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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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

According to PitchBook , VC investments were down 30% in Q2 2022 compared with 2021, and IPOs hit a 50-year low. When deal-making slows, VC dollars typically favor the perceived market leader, starving other venture-backed businesses in the same space of capital. The more straightforward value actualization is, the lighter the lift.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

Morgan, Gaingels, BMO Technology & Innovation Banking Group and Manulife also participated in the equity investment, along with platform partner and new backer Barclays. With the new capital injection, FreshBooks has now raised a total of more than $200 million in funding over its lifetime. ” Image Credits: FreshBooks.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined. Family office investments increased by 5x , and corporate venture investments rose 6x , thus opening new capital avenues for founders who found it difficult to raise capital. Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x growth from 2020 to 2021.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Today, mobile DevOps company Bitrise announced it secured $60 million in Series C funding, led by Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors Partech, Open Ocean, Zobito, Fiedler Capital and Y Combinator. The remote-first company was co-founded by Barnabas Birmacher, Daniel Balla and Viktor Benei in October 2014.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The round was co-led by L Catterton, a joint venture between LVMH and Catterton, Entrée Capital and Pico Venture Partners. By providing Niio’s tools to a global community of 6,000 galleries, institutions and artists, Niio’s platform and blockchain enables artists to distribute, manage, monetize and preserve their work.

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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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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 1, 2022

Register Dianxiaomi, the parent company of BigSeller, Southeast Asia’s ecommerce enabler, has raised US$100 million in its Series C financing round led by Huaxing Growth Capital and Tiger Global Management along with participation from existing investors CDH Investments, GGV Capital, and Gaorong Capital.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The investment, which comes two years after the startup secured $2.3 million in seed funding, was led by Ace Capital Partners and backed by existing investors Sonae IM and Portugal Ventures. health privacy rules HIPAA.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Investors include China’s Alibaba Group as well as existing investors DPDgroup’s GeoPost , Facebook co-founder Eduardo Savering’s B Capital Group , Monk’s Hill Ventures, and Zamrud, a sovereign wealth fund controlled by Brunei, based on its statement. said Mr. Kenny Ho, Head of Investment for Southeast Asia, Alibaba Group.

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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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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 18, 2014

Investment in later stage comprised 47% of all dollars invested in Q1, while Series A investment fell to a five quarter low at 15%. This source of capital enabling companies to remain private longer and become larger before an IPO or sale. But Series C+ have seen a steady growth over the past 8 years.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

HotelOnline , a Kenya-based Yanolja-backed travel technology scale-up that fashions itself as an e-commerce and digital marketing enabler in the hospitality industry, has acquired HotelPlus, a software provider with clients in 22 countries. million in shares in HotelOnline, which was valued at $24 million before the deal.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

Now this company raised over $40 million in funding since they launched in 2014. And last but not least, InvestNext launched in 2016, a Detroit-based fintech startup whose mission is to transform the process in which investment firms raise and manage capital. And they’re on their way. 2, Guardhat.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). 15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

Roger Lee is a general partner at Battery Ventures, based in Menlo Park, CA, who focuses on investments in software and consumer tech, including online marketplaces. He focuses on consumer internet, online marketplace and software investments. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor. Justin Da Rosa.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

Gone are the days when pitches to VCs would have to overcome skepticism on market size, and consumer readiness to adopt tech-enabled learning solutions. Not surprisingly, 2021 saw a boom in edtech investment across a spectra of investors. Firstly, European edtech VC investments tripled to $2.5 A year of records.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

At the time almost nobody had heard of the following funds: FirstRound Capital, TrueVentures, Floodgate and SoftTech. Having a great early investor provides downstream capital with a “signal” that you are a company worthy of being paid attention to even if you haven’t scaled your metrics.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2022

Clockwise , a time management and smart calendar tool, has raised $45 million in Series C funding led by Coatue, with participation from Atlassian Ventures and existing investors Accel, Greylock Partners and Bain Capital Ventures. The trio met while working at RelateIQ, a company Salesforce bought for $390 million in 2014.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

Progressive Investment Company Inc., Progressive Investment Company Inc., With the latest round, New York-based Octane has now raised more than $192 million in total equity funding since its 2014 inception. Most innovation and investment is focused on large, marquee markets such as small business, auto and homes.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Joining SoftBank in the investment was new investor Whale Rock and existing investors including Generation Investment Management, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Spark Capital. After closing this Series E round, Andela has raised a total of $381 million since being founded in Lagos, Nigeria in 2014, according to Crunchbase data.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

AskNicely is the latest company attracting capital for its app targeting shift or frontline worker success as more businesses rightly begin to see how valuable these employees are to their bottom line and how technology can ensure these key employees are empowered to help the company grow. Aaron Ward, CEO, AskNicely. Image Credits: AskNicely.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

Steadview Capital led the startup’s Series D round. For the first time we are enabling this over the cloud with our full-stack platform.”. “We like their vision of building an end-to-end communication stack to enable enterprises to engage intelligently with customers and are thrilled to be part of their next growth phase.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Paul’s investment is part of an $8.4 million strategic growth round that also includes Verance Capital, Higher Ground Labs, DD Venture Capital, SW19 Ventures, LinkinFirm and Allievo Capital, as well as existing investors Go4it Capital, Elysian Park Ventures, Alpha Edison and Iconica Partners.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The recent investment for ShopBack Group , which runs a shopping and rewards platform across Asia Pacific, came from Australia’s Westpac Banking Corporation. As part of the equity investment, the Singapore-based group will enable Westpac customers to access exclusive offers and deals when they shop via ShopBack.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

With that in mind, Sesamm enables businesses to track textual data from across the web — including news portals, NGO reports and social networks — and convert this into actionable insights. Elsewhere, private equity firms can use Sesamm for due diligence on potential acquisition or investment targets. and Asian markets.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

The new investment brings the company’s total funding to $18.5 Zingtree was founded in 2014 to make business information actionable for teams so that agents could quickly make decisions during complex service calls. The company is the latest in the customer service sector to attract venture capital.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Enter Skydropx , a Mexico City-based logistics management company that enables businesses to create an end-to-end automated delivery experience for customers that includes over 250 shipping options, track notifications via WhatsApp, estimated delivery times and return management. Skydropx team.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Existing investors IVP, Revolution Growth and Lowercase Capital also joined the round that brings Tala’s total funding raised to a little over $360 million. The new investment values Tala north of $800 million, according to a source close to the company. Safra Group. And Tala could change that; and so far, it has (to an extent). .

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

“The Diversity Finance Advisory Board meeting last week advances Governor Phil Murphy’s goal of creating the most diverse and equitable innovation economy in the nation, bringing together leaders of inventive start-up companies and seasoned investors for an important dialogue on access to capital,” said NJEDA Chief Executive Officer Tim Sullivan.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

TechCrunch first covered WritePath back in 2014 when it was an essay editing service for college applicants, technical writers and academic researchers. So having their information presented professionally in English helps give them a boost and ensure they don’t fall off the investment radar.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

It plans to use the capital to expand its international footprint and make acquisitions, it said. Aquiline Capital Partners, a new backer, led the investment, with previous investors Barclays, Chrysalis Investments, Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, DWS, and Natixis Investment Managers also participating.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Bold Capital, Epic Ventures, card-reader/POS hardware maker ID Tech and unnamed individual investors in the fintech space also participated in the financing, which brings the Santa Clara-based startup’s total funding raised to $30 million since its 2014 inception.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The investment speaks of the company’s value proposition and the real-world application for crypto because it came at a time when the crypto market was in a difficult period. Their ability to work remotely enabled these talents to work flexibly and provide specialized skills to a variety of companies.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Baillie Gifford led the equity financing, which brings Honor’s total equity raised to $325 million since its 2014 inception. “We chose to take on more debt as growth capital rather than equity,” Sternberg said. “We chose to take on more debt as growth capital rather than equity,” Sternberg said.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Costanoa Ventures is seeing some of its best returns yet as it closed on two new funds, Costanoa Fund IV, a $225 million early-stage fund, and Opportunity Fund II, a $115 million funding investing in later rounds of portfolio companies. One of its first investments into Latin America was leading Plug Pagamentos’s seed round in November.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Founder and CEO Thomas Pays started Ozow in 2014 to drive financial inclusion through open banking. All merchants need to have is a bank account and a “smart-enabled device” to receive payments. On a side note, Reid Hoffman was also involved in the round as he chaired the Endeavor Catalyst’s investment committee approval.

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