American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2024

billion from 10,000 individual investors since its founding in 2014, the firm has funded to date over 350 companies founded or led by women of its 1300+ current portfolio companies. The new fund will offer approximately 15-20 investments, diversified by sector, stage, and region over the span of 12 to 18 months. Having raised $1.3

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 20, 2023

Register Singapore-based private equity firms Capital Square Partners (CSP) and Basil Technology Partners (BTP) have publicly announced a partnership that seeks to build a leading regional technology investment platform. For over a decade now, the team has managed more than $1.3

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The investment is the largest-ever Series A round for the region, and it values Wave at $1.7 Four big-name backers jointly led the round — Sequoia Heritage, a private investment fund and a subsidiary of Sequoia; Founders Fund; payments upstart Stripe; and Ribbit Capital. Wave , a U.S. ” Going up against incumbents.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In 2014, more than 40% of U.S. VC investment, according to “Beyond Silicon Valley,” a new report co-produced by venture firm Revolution and PitchBook. Since launching the platform in 2014, Case and his teams have invested in 194 companies across 89 cities. But that was a long time ago.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

We’re thrilled to have him on TechCrunch Live this week, along with Chris Howard, founding partner at Fuel Capital, which invested in Convoy’s seed round. As you’ll hear, in 2014 and 2015, freight was ready for reinvention. Convoy launched at the right time, CEO Chris Howard told me. Join the event here.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Investors are excited about the opportunities in the space market that are being unlocked by exit events and continued interest and private investment in the biggest and most successful space companies, including SpaceX.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 25, 2023

Register Venture capital firm Goodwater has concluded its latest funding round, raising $1 billion in capital commitments for its fifth early-stage and third opportunity-style funds. Founded in 2014 by industry veterans Chi-Hua Chien and Eric Kim, Goodwater is the largest venture capital fund focused on consumer tech investments.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

According to PitchBook , VC investments were down 30% in Q2 2022 compared with 2021, and IPOs hit a 50-year low. While some adapt and survive, others end up retreating and creating M&A opportunity down the line for those left standing. This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on September 28, 2022. “

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

With this in mind, ThrivingDollars has been addressing the need for financial literacy in Jamaica by simplifying and disseminating quality financial education that covers key topics such as budgeting, saving, debt management, and elimination, investing, insurance, and retirement and estate planning.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

The Series C was led by Japanese VC firm Incubate Fund, with additional investment from partnerships managed by Innovation Engine, funds managed by SBI Investment Co., Katsunori Sago, Aizawa Investments and funds managed by HiJoJo Partners and Aizawa Asset Management. Ispace’s total funding now stands at $195.5 million. .”

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 18, 2014

Investment in later stage comprised 47% of all dollars invested in Q1, while Series A investment fell to a five quarter low at 15%. First, the median investment sizes by round are relatively constant for the earlier rounds (angel, series-a, series-b). But Series C+ have seen a steady growth over the past 8 years.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

— Dan Cederholm (@simplebits) February 13, 2014. — Al Shaw (@A_L) February 13, 2014. — Paul Boag (@boagworld) February 13, 2014. Is there an opportunity here, perhaps? Sad to see @GetEditorially is shutting down. Feel like it was the first tool that GOT web collaborative writing [link]. What a shame :(.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

Specifically, the São Paulo-based firm has closed on Kaszek Ventures VI, a $540 million early-stage fund and Kaszek Ventures Opportunity-III (KVO-III), a $435 million vehicle for later stage investments. Funds II and III closed in 2014 and 2017, raising $135 million and $200 million, respectively.

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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. The vast majority of Indian investors were too late to make investments in the web3 space. Image credits: Accel). Take crypto, for instance.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Sopoong was launched in 2008 by Jaewoong Lee , who co-founded South Korea’s largest internet portal operator Daum Communication, which merged with Kakao in 2014. If participating fellows succeed in founding a startup, Sopoong could make a seed investment, Han said.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 1, 2023

Register Saudi Arabia-based debt and investment company Manafa announced raising $28 million in a Series A funding round co-anchored by STV and Wa’ed Ventures. It aims to bridge SME financing gaps by arranging investment from a larger segment of local retail and institutional investors. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 23, 2021

Real winners use failure as a learning opportunity. Photo by Startup Stock Photos from Pexels The year was 2014. All of that changed on December 1st, 2014. I was looking for an opportunity online to make a few quick bucks for my girlfriend's birthday. I am not against the idea of raising outside investment.

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Hunter Walk

MAY 17, 2024

We way underestimated Textio’s stickiness within HR and how deeply HR execs would invest in Textio. If 2024 Kieran could whisper something into the ear of 2014 Kieran, what would you have told her about the difference between leading a team vs leading a company? Today, you’d look at Textio and say it’s an HR Tech company.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

Finch’s managing partner Radboud Vlaar tells me Noma Pay’s larger plan is to invest in payments infrastructure in Turkey and the Middle East region. Explains Vlaar: “We see tremendous growth opportunities to further enhance payments for Turkey’s 80 million inhabitants.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2020

But as every entrepreneur knows, every crisis offers opportunities, and this one is no different. Decisiveness towards survival, and later investing, will move the needle forward. The opportunities for disruption often don’t just hurt your business but disrupt the market on the whole with a completely new product service.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

Co-founder and CTO Juan Manuel Cuello had the idea for Fudo back in 2014 after working as a developer at Restorando.com, an Open table-like company that was acquired by The Fork. He bootstrapped the company before getting angel investment. We want to actually capture that opportunity.”. Fudo’s table mockup for restaurants.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Founded by Sheel Mohnot and Jake Gibson in November of 2019, San Francisco-based Better Tomorrow Ventures ( BTV ) has allocated $150 million to invest in startups at the pre-seed and seed stages. It has also reserved $75 million for an opportunity fund for follow-on investments. It’s committed to three so far.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

But in terms of influence, speed and number of investments made since 2021, Tiger has led the pack alongside Sequoia. billion for its Private Investment Partners 14 fund. Its lead investment in Flutterwave, which valued the fintech at $1 billion in March 2021, was a return from a long hiatus in investing in Africa.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Save the Children Impact Investment Fund, Verdant Frontiers Fintech and Logos Ventures participated in the round, as did the Nairobi Business Angels Network (NaiBAN), and Melvyn Lubega, co-founder of Go1, an Australia-based edtech unicorn. million seed funding in a round led by Acumen Fund, for product catalog growth and regional expansion.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

based investment fund Talanton and Swiss investor AlphaMundi Group. Novastar Ventures , which co-led the firm’s Series A round, and Blink CV also made follow-on investments. We entered this market because we saw a real opportunity to guarantee and deliver quality furniture. It plans to also purchase more equipment.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 29, 2023

I knew it might be a huge opportunity.” It was with this belief that Wu launched Fujin Tree – Taiwanese Cuisine & Champagne in late 2014 in Taipei, aiming to debunk the stereotype that Taiwanese food is limited to braised pork rice and bubble tea. But just because no one has done it doesn’t mean there’s no market.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

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. LAVCA — the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America — recorded a preliminary total of $2.7 This is only the beginning for us.”.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

— Charlie O''Donnell (@ceonyc) November 1, 2014. The fact is, it''s just not cool to criticize the investing side of the venture capital market. I just respectfully don''t see the same opportunity as her investors do, and I reserve the right to be 100% wrong. But can''t I disagree with him on an investment?

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

Long before SoftBank launched its $2 billion Innovation Fund in Latin America, and before Andreessen Horowitz began actively investing in the region , Sao Paulo-based Kaszek has been putting money into promising startups since 2011, helping spawn nine unicorns along the way.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Established in September 2023, the DFAB works to increase access to institutional capital for women- and minority-owned startups, providing knowledge, guidance, and insights on ways to best increase capital, access, and investments in New Jersey’s diverse entrepreneurs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2019

Craig Hall, the writer of Boom: Bridging the Opportunity Gap to Reignite Startups , shares his view on the current state of entrepreneurship in the U.S. . Unfortunately, we have created a widening opportunity gap for most Americans to become entrepreneurs. What prompted you to write Boom ? was in trouble.

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

With over 20 years of business experience and a passion for sports, particularly cycling, I was inspired to create something unique when I encountered a wooden bicycle at the Riga Technical University student’s work exhibition in 2014. What is it that excites you about what you’re building? How can our readers follow you on social media?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Prior to his appointment, Walsh served as the mayor of Boston from 2014 to 2021, where he led the creation of close to 140,000 jobs and helped secure a statewide $15/hour minimum wage, paid sick leave and paid parental leave. From 1997 to 2014, Walsh served as a State Representative for one of the most diverse districts in Massachusetts.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

Cathay Innovation is hoping to secure the bag in a new investment partnership with a company that secures crypto assets. Ledger itself, which Gauthier said has been profitable for years, has made some recent investments into other startups. Denis Barrier, co-founder of Cathay Innovation Image Credits: Cathay Innovation.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

This isn’t the first time we’ve talked about de Raphélis Soissan, as she used to be an entrepreneur herself and I first covered her startup, Clustree, back in 2014. He has also invested some of his own money as a business angel. Overall, the firm wants to invest in 25 to 30 tech companies with its initial fund.

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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. This presents an opportunity for Insilico Medicine to emerge as a winner during the biotech spring.” It has nominated eight preclinical candidates since 2021.

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