TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic disproportionately reduced venture capital funding for female founders last year, despite a greater boom in fundraising thanks to megafunds and the advent of Zoom investing. The result was an uneven landscape in which capital flowed more toward men than was normal historically. The headline number of $40.04

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 1, 2020

million from Plains Venture Partners I, as well as $1,000,000 from the Accelerate Oklahoma Fund and $500,000 from the Oklahoma Angel Fund II. Plains Venture Partners I, the Accelerate Oklahoma Fund, and the Oklahoma Angel Fund are each managed by iMCI. The iMCI-led investment in Linear Health Sciences includes $2.5 i2E.org.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

The company has raised a total of about $275 million since its inception in 2011, the company spokesperson confirmed. Its previous investors include SK Holdings , Bain Capital, Premier Partners, SoftBank Ventures Asia, Altos Ventures, KB Investment, Stonebridge Ventures, LB Private Equity, SG Private Equity, and more.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

Long before SoftBank launched its $2 billion Innovation Fund in Latin America, and before Andreessen Horowitz began actively investing in the region , Sao Paulo-based Kaszek has been putting money into promising startups since 2011, helping spawn nine unicorns along the way.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The CertifID tool is used by real estate companies to insure and accelerate transactions with financial institutions for real estate purchases. Treatments aim to create precision diagnostics and solutions for diseases and accelerate treatment onset. Building Catalyst is also a Conquer Accelerator Grand Rapids pick. FirstIgnite.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Logan LaHive: First, the problem… The incredible imbalance of power in workplaces is driving continued acceleration of income inequality, which along with climate, is a top issue facing society today. Frankly, raising capital to work on this problem is and was privilege. Can you help me understand the difference?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In an email interview with TechCrunch, Raj Verma said that the new capital will be put toward product development and engineering efforts as well as supporting investments in sales. He also said that it’ll be used to fund geographic expansion as SingleStore eyes a broader swath of customers across Europe and Asia.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

billion in 2011. To continue developing its technology, the company announced Tuesday $71 million in Series C investment led by Accel, Insight Partners and Tiger Global, with participation from Wing Venture Capital and other existing investors. The latest round comes a year after it raised $31.5 million in Series B funding.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

MessageGears intends to use the investment to accelerate the innovation of its technology platform, with an emphasis on bolstering its mobile channel capabilities, expanding its global presence, and opportunistically exploring acquisitions that align with its vision for the future.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

We hang on just a little bit longer, expecting continued or accelerating growth and value as in previous periods of the same. LivingSocial took in $583 million in capital in 2010 and 2011 with little left in time to show for the investment and tremendous dilution to the founders. But there are wolves in the woods.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The company, which was founded in 2011 and is led by CEO Dan Preston, said it has reached a merger agreement with special purpose acquisition company INSU Acquisition Corp. Existing investors Hudson Structured Capital Management and Mark Cuban, as well as new backers Miller Value and Clearbridge participated. I pick @Metromile.”

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

Of course a nice chunk is primary capital, i.e. for the company balance sheet, to invest in growth initiatives, security and quality, and advancing our existing strategic priorities through acceleration and de-risking. The majority of the funds pay back our early investors who believed in us enough to trust us with their money.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

startup market, the general trends included are likely global, given that the same venture rush that has pushed record capital into startups in the U.S. Investors appear to be implicitly betting that the future IPO market will accelerate for a multiyear period at attractive prices. While the data covers the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

The funding was led by Greenspring Associates with participation from Eleven Prime, IVP, Sapphire Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners, Baseline Ventures, Threshold, Scale, Owl Rock and Next Equity Partners. The companies did not share the purchase price. 4 enterprise developer trends that will shape 2021. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The Series C funding, which is coming a decade after the Sequoia-backed company raised its last round, was led by Arrowroot Capital, with Kennedy Lewis Investment Management, Endeavor Global and Harvest participating. and of course, that listing hasn’t materialized yet considering its new private capital round.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Insight Partners provided the equity side of the equation, while Hercules Capital and Bridge Bank supplied the venture debt. The company closed the funding round at the end of last quarter and put it to work with a couple of acquisitions — Kumolus and SovLabs — to help accelerate and fill in the road map.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Unagi, which doesn’t yet have its own website, was founded out of Paris by Charlie Guillemot , son of Ubisoft co-founder Yves Guillemot and formerly studio manager at Owlient, a free-to-play game studio acquired by Ubisoft back in 2011; and Remi Pellerin , also formerly of Owlient. Its latest €4.7 Previously, Unagi raised a €1.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

” Matthews, an embedded operating systems engineer by training, started Apkudo in 2011 with Ben Leslie, who he met while a student at the University of New South Wales in Australia. “There is so much value within the connected devices already in the market today,” he added.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The Princeton undergraduate saw the film in 2011, and it started her on the journey that would lead her to launch Joro , the Sequoia-backed startup that monitors consumer spending to offer tips on how to offset and reduce a user’s carbon footprint. Image Credit: Joro. What the company does have now is $2.5

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

by merging with a blank check company led by Churchill Capital, a person familiar with the matter said. The startup, which was founded in 2011 and launched its online learning platform in India in 2015, is hoping to list in the U.S. Indian edtech giant Byju’s, the nation’s most valuable startup, is in talks to go public in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

Tech City UK, its predecessor, was launched in 2011 by former prime minister David Cameron and concentrated largely on the London ecosystem until 2018 when it merged with Tech North (based in Manchester). Tech Nation has long been embedded in the U.K. tech startup scene. and abroad.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2019

In 2011, I heard a speech by Mark Zandi [chief economist of Moody’s Analytics] revealing that entrepreneurship in the U.S. If you’re a startup founder ready to gain the tools you need to get to the next level, check out the EO Accelerator program. What prompted you to write Boom ? was in trouble.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

Inovia Capital and Lion Capital co-led the new growth round, which included participation from Acrew DCF, Thayer Ventures and Full In Partners, as well as existing backers Telstra Ventures and Bee Partners. The COVID-19 pandemic, naturally, only accelerated its growth as more consumers turned to mobile. “We

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Tech City UK, its predecessor, was launched in 2011 by former prime minister David Cameron and concentrated largely on the London ecosystem until 2018 when it merged with Tech North (based in Manchester). Some 44% of the UK’s decacorns graduate from a TN non-dilutive accelerator growth programme (failure rate is less than 5% thus far).”.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Existing investors IVP, Revolution Growth and Lowercase Capital also joined the round that brings Tala’s total funding raised to a little over $360 million. In 2011, Shivani Siroya founded Tala after leaving her job as an investment banking analyst. Safra Group. For us, it really kind of matches both things. where it is headquartered.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! They will also be offered the opportunity to join a customized 6-month Google Developers Launchpad Accelerator program, including guidance from our nonprofit partner, DataKind, to jumpstart their work. Congratulations!

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Had I begun this tradition earlier, for those wondering, it would’ve been Airbnb in 2012, and Uber in 2011.). venture capital deals, a spike in mega-financings where it’s common to see not only $100M private rounds, but companies that raise two or three types of financings like this in the same calendar year!

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

But, still, every startup, especially those seeking angel and venture capital funding, are conditioned to project this growth curve – because investors love it. To capitalize on this excellent growth opportunity, some entrepreneurs tend to make significant changes in a model that has been working reasonably well for them.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

For example, Leading Edge Capital closed on nearly $2 billion for its sixth fund, Base10 Partners brought in $460 million for its third fund, Founders Fund secured $5 billion for two funds, Freestyle raised $130 million for its sixth fund and the list goes on and on. That’s new.”. Image Credits: Overlooked Ventures.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 6, 2023

She joined PetHub in June of 2011 as the modern pet ID tag startup was in its beginning stages. One of the challenges we’ve faced is fundraising for capital, which is a struggle that many start-ups deal with. Raising capital is often a full-time job, which takes away time spent on your business. for pets and pet parents.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

We hang on just a little bit longer, expecting continued or accelerating growth and value as in previous periods of the same. LivingSocial took in $583 million in capital in 2010 and 2011 with little left in time to show for the investment and tremendous dilution to the founders.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2021

New investors include angels like Gokul Rajaram and Emilie Choi, founders and employees from Wealthsimple, Orum, Alloy, Chime, Square and funds/syndicates in addition to Primer Capital, Gaingels and Moving Capital. Nelo is planning to use its new capital to grow its consumer and merchant base, and to continue to build out its team.

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Hunter Walk

JUNE 26, 2023

Hunter Walk: So why venture capital, why early stage, and why Canada? I’ve spent a lot of time in international ecosystems over the years (I’ve invested in startups in more than 20 countries and helped run accelerators on 5 continents). As to “why Canada?”, CN: Thanks so much – that means a lot coming from you.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 21, 2019

The investment round included $1 million from the i2E-managed Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund, along with $500,000 each from the Oklahoma Angel Fund and the Accelerate Oklahoma investment fund, both of which are managed by i2E. The investment will fund acceleration of commercial growth as we scale up efforts with industry partners.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

3/15/2011 – All in on Facebook, “Your Trusted Social Media Marketing Company” Social Media Platform. 7/19/2011 – Same page, but Wayback Machine stops crawling pages. 8/15/2011 – The day that Buddy Media became a software company? 8/31/2010 – Same thing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

In 2011 the company was sold to Nordstrom for $270 million in a deal that has been widely seen as a success for both buyer and seller. He co-founded a prominent accelerator in Los Angeles called MuckerLab , that has produced a number of impressive companies and he mentored more than 20 of them. Many more improvements afoot.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

My partner Greg Bettinelli (worth following on Twitter) was recently named by The LA Business Journal as the “ Top deal maker in Los Angeles in Venture Capital.” I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. ” Numero uno. I sat on panels.

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