TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Kruger previously partnered with Matt Kopel, SwiftConnect’s other co-founder, to start Waltz , an access control company launched in Kopel’s dorm room that was acquired by WeWork in mid-2019. billion in 2019 and could reach $20.02 Kopel briefly worked at WeWork, but left to found SwiftConnect in 2020.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

million seed round in 2019. The founders also took in grant money from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research fund during an earlier R&D phase developing the network tech. But Tor does not do packet mixing — and Nym’s contention is that a functional mixnet can provide even stronger network-level privacy.

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HPA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

While the University of Michigan has been formally educating students on entrepreneurship for decades, the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem has notably ramped up in the last ten years and has effectively used its powerful alumni network to amplify its growth. Notably, Twilio recently became a publicly-traded corporation.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Vecmocon, an abbreviation for vector motor control, is trying to solve all this using its core EV components and software that it sells to OEMs. The New Delhi-based startup additionally offers platforms for cloud integration to enable remote diagnostics for fleet operations. Sri Lanka and Malaysia.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The funding, a Series A, is being by Threshold Ventures (the VC formerly known as Draper Fisher Jurvetson, rebranded in 2019 after none of the namesakes remained at the firm), with an interesting cast of others also participating. Heavybit and Alliance Venture, which led its seed round of $2.4 million last year, also participated.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Co-founders Aylon Steinhart and Thomas Bowman believe Eclipse Foods has come a long way since its 2019 origins. The proprietary technology uses micelles, which Steinhart called “the microscopic magic of milk,” to create the replacement plant-based dairy products, but that don’t sacrifice on taste, texture or functionality.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

The product can also be used by partner businesses to manage their own insurance needs. Some customers like Stanbic Bank in Kenya use Lami’s API to run insurance operations; HR platform WorkPay makes insurance products available to the businesses using its platform. Jihan Abbas (Founder & CEO).

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

There are an estimated 100,000 Italians already living in London, attracting the likes of Riccardo Zacconi, co-founder of King.com (maker of Candy Crush) and Simon Beckerman of social shopping app Depop. In 2019, about 300 deals were venture-backed. In 2019, about 300 deals were venture-backed. Simone Riva , partner, H14.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

So, while personally supportive of any and all workers seeking to improve their workplace conditions, we spend our days focused on providing better software to unions enabling them to improve efficiency and accessibility of union organizing. Lot of people I’ve known for many years certainly aren’t returning emails the way they used to.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The trials and tribulations that a giant company like Meta (née Facebook) has been facing in overcoming skepticism , creating user interest (let alone revenue) and building quality experiences for its all-in metaverse vision highlights just how much work lies ahead for any company working in mixed reality.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

It plans to use the funding to continue building out its software and its capabilities, to hire more people, and for business development, according to Artificial’s CEO and co-founder David Fuller. As those liquids are mixed, a robotic system typically moves around pipettes, liquids, in and out of plates and mixes.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Some people are more excited by emerging areas like artificial intelligence, which has been a focus of the country’s military for years, and like cybersecurity is now producing many fresh teams of founders. What are companies you are excited about (your portfolio or not), which founders? What’s your latest, most exciting investment?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

I don’t have much to say about this since anyone who follows the most basic tenets of society and uses logic understands it is wrong and ridiculous. My one thought: perhaps, it’s time for us all to put our grown-up pants on and stop normalizing this kind of behavior. The pairing has been something of a mixed bag.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

A startup tapping into the concept of the circular economy, where people don’t buy items outright but pay an incremental amount to use them temporarily, has raised some funding to scale its business in Europe and beyond. The fresh funding allows us to bring these possibilities to even more people across the world. “The

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

So in early summer of this year we decided to take on two new strategic investors — The Venture City and Kal Vepuri — bringing our overall seed funding to $6M,” explain two of Beams’ four co-founders (and its co-CEOs), Alan Sternberg and Robert Kilian, on why it’s taking more funding now.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Also last week, FTX CEO and founder Sam Bankman-Fried admitted he “f *d up” and “should have done better” right before FTX declared bankruptcy and he stepped down from his role. BNPL player Affirm last week reported mixed financial results. The digital bank has seen some success since launching in Nigeria in 2019.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

I asked 10 investors who actively and frequently back fintech startups a few questions such as what criteria they use when evaluating potential investments and what is the best way to pitch them. We are founders ourselves and think that we can have the most impact at the seed stage,” Mohnot told me. “We million seed funding round.

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Y Combinator

JULY 24, 2020

In the US, e-commerce penetration increased from 16% at the end of 2019 to 27% in April 2020. Faire has modernized this process, enabling retailers to discover thousands of brands, purchase products online, get free returns on new orders, and finance their working capital. Will the behavior changes from COVID-19 be permanent?

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Our movement stood for building a better world through the power of entrepreneurial solutions , supported by a powerful magic mix of inspiring spaces, vibrant communities and meaningful content. In the early years, there were only four people in the global team and most of us worked part-time. HUB Practice Academy. Makers Manifesto.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Juganu: Using light to chase away Covid-19. Hot-button issues in the US election. Investors around the world are focused on the US Presidential election. The Governor saw the treatment when he led a trade mission to Israel in 2019. SALT Talks: Next-Generation Mobility in a Post-Pandemic World. Healthcare.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Talking to Valentina Milanova, the still just 28-year-old founder of U.K. The intention for us was always to deliver on a number of different areas of gynaecological health — not just changing the tampon so it serves people better and so it delivers pain relief. femtech Daye , is best described as an exhilarating experience.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

MSPs can take ownership of the company’s immediate data analytics needs, resolve ongoing challenges, and integrate new data sources to manage dashboard visualizations, reporting and predictive modeling — enabling companies to make data-driven decisions every day. Within 24 hours, tens of thousands of people had used it.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Now the bad news: some venture capitallists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna — the Swedish fintech “buy now, pay later” sensation that is currently Europe’s most valuable private tech company — is dismissive of the suggestion that non U.S. That only changed in 2019, when it decided to incur losses in favor of investing millions trying to conquer the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

Emmanuel Schalit, the co-founder of popular password manager Dashlane , is stepping down as CEO of the startup. Dashlane now has 15 million users, up from 10 million+ in 2019. He is being replaced by JD Sherman, the former COO of Hubspot, as Dashlane makes plans to move more aggressively to court more business users.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Foodology has been whipping up its restaurant brands in cloud and virtual kitchens in Colombia and Mexico since 2019, and with a new infusion of capital, hopes to scale that across Latin America. Izquierdo told TechCrunch that she is a big fan of cooking and wanted to mix that passion with a business. “It

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Quantified health activity is all around us these days, as scores of people use mobile sensing technologies to keep an eye on their well-being by tracking their steps, workouts and even how long and deep they sleep — so why shouldn’t women who cycle (as in menstrual cycle) track monthly changes to their hormone levels?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

A mix of Silicon Valley and Latin American-based VC firms and angels participated in the financing including Future Positive, Kibo Ventures, FJ Labs, Kaszek, MAYA Capital, Venture Friends, Rappi co-founder and president Sebastián Mejía (Rappi), Harsh Sinha, CTO of Wise (formerly Transferwise) and Nubank CEO and founder David Vélez.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna — the Swedish fintech “buy now, pay later” sensation that is currently Europe’s most valuable private tech company — is dismissive of the suggestion that non U.S. That only changed in 2019, when it decided to incur losses in favor of investing millions trying to conquer the U.S.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Throw into the mix aesthetics (who’s ever seen an attractive QR code?), We caught up with co-founders Sean Jackson (CEO) and CTO Daniel Reiling to get a sneak peek into what exactly it’s looking to achieve. Vitag co-founders: Daniel Reiling (CTO) and Sean Jackson (CEO). Image Credits: TechCrunch. Videos on tap.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Saltbox opened its first facility — a 27,000-square-foot location — in its home base of Atlanta in late 2019, filling it within two months. The company plans to use its new capital primarily to expand into new markets. Saltbox has locations slated to come online as large as 110,000 square feet, according to Scriven.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Startups and VC Lex, the hookup and social app that launched in 2019 with a nod to lesbian personal ads from the ’80s, is changing. TechCrunch+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack. Use code “DC” for a 15% discount on an annual subscription! You can sign up here. Big Tech Inc.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Now the bad news: some venture capitalists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

The gig economy has, to use a well-worn word, disrupted industries from ride-hailing to quick-service restaurants. A 2019 study by Mastercard estimated that the global gig economy now generates $204 billion in gross volume. . The evidence is mixed on this. “Our algorithm can … learn what [A. .

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Y Combinator

JULY 6, 2023

I asked co-founders from three of these newer companies for their insights, hoping to learn a bit more about what they’re doing, what they’re doing so right , and what’s next. Deel was created when its co-founders, just out of college, experienced how heavily where you live impacts the opportunities you get.

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