American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Goh Ventures, Big Pi Ventures, George Robinson, and the University of Oxford, participate. Real-time location awareness of patients, staff, and medical equipment combined with Rideshare-like intelligence of task allocation, current path of motion, and optimal route determination enables smart, automated orchestration of patient care.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

The fund, created with the backing of Oxfam Novib Impact Investments, will provide venture debt with a focus on mezzanine finance, which is a debt that can be turned into equity. The fund targets high-impact tech-enabled businesses, “because the combination of tech and brick-and-mortar works best in these environments.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2022

McKinsey expects the chemical and pharma industries to be the first potential users of quantum computing, enabling the accurate simulation of larger numbers of atoms and molecules, which is not possible today using classical supercomputers. The company was founded in 2015, and it went public in 2021 through a SPAC at a $2 billion valuation.

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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

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. This is the largest check that the $250 million Smbhav Venture Fund has written so far. The new round takes FreshToHome’s all-time raise to over $250 million.

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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 round of funding will enable ShipBob to expand its software program, increase its customer base and scale its global fulfillment network.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

million Series A round co-led by Upfront Ventures and IA Ventures. The technology that enables companies to safely and securely compare customer data is thankfully entering a new phase, driven by privacy-conscious consumers and companies focused on value and control. and Germany.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

Founded out of Berlin in 2015, Wefox sells various insurance products through a combination of in-house and external brokers, bypassing the direct-to-consumer model of insurtech competitors which include rival German startup Getsafe. This represents a 50% increase on last year’s $3 billion valuation at its Series C round.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

Paris-originated VC Breega wasn’t enormously well known in the VC world (it only closed its first fund in 2015) until, perhaps, it started attracting attention with its second €110 million seed fund, just under a year go. It’s portfolio now includes a number of scaleups including Moneybox, Cuvva, Coverflex and Libeo.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Scrona AG caused a minor splash all the way back in 2015 when it snagged a Guinness World Record for the “smallest inkjet-printed color image.” million Series A led by AM Ventures and a $2.9 The 80 × 115 micrometer picture of clownfish was a great talking point for a firm in the midst of a Kickstarter campaign.

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disruption energy education innovation 85

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The latest funding was led by QUAD , with participation from ASICS Ventures Corporation , 15th Rock Ventures, Pacifico Investments and SOSV. Bisu was founded in 2015 and started business in 2017 when it entered the HAX accelerator program. The seed funding brings its total raised to $4.3

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

AmazeVR , a virtual reality concert platform that enables users to experience their favorite artists’ VR concerts through content generation tools, announced today it has secured $15 million, which was oversubscribed within three weeks. . AmazeVR has raised a total of $30.8

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

Sendy , a Kenyan logistics startup that enabled retailers to purchase FMCGs directly from manufacturers, among other services, is shutting down its operations and exploring a sale of its assets, TechCrunch has learned. Sendy was co-founded in 2015 by Alloys, Evanson Biwott, Don Okoth and Malaika Judd. It has raised $26.5

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Tribe Capital led the round and was joined by NewView Capital and existing investor Nexus Venture Partners. The latest funding gives the San Francisco-based company $40 million in total funding since it was founded in 2015, co-founder and CEO Tim Zheng told TechCrunch.

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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. million since its inception in 2015. Its fulfillment solution serves as a middleman for more than 15,000 agricultural products, enabling buyers to source and get delivered on time.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

This round was led by Monk’s Hill Ventures, with participation from returning seed investors Iterative, XA Network and iSeed Ventures. CoderSchool raised a seed round led by TRIVE Ventures in 2018. CoderSchool, a Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam-based online coding school startup, announced today $2.6 “Coding is the future. “The

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Revolution

JUNE 15, 2023

Our partnership with CAVA began in 2015, when the Mediterranean fast-casual chain had just a dozen locations in D.C., CAVA’s founders had a vision to bring heritage, heart, health, and innovation to the fast-casual sector. Now their company is trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Maryland, and Virginia.

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hospitality culture health innovation 130

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Fintech-focused investor Tonic Private Equity led the Series G round along with returning backers, including Korea Development Bank (KDB), Altos Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Greyhound Capital, Aspex Management, Bond Capital, and DUMAC. The Seoul-based company had about 1,900 employees as of August. . billion won) and $175.8 million (229.3

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

It enabled them to see and understand firsthand the issues associated with exchanging large proprietary 3D files from vendors like Autodesk and Trimble. ” The two founders began looking at this problem in 2015. They wanted to make it easier by building an open source platform to exchange and collaborate on these files. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

That said, a paradigm shift of the broader venture landscape could be on the horizon. 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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accelerator peer-to-peer startup VC 96

Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

Dozens of healthcare-focused voice tech startups have popped up in the last few years which are backed by top tier venture funds. Healthymize ’s product enables passive, ambient remote monitoring of people with conditions like COPD, asthma, and pneumonia to identify potential flare ups and prevent hospitalizations.

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hospitality startup health enablement 285

TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

The firm is not out to replace traditional venture capital or venture debt, emphasizes founder and CEO James Sagan, but rather to offer asset-based products that will complement them. Essentially, we’re providing an additional instrument for asset-heavy businesses that will allow them to scale in a way that venture debt will not.”.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

The deal came a year after Kneron closed a $40 million round led by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-Shing’s Horizons Ventures. Founded in 2015, Kneron’s latest product is a neural processing unit that can enable sophisticated AI applications without relying on the cloud.

energy 104

energy entrepreneurship enablement financing 104

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.

enablement 98

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Deepgram, a company developing voice-recognition tech for the enterprise, today raised $47 million in new funding led by Madrona Venture Group with participation from Citi Ventures and Alkeon. ” Launched in 2015, Deepgram focuses on building custom voice-recognition solutions for customers such as Spotify, Auth0 and even NASA.

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data collection incubation enablement education 95

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. billion KRW) Series C funding round led by private equity firm H&Q Korea, with participation from returning investors SoftBank Ventures, Altos Ventures and Aju IB. billion won ($3.3

startup 87

startup enablement sustainability ventures 87

TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Other investors in the extension include Valo Ventures, SOSV, Far Eastern Group’s corporate venture arm Drive Catalyst, Alante Capital and S Cap. 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.

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accelerator startup energy construction 99

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The round was led by Unusual Ventures, with Unusual’s John Vrionis joining the board. While Arrikto has stayed off the radar since it launched out of Athens, Greece in 2015, the founding team of Venetsanopoulos and CTO Vangelis Koukis already managed to get a number of large enterprises to adopt its platform.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 25, 2022

Since 2015, Funding Societies has been actively partnering with banks across the region, and our partnership with Bank Index will take FinTech-bank collaboration to the next level,” said Kelvin Teo, co-founder and group CEO of Funding Socities / Modalku. Bank Index shares the vision of empowering and developing SMEs.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

TX Zhuo is the managing partner of Fika Ventures , focusing on fintech, enterprise software and marketplace opportunities. Colton Pace is an investor at Fika Ventures. He previously held roles investing at Vulcan Capital and Madrona Venture Labs. He previously held roles investing at Vulcan Capital and Madrona Venture Labs.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Nowsta attracted venture capital for its approach to help employers better engage with their hourly workforces in this increasingly hybrid work environment. The company announced today $41 million in Series B funding in a round led by GreatPoint Ventures that brings the company’s total funding raised to date to $59 million.

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capital venture capital enablement technology 86

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

In October last year, Sendy, a Kenyan logistics scale-up, wound up its supplies service , which enabled retailers to purchase FMCGs directly from manufacturers, saying it was directing all its focus on its end-to-end fulfillment offering. Months later, the company is ceasing on-ground operations in Nigeria, one of its four markets in Africa.

transportation 86

transportation venture capital capital enablement 86

TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Taing founded Bokksu in 2015 and launched a Japanese snack subscription service in 2016. The funding was led by Valor Siren Ventures , with participation from Company Ventures , St. The fresh capital will also enable Bokksu to accelerate its primary business lines: subscription, market and grocery. Canada, the U.K,

culture 98

culture innovation disruption ventures 98

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

David Perry and Jason Goldberg co-founded the company in 2015 and built a cross-store selling and influencer commerce platform that is used by more than 7 million influencers and 30,000 brands, like Blendjet, Arizona Iced Tea and Chubbies Shorts. It grew by over 500% in the last year, Perry said.

startup 99

startup networking enablement ventures 99

TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

Lilt , a provider of AI-powered business translation software, today announced that it raised $55 million in a Series C round led by Four Rivers, joined by new investors Sorenson Capital, CLEAR Ventures and Wipro Ventures. It will also [enable us to add] a sales team to our existing production team in Asia. million.

capital 91

capital creativity support education 91

AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 17, 2022

Register FOMO Pay , the Singapore-headquartered major payment institution that enables the digital economy with global virtual banking solutions for financial institutions and enterprises, announced that it has secured a $13 million investment in its Series A round led by Jump Crypto.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Launched in 2015, J&T Global Express has become a major player in the courier and e-commerce delivery sector. This funding round enabled J&T to strengthen its financial position in preparation for its Hong Kong IPO. J&T Global Express has refrained from issuing any comments regarding this development. million in April.

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