TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Matt Zeiler founded the New York-based company in 2013 focused on computer vision. We saw an opportunity and raised the round.”. That opportunity included having the right team in place to execute enterprise sales, he added. As part of the investment, Andrew Schoen, partner at NEA, joins Clarifai’s board of directors.

development 90

development capital opportunity ventures 90

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Abraaj bought Vine Pharmacy in 2013 when it was the largest pharmacy chain in Uganda. But with Abraaj as its largest shareholder, the business had to resize once there wasn’t any more capital available for growth. and Daniel Vasella, ex-CEO and chairman of Novartis; both are members of the board. “I

health 84

health startup hospitality networking 84

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The Series C round was led by Charoen Pokphand Group , which is a major shareholder of Ascend Money, with participation from Bow Wave Capital Management and returning backer Ant Group. Ascend Money provides a financial platform of opportunity for those financially excluded as well as SMEs around the region.

startup 103

startup disruption networking board 103

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

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. He realized that phones could become a key way to reach people for product research purposes, opening the door to opportunities to hear new points of view.

disruption 71

disruption board capital accelerator 71

TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

Since launching in 2013, South African fintech Yoco has positioned itself as the go-to platform to access offline payments among merchants in the country. This presents a huge opportunity, and it is our mission to support that transition,” he added. Yoco currently serves 150,000 of these businesses and adds over 500 merchants per day.

startup 138

startup accelerator investing investment 138

TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

In a 2021 survey from The Conference Board focused specifically on the service industry, 80% of respondents said they were having a hard time finding qualified workers. Small business owners often need help writing effective job ads, he says, as well as the the flexibility to post opportunities in more places. Image Credits: WizeHire.

board 73

board collaboration advice pitching 73

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A-Frame , a Los Angeles-based developer of personal care brands supported by celebrities, has raised $2 million in a new round of funding led by Initialized Capital. Identifying the opportunities,” said Bloom. Howard, the chief executive of Irving Place Capital. “Hill is my co-founder.

incubation 84

incubation development sustainability opportunity 84

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Levin joined Heartcore Capital in 2019 from Global Founders Capital, the billion-dollar VC arm of Rocket Internet, where he was responsible for investments in Canva, Heyjobs, Instarem, Anyfin and others. Levin Bunz. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Adopt a “hire slow, fire fast” mentality for your expansion strategy.

incubation 127

incubation strategy frameworks VC 127

TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

based VC RedBlue Capital. The startup plans to manufacture vehicles in “Modular Micro Manufacturing” factories, similar to Arrival’s microfactories , which should have smaller carbon footprints and require less capital to produce vehicles than traditional OEMs. Amazon has invested $6.5

transportation 95

transportation opportunity capital board 95

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

HoneyBook is the latest to feel some love in this area, unveiling Wednesday that it raised $250 million in Series E funding, just six months after securing $155 million of Series D capital. Durable Capital Partners, which led the Series D, Norwest Venture Partners, Citi Ventures and OurCrowd also participated. HoneyBook dashboard.

support 99

support board capital ventures 99

TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

However, for all their effort and importance to the tech ecosystem, raising significant venture capital seemed elusive to startups in Africa’s digital media landscape that rely on grants and personal funding to scale. BCM was founded by Seyi Taylor and Bankole Oluwafemi in 2013.

media 119

media venture capital culture VC 119

TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

By building the largest e-commerce operating platform, ChannelEngine is set to capitalize on this opportunity by giving brands and retailers instant access to the global marketplace.” She is joining the board with this round. “As

board 88

board accelerator opportunity networking 88

American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 6, 2023

This creates a unique opportunity to craft better customer experiences, which increase customer engagement, grow conversion rates and ultimately drive more online revenue.” We’re 100 percent focused on creating surprisingly simple customer sign-in journeys and this new investment will accelerate our strategy and the opportunity ahead of us.”

board 40

board accelerator entrepreneurship consulting 40

TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

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. The ease with which men tap into multiple sources for capital explains why they start companies with almost twice the capital of women founders on average.

entrepreneurship 77

entrepreneurship VC economic growth board 77

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

We saw this as an opportunity to leverage our pharmacies as virtual doctor offices so that patients could get examined remotely during a virtual consultation. and Daniel Vasella, ex-CEO and Chairman of Novartis are members of the board. This is what makes mPharma’s telemedicine unique,” Rockson told TechCrunch.

health 94

health consulting hospitality communities 94

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Here’s just one example from Y Combinator’s Summer 2013 Demo Day: Positioning itself as the “FedEx of today,” it hopes to provide a logistics framework that goes beyond food and can be used for any type of on-demand order. The opportunity that the company sees has really forced us to reallocate resources and strategy,” said Brown.

SaaS 113

SaaS startup pitching education 113

Haystack

JANUARY 12, 2020

For those following this blog and the seed market over the past decade, you may have noticed that every year, we see increases across the board — more investors, newer funds, and funds that get larger. Rather, this short blog is filled only with my own observations from being in the middle of the evolving seed market since 2013.

peer-to-peer 106

peer-to-peer opportunity board VC 106

TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

.” The funding — oversubscribed, the company says — is being led by Steadfast Financial, with SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 also participating, along with previous backers ICONIQ Capital, Tiger Global Management and Meritech Capital. White label services like ours are powering the ability to keep up.”

mix-use 98

mix-use opportunity development board 98

TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Today, one of the more promising startups out of Europe building software to help SMEs run online businesses is announcing some funding to better tap into both the opportunity to build these services, and to meet a growing demand from the SME segment. Berlin’s Visionaries Club outs two new €40M micro funds for seed and growth-stage B2B.

board 89

board VC opportunity startup 89

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Two years ago, the African tech ecosystem saw newfound attention from global players that translated to the continent’s best year of receiving venture capital. Venture capital investment in Africa predicted to reach a record high this year. From varying sources, it is estimated up to $2 billion went into African tech startups in 2019.

venture capital 139

venture capital capital VC ventures 139

Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This is Part 2 of a two-part examination of the state of the startup capital market during the past two years. This transformation has already led to an increased number of startup failures, a growing venture capital reset2 and 210,000 tech sector layoffs since the start of 2022. 2 A (temporary) venture capital reset?

startup 52

startup VC SaaS capital 52

David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? First Round Capital found that among its portfolio companies, startups with female founders outperformed those without by 63%.” . If they had missed it, they would have failed to return capital after fees.”.

VC 82

VC investing investment founder 82

TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Founded in 2013 by William Santana Li, a Ford executive, and Stacy Stephens, a former Texas police officer (the co-founders of police vehicle firm Carbon Motors), the Mountain View-based firm has risen to national prominence with its high-profile surveillance robots. You feel they raised the company’s profile and got more people on board?

opportunity 97

opportunity technology financing finance 97

David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? First Round Capital found that among its portfolio companies, startups with female founders outperformed those without by 63%.” . If they had missed it, they would have failed to return capital after fees.”.

VC 52

VC investing investment founder 52

TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2023

Jason Furtado and Stephan Richter founded Boston-based Shoobx in 2013, according to Crunchbase. He told me: “The question I have is who will capitalize on this bear market to scoop up valuable technology or talent. To me, it feels like the move to shrink back from the housing market might open up more opportunities for fintechs.

incumbents 117

incumbents energy board investing 117

TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Founded in 2013 by two brothers — Fabian and Felix Wunderlich (now respectively CFO and head of sales) — Lingoda had only raised around $15 million before now, a mark of the company being pretty capital efficient. Allgaier is joining Lingoda’s board with this round. The valuation is not being disclosed.

education 95

education disruption board accelerator 95

TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

According to Briter Bridges , another publication that tracks VC investments in Africa, only 3% of the total funding raised by startups in Africa since 2013 has gone to all-women co-founded teams. We spoke with six of them to share their fundraising experiences in a venture capital market that can be unfriendly toward women. .

VC 115

VC founder networking investing 115

TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

The data is based on a sample of 2,500 companies that have used AngelList to syndicate deals from 2013 through 2020. Raising capital for a new fund is always hard. In this exciting moment, when younger founders will likely receive more attention, capital and control than ever, it’s crucial to avoid certain pitfalls.

startup 78

startup construction VC health 78

OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

PitchBook has ranked OurCrowd as Israel’s most active investor each year since we were founded in 2013, with investments in more than 330 portfolio companies. Former Mossad Director Tamir Pardo has joined the advisory board of our portfolio company NanoLock Security. Top Tech News. Cyabra answers Elon Musk’s query on Twitter bots.

energy 36

energy opportunity technology investing 36

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Most prefer not to say this publicly for two reasons: 1) they have an entire portfolio of startups, many of whom are raising capital and 2) they prefer not to be attacked publicly or seem “anti entrepreneur.” Many experienced partners are funds have 7-10 boards and most of these will need more capital.

startup 285

startup VC entrepreneurs real estate 285

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 17, 2014

banks consumer checking offerings have become less favorable across the board. In 2013 there were 967 million FPS transactions. With the benefit of our newfound perspective, Benchmark asked Andy and CEO Adam Nash if there might still be an opportunity to invest. The same companies operate there and here.

disruption 83

disruption financing finance incumbents 83

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Can you do this online before your visit, or are you handed a clip-board full of forms where you enter information you have already provided on previous visits? One obvious solution to this list of issues and opportunities is to leverage technology to better serve the needs of the customer. Can you cancel or reschedule online?

health 59

health hospitality networking mix-use 59