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South Korea’s agtech startup Greenlabs raises $140M Series C to accelerate global expansion

TechCrunch

Greenlabs, founded in 2017 by Scott Sungwoo Choi, Shin and Luke Donghyun Ahn, wants to digitize the entire value chain of agriculture space from crop production to distribution with a mission to address the global food supply problem in a sustainable way. It also built smart farming software and hardware for farmers. Series B round.

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SmartRyde, a Japanese online platform for airport transfers, spurs global expansion with Series A

TechCrunch

Sota Kimura, co-founder and CEO of SmartRyde, founded SmartRyde in 2017 after he experienced trouble getting a taxi from the airport to the hotel when he traveled abroad, Kimura told TechCrunch. SmartRyde announced today it has secured a $1.6 SmartRyde announced today it has secured a $1.6 Honolulu, Las Vegas, Miami) and Japan, Kimura said.

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Neighbor raises $53M for self-storage marketplace after 5x YoY revenue growth

TechCrunch

Colton Gardner , Joseph Woodbury and Preston Alder co-founded Neighbor.com in 2017 with the mission of giving people a more accessible and personal alternative to store their belongings. . COVID has only accelerated Neighbor’s business, with revenue growing “5x” and organic reservations increasing “ 7x” year over year. “If

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25 Sources For Funding Minority Entrepreneurs

Smart Hustle Magazine

It is also a competition that provides the opportunity for start-ups to grow and has been doing so since 2017. However, do note that even BEYOND FUNDING – what’s MOST important is that you build a business that has the right team, solves the right problem, for the right customer base. These are needed for any business to grow.

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Larissa de Moura: Working Towards a World Without Borders

Impact Hub

Besides founding and leading INMI in Valencia, Spain, she is also the co-founder of ALDEA, a social organization where she develops consulting projects, training and territorial-community development through sustainability, interculturality and social innovation. . A: An explorer of new experiences.

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Aspire Impact and global leader Impact Hub to launch the Impact Startup Support program in India

Impact Hub

hundreds of incubators and accelerators, giving the impact start-up ecosystem the much-needed. incubators and accelerators, connecting them with a global peer network in 100+ cities across 60+. incubators and accelerators, connecting them with a global peer network in 100+ cities across 60+.

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Boulder Care takes in funding as its opioid telehealth program yields industry-leading retention rates

TechCrunch

Founded in 2017 by Stephanie Strong, the company has a mission to address national overdose rates, particularly with opioid and alcohol use disorders. Analysis from the White House in 2017 shows the cost of the opioid epidemic was over half a billion dollars. Stephanie Strong, CEO of Boulder Care.