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TechCrunch
OCTOBER 21, 2020
Yin Wu has co-founded several companies since graduating from Stanford in 2011, including a computer vision company called Double Labs that sold to Microsoft, where she stayed on for a couple of years as a software engineer. Carta was just valued at $1.7 billion by Andreessen Horowitz, in a deal some see as rich.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
Plus, it’s understood that Tech Nation is intending to carry on “as is”, even without the government subsidy, supported by fundraising from sponsors, subscriptions and partners. In a statement he told me: “We’ve supported over 4,000 tech companies from around the U.K. Tech Nation has long been embedded in the U.K.
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TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
The company got its start working with SMBs in 2011 but pivoted some years later to working with larger enterprises, which make up the majority of its business today. Suijkerbuijk said that in 2020, signed deals went up by 300%, and the first half of 2021 grew 50% more on top of that. 5 takeaways from Toast’s S-1 filing.
Y Combinator
AUGUST 30, 2021
In the long run, software platforms have the potential to be much larger than traditional incumbents. When Gusto founders Josh, Tomer, and Eddie came together in 2011, they saw an unmet need in small business payroll. Incumbents relied primarily on sales teams, which Gusto suspected actually limited their reach among SMBs.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 31, 2023
Image Credits: Saviynt Nayyar founded Saviynt in 2011 and stayed on until 2018 prior to his most recent stint. billion valuation in an IPO two years ago, while startups like ConductorOne — which brings automation to identity and access management — are nipping at incumbents’ heels. from last year’s $1.3
WSJ - The Accelerators
JULY 2, 2015
For instance, as I’ve previously written , “In 2011, only 28% of Europe’s venture-backed tech deals were seed stage… [but] in 2013 and 2014, roughly half of all European tech venture deals were seed stage.” That’s not much firepower to support what’s coming through an increasingly conical funnel.
TechCrunch
APRIL 26, 2022
Prior to Replicant, Abraham — who joined eBay in 2011 via the company’s acquisition of Milo.com — did stints as a software engineer at Atomic and smart device company Leeo. He also helped to launch Magneto, a calendaring system, and was COO at Talkdesk for nearly four years.
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