TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

We know how much you love a good startup pitch-off. On August 4, Extra Crunch Live will feature startups exhibiting in the Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 in September. Those startups will pitch their products/businesses to a pair of expert VC judges, who will then give their live feedback. Who doesn’t?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

on September 19 during TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. This past June, the company acquired X1 , a no-fee credit card startup, for $95 million. Vlad Tenev: Robinhood Markets’ co-founder and CEO Vlad Tenev co-founded Robinhood with Baiju Bhatt in 2013 with a mission to democratize finance. Buy your pass today and save.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

We know how much you love a good startup pitch-off. On August 4, Extra Crunch Live will feature startups exhibiting in the Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 in September. Those startups will pitch their products/businesses to a pair of expert VC judges, who will then give their live feedback. Who doesn’t?

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Onevest

APRIL 27, 2015

The South African native along with his brother Shaun, launched Bohemian Guitars on Kickstarter in June of 2013. Feeling the need to change up the musical instrument scene while also making an environmental impact, the brothers are definitely disrupting the industry with Bohemian Guitars. The process of finding investors is not fast.

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Gust

JUNE 29, 2014

As I was reading about it a while back, it occurred to me that the concept relates directly to how investors see startup opportunities and potential success as well, at least those with technology in their offerings. This is the “truly disruptive technology” that startups often claim. Peak of inflated expectations.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

We’re excited to announce that CEO Everette Taylor will join us on the Hardware Stage , September 21, at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. As CMO, Taylor also led Skurt, an on-demand rental car startup, to a successful acquisition, and he led marketing at Qualaroo, which also saw a successful exit. Hurry and buy your Disrupt pass today!

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Gust

JUNE 29, 2014

As I was reading about it a while back, it occurred to me that the concept relates directly to how investors see startup opportunities and potential success as well, at least those with technology in their offerings. This is the “truly disruptive technology” that startups often claim. Peak of inflated expectations.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

mPharma, a Ghanaian health startup, has taken a controlling stake in Uganda’s Vine Pharmacy for an undisclosed amount, marking the firm’s entry into its latest market in Africa. Abraaj bought Vine Pharmacy in 2013 when it was the largest pharmacy chain in Uganda. Vine used to be the biggest pharmacy chain in Uganda.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

Raising venture capital is rarely an easy lift for startups, but 2022 is turning out to be a more challenging year than we’ve seen for some time. Mohnot previously served as vice president of business development at Groupon after a startup he founded, FeeFighters, was acquired by the company in 2012. Early action equals bigger savings.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 20, 2018

The proposal forms around how our organisation can either be completely disrupted by or take full advantage of this massive opportunity that this technology presents. So, our message is, disrupt or be disrupted. Honestly, I prefer the latter. If this does not excite you even the slightest bit, I don’t know what will.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

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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Feedough

MARCH 18, 2021

Advertisement Uizard – Startup Review By Feedough. We discussed the startup’s concept, vision, and prospects with Thea Silayro, the Community Manager at Inlytics. Here are her thoughts on the startup –. How is your offering disrupting the industry? The history of your startup (how it all started)? Welcome, Uizard.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

In the latest chunky funding round out of Europe, UK-based email security startup, Tessian , has closed $65 million in Series C funding. The 2013 founded startup last raised back in January 2019 when it closed a $40M Series B ( news that was scooped by former TCer, Steve O’Hear).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In December 2021, a vulnerability in a widely used logging library that had gone unfixed since 2013 caused a full-blown security meltdown. . Boston-based AppMap , going through TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield this week, wants to stop this bad code from ever making it into production. Image Credits: AppMap.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

More posts by this contributor Preparing for fintech’s second decade: 4 moves your firm must make now Over the last decade, fintech has evolved from a label for plucky startups into a sustained movement that has disrupted the traditionally stodgy financial services industry. Below is a picture of what this looked like.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Co-founder and CEO Melanie Perkins and her team started working on Canva in 2012, and launched the product in 2013. Canva CEO Melanie Perkins will tell us about the journey to a $15B valuation at Disrupt. The premise behind it was relatively simple, but the technology itself… not so much. Canva allows anyone to design.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

But applications in industrial, military and enterprise scenarios have shown that there is indeed a market for unmanned aerial vehicles, and today, a startup that makes drones for some of those latter purposes is announcing a large round of funding and a partnership that provides a picture of how the drone industry will look in years to come.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

SentinelOne, a late-stage security startup that helps organizations secure their data using AI and machine learning, has filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE ). SentinelOne, which was founded in 2013 and has raised a total of $696.5 million and its customer base grew to 4,700, up from 2,700 a year prior.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

JumpCloud , the cloud directory service that debuted at TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield in 2013, announced a $75 million Series E today. Slack snags corporate directory startup Rimeto to up its people search game. The round was led by BlackRock with participation from existing investor General Atlantic.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

They began informally with handwritten contracts, but progressed into using technology to scale the solution from 2013 when it rebranded to Tugende. . Last year was a challenging one for the company, as the pandemic disrupted some of its activities; excluding 2020, Tugende has doubled in team size year-on-year. Image Credits: Tugende.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) led Fundbox’s Series D financing, which brings the company’s total equity raised to $410 million since its 2013 inception. The startup, which saw a pandemic-related boost in business, crossed $100 million in annual revenue run rate earlier this year.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

People may not consider the IFC in the same breath as more typical VCs like SoftBank, Sequoia, Index Ventures or Andreessen Horowitz, but it’s a significant player when it comes to backing startups around the world. Since launching in 2013, it has picked up more than 50 million customers and more than 1.5 valuation. .

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Funding of women-founded startups remains significantly lower than those that are gender-mixed While women entrepreneurs are making significant strides in startup formation, they continue to struggle to gain access to funding on par with men. venture firms allocated only 22% of their deals to female-founded startups.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

From varying sources, it is estimated up to $2 billion went into African tech startups in 2019. African startups nearly raised $1.5 Predictions were made on how much the continent’s startups would raise in December. Faster deals, less diligence: The African startup market mirrors its larger rivals. billion and $2.8

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 6, 2022

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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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

This article is not focused on highlighting the demise of individual high-profile fintech startups or various failed fintech initiatives undertaken by large corporations (such as BloombergBlack or UBS’ SmarthWealth ). Financial advisor matchmaking startups generally took one of two approaches.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

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. For a more detailed list for founders in general, not just students, see Startup contests and Startup grants.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Canva on Wednesday said it closed on its acquisition of Flourish, a London-based data visualization startup. Sydney-based Canva was started in 2013 and has raised over $570 million in venture capital funding over the years, most recently a $200 million venture round last September that valued the company at $40 billion.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 23, 2022

BillionBricks was founded in 2013 as a non-profit by architect Prasoon Kumar and venture capitalist Anurag Srivastava to address the global climate and housing crises. Its current phase of evolution is focused on disrupting the present and future of housing and renewable energy by pioneering large-scale, net-zero homes and communities.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 3, 2022

You’ll receive the best practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. He’s the founder of both SwipeFiles and SwipeWell, he’s currently the Marketing Lead at SavvyCal, a disruptive calendar SaaS company. Welcome to another edition of our new newsletter! the Crypto Handbook ?—?and We even launched an NFT.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

Founded by brothers Gustavo and Mauricio Chamati in 2013, Mercado Bitcoin was the first crypto exchange in Brazil. It added: “At SoftBank we look to invest in entrepreneurs who are challenging the status quo through tech-focused or tech-enabled business models that are disrupting an industry – Mercado Bitcoin is doing just that. ”.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 23, 2021

The documentary, “ Disrupting Wine ,” about his entrepreneurial journey. To learn more, visit Vivino’s official website and check out Zachariassen’s YouTube series, “ Raw Startup.”. How he took a great idea and turned it into a great business. The power of word-of-mouth marketing. The importance of teamwork. Jamie Giovinazzo).

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 18, 2020

In 2013, Dr. Hagen joined with two more brilliant minds, Rita Hansen and Dr. Jeff Witwer, and together, they founded Onboard Dynamics. Since then, the angel group has worked to open doors for the startup and many individual members of the group have invested in the company. The following September in 2014 the company received a $3.6

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 13, 2021

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.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

A startup out of Berlin that’s built and grown a successful online language learning platform based around live teachers and virtual classrooms is announcing some funding today to continue expanding its business. The valuation is not being disclosed. New Jersey specifically) in an interview. This is very much by design, Shangkuan said.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Sonos began as a disruptive startup in 2005 with its groundbreaking patented innovation in wireless speakers. It secured a licensing deal with Google in 2013, when Google agreed to make its music service, Google Play Music, work with Sonos speakers. Simply put, Big Tech benefits from stealing IP.

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