AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Government’s development finance institution – DFC. Since its launch in 2015, FreshToHome currently operates in 160+ cities in India and the UAE as it offers more than 2,000 certified fresh and chemical-free products. This time, the company earned $104M from Series D, the company said in a statement.

ventures 84

ventures enablement sustainability financing 84

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Viva Republica, an operator of South Korean finance super app Toss , has finalized a $405 million Series G funding and it says it is now valued at 9.1 Profitability would also go a long in enabling the company — which is eyeing a potential initial public offering in the near term — to do so successfully.) . billion (8.5

financing 115

financing finance enablement networking 115

TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

Mizuho Bank and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group also joined in its debt financing. Conversational commerce, a term coined by former Uber employee Chris Messina in 2015 , enables online businesses to sell their products and services through messaging and chat apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.

enablement 97

enablement venture capital ventures accelerator 97

AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 11, 2023

Founded in 2015, MindX has graduated over 35,000 students of all ages, many now with successful technology careers in nearly 20 countries. MindX also continues to receive debt financing from Beacon Fund, an impact investment firm that focuses on women-owned and women-led businesses in Southeast Asia.

education 75

education startup creativity financing 75

HPA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

ShipBob , an ecommerce enablement technology company that provides fulfillment by bringing fast shipping options to ecommerce businesses, announced that it raised $68M in a Series D funding round. This Series D financing was led by SoftBank Vision Fund. The post ShipBob Raises $68M in Series D appeared first on HPA.

enablement 91

enablement financing finance networking 91

TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

Specifically, the new firm aims to provide non-dilutive or less-dilutive financing options to asset-rich fintech, e-commerce and SaaS companies in the U.S. The region, Architect maintains, does not have a plethora of institutional financing available against assets. and Latin America, but with an emphasis on the latter.

capital 91

capital real estate financing finance 91

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Amazon, through its India-focused Smbhav Venture Fund , has led a $104 million Series D financing round in the Bengaluru-headquartered startup, the two said Tuesday. Started in 2015, FreshToHome is one of the largest players battling for a slice of the $100 billion Indian fish and meat market.

startup 95

startup enablement ventures support 95

TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2023

Wellthy is a startup aimed at helping caregivers be more equipped to deal with all aspects of their various responsibilities by serving as a self-described “tech-enabled care concierge.” Its latest financing was an up round, but Jurist-Rosner said that was not something the company was focused on.

health 95

health transportation support financing 95

AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 25, 2022

Register Funding Societies (also known as Modalku in Indonesia), Southeast Asia’s leading SME digital financing platform, officially announced its investment into Bank Index (Bank Index Selindo), an Indonesian national Bank, alongside Carro, a Southeast Asian automotive marketplace platform.

investing 52

investing investment financing finance 52

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

B12 co-founder and CEO Nitesh Banta is a former investor at General Catalyst — having worked at the firm from 2010 to 2015. B12 plans to use the new financing to accelerate growth, do some hiring and continue building out its product suite. ” Image Credits: B12.

accelerator 98

accelerator SaaS capital financing 98

TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

Founded in 2015, Kneron’s latest product is a neural processing unit that can enable sophisticated AI applications without relying on the cloud. Kneron has also been on a less aggressive funding pace than these companies, which fuel their rapid expansion through outsize financing rounds. billion.

energy 104

energy entrepreneurship enablement financing 104

TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

The platform helps from research to ordering and enables buyers to source their food and agriculture items at reasonable prices in more than 150 countries. The latest funding, led by South Korean private equity firm DSAsset, brings Tridge’s total financing to $111.7 million since its inception in 2015.

enablement 94

enablement disruption venture capital accelerator 94

TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

At first, Effy wasn’t a tech-enabled startup. But this allowed us to develop the company in a self-financed and profitable way,” Utzmann said. In 2015, Effy acquired Quelle énergie , a VC-backed startup that could calculate how much money you would save by isolating your roof, changing your windows and more.

energy 117

energy construction financing finance 117

TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2021

Baffle was founded in 2015 to help thwart the increasing threats to enterprise assets in public and private clouds. With this investment, we can meet market demand for data-centric cloud data protection that enables responsible digital information sharing and breaks the cycle of continuous data and privacy breaches,” Divatia added.

financing 110

financing finance enablement capital 110

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It’s been a few years since we dug into what the company was doing , but to bring you up to speed, it was founded in 2015 and offers over 10,000 locally sourced and hard-to-find Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, Indian and Latin offerings for customers. s founder and CEO, told me. s board of directors.

creativity 91

creativity communities board financing 91

AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 21, 2022

This is the first time a FinTech in Southeast Asia is acquiring an established bank’s loan portfolio and customer base, and it underscores Validus’ trailblazing FinTech leadership as it continues to extend its leadership position as the top SME growth financing platform in Southeast Asia. “As

leadership 52

leadership financing finance enablement 52

TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2022

Although finance teams ultimately control budgets within their companies, investment in technology under the chief financial officer’s purview had been limited — at least until recently. Vega co-launched the company in 2015 with Fabio Fleitas, who he met while studying business at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

financing 98

financing finance capital ventures 98

TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

The financing follows a $131 million Series C raise led by Warburg Pincus, which remains the company’s largest shareholder. Interestingly, Assent was bootstrapped for the first five years of its life — from 2010 to 2015. ” Canada’s startup market booms alongside hot global VC investment.

sustainability 99

sustainability data collection SaaS accelerator 99

TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

PeopleFund, a South Korean marketplace that connects borrowers and investors to enable lending, has recently added $20 million to its $63.4 Apart from the capital, PeopleFund also secured $240 million in debt financing in 2022 from Goldman Sachs, CLSA Lending Ark Asia and Bain Capital. million Series C. In 2021, PeopleFund raised $63.4

capital 83

capital enablement financing finance 83

TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

Thepeer isn’t a pure fintech play; it sits at the intersection of data and finance. George Rzepecki, its founder, in a statement, likened Thepeer’s move to unify Africa’s wallet ecosystem to how Flutterwave entered the fragmented card and mobile money payments space in 2015. African fintechs Chipper Cash and Stitch invested too.

startup 108

startup health financing finance 108

TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

billion JPY) since its inception in 2015. . Founded by Takatori, who previously worked in the banking and consulting industry, Kyash offers a mobile banking app that enables consumers to make online and offline payments, remittances, and ATM withdrawal services. The Series D brings Kyash’s total funding to approximately $107.7

startup 75

startup consulting collaboration financing 75

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

million (100 billion won) since it was founded in 2015. ” The financing event comes five months after PeopleFund received its regulatory approval from South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) to register with the government. Returning investors in the round include CLSA Lending Ark Asia and 500 Global. PeopleFund.

peer-to-peer 98

peer-to-peer capital startup enablement 98

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Through an on-demand mobile app that enables users to place an order to pick up and drop off their laundry and dry cleaning within 24 hours. million in debt financing. All cleaning is now done in-house with Laundrygo’s smart factory, enabling the company to handle every step, from pickup, cleaning, sorting, folding and delivery.

startup 87

startup enablement sustainability ventures 87

TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

Private equity firm Eldridge and Andreessen Horowitz co-led the financing, which also included participation from funds and accounts advised by T. billion in loans for companies like Affirm and Upstart in 2015 alone. As companies grow, they pivot to us because they know we are the go-to for embedded finance and infrastructure.”.

strategy 83

strategy financing finance frameworks 83

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Wasabi launched just a few years ago, in 2015. As for the debt, he added, it’ll be used to finance equipment and infrastructure in Wasabi’s storage regions while extending the company’s capabilities with industry-specific offerings. That’s up from 30% in 2015, the year the analytics firm began tracking the trend.

startup 89

startup leadership support education 89

TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

Companies that have high recurring revenue and visibility into future performance — such as SaaS startups — in particular can benefit from debt financings, Alex points out. . Once Founderpath has visibility into a startup’s finances, the company can receive an offer “in under 2 to 3 minutes,” Latka says. Enter Founderpath.

SaaS 103

SaaS startup founder founder peer-to-peer 103

TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

A recent ZDNet piece reaffirms that the AI edge chip market is booming, fueled by “staggering” venture capital financing in the hundreds of millions of dollars. “Sima.ai’s software and hardware platform can be used to enable scaling machine learning to [a range of] embedded edge applications.

startup 95

startup accelerator incumbents disruption 95

TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Founded in 2015 by Jeanny Yao and Wang, both discovered the massive problem of plastics starting with a field trip to the Vancouver South Waste Transfer Station. Novoloop says it’s worked out how to upcycle plastic waste, raises $11M Series A.

accelerator 99

accelerator startup energy construction 99

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

New York-based Declaration Partners and European growth investor Kinnevik co-led the financing, which also included participation from WndrCo and existing backers W. million since its 2015 inception. Berkley and Menlo Ventures. The round brings the Santa Monica-based startup’s total raised to $123.1

SaaS 96

SaaS enablement disruption financing 96

TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Joining GreatPoint in the financing were VMG Catalyst, Rally Ventures, Tribe Capital and existing investors Green Visor Capital, Compound Ventures and Clocktower Technology Ventures. The new funding will enable the company to scale its operations across 25 new U.S. The company raised an $8.1

capital 86

capital venture capital enablement technology 86

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

And today, San Francisco-based Honor has announced that it has raised $70 million in Series E funding and $300 million in debt financing, bringing its valuation to over $1.25 Baillie Gifford led the equity financing, which brings Honor’s total equity raised to $325 million since its 2014 inception. Rowe Price Associates Inc.,

startup 99

startup financing finance networking 99

AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 30, 2023

Register Joseph Lee has a strong track record in the finance industry throughout his career to date. Between 2006 and 2015, I joined one of the leading Islamic banks in the world, Kuwait Finance House, as the pioneering team to set up its Private Equity Division in Asia.

capital 71

capital investing investment venture capital 71

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The financing will be used to dial up OfficeRnD’s marketing with the aim of expanding market share, including by growing its partnerships. employee/co-working space member engagement, and financial management tools through web and mobile applications. which accounts for 45% of its customers, followed by circa 15% in the U.K.;

SaaS 99

SaaS real estate venture capital capital 99

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Prior to this financing, Boston-based Drift had raised $107 million in funding from the likes of Sequoia Capital, CRV and General Catalyst since its 2015 inception. It is not yet profitable, as it is focused on growth, he added. So just what does the company do exactly? So far it has made three.).

SaaS 102

SaaS startup opportunity investing 102

David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? Lighter reports that from 2015 to 2018, the number of VC investments under $5m dropped 23% from 6,709 to 5,139. 2018 also had the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010. the amount of the financing (this multiple is called the “cap”).

investing 99

investing investment founder VC 99

Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 30, 2018

In 2015, one of the largest healthcare intermediaries in the country presented us these challenges. Krupa Srinivas is the co-founder of Owned Outcomes, a software company that enables data-driven decision making for healthcare providers and payers as they seek financial sustainability alongside clinical outcomes in patient care.

innovation 154

innovation hospitality incumbents technology 154

TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

TechCrunch has been covering the demo days of the seed-stage venture firm Pear VC since 2015. Its platform aims to enable businesses to host meetings and events in some of the world’s most unique venues. There we are in the front row in 2016 , surrounded by investors, typing away.). A few things have remained true since that time.

pitching 72

pitching health SaaS accelerator 72