American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The Foundation’s goal is to help scale the role of nonprofits around the world to support their efforts of developing innovative solutions to improve food security. Hunger since 2017. Upon learning the import of the study, the Citi Foundation announced its first-ever Global Innovation Challenge to address food security.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

million pre-seed funding it has raised from the Founders Factory Africa, FrontEnd Ventures, Adaverse, Gullit, Five35, Renew Capital, Changecom, XA Network, Ajim Capital, Artha Ventures, Daba Finance, Google Black Founders Fund, and several angel investors.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The latest funding will support hiring staff and enable new data-as-a-service markets powered by quantum sensing, founder and CEO of Q-CTRL Michael Biercuk said. 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.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

Blockchain developer platform Alchemy announced today it has raised $80 million in a Series B round of funding led by Coatue and Addition, Lee Fixel’s new fund. million, so the latest financing brings its total raised to $95.5 million since it launched in 2017. The company previously raised a total of $15.5 While in Web 2.0,

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Exactly six months after raising $80 million at a $505 million valuation, blockchain and Web3 development SaaS startup Alchemy has raised $250 million in a Series C funding round that values the company at $3.5 Alchemy has also seen a lot of new developers, noted Viswanathan. It launched its offering in August of 2020.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Chile’s Buk , which has developed a human resources management platform for Latin American companies, announced today that it has raised $50 million in a Series A funding round that values the company at $417 million. There are a few notable things about this financing. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Car sensors like cameras and radar capture data, translate it and send it the powertrain to enable features like emergency braking. billion in order to integrate the company’s edge-to-cloud tech that develops, runs and manages mission-critical intelligent systems. The crux is that they all must work in concert. .

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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. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Today, he claims, SwipeRx has transformed and digitized the pharmacy industry and become a one-stop platform for pharmacists to perform all their daily tasks, from education to purchasing to inventory financing in Southeast Asia. million in Series A funding in 2017 — has the kind of momentum that investors like.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

The startup had raised $86 million in the first tranche of the financing in June of 2021 at a post-money valuation of $600 million. It has raised nearly $200 million since its 2017 inception, according to Crunchbase. Specifically, it enables LatAm businesses to a ccept payments globally and receive money in their local currency.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Turtlemint, an Indian startup that is helping consumers identify and purchase the most appropriate insurance policies for them, has raised $30 million in a new financing round as it looks to reach more users in small cities and towns in the world’s second largest internet market. A range of startups in India are trying to disrupt this market.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

This isn’t an issue in developed markets, as healthcare systems change with the times to adequately provide healthcare when necessary. million in debt and grant financing from BPI France , the French government’s public investment bank. My father died in 2017 after he had a heart issue in Benin and could not be saved.

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TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2022

Although finance teams ultimately control budgets within their companies, investment in technology under the chief financial officer’s purview had been limited — at least until recently. Tesorio was originally focused on supply chain financing, helping businesses save by paying their small- and medium-sized business vendors early.

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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. That’s up from 2 million parents and kids having saved $50 million at the time of its September 2020 raise. Image Credits: Greenlight.

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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. In the early 2000s, the billions of dollars invested enabled the Internet. They financed the development and deployment of switches, routers, modems and the installation of copper lines to connect new data centers.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Through an on-demand mobile app that enables users to place an order to pick up and drop off their laundry and dry cleaning within 24 hours. million in debt financing. After leaving his job as CEO of Baemin Fresh in 2017, Cho traveled to the U.S. Cho, a serial entrepreneur, launched Laundrygo’s on-demand B2C service in 2019.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2022

Operated by fintech First Digital Finance Corporation BillEase launched in 2017, with shopping marketplace Lazada as its first merchant partner. The new funding brings BillEase’s total raised to about $15 million in equity, and will be used for customer acquisition, developing new products and hiring.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And while the Australian agency was recommended to TechCrunch via our our survey to identify software development partners for startups , it could just have well have come through our survey to recommend growth marketers, which you can answer here. MacRae: The vision for Appetiser was never to be an app development company.

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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. That came fast on the heels of Pizza Hut’s purchase of online ordering platform QuikOrder in 2017.)

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 18, 2024

in income replacement grants and mentorship to first-time entrepreneurs, creating 10 new businesses and helping fuel innovation in strategic sectors The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced the inaugural cohort of the New Jersey Innovation Fellows (NJIF) program. First-in-nation program will provide $3.6M

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

Founded in 2017, San Francisco-based Truework integrates with payroll providers including Gusto, Zenefits and BambooHR, and enables mortgage providers and lenders (e.g. automotive, personal loans, and student financing) to verify and approve borrowers quickly within their own applications using Truework’s APIs.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Founded in 2014, Blossom Finance was first intended for Muslim entrepreneurs in the United States. These factors are proving fertile ground for establishing and growing fintechs that focus exclusively on Islamic finance, offering products and services that follow shariah law. enabling people to buy Bitcoin. out of its 33.6

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

CaptivateIQ , which has developed a no-code platform to help companies design customized sales commission plans, has raised $46 million in a Series B round led by Accel. He, co-CEO Conway Teng and CTO Hubert Wong founded CaptivateIQ after coming out of Y Combinator’s Winter 2017 cohort. . Image Credits: CaptivateIQ.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Beam Impact , a company that enables consumers to turn their spending into a way to support social causes, has raised $13.3 The company was founded in 2017 by Beam CEO Viveka Hulyalkar, a former McKinsey consultant, and CTO Alex Sadhu, a former Tinder iOS engineer. The third thing we’re going to focus on is product development.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

General Catalyst, QED, Flourish Ventures, Partnership Fund for NYC, Story Ventures, Gaingels, Calm VC and Avidbank participated in the financing round, which brings the certified B Corp.’s Meanwhile, the new funding will enable Summer to roll out new products and services as well as hiring Leigh Gross as chief revenue officer.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

That loss of productivity was especially evident while Sondhi was working at Instacart in 2017 and was reliant on querying data to answer questions from stakeholders and support any business cases. Other business teams that need to work with data are also taking notice of PopSQL, like marketing, finance and support, Sondhi said.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Existing backers Tiger Global, Thayer Ventures, JLL, Trinity Ventures, Sound Ventures and Cooley LLP, among others, also participated in the financing, which brings the company’s total raised since its 2017 inception to just over $100 million. We’ve been pretty efficient,” said CEO Zeidan. “In

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

According to Berry, in partnership with a foreign third-party partner, NowNow launched a mobile wallet in late 2017 but soon realized it needed to build out its tech, which set the stage for going to market the following year. But today, we’re fast becoming an embedded finance platform.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Founded in 2017 by serial entrepreneur, Magnus Grimeland , and a team of experienced entrepreneurs, investors, and company builders worldwide, Antler has raised more than $75 million to help entrepreneurs spread across nine of the world’s major entrepreneurial hubs. To date, Antler has invested in and helped build over 250 companies.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

million in seed funding to further develop its tools for more accurate data and analytics. It also helps the finance team understand expenses, including which are valid and those that are not.”. Whatley started the company in 2017 with his brother, Daniel, Stuart Kennedy and Nikki McNeil while a Harvard undergrad.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

The new financing gives Little Spoon $73 million in total funding since it was founded in 2017 by Lisa Barnett, Ben Lewis, Michelle Muller and Angela Vranich. We are laser-focused on developing new products, investing in the community, building out more capacity and bolstering operations.”.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

million) Series B financing led by U.S.-based Founded in 2017 by Martin Bysh and Paul Dodd out of one warehouse in Bristol, the company now has four fulfilment centres across the U.K., Founded in 2017 by Martin Bysh and Paul Dodd out of one warehouse in Bristol, the company now has four fulfilment centres across the U.K.,

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Gabriela will continue to support our Ambition 2030 as a Board Director focusing on developing partnerships and engaging in policy efforts. Tatiana is supported by a strong team of global leaders who have over 40 years of collective experience within our network: Alberto Masetti-Zannini, Development Director.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The company continued hiring developers and marketers and raised the team by around 10%. Blocksport Blocksport builds Web3-ready platform solutions for the professional sports and entertainment industry to enable tokenization use cases for their fan community. Incorporated in Delaware, USA. Secured seed finding from SMRK VC.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Founders : Alphas Sinja, Boya’s chief executive officer, has over eight years of experience in the banking and finance sectors. ” Founders : Henry Mascot started a company in 2017 to help hospitals digitize records. YC-backed Curacel unveils new API platform that enables tech-led businesses to offer insurance.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The Kauffman Foundation found 47% of US tech founders held degrees in STEM while 34% held degrees in business, finance, and accounting. This program provides $1,000 in AWS Cloud credits, $350 in Developer Support credits, and other guidance. We also recommend, at a minimum, learn the basics of coding. Some schools run their own (e.g.,

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

Aisera , a startup developing what it describes as an “AI-driven” support ticketing system, today announced that it raised $90 million in Series D funding led by Goldman Sachs with participation from Zoom, True Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Icon Ventures, Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital and others.

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