TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

Lightyear is one of several burgeoning stock trading companies to emerge on the scene, promising an easy inroad for the general public to invest their money in some of the world’s biggest companies, from Apple and Alibaba, to Spotify and Tesla. launch plans back in 2020. launch plans back in 2020.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

In July 2020, Paymob raised $3.5 million as its first tranche of Series A investment. An additional $15 million was raised from the same investors led by Dubai-based VC firm Global Ventures. Other investors include Egyptian investment fund A15 and Dutch development bank FMO. million Series A round. The total raise of $18.5

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

Incumbent giants therefore could lose a sizable chunk of market share if a company could just manage to weave together China’s manufacturing proficiency and agility with the modern tech startup philosophy of “moving fast and breaking stuff.”. He soon began to invest in everything from ramen and hotpots to bottled beverages.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2020

The last three investments that we made were all relationships that [date back] a year to 18 months before we started engaging in the actual financing process with them. I think we’re going to actually do more investments this year than we maybe have ever done in the history of the firm, which is amazing to me [considering] COVID.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

There are many reasons for that, such as private equity and crossover investors investing earlier, or the fact that LPs in VC funds are affected by public market swings and could, theoretically, hit some VC firms to feel the pinch. Maybe it will be 2019, or 2020 — or even 2021. Money has been coming into the U.S.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

A flurry of fintechs emerged in hope of meeting that demand while incumbent banks clamored to step up their own digital games. an investment that it says has paid off. Battery Ventures led NorthOne’s $21 million Series A in March of 2020 and is doubling down on its investment with the new raise.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

million Series A round — led by Silicon Valley VC firm Ribbit Capital — in early April. The fintech then launched its product in October 2020 and today offers a checking account combined with a software layer that aims to help SMBs manage their financials. It’s also notable that São Paulo-based Cora only raised its $26.7

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

” Countless vendors offer online tax prep services, including incumbents like TurboTax and H&R Block. Borodach claims the company has commitments of tens of thousands of tax filings ahead of next year, which was apparently enough to convince VCs to invest. Financing climbed to $131.5 The tides might be turning.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Today, Akeyless is thriving, Angel tells me — despite fierce competition from incumbents like Hashicorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager and Google Cloud’s Secret Manager. Hareven didn’t mention during our conversation, but Akeyless is also likely to benefit from the continued broader VC interest in cybersecurity.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Additional investors in the newest seed round and expanded credit facility include Village Global VC, Flexport Ventures, Tresalia Capital, 342 Capital, Struck Capital, Antler LLC, Antler Elevate, Florida Funders and Fox Ventures. Miami-based Marco Financial is launching a revenue-based lending service for Latin American SMEs.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

When YC went remote during the pandemic, the number of companies it accepted in subsequent batches from summer 2020 ballooned, and so did the number of African startups. One reason it attracts the most VC dollars is how expensive building a fintech product can be when factors such as integration, compliance and licensing are considered.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

per share in its September 2020 round and Roblox at $4 billion in February of 2020. Band 2 is the long-term public investing cohort. The company had reached $2 billion in AUM last September, after reaching $1 billion in February of 2020. One more VC Visa-Plaid take. Band 1 is the private capital cohort.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

But Ochoa argues that Lasso solves many of the setup problems associated with incumbent RPA solutions while remaining license-free. Plus, while RPA VC funding has fallen from the heights it hit in 2018, it remains a large tranche. In 2020, backers poured $296.4 ” How well Lasso works in practice remains to be seen.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2021

In fact, Galileo founder Clay Wilkes introduced the VC firm to Dan Snyder, Lower’s founder and CEO. We were immediately intrigued because Ohio-based Lower echoes both of these themes,” said Accel partner John Locke, who led the firm’s investment in Lower and is taking a seat on the company’s board as part of the investment.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

million seed financing in the summer of 2020. The pair teamed up in 2020 to come up with a platform that would give FP&A teams the ability to “seamlessly” work across planning and reporting cycles. The VC says she experienced that firsthand when running product growth and monetization at Invoice2go. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2023

Dollars raised and deal volume in the fourth quarter dropped to their lowest levels since 2020 — with $1.6 Snafus can happen even when incumbents and fintechs partner. How can fintech startups outlast the VC winter? The relationship between incumbents and upstarts has long been a complicated one. billion in 2022.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2023

is discussed,” said Amy Kruse, chief investment officer, Satori Neuro. Like several investors we surveyed, Kruse doesn’t solely invest in psychedelics, but they are very much on her radar. In the meantime, pharma and big biotech VC firms are more interested in exploring the non-hallucinogenic psychedelic pathways.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

A separate measure, of total value of paid-in investment, revealed 1.67x returns for other hubs versus 1.60x in the main Silicon Valley and Bay Area tech cities. The data is based on a sample of 2,500 companies that have used AngelList to syndicate deals from 2013 through 2020. per year on syndicated deals elsewhere versus 17.5%

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Following up on our May of 2020 survey of the sector and about the impact of COVID-19 in particular , TechCrunch spoke with 10 investors about the state of mobility, which trends they’re most excited about and what they’re looking for in their next investments. The transformation isn’t over.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

The antitrust bills, if passed, could significantly restrict the ability of Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and other tech incumbents to acquire and punish rivals to boost their own products and services. — we’ll talk about Twitter’s fleeing user base, the rise of generative AI and e-commerce’s enduring VC appeal. Let AI generate it.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. Here are the investors in their own words, for any TechCrunch reader who is interested in hiring, investing or founding a company in the country. What trends are you most excited about investing in, generally?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Joining TTV in doubling down on their investment in the company were Owl Ventures, SoftBank’s Opportunity Fund, Mubadala Capital and Next Play Capital. Armed with knowledge and data that it had gathered over the years, Welcome Tech in November of 2020 launched a banking service, including a debit card and bilingual mobile app. “We

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

While reporting delays could change this total, VC dollars have more than doubled since the pandemic began. billion in venture capital across 265 deals during 2020, compared to $1.32 It puts startups in a difficult spot: if 2020 was about enabling video-based teaching, what might emerge from 2021? billion in 2019.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

Since March 2020, the number of people working at U.S. Deng founded Clipboard six years ago, after stints as an associate at law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell and investment bank Moelis & Company. invested $37.9 billion in 2020, according to CB Insights. App-based marketplace. Growth opportunities.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Alongside a16z founder Marc Andreessen, general partner Chris Dixon has been integral to the firm’s rise as a giant in the crypto VC world — he was an early investor in startups such as Coinbase, Uniswap and Oculus VR. The State of VC in 2022. How To Build Your Early VC Network: Turning Social Capital Into Financial Capital.

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TechCrunch

MAY 22, 2022

One day, we’re reading about investment giants like Tiger Global seeing about $17 billion in losses. One day, I’m hearing personal accounts of VCs pulling term sheets at the last minute, with some citing that their own investors had backed out of providing funds, leaving founders scrambling to save a round — and face. Sign up here.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2022

billion last year — up 153% year-over-year in terms of global VC deal value. Ramp says its revenue grew “early 10x” in 2021 compared to 2020 while its cardholder base grew 7x and its user base grew 15x. Startups like these are keeping the incumbents (relatively speaking) on their toes.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

That’s because only 7% of the startups that raise seed rounds are able to grow their companies enough to land a Series C investment, according to a Dealroom study. Besides traditional VC, crowdfunding, venture banks and venture debt funds are all viable options. It’s hard to find actionable, proven advice for scaling startups.

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