TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

The new round from Cowen Sustainable Investments (CSI), labeled a Series B, follows the company reaching profitability in April 2020 and gives Quip more than $160 million in total funding since the company was founded in 2015. The company showcased its service at TechCrunch Disrupt NY’s Startup Alley in 2015.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

Smoke and heat can quickly damage hardware, and interference from fires will disrupt most forms of wireless communications, rendering software all but useless. The company, which was founded in 2015, just raised about $5.5 And it very interestingly got the attention of the firefighting community,” Cossman said.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

When Monzo launched in 2015, the big six banks in the UK had more than 85% market share. In 2015, Monzo founders Tom Blomfield, Jonas Templestein, Gary Dolman, Jason Bates, and Paul Rippon launched a digital finance platform with the slogan “Make Money Work For Everyone.” Early success: Foundations built on product and community.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The Future Africa Fund kicked off in 2015 when Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Nadayar Enegesi , co-founders of US-based and African-focused talent company Andela, wrote checks to African startups as angel investors. The idea for a syndicate fund would come in the following months as the pandemic disrupted investment activities worldwide.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

Photo: Sutton Community Farm. The program was born out of the passion for and expertise around sustainable food among the Impact Hub King’s Cross community. Back in 2015, the members and team co-created the ‘Food Talks’ quarterly event series, in which leading industry thinkers explore the major issues affecting the food system.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

That wasn’t a massive secret — Green has historically been quite public about his investments, like SmileDirectClub — but until this morning at TechCrunch Disrupt, he hadn’t previously named his go-to investing partners.

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Feedough

MARCH 18, 2021

We discussed the startup’s concept, vision, and prospects with Thea Silayro, the Community Manager at Inlytics. How is your offering disrupting the industry? Henrik and Florian met as colleagues in 2015 in a startup and then co-founded Sidely to help front-end developers work more efficiently. The Interview.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

They got really pissed off and it broke some trust with some of our host community. Cowboy Ventures led a $2 million seed round in 2015 while the founders were just starting their entrepreneurial journey. “[We I think it was the right thing to do. But I did it unilaterally, without consulting the hosts.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

According to Versatile VC founder David Teten, five new strategies are gaining traction among fund managers looking to raise capital from family offices and high-net-worth individuals: Online communities and virtual events. Platforms that help other investors access your fund. Soliciting under the 506(c) designation. Launching a rolling fund.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

When Monzo launched in 2015, the big six banks in the UK had more than 85% market share. In 2015, Monzo founders Tom Blomfield, Jonas Templestein, Gary Dolman, Jason Bates, and Paul Rippon launched a digital finance platform with the slogan “Make Money Work For Everyone. trillion in deposits.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. GCVF specializes in providing critical support to founders based in small communities, while connecting them to an unfair network well-beyond their small-town headquarters. . In 2015, they invested $1m (out of OATV Fund III) in 8 companie s as a pilot.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

’ It’s that line of thinking that leads people to create disruptive companies, to solve problems that were thought to be intractable. So right around 2015, or so, 16, is when Ethereum, another digital currency, really started emerging. We want to build software that actually helps our founders.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. GCVF specializes in providing critical support to founders based in small communities, while connecting them to an unfair network well-beyond their small-town headquarters. . In 2015, they invested $1m (out of OATV Fund III) in 8 companie s as a pilot.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 14, 2019

Macy’s, its better-faring competitor, is moving away from physical storefronts, cutting its square footage by 13% between 2015 and 2018. A big part of this is building a community of people that value sleep and want to share that with us,” says Casper SVP of Experience Eleanor Morgan. buyout by Dollar Tree.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

Today, the company is announcing a $100 million Series C financing round, bringing the total amount raised since its founding in 2015 to $130 million. In an interview with TechCrunch, he says that this was a bet the company made in 2015 that the future of e-commerce is not a marketplace, but the complete digitization of all commerces.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Automattic’s e-commerce plugin, WooCommerce , which it purchased in 2015 , is believed to run more than a quarter of all online storefronts. Automattic founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg at TechCrunch Disrupt 2014. Mullenweg became the center point of a growing community. billion valuation. Image Credits: TechCrunch.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2022

Register Fintech platform Airwallex announced plans to provide further support for Hong Kong ‘s SME and startup community, following the successful launch of its Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) initiative earlier this year. Airwallex said it will commit an additional HK$2.25 million this year.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

It also offers an opportunity to examine those issues from a bit of distance to see if there are any broader takeaways for the community at large. Ultimately, Atrium’s failure shows how difficult and unprofitable it could be to disrupt a traditional and complicated system. Periscope (2015-2020). Starsky Robotics (2015-2020).

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

2015 Waterdog We’re disrupting the traditional channel model by fundamentally changing the way the partner and reseller relationship works. is a leading provider of prepaid card programs for community banks and credit unions. Tursus Developing innovative back-office solutions for the point-of-sale industry.

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OurCrowd

JULY 17, 2019

Investment can help solve problems facing communities, regions and the world. Between 2000 and 2015, for example, spending on education in the US grew 15%, but test scores have been stagnating. Furthermore, the disruptions the world faces, whether social, economic, health or education- related, affect us all.

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Unvalidated Learnings

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Disruptive companies often start as gimmicks for hobbyists Most radical innovations initially appear like curiosities, only entertained by geeks and weirdos. He wanted to help all the oppressed runners of the world, to bring them into the light, enfold them in a community.” and yet so familiar to every contemporary entrepreneur.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 18, 2020

With ground-breaking early results, Brian sought a solution that could scale this approach to millions, founding MedRhythms with his partner Owen McCarthy in 2015. What kind of response has MedRhythms received from the medical and scientific community so far? Millions of people suffer from neurologic injury and disease each year.

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