TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In fact, even some of the excesses of 2021 were eclipsed when the number of investments on the continent rose higher in 2022 than they had a year earlier, boosted by early-stage firms flocking to fund startups in the wake of landmark exits of homegrown companies like Jumia and Paystack. billion, according to data from Partech.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

European, North American edtech startups see funding triple in 2021. The report primarily focuses on investment activity in Europe but is contextualized with what we are seeing in other markets. billion raised in 2021. More posts by this contributor. The unbundling of professional learning and entrepreneurship education.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 4, 2023

Register Materials technology startup Alterpacks closed its pre-seed funding round with $1 million in investments to further its commercialization drive. Supported by Temasek Foundation, Alterpacks is incubated under Singapore Management University’s Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s Business Innovation Generator.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 2, 2024

HAX, a startup development program for pre-seed hard tech companies, with offices across the world, supports startups and entrepreneurs through investment capital, mentorship, and collaboration. HAX’s investment in Newark and New Jersey is a testament to the diverse talent pool the Garden State has to offer. headquarters.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Endowus is the latest investment app in Southeast Asia to raise follow-on funding, adding $35 million SGD (about $25.6 We believe we have discovered a strong product-market fit in Singapore, growing by over $1 billion SGD in assets in 2021 alone.” million US) to its war chest. Participants included SoftBank Corp.-owned

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

Matheus Tavares Dos Santos Contributor Share on Twitter Matheus is a hedge funds investment analyst for a major global investment manager and technology provider. Larger companies need to set up venture arms and embrace this style of investing, and that is exactly what happened last year.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

raised approximately $7 billion in 2021 , up 59% year over year. Female-founded venture firms have shown strong support for female-founded startups accounting for 28% of their deal counts from 2016 to October 2021 in startups with at least one female founder. In addition, Crunchbase reports that w omen-founded venture firms in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

After incubating a startup — Axelera AI — to commercialize their chip technology within the blockchain company Bitfury Group, Del Maffeo and team secured capital from VCs including Imec’s venture arm, Imex.xpand. Axelera’s test chip for accelerating AI and machine learning workloads. Image Credits: Axelera.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

. — Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 X marks the spot : GitHub launched its Copilot X initiative today, which Frederic reports is an extension of its work on its popular Copilot code completion tool, originally launched into preview all the way back in 2021. Should you return an investment? :

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

billion in investments across 354 deals, up from more than $1.2 billion in the first half of 2021 — a 64% year over year growth. The UAE took in 46% of the total venture capital received in the Middle East and Africa in 2021, according to the country’s Ministry of Economy. VC investment. were invested in the UAE.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

Old Fashion Research ( OFR ) – whose name is derived from the classic cocktail – was founded in late 2021 by managing partners Ling Zhang, who was previously the vice president of M&A and investments at Binance, and Wayne Fu, former head of corporate development at the crypto exchange. We are very Southern Hemisphere-focused.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

According to Crunchbase, firms have invested more than $1 billion in legal tech companies, an uptick from the $512 million invested last year. “At a time of macroeconomic challenges, companies need a solution that accelerates key business processes,” Sangha told TechCrunch in an email interview.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Incubated out of Harvard’s Innovation Lab in 2018, CEO Pascal Kriesche and Morgan Abraham call their company a “healthy smoothie store-in-a-box” that is essentially a robot that mixes fruits, vegetables and add-ins like protein into a smoothie. Smoodis range in price from $5.99 He forecasts 5x growth for 2023.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

Drone Fund led the latest financing along with SOSV’s HAX, Incubate Fund, SBI investment and DBJ Capital. market, the largest autonomous mobile robots market, which was already $762 million in 2021 and is expected to grow to $3.2 with a fresh injection of about $10.7 million (1.45 million (5.26 billion yen).

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 8, 2023

Through partnerships with universities and incubators in the region, the competition will bring together the most promising start-ups to compete. The top 10 winners will each be awarded Angel Fund investment of up to HK$1 million, providing a significant boost for their entrepreneurial endeavours.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

How the Midwest Startup and Tech Scene Boomed in 2021. It’s 2022 and already local VCs, angel investors, startup founders, incubators and accelerators, and more are pushing hard to make their startups go. If so, contact us at editor@startupnation.com and we’ll feature you on an upcoming segment of the WJR Business Beat!

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Over the past couple of years, there’s been an overlap between tech and art, fueling a growing interest of movie, music and sports stars investing in tech startups. What’s pulling African music artists to tech investment? and Europe — launched EmPawa Africa , an outfit to accelerate the music careers of young artists.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

’s Tech Nation found in 2018 that about 26% of Belfast’s workforce was employed in tech, and it is among cities in the country with the highest growth potential for 2021. Ignite NI emerged as an important native incubator and accelerator. and Europe, and expires on May 31, 2021. What’s their focus?

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Brick & Mortar Ventures , headed by Darren Bechtel of the Bechtel family, is teaming up with BuiltWorlds , which describes itself as a network of buildings and infrastructure professionals, to launch an early-stage accelerator program called Formwork Labs. Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

For over a year, Andreessen Horowitz has quietly piloted its own take on an accelerator for early-stage entrepreneurs, and today, the firm announced the program’s official debut. The checks are backed by a $400 million seed fund , which closed in August 2021. Investment terms will be discussed with final candidates, the form says.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). For emerging VC and private equity investors: accelerators, platforms, communities, and incubators.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2022

Register South Korea’s leading accelerator program K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , considered ‘a gateway’ to do business in Asia, invites global startups to participate. Its startup ecosystem is active and well designed, attracting the attention of investors, accelerators, and incubators worldwide.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It needs a couple of successful exits, which in turn drives angel investing as entrepreneurs growing increasingly wealthy look to help new founders building companies reach their own goals. It requires accelerators and incubators and coworking spaces to help nurture early ideas, and it needs VC firms investing across stages.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 20, 2021

Venture investment in renewables has soared as global investment in energy transition more than doubled from $235 billion in 2010 to $501 billion in 2020, according to Bloomberg NEF. In 2019, venture and private equity investment in cleantech was estimated between $9 and $16 billion, up from less than $500 million in 2013.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 22, 2023

Hear from some of the world’s leading investment and business experts, and watch the latest technology in action. Tetra Pak signs deal with Fresh Start incubator European food and packaging giant Tetra Pak is teaming up with Fresh Start , our trailblazing FoodTech incubator situated in northern Israel, Food Navigator reports.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In March, two Nigerian startups, Treepz ( formerly Plentywaka ) and TalentQL got into the Techstars Toronto accelerator program alongside eight other companies. The African startups selected in Techstars Toronto’s October 2021 class include Lenco, OurPass, Healthtracka, Rentsmallsmall, Kyshi, Duhga, Fleri and PayDay.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

billion in the first six months of 2021, and the region has produced a record number of unicorns, including Nubank, Rappi and iFood. Investment dollars stretch far beyond business: In the United States, venture investment accounts for 0.2% Businesses that partner with schools can incubate the next talent generation.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

The country is quickly catching up to China on the tech investment front, with VC investments reaching a record of $15 billion in 2020, according to TechNation. city for tech investment. and Europe, and expires on August 31, 2021. Bristol is also home to an important startup accelerator, SETsquared.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

How can we better support acceleration and incubation efforts to push for the transition from the linear to the circular economy? If you slept on it, Accelerate2030 is the world’s leading program for entrepreneurial solutions towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Yet, some Kenyans still lack other digital financial services from savings to investments. Based on her experience, Kidanu teamed up with Alexis Roman and Bubunyo Nyavor last year to start Koa to help Kenyans save and invest their money better. She is the COO of the company, while Roman and Nyavor act as the CEO and CTO, respectively.

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Impact Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

Inaugural Survey Report ‘India – An Impact Startup Nation’ released at the TiECon 2021. . 28 January, 2021, New Delhi: Aspire Impact, a social enterprise focused on impact leadership and. hundreds of incubators and accelerators, giving the impact start-up ecosystem the much-needed. for impact at scale.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Since closing its seed financing round in March, the company released its first product and was selected as one of six companies to join the 2022 Disney Accelerator, Disney’s startup incubator. and its intellectual property. and its intellectual property. Ermolenko was the VP of R&D at API.ai

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

It’s also equally important not to let these extra obstacles overwhelm your vision and stop your business from getting the investments it needs. Try searching online for angel investors , early seed investors, or incubator/accelerator programs that could help your business get funding.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

The company, based in Los Angeles and originally incubated at Y Combinator, says its customers — which include fashion labels like Ralph Lauren and Kangol, LVMH, crystal icon Baccarat, as well as media behemoth Pokemon — use MarqVision to scan places where their brands are most likely to be misappropriated.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 27, 2020

We are looking forward to welcoming thousands more tech and investment leaders from around the globe this February 13th for the 2020 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit to share, celebrate and invest in Israeli and global tech. Space is limited; tickets for active OurCrowd members are guaranteed upon registration. Top tech news this week

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

In 2019, the startup based in Enugu, Nigeria, took part in the Google Launchpad Africa accelerator and the Binance Incubation Programme. From December 2020 to January 2021, Xend Finance executed a testnet with over 1,500 participants in 75 countries. It has since secured $2.2

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OurCrowd

JUNE 6, 2021

Zippin CEO: Let’s democratize investing with OurCrowd. He has a deep understanding of angel investing and Israel’s technology sector. recalls Gil Meron when he told friends he was moving to New Zealand to head Sprout , OurCrowd’s agritech incubator created in partnership with Finistere, Fonterra and the New Zealand government.

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