TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

The financing raised comprises $30 million in equity and $5 million in debt from CitiBank, bringing the total amount raised by mPharma to $65 million. Other investors include Northstar, Social Capital, Novastar and TO Ventures. and Daniel Vasella, ex-CEO and chairman of Novartis; both are members of the board.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Veteran investor Eric Satz realized this in 2013 when he first tried to deploy money from his IRA into private companies and was met with pushback from his financial advisor, who was concerned about the potential risks, Satz told TechCrunch in an interview. ibnAle is set to join the company’s board of directors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. That didn’t make them bad – it just didn’t make them efficient at making rapid decisions of whether to fund a startup or not and the terms on which they would fund were typically not “market” for a startup company that would become venture backed one day.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

This is interesting, considering PayPal bought Venmo in 2013 and now Venmo seems to be growing more rapidly than PayPal’s core offering. . Trace Finance , a Brazilian fintech startup that aims to enable faster and more streamlined cross-border financing, announced a $4.3 million for their fund, Gilgamesh Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

Wale Ayeni , one of Africa’s well-known investors, has a new role as the head of Helios Digital Ventures, the venture capital strategy of private equity firm Helios Investment Partners, TechCrunch has learned. It raised $50 million in Series B earlier this month, in a round that marked PayPal Ventures’ first MENA investment.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

Kano Computing (“Kano”), the venture-backed company best known for its DIY computer kits and software for teaching coding and STEM skills to kids, is spinning out its creative software suite and online community platform as an independent business. The move comes as the U.K. The move comes as the U.K.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 17, 2014

banks consumer checking offerings have become less favorable across the board. In 2013 there were 967 million FPS transactions. Finance government stimulus Internet Payment Regulation Uncategorized Venture Capital Disruption payments wealthfront' The same companies operate there and here. Checking Account Competition.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The round was co-led by Brazil-based Echo Capital and Oria Capital , with participation from TPG Capital , Argonautic Ventures , and others. Ambar was created in 2013 with the ambition to leverage technology to make the civil construction process more efficient. C commitment.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Of course, one could rebut that by saying traditional VC is all about investing in outliers: Seth Levine analyzed data from Correlation Ventures (21,000 financings from 2004-2013) and writes that “a full 65% of financings fail to return 1x capital.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Brian Dally, a former mobile network exec, and Nick Bhargava, a co-author of the bipartisan JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act, founded Groundfloor in 2013. As part of the deal, Medipower founder and chairman Yair Goldfinger will join the Groundfloor board.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The interior design space is particularly competitive: predictions state that by 2026, the market will be worth $270,410 million , and in turn, a whole host of new ventures are battling for consumers’ attention and business. Founded in 2013, my online interior design company, Decorilla, is now celebrating its seventh year.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2023

Jason Furtado and Stephan Richter founded Boston-based Shoobx in 2013, according to Crunchbase. No doubt the venture slowdown and practically dead IPO and SPAC markets have contributed to the surge in M&A activity. 40Seas secures $11M in equity, $100M in credit to grow cross-border trade financing platform . I did, too.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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? Greater governance role for limited partner Boards of Advisors. Higher litigation risks. Smaller VC fundraises?

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Of course, one could rebut that by saying traditional VC is all about investing in outliers: Seth Levine analyzed data from Correlation Ventures (21,000 financings from 2004-2013) and writes that “a full 65% of financings fail to return 1x capital.

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

A PitchBook survey of Israel’s venture investments by deal count over the past five years confirms OurCrowd as the country’s most active startup investor. 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. Top Tech News.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Most venture capitalists who have been in this business for a long time foresaw this correction and have been talking about it privately for the better part of the last year or two. Many experienced partners are funds have 7-10 boards and most of these will need more capital. This is how VCs feel. Now for every dollar a VC raises $2.50

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

Existing backers Underscore, True Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and Greenspring also participated in the financing, along with additional investors including Brewer Lane. Emergence Capital led the Series B round, which brings Hi Marley’s total raised since its 2017 inception to $41.7

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2022

Founded in 2013 (or 2014 depending on the source), the Chicago-based company has raised over $82 million in funding over its lifetime from investors such as FinTech Collective and Oak HC/FT , according to Crunchbase. billion in an all-stock deal that was a reflection of its continued push into consumer finance.

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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. Data show that men were four times as likely as women to access equity financing from angel investors or VCs (14.4% Women entrepreneurs and fundraising.

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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.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

That’s why so much of our robotics coverage revolves around startups and venture funding. ” Here is what they told me: Peter Barrett, Playground Global: Why the venture community decided to call in an airstrike on their portfolio companies is quite beyond me. It’s a lens through which we attempt to view technology at large.

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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? In 2015, 46 percent of workers were enrolled in a plan with an annual deductible of $1,000 or more, up from 38 percent in 2013 and 22 percent in 2009. Do they respond?

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

She wants to figure out how to finance the billions of dollars in much-needed NYCHA repairs. After selling Manhattan GMAT in 2009, he started Venture for America, which aimed to create 100,000 new U.S. She wants to field complaints about flooded streets. Bike lanes. Property taxes. Charter schools. jobs by 2025.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Durable Capital Partners, which led the Series D, Norwest Venture Partners, Citi Ventures and OurCrowd also participated. In addition, attitudes toward the value of work are changing across the board as many businesses are now more willing to outsource work to independent contractors, he added. HoneyBook dashboard.

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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.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

million in a seed funding round co-led by Powerhouse Ventures and VoLo Earth Ventures. Thornton, former president of Goldman Sachs, executive chairman of Barrick Gold, and board member of Ford, has joined Divergent’s board. The company also received a $300,000 grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

raised more money from venture capitalists in 2021 than ever. 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. backed by Accenture Ventures and Susa Ventures.

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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. Mix in the impending SPAC-led debut of eToro, general bullishness in the cryptocurrency space, record highs for some equities markets, and recent rounds from Public.com, M1 Finance and U.K.-based But will it?

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