TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

MAX started out in 2015 as a delivery startup using motorcycles to fulfil customer orders before venturing into ride-hailing, and later into vehicle subscription and financing services – solutions it came up with based on the data from its first services.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Register Continuum raised a total of $36 million to accelerate the expansion of 100 percent recycled commercial metal powder production to meet the growing customer demand for sustainable materials. Ara’s investment allows us to supply the industry’s growth with a sustainable solution,” said Phil Ward, Continuum’s CEO.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Existing investors, including co-founder of Facebook Dustin Moskovitz, Peter Thiel’s Mithril Capital and notable sustainable tech investor Capricorn Investment Group also participated in the round. Round-leader Altman has been involved in the company as an investor and chairman since 2015. Image Credits: Helion Energy.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Sennder’s new investment will mean it can expand in European markets. Since its founding in 2015 by David Nothacker, Julius Köhler and Nicolaus Schefenacker, the company has grown to 800 employees and seven international offices. Digital freight forwarder Forto raises another $50M in round led by Inven Capital.

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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

MARCH 25, 2021

Enter LiquidStack , a company that’s spinning out from the cryptocurrency hardware technology developer Bitfury Group with a $10 million investment. The company, which was formerly known as Allied Control Limited, restructured as a commercial operating company headquartered in the Netherlands with commercial operations in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

Enter Assent Compliance — a Canadian company focused on supply chain sustainability management. 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. While half a billion dollars raised in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

Impact investor Goodwell Investments and Oxfam Novib , a Dutch foundation and Oxfam International affiliate, have set up Pepea, a €20 million ($21.7m) fund, to provide financing to early-stage startups in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

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. He soon began to invest in everything from ramen and hotpots to bottled beverages. What’s different about Chinese D2C? per package wholesale as of this year.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Pula , a Kenyan insurtech startup that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed a Series A investment of $6 million. When Goslinga met Njeru in 2008, she worked for Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA). Co-CEOs with agricultural backgrounds.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 4, 2018

In entrepreneurial circles throughout the world, there is a lot of chatter about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) —17 goals to address some of the world’s most challenging socioeconomic, environmental and lifestyle issues.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The funding round closed with $104M in fresh investments for the world’s largest and fully integrated online consumer brand for preservative and antibiotic-residue free fresh fish and meat. Shan Kadavil, CEO & Co-founder, FreshToHome, said that they are very excited to have Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund lead Series D.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 22, 2017

The chart above shows the compound annual growth rate of venture investment rounds A through D in ten fastest growing venture markets plus the US from 2010-2016. A 50% growth rate sustained over 6 years implies 11x growth in venture capital investment during the period. in investment is 6% of the US market.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Investments are made in high-growth companies with women leaders, following their successful completion of the firm’s Expert Sift process. Backstage Capital : founded by Arlan Hamilton, Managing Partner, the firm invests in the very best founders who identify as women, People of Color, or LGBTQ.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 11, 2022

With the continued growth and expansion of Airwallex, Kai will play a pivotal role in increasing the company’s revenue growth in a scalable and sustainable manner. He is now tasked to spearhead the implementation of the company’s growth plans in the region and drive greater efficiency across the markets where Airwallex operates.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We want to invest in early-stage technology enabled startup businesses – upfront in the funding cycle. In fact, 90% of our investments are either Seed or A-round investments (10% are B-round). We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. That’s healthy.

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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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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

The investment was led by Ed Brakeman, a senior managing director at Bain Capital and Hans den Bieman, founder and ex-CEO of Mowi, one of the largest salmon businesses globally. Joseph Rehmann founded Victory Farms in 2015. This funding will allow the Kenyan-based company to expand its business into Rwanda, DRC and Tanzania.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Over the past couple of years, there’s been an overlap between tech and art, fueling a growing interest of movie, music and sports stars investing in tech startups. What’s pulling African music artists to tech investment? Europe and globally. . based and Africa-focused mobile payments company through Zagadat Capital.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Some public tech companies sustain growth through internal efforts, but many use their cash reserves to acquire fast-growing startups. These public market cash reserves total $430B or so across the top 250 or so public tech companies, a massive war chest that will fuel startup M&A in 2015. The public market prizes growth.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Over the past 20 years, Network Alliance has been “Making IT Simple” for our clients—we simplify, streamline, and take the worry and guesswork out of keeping technology systems up to date, managing infrastructures, and maximizing technological investment at all levels of a company’s growth trajectory.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The Moderne Ventures team of founder Constance Freedman and partner Liza Benson built a track record of top-tier returns with its novel approach to venture investing. The early-stage investment fund’s vertical specialties span real estate, finance, insurance, and sustainability.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2019

And her husband’s $200 investment turned into a debt-free business that ships all around the United States. I created withSimplicity in January 2015, creating products for people who are looking for safe, sustainable, and effective alternatives for their beauty and skincare routines. [.] Well, she sold them.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

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. She invested because of Duolingo’s growth and engagement numbers, but confronted von Ahn with some direct advice. It has to be an exit of some sorts, and a big one at that.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

However, the pandemic has shown an increased need for investment and focus on solutions that work on human and planetary health. Starting in 2015, IndieBio has provided resources to founders solving complex challenges with biotech, from fake meat to sustainability. Bronson was immediately put to the test.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

However, in 2018, the veteran player participated in the government-backed Future Fifty scale-up program — and also took in a “ multi-million pound ” investment from the UK-based Business Growth Fund. Flexibility and sustainability. Back in April, for example, it raised a $160M Series D round.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Kaiyo , an online marketplace for secondhand furniture, says it has helped the impact by keeping nearly three million pounds out of landfills since its launch in 2015. . He and his wife, who are passionate about sustainability, tried buying secondhand to furnish the apartment when they moved into a new place in 2014. Selency raises $3.3

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Investing internationally, the firm went from a de facto family office to a multi-LP VC firm. It lists Headmade Materials , LightForce Orthodontics and Conflux Technology among some of its marquee investments. The fact that portfolio company founders are now investing in our fund is great validation of our exceptional effort.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Armed with an idea for how to do things differently, the company ran a Kickstarter campaign back in 2015, which drew the attention of its first thousand customers. He hired an intern and launched a Kickstarter campaign in September of 2015, a decision made out of a desperation to never raise money again.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

It has raised nearly $1 billion since its 2015 inception and was valued at $2.5 So we repositioned the business to continue to invest and build products that customers are going to love and are going to fulfill the mission but scaled back a little bit on other areas of expense. consumer bank. Sign up here to get it in your inbox.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

As the name suggests, Urban Innovation Fund invests in companies building technology to shape the future of cities, while VMG targets commerce. The firm invests in companies working on issues of livability, sustainability or economic vitality and often have a lot of regulatory and political challenges. billion earlier this year.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

Giving EV batteries a second life for sustainability and profit. But InMotion Ventures, the venture capital arm of Jaguar Land Rover, said in a statement its participation in the round as a “significant investment.”. Battery Resourcers was founded in 2015 after being spun out from Massachusetts’ Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Previous backers 83North, Highland Europe, Goldman Sachs Growth Equity, EQT Ventures and Vintage Investment Partners also followed on. Since launching with 10 restaurants in its home city in 2015, five years on Wolt has expanded to 23 countries and 120 cities, mostly in Europe but also including Japan and Israel. “We

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

investment firm Sequoia) and Will Neale (founder of Grabyo and early-stage investor). The head of product will be Paloma Strelitz , formerly co-founder of Assemble, a design studio that won the 2015 Turner Prize. It’s now raised a $1.1 million seed funding round from a number of leading U.K.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

“We think it will be the best place to invest,” said Shleifer of India at his rare appearance. “We were able to purchase 16 or 17% of Flipkart for $8 million in 2010,” he said of the investment in the e-commerce giant, which is currently valued at over $37 billion. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2023

Founded out of London in 2015, Superscript constitutes two core insurance businesses: an online-only “self-serve” platform that’s available to U.K. “Historically, many investors have mirrored the tech-investment models and focused on acquisition,” Shearer added.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 5, 2019

Companies like this now only needed a small amount of money to get started, but there wasn’t any place to get it, because institutional investors didn’t make small investments. The VC invests a large amount of money upfront and takes a controlling ownership stake. The startup is typically incubated out of the VC’s offices.

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