Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was. Since 2021, Upfront returned more than $600 million to LPs and returned more than $1 billion since 2018. What do you do with a $650 million platform?

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Whereas in 2016 I struggled to come up with one, and whereas in 2017 it was obvious it was Coinbase, with 2018 comes the most money poured into U.S. In 2018, it was that kind year. This is the company, in my opinion, which only first appeared on the radar of most investors in 2018. Revenue acceleration is, too.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Zeni , a Palo Alto fintech company providing real-time financial services data to venture-backed startups, raised $34 million in Series B funding led by Elevation Capital. As part of the investment, Ravi Adusumalli, founder and managing partner at Elevation Capital, will join Zeni’s board. The company has now raised $47.5

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

Since its launch in 2018, Carry1st, a publisher of social games and interactive content across Africa, has raised funding from investors such as Google via its Africa Investment Fund and Avenir Growth Capital. We now have, in our minds, the three best funds that focus on gaming and web3. Image Credits: Carry1st.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

So when Chika Nwobi started Decagon in 2018, the perception was generally “here comes another tech talent accelerator.” million seed round and a student loan financing facility of $25 million from Nigerian financial institution Sterling Bank. Today, Decagon is announcing its $1.5 also took part.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Andy Stinnes , general partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners , leads early-stage investments in cloud businesses and serves as active board member and adviser, offering operational support for portfolio companies based on his 20+ years in executive roles in business software. Andy Stinnes. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More on that below.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The self-described energy financial tech platform received backing from lead investors Nairobi-based Factor[e] and SCM Capital Asset Management and participating investors such as Voltron Capital, Norrsken Impact Accelerator, Ventures Platform and Sovereign Capital. Think about it.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

based Susa Ventures led this latest tranche of investment. Other investors include TLcom Capital (the sole investor from its $1 million pre-seed round in 2020), newly joined Accenture Ventures and some angel investors. Nigeria is becoming Africa’s unofficial tech capital. In total, Okra has raised $4.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Austin’s venture capital scene has been hot for years now, but a pair of local investment firms just closed on new funds aimed at injecting more capital into startups in Austin and elsewhere. It was a great place to live and work, and I believed that over time, it would be a growing venture opportunity.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

The venture capital boom of 2021 was not built from merely traditional VC money. A host of other capital sources played a role in the global trend , from new methods of disbursing angel and seed capital to crossover funds pouring into late-stage startups. How quickly is corporate venture capital investment accelerating?

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Revolution

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Unpacking Proptech: A data-driven series on advancing built world innovation In Part 1 and Part 2 , I reviewed proptech financing trends, sources of capital and investor types, scaling and fundraising lessons from the past five years, and potential conflicts of interest. That brings us to one of the most exciting topics — exits.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Payments infrastructure company Stronghold has launched a venture capital arm to deploy $100 million of its balance sheet capital in startups and funds in three core strategies — underrepresented founders, fintech, and web3, CEO Tammy Camp told TechCrunch in an interview. It has raised $3.3 billion, the company says.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

Lara Lemann and Monica Saggioro of Sao Paulo–based MAYA Capital take a regional approach to investing, and their strategy is paying off. The investors raised $40 million for their first fund after starting the firm in 2018 and have now closed on $100 million in capital commitments for MAYA’s second fund. Women make up just 2.4%

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

Early-stage venture fund New Stack Ventures just raised $42.6 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. NM: The capital and talent networks are now robust, especially with remote work.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

When Christopher Male’s son was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in 2018, the long-time investor found himself in unfamiliar territory. “At The fund’s mission is to “revolutionize the status quo for diagnosing treating and living with autism through a venture-capital model.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

Conductive Ventures raised a $200 million Fund III to continue its focus on investing in founders where other venture capital firms did not see the potential. You might remember our profile of the firm back in 2018 when it officially launched with a $100 million enterprise fund.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

MarketForce , the retail B2B and end-to-end distribution platform founded in Kenya, has raised $40 million in Series A funding for its merchant inventory financing and expansion across Africa. Existing investors that took part in the round include Reflect Ventures, Greenhouse Capital, Century Oak Capital and Remapped Ventures.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

The crypto market is showing no signs of slowing down as funds and investors alike continue to deploy massive amounts of capital into the ecosystem. Today’s evidence of the trend: Dragonfly Capital, a crypto-centered investment firm, closed its third venture fund for $650 million, the firm’s managing partner, Haseeb Qureshi, told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

The company, co-founded by Michele Romanow and Andrew D’Souza, positions itself as an alternative equity-free capital solution for early-stage founders. As for if a startup takes ClearAngel capital and doesn’t make the minimum revenue? Alternative capital has pros and cons, just like venture capital has pros and cons.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 2, 2023

Register China has announced the extension of favorable taxation policies for venture capital firms and individual angel investors investing in tech startups. By extending these tax incentives, China aims to encourage more venture capital funding and individual investments in the tech startup sector.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

Co-founders Allison Campbell and Sebastian Monroy started the company in 2018 and say Zubale means “jump on board or rise up” in Spanish. After bringing in $8 million in a few rounds over the years, Zubale is back with a new cash infusion of $40 million in Series A financing led by QED Investors.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2022

Munich Re Ventures led the round and was joined by TriVentures, MS&AD Ventures and ORIX and existing investors Aspect Ventures, Mindset Ventures, at.inc/ and OurCrowd. The latest round gives the company $150 million in total funding, which includes $100 million in a credit facility announced in 2018.

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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. Manafa was founded in 2018 by Abdulaziz Al-Adwan and Arm Murad. The company is licensed by the Saudi Central Bank and the Saudi Capital Market Authority.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

IgniteXL Ventures, a fund founded by general partner Claire Chang, closed on its first fund of $10 million aimed at backing diverse early-stage founders in the beauty and wellness industry. Chang formed igniteXL in 2018 and started fundraising over a year ago. Claire Chang, general partner at igniteXL Ventures.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

MoveinSync’s Strategic Funding Round This financing round is intended not only for growth but also to provide an opportunity for some of its early investors to partially exit. Among the interested investors is Bessemer Venture Partners. million trips each month.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Contact Financial Holding, Egypt’s non-bank consumer finance provider, has invested $9 million in the country’s ecommerce super-app Wasla , setting the stage for the rollout of new online shopping capabilities, products and regional expansion. And the final step is integrating financing or buy-now-pay-later solutions directly within that.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

Bonfire Ventures , a Los Angeles venture capital firm, invests in seed-stage business-to-business software companies and aims to change the odds so that more than the average 33% of companies in this sector make it to Series A. Less than 33% raise an A and only 50% raise any follow-on capital. Andelman : The L.A.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

InstaDeep , a Tunis and London-based enterprise AI startup that creates decision-making systems for solving real-world problems, has raised $100 million in Series B financing led by Alpha Intelligence Capital and CDIB. InstaDeep was founded by Karim Beguir and Zohra Slim in 2014. Karim Beguir (InstaDeep CEO).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Sequoia Capital and Bain Ventures are among the high-profile investors that have backed the venture firm Kearny Jackson’s second fund, the early-stage focused firm said Wednesday as it gears up to invest in more startups. It has also roped in Sunil Chhaya , formerly a VC at Menlo Ventures, as a co-GP.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

This investment came from a consortium of regional investors, including Northstar Group, Alpine Ventures, Patamar Capital, and January Capital. GFC, Money Forward, Alpine Ventures, Patamar Capital, and nine angel investors also contributed to the funding round.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In 2018, he and Akintola Adesanmi — who was no stranger to how rent worked in Nigeria and also desired to effect change — brainstormed Spleet , a platform that partners with apartment owners to list their properties and offers renters options to pay rent monthly, quarterly and biannually. monthly to finance rent payments.

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

Outvio , an Estonian startup that provides a white-label SaaS fulfillment solution for medium-sized and large online retailers in Spain and Estonia, has closed a $3 million early-stage financing round led by Change Ventures. Also participating were TMT Investments (London), Fresco Capital (San Francisco) and Lemonade Stand (Tallinn).

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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

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Venture capital continues to flow into Latin America at a staggering rate. Venture firms in those countries are also raising funds; for example, this month, Colombia-based Marathon Ventures announced its first fund of $26 million. Why Latin American venture capital is breaking records this year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Crowdfunding has become an increasingly popular way for companies to raise capital, and investors are taking notice. Groundfloor , the first real estate crowdfunding platform to gain regulatory approval, announced today that it raised its first round of institutional capital since 2015. “These are heavy RegTech lifts. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The funds will also be used to extend vehicle financing credit to over 100,000 drivers in the next two years. The startup introduced vehicle financing in 2018, and in just over two years, CFO Guy-Bertrand Njoya told TechCrunch, the churn rate by drivers affiliated to them has crashed to “close to zero.”. “We

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

SeamlessHR , a Nigeria-based company that wants to help African businesses “leverage the continent’s greatest asset: abundant human capital” with its cloud-based human resources (HR) and payroll software, has raised $10 million in Series A funding for its next phase of growth and regional expansion.

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