TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Dan Lewis launched Convoy in 2015 into an established industry dominated by several legacy businesses. As you’ll hear, in 2014 and 2015, freight was ready for reinvention. It’s free, and attendees have the opportunity to ask guests questions, participate in Pitch Practice and network with other attendees. Now worth $3.8

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 25, 2020

In 2015, she was able to merge these two passions together to create her company, Beleaf. The YLAI Network team spoke with her to discuss the success of her business, the challenges she has faced, and what she has in store for the future. Staying open to change in the face of adversity is key to expansion, growth, and opportunity.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 13, 2015

Earlier this week, we examined the trends in the major categories of startup investment including eCommerce, Software, Social Networking and Education. Where are founders finding unique opportunities to innovate? But which lesser known startup sectors are starting to raise venture dollars?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

On top of his demanding work of technology repairs, Janeel has made the time to discover new ways to help others as a radio personality and program director at Dominion Radio since 2015 with his program IT Talks. What drove you to start your radio show? I have learned that I do not need to be a nonprofit to have a social impact. government.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

It highlights important events in the continent’s tech ecosystem until this point, compares its journey with other emerging markets and provides guidance into the opportunities within various sectors. And though they are inclined to follow the money, Endeavor wants them to look beyond usual market opportunities and map out exit pathways.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2017

I also invest in a really wide range of opportunities, so many of them don't look like you're typical venture deals. At the end of 2015, I backed a husband and wife team expecting their third kid to build a network of outdoor kids classes--not an Uber for kids classes, Classpass for kids classes or Airbnb for kids classes.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Network effects have evolved, moving away from the traditional physical spaces to digital ones. has nearly quadrupled in the same time period (investments from 2005 to 2015 and total investments through 2021 ). Some accelerators are adding 20+ hours of programming per week and networking events that may be lackluster.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

Joseph Rehmann founded Victory Farms in 2015. In 2015, Rehmann teamed up with his longtime business partner Steve Moran to explore Lake Victoria and perform some feasibility studies on how they could use technology to disrupt the country’s cold chain markets. Maintaining this growth rate can exude utmost confidence.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Tatiana, current Co-Founder and Director of Impact Hub Amsterdam, takes over from Gabriela Gandel, who led the network for the past 10 years. We sat down with Tatiana to learn more about her as a human, her ambitions for the network – and her own entrepreneurial action. And what really inspires you in our network?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

Its new funding will be used to expand KitaBeli’s operations in Java, growing its logistics network and developing its mobile app. ” While it doesn’t have a reseller network, KitaBeli works with delivery partners for last-mile deliveries, presenting the gig as an opportunity to earn extra money.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Find out more: navenio.com About Navenio Navenio was spun out of the University of Oxford in 2015 and has an established team of more than 60 people which continues to grow. In collaboration with its global network of entrepreneurs and advisers, OSE goes well beyond funding to shape and nurture these complex ideas into successful businesses.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

from Seoul when she was a child and started a global accelerator in 2015. This is a $5 trillion market opportunity that is hugely overlooked,” she told TechCrunch. She says she is bringing a unique lens, viewpoint and network to finding companies, especially those that are like she described herself — not a typical VC-backed company.

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Dream It

APRIL 29, 2019

Boston | May 8th, May 10th, June 3rd | The three-part Rock Health Enterprise Insights Series will gather select enterprise executives for a half-day of insights from the latest Rock Health research, facilitated networking opportunities, and expert discussions on startup-enterprise partnerships in digital health. Request an invite.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 21, 2016

By Don Britton, Founder and CEO, Network Alliance. One example of a recent innovation encouragement program Network Alliance implemented was the distribution of a company-wide survey, where employees were asked to provide their suggestions on areas or topics of the company’s business where they felt they needed more insight or training.

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Onevest

MAY 12, 2015

Let’s explore: Curation focused startups and businesses in 2015 Curated startups and investment opportunities Curated investors The State of Curation in 2015 The get rich quick crew quickly carved out a tragic pitfall for amateur online entrepreneurs. Curation is critical for investors seeking investment opportunities.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Blomstedt told TechCrunch that he originally got the idea for SpringTime after moving to Colorado in 2015 after a career in the energy business in Texas. Blomstedt saw an opportunity. “I started to become pretty convicted in kind of an opportunity and the need for a seed fund in Colorado.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

If selected, you’ll have the chance to not only recruit, but also network with the other companies at the event. Incubators such as the one Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh started a few years ago are also a great way to jump-start your innovative ideas, receive mentoring, network, etc. Nashville, Tennessee.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

Devin de Vries, Chris King and Dave New started the company in 2015. As a mobility startup, WhereIsMyTransport maps formal and informal public transport networks. Google, Toyota Tsusho invest in WhereIsMyTransport to map transport in emerging cities. Right now, the company has worked in 41 cities across 28 countries. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The round is the first sizable funding that Oslo-based, but very distributed, Superside has raised — it was founded as Konsus back in 2015 and had picked up only $5.5 “It’s important for us to think of us all in the same boat and creating equal opportunities globally,” he said.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2022

“I saw a massive opportunity and few people going after it,” Lewis told TechCrunch. Lewis and Grant Goodale co-founded Convoy in 2015 , and since then, have brought on a series of high-profile investors. Billions of dollars were going into trucking each year but fewer than 30 startups showed an interest in the field.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Wasabi launched just a few years ago, in 2015. “I think closing a large up round in this environment speaks to the spectacular growth of Wasabi, the magnitude of the cloud storage opportunity and our leadership as the industry’s largest pure-play cloud storage vendor.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 30, 2020

In 2015, then-Twitter product manager Terri Burns penned a piece about staying optimistic despite the sexism and racism that exists expansively within tech. There we just talked about all the opportunities at Google that were not engineering. Any anecdotes for how out of network founders grabbed your attention?

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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. We are excited to partner with CoderSchool to provide both opportunity and access to the millions of aspiring students in Vietnam.”. CoderSchool raised a seed round led by TRIVE Ventures in 2018.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 7, 2017

When Netsurit decided to seek an opportunity to expand into the North American market, networking with our colleagues at Entrepreneurs’ Organization was the logical first step in finding a like-minded company in the US. At the end of 2015, I met Scott Wilson, CEO of Marathon Consulting and an EO New York member since 2012.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 5, 2015

Anyway, 2015 marks a couple of big career anniversaries for me. Who''s the VC that everyone *isn''t* trying to network with. They don''t measure skills, network, and the changing nature of the ecosystem around you. Twenty years ago, I got my first job. The third important ingredient for Chamath was making an ask.

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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% Participants will also get introductions to Amazon leaders and teams, networking opportunities with potential investors and ongoing advisory support, plus access to a virtual community of AWS experts.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

Expert Networks. Expert Network firms source subject matter experts from various domains and pair them with clients seeking topical or industry insights. I founded Circle of Experts, an expert network which I sold to Evalueserve.). The expert network industry has grown an average 4.5%

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

PicPay operates largely as a financial services platform that includes a credit card, a digital wallet similar to that of Apple Pay, a Venmo-style P2P payments element, e-commerce and social networking features. “We The company is not yet profitable, however, and PicPay shelled out $146 million in 2020 to fuel its growth. “We

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

The growth of e-commerce is pushing more digital marketing investments, providing opportunity for Trust to be a huge business, Borow said. Andrea Hippeau, partner at Lerer Hippeau, said she knew Borow from being an investor in his previous advertising company Shift, which was acquired by Brand Networks in 2015.

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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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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

It’s exciting work, especially when we have the opportunity to connect with a new startup in the first year or two of its existence and continue to support the company as it grows. ]. Spiers New Technologies (SNT) became an i2E client company in 2015. million in August 2015. SNT founder Dirk Spiers.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

That changed in 2015, after Rad Power founder and CEO Mike Radenbaugh teamed up with friend Ty Collins and relaunched as a direct-to-consumer business. The company has built out its online sales platform, pre- and post-purchase customer support teams, retail showrooms, service van and a local service partner network.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

This branchless banking model extends financial services to the last mile via a network of agents. The company said it will use part of the capital to expand its team, geographical operations and marketing to increase its 7,000-strong active agent network three-fold this year. million pre-Series A investment. trillion via its partners.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 4, 2018

In 2015, inspired by Elon Musk and the story of Tesla, Steve was searching for a way to shore up his personal and professional commitment to being the change he wanted to see in the world. So, look at yourself, your team and other people within your network—clients, customers and brand ambassadors. Create a network.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2020

As continentally confined Americans look for domestic vacation options that won’t expose them to too much risk of infection from the pandemic that’s still raging across the country, the RV rental company RVshare has raised more than $100 million to capitalize on its historic opportunity.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Since being founded in 2015, the company has amassed a customer list that includes AppFolio, HotDoc, Pitch, Kumospace and Teamflow, and its customers report seeing up to 80% fewer video call errors after using Daily, Kwindla Hultman Kramer, co-founder and CEO of Daily, told TechCrunch via email. HIPAA legislation in the U.S.

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

His journey with Happie began in 2015 when his research into a greens product led him to discover CBD and its potent anti-inflammatory properties. One of the most rewarding aspects of building Happie is the opportunities I’ve been able to provide for my team. At Happie, we believe in turning challenges into opportunities.

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