AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Register Carro , Southeast Asia’s largest used car marketplace, has received an undisclosed amount of investment from insurtech major ZA Tech Global Limited (ZA Tech), according to an announcement. Founded in 2015, Carro is Southeast Asia’s largest used car marketplace.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

million jobs due to Google’s $1 billion investment in the continent. The continent’s investment story. The report first highlights the growth of venture capital on the continent over the past six years; within this period, investments in African startups have grown 18x. Image Credits: Crunchbase/Endeavor.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 21, 2017

When Ample Hills first raised $4 million in 2015, people asked if it was a seed round. What we found is that while most of the people turned down the invite, most of the people who showed up invested. They may want a lower valuation as a kind of risk premium for investing in you. Did that seed make this round our Series A?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 23, 2021

By March 2015, I had stopped attending college and had started going to other colleges and industries, asking them to install solar. Arrogance is the highway to Doom Back in 2015, we were working ourselves to the brim. We were already growing however, we all agreed that outside investment could propel the company much faster.

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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

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Founded in 2015, Freshly is a New York City-based startup that offers healthy meals delivered to your home in weekly orders, which can then be prepared in a few minutes in your microwave or oven. Nestlé USA just announced that it has acquired Freshly for $1.5

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Partners Investment and Murex Partners co-led the new funding, with participation from Smilegate Investment, Quantum Ventures Korea , ABC Partners , Everrich Group, GS Group’s corporate venture capital firm GS Futures , We Ventures, Base Investment and Dunamu & Partners. AmazeVR has raised a total of $30.8

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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. Simultaneously , they announced that the fund had invested $1.5 million across 19 African companies.

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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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Investment has also trickled down to Africa, with large checks going into growth-stage startups. In 2015, the three co-founders launched Kangpe, a telemedicine-focused startup in Nigeria with a “doctor in your pocket” slogan. It is the first investment made by the U.S.-based

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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.

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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

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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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 6, 2023

After this substantial investment, Investree and JTA International Holding have swiftly established a collaborative venture called JTA Investree Doha Consultancy. Since its establishment in 2015, Investree has played a pivotal role in digital lending.

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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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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2022

“With this new investment, we will continue to grow our business with in-house legal teams, continue to grow our presence in international markets, like Canada, the U.K. But legal tech spending and investments don’t necessarily correlate with adoption. million at an $800 million valuation. ” Growing market.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 18, 2023

As its first strategic move in Malaysia, Xendit has announced that it is investing in local fintech player, Payex, which is a Bank Negara Malaysia licensed payment gateway provider. “We Its focus include small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups, and giant corporations, among others.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Whurley has successfully co-founded and sold two Austin-based companies: Chaotic Moon Studios to Accenture in 2015 and Honest Dollar to Goldman Sachs in 2016. In addition, he created Ecliptic Capital, a $100 million evergreen investment fund that could grow to $150 million by the end of the year. Image source: Errich Petersen.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The 2nd Pangyo Techno Valley was constructed by Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) and Gyeonggi Housing and Urban Corporation (GH) on the sites of Siheung-dong and Geumto-dong, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, with the industrial complex plan approved in November 2015.

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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

DECEMBER 7, 2020

billion following a $1 billion investment last year from Toyota, DENSO and SoftBank’s Vision Fund. Instead, Uber is handing over its equity in ATG and investing $400 million into Aurora, which will give it a 26% stake in the combined company, according to a filing with the U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Jack Zhang, the co-founder and CEO of Airwallex, said that their investment in building a senior leadership team demonstrates their continued confidence and commitment to grow their business in APAC and globally. Airwallex continues to scale to new heights.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 28, 2024

She advances that research and analysis have shown that “investing in women and girls benefits everyone”. French Gates executes her vision through Pivo tal which she established in 2015 to fund and advance social progress through venture capital investments, philanthropic grantmaking, advocacy funding, and partnerships.

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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

APRIL 20, 2022

Since 2015, Black and Latinx founders — who have fewer funding routes available to them to begin with — have raised just 2.4% of total venture capital invested, according to Crunchbase. From a diversity standpoint, the venture capital financing landscape remains incredibly imbalanced.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 23, 2024

I’ve developed my own method of investing and have learned to trust my insights even when they aren’t obvious. Jeff Jordan, my coach who shared his hard earned operating and investing insights with me. Frank Chen, my first hiring manager who took a bet on me and for many years taught me investment frameworks.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2022

Lewis and Grant Goodale co-founded Convoy in 2015 , and since then, have brought on a series of high-profile investors. TC: YC’s investment in your Series B was notable because Convoy at the time was outside the Continuity Fund’s range of portfolio companies. TechCrunch+ is having a Memorial Day sale.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

. “[Our annual recurring revenue is] $29 million and projected to $50 million before the end of the year,” Komoni told TechCrunch via email, adding that the latest investment values Tive at $300 million (post-money). ” Tracking real-time shipments. . ” Toward differentiation. Last year saw $11.3

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

today closed a $30 million additional investment from Fidelity Management & Research Company with participation from Lip-Bu Tan (who’s joining the board) and previous investors, concluding the startup’s Series B. . After emerging from stealth in 2019, Sima.ai “I founded Sima.ai

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

“Enterprise expenditure on custom software is on track to double from $250 billion in 2015 to $500 billion in 2020,” so we’ll definitely be diving deeper into this topic in the coming months. 6 investment trends that could emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare IT: telemedicine and remote patient monitoring.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

He teamed up with Eddie Lim and Eoin Matthews to start Point in 2015 prior to joining a16z. The company’s flagship product, Home Equity Investment, is designed to allow homeowners to get cash in exchange for a certain percentage of future appreciation of their home. Its average investment is around $100,000.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

According to Crunchbase, firms have invested more than $1 billion in legal tech companies, an uptick from the $512 million invested last year. ” Sangha, a law lecturer at the University of Pennslyvania and a licensed attorney in the State of New York, founded LexCheck in 2015. VCs continue to bet big on legal tech.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined. 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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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2023

While its corporate name technically remains Elearningforce, the company transitioned to the LMS365 brand back in 2015, intended to reflect its focus on Microsoft. ” LMS365’s first external investment was led by New York-based Blue Cloud Ventures, with participation from Singapore’s Kamet Capital and existing shareholders.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Founded in 2015, Long Game has built a gamified finance mobile app that aims to help people “save, learn and engage” with their finances. It is so great to be a part of a team who is embracing and investing in our dream to make the best consumer financial experience out there.” As of June 2021, Charlotte, N.C.-based

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

million since its 2015 inception. Pipefy , a “low-code” workflow management SaaS startup, announced today that it has raised $75 million in Series C funding. SoftBank Latin America Fund led the financing with a $50 million contribution, bringing Pipefy’s total raised to $138.7

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

The company was part of a Y Combinator cohort in 2015.). ” Another area where it would like to use investment is to bring more technological innovations into the Go1 platform. For some context on that valuation, Brisbane, Australia-based Go1 has now raised $400 million to date. It would be quite a different product.”

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