HPA

MAY 5, 2023

of equity financing and $1.5 We are thrilled to lead this investment in Bloomfilter. MVP is investing in fast-growing companies building AI solutions for business process automation. The financing will allow the company to accelerate product development, customer success, and go-to-market activities.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

We named this summit after a report we wrote with Pitchbook at the end of 2021 to explore the impact of the pandemic on investment patterns. marking its highest level since 2017. To make it easier to toggle between the three, there needs to be significant policy, financing, and physical transformation.

real estate 253

real estate energy innovation transportation 253

David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. ARR of $500K+.

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investing investment SaaS financing 68

Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 22, 2018

Having someone you admire invest time and energy in your goals builds successful companies and careers. Louis, I helped found UMSL Accelerate , an entrepreneurship certificate program that’s organized and taught by practicing entrepreneurs, and grounded in the principle of experiential learning. But the rewards are boundless.

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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. The latest round brings its total funding raised to $41.4

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enablement venture capital ventures accelerator 97

Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 17, 2021

From time to time, I chart the fastest growing categories of startup investment in the US for seed through Series C. Here are 2015 , 2017 , This year, I was certain the categories would have been influenced by COVID19. The automation of QA is a secular trend that perhaps accelerated with more software engineers working from home.

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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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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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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

One such fintech is MNT-Halan , and today, the company which describes itself as “Egypt’s leading fintech ecosystem” is announcing that it has closed a $120 million investment. As MNT-Halan, it has also obtained the micro, consumer, and nano finance licenses to provide services to both businesses and consumers across Egypt.

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peer-to-peer financing finance investing 101

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. The investment is coming two years after Breadfast raised a $2 million pre-Series A round.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Founded in 2015, Long Game has built a gamified finance mobile app that aims to help people “save, learn and engage” with their finances. million raise in 2017. ” Truist/SunTrust previously acquired online lender LightStream and Service Finance , a point-of-sale software provider.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 17, 2022

Register BillEase , a buy now, pay later ( BNPL ) and consumer finance app in the Philippines, announced today that it has closed a $20-million debt facility from Lendable , an emerging market credit provider, to further accelerate the growth of its business in the Philippines. We continuously invest in building out our product.

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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.

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ventures accelerator innovation sustainability 85

Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 7, 2020

investing for growth in Oklahoma, as well as Oklahoma and Kansas angel investors. 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. 405) 813-2403.

development 52

development technology energy accelerator 52

David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2017

VCPlatform – for portfolio acceleration professionals. Revenue Based Financing Network Group. ACCELERATORS FOR EMERGING VCs. International Climate Finance Accelerator – based in Luxembourg. Coursera, e.g., Innovative Finance. Spearhead – $1m to back your angel investing. Gen Z Mafia.

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VC angel investing venture capital accelerator 83

TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2021

Tech investments in emerging markets have been in full swing over the past couple of years and their ecosystems have thrived as a result. Some of these markets like Africa, Latin America, and India, have comprehensive reports by publications and firms on trends and investments in their individual regions. Such a task is Herculean.

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investing investment financing finance 124

TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

And amid all the noise, record-setting totals, and rapid-fire dealmaking, corporate venture investors were busy, investing gobs of parent-company cash into far-smaller concerns. Corporate venture capital, or CVC for short, is the method by which wealthy businesses build their own investing arm. Sounds good? Let’s get into the data.

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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. ” Tracking real-time shipments.

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development transportation startup ventures 98

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

It also will continue to invest in developing its quantum control for quantum computing and quantum sensing for acceleration, gravity and magnetic fields, Biercuk added. The Series B financing event comes on the heels of major technical and product development recently announced by Q-CTRL. Professor Michael Biercuk.

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ventures accelerator startup enablement 77

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. Now, just six months later, the startup is announcing an additional $50 million in Series B investment. So, how is this different from BaaS?

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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. There’s also the capital that has come in to finance indoor ag companies. market with around $1.5

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accelerator health financing finance 100

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. Acrew first invested in the startup in its $10 million Series A and has been impressed with its growth over time.

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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.

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SaaS financing finance education 86

TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

Since it launched its debit cards for kids in 2017, the company has managed to set up accounts for more than 3 million parents and children, who have saved more than $120 million through the app. In January, Greenlight introduced its educational investing platform for kids — Greenlight Max. Image Credits: Greenlight.

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pitching education financing finance 77

AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The SaaS company plans to use the funds to extend its foothold in Southeast Asia and accelerate product development, which will include launching its unique payloads into Low Earth Orbit. SatSure’s expansion comes at a time when the worldwide satellite data services industry is predicted to increase at a CAGR of 22.5 percent to $45.85

SaaS 52

SaaS startup VC sustainability 52

TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

New Mountain Capital, a New York-based investment firm with more than $30 billion in assets under management, was the only institutional investor to put money in this round alongside company executives. The company was bootstrapped until a 2019 $50 million-plus debt financing.

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capital accelerator financing finance 116

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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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

TechCrunch also covered the company’s $51 million round back in 2016 and its $80 million raise from 2017.). Singh told TechCrunch that business at Druva is accelerating. And our coverage of its 2019 investment included Singh telling TechCrunch that an IPO was 12 to 18 months away. That’s quite a few.

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SaaS capital accelerator financing 99

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. Looking ahead, the company plans to use its new capital to speed up the development of its finance automation platform.

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SaaS financing finance capital 104

TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

It has acquired Splyt , a startup out of London that works with apps in areas like travel, ride-hailing and finance to help them build out “super app” strategies by integrating other services. But last year Kakao had to shelve plans to sell part of that stake to a PE firm after pushback from drivers and employees.

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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 Rise Fund led a $20 million Series B for Digital House in December 2017, marking the San Francisco-based firm’s investment in Latin America.

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development venture capital accelerator capital 90

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The former commercial chief (Product, Sales and Marketing) at PayPal, he now leads fintech investing at Matrix Partners, where he also invests in consumer marketplaces and enterprise software. We were bullish on fintech when we launched the Matrix Fintech Index in 2017, but even we underestimated the magnitude of the growth to come.

incumbents 107

incumbents VC accelerator investing 107

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. A: Tell us more!).” But Rise of the Rest is so much more.

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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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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2021

Duolingo is likely entering a period in which it will have to invest heavily in features like pronunciation, efficacy and new apps — which could come at a steep upfront cost. Improved monetization, more than acceleration in user growth, was the pandemic’s effect on Duolingo. million to 1.8 million, a gain of around 64%.

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board accelerator financing finance 97

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. CEO Omri Mor and CTO Tom Harel founded Routable in 2017 after previously working at marketplaces and recognizing the need for better internal tools for scaling business payments.

startup 90

startup financing finance VC 90

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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