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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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

Ashna Mahepal, founder of Young Help Suriname (YHS) , is a member of the YLAI Network and 2016 YLAI Fellow. Starting as a project manager with a background in engineering, Ashna launched YHS to develop and implement community projects supporting the U.N. Do you think your mindset has anything to do with your success? Absolutely!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Entrepreneurship is difficult in any part of the world, but entrepreneurs in developing nations face an especially steep uphill climb. EO supports the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, tapping the genius and problem-solving abilities of its more than 13,500 entrepreneurs to help solve the world’s ongoing challenges.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2021

So Full Harvest got busy developing some technology that includes a spot marketplace with a matching algorithm and visibility so that buyers could see what suppliers had available. We profiled the company at the beginning of its journey in 2016 and then again in 2017 when it raised $2 million. The company raised an additional $8.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

Since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2016, the bank has financed more than $430 billion worth of fossil fuel projects, according to the most recent Banking on Climate Chaos report , far exceeding its peers. This is an extraordinarily large and attractive place to deploy capital,” Van Horne, a managing partner at JPMorgan, told TechCrunch+.

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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. It declined to comment on its post-money valuation.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

billion in follow-on capital raised. First, Cheque@Jungle takes a pioneering approach to early-stage investments with a unique capital allocation structure, ensuring that startups can access appropriately sized funding while minimizing early-stage equity dilution. Over the years, it has consistently grown in size and impact.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 2, 2016

Which of the 16 major start of categories in information technology will reap disproportionate share of investment dollars in 2016? Cloud computing, which encompasses the infrastructure products used by developers to build services, has remained flat at 4% over the past five years despite some recent declines in 2013 and 2014.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

While countless companies are developing alternative and more sustainable ways for humans to get their protein fixes such as through lab-grown meat , others are tackling the underlying problem from a different angle by exploring new ways of fostering the traditional meat and fish populace through insect protein. Growth industry.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

Swedish battery developer and manufacturer Northvolt AB has raised $2.75 billion in capital as it prepares to ramp up to an annual production capacity of 150 GWh in Europe by 2030. billion since the company was founded in 2016. Giving EV batteries a second life for sustainability and profit.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

The startup developed an auto refinancing platform that handles the entire loan process, including finding the best rates, paying off the old lender and re-titling the vehicle. Goldman Sach’s VP of venture capital and growth equity Jade Mandel has joined MotoRefi’s board. Its workforce has now popped to 250 employees.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Other investors that participated in the round include Tiantu Capital, SIG (Susquehanna International Group), and Kuaishou. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Shanghai, VSPN was one of the early pioneers in esports tournament organization and content creation out of Asia. Dino Ying, VSPN CEO.

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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. We are also continuing to develop products that deliver more value per acre. Apollo uses the satellite imagery data of farms and AI to rate the credit-worthiness of farmers.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

The company works primarily with small fisheries (or ones that have boats with about one to two metric tonnes of capacity) and focuses on sustainability, helping suppliers adhere to the United Nations Goal 14’s targets. The second was access to working capital. The first one was market access and getting fair prices for seafood.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In 2016, Andrew Hoag, formerly a senior manager at Verisign and a web project lead at NASA’s Ames Research Center, founded Teampay , a platform that attempts to automate the software purchasing process for companies. Today, Teampay has hundreds of customers and significant venture capital financing behind it. billion in 2021.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Wallapop has confirmed that the funding is coming at a valuation of €690 million ($840 million) — a significant jump on the $570 million valuations sources close to the company gave us in 2016. By 2016, Wallapop was merging with a rival, LetGo , as part of a bigger strategy to crack the U.S. market (with more capital in tow).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2021

Swedish autonomous electric vehicle startup Einride is aiming to continue the momentum sparked by partnerships with Oatly and Lidl by seeking additional capital, TechCrunch has learned. . capital markets by storm led, in part, by startups focused on the electrification of mobility. billion investment announced in 2019.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

” So in 2016, Conlon and Broe co-launched Overhaul , which provides visibility software that attempts to anticipate and mitigate freight shipping delays. Tive , a startup developing supply chain visibility tools, raised $54 million last April. Overhaul’s monitoring dashboard.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

I knew that I should come to a position that help to increase the sustainability and evolution of the ecosystem. I am a professor in entrepreneurship and educate students to this reflection and contribute to the development of an entrepreneurial culture and mindset. This is some contribution but not enough. Theodoraki, C. Messeghem K.,

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

The news also comes off the back of the launch of Google’s first product development center on the continent, in Nairobi, Kenya, the city where Lori Systems first launched. Lori, in a statement, said it has helped thousands of shippers and carriers move over $10 billion worth of cargo across the continent since launching in 2016.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

million Series B round, bringing its total capital investment to $77.7 “That’s the only way to run both a sustainable business as well as a responsible service in a city in the long run.” “That’s the only way to run both a sustainable business as well as a responsible service in a city in the long run.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Small businesses are the backbone of Southeast Asia’s economy, but many struggle to secure working capital loans because they don’t have traditional credit records or collateral, say the founders of Funding Societies. TechCrunch first covered Funding Societies when it raised its Series A in 2016. billion in GDP, and 350,000 jobs.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

based Endure Capital, which is backed by British International Investment (formerly CDC Group), the development finance institution of the U.K. Participating investors include Cathexis Ventures, Loftyinc Capital, Khawarizmi Ventures and several unnamed angel investors. The round, a combination of debt and equity, was led by U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Now, the company has a new name, Supplant, and $24 million in venture capital financing to start commercializing its low-cost sugar substitute made from the waste materials of other plants. “Sugar is a massive consumer of water and in contrast, there’s big sustainability pitch for what we do. ” Next steps.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Participants ran the gamut from fintech and sustainability to edtech and developer tools, and several stood out from the rest of the pack. But the company, which was founded in 2016, has raised $2.4 million in capital to date and claims to have customers including Shu Uemura, in which L’Oréal owns a majority stake.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

While leagues behind fintech as a whole, insurtech startups have still attracted a significant amount of investment over the last few years — $43 billion between 2016 and 2022, according to a recent report. How does the insurtech landscape in emerging markets compare to developed markets? These companies will struggle to survive.”

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Impact Hub

JANUARY 23, 2020

As one of the first spaces to open in North America by joining the Impact Hub network in 2009, Impact Hub San Francisco has had significant impact in their community including housing and supporting the Social Capital Markets Conference (SOCAP) in its early years.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

His leadership at Proterra was first and foremost about increasing access to affordable, sustainable solutions and shaping a zero-emission transportation future for the benefit of our planet and the health of our communities. His work as a partner at and Kleiner Perkins was dedicated to leading the sustainable transformation of industries.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

China through its mining companies and battery manufacturers is currently in the lead , thanks to a years-long push to control both the supply of lithium and develop massive new manufacturing capacity to meet global demand. Meanwhile, privately-held and venture-backed startups are developing other recycling solutions.

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TechCrunch

JULY 31, 2022

Now, in a rising interest rate environment, investors across stages are valuing companies based on fundamentals and prioritizing capital-efficient growth, while looking more closely at public market comps for valuation guidance.”. “We are rewriting the rules for homeownership,” says Ready Life CEO Ashley D.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Innovators Hernann Zabala Naoumov, 2018 YLAI Fellow, and Antonio Mendoza, 2016 YLAI Fellow, co-founded EnerGea , a social enterprise aimed at increasing energy efficiency and reducing pollution and energy consumption through sustainable technology. Educating against waste management. Courtesy of Antonio Mendoza.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The company which secured around $30 million in total with its last priced round (Series E) in January 2016, plans to raise less or a similar amount when going public in 2022. To be honest, $10 million to $15 million will be for corporate development; the rest will be secondaries for shareholders. “We don’t need more.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The company publicly debuted as a SPAC company in July last year after merging with Churchill Capital IV. For its part, working with Lucid helps Saudi Arabia’s goal of transforming and diversifying its economy by developing sustainable energy and transportation. The company’s value has had a turbulent day.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

When they were ready to scale their commercial operations in 2016, Udesh Jadanansing and his team decided to raise a seed round. Udesh understood there was an opportunity for growth, the demand is there, but the financial resources to capitalize on it are not. Over the next couple of years, they continued to scale successfully.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In 2016, we were acquired by Oracle. Advisory as a Service — we help any company, through both self-service and full-service engagements, in four key areas: Corporate Strategy and FP&A Product Strategy and Development Brand Strategy and Marketing Communications Go-to-Market Strategy and Revenue Operations You can learn more here.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JUNE 25, 2019

For the past seven years, TBFP has been self-sustaining, but that money is finally running out. In a recent “Heartland Study,” published by the Brookings Institute and the Walton Family Foundation, Oklahoma is ranked fourth from the bottom in research and development spending among “heartland states.”.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Perhaps the first year of the pandemic was simply the final straw for so many companies that were already treading water — or maybe an influx of capital sources has kept heads above water. Abundant Robotics (2016-2021). Developing radical new technology is inherently risky, but that doesn’t make breaking this news any easier.”.

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