This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Long before that, the company engaged in anti-competitive practices and antagonized critics, especially female journalists like Sarah Lacy, who called out years of the company’s toxic issues as early 2014. The whole thing started with Armstrong’s outright refusal to publicly support the Black Lives Matter movement and a walkout of employees.

coworking spaces

TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

The Series C was led by Japanese VC firm Incubate Fund, with additional investment from partnerships managed by Innovation Engine, funds managed by SBI Investment Co., Katsunori Sago, Aizawa Investments and funds managed by HiJoJo Partners and Aizawa Asset Management. Ispace’s total funding now stands at $195.5

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

With this in mind, ThrivingDollars has been addressing the need for financial literacy in Jamaica by simplifying and disseminating quality financial education that covers key topics such as budgeting, saving, debt management, and elimination, investing, insurance, and retirement and estate planning.

entrepreneurship

American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The company’s decade-long growth will continue with its recent funding round supporting its innovative approach to healthcare. In 2014 Maven Clinic Founder Kate Ryder had a vision for improving women’s healthcare. Members receive support from the first trimester through returning to work.

health

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. According to one source , VC investments in drone companies reached $7 billion in 2021 across 199 deals, up from $2.4

investment

AsiaTechDaily

JULY 25, 2023

Founded in 2014 by industry veterans Chi-Hua Chien and Eric Kim, Goodwater is the largest venture capital fund focused on consumer tech investments. “During a tough time in the market, we are ready to support the very best early and growth stage consumer tech startups with $1 billion of fresh capital. billion in assets.

venture capital

TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

Africa’s fintech space has gained proper attention over the past few years in investments but it is not news that startups still battle with offering high-quality products. Today, the company is announcing that it has closed $10 million in Series A investment. Appzone is a fintech software provider.

technology

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Sopoong , a social impact-focused VC, intends to support environmentally minded tech founders in South Korea and Southeast Asia, while building a bridge between Korean conglomerates and startups in the sector. If participating fellows succeed in founding a startup, Sopoong could make a seed investment, Han said.

VC

American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2024

billion from 10,000 individual investors since its founding in 2014, the firm has funded to date over 350 companies founded or led by women of its 1300+ current portfolio companies. The new fund will offer approximately 15-20 investments, diversified by sector, stage, and region over the span of 12 to 18 months. Having raised $1.3

ventures

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 and the individuals and organizations that support them?—?in In fact, most of our investing activity happens outside of the bus tours. But our team didn’t stop there. A: Tell us more!).”

startup ecosystem

American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Female-founded venture firms have shown strong support for female-founded startups accounting for 28% of their deal counts from 2016 to October 2021 in startups with at least one female founder. Investments are made in high-growth companies with women leaders, following their successful completion of the firm’s Expert Sift process.

venture capital

AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 24, 2023

Gyeonggi-do’s Seongnam-si, where Pangyo Techno Valley lies, has been earmarked as a special game and content district, with investments nearing KRW 170 billion won. By 2025, investments summing up to 171.9 By 2025, investments summing up to 171.9 This sector has been on an upward trajectory since 2014.

culture

TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Simultaneously , they announced that the fund had invested $1.5 The idea for a syndicate fund would come in the following months as the pandemic disrupted investment activities worldwide. During the onset of the pandemic, Aboyeji, via his blog post , said Future Africa Fund was looking to raise institutional investment.

founder

American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 27, 2024

The Retail Reactivation Initiative was established to stimulate the local economy Since Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was elected in 2014, he has been committed to revitalizing the City of Newark, stimulating business in the downtown area, and strengthening neighborhoods. Last week the Mayor and Invest Newark announced $1.2

entrepreneurship

TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

But Tang wasn’t satisfied and eventually sold ELEX Technology to a publicly listed company for about $400 million in 2014. He soon set up his own investment fund, Challenjers Capital , convinced that the next big tech opportunity in China was in tech’s application to everyday consumer products. Other investors noticed as well.

incumbents

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. As insiders, we have better context for how the company is scaling and how the market is growing, and this is why FreshBooks is our largest investment to date.”.

finance

TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

London-based Divido , a white-label platform for retail finance that integrates with e-commerce platforms (but can also support omni-channel) so retailers can offer consumers a “buy now, pay later” option at the point of sale, has bagged a $30 million Series B to fund international expansion.

financing

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The startup is attempting to position itself as being uniquely prepared to work with this market, and today it announced a $15 million seed investment on a post-money valuation of $100 million. Today’s investment came from Boston-based Flint Capital. So there will always be a license component and a service component.”.

development

TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

Many of these LPs also participated in AppWorks’ $50 million second fund in 2014. As part of Fund III’s close, AppWorks is recruiting new investment associates and analysts, especially ones who will focus on sourcing deals throughout Southeast Asia. AppWorks’ total assets under management (AUM) is now $212 million.

startup

Jason Malki

JANUARY 15, 2024

Charting the Path to Success in Tech Investing: An Exclusive Interview with GoAhead Ventures’ Founding Trio GoAhead Ventures (“GoAhead”) is a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm founded by three Stanford graduates: Takeshi “TK” Mori, Clancey Stahr and Phil Brady (the “Managing Partners”). How did you break into tech investing?

ventures

American Entrepreneurship

MAY 9, 2023

As winners of the competition, Organovis received the top prize of $25,000 to support the development of its business plans. Over the past nine years, our partnership with the Zahn Center has supported over 2,000 students in today’s ever-changing economy through mentorship, and we look forward to engaging more for many years to come.”

incubation

Startup Catalyst

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Just over a month ago, we were joined by friends, supporters, and alumni for Startup Catalyst’s 4th birthday. We’ve had many great partners and supporters over the years. Some of them supported us for a season and some will stay with us for years to come. QUT and Rowena have supported Startup Catalyst since the beginning.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Creating space for in-person connections has long been at the center of our Rise of the Rest place-based philosophy and investment thesis. In a continuing effort to help shift the venture capital funding geographic imbalance in our country, since 2014 our team has traveled to 38 cities to meet entrepreneurs where they are. Leverage?—?and

pitching

StartupNation

AUGUST 3, 2021

Larson said her local SBDC advisors have been supportive in numerous ways, from encouraging Upcycle Hawaii to create its first business plan and helping the company navigate the hiring process to assisting with loan applications and continually providing guidance through regular meetings. . Key takeaways on finding a business mentor.

peer-to-peer

American Entrepreneurship

MAY 21, 2024

Since 2014, Incyte’s global headquarters has been a former Wanamaker’s department store site just outside the Wilmington city limits in Alapocas. We are grateful to the continued support of the state, the city and others, including DPP, who have supported our company and fostered innovation and growth in our region.”

investment

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. long-term support at the earliest stages). Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x

accelerator

American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Request for proposals seeks to support nonprofits leading groundbreaking food security projects Citi Global Perspectives & Solutions (GPS) found through their recent study that the estimated impact of malnutrition on the global economy reaches as high as $3.5 trillion per year. million meals on behalf of U.S. Hunger since 2017.

innovation

Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

In addition, SDG Lab participants were asked to support the creation of the SDG Olympic Games for Climate. My biggest realisation being that I needed to invest in myself before I could lead others. I started going regularly in 2014 when I became a Global Shaper. (I They hope to launch it later in 2023. I am now an alumnus).

sustainability

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. He bootstrapped the company before getting angel investment. It also grew 10x to support 10,000 restaurants. Fudo’s table mockup for restaurants.

capital

NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Callaghan Innovation’s Deep Tech Incubator Programme has supported nearly half of the innovative deep tech startups founded in Aotearoa over the past 10 years. 80% of startups raised follow-on investment post-incubation The Deep Tech Incubator Programme supported 39 public research organisation spinouts. .

innovation

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Additional investors also joined, including Saga VC, as well as leading artists, art collectors, museums, gallerists and trustees at institutions such as MOMA and Guggenheim as well as Shalom McKenzie, an online gambling entrepreneur and investor who also invests in NFTs.

real estate

TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

In 2014, the Nigerian tech scene was coming of age as more local and global venture capital flushed into startups building the next big thing. From a revenue perspective, we’ve always thought that multiple revenue lines are critical to support publications that can thrive and meet their editorial ambitions,” said the CEO.

media

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This model is unique in that we are reaching parents and learners 100% online and supporting them not only across exams but also the day-to-day learning, homework, support, etc. In 2014, she founded Fashpa, a now-defunct Nigerian fashion e-commerce website. Edukoya goes beyond exam prep.

education

TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

Cathay Innovation is hoping to secure the bag in a new investment partnership with a company that secures crypto assets. He wanted the fund to be able to move quickly like a traditional VC while providing long-term support and expertise for portfolio companies akin to a corporate venture arm, Barrier explained.

innovation

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

One of the ways that those pots of cash are being invested is through venture capital, which means the money flows to the coasts — New York, Boston, Silicon Valley. For the past decade, Gener8tor has been working to shift that by spinning up accelerators in local communities that have money but are underserved in terms of startup support.

startup accelerator

TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Founded in Sydney in 2014, the company is now expanding into Southeast Asian and Western European markets. In a statement about the investment, Insight Partners managing director Rachel Geller said, “We have been following Employment Hero’s journey for four years and have seen the impressive and consistent growth experience by the company.

education

Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

The Oakland Black Business Fund is an investment platform that provides services to Black-owned businesses found in the Oakland, California area. It also builds a good relationship with Black technical support providers and different technology companies. The CDFI also provides tax credits to help encourage even more investment.

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