TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Olumide Soyombo is one of the well-known active angel investors in Nigeria tech startups and Africa at large. Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack , PiggyVest, and TeamApt. Non-traditional startup founder to an angel investor.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

Smart , a London-based startup that helps employers and their employees manage and monitor their pensions, said that it has closed $95 million in Series E funding. We welcome Aquiline to our board and we’re incredibly excited for the years ahead.” Founded out of London in 2014, Smart emerged in the wake of the U.K.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The reality is that as a result of two major trends the costs of starting a technology startup went down massively. I launched my first startup in 1999 so I know the economics of launching from first-hand experience. The “A Round” of my startup in 1999 was $16.5 So What Impact Did the Drop in Tech Founding Costs Have on VC?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

For example, anything that recurs or repeats across the business sphere, such as all-hands meetings, investor updates, board meetings, newsletters, planning cycles, and so on, are within Relay’s scope. As are “function-specific playbooks” such as new-hire onboarding, customer onboarding, or feature launches.

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Paul G. Silva

MAY 29, 2020

In 2014 the great Steve Blank gave the startup world its first widely-respected quantitative assessment system: the Investment Readiness Level (IRL). It is a fantastic tool to help highly scalable startups understand where they are at in terms of being ready to raise venture capital funding. In a Nutshell.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Your startup idea is your golden child – and it should be. The top 5 mistakes founders make right before burning their startup to the ground: Waiting too long to launch. Just like trying to build too many features at launch, waiting on the perfect cofounder is another one-way ticket to startup purgatory.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

This may seem like a great time to launch a SaaS startup, but the landscape is crowded with well-designed applications that promise “blazingly fast and delightfully simple” experiences, according to seed-stage investor John Chen of Fika Ventures. Telehealth startup Doximity filed to go public earlier today.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

What person hasn’t crouched at an airport to get 18% extra on one’s battery before boarding an airplane? Mark Suster (@msuster) November 1, 2014. Startup Lessons'

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Jscrambler , a Portugal-based startup specializing in cybersecurity products that protect organizations against web data exfiltration attacks, has secured $15 million in Series A funding. The investment, which comes two years after the startup secured $2.3 health privacy rules HIPAA.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

You transition from “startup” to real business and it turns out that having an entire team be efficient is more important than that boundless energy but destructive nature of constantly changing direction from the CEO. And board confidence matters in growing companies. And board confidence matters in growing companies.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Now, a startup called InCloudCounsel that is part RPA and part BPO — it has built tools to both automate and, in some cases, outsource this work — is announcing a Series B round of $200 million, money that it will be using to meet demand for its services. “All these were incredibly complicated.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Associates often shadow partners at board meetings so that they can help follow up with the company on important initiatives between board meetings. I think it’s great for some people because it really does give you some solid benefits: board exposure / experience. Startup Advice' Alumni activities. And so forth.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Surprisingly, however, in spite of the fact that we’re still very much in the throes of a global pandemic, 2021 hasn’t been punctuated by as many high-profile losses in the startup world as the year prior. This is a major sputtering in what has been an otherwise remarkable year for robotic startups. Pearl Automation (2014-2021).

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The remote-first company was co-founded by Barnabas Birmacher, Daniel Balla and Viktor Benei in October 2014. As part of the investment, Josh Zelman, vice president at Insight Partners, will join Bitrise’s board, while Matt Koran, also vice president at Insight, will act as a board observer.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2016

When we met Shireen (CEO) and Scott (Co-founder & CTO) in late 2014 they had been inspired to create Nima to address their own personal food issues and empower other people to live their healthiest lives. We are predisposed to backing founders who solve problems in which they have personal knowledge that is authentic.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Thank you to Tasha for helping to keep me sane by managing the onslaught of meeting requests, board meetings and constant change. You’ve had a few difficult years outside of work – I feel confident 2014 is going to be a great one! I know your 2013 success will lead to more sustained travel in 2014. Startup Advice'

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

The financing event valued Maven at $1 billion, a rare landmark moment for women’s health, and women-led startups more broadly. After raising one of the largest Series C rounds for women’s health startups in 2020 , Maven’s latest financing came after some strong growth. Should startups build or buy telehealth infrastructure?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

I was out to raise my first seed money in my second startup of $500,000. Neither did Y Combinator, 500 Startups, TechStars, Amplify, Mucker and countless others. And importantly they play an important role in helping to introduce you to the right A-round VC based on your startup type. It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon.

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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. When he took over in 2018, he was leading a company with the bones of a successful startup with $100 million in revenue and close to a $1 billion valuation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 17, 2019

I’m not sure when I first knew the startup I invested in last year was doomed. Along the way, I’ve learned that a “successful exit” for a startup—that critical moment when the founding team and investors decide to get a return out of the business—will be different for everyone. Uplevel your board and exec team.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

In a 2021 survey from The Conference Board focused specifically on the service industry, 80% of respondents said they were having a hard time finding qualified workers. ” WizeHire was founded in 2014 by Upadhyay and Jay Niblick. billion into global HR tech startups — roughly 3.6x Image Credits: WizeHire.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

How to communicate with your board in tough times. Five success factors for behavioral health startups. Back in 2014, Chris Dixon wrote a bit about this phenomenon in his post on “ Full stack startups.” Justin Da Rosa. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

He and his wife, who are passionate about sustainability, tried buying secondhand to furnish the apartment when they moved into a new place in 2014. Additionally, the startup uses its proprietary algorithm to identify the items most likely to sell in its marketplace and set pricing, Koralturk said. . Image Credits: Kaiyo.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

In March 2019, SoftBank Group International made headlines when it announced the SoftBank Innovation Fund, which started out with a $2 billion commitment to invest in tech startups in Latin America. billion into Latin American startups in the first half of 2021. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups.

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2022

Food tech startup Joywell Foods has been in this sector for nearly a decade, building up a sweet proteins platform and is nearing the commercialization of its first products, boosted by a cash infusion of $25 million in Series B funding. As a part of the investment, Piva partner and co-founder Adzmel Adznan will join Joywell’s board.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Luckily for us, we’re going to have a candid conversation with both parties in the relationship between Ironclad CEO and cofounder Jason Boehmig and his investor and board member Accel partner Steve Loughlin. The company was acquired by Salesforce in 2014 for $390 million and later became Salesforce IQ.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2022

whereas in 2014 around 71% of teens used Facebook, the study says in 2022 that number has dropped down to 32%. Kyle Wiggers takes a look at the concept, and why not all VCs are on board with it. other stuff. million investors losing $5 billion collectively.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

Exotel said on Tuesday it has raised $40 million in a financing round, just three months after securing $35 million in funding, as the Bangalore-based startup demonstrates growth for its full-stack customer engagement platform in emerging markets. Steadview Capital led the startup’s Series D round.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 29, 2019

When Revolution first started the Rise of the Rest Road Trip in 2014, our goal was simply to provide greater visibility for entrepreneurs?—?and Indeed, our tour is a key part of our investment strategy, as it provides us with the opportunity to really understand the dynamics of a particular startup ecosystem. A: Tell us more!).”

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Pharmacies in Southeast Asia were largely fragmented, mom-and-pop shops operating in silos when the company — originally known as mClinica — was incorporated in Singapore in 2014.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

In a deeply researched report for TechCrunch+ , reporter Christine Hall examined the state of the cell-cultured meat industry and identified many of the startups innovating in the sector, along with the challenges they face when it comes to ramping up production and getting regulators and consumers on their side. “It

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

For those who need a refresher on Kubernetes, it is an open source container project created by Google in 2014 to automate, monitor and run applications. As part of the investment, Coatue partner David Cahn will join Kubecost’s board of directors. The new capital will be investing in hiring across the board.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The startup launched its first product, Bridgit Field, in March 2014. The construction tech market is exploding and for good reason,” said investor Arun Penmetsa of Storm Ventures, who took a seat on Bridgit’s board as part of the financing. In 2019, it brought its second product, Bridgit Bench, to market.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Today, the Lagos- and London-based startup, which builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents, raised $3.5 Edukoya isn’t the first edtech startup to have launched an online learning or test preparation application in Nigeria. This isn’t the CEO’s first spell at running a startup.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Founder and CEO Thomas Pays started Ozow in 2014 to drive financial inclusion through open banking. African startups join global funding boom as fintech shines. It’s an honour to bring on board Tencent, Endeavor Catalyst and Endeavor Harvest Fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

I often advise startup companies not to try and pin all of your brand equity into an announcement. Simply – we believe it’s hypocritical to sit with tech startups every day and talk about the need to innovate while ourselves making no major changes. who is talking about putting in up to $30 million in our startup.

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