AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 23, 2023

Register In the swiftly transforming landscape of financial technology (FinTech), Asia stands resolute at the forefront of innovation and entrepreneurial dynamism. In China, inclusive digital technologies are the driving force behind Shanghai’s rapid rise among global financial hubs.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families. Seriously, this happens.

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Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

As I’ve discussed elsewhere, Gust’s long-term goal is to serve as the infrastructure platform for the entire global, early stage finance industry. Instead, it is our eight years of indefatigable relationship and customer building with large segments of the world’s early stage finance industry.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Those recognized in this year’s list have raised a cumulative $30 billion in venture capital financing, with a total valuation of over $140 billion. The productivity and collaboration company founded in 2012 has over 700 employees and has raised approximately $1.3 They represent 17 countries. Six of those eight are in San Francisco.

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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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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

As a consultant at Bain and Company, Case worked with clients in technology, private equity and education. Jomayra Herrera is a partner at Reach Capital, a venture fund focused on early-stage education technology and future-of-work companies. She is currently a board director for Workwhile and a board observer for Outschool. .

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The Kauffman Foundation found 47% of US tech founders held degrees in STEM while 34% held degrees in business, finance, and accounting. Working closely with these investors early-on is good preparation for future rounds of financing and usually a good point of entry into the VC financing world. Some schools run their own (e.g.,

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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

DECEMBER 8, 2020

However, what is made less explicit is that there was likely very little technology involved. But it wasn’t really that technology driven,” he concedes. Klarna finally took Atomico’s money in 2012, and within two years had grown to over 1,000 employees. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The company has raised $80 million, a Series B led by Spectrum Equity, with previous backers Eight Roads, F-Prime Capital and Highgate Technology Ventures also participating. Just earlier this week, Pigment — which provides better forecasting tools to finance teams that have been muddling through with Excel — raised $73 million.).

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

” Cherki started to develop the technology that would become Contentsquare as a college student. Since 2012, he’s served as CEO, moving the company’s headquarters from Marseille to New York in 2017. Its financing reflects this — the company today announced that it closed a $600 million Series F round at a $5.6

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Construction tech is one of those sectors that has not historically been considered “sexy” in a startup world that often favors glitzier technology. Historically, the industry has been reluctant to embrace technology, but as there have been generational shifts in leadership, that has slowly changed.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

It lists Headmade Materials , LightForce Orthodontics and Conflux Technology among some of its marquee investments. million financing into the ultra-high-resolution 3D printing company that can print finely enough to aid in semiconductor and display manufacturing. . The picture at the top of this article is the cleanroom at Scrona.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2021

I published a scoop earlier this week that Coursera is filing to go public soon, which would be one of the first debuts that will let us see how an education company’s finances changed, and accelerated, amid the pandemic’s impact on remote learning. The technology selloff is getting to be somewhat material. Making sense of the $6.5B

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

The IPO window has all but closed for technology companies in the wake of a massive downturn in the market, but an opening still remains for some, in the form of SPACs. Near — a data intelligence company that has amassed 1.6

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Although the total dollar amount of VC funding invested into entrepreneurial ventures nearly quadrupled between 2010 and 2019, with ventures founded and led by women growing some 40% according to Harvard Business Review , the rate of women and minority women receiving VC funds has hardly grown since 2012.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Alisee de Tonnac is co-founder and co-CEO of Seedstars , a Swiss-based group with a mission to impact people’s lives in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship. There is an unmet need of $260 billion to $320 billion for women-owned company funding, according to a 2013 study conducted by the International Finance Corporation.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MAY 22, 2018

State College, PA – Salimetrics, a company that is widely regarded as a global leader in salivary bioscience, got its start nearly 20 years ago with an investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners, and then received additional funding from the program for a buyout of early-stage investors in 2012.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

“Soci became an essential partner to brands for this transformation, which led to an increased need for brands to turn to technology to manage their presence in local digital market channels.”

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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

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Luciana Lixandru is a partner at Sequoia, where she focuses on enterprise and consumer technology companies across Europe. She joined Pinterest in 2012 as one of the company’s first 35 employees after co-leading the Series A investment while at Bessemer.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Since its 2012 inception, the company has evolved its offering to also include investment services, debt management and a product aimed at children, Acorns Early. . “It is an uncorrelated asset class so it makes sense to include it as part of a well-balanced, diversified portfolio,” he added. ” .

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Y Combinator

JULY 24, 2020

The remaining transactions happen via electronic data exchange (EDI) and e-procurement systems, old-school technologies specifically designed for B2B transactions. require payment financing, invoicing/approvals, inventory management) and requirements differ from vertical to vertical. million in 2012 to 1.55

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

Madrid headquarters of IBM International Business Machine, the American multinational of informatics and technology consulting services, Spain, November 2012. Now the question is: How can it be brought to the general public in a way that they can readily adopt this next generation of information technology?”.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

However, what is made less explicit is that there was likely very little technology involved. But it wasn’t really that technology driven,” he concedes. Klarna finally took Atomico’s money in 2012, and within two years had grown to over 1,000 employees. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 3, 2022

Freightos , one of the first OurCrowd investments back in 2012, announced a merger agreement with Gesher I Acquisition Corp. The NTT Finance investment is part of D-ID’s $25M Series B round, currently funding on the OurCrowd platform. Take your OurCrowd investments with you, wherever you go. Download Now. Sign NDA to Learn More.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Without the proper technology to match people who wanted a ride with people who could provide that service, taxi and chauffeur companies were drastically underserving the potential market. They have helped 2,000 substitute teachers get in the classroom in 2018, including 400 educators who earned permits, which Swing willingly financed.

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Angel Capital Association

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Partnering with Gary Mahn, who went on to become the owner of Fishers Technology, they formed Learned-Mahn Software, arguably Idaho’s first software company ,which developed and marketed personal computer software to the banking and hospital industries. I was one of the few people who said “I’m going to figure out how to do my own thing here.””

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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

It’s a lens through which we attempt to view technology at large. One of the things that makes my beat a bit tricky is how difficult it is to convey many of these technologies in an email. The piece is an attempt to forecast the speed with which a spate of different technologies will arrive and be deployed.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

“Awesome, cutting-edge technology never trumps a weak found team or a team filled with ego and issues,” Moon told AsiaTechDaily in a recent interaction. I had short stints in finance working at a boutique investment bank in Hong Kong and later on for a family office. What types of companies/sectors do you look to invest in?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Our team has been involved and invested in crypto since 2012, so we’ve been excited about the industry for a long time. In general, technology looks like the winning category during this pandemic, and I believe that will continue. In the next 10 to 20 years, we will see huge leaps and groundbreaking new technologies.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investments will look great. But if 2011 & 2012 look more like 2008-2009 than 2010 then one of the most important skills of angel investors will be whether they can get their companies financed (or ramen profitable, but this is harder to sustain over a long period of time).

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 26, 2012

However, most efforts over the past 20 years appear to be a technology looking for a solution – there is no flow. Jeff Bezos on Charlie Rose, November 16, 2012. Bezos is simultaneously admired on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley, filling the void left by Steve Jobs as the most admired leader in technology.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Ugandan technology-enabled asset finance company Tugende today announced that it has closed $3.6 This brings Tugende’s total Series A financing to $9.9 This brings Tugende’s total Series A financing to $9.9 Michael Wilkerson founded Tugende in 2012. Development Finance Corporation.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

Onramp Funds , an Austin-based company providing financing to e-commerce sellers, secured $42 million in equity and credit to expand its working capital offering. One of the problems with shipping at that time, back in 2012, was that you would have to log into each individual marketplace. Revenue is growing 30% month over month.

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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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