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

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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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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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. 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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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

And for decades, until the entire industry was disrupted, that attraction established a virtuous cycle. The silver lining to the horrors wrought by Covid is that the pandemic opened the venture capital community’s eyes to the world of opportunity beyond the traditional tech startup hubs of California, New York, and Massachusetts.

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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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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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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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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 7, 2023

In 2013, Ed launched Health2Sync in his home country of Taiwan. “Action is data-driven. To top that milestone off, the startup recently leveled up their offerings by teaming with Abbott to integrate the biotech giant’s CGM (continuous glucose monitoring) into their app. ” Ed sees the healthtech market as primed for disruption.

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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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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

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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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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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

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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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

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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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2015

In November of 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures coined the term “ Unicorn Club ” as it relates to billion-dollar startup companies. Why is it ready for disruption? That could lead you to conclude that there’s more evidence that VC is being disrupted by outsiders. ” Are there enough unicorns?

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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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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

. “Composable architectures ensure that enterprises can innovate swiftly, deploy new features rapidly, and remain agile in the face of digital disruption. An interesting data point: VCs have invested over $118 million in CMS startups in the last year alone.) Strapi and Kontent are among the startup’s other rivals.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

So it’s no wonder why Ann Arbor tech companies and startups are thriving. Founded by two of the top female founders in the Midwest , Workit Health is a health startup that’s providing digital tools for people recovering from addiction. They’re a mission-driven startup that’s using technology to help save lives. million in 2020.

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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. Established rivals include Ipsos, Kantar and YouGov, as well as startups like Attest, Streetbees and Quantilope.

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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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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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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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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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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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Gust

MARCH 23, 2014

See my Forbes article on “ Get A Domain Name Without Bankrupting Your Startup ”. In fact, damage to reputation and brand has moved up to #4 from #6 in the Top 10 risks identified in Aon’s 2013 Global Risk Management Risk Ranking , moving ahead of business interruption and failure to innovate to meet customer needs in 2011.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 22, 2022

Register Le Yen Thanh, the 28-year-old CEO of Vietnam’s smart mobility startup Phenikaa Maas , is among the 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia honorees in the Industry, Manufacturing & Energy category. In 2013, Thanh founded the BusMap Project, a free public transportation app for urban bus passengers.

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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. From an investor’s perspective, 2022 witnessed a sudden market reversal from an extreme equity seller’s market to an equity buyer’s market, causing dislocations throughout angel, VC, and startup ecosystems.

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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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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

But one event that we try to catch every year is that of Pear , which is held annually each fall and features (blessedly) just a dozen or so very nascent startups. These were the exact pitches that the teams delivered straight to investors in attendance, so you’ll naturally spot a bit of hyperbole (because, startups).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

“The founding team at Grip Security brings deep technical acumen to disrupt the SaaS security market,” said Ofer Schreiber, partner at YL Ventures. ” Most of the popular CASBs today were founded around 2013 and 2014 and then later acquired by other major players like Microsoft, Cisco and Proofpoint.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

So why is online video such an attractive market to build a startup? These markets represent about $600 billion of total spend between them, leaving tons of opportunities for startups to disrupt and grow large. That is the definition of Disruptive Technology. Yet many of the startups I see are very US centric.

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