TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Though some businesses may never be truly sustainable, a venture firm in Seoul argues that emerging climate-tech startups will help big manufacturers do better overall. I spoke with Sopoong chief executive Max Sang-Yeop Han , a serial entrepreneur who joined Sopoong in 2016 and acquired the firm in 2019, to learn about the VC’s plans.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

It’s now raised $103 million since its launch in 2016. The round was led by Inven Capital, a growth fund out of the Czech Republic. Additional investment came from Iris Capital, with strong participation from current investors, including Rider Global, Northzone, Cherry Ventures and the Italian venture fund H14.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

Consumer interest for this space is also attracting capital. Stein plans to use the capital to expand the company’s team of 30 to be around 40 by the end of 2022. “We The company is going after an increasingly crowded global health and wellness food market that was valued at $733.1 billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The event has accelerated the use of telemedicine, virtual care, and drug delivery, thus fuelling investor interest in the sector. Investment has also trickled down to Africa, with large checks going into growth-stage startups. The company was founded in 2016 by Femi Kuti , Opeyemi Olumekun and Matthew Mayaki.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

Onramp Funds , an Austin-based company providing financing to e-commerce sellers, secured $42 million in equity and credit to expand its working capital offering. Luther King Capital Management led the funding, which also included a group of high-net-worth individuals. Which form of venture debt should your startup go for?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It’s not a tech company this time — Awoyemi co-founded online jobs site Jobberman (which was acquired by ROAM Africa in 2016) and Whogohost, a bootstrapped hosting platform — but instead, a venture studio: Fast Forward Venture Studio. Here are some of the startups in the venture studio portfolio.

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2021

has raised a $7 million round to accelerate its hiring cadence, and built out the go-to-market model for its its engineering and developer-focused hiring service, it recently announced. Filtered later split from the consulting group in 2019, signing a term sheet to raise capital in March of 2020. Boston-based Filtered.ai

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

According to Startup Genome , Beijing, London, Silicon Valley, Stockholm, Tel Aviv are some of the world’s best startup ecosystems. The data and research organisation uses factors like performance, capital, market reach, connectedness, talent, and knowledge to produce its rankings. ” It doesn’t end there.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

Catalyst Fund , a global accelerator managed by BFA Global , announced the 8th cohort for its Inclusive Fintech Program today. The accelerator, backed by the JP Morgan Chase and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, runs the flagship program annually. In 2020, all five countries had representatives in the accelerator.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

UVeye’s automated vehicle inspection technology may have started out as a system to detect security threats , but the six-year-old Israeli startup has found deep interest and investment from the automotive sector. Since its founding in 2016, the company has raised $200 million in investment capital. Ventures L.P.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

In recent years, there has been a growing number of startups trying to make credit more accessible to consumers. . One such startup, Petal , announced today that it has raised a $140 million Series D round of funding. . The startup says its goal is to help people “build credit, not debt.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Fortanix today closed a $90 million Series C funding round led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity with participation from Giantleap Capital, Foundation Capital, Intel Capital, Neotribe Ventures and In-Q-Tel (the nonprofit strategic investor for the U.S. ” Kumar founded Fortanix alongside Anand Kashyap in 2016.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

The round, led by McRock Capital and TransLink Ventures, features BMWi Ventures, Kensington Capital Partners and Ironspring Ventures, along with existing investors. The company plans to use the funding to expand operations internationally to keep up with the accelerated demand for robotics. The round follows an $8.3

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2023

Following his treatment, Choi and his doctor Tyler Rim, a vitreoretinal surgeon, founded Mediwhale in 2016. The Seoul-headquartered healthcare startup has built an AI-powered non-invasive retina scan to diagnose cardiac and kidney disorders and more diseases through its patients’ retinal photographs.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The company, founded in 2016, provides 24/7 live chat and telehealth, ship-to-home prescriptions, vet-curated items in its e-commerce marketplace and educational content and programs. In addition, 25% of the capital was raised from underrepresented communities, Bhettay said. Fuzzy live chat via its app. Image Credits: Fuzzy.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Schwarz Group , an EU-based retail company, announced today that it has acquired Israeli security startup XM Cyber for $700 million. “For XM Cyber customers, this means that with the financial backing of Schwarz, we will be able to accelerate product innovation, scale and extend our global reach. Time will tell on that front.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 24, 2019

Written for EO by Manny Padda an entrepreneur, angel investor and philanthropist who won the 2016 Canadian Angel of the Year Award. Join an international accelerator or entrepreneur group. Similarly, accelerator programs like YCombinator and 500 Startups have gold-star reputations for a reason.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 23, 2021

Photo by Startup Stock Photos from Pexels The year was 2014. I discovered this idea through a small startup. We managed to deliver a net sales of nearly $25 million in under 2 years and by the end of 2016, it seemed like nothing would stop us. We used this money to double down and accelerate our growth.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

This week, I covered Zeta, a new startup working on joint finances for modern couples. Other startups have taken notice too, entering the world of multiplayer fintech, a term that categorizes socially focused and consumer-friendly financial services. Data on startups is dreadful. techcrunch.com. Sign up here.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

Tune in to the Business Beat, below, for details on three of these promising startups: Tune in to News/Talk 760 AM WJR weekday mornings at 7:11 a.m. Top Detroit Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2022. How the Midwest Startup and Tech Scene Boomed in 2021. So, Paul, tech startups are alive and well in our region.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Founded in 2016, Setter provides its customers with video home checkups conducted by experts, then offers personalized plans for how to address any issues. According to Crunchbase , Setter raised a total of $12 million from investors including Sequoia Capital and NFX.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2021

Cisco announced this morning that it intends to acquire Indianapolis-based startup Socio , which helps plan hybrid in-person and virtual events. Indy VC firm Sixty8 Capital launches $20M fund aimed at underrepresented founders. The two companies did not share the purchase price.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2022

Register South Korea’s leading accelerator program K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , considered ‘a gateway’ to do business in Asia, invites global startups to participate. Furthermore, Korea has an established patent law system so that startups can safely bring their creative ideas under government protection.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2022

Register Philippine-based B2B E-commerce startup GrowSari has completed a raise of $77.5 Growsari plans to leverage funding to accelerate its national expansion. The startup is also in talks for the next round of funding, since there is significant demand from marquee funds. The post B2B ecommerce startup GrowSari raises $77.5m

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Terra Drone said today it has raised $14 million in Series C funding from Wa’ed Ventures , the venture capital arm of Saudi Aramco , marking the VC firm’s first investment in Asia. Terra Drone’s UT drone for inspection is certified as a ship inspection by the International Register of Shipping , the Japan-based startup said.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 8, 2022

Founded in 2016, Crypto.com serves more than 50 million customers and is the world’s fastest growing global cryptocurrency platform. The post Crypto.com acquires two startups in South Korea first appeared on AsiaTechDaily - Asia's Leading Tech and Startup Media Platform.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 18, 2023

The funding was led by Real Tech Holdings, a prominent Japanese Venture Capital firm, with the participation of corporate investors, including Mitsubishi Electric, Seeds Capital, Wavemaker Partners, New Keynes Investments, and the State Government of Victoria in Australia. Hydroleap was founded in 2016 by Mohammad Sherafatmand, a Ph.D.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Savannah Fund , a pan-African venture capital firm, today announced a $25 million fund as it looks to back more early-stage startups on the continent. Since launching in 2012, Savannah Fund — led by Mbwana Alliy and Paul Bragiel — has backed more than 30 startups. Mbwana Ally (Managing Partner, Savannah Fund).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Today, B12 , a startup that is focused on helping those smaller professional service organizations such as law and accounting firms or mortgage brokerages more easily accept online payments and build a digital presence in general, announced it has raised $15.7 million in funding led by Tola Capital. . ” Image Credits: B12.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

2019 looks to continue another lights-out year for fintech startups. In 2020, all the long-term trends forcing change in this sector continued and even accelerated. E-commerce saw an enormous acceleration in growth rates, furthering adoption of online payments platforms. More posts by this contributor. Ben Altshuler. Matrix U.S.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

As a private company, Coupang has raised billions , including capital from American venture capital firm Sequoia and Japanese telecom giant SoftBank and its Vision Fund. Its first S-1 filing indicates that its IPO will raise capital in the range of $1 billion, far larger than the $100 million placeholder that is more common.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

Over the last decade, the rate at which organizations create data has accelerated as it becomes cheaper to store, access, and process data. Manta was founded in 2016 by Kratky, who previously led R&D at Profinit, a data science consultancy based in Czechia. .” billion by 2024.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

UpCodes , a startup that develops building-code compliance tools, announced today it has raised $3.36 The new funding was led by Berlin-based Point Nine Capital, which focuses on SaaS and online marketplaces. A court decision in favor of startup UpCodes may help shape open access to the law. million in pre-Series A funding.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

China’s autonomous vehicle industry first started seeing some traction around 2016, when a bunch of ambitious startups mushroomed following advances in lidar, computing and machine learning. This focus is reaping fitting rewards for startups. The industry saw a period of unprecedented acceleration in 2021, with over $8.5

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This morning marked the kickoff of VC firm 500 Global’s Fall 2022 Demo Day, which saw over a dozen startups give their best pitches to prospective investors — and customers. 500 Global, formerly branded under 500 Startups , has an accelerator that competes with YC. It’s demo day season. The moonshots.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. Note we are not including here most of the freebies offered by corporates for founders in general (as opposed to students in particular), which we list in Free Money from the Global 500 for Tech Startups.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 28, 2023

Established in 2016, the company has rapidly gained recognition for its advanced proprietary platform, expansive network, and powerful APIs, empowering companies to operate and expand locally and globally in over 150 countries. The Singaporean startup recognizes the immense potential of the global B2B cross-border payments market.

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