TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

Co-founder and CTO Juan Manuel Cuello had the idea for Fudo back in 2014 after working as a developer at Restorando.com, an Open table-like company that was acquired by The Fork. The company’s first institutional round of funding was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, Atlántico and MAYA Capital.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

With the new cash, which brings ThreatX’s total raised to $52 million, CEO Gene Fay tells TechCrunch that ThreatX will “accelerate” investments in platform development while scaling sales and marketing initiatives. ThreatX was co-founded in 2014 by Bret Settle and Andrius Useckas.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

InstaDeep , a Tunis and London-based enterprise AI startup that creates decision-making systems for solving real-world problems, has raised $100 million in Series B financing led by Alpha Intelligence Capital and CDIB. InstaDeep was founded by Karim Beguir and Zohra Slim in 2014. Karim Beguir (InstaDeep CEO).

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Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

NOT spending time on the accelerator building the product. The product should be live if we hope to raise capital. The most valuable resource the accelerator provides is the network, so use all my time to navigate that network. Here are some truths about what accelerators can be for startups: A small filter.

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Dream It

MAY 14, 2020

The Baltimore-based startup graduated from Dreamit’s Healthtech program in 2014. The acquisition of Tissue Analytics expands Net Health's leadership position within the wound care market, and for all customers, will accelerate the delivery of next-generation wound care technology solutions, including predictive analytics.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

When much of the shopping shifted online during the global pandemic, startups developing software and other products to aid the transition began to garner attention from venture capital firms. The CEO is Guru Hariharan, who you might remember from retail analytics company Boomerang Commerce , a Startup Battlefield finalist in 2014.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

The company raised $42 million in a Series C led by Tracker Capital, bringing its valuation to $83.5 Along with the investment, Tracker Capital also acquired a majority stake in the company. The tech generated a ton of interest from big aerospace companies, but they decided to found Accion in 2014 rather than sell.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 13, 2023

million Series B growth financing led by ABS Capital Partners with participation from existing investors Claritas Health Ventures, as well as Healthworx, the innovation and investment arm of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, PTX Capital, and Kapor Capital. Over that time, ABS Capital has invested more than $2.5

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 4, 2023

M&A secures the team greater financial certainty within a more established & better capitalized business. On the buy side, acquirers delay bigger transactions, preferring to accelerate early stage product development with tuck-in acquisitions of small teams.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The new capital follows $7 million Series A funding raised in December 2020, bringing the company’s total funding to $49.5 million since being founded in 2014. Canapi Ventures led the latest round, and was joined by existing investors Fin VC and TTV Capital, which both led the Series A.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

“It is a significant signal for large South Korean corporates participating as limited partners of environmental and climate tech-focused venture capitals like us,” Han said. Nine of the 16 portfolio companies are participating in Sopoong’s first accelerator program, which launched in June and runs for six months.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

AppWorks , the Taipei-based venture capital firm focused on Taiwan and Southeast Asia, announced today it has closed its oversubscribed third fund, raising $150 million. Many of these LPs also participated in AppWorks’ $50 million second fund in 2014. AppWorks’ total assets under management (AUM) is now $212 million.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 1, 2023

In a statement, Manafa said it will use the fresh funds to accelerate its growth in Saudi Arabia and expand its offering with the launch of several products and financing solutions in addition to double the number of investors on its platform. The company is licensed by the Saudi Central Bank and the Saudi Capital Market Authority.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Zeitview was founded in 2014 with the goal of bringing a new resource to businesses: the sky. After serving in the military, Burton did a short stint at Goldman Sachs and made the leap in 2014 to launch Zeitview. He claims to have personally flown the company’s first 100 or so drone missions. billion in 2022.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Yuriy Gankin, co-founder and chief science officer at Quantori, says the founders back up these claims with decades of experience in this market, including helping launch and build a company called GGA Software Services, which also focused on the life sciences market, and was acquired by EPAM in 2014.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

JIC Venture Growth Investments led the Series E equity funding, with participation from Z Venture Capital , a venture investment arm of Z Holdings, Japan Post Capital and Salesforce Ventures. Founded in 2014, Zeals currently serves more than 400 enterprises, including Toyota dealerships, Shiseido and NTT Docomo.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Mixpanel was a hot startup in 2014 when it nabbed a $65 million Series B on an $865 million valuation, a sizable B round and valuation for those days. billion valuation from Bain Capital Tech Opportunities. Today, seven years after that announcement, the company finally has a C round, a $200 million investment on a $1.05

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Skydio’s fresh capital comes on the heels of its expansion last year into the enterprise market, and it intends to use the considerable pile of cash to help it expand globally and accelerate product development. pedigree also puts it in prime position to capitalize on the growing interest in applications from the defense sector.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

We are significantly increasing our client base, while capitalizing on the combined strengths of both companies, creating a force to reckon with in East Africa’s hospitality industry,” HotelOnline co-founder, Havar Bauck , told TechCrunch. Integrating these resources, prepares the ground for our accelerated expansion in Africa,” said Bauck.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

Existing backers Riverwood Capital, Viking Global Investors and Sunley House Capital also participated in the financing. In 2014, Riverwood Capital and Antonio Soares — who now serves as Dock’s CEO — bought out 100% of Conductor and essentially created the company that is Dock today.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

Accern , which uses AI to analyze online conversations around particular companies, trends, and industries, today announced that it raised $20 million in a Series B round led by Mighty Capital alongside Tribe Capital, Shasta Ventures, Gaingels and Fusion Fund and others. ” Accern has raised $20 million in capital to date. .

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

million in seed funding, was led by Ace Capital Partners and backed by existing investors Sonae IM and Portugal Ventures. Jscrambler said it will use the cash injection to “strengthen and accelerate” its product roadmap to meet its customers’ expanding requirements as threat actors increasingly turn to the web.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack , PiggyVest, and TeamApt. Today, the investor is announcing the launch of Voltron Capital , a Pan-African venture capital firm he co-founded with Abe Choi , a U.S.-based Voltron Capital will be managed on AngelList.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

It also included returning investors Mirae-Asset Naver Asia Growth Fund and Z Venture Capital. Founded in 2014, HappyFresh was the first Instacart-style grocery delivery service to launch in Southeast Asia. COVID-19 pandemic accelerated shift to e-commerce by 5 years, new report says.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2021

We lied when we said that The Exchange was done covering 2021 venture capital performance. We paged through a report from New York City-based Work-Bench, a venture capital group focused on enterprise technology. We paged through a report from New York City-based Work-Bench, a venture capital group focused on enterprise technology.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

To help founders capitalize on this trend, he identified some of the ways companies are evolving as they strive to copy the success of firms like Twilio, Snowflake and Frog. Deena Shakir, partner Lux Capital. Felicis, Lux Capital and Upfront Ventures tackle TAM at Disrupt. ” Thanks very much for reading, Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Owl Labs , a startup developing a linuep of AI-powered meeting hardware, today announced that it raised $25 million in a Series C round led by HP Tech Ventures (HP’s venture capital arm) with participation from Sourcenext, Matrix Partners, Spark Capital and Playground Global.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 7, 2020

million from the Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund, as well as $500,000 from the Accelerate Oklahoma Fund and $350,000 from the Oklahoma Angel Fund. Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund, Accelerate Oklahoma Fund, and the Oklahoma Angel Fund are each managed by iMCI. The iMCI-led investment in Ten-Nine Technologies includes $1.65

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and historically-low mortgage rates fueled acceleration in the online lending space in a way that no one could have anticipated. The investment brings Better.com’s total funding raised to over $900 million since its 2014 inception. We’ll do it when it’s right,” he said.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

After a year in which its customer base grew to over 150 customers, Gravitee has closed a $30 million funding round led by Riverside Acceleration Capital with participation from Kreos Capital, AlbionVC and Oxx. But Blundell argues that there’s enough capital to go around. This is the very issue Gravitee solves.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

The funding round is led by global banks HSBC and ING, with participation from Sony Innovation Fund by IGV*, SBI Investment, OCS, Global Brain and DG Daiwa Ventures along with existing investors DN Capital, Dawn Capital, IQ Capital and Amex Ventures. with a goal of launching in 10 more countries by the end of 2019.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

It’s 2022 and already local VCs, angel investors, startup founders, incubators and accelerators, and more are pushing hard to make their startups go. Now this company raised over $40 million in funding since they launched in 2014. How the Midwest Startup and Tech Scene Boomed in 2021. WJR Business Beat Transcript. 2, Guardhat.

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

Of course a nice chunk is primary capital, i.e. for the company balance sheet, to invest in growth initiatives, security and quality, and advancing our existing strategic priorities through acceleration and de-risking. The majority of the funds pay back our early investors who believed in us enough to trust us with their money.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The fund is targeting $250 million and has raised 65% of that capital so far, mostly from limited partners who invested in ACV’s previous funds. Founded in 2014, ACV’s portfolio now has over 120 investments in Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia. Funds can no longer just be a source of capital.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

With the new capital injection, FreshBooks has now raised a total of more than $200 million in funding over its lifetime. The company was self-funded until 2014, when McDerment decided to bring on outside investors and raised $30 million from Oak Investment Partners, Accomplice and Georgian Partners.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Existing investors, including co-founder of Facebook Dustin Moskovitz, Peter Thiel’s Mithril Capital and notable sustainable tech investor Capricorn Investment Group also participated in the round. Deuterium and Helium-3 are heated, then accelerated through magnets, compressed and captured as inductive current.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Startup accelerators’ definition of ‘value add’ is due for a refresh. One of the most notable trends in tech that has emerged during the pandemic is the steady commoditization of capital. Startup accelerators’ definition of ‘value add’ is due for a refresh. Image Credits: z_wei / Getty Images.

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