TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

Pry Financials wants to make startup finances approachable for its entire team, not just the people in charge of its accounting spreadsheets. He told TechCrunch that most startups can’t afford accounting software like Workday Adaptive Planning. The Y Combinator alum announced today it has raised $4.2 Pry Financials’ team.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

Martino founded Bullpen in 2010 with a focus on post-seed, pre-Series A startups, and he led the fund’s investments in companies like FanDuel, Namely, Ipsy, SpotHero, Classy, and Airmap. Startups should know how VCs work. startup) per month. Do startups need to conduct due diligence on a venture fund’s LPs?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The startup plans to expand into 16 states within Nigeria as it moves to grow beyond Lagos, the economic hub of the West African country. Drugstoc was founded in 2015 by Opara and Yehia, but its history dates back to 2010 when the duo founded Integra Health, a hospital management company based on Yehia’s master’s degree project.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

why the hell has seed financing declined so much in the past 3 years?? The reality is that as a result of two major trends the costs of starting a technology startup went down massively. Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 2005–2010 they went down a further 90%. The “A Round” of my startup in 1999 was $16.5

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The battle to win Startup Battlefield began long before TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off Tuesday. Startup founders from all over the world applied to what has been described as the most competitive batch in TechCrunch history. While at Pinterest she helped it expand internationally, close its Series C financing and led three acquisitions.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 17, 2022

Across financing rounds, dilution from capital has fallen by 30-50% in that decade. Here’s a table of cumulative dilution points for a hypothetical startup raising 4 rounds in one year. Series A has dropped from 30% to 20%; Series B from 22.5% to 12%; and Series C from 18% to 11%. Cumulative Dilution Points.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Startups pitching on the main stage. “Yoon has been a Venture Investor and strategic partner to many Silicon Valley startups/founders for 18 years prior to Muirwoods. Earlier, she led Finance at a major solar manufacturer. You can find additional details on each of the judges below. Alright, alright. She also holds a B.S.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

In March 2019, SoftBank Group International made headlines when it announced the SoftBank Innovation Fund, which started out with a $2 billion commitment to invest in tech startups in Latin America. billion into Latin American startups in the first half of 2021. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

How to finance a new seed-stage startup? As of August 2010, Paul Graham famously proclaimed , “Convertible notes have won. ” Ressi in particular seems to be passionate about removing the “debt” component from convertible debt seed financing transactions. .” Convertible debt?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Founded by Sheel Mohnot and Jake Gibson in November of 2019, San Francisco-based Better Tomorrow Ventures ( BTV ) has allocated $150 million to invest in startups at the pre-seed and seed stages. Gibson co-founded NerdWallet, where he also served as COO from 2010 to 2014. The personal finance company went public last year.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

Image Credits: Method “The industry has been chasing ‘open finance’ by developing solutions around user credentials and working indirectly with financial institutions,” Shah said. ” Method works by leveraging consumer credit access protections enacted into law as part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 31, 2022

over the last 10 years with their numbers increasing by 34% since 2010. Now Marlene Orozco, lead research analyst for the study, indicates that not only are we seeing this torrid pace of growth in Latino startups, it’s broad based across industry sectors in geography.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

From 2010 to today, the number of GitHub users has exploded from 500,000 to 103 million. Even though productivity in this industry is much higher than in many others, this number is only a fraction of other big markets like finance or retail. After all, there are only 25 million to 30 million software developers in the world.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Founders from outside a tech-ecosystem are surrounded by bad advice, since building a startup is different from other kinds of businesses. Those myths are: (1) Don’t share your idea; (2) Good ideas must be bulletproof; (3) Startups require your total commitment; (4) Live on a shoestring; and, (5) Stick to what you know.

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Gust

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Here are the trends in venture capital financings from 2006 through 2010 – the number of seed stage deals funded and total investment by region in millions of dollars. . In 2010, MoneyTree© reports that only 138 seed stage VC deals were done outside of California, New England, NYC Metro and the Pacific Northwest. All Seed-VC.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

The new financing also makes Trendyol Turkey’s first decacorn, and among the highest-valued private tech companies in Europe. Founded in 2010, Trendyol ranks as Turkey’s largest e-commerce company, serving more than 30 million shoppers and delivering more than 1 million packages per day. The deal marks SoftBank’s first in the country.

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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. Welcome to my new weekly fintech focused column. sign up here.

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm. Every day, 5% of the entire online world (roughly 3.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

She set up shop in 2010 with her personal savings and contributions from family and friends, and the business has grown. But Rachael now needs additional financing to open another store. So how does she finance her expansion plans? But how do these lenders raise funds to bridge the financing gap for SMBs? Equity capital.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This morning marked the kickoff of VC firm 500 Global’s Fall 2022 Demo Day, which saw over a dozen startups give their best pitches to prospective investors — and customers. 500 Global, formerly branded under 500 Startups , has an accelerator that competes with YC. It’s demo day season. The moonshots.

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Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

For years there has been a pervasive opinion across the entrepreneurial landscape that the US has a shortage of capital required to startup and grow new ventures. Dr. Carl Schramm, Kauffman CEO , recently said that startup formation is stagnant or even decreasing in the US in the second half of 2011.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Today, B12 , a startup that is focused on helping those smaller professional service organizations such as law and accounting firms or mortgage brokerages more easily accept online payments and build a digital presence in general, announced it has raised $15.7 million in funding led by Tola Capital. . ” Image Credits: B12.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

The financing follows a $131 million Series C raise led by Warburg Pincus, which remains the company’s largest shareholder. Interestingly, Assent was bootstrapped for the first five years of its life — from 2010 to 2015. ” Canada’s startup market booms alongside hot global VC investment.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Paul Kedrosky made the case for “naive optimism&# being an important part of startup success. I know that in late 2010 it’s not as popular to say this because we’re in the era of “super angels&# and feel-good startups. Let’s call these cards 1996-99, 2005-08 and 2010+. It’s hard to say.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

April users connect their payroll, bank statements, mortgage, prior year’s tax return and other finance apps to the platform and then tell April about significant tax events over the past year (e.g., It doesn’t hurt that funding for fintech startups was on the rise prior to the current economic headwinds.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

Part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Consumer Reform and Protection Act, passed in 2010, stated that financial institutions were required to give consumers access to their financial data electronically either for personal or third-party use. Now, it might be healthcare’s turn.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? 2018 also had the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010. However, many industry experts question the accuracy of early-stage market data, given many startups are no longer filing their Form Ds. Absolutely not.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

from 2010 to 2019. The report first highlights the growth of venture capital on the continent over the past six years; within this period, investments in African startups have grown 18x. From 2020 to 2021, it grew 2x faster than global startup funding, it said. and Latin America’s 2.8%. Image Credits: Crunchbase/Endeavor.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Zenoti, a 10-year-old startup that develops services for the spa and salon industry , is the latest entrant to the coveted unicorn list. The startup has raised about $251 million to date. The startup’s platform allows customers to pay directly from a mobile app after their appointment.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Moreover, only 11% of finance executives say their organization has modernized systems to the point where they can easily incorporate new digital technologies, according to Deloitte. Many of Savana’s competitors have experts in finance among their ranks, too. “Today’s consumers prefer digital-only banking.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

Financial technology startups raised $121.6 Private equity firm Eldridge and Andreessen Horowitz co-led the financing, which also included participation from funds and accounts advised by T. At the time, the move by investors in a number of Silicon Valley’s fintech startups was seen as rare. Track record of growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

Consider the case of LegalZoom, one of our cities great startups. In 2010 the City of Los Angeles started trying to crack down on tax receipts of Internet startups allocating them to the least favorable gross-receipts tax bracket taking up their city tax by 500%. Startup Advice' The result? As does the mayor of Austin.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

For startups choosing a platform, a decision looms: Build or buy? Enrollment in private Medicare has doubled from 2010 to 2020 and is expected to accelerate further over the next 10 years. Instead of competing with independent agents head-on, there is a much bigger opportunity in forging win-win alliances between startups and agents.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 10, 2019

2018 observed the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010. Startup investing is no longer a cottage industry. And the implications for startups? Angel investing was an important part of the Startupland ecosystem. Today, you can’t make the same argument. What does this mean for startupland?

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

But in some cases, like Groupon, startups cross the $1 billion mark in just their initial years. Several startups, including Amazon and Facebook, saw their metrics shot up dramatically to form the shape of a hockey stick. Not every startup see such hockey stick growth. Such growth isn’t new. Let’s find out.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Cocos Technologies, a China-based game engine provider that has been around since 2010, just announced it has picked up $50 million in a Series B funding round in a bid to work on development and move beyond games. The mini game renaissance.

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