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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FundersClub

JUNE 1, 2017

" GO1 , the world’s largest onboarding, compliance and professional development platform, expands their user base by more than 2,000% to 10 million following their Totara partnership in " GO1.com com grows user base by more than 2,000% to 10 million via Totara partnership. " Parse.ly

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

The crypto market is showing no signs of slowing down as funds and investors alike continue to deploy massive amounts of capital into the ecosystem. Today’s evidence of the trend: Dragonfly Capital, a crypto-centered investment firm, closed its third venture fund for $650 million, the firm’s managing partner, Haseeb Qureshi, told TechCrunch.

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FundersClub

JUNE 30, 2017

" Lingokids , a developer of language-learning services for early childhood, raises $4 million in new funding, and Wonderschool , a network of boutique early childhood programs, raises $2 million in " K-12 Dealmaking: Hero K12 Takes In $150 Million; Lingokids Raises $4 Million. part 1 of 2). " Founder and Operator Thoughts.

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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.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2021

Investment app StashAway has raised a $25 million Series D led by Sequoia Capital India, with participation from returning investors Eight Roads Ventures and Square Peg. After regulatory approvals for the funding are completed, Sequoia Capital India managing director Abheek Anand will join StashAway’s board of directors as part of the round.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

Botpress , a Montreal-based early stage startup, wants to make it easier for developers to build conversational-based apps, meaning humans interact with the app by speaking instead of typing, clicking or tapping. Today it announced an $15 million Series A from Decibel and Inovia Capital.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In 2017, we partnered with iconic leaders in American business to turn the thesis we developed on the road — that great companies can start and scale anywhere when given a chance — into an investment vehicle. Specifically: Founder : The team possesses the necessary skills, temperament, and experience to execute the startup’s vision.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Founded in 2010, Coupang is sometimes described as the Amazon of South Korea, but for years it has managed the impressive feat of achieving an even higher dollar retention rate than Amazon, according to a report by Goodwater Capital. Coupang consumer research by Goodwater Capital. Later cohorts have already improved on that.

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FundersClub

JUNE 22, 2017

" Rainforest QA launches a new service that aims to use machine learning and crowdsourcing to help developers make better apps in " Rainforest QA taps AI to augment human-powered app testing.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

But it seems now the United States is the one seeing talent fleeing to other parts of the world, at least as far as blockchain developers are concerned. The number of blockchain developers in the U.S. has declined every year since 2017, according to a recent report by Electric Capital. According to the report, the U.S.’

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 7, 2020

Ten-Nine Technologies to onboard engineering and management talent, develop prototypes, and build production facilities to supply a leading battery manufacturer – major funding provided by i2E Management Company, Inc., Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund, Accelerate Oklahoma Fund, and the Oklahoma Angel Fund are each managed by iMCI.

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FundersClub

JUNE 8, 2017

Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures dives into how figuring out how to become an apprentice is key to developing great judgement in " Apprenticeship. " Investor Thoughts.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Part of the newly raised capital will be spent on growing ADDX Advantage, the company’s wealth management platform that was launched early this year for private banks, brokerages and family offices, and for the firm’s global expansion, which include plans to enter more markets both by working with partners and by obtaining new licenses.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

Botpress , a Montreal-based early stage startup, wants to make it easier for developers to build conversational-based apps, meaning humans interact with the app by speaking instead of typing, clicking or tapping. Today it announced an $8 million Series A from Decibel and Inovia Capital.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2021

It developed software that automates meeting workflows and makes nearly any kind of conversation more actionable. It also will invest in product development so the tool provides a good user experience that has low friction. And, it will also continue developing its AI assistant and its integrations into a company’s existing systems.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In November 2022, the “ Five-Year Startup Development Plan” was unveiled, leading to increased investments from venture capitalists, business corporations, and corporate venture capital entities (CVCs). billion yen from 2017 to August of the current year. While the U.S. Crowdfunding activity in Japan generated 12.4

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

million Series A round led by Balderton Capital. Existing investors NFX, Galaxy Digital, Seedcamp and Firstminute Capital also participated, alongside angel investors including Taavet Hinrikus (Wise) and Francesco Simoneschi (TrueLayer), and the investment will see Balderton’s General Partner Rana Yared join the Ramp board.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A-Frame , a Los Angeles-based developer of personal care brands supported by celebrities, has raised $2 million in a new round of funding led by Initialized Capital. ” So far, the company has worked with CAA, UTA and WME on all of the brands in development, Bloom said. Howard, the chief executive of Irving Place Capital.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Damaris, a 2017 YLAI Fellow, is working hard to combine her love for her home country of Nicaragua and her love of tourism to give back to those in her country, providing employment and education opportunities across her community. I cannot change the world, but I can contribute to make it a better place to live.”.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

Lux Capital is leading the round, with Sequoia and Coatue investing in the company for the first time. These investors include Addition, Betaworks, AIX Ventures, Cygni Capital, Kevin Durant and Olivier Pomel. When I first covered the company in 2017, the startup was focused on a consumer app.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The “Start” Track: Geared towards entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas, this track offers a starting capital of $50,000 SGD by Enterprise Singapore and support from an Accredited Mentor Partner (AMP) of the entrepreneur’s choice. The applicant is required to possess a minimum of 30% shares in the company.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Nayleen, a 2017 YLAI fellow, is from a small rural village in the province of Los Santos, Panama. While Nayleen moved to Panama City to develop her future career in marketing and branding, her heart was still in Los Santos. By Elise Kemp. Growing up, Nayleen Quintero was surrounded and nurtured by Panamanian folklore.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 7, 2023

The Tokyo-based robotics startup has further strengthened its funding with investments from KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Airbus Ventures, Monoful Venture Partners, and new investors, including Globis Capital Partners and HH-CTBC Partnership. This additional funding brings Telexistence ‘s total funding to over $190 million (27.5

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

million in a Series A funding round led by IQ Capital with participation from Hanover Digital Investments (HDI) GmbH and B8 Ventures. Launched in 2017, the company was founded by cyber resilience and intelligence expert, Oz Alashe MBE , a former lieutenant colonel in the British army and U.K. special forces. Image Credits: CybSafe.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 10, 2023

Register Venture capital platform Antler has recently unveiled its Antler ONDC , an Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)-focused venture platform in India. Antler ONDC serves as a resource hub and expert network for founders who are developing projects within the realm of digital commerce.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

” Unlearn was founded in 2017 by Fisher, Aaron Smith and Jon Walsh — all physicists by training. . ” Unlearn was founded in 2017 by Fisher, Aaron Smith and Jon Walsh — all physicists by training. ” With the new capital, which brings Unlearn’s total raised to date to $69.85

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HPA

MAY 5, 2023

Bloomfilter is a process intelligence platform for software development , designed to measure and improve the software development lifecycle. The platform helps organizations develop a shared understanding of what the product team is building, when it will be delivered, and how much it costs. “We The funding included $5.5M

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 10, 2018

In December 2017, the amount raised in ICOs nearly equaled the amount raised by Series A investments globally. But the ability to access huge amounts of capital at a similarly nascent stage is identical. Without that capital backing, the rollout would have taken much longer. Today, the protocol must be detailed in a white paper.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 16, 2021

Joining us onstage as a judge for TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 ‘s Startup Battlefield will be Yasmin Razavi, general partner at Spark Capital. Razavi invests in growth-stage enterprise, fintech and developer companies, but her background is until fairly recently an engineering-focused one.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 28, 2024

“Startup 302’s mission to support founders from underrepresented backgrounds is such an important one, and this year’s finalists not only further enhance the wellspring of innovation developing in Delaware but offer technologies and solutions that truly will make the world a better place.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 21, 2023

Kent has more than 35 years of experience providing advisory services to executive-level management and is one of the first certified conscious capitalism consultants in the world. By 2017, the majority of employees reported significant improvements in how they were treated, a stark contrast from their response in 2015.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Today, mobile DevOps company Bitrise announced it secured $60 million in Series C funding, led by Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors Partech, Open Ocean, Zobito, Fiedler Capital and Y Combinator. million Series A round back in 2017, but it also raised $20 million in Series B funding in 2019.

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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. involved in developing state-of-the-art AI systems. Called Converge, the cohort will be financed by the OpenAI Startup Fund , OpenAI says.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

Smile Identity , a KYC compliance and ID verification partner for many African fintechs and businesses, has acquired Inclusive Innovations, the parent company of Appruve , a Ghanaian developer of identity verification software.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

billion the week it was supposed to go public in 2017. The fact the numbers are the same was not lost on Bansal, and in fact the Cisco deal closed at the end of March in 2017, almost exactly five years ago. “We want to build the tools for developers to be much more efficient. This feels like the beginning of the road.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

This influx of capital strenghtens Utu’s expansion endeavors, a notable highlight being its recent acquisition of CardsPal , a fintech firm based in Singapore focusing on personalized deals and promotions. Ares Management’s Strategic Acquisition of Crescent Point Capital In June, U.S.-based

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