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TechCrunch
MARCH 4, 2021
Since launching in 2013, it has picked up more than 50 million customers and more than 1.5 Bolt is piloting a “Women Only” ride-hailing service in South Africa, with female drivers and passengers to improve job opportunities and general safety, one of the programs that the IFC funding will support, it said.
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. Some of the greatest areas of innovation opportunity are at the intersection of sectors historically segregated , e.g., computational biology. Many universities (e.g., 5) Student-focused VCs.
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TechCrunch
AUGUST 4, 2022
The financing marks the company’s first ever institutional funding. 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. This spells ample opportunity for payments infrastructure providers such as Geopagos.
American Entrepreneurship
MARCH 7, 2024
Coyote Ventures : Jessica Karr launched Coyote Ventures in 2021 to address the $1T opportunity in women’s health and wellness that has been historically marginalized. Fika Ventures , co-founded by Eva Ho and TX Zhuo, raised a $160 million fund 3 and a $35 million opportunity fund.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 30, 2021
More experienced founders exist and specific markets, particularly in the Big Four (Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt and Kenya), show a mix of matured but still open-for-disruption traits. The only non-fintech deals were Andela and TradeDepot (although the latter has an embedded finance play). Per the report, only 3% of the $1.7
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. What Has Changed in Financing? Of course we can’t.
OurCrowd
MARCH 6, 2021
Hear from: Claire Tomkins , PhD, founder and CEO of Future Family, startup veteran who was formerly an Investment Bank advisor and director of Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room accelerator, who will speak on the category potential and her startup’s disruptive solution. See some opportunities below: Engagement Manager, for data.world (Texas).
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