StartupNation

OCTOBER 3, 2021

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and nationwide protests, venture capital firms are making newfound commitments to invest in, or at least evaluate, potential investments that are led by diverse founders. So, what exactly do those action steps look like? So, what exactly do those action steps look like? Sourcing deals.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Consequently, the Bay Area experienced a surge, capturing over one-third of all early-stage venture funding in the U.S., marking its highest level since 2017. The takeaways: It’s a hard time to raise and deploy capital, but what you can manage in today’s market will be advantageous for years to come. Seed- and Early-Stage U.S,

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The global financial services firm narrowed its selection down to 25 companies for its I nclusive Ventures Lab. Each year since the Inclusive Ventures Lab’s launch in 2017, we have expanded our efforts to ensure that more entrepreneurs around the world can succeed – and this year is no different,” sums up Bueno.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Register Established in 2016 and headquartered in New York, SoGal Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated to early-stage investments in diverse founding teams, operating in both the United States and Asia. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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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. Plastomics: St. Louis, MO St. Tania Seger, CEO of Plastomics , leads a company born of deep AgTech expertise in the region.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Snoop Dogg, rocked the stage at Sunday’s Super Bowl, and now his Casa Verde Capital team is pumping new funds into Frankfurt-based Cansativa Group , touted as the “largest medical cannabis distributor” in Germany. Calvin Broadus, a.k.a. This investment is the largest investment in Germany and in Europe to date, according to the firm.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

For example, voice-powered ecommerce reached approximately $2 billion in 2017 and Gartner predicts that about 30% of web browsing will happen via voice (and without a screen) by 2020. Dozens of healthcare-focused voice tech startups have popped up in the last few years which are backed by top tier venture funds. Here’s a look at it:

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 21, 2017

A post shared by Charlie O'Donnell (@ceonyc) on Dec 20, 2017 at 8:06am PST When you're Ample Hills Creamery , the #1 rated ice cream shop in the country you can pretty much throw everything you've been told about fundraising out the window. Adam Struck brought on significant additional capital from his network.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

with $15 million to Prove It The venture capital world has started firing up a few cylinders again and looking for businesses that it believes will help us all succeed in ways that resonate with new ways of working as we begin to return to work. Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

In February of 2017, Susan Fowler’s description of the pervasive cultural issues at Uber, after the company’s abject failure to address her sexual harassment complaints properly, finally broke through in a way that garnered the tech community’s appropriate attention. It makes me want to quit venture capital entirely.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

My version of the Canadian dream involved capitalizing on the inclusivity of Canadian life,” said Lennert. Ever the adventurer, Lennert soon left Toronto’s advertising scene, at which point his new venture really took off. The venture quickly scaled beyond its initial vision. He contemplated hanging up his wetsuit once again.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Avena, a 2017 YLAI Fellow, also offers advice for future entrepreneurs. Avena noticed the large-scale unemployment throughout Dominica, and her concerns were confirmed by the Central Development Bank in 2017 when Dominica was listed as one of the Caribbean countries with the highest unemployment rates.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The startup raised a total of $107 million from investors, including Highland Capital Partners, White Star Capital, Insight Venture Partners and Nestlé itself, which led the Series C in 2017. “It’s an evolution brought on by the pandemic but taking hold for the long term. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Collectively , they have raised over $100 million in venture capital. Fintech startups and those from Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt and South Africa get looked at the most by venture capitalists. Google also recently launched Black Founders Fund, a non-dilutive $3 million fund allocated to 50 startups yearly. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 16, 2024

I was able to grow our monthly revenue by more than 30X in under two years without venture capital or angel investors.” – Michael Tindall “In 2017, two freelancer friends and I founded BigOrange, a firm supporting flexible work for women balancing motherhood, marathons, or other pursuits.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

Founded by Mark Straub and William Bares in 2017, Smile Identity is a major player in Africa’s ID verification and KYC compliance industry. Costanoa Ventures and Norrsken22 back Smile Identity in $20M Series B round Here’s also how it fits into Smile Identity’s current growth strategy from a product but geographic-led standpoint.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

HW: Frank is venture backed. Frankly, raising capital to work on this problem is and was privilege. Probably a correlation here with why there was more venture funding for golf tech than women’s fertility until very recently…. Look, socialists hate venture capital, and venture capitalists hate unions.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Two years ago, the African tech ecosystem saw newfound attention from global players that translated to the continent’s best year of receiving venture capital. Venture capital investment in Africa predicted to reach a record high this year. Nigeria became the unicorn capital; Egypt, a powerhouse.

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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. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? “We are set to democratize e-commerce within India.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The Baylor New Venture Competition is a business plan and elevator pitch competition for college students from around the globe. The CMU Venture Challenge is an international startup competition open to undergraduates from across the United States. Alumni Ventures Group runs a network of VC funds focused on specific universities. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Reports say healthtech in Africa should reach a market value of over US$11 billion by 2025 and Reliance Health is looking to play a pivotal role in the continent reaching that capitalization. Reliance previously raised a $2 million seed round months post-YC in 2017. It is the first investment made by the U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

It went live with its mobile and internet banking service in 2016 and launched an instant card issuance product in 2017. Nigeria is becoming Africa’s unofficial tech capital. CardinalStone Capital Advisers , a Lagos-based investment firm, led the Series A investment. ” Image Credits: Appzone.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Today we’re wrapping our multi-week exploration of the global venture capital market’s second-quarter performance. At a glance, the Latin American venture capital and startup market appears similar to what we’ve seen from other growing ecosystems. A venture capital wave. Those trends could have long lives.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2022

Venture capitalists and founders across all fundraising stages spoke to current investment strategies when it comes to investing in this cohort of startups. These structures were popular in the 2017-2018 [Initial Coin Offering] days and have become less prevalent today.”. Yet, things are accelerating across the board in crypto.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Via TechCrunch by Arman Tabatabai: Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries. As of February 2017, nearly 200,000 construction jobs were left unfilled across the U.S.,

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The program has two distinct courses: The “Train” Track: Tailored for entrepreneurs prepared to launch with viable business plans, this track involves a 3-month venture-building program where participants receive a monthly stipend of $1,500 SGD. The individual applying must play a key role in making decisions within the company.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Utu’s Strategic Acquisition of CardsPal Utu , the Singapore-based travel technology company, secured $33 million in a Series B funding round led by SC Ventures in June. Ares Management’s Strategic Acquisition of Crescent Point Capital In June, U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

They include lead investors Vostok New Ventures and Endure Capital and participating investors JAM Fund (led by Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen), YC Continuity Fund, a large unnamed Saudi-based fund, Shorooq Partners, 4DX Ventures and logistics giant Flexport.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

million Series A investment in June from a group of investors that includes Archer-Daniels-Midland Company’s venture arm ADM Ventures, Cavallo Ventures, Genoa Ventures, Lever VC, Thia Ventures, iSelect Fund, Stage 1 Fund, Lifely VC and Satori Capital. The move is buoyed by a $17.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The seed round was led by Better Tomorrow Ventures (BTV), with the participation of Dynamo Ventures, Rackhouse Venture Capital, Flexport Inc, Knuru Capital, Launch Africa Ventures, Uncovered Fund, and a number of angel investors. Image Credits: Amitruck. The opportunity is massive.

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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. billion yen).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Aurora Innovation, the autonomous vehicle startup backed by Sequoia Capital and Amazon, has reached an agreement with Uber to buy the ride-hailing firm’s self-driving unit in a complex deal that will value the combined company at $10 billion. Aurora is not paying cash for Uber ATG, a company that was valued at $7.25

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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. Called Converge, the cohort will be financed by the OpenAI Startup Fund , OpenAI says.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Within the past two years, Full Harvest’s impact on keeping food out of landfills grew five times, prompting the company to seek additional capital to keep the momentum going. We profiled the company at the beginning of its journey in 2016 and then again in 2017 when it raised $2 million. The company raised an additional $8.5

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 15, 2024

The four co-founders are continuing to pass major milestones with an acquisition strategy and timely funding since its launch in 2017 Drivers’ parking experiences around the country are now being enhanced through artificial intelligence, enabling them to readily come and go without checking out.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

When they realized that what customers really were after was the information they were uncovering, and not so much the messaging capability, the company pivoted in 2017. Existing backers Madrona Venture Group and Mayfield also participated in the financing, which brings SeekOut’s total funding since inception to $73 million.

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