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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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 28, 2023

Sunrate offers a smart global payment and treasury management platform, enabling businesses to streamline their B2B payments and financial operations. The regulatory approval enables Sunrate to provide regulated financial services within Singapore, further bolstering its credibility and positioning in the industry.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 3, 2023

To date, the Group has raised over $700 million and secured over $1 billion in capital to support its credit book. Its ecosystem of AI-powered, credit-enabled products and services includes buy now pay later platform Atome, digital lending platform Kredit Pintar, SaaS provider ADVANCE.AI, and ecommerce merchant services platform Ginee.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

The Japan-headquartered company, which builds drone software, hardware and uncrewed aircraft traffic management software, said the new capital brings its total raised to $97 million since its inception in 2016. It declined to comment on its post-money valuation.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Since its founding in 2016, the company has raised $200 million in investment capital. The company, which employs about 200 people and is based in New Jersey and Tel Aviv, will use the new funding to start production of its inspection systems in North America and to accelerate sales growth. Ventures L.P.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 18, 2023

Hydroleap was founded in 2016 by Mohammad Sherafatmand, a Ph.D. The Singapore -based startup’s electrochemical techniques have proven highly effective in treating industrial wastewater, enabling a remarkable reduction of up to 95% in pollutants. graduate in Environmental Engineering from the National University of Singapore.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 30, 2022

As the first coworking space operator in Hong Kong to provide a truly “across space” solution for businesses, theDesk’s virtual work and collaboration platform is equipped with all essential features to support communication and collaboration, from video conferencing, presentation, screen sharing, chat to whiteboard, etc.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

“At a time of macroeconomic challenges, companies need a solution that accelerates key business processes,” Sangha told TechCrunch in an email interview. “I founded LexCheck to increase revenue by simplifying and accelerating commercial contracting processes across an entire organization.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

Working family caregivers spend an average of 25 hours a week caring for their loved ones on top of their full-time jobs, and ultimately, the current lack of support and resources drives 32% of them to leave their job to care full time. . Today, caregiver support is the most overlooked gap in healthcare and employee benefits.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2022

Growsari plans to leverage funding to accelerate its national expansion. It also equips it with credit that alleviates working capital constraints and enables entrepreneurs to grow their store operations. “We Register Philippine-based B2B E-commerce startup GrowSari has completed a raise of $77.5

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

To support this push into the U.S. “It will enable us to access a deep source of feedstock and significantly increase our production capacity.” “It will enable us to access a deep source of feedstock and significantly increase our production capacity.” Growth industry. InnovaFeed at work.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

How can you get free money and other support for your business idea? . We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. Right here.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

It will focus on deepening its offerings, including the design of new solutions, while accelerating the go-to-market strategy for its existing Wi-Fi HaLow chips and modules. Since launch in 2016, Morse Micro has focused on long-range, low-power wireless connectivity.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Launched in 2016, the startup works with a network of agents, who recruit farmers and retailers to its platform. That could be new crops that enable customers to earn more money,” said Pollak, who co-founded Apollo with Benjamin Njenga and Earl St Sauver. The agritech is scouting for growth opportunities in East and West Africa. “We

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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. The problems are more exacerbated the more pets that are added to the system, which has not grown in a way to support that,” Mawhinney added.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2022

But with an edge computing setup, the data can be processed on-site, eliminating cloud computing costs and enabling processing at greater speeds and volumes (in theory). Ouissal has a product to sell — Zededa works with customers to help manage edge devices — but he points to Zededa’s growth to support his claim.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2022

According to a 2016 survey commissioned by CyberArk, 40% of organizations store admin passwords in a Word document. “Third-party apps [are] able to work on encrypted ‘Vaultree’d’ data as if it’s decrypted, enabling unlimited, easy collaboration,” Lasmaili said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

During his time at Accra in 2016, he met Quao, a trained pharmacist in Ghana at a hackathon whereupon talking found out that their interests in medical testing overlapped. Redbird enables pharmacies in Ghana to add rapid diagnostic testing for 10 different health conditions to their pharmacy services.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

In 2016, Samsung SDS tried to sell the smart home IoT unit to Ireland-based company Allegion but they couldn’t reach an agreement, as reported. . Why it matters having Matter support for your new smart home device. Its main products include digital door locks and wall pads that connect to users’ smartphones.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

The test is taking place under a sandbox program announced back in May 2019 — directing government funding and regulatory support to R&D in the drone space — initially through virtual testing, such as of avoid and detect systems. company, the regulator said today. Under current U.K. So while (another) U.K.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Axio CEO Scott Kannry tells TechCrunch that the proceeds — which bring New York–based Axio’s total capital raised to $30 million — will be put toward product and engineering team development and supporting go-to-market functions and expanding across “key geographies.” Earlier this year, the U.S. .

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

How NuvoAir works is by combining the data from a Bluetooth-enabled spirometer that remotely monitors lung function; a sensor that attaches to asthma and COPD inhalers; and an integration with Fitbit devices. The funding will be used to accelerate the expansion of the NuvoAir digital care platform in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2021

We profiled the company at the beginning of its journey in 2016 and then again in 2017 when it raised $2 million. Apeel bites into another $250M funding round, at a $2B valuation, to accelerate fresh food supply chains. million for its marketplace enabling customers to buy food right before it goes to waste.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The London-based startup was actually founded back in 2015, launching the first version of its product in 2016 — so years before the COVID-19 pandemic struck and triggered a temporary shuttering of physical offices everywhere, followed by a slow and (still) partial reopening. 15% in the EU; 15% in APAC and 10% elsewhere.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

To Johnson, working with SoftBank means more acceleration of what the company is doing now, especially as the world has become more comfortable with remote work. Andela is also supporting the expansion to a full digital product suite and adding a more diverse set of skills to cater to its increasingly enterprise clientele, Johnson said.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The funds will be used to expand PhotoniCare’s executive team, ramp up manufacturing, execute on the company’s sales and marketing plan, fuel artificial intelligence development to enable real-time decision support for the TOMi Scope, and expand reimbursement activities and customer support.

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TechCrunch

JULY 24, 2022

Founded in 2016, New York–based Petal offers two Visa credit card products aimed at underserved consumers with little to no credit history. How many neobanks could the market really support? A new fintech has emerged with the mission of accelerating access for impact investing in private markets. xoxo Mary Ann.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

Community organizations like Shine & Rise provide support and mentorship to women who work at tech companies, and coworking spaces like Cahoots offer dedicated tech entrepreneurial spaces for the community. Gambyt is a debt-free and fully profitable company that’s been sustainably growing since its founding in 2016.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

That is really representative of this shift in consumer health behavior that will continue in a big way in many different verticals that include testing, and making things more convenient, digitally-enabled, and in the home.” The startup has now raised over $250 million to date.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. We provide revenue-based funding and business acceleration support to service-based small businesses located outside of major capital markets such as Silicon Valley and New York City.”. “We Growth support. ARR of $500K+. Get Funding.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Sesie Bonsi is the founder and CEO of Bleu , a financial technology platform focused on enabling touchless payment experiences. Make serious headway with accelerators. Accelerators allow ventures to define their products or services, quickly build networks and, most importantly, sit at tables they wouldn’t be able to on their own.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

To solve the problems of traditional electronic media, a startup in Boston, Catalog , was founded in 2016 by MIT scientists including co-founder and CEO Hyunjun Park, developing an energy efficient, cost competitive, and more secure data storage and computation platform by using synthetic DNA.

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Startup Catalyst

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The last time I had visited was mid-2016 when I was getting ready to leave QUT. QUT has been a supporter of Startup Catalyst for four years. We could see that there was value in supporting students across the university to participate in this event. Both organisations have changed significantly in that time.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The funding will be invested in Taxdoo’s growth — including international expansion– increased hiring, R&D, sales, and customer support. Taxdoo data can also be exported to a seller’s accounting system, enabling them to more easily collaborate with local tax advisors. Accel’s Harry Nelis has joined the Taxdoo board.

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Y Combinator

JULY 24, 2020

COVID-19 has accelerated the digitization of commerce globally. For better or worse, COVID-19 has accelerated e-commerce adoption among businesses in the same way it has accelerated e-commerce adoption among consumers. To do this, independent retailers will need tools to support their growth in a world that has moved online.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. Google for Startups Accelerator. Congratulations! Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Miami’s startup scene has been growing and evolving over the past 5+ years thanks to local organizations supporting entrepreneurship including, but not limited to Endeavor Miami, The Knight Foundation, The Lab, Rokk3r Labs, eMerge Americas, Miami Angels and Wyncode. Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, co-founder and managing partner, Clerisy.

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