OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Ripple: Disrupting the non-dairy milk market – Forbes. But the bet failed to pay off for most investors and by 2015, annual funding for cleantech startups had sunk below $1.5 Ripple: Disrupting the non-dairy milk market – Forbes. “We SALT Talks: Pandemic Venture Investment Series, Episode 1. Introductions.

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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. ” In the end, venture capital is driven by capitalism. I had either the fortune or misfortune of raising a lot of venture capital for myself.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

ArcTern Ventures leads, joined by Ecosystem Integrity Fund, Northvolt, and existing investors Emeryville, CA (February 6, 2023) – Liminal , a battery manufacturing intelligence company, today announced a $17.5 Visit liminalinsights.com for more information.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

For a recent episode of TechCrunch Live, Managing Editor Jordan Crook spoke to Guild Education CEO Rachel Carlson, co-founder Brittany Stich, and Aileen Lee, founder and managing partner of Cowboy Ventures, about the education upskilling platform’s origins and growth arc. We tried to fake it a little bit.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? GCVF is pioneering the future of venture capital and high growth startups for all small communities. In 2015, they invested $1m (out of OATV Fund III) in 8 companie s as a pilot. —– Indie.vc

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? GCVF is pioneering the future of venture capital and high growth startups for all small communities. In 2015, they invested $1m (out of OATV Fund III) in 8 companie s as a pilot. —– Indie.vc

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

The London-based company, founded in 2015, joined the ranks of EV companies going public via SPAC, merging with blank-check company CIIG Merger Corp. In the VC community, investors look for lessons from disruptive startups they can use to identify other potential winners. Image Credits: Nuthawut Somsuk / Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Ultimately, Atrium’s failure shows how difficult and unprofitable it could be to disrupt a traditional and complicated system. The startup targeted working professionals in cities, and raised only around $11 million in known venture capital. Periscope (2015-2020). Starsky Robotics (2015-2020). Trover (2011-2020).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

In Latin America, the business of trolling threatens Twitter’s disruptive power. Stephen Harper, the country’s prime minister from 2006 to 2015, famously quipped that the region suffered from “ a culture of defeatism.” venture capital. More posts by this contributor. Soon, the region’s hard-luck narrative stuck.

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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. With venture capital out of the equation, and only two business banks in his town, he couldn’t afford to lose one of them. “I Here are a few of them: 1.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In November of 2015, I posted a tweet that declared Benchmark was interested in discovering Internet healthcare investments. Bill is a general partner at Benchmark, one of Silicon Valley’s really legendary venture capital firms. He is one of Silicon Valley’s legendary venture capitalists.

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HPA

MARCH 24, 2021

Lee Partners (THL), with participation from Qualcomm Ventures, Volvo Group Venture Capital AB and Zebra Technologies, as well as existing investors Hyde Park Angels , August Capital, CEAS Investments, Hyde Park Venture Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, bringing total capital raised to over $200 million.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As venture capital totals grow in Latin America , the region is about to see its leading champion go public. Per Crunchbase data , QED put capital into Nubank’s 2014 Series A, 2015 Series B, 2016 Series D and 2018 Series E, though there may be more dollars in play that we cannot see.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

By 2017, Duolingo would boast having 200 million users, which was double von Ahn’s goal when he first launched to the public on the TechCrunch Disrupt stage. In June 2015, Duolingo raised a $45 million Series D round led by Laela Sturdy of Google Capital ( later rebranded CapitalG ), valuing the company at $470 million.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Fitbit was started in a previous startup era, raised about $65M in venture capital, went public in 2015, and reached heights of over a $4B market cap. 1/ High End And Low End Disruption – Fitbit ended up owning nearly one quarter of the wearables market.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

billion since its 2015 inception — about $780 million of which was secured during the pandemic. Just as TripActions continues to disrupt the corporate travel market, TripActions Liquid is set to replace traditional spend management solutions,” he said. “No With the latest round, the company has raised a total of $1.3

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2020

After several failed startup attempts and nine years spent building Nuvemshop into Latin America’s answer to Shopify, the four co-founders of the company have managed to raise $30 million in venture capital funding as they look to expand their business. Wind Ventures gears up to invest in startups looking at Latin America.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

Existing backers Accel, ALLVP, Clocktower and new investor Mantis Venture Capital (founded by The Chainsmokers) also put money in the Series B. The financing comes just over six months after Flink raised $12 million in a Series A round led by Accel. Since its 2017 inception, the startup has raised nearly $70 million.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

Supply chain disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine is driving increased costs of goods and services, affecting not only the industrial sector (e.g., million since its inception in 2015. semiconductors), but also the agriculture industry.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2022

And fintech is still taking almost a fifth of all venture capital dollars. The company said originations grew at a 152% CAGR from 2015 to 2021. .” You have to put it in perspective — we’re still way, way up from 2020 in terms of how much money is going into this space.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 10, 2023

Solution: develop more accurate mental models of how venture capital works and how humans make decisions under uncertainty. See the public memos by Bessemer Venture Partners. The data is for Slush 100 2015–2017. Are they making an educated bet or gambling? A synthesis of the standard 10–15 slide pitch deck.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Wrecked by war and disrupted by dictators, the ancient Silk and Spice Route between East and West that served for centuries as the world’s thoroughfare had been blocked for decades by a Sand Shutter, barred by politics and a culture of distrust. “The Co-investors include Peregrine Venture Capital, Accelmed and Shamir Holdings.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

If you’re joining us at Disrupt next week, here’s an incentive for turning up early — we’re recording our podcasts live onstage, and you can be in the audience ! Fun fun fun! Christine and Haje. The TechCrunch Top 3. Automation nation : Jacob Bank knows what time it is.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

China’s efforts have been ongoing since around 2015, when the Edward Snowden revelations prompted anxiety over the extent of U.S. A disruptive technology like quantum computing will have massive industrial implications. Most promising European startups have a tendency not to grow on the continent due to inadequate venture capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. LPs Still Believe Strongly in Venture Capital as a Diverse Source of Returns.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

We remain confident in the long-term trend that software enables and the value accrued to disruptive startups; we also recognized that in a strong market it is important to ring the cash register and this doesn’t come without a concentrated effort to do so. In short, In Venture Capital, Size Matters Size matters for a few reasons.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

As the bull market raged on from 2015 to 2022, it became quite trendy for venture capitalists to wave the requirement for an annual audit which is embedded in almost every standard Series A term sheet. The post Venture Capital Red Flag Checklist appeared first on Above the Crowd. Aversion to Audits. Plain and simple.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The venture capital scene in Africa has consistently grown, with an influx of capital from local and international investors reaching unprecedented heights in recent years. billion while Disrupt Africa, $496 million for the same year. of the total African VC funding counted by Disrupt Africa. Behind the numbers.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

The round was led by Pan-African early-stage venture capital firm, TLcom Capital , with participation from nonprofit Women’s World Banking. The raise comes after Pula closed $1 million in seed investment from Rocher Participations with support from Accion Venture Lab, Omidyar Network and several angel investors in 2018. .

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Berkley and Menlo Ventures. million since its 2015 inception. Like any legacy industry being disrupted there are many players trying to ride the wave of ‘embedded’ by rebranding their 1.0 The round brings the Santa Monica-based startup’s total raised to $123.1 experiences with a fancy new name.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2021

million in a Series A round led by True Ventures. . Paul, Minnesota-based startup to $25 million since its 2015 inception. We love to invest in old, staid industries where companies can disrupt from a business model and product perspective,” Agarwal said. Upsie , a consumer warranty startup, has raised $18.2

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The company was among TechCrunch’s Battlefield 200 startups at TC Disrupt in October, and TechCrunch interviewed Pulse co-founder and CEO Raj Singh at the event for a potential future startup profile piece. For starters, there is the fact that Pulse had been focused exclusively on Slack status updates.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

When Honor launched in 2015, it was soon after named a “best startup of the year” at Disrupt amid a time where “no one” had been applying technology to help older adults, Sternberg said. Co-founders Cameron Ring, Sandy Jen, Monica Lo and Seth Sternberg (CEO), alongside Home Instead CEO Jeff Huber.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In a four-part series, he explores the origins and operations of Bowery Farming, a profitable startup that has raised almost $500 million since 2015 to create new tech and facilities that raise leafy greens sold in nearly 900 markets. “Denver was ready for the Zoom boom, and is reaping the — venture capital — rewards.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

But because it is Disrupt week, things are going to be a little chaotic. Let’s start with a dive into the venture capital players that are going to make out in its public offering. As a private company, GitLab raised huge sums of capital — more than $400 million, per Crunchbase data. But that’s tomorrow.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

This latest round is larger than the sum of all of the company’s previous rounds to date, and brings Notarize’s total raised to $213 million since its 2015 inception. The company plans to use its new capital to expand its platform and product and scale “to serve enterprises of all sizes.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

CEO Lindsay McLean started the Santa Monica, California-based company in 2015 with attorney and real estate broker Jennifer Stein, after her own home-selling experience. “ I worked with a top-notch agent who helped me to purchase my home.

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