AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 26, 2023

While customers typically reclaim VAT through operators like Planet or Global Blue, who provide partial refunds, Utu seizes the opportunity to address this issue and offer a more comprehensive solution. He developed a tax refund business that eventually became Global Blue after selling it in 2012.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. Some of the greatest areas of innovation opportunity are at the intersection of sectors historically segregated , e.g., computational biology. 3) Accelerators. Right here. Many universities (e.g.,

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Michael Seibel was chief executive of Y Combinator’s accelerator up until 2020, when the accelerator evolved from a more traditional partnership to no longer having multiple CEOs. YC says that no one else’s role at the accelerator has changed with today’s executive shakeup. — Garry Tan ???

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Choo Heng Tong, the Executive Vice President for New Ventures and Innovation, EDB, said delivering sustainability goals is now more pressing as it also presents an opportunity for collaboration across the ecosystem to build and scale climate tech ventures.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Celia continued, “Traveloka’s proven track record and the opportunities brought by resumption of travels have made this an interesting investment opportunity to share BlackRock’s industry expertise and create value as the company pursues its next stage of growth.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

Since its 2012 inception, Acorns has raised just over $500 million from investors, such as private equity firm TPG, BlackRock, Greycroft, Owl Rock (a division of Blue Owl), Senator Investment Group, Torch Capital, Industry Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Galaxy Digital, Headline and Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman’s Thirty Five Ventures.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

She’s the author of A Business Owner’s Guide to Crisis PR: Protecting You & Your Business’ Reputation and serves as her chapter’s Accelerator co-chair. Kent and Meghan shared that there’s a reason why employee engagement has increased by only 2 percent since 2012. “By

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Alex Rinke, Bastian Nominacher and Martin Klenk launched the company as a spin-off from the Technical University of Munich, and in 2012, Celonis joined the SAP Startup Focus program, an accelerator for analytics startups building new applications on the SAP HANA platform.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Brick & Mortar Ventures , headed by Darren Bechtel of the Bechtel family, is teaming up with BuiltWorlds , which describes itself as a network of buildings and infrastructure professionals, to launch an early-stage accelerator program called Formwork Labs. Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Creating opportunities for women and minorities to grow. This passion was one that I would foster and come to utilize within the VC space in order to support women from diverse and underserved backgrounds and communities so that they wouldn’t hesitate in the face of opportunities out of fear of not feeling like they belonged.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Restaurants, convenience stores and grocery chain customers can use Zenput to update all of their locations — at the same time — with new processes, promotional campaigns and key initiatives while also gathering data and insights from those locations to find opportunities for improvement. The pandemic inadvertently helped us,” he added.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

The demand for affordable, same-day delivery of goods was obviously accelerated by the pandemic, and no less so in developing countries as well as developed ones. Founded in 2012, Borzo says it now has a customer base of 2 million users, 2.5 Also participating were VNV Global, RDIF, Flashpoint Venture Capital and others.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

Notably, one of the company’s co-founders, CTO Simon Weaver , and several team members were on the development team of Evi, a startup that had built an AI program that can be communicated with using natural language via an app, that was acquired by Amazon in 2012.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

. “One of the unique things about the hotel and hospitality industry is that generally tech providers focus a lot of their energy on the larger chains, because that’s where they believe the opportunity is,” he said. Part of the Series B will be used to continue investing in OTA Insight’s technology stack. . “We

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The ability to purchase something at the point of discovery from digital content exists, but checkout technology company Bolt has the opportunity to give that its “one-click” treatment. The company is led by Marcus Jacobsson, co-founder and CEO, who started the company in 2012 with Axel Wolrath and Jonas Sjöstedt.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

” “The funding will strengthen our balance sheet and accelerate further development of our integrated life insurance software platform and wealth products to better serve our global customer base,” Romero told TechCrunch via email. billion from 2012 to 2021. That software formed the basis for Equisoft.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

million round of funding from SoftBank Opportunity Fund and Redhawk VC. Smith, CTO at the company, has been a developer since 2012. HealNow launched in 2018 after graduating from the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator. As the healthtech landscape rapidly evolves another startup is making its presence known.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

However, things are moving on the legal side of the market — it appears medical cannabis still carries most of the momentum, and it is only accelerating. According to Europol , illicit spending on cannabis in the EU amounts to €9 billion each year. billion by 2026. To an extent, albeit there are some key differences.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

So they’re looking to diversify their investments with high-potential opportunities abroad. Most Latin American companies reaching unicorn status and going public now were started around 2012. VCs have more money than ever, and it’s getting increasingly expensive to invest in North America. investors remain shy.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

It plans to accelerate its omnichannel and international distribution with a new Series A of $10 million from Insignia Ventures Partners. Konvy was launched in 2012 by Chinese entrepreneur QingGui Huang, who previously managed fashion e-commerce platforms in China.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

This spells ample opportunity for payments infrastructure providers such as Geopagos. The pandemic accelerated the use of digital payment solutions globally, but especially in Latin America, noted Núñez Castro. The bootstrapped are coming, the bootstrapped are coming.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Innovium founder and CEO Rajiv Khemani, who will remain as an advisor post-close, told a familiar tale from a startup CEO being acquired, seeing the sale as a way to accelerate more quickly as part of a larger organization than it could on its own. 2021 will be a calmer year for semiconductors and chips (except for Intel).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 16, 2017

“Much of the growth and success of CoinX was reinforced by a combination of my EO forum, the EO network, and the opportunity to serve other EO members through leadership. I continue to be humbled and inspired by other EO members – whether in the Accelerator program, the local chapter or across the globe.” – Megan Burton.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

That’s why in this article, you’ll get a comprehensive look at the startups using voice technology to make healthcare better, along with some of the VC’s and accelerators that are backing them. million residents lived in nursing homes in 2012), and increased rates of depression ( 16% of women and 11% of men age 65+ report having depression).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The startup was founded in 2010, but it wasn’t until 2012 when it had built this complete stack and went to the market. Koneru, who previously worked at Microsoft and invested in offline spa businesses, said that while the startup is currently not turning a profit, its margin has improved and the revenue growth has accelerated.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

She is also set to lead the acceleration of the growth of the GrabFin as it continues to become the stronger service player in Malaysia. She also wanted to create more earning opportunities for their partners and help more micro-entrepreneurs digitise and grow.

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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 11, 2023

HW: Greenhouse, which powers the hiring process from sourcing to onboarding for thousands of companies, will soon be a teenager, having been founded in 2012. What does 2023 Daniel know that 2012 Daniel didn’t? I really loved getting to use my know-how and wits to forge my own path, make money, and get to work on cool computer stuff.

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Hunter Walk

JUNE 26, 2023

At 500, I had the opportunity to work with early-stage founders from around the world and quickly realized that this was where I wanted to spend my time. 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). That simple.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. I don’t try to optimize for who might be a great investment opportunity or somebody that I really “should know.” So in 2012 you’ll see me a lot more often at the Launchpad LA offices. Happy 2012 to all of you. And on the road out meeting you.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JANUARY 15, 2021

Accelerating a startup community in a city is a community effort. In 2012, Erie, PA resident Beth Zimmer launched a PR campaign to educate the public about entrepreneurship and change the local culture. This second video from Forge North showcases and celebrates the stakeholders in the startup community. Winston-Salem.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 21, 2024

The 2012 bipartisan JOBS Act was supposed to empower funds and individuals to raise capital more openly: to publicly advertise their track record and what they’re selling, just like almost every other industry. This includes marketing the investment opportunity on social media, websites, television, radio, or any other public channel.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 11, 2021

We thought, ‘What if we accelerated [the African remote network] and just enabled applicants from anywhere?’ On top of this, these two are hardly the only two places to for tech talent to connect with remote freelance job opportunities. In 2012, Toptal raised a $1.4 Because it was always the plan to become a global company.

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

It was organized by Diane Roberts of Xcell Partners and held at the StartupBaseCamp accelerator in Dublin. Philippe Gluntz, President of France Angels , was honoured as the 2012 EBAN Angel of the Year, while the Finnish Business Angel Network ( FiBAN ) was recognized as Business Angel Network of 2012.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The country’s startup-friendly regulatory environment, a beautiful medieval town center, over 20 business hubs and accelerators and strong rankings in intellectual property production are most obvious at a high level. I think COVID-19 created more opportunities for Vilnius than risks in this regard. every year.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. Around $400 billion of imports & exports pass through the LA ports each year, which set the national high-water mark in 2012.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 29, 2014

Amazon’s Redshift, an elastic data-warehousing solution launched in late 2012 is the most salient example. The rise of Redshift creates opportunities for startups to create valuable products atop the cloud-based data-warehouse. But there’s a tremendous amount of innovation occurring in SQL databases.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The company has raised over $550 million since its 2012 inception, according to Crunchbase. I had the opportunity to interview new CEO Simon Khalaf, who shared with me the reasoning behind the purchase. Marqeta’s main goal with the purchase is to expand and “significantly accelerate the capabilities” offered in its credit product.

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