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. In 2016, when she was selected as a YLAI Fellow, Ashna was able to further develop her ideas, and her YLAI Reverse Exchange became a great success that grew her confidence for undertaking international projects.

entrepreneurs

AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Delve into his story as it unfolds with lessons from filmmaking, startup ventures, and the fascinating world of technology innovations and investing. “My work with startups and the ecosystem began in 2016 when I founded Startupmedia to help startups and the ecosystem tell their stories and school myself in starting/scaling businesses.

venture capital

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Today, one of the more promising hopefuls building an investing service in the UK is announcing a significant growth round after seeing a surge of attention this year in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Unlike the investors on its platform, this Series B is coming from a list of big-name strategic players and VCs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The city made major strides in 2015, and with oil and gas investors looking to profit elsewhere, more money will be flowing into the area’s startups in 2016. The post The Four Cities Every Startup Should Invest in Visiting appeared first on THE BLOG.

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TechCrunch

JULY 31, 2022

A few examples… When asked in February what differences in the landscape he saw in 2021 and if deals were much more competitive, Accel partner Ethan Choi responded: “On the investing side, deals were definitely more competitive and valuations certainly reflect that, even despite a correction in public fintech comps.”.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Well, we learn to invest exclusively in men, preferably white or Asian. . So, why invest in anyone who’s not a white or Asian male? . We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.”

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase. Here is the Google Doc where we tracked these.]

incumbents

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Splice , the New York-based, AI-infused, beat-making software service for music producers created by the founder of GroupMe, has managed to sample another $55 million in financing from investors for its wildly popular service. Steve Martocci at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2016. Image Credits: Getty Images.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Ninety-three percent of MPOWER female borrowers reported that they had no alternate means of financing their degree, versus 79 percent of MPOWER male borrowers. About MPOWER Financing MPOWER Financing, headquartered in Washington, D.C., MPOWER Financing works with more than 350 top universities and colleges across the U.S.

financing

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Broaden your view of ‘best’ to make smarter, more inclusive investments. What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Well, we learn to invest exclusively in men, preferably white or Asian. So, why invest in anyone who’s not a white or Asian male? . Katherine Boe Heuck. Contributor.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Their heightened interest is reflected not just in their demand for ESG reports but also in surging investment volumes. Data from the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance highlights a staggering 605% increase in Sustainably-Themed Investing in 2020 compared to 2016.

sustainability

TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

Africa’s fintech space has gained proper attention over the past few years in investments but it is not news that startups still battle with offering high-quality products. Today, the company is announcing that it has closed $10 million in Series A investment. Appzone is a fintech software provider.

technology

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

But two months into 2020, the pandemic did an excellent job of lowering expectations as investment activities from local and international investors slowed down. Venture capital investment in Africa predicted to reach a record high this year. It wasn’t a bad year, though. African startups nearly raised $1.5 billion and $2.8

venture capital

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Andy Stinnes , general partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners , leads early-stage investments in cloud businesses and serves as active board member and adviser, offering operational support for portfolio companies based on his 20+ years in executive roles in business software. Andy Stinnes. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

This week, I covered Zeta, a new startup working on joint finances for modern couples. Here’s what I learned : The success of Zeta hinges on the idea that people want to share their finances in an ongoing and meaningful way, and that the world of finance is ready to shift from individualism to collectivism earlier and louder.

startup

AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

million in Series A-1 financing from existing investors led by Base10 Partners, VisionTech, and Collina Ventures and its new investor IU Ventures. With the new investments, Middlesworth said they will now be able to fund more product innovations and accelerate their growth in markets that are in need of board management tools.

innovation

David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use. of venture capital deals.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The Kauffman Foundation found 47% of US tech founders held degrees in STEM while 34% held degrees in business, finance, and accounting. At Versatile VC, we particularly like investing in “dual-PhD” problems, at the intersection of multiple domains. Creator Fund is a European firm “investing in Ph.D.,

founder

TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Kenya-based agritech Apollo Agriculture , which helps farmers access high-quality farm inputs, financing and markets, plans to double the number of farmers it is serving by the end 2022 and to introduce other products that deliver more value per acre of land.

sustainability

AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 23, 2023

In 2012, it surpassed Melbourne, Australia; in 2014, it surpassed Osaka, Japan, and Sydney, Australia; in 2016, it overtook Seoul, South Korea; and in 2018, for the first time, it outranked Tokyo, Japan. The hallmark of the festival resides in its prowess to beckon luminaries from finance, technology, academia, and governmental echelons.

innovation

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Online learning platform Vedantu has raised $100 million in a new financing round and has become the latest Indian startup to become a unicorn following a year of strong growth. Families across the nation have historically invested heavily in their children’s education to advance in life. Vedantu co-founders. Image Credits: Vedantu.

education

TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

A group of former Microsoft executives and engineers — Anoop Gupta , Aravind Bala , John Tippett , Vikas Manocha — founded SeekOut in 2016. Existing backers Madrona Venture Group and Mayfield also participated in the financing, which brings SeekOut’s total funding since inception to $73 million.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Female-founded venture firms have shown strong support for female-founded startups accounting for 28% of their deal counts from 2016 to October 2021 in startups with at least one female founder. Investments are made in high-growth companies with women leaders, following their successful completion of the firm’s Expert Sift process.

venture capital

TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

The seed round follows a $620,000 angel and pre-seed round BCM raised between 2016 and 2020, bringing its total funding to over $2.9 The publication, launched in 2016, creates and curates content around African youth culture for Gen Zs and millennials within and outside Africa. But not long ago, in the mid-2010s, U.S.

media

TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Riverwood Capital, a Menlo Park-based private equity firm, and existing backer early-stage Argentina-based venture firm Kaszek also participated in the financing. The raise brings Digital House’s total funding raised to more than $80 million since its 2016 inception. How nontechnical talent can break into deep tech.

development

American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 28, 2024

With Boulevard Capital, we developed a unique offering based on our deep understanding of the industry, making funding more equitable and accessible to self-care business owners from diverse backgrounds so they can invest in their continued growth.”

capital

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 valuation.

economic environments

David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Well, we learn to invest exclusively in men, preferably white or Asian. . So, why invest in anyone who’s not a white or Asian male? . We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.”

VC

TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

Lara Lemann and Monica Saggioro of Sao Paulo–based MAYA Capital take a regional approach to investing, and their strategy is paying off. Two of those investments became unicorns — food tech company NotCo and e-commerce aggregator Merama. Most of our capital came from re-ups from our current investors,” Saggioro added.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

million Series A financing led by i2E Management Company Inc., with co-investment from OSF Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, and Dreampact Ventures. iMCI) is a private, for profit investment and fund management company operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of i2E, Inc. . – September 3, 2020 – PhotoniCare, Inc.,

investing

TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

Their backgrounds, according to Ayele, run the gamut from finance and marketing to product and technology across a range of sectors. The company has made significant strides since launching in 2016. The CEO who studied finance and investment banking in the U.S. .” It doesn’t end there. ”

capital

TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

This is the first time that has happened since the end of 2016. The only unicorn born in Q1 was Egypt-based MNT-Halan, which in early February raised $260 million in equity financing at a $1billion valuation, Mary Ann and Christine report in their look back at the first quarter of the year.

culture

TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

Embedded finance will help fill the life insurance coverage gap. There’s latent demand for life insurance currently unaddressed by much of the financial services industry, and embedded finance can be the solution. Embedded finance will help fill the life insurance coverage gap. 5 predictions for the future of e-commerce.

data validation

David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

investing

TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

Existing backers Riverwood Capital, Viking Global Investors and Sunley House Capital also participated in the financing. LAVCA — the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America — recorded a preliminary total of $2.7 billion invested across 157 transactions in Latin America for the first quarter of 2022.

capital

TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission Mini-Grid Regulation (2016) stipulates the transfer of assets and financial compensation for mini-grid operators in cases where the national grid finally connects the regions where private mini-grids are operational. Image Credits: Husk Power Systems.

energy

Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2018

We hardly invent any new technologies and don’t invest enough in research and development,” Suhail says. “I Driven by his desire to inspire progress, Suhail started planning the FALAK Unreasonable Thinking Summit (UTS) in 2016. I want to encourage more innovative thinking.”. Obviously, EO had an impact on me as well,” he says.

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