Startup Lawyer

MAY 16, 2016

Tech Wildcatters, the original Dallas accelerator, is hosting their first pitch day of 2016 on May 26th at the House of Blues in Dallas.

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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? Startups building analytics products command roughly 10% of both seed and series A dollars. This may be a breakout category in 2016 for Series A investments. of the market in 2010 to more than 7.5%

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

Apple has quietly acquired a Mountain View-based startup, WaveOne , that was developing AI algorithms for compressing video. ” WaveOne was founded in 2016 by Lubomir Bourdev and Oren Rippel, who set out to take the decades-old paradigm of video codecs and make them AI-powered.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

Amazon’s first foray into the world of accelerator programs, designed to help early-stage startups build and launch, was focused on conversational AI back in 2016. Announced today, AWS has created a 10-week program for generative AI startups around the globe. There’s also a Demo Day in San Francisco at the end of the program.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Even in a non-hell year, running a successful startup is a tremendous lift. It’s not a fun task, but it seems worthwhile to commemorate the startups that have closed up shop over the past 12 months. The startup even returned some of its $75.5 HubHaus (2016-2020). We’ve put this list together for several years now.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 20, 2016

2016 was a year of change for SaaS, and most of the story was the public market. The Hottest Startup Sectors In 2016 - published on January 3rd, this post reviewed the patterns of investment in startups, and in particular, the sectors where investors were increasing their investment the fastest.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 31, 2016

2016 is off to a slower start than 2015. billion in Q1 2016, a decline of about 17%. Nevertheless, Q1 2016 activity exceeded Q1 2014. However, that contraction effects only a small number of startups. The first quarter in 2016 has been the hardest quarter to raise a seed round in the past five years.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

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. In 2015, the three co-founders launched Kangpe, a telemedicine-focused startup in Nigeria with a “doctor in your pocket” slogan.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

2016 YLAI Fellow Marco Mendieta works hard to develop the small-business community of Ecuador and regenerate the economy following the country’s devastating earthquake of 2016. Learn how other #YLAIStrong entrepreneurs are building their resilience and strengthening their businesses in the face of adversity.

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For Entrepreneurs

OCTOBER 17, 2016

For the fifth year in a row, we’re proud to work with Pacific Crest Securities, a SaaS-focused investment banking firm, to share results from a survey of 336 SaaS companies. The survey represents deep benchmarking data and insights on growth and operation of SaaS companies.

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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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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 27, 2023

Register Asia is a significant market for startups due to its large and diverse population, as well as its rapidly growing economies. South Korea’s largest accelerator program– the K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) is the unique opportunity for global startups to enter the flourishing market of Asia.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Register Singapore’s Jungle Ventures has announced the launch of First Cheque@Jungle , a new program aimed at investing in startups during their pre-seed and seed stages. The First Cheque program plans to leverage the expertise of experienced founders from Jungle Ventures’ current and former portfolio startups.

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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

MAY 17, 2023

Venture capital (VC) firm Lifeline Ventures today announced a fresh €150 million ($163 million) fund aimed at early-stage startups across Finland. billion for a majority stake in 2016. billion for a majority stake in 2016. “We’re still seeing lots of startups being founded, in Finland specifically. .

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 23, 2024

While the funding decline adversely impacted fintech startups, the U.S. gained a larger share of the sector with 41% of 2023 deals, the highest since 2016. The numbers reveal the steep funding drop-off for fintech startups. Globally, fintech funding was down 50% year over year to $39.2 billion and Metropolis with $1 billion.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

As startup funding increases around the world, The Exchange has poked its head into markets as far-flung as Southeast Asia , Europe , Africa , Latin America and elsewhere. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Wherever we looked, we’ve found venture capital flowing in record quantities.

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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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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Since 2016, the average public software witnessed its sales efficiency winnowed from 52% to 47%, a decline of about 10%. Third, those lows touch the highs of the next rung down; i.e., the current levels of the 75th percentile companies’ sales efficiency is equal to the 50th percentile companies in 2016. What happened?

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

In the fourth industrial revolution era, having succeeded as an economic powerhouse with a technological edge in manufacturing and industries led by large corporations, South Korea is now fostering disruptive innovation through startups. The country strives to create a balance between industrial conglomerates and the startup ecosystem.

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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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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. Every startup will face ups and downs and uncertainties.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 14, 2016

2015 is the end of an era, the era of startup growth at any cost. In 2016, the question that will immediately follow, “What is your annual growth rate?” ” This change in investor mentality is catalyzed by the increasing cost of startup capital. ” will be “What are your unit economics?”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

Amid a recent tear in residential real estate investment, venture capitalists are looking to get a piece of homebuying startup Flyhomes. The five-year-old startup announced today that they’ve closed a $150 million Series C round co-led by Norwest Venture Partners and Battery Ventures.

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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Schwarz Group , an EU-based retail company, announced today that it has acquired Israeli security startup XM Cyber for $700 million. XM Cyber was founded in 2016 and raised $49 million, according to Crunchbase data. Time will tell on that front. The most recent deal was a $17 million Series B in July led by Macquarie Capital.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

About $1B has been invested in early stage SaaS startups as of November 1. Over the last nine months, marketing startups have raised more dollars in aggregate than any other segment. Operations teams following second, with human resources focused startups in third. Notably, sales startups raised the least amount of capital.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2023

Mozilla announced today that it has acquired Fakespot , a startup that offers a website and browser extension that helps users identify fake or unreliable reviews. Today’s announcement comes a few weeks after Mozilla launched an AI-focused startup called Mozilla.ai. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 15, 2023

Ayo Indonesia was established in 2016 by a team comprising Samuel Hadeli Lie, Raimundus Johannes, and Agustian Hermanto. The post Olympic Gold Medalist Greysia Polii Invests in Jakarta-based Sports Tech Startup Ayo Indonesia first appeared on AsiaTechDaily - Asia's Leading Tech and Startup Media Platform.

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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. Thumbtack , a marketplace where you can hire local professionals for home improvement and other services, is announcing that it has acquired Setter.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

With a focus on Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Mexico and India, selected startups receive £80,000 (~$100,000) in grant capital, six months of support and connections with follow-on investors. However, the selected six startups this year are from Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. Here are the startups in the 8th cohort.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2023

Roojai, which was launched in 2016 and offers a fully digitised and frictionless insurance buying experience, expanded into Indonesia in early 2022 following the success of its motor insurance business in Thailand. The round comprised a $32 million direct injection into Roojai and a $10 million secondary share transaction.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2021

That compares to revenue of $100 million in 2016. Offerpad also says it has had “positive per-home contribution margins” since 2016. . Earlier this month, real estate tech startup Doma, formerly known as States Title , announced it would go public through a merger with SPAC Capitol Investment Corp. billion in 2020.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Having a startup was more like an imagination. Very few of us could establish a legal entity and start working on a startup in a real environment. A year before starting my first company, my cofounders and I were pitching our startup to every startup competitions we knew about. That was our first mistake. It changes you.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 29, 2024

Futureverse was established in 2016 by Aaron McDonald and Shara Senderoff, and in […] Born Ready, a venture capital fund focused on Web3 initiatives has partnered with Catalyze Research to introduce the Catalyze Futureverse Ecosystem Fund.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Truebill , a startup offering a variety of tools to help users take control of their finances, announced today that it has raised $17 million in Series C funding. When I first wrote about the startup in 2016 , it was focused on helping users track and cancel unwanted subscriptions.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 28, 2021

The Ben Franklin program has been investing in tech startups and small manufacturers for nearly 40 years. Launched in the summer of 2016 as a subscription cloud-based teacher platform, it offers easy to use curriculum, materials, and training. Visit [link]. www.accountabilitytech.com. www.teamology.team. www.waveclear.tech. .

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