TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

CEO Karkal has a long history in the fintech space, co-founding Simple, an app unifying various accounts into one accessible bank card, in 2009. Its banking APIs enable developers to create their own digital wallets, replacing the need to integrate with legacy financial institutions.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

“Boston Materials is a high-performance materials company enabling manufacturers of industrial and consumer products to break through their design trade-offs with new materials. It is produced from 100% reclaimed carbon fiber, enabling new, high-volume, energy-efficient products that have a low carbon footprint.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Today, Muck Rack is making another kind of connection, with investors: it’s raised $180 million in what it’s describing as its first outside funding, having been bootstrapped since being founded back in 2009. Founders Gregory Galant (the CEO) and Lee Semel (the CTO) will continue to control the company post the deal.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

“First, we’ve enabled companies with a new infrastructure that allows them to get access to customers’ financial accounts and understand their history before giving them loans or any financial service. The startup also joins 39 other African startups per YC data which have passed through the accelerator since 2009.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

On the developer side, customers can integrate Kontent with other apps and technologies through APIs and “flexible content models,” enabling control over the structure of content and how it’s delivered to websites and apps. This represents a potential switching opportunity to modern CMS solutions.”

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Every workman has a great quantity of his own work to dispose of beyond what he himself has occasion for; and every other workman being exactly in the same situation, he is enabled to exchange a great quantity of his own goods for a great quantity, or, what comes to the same thing, for the price of a great quantity of theirs.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

between 2009 and 2019 — providing data on 3,784 entrepreneurs who started 2,002 companies over this period. The finding of baked-in bias holds true across all funding stages, per the findings. The report , by the not-for-profit community interest company Extend Ventures , looked at how VC has been invested in the U.K.

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Y Combinator

JULY 24, 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. On the other side of the marketplace, Faire enables brands to find new customers, manage their existing customer base, and reduce their risk of non-payment.

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Jason Malki

JULY 10, 2023

In 2009, I made the decision to join forces with my co-founder, Dev Jhala. Both Dev and I shared a common interest in creating a work-life balance that would enable us to connect with the people and cultures we had previously worked with and grown fond of, specifically in countries like the UK, USA, and India.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 11, 2014

So I’ve tried to answer the complex question using Crunchbase data from 2009 to today. A longer runway enables startups to experiment more, and ideally become larger, more attractive investments for Series A investors. The imprimatur of a VC’s investment in a company might help convince potential customers and recruits.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

If our assumption about the data quality is correct, then it’s reasonable to conclude that the volume of seed investment has either remained constant or slowed since 2009. When raising a seed round, make sure to raise enough to achieve milestones that will enable the company to raise a Series A - typically this means 18 months' of burn.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

Despite deep local roots in Boston and strong ties to Harvard and MIT, they decided to shut down Ycombinator Cambridge and moved everything to Silicon Valley in January of 2009. Back in 2005 no one anticipated the success of YCombinator, not even its founders. He said “Actually we're doing it more to help the world than individual founders.

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Unvalidated Learnings

JUNE 8, 2017

Meanwhile, somewhere else in the underworld, the commercial WinPlay3 player that supposedly self-destructed after twenty uses had been cracked, enabling full functionality. Together, the two were now being distributed in chat rooms and websites as a bundled package.”

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 2, 2016

When I was camping out in the Ace Hotel back in 2009 before First Round had an office, I took meetings with 3-5 people a day, 4-5 days a week, for 7 months. Venture capital firms, on the other hand, draw people in. Startups tend to go to the money--so if someone was giving out money, they'll likely bring people in. 5) Don't be an island.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 23, 2021

It was the worst year for retail sector bankruptcies since the 2009 financial crisis. It enables the products to be available in more places online including Amazon as the logistics aren’t as taxing. Brick-and-mortar stores rely on getting consumers in the door, which was near-impossible under strict lockdown rules.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

Founded in 2009, Duo Security has grown into one of the top tech companies in the Midwest—and the country. Check out the top companies to watch in Ann Arbor—and yes, they’re hiring! StartupNation exclusive discounts and savings on Dell products and accessories: Learn more here. The 2021 best Ann Arbor tech companies. Duo Security.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

The DataPop team is building a platform that enables real time creation and delivery of highly engaging ads to consumers on a massive scale. Built around the iPhone and iPad mobile experiences, their Game Salad platform enables creative professionals and prosumers to quickly make games to engage, to teach or to just have fun.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

We had Farb Nivi , who is the founder & CEO of Grockit , a website that enables online group learning. Founded in 2009 in Los Angeles by Michelle Crames. Total raised: $120.3mm; $43.5mm raised prior to 2006 recap; post-recap, raised $7.7mm; Series B in 2009 for $15mm; – Read more: VentureWire (requires subscription).

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 3, 2014

In 2009, I was introduced to Havi Hoffman. Stephen is an interesting dude who builds things and wants to enable other people to learn to build things, too. It''s super interesting to go back and trace connections and relationships that led to new opportunities. She was working as a developer evangelist at Yahoo!

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

They need to be focused on housing cost, transportation crime, and the kind of zoning that enables a critical mass of interesting local businesses to thrive. It wasn’t until I helped Foursquare raise their seed round in 2009 that many outside VCs even took notice of NYC. Mayors don’t build startup cities.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 30, 2021

This will help them enable their teams to do the same. In 2009, he co-founded DALS Lighting, an LED lighting business where he implemented the Scaling Up Growth System and led the company to 3X its revenues. We want to make sure CEOs have access to the resources and tools to handle their own mental health and build a resilient mindset.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Founded by leading bioinformatics professors at Stanford University, the company enables scientists and researchers to perform high-throughput sequence analysis quickly and easily. We are one of the fastest growing game and kid sites in 2009, according to comScore. We are also one of the stickiest sites on the internet.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 16, 2024

When Marc and I started the firm in 2009, the conventional wisdom in Venture Capital was that in any given year, only 15 companies would ever generate $100M in revenue and those 15 companies would drive almost all of VC returns. I am pleased to announce that we have just raised $7.2B This marks an important milestone for us.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

i2E made a concept investment through the OCAST Technology Business Finance Program (which iThryv repaid) early in the company’s life, and then in June of 2009, we invested again from the Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund (OSCF). Alkami Technology was founded (as iThryv) by serial entrepreneur Gary Nelson more than 10 years ago in Oklahoma City.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The September 2009 storm was the most devastating typhoon to hit Manila since 1970. Simultaneously, EO members will help the farmers organize a legitimate cooperative that enables them to sell directly to end-users—both businesses and consumers—thereby eliminating the bureaucracy of the local farming industry. million people.

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propel(x)

JULY 11, 2022

Smartwatches are enabling people and their doctors to track their health and fitness. Fitbit became the first household name in wearables when it launched its first tracker in 2009. 3D printing The first 3D printing patent was filed in 1980, and in 2009, MakerBot brought open-source DIY (Do-it-yourself) 3D printing kits to the masses.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 31, 2023

The usage of AI and machine learning enables the analysis and interpretation of a large amount of data, providing insights and recommendations that would not be possible through manual efforts alone. By doing so, it allows more efficient and effective protection against attacks, as the system can continuously learn and adapt to new threats.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The groundwork was Aadhaar (“foundation” in Hindi), a nationwide database established by the government in 2009 to enable digital identity verification. This helped with fraud and enabled smooth KYC compliance. India today: Regulation enables innovation At present, the revolution is in full swing.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Many of the actions that make your company a desirable acquisition target will also enable you to better weather economic uncertainty. Selling during a period of consolidation isn’t necessarily inevitable, so the goal is to create the option, enabling you to efficiently decide whether that’s the right outcome.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A successful listing would enable Paytm to attain the title of the biggest IPO in India, surpassing a record $2.07 Paytm launched in 2009 to help users easily make digital payments from their phones and top up credit. The startup is planning to list around November 18, TechCrunch has previously reported.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

By way of example, back in 2009, a neurosurgeon in Canada used a VR-based simulator to carry out a dry-run of a real brain tumor surgery in what was thought to be a world’s first at the time. However, among the industries that have long embraced VR are medicine and healthcare.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The company records and transcribes each interview, which is conducted over Zoom, enabling the interviewer to concentrate solely on the candidate, and not on taking notes or other tasks.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

About a month later in 2009, Intuit called me. This helped me overcome challenges and enabled me to lead by being myself. If I worked hard alongside my team and kept a positive attitude, I knew I could do this. I presented the leadership with more documentation about how I could lead this business to success. I said “Yes!”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Founded in 2009, Strava has emerged as one of the preeminent activity tracking services, proving particularly popular in the cycling and running fraternities which use the Strava app to plot routes, converse with fellow athletes, and record all their action for posterity via GPS. . Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Founders Coop

MAY 14, 2019

In 2009, in a national effort to improve quality and lower costs, the Federal government launched a huge incentive program to drive the adoption of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs), spending an estimated $40 billion over the past decade to implement this data-gathering technology in hospitals across the country.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

A Seoul-based proptech startup called Rsquare built a data-driven platform to digitize the process, enabling tenants to compare multiple properties and find an office. Rsquare, which opened an office in Vietnam in June, is set to enter Singapore this month and Indonesia in 2022, Lee added.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Savana was founded in 2009 by Sanchez, who previously served as the president of the international division of FIS. The] turnkey, end-to-end platform is pre-configured with hundreds of APIs enabled.” Prior to FIS, he launched Sanchez Computer Associates, a supplier of core banking systems. .

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