TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

When Christian Lawless founded Conversion Capital in 2015, fintech was only starting to take off. For example, we avoided the peer-to-peer direct lending craze during 2017. Lawless raised $10 million and $20 million for Conversion Capital’s first and second funds, respectively.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

based and internationally recognized entrepreneurs — Alexandria, Virginia, USA (17 November 2015) – The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week ( GEW ) by presenting EO24 , a virtual and interactive learning event to debut on Wednesday, 18 November, at 8 p.m. EDT (1 a.m.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

For this year’s analysis we turned to our peers to gather their points-of-view on the state of the market. What it did is confirm that our intuition about the slow down of the market in Q415 was real, the situation is likely to get more challenging and many other startups were cutting costs (as many of ours has done in late 2015).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Ko and four other co-founders established CLASS101 in 2018, which was pivoted from a tutoring service platform that was founded in 2015, Ko said. When asked about what differentiated it from other peers, CLASS101 provides and ships all the necessary tools and material “Class Kit”, Ko said. . In 2019, the company raised a $10.3

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

In 2015, the Slaters sold the legacy to explore other endeavors. It’s true that you should treat your business partnership like a marriage. After all, it’s important whom you select and no matter who that person is you’ll have to work hard at it. But what about when your business partner and your marriage partner are the same person?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 3, 2016

Luckily, Vancouver is home to HootSuite, and not only did this company provide us an amazing space for our 2015 finals; they covered all the costs! I had served many roles previously on the BC Children’s Hospital Board, but I wanted to transition into something that engaged young entrepreneurs – and I found one. Create Incentive.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Luckily, Vancouver is home to HootSuite, and not only did this company provide us an amazing space for our 2015 finals; they covered all the costs! I had served many roles previously on the BC Children’s Hospital Board, but I wanted to transition into something that engaged young entrepreneurs – and I found one. Create Incentive.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

The app launched as a Venmo-like peer-to-peer money transfer platform in 2015, before adding more services. The app launched as a Venmo-like peer-to-peer money transfer platform in 2015, before adding more services. We cover P2P payment, money transfer, cards and all sorts of services. Toss founder SG Lee.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Don’t be fooled by the slight dip in 2015 – the size of funds & timing of deals in market in any year can skew the data set. “This is the year the tortoise may gain on the hare.” Of course sentiment can swing wildly with new information but I set out to take the pulse of the market as we enter 2016. How do I know?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

has nearly quadrupled in the same time period (investments from 2005 to 2015 and total investments through 2021 ). Unparalleled contrasts have marked the last decade and a half — from the devastating plunge of a major housing crash to the soaring heights of the longest bull market and the unforeseen havoc of a global pandemic.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

I was referred to EO Accelerator by a former EO member and applied to the program in 2015. It gives founders the tools and accountability to take their business to the next level. How did you hear about EO Accelerator? Lallenia: My husband, Brad, and I started Big Birge Plumbing in 2012. Neither of us had much experience running a business.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

While Duolingo never wanted to look like other edtech companies, as we saw with its product strategy in part two, it turns out that evolving from college pizza vibes meant that it would have to take a page from its peers. As its meandering route to monetization will demonstrate, Duolingo isn’t mission-oriented, it’s mission-obsessed.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Also, it’s why I started an Impact Hub (Amsterdam, 2008), why I served on the global Board (2015-2018) and contributed through other roles, and why I want to continue to serve the network. We’re excited to share that Tatiana Glad joins the Impact Hub global team as our new Executive Director. A: A pragmatic visionary! Why this role?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

Others include Trsel , which is designed to give small brands access to the same kinds of analytics larger online retailers have, and Varos , which aims to shed light on how companies compare to their peers in terms of customer acquisition costs. According to Zion Market Research, the predictive analytics industry made $8.12

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HPA

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

To delve into these questions, I interviewed Dr. Notably one of the pioneering institutions in this field since its establishment in 2015, MIDAS also stands as one of the largest data science and AI institutes, proudly boasting a distinguished roster of approximately 530 esteemed faculty affiliates.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 9, 2016

This story was featured in the March 2015 issue of Octane magazine. I talk ideas out with peers, gather feedback and then methodically move forward. At a recent entrepreneurship summit, a group of speakers were discussing the perfect time to launch a company. The consensus surprised me a little— start before you’re ready.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

After starting to work on Yotascale in mid 2015, the company raised some capital in 2016. These days when you found a startup, you don’t go out and buy a rack of servers. And you don’t build an in-house data center team. Throw in microservices and one can wind up with a big muddle, and an even bigger bill.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

” Naim co-launched Onfleet in 2015 with Mikel Carmenes Cavia, a high school peer of Naim’s, and David Vetrano, who Naim met while pursuing his MBA at Stanford. The importance of last-mile delivery, or the movement of goods from a shipping hub to their final destination, came into sharp focus during the pandemic.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2020

A similar study conducted in 2015 by Dr. Michael A. James Sutcliffe is the founder and CEO of The Founding Network , a collaboration platform for high-growth founders. If I were to pick one thing that unites the global tech scene in terms of culture I would point to the respect and reverence accorded to startup founders.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Champaign, Ill. September 3, 2020 – PhotoniCare, Inc., a company dedicated to revolutionizing healthcare by providing physicians with better diagnostic tools, today announced an oversubscribed $5.2 million Series A financing led by i2E Management Company Inc., with co-investment from OSF Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, and Dreampact Ventures.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

In this challenging fundraising environment, more startups than ever are turning to alternative financial solutions such as debt. Despite the negative connotation associated with debt, a startup should not view it as an act of desperation during downturns, as TechCrunch’s Kyle Wiggers and Alex Wilhelm have recently noted. So, how does it work?

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2023

For instance, in 2015, PayPal acquired Braintree, a payments company that owned the mobile payment service, Venmo. This acquisition has enabled PayPal to tap into the growing peer-to-peer payments market and strengthen its revenue streams. It is a complex and substantially risky decision, not for the faint-hearted.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Moreover, the world’s population of those who are 60 and older is expected to reach 2 billion by 2050, up from 900 million in 2015. He is also a co-founder of Global Accessibility Awareness Day and chair of the GAAD Foundation. For the last year, the digital world was the only place brands could connect with their customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

I have been involved with a high profile one in Los Angeles – Launchpad LA – and we’ve decided to make a shift so I thought this was a good time for reflection. My good friend Adam Lilling and I started Launchpad more than 5 years ago . We had a specific goal in mind. By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Fujiyo Ishiguro speaking at the Brookings Institute. Yesterday, 8 February, my colleague and I had the pleasure of attending the Womenomics 2.0 event , hosted by the Brookings Institute to discuss the “potential of female entrepreneurs in Japan.” When asked what motivated her, Ms.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 12, 2016

Of the remaining 18, 7 of those companies went public in 2015. If investors keep investing in startups at the rates in 2015, then prices should hold. At 15x, the ratio is still 2x of the top quartile their public peers. It was a tough year for SaaS companies to go public. for SaaS companies. over the last 15 months.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 24, 2022

But then Ravichandran’s identity was stolen in 2015. New and aspiring entrepreneurs often fall victim to impatience and imperfection. When something’s not working perfectly to their standards (or worse, fails), they take it personally and don’t know how to move on to better iterations after the setback. Make your mission your mantra.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 11, 2016

Siplo is an online peer tutoring platform. Remedia BVBA uses technology to push people to meet each other, manage your team on the go and promote your services using location-based advertising. They offer an organizational tool to companies which make it possible to organize their employees based on their location. ” Canada.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. It feels like something you could turn your attention to once you have tens of millions of dollars and a large staff to run operations and you could step back from it all and think about how to lead. The reality of most startups is about survival.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

LawVu was founded in 2015 by Boyne, who spent over a decade working in IT and operations at law firms, and Sam Kidd, a SaaS project management expert. The startup serves in-house legal teams, instead of law firms, because “in-house lawyers have very different incentives and objectives to their private practice peers.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Adobe, Sony Innovation Fund by IGV, Hearst Ventures and individuals from Stone Point Capital also participated in the financing, which brings San Diego-based Truepic’s total raised since its 2015 inception to $36 million. Rather than trying to detect what is fake, Truepic says its patented “secure” camera technology proves what is real.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

We are building for the future and this means tapping new innovations for additional liquidity that allows us to offer affordable loans to SMEs,” said Moraa, a two-time founder, who started Pezesha after successfully exiting Weza Tele in 2015. The round also included a $5 million debt from Talanton and Verdant Capital Specialist Funds.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was. 2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

annually between 2015 and 2020, its market size topping $1.3B Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. See How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm.) Expert Networks.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 3, 2020

Since October 2015, we’ve fed approximately 50,000 people. The year 2020 has emphasized one certainty: In times of crisis, entrepreneurs innovate, adapt and continue to give back. One example—among many—of philanthropy during the worldwide COVID-19 crisis comes from our EO Gujarat chapter. Jeevan Shrishti is one of our main programs.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

When Monzo launched in 2015, the big six banks in the UK had more than 85% market share. In 2015, Monzo founders Tom Blomfield, Jonas Templestein, Gary Dolman, Jason Bates, and Paul Rippon launched a digital finance platform with the slogan “Make Money Work For Everyone.” This did not happen by magic. trillion in deposits. Splitwise).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 3, 2015

Scott Belsky (@scottbelsky) April 29, 2015. I went as far as to call it the best Tweet of 2015 so far because it encapsulated my advice so succinctly. I saw this Tweet recently by Scott Belsky, co-founder and CEO of Behance. conviction > consensus. He took two words where I take 1,000! The same is true at startups.

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