $750 million.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Not every startup wants to raise venture capital. Former Goldman Sachs investment banker Marc Helwani founded i80 in 2016 after investing in early-stage New York-based fintechs in 2014-2015 via his VC fund, Avenue A Ventures. Image Credits: Founder and Chief Investment Officer Marc Helwani / i80 Group.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Meanwhile, Silicon Hills News (operated by the very talented Laura Lorek) reported that Austin-based insurtech Decent is “shutting down all of its operations to just a core team,” which was confirmed in a blog post published by Nick Soman, the company’s founder and CEO. billion valuation. Insight Partners and Accel co-led that round.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2022

Founded in 2013 (or 2014 depending on the source), the Chicago-based company has raised over $82 million in funding over its lifetime from investors such as FinTech Collective and Oak HC/FT , according to Crunchbase. billion in an all-stock deal that was a reflection of its continued push into consumer finance.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

BlocPower founder Donnel Baird grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn in the 1980s. He launched BlocPower in 2014 with the goal of replacing fossil fuel-burning heating and cooling systems with cleaner, more efficient electric air source heat pumps, water heaters and solar panels. Image Credits: BlocPower.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 1, 2022

Register Dianxiaomi, the parent company of BigSeller, Southeast Asia’s ecommerce enabler, has raised US$100 million in its Series C financing round led by Huaxing Growth Capital and Tiger Global Management along with participation from existing investors CDH Investments, GGV Capital, and Gaorong Capital.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In 2014, Prayank Swaroop made a pitch to the storied venture firm Accel, where he worked as an associate, about future marketplaces in India. Swaroop’s presentation from 2014. Accel and Quona recently backed Shivalik Small Finance Bank. Image credits: Accel). PharmEasy, valued at $5.6

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

Founded in 2014 to provide last-mile deliveries for small merchants, the company has since expanded to serve large e-commerce platforms, too. SiCepat , an end-to-end logistics startup in Indonesia, announced today it has raised a $170 million Series B funding round. million packages per day in 2020.

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