Revolution

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

rang the opening bell on the NASDAQ stock exchange, signifying the start of their new chapter in life as a public traded company after successfully completing a merger with Novus Capital Corporation. Having the opportunity to learn from the founders you back is by far one of the most rewarding parts of being a venture capital investor.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The round was led by Altos Ventures , along with strong support from BonAngels Venture Partners, Access Ventures, Mahanusa Capital, Prodigy Investment, and Pearl Abyss Capital. Proceeds from this round will be used for future product developments and hiring across new divisions as Plugo expands operations.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

And out of this data emerges the fact that Native American women are the least likely to benefit from the wealth and opportunity of the tech industry, and of those obtaining computing degrees, only 0.1% of them are Native women. They are also being hit the hardest by inflation right now, as a result.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2021

Today, Israeli startup Vdoo — which has been developing AI-based services to detect and fix those kinds of vulnerabilities in IoT devices — is announcing $25 million in funding, money that it plans to use to help it better address the wider issue as it applies to all connected objects. billion by 2025 from $12.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

Minnesota-based Brown Venture Group is a three-year-old venture capital firm that has pledged to exclusively back Black, Latino and Indigenous technology startups in “emerging technologies.” billion with BIPOC and diverse businesses by 2025. Black and Latin communities were the recipients of just 2.6%

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Other participants are existing investors MDI Ventures , GGV Capital and Telkomsel Mitra Inovasi, and new investors including Singtel Innov8. Indonesia’s digital economy is projected to reach $146 billion by 2025 and become Southeast Asia’s largest digital economy valued at more than $300 billion by 2030.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

As the demand for AI-powered apps grows, startups developing dedicated chips to accelerate AI workloads on-premises are reaping the benefits. A recent ZDNet piece reaffirms that the AI edge chip market is booming, fueled by “staggering” venture capital financing in the hundreds of millions of dollars. “I founded Sima.ai

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

VCs see a rich opportunity in tools to manage the contract lifecycle. Two years ago, startups developing software that helps draft, manage and review contracts raised over $70 million in venture equity. Gartner predicts that legal tech spending — which includes CLM — will increase threefold by 2025.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

Damien Steel, managing partner, OMERS Ventures: We believe there will be incredible investment opportunities available over the coming years and are excited to continue the same pace of deployment we have had in the past. We view this as a great opportunity to lean in. I think maybe 5%-10% will fail in 2023, but maybe 40% by 2025.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

New York-based Luxor Capital, which led the company’s €37 million Series B in September 2021 , is also leading this round. Real estate investment firm Byggmästare Anders J Ahlström (like Volta, based in Stockholm), supply chain services giant Agility, and B-FLEXION (formerly Waypoint Capital) also participated.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 21, 2022

Participants in the round also included Rebel VC, Kharis Capital, Newman Capital, First Check Ventures, Micro Ventures, Springcamp and AngelHub. The funding will be used on Anfin’s product development, especially its social investment features, including one that lets users host and join live audio rooms.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Just five months after announcing a $30 million Series B round , the company is back with an even bigger capital infusion — $60 million in Series C funding led by Insight Partners. billion units by 2025. Today, Seattle-based Esper has more than 200 paying customers and over 2,000 developers using its platform for product development.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

It highlights important events in the continent’s tech ecosystem until this point, compares its journey with other emerging markets and provides guidance into the opportunities within various sectors. And though they are inclined to follow the money, Endeavor wants them to look beyond usual market opportunities and map out exit pathways.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Opaque Systems , a startup developing what it describes as “AI for confidential computing,” today announced that it closed a $22 million Series A funding round led by Walden Catalyst Partners with participation from Storm Ventures, Thomvest Ventures, Intel Capital, Race Capital, The House Fund, and FactoryHQ.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

Amit Anand is a founding partner of Jungle Ventures and an early pioneer and leader in the development of Southeast Asia’s venture capital industry. trillion industry by 2025 , with the biggest gains being made in Brazil and India. Amit Anand. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2022

The Series B round was led by Accel, Citius and Tiger Global, with participation from existing investors AC Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Lightspeed and Sequoia Capital India. The e-grocery delivery market in Indonesia is projected to reach $6 billion by 2025. The company declined to disclose its post-money valuation.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Amit Anand is a founding partner of Jungle Ventures and an early pioneer and leader in the development of Southeast Asia’s venture capital industry. It remains at a relatively nascent phase expansion in the technology industry but is at the same time developed enough to have a 400-million-strong internet user base. Amit Anand.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In our second edition of the Public Policy Quarterly newsletter, we discuss some of the most important updates on ACA’s main policy interests, including QSBS, investor accreditation, Section 1202, the accredited investor definition, thresholds and workforce development reforms.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

There’s a vast unmet demand for medical consultation in developing markets like Egypt due to low doctor supply. That trend pushed him into developing a platform that captured this virtual opportunity but with therapists on the other end. “We Esaal’s capital efficiency is one way it stands out from its competition, Doss claimed.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Gyeonggi-do is another name for opportunity. I want to create opportunities where young people can start a business to their hearts’ content and grow their businesses. About 500,000 square meters of startup space will be created in the 2nd Pangyo Techno Valley by 2025 with the support of the private sector.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

“There is a common misconception in the general public that longevity means being frail and looking old for longer (“Curse of Tithonus”),” said Nathan Cheng and Sebastian Brunemeier of Healthspan Capital. Nathan Cheng and Sebastian Brunemeier , general partners, Healthspan Capital. ” Samuel Gil, partner, JME Ventures.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

million from investors over the last few months, part of which includes a recently concluded $2 million seed round that was led by the Africa-focused venture capital firm 4DX Ventures. Other investors in the seed round were To.org, Golden Palm Investments, LoftyInc Capital, Afropreneur Angels, and Future Africa. million pre-seed round.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

billion by 2025. Agot AI is using machine learning to develop computer vision technology, initially targeting the quick-serve restaurant (QSR) industry, so those types of errors can be avoided. Indeed, the new capital will “bring Agot to the next stage of our business,” DeSantola said. “We Kitchen Fund and Grit Ventures.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

Other investors include VMS Group from Hong Kong, Chinese private equity firm Youshan Capital, as well as existing investors Lightspeed China and U.S.-based Much of the top developer talent in China has gotten just as expensive as their counterparts in Western countries, observed Wang, who holds a PhD in machine learning from Princeton.

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Top investment opportunities. This is an early-stage, pre-revenue opportunity in the fast-growing managed network services market which is projected to reach $71.6B by 2025, at a CAGR of 6.3%. Israeli high tech capital raising soared to $17.8B Startup of the Week: NetOp, preventing the next big tech outage. Invest Now.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

Convertedin , an Egyptian startup that operates a marketing operating system for e-commerce brands, has raised $3 million in a seed round led by Saudi Arabia-headquartered Merak Capital. The company, in a statement, said it plans to utilize the funds for strategic hiring and further development of its platform.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Investors from its first seed tranche such as Greycroft, Seedcamp, Plug and Play, Berrywood Capital and Breega doubled down. Founded three years ago and launched in 2021, Klasha is tapping into Africa’s cross-border space in a vast e-commerce market worth over $25 billion.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

For example, Spero Renewables , which developed a process for extracting an acid in corn fiber to make vanilla, and Pigmentum , which is working on a way to produce the taste and smell of vanilla in lettuce. To aid in the scaling, Vanilla Vida raised $11.5 The latest round gives the company about $15 million in total funding to date.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Other backers include Global Founders Capital and a number of high-profile angel investors, such as GGV Managing Partner Hans Tung, ALLVP Partner Antonia Rojas and LaHaus founders Jeronimo Uribe and Tomas Uribe, among others. They were brought back together by the pandemic to start the e-commerce enablement company.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

It’s clear that the additional overhead is generating higher prices, but not necessarily better results, according to Sumi Das and Nina Gerson, who lead healthcare investments at Capital G. Fortunately, the window of opportunity for change is open right now.” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Filevine , a startup offering a software-as-a-service product for legal case management, today announced that it closed a $108 million series D round led by StepStone Group with participation from Golub Capital and existing investors Signal Peak Ventures and Meritech Capital. In terms of funding, 2021 was a record year for legal tech.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

Other participants in the Series C round included Bling Capital, DCM, General Catalyst and Norwest Venture Partners. . The concept for Tempo came about in 2015 when Eldeeb and Augustin developed SmartSpot, a computer vision-augmented smart screen they sold to gyms that helped trainers analyze and improve their clients’ form during workouts.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

million seed round into ModernFi, which is developing a marketplace that helps banks that need deposits to make loans find what they are looking for, while banks with too many deposits can offload them. Buyout firm Bain Capital just closed its second growth Tech Opportunities fund with $2.4 Christine has more. Kirsten has more.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2021

Urbanbase , a Seoul-based company that develops a 3D spatial data platform for interior planning and design, announced today it has raised $11.1 Global metaverse market size is projected to increase $280 billion by 2025 from $30.7 Apple also waded into the area of virtual reality, working on developing a high-end VR headset.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

million in funding from a slew of backers including iPhone co-creator Tony Fadell’s Future Shape ; Mucker Capital; Plug&Play; FJ Labs; and angel investor Arnaud Bonzom. This may include Airtable or Salesforce for workflow management, or Affinity , Zaplow , and Sevanta for dealflow (the number of potential investment opportunities).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

It plans to use the money to continue investing in its technology stack, to step up with more business development, and to hire more talent for its team, to meet what it believes are changing tides in the world of data warehousing. The opportunity that Firebolt is targeting is a ripe one in the world of enterprise. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

A survey of women from 350 tech startups reinforced this: 72% of women respondents said that they faced difficulty attaining financial capital when they were starting their businesses and nearly 80% of them had to rely on personal funding. Furthermore, women founders receive less than 3% of all VC dollars. against 3.6%).

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