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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.”

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Thailand’s fintech startup Ascend Money lands $150M at a $1.5B valuation

TechCrunch

Ascend Money , the Thailand-based fintech startup behind TrueMoney, an e-wallet service, announced today it has raised a $150 million Series C round at a valuation of $1.5 The growth in e-payment suggests changing consumers’ spending habits as Southeast Asia moves toward a digital economy and a cashless society,” Thamavaranukupt said.

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Singapore’s TC Ventures invests in German, French startups

AsiaTechDaily

Based in Singapore, TC Ventures will focus on startups offering compelling solutions for transportation’s two mega challenges: decarbonisation and digitalisation. TC Ventures invites founders around the world who are seeking to disrupt and reimagine the maritime and aviation industries to connect.

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Argentinian fintech infrastructure startup Geopagos leaves the boot straps behind with $35M funding round

TechCrunch

Geopagos , a payments infrastructure startup based in Buenos Aires, has raised $35 million in a round led by Riverwood Capital. Founded in 2013, the Argentinian startup serves as a white label infrastructure software provider, with the aim of giving businesses the ability to launch financial services.

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. Note we are not including here most of the freebies offered by corporates for founders in general (as opposed to students in particular), which we list in Free Money from the Global 500 for Tech Startups.

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Latana secures cash injection to grow its mobile platform for product research

TechCrunch

In 2013, Nico Jaspers, who previously founded market research firm Dalia Research, began noticing a shift in consumer behavior: More people were easily reachable via their smartphones. Established rivals include Ipsos, Kantar and YouGov, as well as startups like Attest, Streetbees and Quantilope. We want to accelerate our go-to-market.”

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Why I Angel Invest

Angel Capital Association

Our Leadership Team started noticing something interesting around 2010: many of our customers were VC-backed startups. It made sense because a common playbook for consumer-facing startups was to build the product, prove PMF, raise capital from investors, and then deploy some/much/most of that capital in paid media to grow quickly.