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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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Bay Area startups claimed of 55% total dollars up from 45% in 2012. More financings occur outside San Francisco, but Bay Area companies now raise 2000 to 2500 rounds per year, up from 404. The challenge with looking at relative share is we see only one leg of the elephant. per year to $30b-$36b per year.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

How to finance a new seed-stage startup? ” Ressi in particular seems to be passionate about removing the “debt” component from convertible debt seed financing transactions. .” I won’t rehash all of the customary convertible note financing deal terms and points of negotiation here. (For

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Founded in 2012, Chicago-based Avant started out primarily as an online lender targeting “underserved consumers,” but is evolving into digital banking with this acquisition. Since its inception in 2012, Avant has connected more than 1.5 Avant, notes Paris, uses thousands of AI-driven data points to determine credit risk.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

Droit , a regulatory compliance platform used by finance heavyweights such as Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and UBS, has raised $23 million in a Series B round of funding.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

The Mountain View-based business, founded in 2012, was last valued at $2.4 The latest financing event brought its cash balance to $300 million, right around the money that Chegg had before it went public. The company has been talking to underwriters since last year, but tomorrow could mark its first legal step in the process to IPO.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Yuanfudao , a homework tutoring-app founded in 2012, has raised $2.2 The company views the new capital as two separate extension rounds of its March raise, a $1 billion Series G financing event. The company views the new capital as two separate extension rounds of its March raise, a $1 billion Series G financing event.

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

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 billion people) visits a customer running on the WP Engine Digital Experience Platform.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

StepStone Group (which recently acquired Greenspring Capital) led the $102 million equity round and Victory Park Capital led the $100 million debt financing. With the latest financing, Kueski has now raised over $300 million in equity and debt capital. Since 2012, the company has granted nearly 5 million loans online.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

Vise today announced a $65 million Series C financing round led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from existing investors, including Sequoia. The startup launched on the Disrupt Startup Battlefield stage in 2019 and has since raised upwards of $125 million. Fong hails from Dropbox, where he served as VP of Infrastructure Engineering.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Camber Creek and Storm Ventures co-led the financing, which brings the Toronto-based startup’s total raised to more than CAD$35 million. CEO Mallorie Brodie and COO Lauren Lake founded Bridgit in late 2012 with the mission of helping construction companies maximize profits “by taking a people-first approach.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The personal finance company went public last year. Mohnot previously served as vice president of business development at Groupon after a startup he founded, FeeFighters, was acquired by the company in 2012. Gibson co-founded NerdWallet, where he also served as COO from 2010 to 2014.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

The financing marks the company’s first ever institutional funding. The concept of Geopagos was actually born in 2012 on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, when one of its founders went into the Apple Store and found out that he could pay for the purchase with his card through a small device.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

This was as Zepz (formerly WorldRemit) raised $292 million in Series E financing, while Chipper Cash raised $250 million , Tala $145 million as Wave sealed $200 million in funding. Startups specializing in digital/mobile payments have received the greatest financing over the years followed by banking/lending startups and insurtechs. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

million (€25 million) while Pollen Street Capital is financing the rest of the round. Founded in 2012, Ali Niknam has already invested quite a bit of money into his own company. Bunq founder Ali Niknam is also participating in the round — he’s investing $29.5 He poured $116.6 million (€98.7

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2016

GOAT (“Greatest of All Time) is a sneakerhead marketplace that is en fuego, but we led the company’s last financing round in 2012 (yes, four years ago) when they were an application for letting people join group dinners. On the surface that sounds unremarkable — fundings happen daily. But this isn’t just any funding.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2021

Kaszek Ventures, QED Investors and Greenoaks Capital also participated in the financing, which brings the startup’s total raised to $36.7 Cora , a São Paulo-based technology-enabled lender to small-and-medium-sized businesses, has raised $26.7 million in a Series A round led by Silicon Valley VC firm Ribbit Capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Since launching in 2012, Savannah Fund — led by Mbwana Alliy and Paul Bragiel — has backed more than 30 startups. It has secured a first close led by International Finance Corporation (IFC) with participation from the Women’s Finance Initiative (WeFi).

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Companies such as E*TRADE, Rocket Mortgage, and TurboTax began to disrupt the established financial services sector well before 2012, but that year marked the turning point when fintech morphed into a sustained movement that would drastically change how most people manage their money.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

The latest funding, led by South Korean private equity firm DSAsset, brings Tridge’s total financing to $111.7 Tridge said Thursday it has secured $37.2 million (50 billion won) in a Series D funding round at a postmoney valuation of $2.7 million since its inception in 2015. The sales have been on the rise since September last year.”.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

The company was bootstrapped until a 2019 $50 million-plus debt financing. 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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Gust

MARCH 11, 2014

Third, the total number of Series Bs is remaining relatively constant, even for the newer cohorts, like the 2012 class. Data from 2012 and 2013 will show lower success rates because most of these companies won’t be mature enough to be in the market for a B. Originally posted by Tomasz Tunguz on his blog, www.tomtunguz.com.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

The San Francisco-based operations execution company raised $27 million in Series C financing, led by Golub Capital, to continue developing its application to automate operation procedures like tracking food safety, public health protocols and changing market conditions.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

Spire Global debuted in 2012, and has raised more than $220 million to date. Existing investors in Spire Global include RRE Ventures, Promus Ventures, Seraphim Capital, Mitsui Global Investment and more, with its most recent round being a raise of debt financing. billion upon transaction close, which is targeted for this summer.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2021

The financing came nearly three years after Kiddom’s Series B, a $15 million round led by Owl. Founded in 2012, Kiddom was able to raise millions without revenue or a clear business model. The startup didn’t just raise money, it finally learned how to make some.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Creditas , the Brazilian lending business, has raised $255 million in new financing as financial services startups across Latin America continue to attract massive amounts of cash. billion thanks to $570 million raised in outside financing over five rounds. The company’s credit portfolio has crossed 1 billion reals ($196.66

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

There’s a drastic difference in views and experiences between someone born in 1997 and someone born in 2012. Sure, most of us grew up in an age of technology, but we didn’t all grow up in an age of social media. I got my first cell phone (no keyboard or touchscreen) when I was 10 just so that I could get picked up safely from soccer practice.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 26, 2023

Fisher’s Popcorn officials presented to Delaware’s Council on Development Finance an application for a Jobs Performance Grant of $60,000 and a Capital Expenditure Grant of $145,500 from the Delaware Strategic Fund to support the company’s investment in construction, fit-out costs and new equipment.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Greg Sands started the firm in 2012 as a sole general partner and told TechCrunch that all the way back to the first fund, it invested in companies, like Intaact, which was acquired by Sage in 2017 , and Datalogix, acquired by Oracle in 2014 , that established a pattern.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

Mohnot previously served as vice president of business development at Groupon after a startup he founded, FeeFighters, was acquired by the company in 2012. He is also the GP of the 500 Fintech fund. In 2013, Monot co-founded Innovative Auctions, a high-stakes auction company. . Early action equals bigger savings.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Existing backers Owl Ventures, Emerson Collective, Uncork Capital, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Tao Capital Partners also participated in the financing, which brings the Boston-based company’s total raised since its 2012 inception to $105 million.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

a startup focused on in-home care for older adults, after selling chat service Meebo to Google for about $100 million in 2012. And today, San Francisco-based Honor has announced that it has raised $70 million in Series E funding and $300 million in debt financing, bringing its valuation to over $1.25 Rowe Price Associates Inc.,

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Some of the features include Sumaversity with master classes and boot camps on finance. The Credit Cocina, an activity food truck, helps users learn about their finances through their favorite recipes. Between 2012 and 2020, the company raised $52 million in funding before Acevedo and Greiff sold the company to Latido Networks.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

Yesterday MiTú Networks announced that Upfront Ventures led a $10 million financing in what is now the largest producer of Latino online videos – primarily driven through YouTube. originally raised $3 million in financing from some of the smartest people in the industry including Peter Chernin, Allen DeBevoise and Shari Redstone.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Coinbase’s direct listing was a massive finance, startup and cryptocurrency event that impacted a host of public and private investors, early employees, and crypto-enthusiasts.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In turn, a number of them have become debt-averse and increased their demand for better financing options. . A shift of preference to buy products on credit at the point-of-sale is on the rise; $680 billion will be spent by global consumers using online POS finance or BNPL over e-commerce channels by 2025. consumers use BNPL services.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

million VC-backed company, Carbon was founded by Chijioke Dozie and Ngozi Dozie in 2012. Posting audited financials can prove detrimental for a private African company for several reasons ranging from bad marketing and PR if huge losses are incurred to regulatory clampdown if the company performs well.

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