AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 11, 2023

The Philippines-based AHG Lab intends to utilize the raised funds to develop further the more than ten startups it is currently nurturing under its wing. Established in 2020, AHG Lab operates under the umbrella of the Alternative Housing Group, which functions as a real estate startup and prop-tech incubator in the Philippines.

peer-to-peer 97

peer-to-peer real estate incubation startup 97

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

This amount includes Brick’s previously undisclosed seed funding, which TechCrunch reported in May 2021 , but the majority of it is fresh capital, said co-founder and CEO Gavin Tan. Tan was an early employee at Aspire, the neobank, while Malhotra was co-founder and CTO of Indian neobank Slice.

financing 82

financing finance enablement creativity 82

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

For Black founders, who have rarely received more than 1% of total venture capital invested in startups, 2022 wasn’t kind, and 2023 doesn’t look promising given how things are going. To find out how Black founders are planning to manage their time, money, and expectations for the upcoming months, TechCrunch+ surveyed three founders.

VC 85

VC founder venture capital creativity 85

TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2022

I’ll be publishing this every Sunday, so in between posts, be sure to listen to the Equity podcast and hear Alex Wilhelm , Natasha Mascarenhas and me riff on all things startups! In the case of Wheelhouse, its predecessor company’s core team, led by co-founder Andrew Kitchell, didn’t give up in the face of a plunge in business.

founder 86

founder startup financing finance 86

Y Combinator

AUGUST 28, 2020

Below are some stats about the YC Summer 2020 batch. Founder demographics: Women founders: 16% of the companies have a women founder, 9% of the founders are women. Black founders: 6% of the companies have a Black founder; 4% of the founders are Black. Apply here. Consumer – 13%. Education – 4%.

real estate 94

real estate construction health sustainability 94

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Klue , an AI-powered competitive enablement platform, has raised $62 million in Series B funding led by Tiger Global, with participation from Salesforce Ventures. Klue aims to enable product marketers and competitive intelligence teams to increase their coverage of competitors. Image Credits: Klue.

enablement 81

enablement collaboration ventures support 81

American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 25, 2024

Launches Fellowship Grant Opportunity for Early Career Entrepreneurs Altitude Lab today announced that its incubating startups raised over $120M in early-stage funding since commencing operations in 2020. In 2021 we announced our investor coalition, which targeted $50M in funding for our startups.

capital 59

capital incubation startup mentorship 59

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2022

India’s Decentro , the Y Combinator-backed startup that helps companies enter the fintech market by deploying its APIs, has raised $4.7 “Whenever a fintech startup or a company wants to launch a new product in the market, it takes them a minimum of a few months to launch. million in a Series A round.

ventures 99

ventures startup enablement innovation 99

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures Focus on Cash While the headlines in 2020 & 2021 touted many massive fundraising events and heady valuations, we believed that for savvy investors it also represented an opportunity for real financial gains. What do you do with a $650 million platform? Thank you, thank you, thank you.

ventures 408

ventures startup peer-to-peer venture capital 408

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

-based company announced Monday that it raised $4 million in seed funding, led by Canaan Partners, and including angel investors Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal, PhonePe founders Sameer Nigam and Rahul Chari, Addition founder Lee Fixel and Helion Ventures co-founder Ashish Gupta.

enablement 96

enablement founder investing investment 96

TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

In this challenging fundraising environment, more startups than ever are turning to alternative financial solutions such as debt. Despite the negative connotation associated with debt, a startup should not view it as an act of desperation during downturns, as TechCrunch’s Kyle Wiggers and Alex Wilhelm have recently noted.

SaaS 103

SaaS startup founder founder peer-to-peer 103

TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

So In May 2020, he teamed up with fellow Digital Ocean co-founders Mitch Wainer and Ben Uretsky to startup Welcome Homes , a New York City-based company that offers people a way to design and build new homes online. DigitalOcean’s other two co-founders Jesse Mauro and Marc Hartman are advisors to the company).

founder 88

founder construction financing finance 88

Revolution

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Since the beginning of modern venture capital investing — a relatively nascent asset class — the industry has been biased toward funding what it knows best: founders with familiar demographics (white, male) in familiar geographies (Silicon Valley). One event held by a few investors focused on Black founders is clearly not enough.

innovation 260

innovation investing investment pitching 260

TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Fueled by a zero-interest landscape in 2020, it has surged, giving rise to an ever-growing array of funds. There is an unprecedented amount of information or knowledge that is now freely available to guide founders (e.g., the free YC Startup School courses). growth from 2020 to 2021. Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x

accelerator 96

accelerator peer-to-peer startup VC 96

Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Here are my 5 predictions for 2020. The direct listing becomes the standard way for startups to go public in 2020. Most startups at IPO have plenty of cash and don't need to raise more in the public markets. The direct listing enables them to go public without raising capital. Distributed becomes the norm.

incumbents 61

incumbents SaaS sustainability collaboration 61

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Back in 2020, another player, Giraffe360, raised $4.5 It has a robotic camera, combined with a subscription service, which enables real estate agents and brokers to generate high-resolution photos of properties, floor plans and virtual tours. Giraffe360 CEO Mikus Opelts commented: “We are very excited to partner up with Founders Fund.

real estate 97

real estate founder VC ventures 97

TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

With a focus on Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Mexico and India, selected startups receive £80,000 (~$100,000) in grant capital, six months of support and connections with follow-on investors. In 2020, all five countries had representatives in the accelerator. Here are the startups in the 8th cohort.

startup 116

startup financing finance accelerator 116

AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 26, 2023

Register Explico , a Singapore-based edtech startup , has secured US$1.4 Founded in 2020 by Ashutosh Shukla and Sandesh Shetty, Explico focuses on assessment using artificial intelligence and machine learning to help students identify their specific strengths and weaknesses to design a unique learning modular based on their individual needs.

peer-to-peer 96

peer-to-peer education startup collaboration 96

Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

My previous startup was bootstrapped, easy, fast, and 100% control. Fundraising is different for each startup, and it’s also very different in each stage of that startup. Let’s get one thing very clear, not every startup has to raise investment nor it’s the job of a startup to raise money. Still no new email.

startup 102

startup VC pitching mentorship 102

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

I’ll be publishing this every Sunday, so in between posts, be sure to listen to the Equity podcast and hear Alex Wilhelm , Natasha Mascarenhas and me riff on all things startups! And corporate spend startup Ramp told TC exclusively it is branching out in the travel space. Image Credits: Co-founder and CEO Lily Liu / Pin?ata.

founder 98

founder real estate financing finance 98

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

VC has been invested over the past decade according to race, gender and educational background makes for grim reading — with all-ethnic teams and female entrepreneurs receiving just a fraction of available funding versus all-white teams and male founders. A beginner’s guide to diversity, equity and inclusion.

founder 113

founder investing investment VC 113

TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Y Combinator’s summer batch of 2021 features 377 startups from 47 countries. YC S20 had 198 startups, so that’s a 90% increase from last year. include India, with 33 startups; the U.K., with 18 startups; Mexico with 17; Singapore with 12; and Canada and Brazil, 11 each. Amenli (Egypt).

startup 122

startup pitching health financing 122

AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Register Law&Good , a legaltech startup that is based in Korea , is now considered as the fastest to secure more than $10 million after it also raised $6 million in the recently concluded Series A2 funding round. Law&Good, that was founded in 2020, enables consumers to receive and compare legal proposals and to hire lawyers online.

funders 89

funders startup board financing 89

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

LeafLink is today announcing it raised a $40 million Series C financing round, led by Founders Fund with participation from Thrive Capital, Nosara Capital and Lerer Hippeau. This financing round is Founder Fund’s largest technology investment in the cannabis space. “The U.S.

founder 102

founder financing finance technology 102

TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

How many startups could be built if hundreds of thousands or even millions more people could code and bring their entrepreneurial ideas to fruition? Coding is not a bubble, and Bubble wants to empower the democratization of software development and the creation of new startups. million seed round in June 2019 led by SignalFire.

founder 112

founder SaaS education development 112

AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 16, 2023

Register Indonesian fitness startup Fit Hub has secured US$6.5 The company raised US$3 million in seed funding in early 2022 from investors including Global Founders Capital, Trihill Capital, and Goodwater Capital, followed by a US$3.5 The post Indonesian startup Fit Hub scores $6.5m

startup 97

startup health enablement capital 97

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The demand for SaaS products that enables online transactions has dramatically increased during Covid-19, according to CEO of Upflowy Guillaume Ang. The latest funding was led by Counterpart Ventures, in addition to returning investors Tidal, Global Founders Capital, Black Nova and Antler. Upflowy is due to set up a base in the U.S.

startup 96

startup SaaS data collection enablement 96

TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

A startup founded by ex-Apple design and engineering team Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, Humane , today raised another $100 million to build what it calls an “integrated device and cloud services platform” for AI. Humane co-founders Bethany Bongiorno and Imran Chaudhri. Humane’s work is shrouded in mystery.

startup 104

startup collaboration networking leadership 104

TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

The crypto remittance company was built to enable merchants to send and receive money from anywhere in the world, Eluan tells me. He adds that what differentiates Flux from other crypto remittance startups lies in the ease and speed of the platform’s transactions. The platform charges $0.50 Image Credits: Flux.

peer-to-peer 145

peer-to-peer startup accelerator collaboration 145

TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Y Combinator’s latest batch — W22 — features 414 startups from 42 countries, representing more than 80 sectors. India, with 32 startups, is the second-largest demographic represented in the new batch, while Nigeria is third, having delivered 18 startups. As usual, the U.S. has the most representation. beU delivery.

startup 91

startup hospitality health financing 91

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Ascend Money , the Thailand-based fintech startup behind TrueMoney, an e-wallet service, announced today it has raised a $150 million Series C round at a valuation of $1.5 Its total payment volume stood at $14 billion in 2020 across the six countries in Southeast Asia, representing 84% growth between 2019 and 2020, according to its statement.

startup 103

startup disruption networking board 103

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

As more tech companies go public, the necessary disclosure has meant that with access to more information on the financial condition of many startups, mainstream investors have begun questioning just how profitable and sustainable these startups are. Building a defensible moat is essential for the long-term success of any startup.

startup 87

startup startup ecosystem venture capital innovation 87

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Ninja Van , a Singapore-based logistics startup, has closed a $578 million Series E round to support its operations infrastructure and technology systems growth. This round comes after its $279 million Series D round at about $750 million of valuation in May 2020. Singapore’s logistics startup Ninja Van raises $279M.

startup 98

startup enablement media networking 98

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

PeopleFund wants to address the structural problem involving the risk of high interest-rate loans in the near-prime loan sector and offer more personalized financial products to sub-prime and near-prime borrowers with its data-driven technology platform, said CEO and founder Joey Kim told TechCrunch. PeopleFund.

peer-to-peer 98

peer-to-peer capital startup enablement 98

TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2023

Even as VC funding dries up across the world, development finance institutions (DFIs) are looking to African startups to deploy their dry powder. In addition to backing VC funds in the region, the organization aims to make more direct equity investments in startups, adding to the four African companies it invested in last year.

investing 96

investing investment economic development startup 96

TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Like many ambitious Chinese who graduated college abroad during the 2010s and aspired to be the next Jack Ma or Pony Ma, Lucas returned to his motherland to build his own internet startup. Lucas is the founder’s pseudonym due to the sensitivity of discussing regulations. ” Smaller startups also feel the impact.

peer-to-peer 102

peer-to-peer startup education entrepreneurs 102

TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

A 2020 UCLA study found that approximately 15% of couples will have trouble getting pregnant, but Kindbody, which has spun up a network of fertility clinics since its founding in 2018 , has taken a holistic approach to the issue. Does your startup have enough runway? ” Does your startup have enough runway? extrabrunch.

startup 81

startup mix-use investing investment 81