2017, accelerator, capital and financing

Acrew Capital, Jeff Bezos back Colombia-based proptech La Haus’ $100M debt, equity round

TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

La Haus , which has developed an online real estate marketplace operating in Mexico and Colombia, has secured $100 million in additional funding, including $50 million in equity and $50 million in debt financing. The new capital was obtained as an extension to the company’s Series B, the first tranche of which closed in January.

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Petal nears unicorn status with fresh $140M in capital to upend ‘broken’ traditional credit system

TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Specifically, Petal offers “modern” Visa credit cards, along with a mobile app, designed to help people “responsibly” build credit and manage their finances. . Petal operated under stealth until launching its first product, and announcing its first funding, in September 2017.

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AllTrails raises $150M after Covid accelerates people’s interest in exploring the outdoors

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Following a Covid-driven boost, the popular AllTrails resource for hikers, bikers, climbers, and anyone else who enjoys the outdoors, announced today it’s raised $150 million from the growth fund of global private equity firm Permira to further accelerate its business. Image Credits: All Trails.

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Branch raises $48M from Lee Fixel’s Addition, Indeed to provide accelerated payments to workers

TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Lee Fixel’s Addition — which has also backed the likes of Flipkart, Stripe and Coinbase — led the equity financing while the credit facility was secured in the form of purchased assets from funds managed by Neuberger Berman. The raise marks Branch’s first since 2017. Lee Fixel is already raising a massive second fund.

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Nestcoin raises $6.45M pre-seed to accelerate crypto and web3 adoption in Africa and frontier markets

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The second iteration has been more around like decentralized finance and non-custodial trading of financing activities,” said Bademosi. The Connecticut-based venture capital and holding company has over 60 crypto and blockchain subsidiaries and investments across 30 countries, including LUNO, CoinDesk and Bitso.

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Moonshots, Momentum, and Legislative Tailwinds Beyond Silicon Valley

Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

marking its highest level since 2017. Despite 2022’s heel turn, the ten-year funding trend line still points to VCs concentrating less capital in the major coastal hubs and more in the rest of the country, a collective area of focus for attendees. Galileo did it first in 1609, and we’re doing it again now.”

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OpenAI will give roughly 10 AI startups $1M each and early access to its systems

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

OpenAI, the San Francisco-based lab behind AI systems like GPT-3 and DALL-E 2, today launched a new program to provide early-stage AI startups with capital and access to OpenAI tech and resources. Called Converge, the cohort will be financed by the OpenAI Startup Fund , OpenAI says. involved in developing state-of-the-art AI systems.

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EU-based digital assets platform Finoa inks $22M Series A funding led by Balderton Capital

TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

The round was led by Balderton Capital, alongside existing investors Coparion, Venture Stars and Signature Ventures, as well as an undisclosed investor. The company was founded in 2018 by Christopher May and Henrik Ebbing, but both had previously worked together at McKinsey and started working in blockchain in 2017.

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Bloomfilter Raises $7 Million Seed Round

HPA

MAY 5, 2023

of equity financing and $1.5 In addition to the capital raise, Bloomfilter announced the general availability of its platform. The financing will allow the company to accelerate product development, customer success, and go-to-market activities. The funding included $5.5M of venture debt.

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Crypto asset management platform Cobo bags $40M Series B

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Cobo , a Singapore-based crypto asset management platform, raised a $40 million Series B to accelerate the development of decentralized finance as a service (DFaaS). The round was co-led by DST Global , A&T Capital and IMO Ventures. ConsenSys raises $65M from JP Morgan, Mastercard, UBS to build infrastructure for DeFi.

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Japan’s Zeals raises $38.8M to scale its chat commerce platform

TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

JIC Venture Growth Investments led the Series E equity funding, with participation from Z Venture Capital , a venture investment arm of Z Holdings, Japan Post Capital and Salesforce Ventures. Mizuho Bank and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group also joined in its debt financing. Image Credits: Zeals.

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MotoRefi raises $10M to keep pedal on auto refinancing growth

TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

A month before the COVID-19 pandemic had spread to North America, auto fintech startup MotoRefi — newly armed with nearly $9 million in venture capital — was preparing to bring its refinancing platform to the masses. CEO Kevin Bennett, and the investors behind the company, saw the opportunity to service Americans who collectively hold $1.2

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

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. The Kauffman Foundation found 47% of US tech founders held degrees in STEM while 34% held degrees in business, finance, and accounting. 3) Accelerators. Right here. million in cash and prizes.

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Alviere lands $70M in funding to help brands offer bespoke financial products and services

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Alviere , an embedded finance startup that aims to help any brand deliver financial products and services to its customers and employees, announced today it has closed $70 million of new funding. Alviere has now raised a total of $90 million since its 2017 inception. TOA was a Cleveland, Ohio, cloud-based enterprise software company.).

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Banking giant Truist acquires fintech startup Long Game in effort to reach younger demographic

TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Truist — one of the nation’s largest financial institutions — has acquired Long Game , a 12-person fintech startup that has raised over $20 million in venture capital, executives have told TechCrunch exclusively. million raise in 2017. For one, Long Game participated in FIS’s Fintech Accelerator Program.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm. Of course a nice chunk is primary capital, i.e. for the company balance sheet, to invest in growth initiatives, security and quality, and advancing our existing strategic priorities through acceleration and de-risking.

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Google’s Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Uganda’s SafeBoda

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Before launching the fund, Google proved helpful in startups’ journeys via its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa program. The accelerator program has supported more than 80 startups in seed to Series A stages with equity-free mentorship and resources. Collectively , they have raised over $100 million in venture capital.

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Oklahoma Investors Lead $5 Million in Funding for Tulsa Battery Material Developer and Manufacturer, Ten-Nine Technologies:

Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 7, 2020

iMCI) and Ten-Nine Technologies ([link] are pleased to announce the closure of $5 million in Series A financing for new research and development facilities as well as a manufacturing plant capable of tonnage battery material production. Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund, Accelerate Oklahoma Fund, and the Oklahoma Angel Fund are each managed by iMCI.

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development technology energy accelerator

With a team that helped build the brain behind Alexa, HomeX raises $90M

TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

HomeX , a home services platform for homeowners and service providers , has raised $90 million in a funding round led by New Mountain Capital. The company was bootstrapped until a 2019 $50 million-plus debt financing. Another area of HomeX’s business that is growing rapidly is its B2B offering.

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Egyptian fintech MNT-Halan lands $120M from Apis Partners, DisrupTech and others

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The investors backing MNT-Halan include private equity firms Apis Growth Fund II, Development Partners International (DPI), and Lorax Capital Partners; VCs like Venture Partners, Endeavor Catalyst, and DisruptTech. Then in mobility, MNT-Halan provides courier, delivery, and ride-hailing services. . billion worth of loans to 1.8

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Sydney-based quantum sensing startup Q-CTRL raises $25M Series B led by Airbus Ventures

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Q-CTRL , a Sydney-based startup that provides quantum control engineering solutions, announced today it has raised a $25 million Series B led by Airbus Ventures with participation from Ridgeline Partners, Main Sequence Ventures, Horizons Ventures, SquarePeg Capital, Sierra Ventures, DCVC, Sequoia Capital China and InQTel. .

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Corporations are scrambling to get into the venture game

TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

The venture capital boom of 2021 was not built from merely traditional VC money. A host of other capital sources played a role in the global trend , from new methods of disbursing angel and seed capital to crossover funds pouring into late-stage startups. How quickly is corporate venture capital investment accelerating?

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Microcredentials for the effective VC or private equity investor

David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2017

Let’s Talk Ops , Venture Capital Operations Association – fund operations professionals. National Venture Capital Association. New York Venture Capital Association. VCPlatform – for portfolio acceleration professionals. Revenue Based Financing Network Group. ACCELERATORS FOR EMERGING VCs.

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Argentina’s Digital House raises over $50M to help solve LatAm’s tech talent shortage

TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Notably, two of the main investors are not venture capital firms but instead are two large tech companies: Latin American e-commerce giant Mercado Libre and San Francisco-based software developer Globant. The raise brings Digital House’s total funding raised to more than $80 million since its 2016 inception.

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development venture capital accelerator capital

Nordetect’s system to monitor soil and water for indoor agriculture raises seed funding

TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

million in funding from government investment firms and traditional accelerators like SOSV, with a tech that the company claims can give vertical farms a better way to monitor and manage nutrients and water quality. In late 2018 the company moved back to Denmark and raised a small amount of additional capital from SOSV and Rockstart.

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Egypt’s Breadfast wants to build ‘Gopuff for Africa and Middle East’, gets $26M backing

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

To that end, Breadfast , an online grocery delivery company that wants to become a regional leader in the sector has raised $26 million in Series A financing from an impressive group of investors. In 2017 when Breadfast launched, the more prominent companies either used marketplace or aggregator models: think Instacart and Postmates.

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China’s game engine Cocos raises $50M, goes beyond games

TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Investors include CCB Trust, a subsidiary of China Construction Bank, GGV Capital and real-time communication solution provider Agora, a long-time partner of Cocos. These revenue streams have been able to sustain Cocos, but the company is ready to accelerate growth, which is why it sought outside financing.

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mix-use education construction sustainability

Kids-focused fintech Greenlight raises $260M in a16z-led Series D, nearly doubles valuation to $2.3B

TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) led its Series D, which also included participation from return backers TTV Capital, Canapi Ventures, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, BOND, Fin VC, Goodwater Capital, as well as new investors Wellington Management, Owl Ventures and LionTree Partners. Image Credits: Greenlight.

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Ramp raises $300M at a $3.9B valuation, makes its first acquisition

TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Redpoint Ventures, Thrive Capital, D1 Capital Partners, Spark Capital, Coatue Management, Iconiq, Altimeter, Stripe, Lux Capital, A* Partners, Definition Capital and other existing backers participated in the financing. Hiring is going to be the biggest use of our capital,” Glyman told TechCrunch. .

SaaS

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Chipotle launches $50M venture fund in bid to foster new restaurant tech

TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

Chipotle says that Cultivate Next, which will be financed solely by Chipotle to start, will offer a tranche of $50 million and focus on tech companies in the “seed to Series B” stages. But not to be outdone, Chipotle’s competitors have accelerated their tech startup investing. Venture funds alone put more than $39.3

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From bootstrapped to a $417M valuation, Chile’s Buk raises $50M for its HR management platform

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

There are a few notable things about this financing. Founded in 2017 by Chileans Jaime Arrieta, Santiago Lira, Teresita Morán, Felipe Sateler and Ricardo Sateler, Buk is building a cloud-based platform that it says allows companies to manage their human resources “ end to end” — from the payment of salaries to professional development.

SaaS

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Colombia’s Merqueo bags $50M to expand its online grocery delivery service across Latin America

TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

IDC Ventures, Digital Bridge and IDB Invest co-led the round, which also included participation from MGM Innova Group, Celtic House Venture Partners, Palm Drive Capital and previous shareholders. The financing brings the Bogota, Colombia-based startup’s total raised to $85 million since its 2017 inception.

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MFS Africa leads $2.3M seed round in Ugandan fintech startup Numida

TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

Mina Shahid , Catherine Denis and Ben Best founded Numida in 2017 and capitalized on the opportunity to build one of East Africa’s first digital fintechs targeting semi-formal micro and small businesses. However, the pandemic helped in accelerating this model, and with this new investment, Numida is poised to grow further.

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Druva raises $147M at a valuation north of $2B as the cloud rush continues

TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

Druva , a software company that sells cloud data backup services, announced today that it has closed a $147 million round of capital. Prior investors including Atreides Management and Viking Global Investors put capital into the deal, as well. In that context, it’s not surprising to see Druva put together a new capital round.

SaaS

SaaS capital accelerator financing

Tive, a startup developing supply chain visibility tools, raises $54M

TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Tive today announced that it raised $54 million in a Series B financing round led by AXA Venture Partners with participation from Sorenson Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Fifth Wall, SJF Ventures and Floating Point Ventures, which CEO Krenar Komoni attributes to the company’s growth over the past year.

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development transportation startup ventures

Proving that banking as a service is hotter than ever, Treasury Prime raises $40M Series C

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Unlike many fast-growing fintech startups, Treasury Prime has paced itself when it comes to raising venture capital — today announcing a $40 million Series C funding round led by new investor BAM Elevate. Banc Funds and Invicta also participated in the financing, along with existing backers Deciens, QED and SaaStr.

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noissue raises $10M Series A to expand its global sustainable packaging platform

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

On Wednesday, the startup announced the close of a $10 million Series A financing round led by Felix Capital. ” Founded in 2017, noissue now serves more than 80,000 customers after growing 200% across North America during the pandemic. Noissue, which mainly operates in the U.S.,

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Introducing Revolution’s Second Rise of the Rest Seed Fund

Revolution

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Because the more cities we visited, the more we became convinced that there were amazing companies scaling in these cities led by dedicated and diverse founders who, despite the viability of their ideas, were struggling to raise the necessary capital to accelerate their businesses.

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Snapcommerce raises $85M to make over your mobile shopping experience

TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

Inovia Capital and Lion Capital co-led the new growth round, which included participation from Acrew DCF, Thayer Ventures and Full In Partners, as well as existing backers Telstra Ventures and Bee Partners. The financing brings Snapcommerce’s total raised since its 2016 inception to over $100 million.

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Kayak co-leads Life House’s $60M Series C to ‘reimagine’ the hotel experience

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Life House , a boutique hotel brand that has built software aimed at helping independent hotel owners and operators, has raised $60 million in a Series C round of funding co-led by new investors Kayak and Inovia Capital. “Our investment will help accelerate innovation and the expansion of Kayak’s hotel initiatives,” said Hafner. “We

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

So you’re interested in raising capital from a Revenue-Based Investor VC. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. Alternative Capital. “

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Altman brothers lead B2B payment startup Routable’s $30M Series B

TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

We all know the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital adoption in a number of areas, particularly in the financial services space. Unlike most raises, Routable didn’t raise the capital from a bunch of VC firms. They went through a Y Combinator batch and embarked on a process of interviewing hundreds of CFOs and finance leaders.

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Turtles and Flywheels, an Update

Founders Coop

AUGUST 7, 2018

As I mentioned in my talk, we had made just 40 investments at Founders’ Co-op then, and those companies had raised a relatively modest $140 million in follow-on capital. With three tech IPOs in 2018 alone, our market is adding new anchor tenants at an accelerating rate. Fast forward five years.

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Even well-funded fintech companies are laying off workers

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The company had raised $43 million in funding from investors such as Foundation Capital, QED Investors and Maverick Ventures, according to Silicon Hills. Other backers include Greyhound Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund and Point72 Ventures. Multiple news outlets reported that Thrive Capital is said to be leading a $2.5

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Acrew Capital, Jeff Bezos back Colombia-based proptech La Haus’ $100M debt, equity round

Petal nears unicorn status with fresh $140M in capital to upend ‘broken’ traditional credit system

Trending Sources

AllTrails raises $150M after Covid accelerates people’s interest in exploring the outdoors

Branch raises $48M from Lee Fixel’s Addition, Indeed to provide accelerated payments to workers

Nestcoin raises $6.45M pre-seed to accelerate crypto and web3 adoption in Africa and frontier markets

Moonshots, Momentum, and Legislative Tailwinds Beyond Silicon Valley

OpenAI will give roughly 10 AI startups $1M each and early access to its systems

EU-based digital assets platform Finoa inks $22M Series A funding led by Balderton Capital

Bloomfilter Raises $7 Million Seed Round

Crypto asset management platform Cobo bags $40M Series B

Japan’s Zeals raises $38.8M to scale its chat commerce platform

MotoRefi raises $10M to keep pedal on auto refinancing growth

Free Money for Student Tech Founders

Alviere lands $70M in funding to help brands offer bespoke financial products and services

Banking giant Truist acquires fintech startup Long Game in effort to reach younger demographic

WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

Google’s Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Uganda’s SafeBoda

Oklahoma Investors Lead $5 Million in Funding for Tulsa Battery Material Developer and Manufacturer, Ten-Nine Technologies:

With a team that helped build the brain behind Alexa, HomeX raises $90M

Egyptian fintech MNT-Halan lands $120M from Apis Partners, DisrupTech and others

Sydney-based quantum sensing startup Q-CTRL raises $25M Series B led by Airbus Ventures

Corporations are scrambling to get into the venture game

Microcredentials for the effective VC or private equity investor

Argentina’s Digital House raises over $50M to help solve LatAm’s tech talent shortage

Nordetect’s system to monitor soil and water for indoor agriculture raises seed funding

Egypt’s Breadfast wants to build ‘Gopuff for Africa and Middle East’, gets $26M backing

China’s game engine Cocos raises $50M, goes beyond games

Kids-focused fintech Greenlight raises $260M in a16z-led Series D, nearly doubles valuation to $2.3B

Ramp raises $300M at a $3.9B valuation, makes its first acquisition

Chipotle launches $50M venture fund in bid to foster new restaurant tech

From bootstrapped to a $417M valuation, Chile’s Buk raises $50M for its HR management platform

Colombia’s Merqueo bags $50M to expand its online grocery delivery service across Latin America

MFS Africa leads $2.3M seed round in Ugandan fintech startup Numida

Druva raises $147M at a valuation north of $2B as the cloud rush continues

Tive, a startup developing supply chain visibility tools, raises $54M

Proving that banking as a service is hotter than ever, Treasury Prime raises $40M Series C

noissue raises $10M Series A to expand its global sustainable packaging platform

Introducing Revolution’s Second Rise of the Rest Seed Fund

Snapcommerce raises $85M to make over your mobile shopping experience

Kayak co-leads Life House’s $60M Series C to ‘reimagine’ the hotel experience

Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

Altman brothers lead B2B payment startup Routable’s $30M Series B

Turtles and Flywheels, an Update

Even well-funded fintech companies are laying off workers

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