TechCrunch

JUNE 13, 2021

Motorway says it has sold 65,000 cars since its launch in 2017 and seen sales hit £50 million in May 2021 alone, £2.5 ” Danny Rimer, partner at Index Ventures, said: “We’re always looking to invest in companies that are truly disrupting an industry and meeting a real customer need. With only 5% of all vehicles in the U.K.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Great entrepreneurs invest countless hours reinventing, reimagining and disrupting products and services of all kinds. No one likes to admit weaknesses, but just as you look for the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) in a business deal, use that same rubric on yourself. Where are your blind spots?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

So they’re looking to diversify their investments with high-potential opportunities abroad. What this tells us is that foreign investors would do well to keep a sharp eye on emerging opportunities beyond heavily covered markets like Brazil and Mexico. Only disrupt when it adds value. investors remain shy.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Boston-based AppMap , going through TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield this week, wants to stop this bad code from ever making it into production. Prior to founding AppMap, she founded DevOps security startup Conjur, which was acquired by CyberArk in 2017, and served as chief data officer for Generation Health, later acquired by CVS.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Startup SG Tech Grant Startup SG Tech, a key initiative for technological firms in Singapore, underwent enhancements in 2017 to facilitate better cash flow for successful applicants. The grant facilitates advancing innovative technology solutions, driving startups toward market disruption or creating entirely new markets.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Our funds at Leta have also supported startups acquired by international firms, including the sale of Bright Box HK to Zurich Insurance Group in 2017 and WeWork’s acquisition of sales and marketing platform Unomy. A mine of opportunities. For investors, this represents a massive untapped opportunity.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 3, 2023

Sebastian led Innovation Management in 3 verticals before becoming a corporate intrapreneur in the automotive industry in 2017, where he created numerous in-house startups, going through ideation to scale-up stages. It is inevitable to miss out on opportunities due to time constraints. Not sure if I mentioned AI. Is the hype warranted?

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

The app also helps pharmacists search for new job opportunities or to post job offers. million in Series A funding in 2017 — has the kind of momentum that investors like. This round of funding reaffirms our commitment to disrupt this deeply fragmented industry while improving public health by supporting the pharmacy channel.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

Founded by Melanie Stricklan, David Godwin, and Thomas Ashman in 2017 and based in Austin and El Segundo, it’s raised $34.6 The opportunities are endless in space but we must unlock a digital revolution to optimize spaceflight operations and orbital asset management,” Stricklan said in the company’s press release.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

billion valuation as venture capitalists chased the opportunity to get a piece of it. We’re thrilled to have Gharegozlou joining us at Disrupt this September 21-23 , to discuss the future of NFTs, crypto gaming and the decentralized internet. Could NFTs reshape the entire online economy?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

This spelled opportunity in Johnson’s mind. So in 2017, he came up with the idea of Nickson , a Dallas-based startup that fully furnishes apartments on demand. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the global supply chain, leading to delivery delays for consumers. This got him thinking.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

With COVID-19 disrupting the entire manufacturing supply chain including semiconductor shortages, companies across multiple industries have been struggling to seek a procurement solution that can rebalance the gap between supply and demand. CADDi was founded by CEO Yushiro Kato and CTO Aki Kobashi in November 2017.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Insurance products had reached less than 3% of the population as of 2017, according to rating agency ICRA. ICRA estimated that of those Indians who had purchased an insurance product, they were spending less than $50 on it in 2017. A range of startups in India are trying to disrupt this market. million customers.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Nexla , a company that participated in the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield in New York City in 2017, has been building its data operations startup the old fashioned way. After launching in beta and securing a $3.5 million seed at Battlefield, it has proceeded to build a cash flow positive business.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The new capital was led by Third Point Ventures , with participation from existing investors Sapphire Ventures, More Capital, Disruptive AI, Vertex Growth, 40North, Samsung Next and TCP. . Verbit was founded in 2017 by Livne, who previously had a career in law. The latest funding brings its total raised to more than $550 million. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

In 2015, Rehmann teamed up with his longtime business partner Steve Moran to explore Lake Victoria and perform some feasibility studies on how they could use technology to disrupt the country’s cold chain markets. They concluded that a unique opportunity to rebuild the fish value chain from scratch existed. billion fish deficit.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Adtech and martech VCs see big opportunities in privacy and compliance. 3 adtech and martech VCs see major opportunities in privacy and compliance. 5 creator economy VCs see startup opportunities in monetization, discovery and much more. 5 creator economy VCs see startup opportunities in monetization, discovery and much more.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

The TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa winner in 2017 is currently present in Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria. We are excited by this opportunity to partner with Google and expect to reevaluate our investment options sometime in the first half of next year.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Supply chain disruptions — triggered by factors including demand surges, high transportation costs and pandemic-related lockdowns — are expected to continue well into next year, experts predict. “[The latest investment] is primarily going to be used for land-grab and expansion opportunities,” Komoni said.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

Since its 2017 inception, the startup has raised nearly $70 million. We are focused on offering the opportunity to invest and grow their money to everyone in LATAM.”. Existing backers Accel, ALLVP, Clocktower and new investor Mantis Venture Capital (founded by The Chainsmokers) also put money in the Series B.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

Founded in 2017, the startup has already empowered more than 10,000 doctors who treat 2.5% “Every time you make a decision, whether it’s a small feature, a revenue opportunity, whether you build a tech stack or any decision you’re making, are you putting doctors first?”

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

“Company disrupted an existing industry with a new business model, has been doing well for a while, and is now raising more money to do more of the same, except more” is hard to tell a compelling story around. Especially when that — albeit with slightly smaller numbers — was also the story back in 2017.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

In the fourth industrial revolution era, having succeeded as an economic powerhouse with a technological edge in manufacturing and industries led by large corporations, South Korea is now fostering disruptive innovation through startups. The country strives to create a balance between industrial conglomerates and the startup ecosystem.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 7, 2017

You need a great idea—ideally one that is disruptive and will scale and that you care about passionately. Most investors reject the opportunity to invest and being told “no” hurts. By Murray Indick and Kate Tyler. Starting a business is incredibly hard. And for those not blessed with inherited wealth, you need money. We understand.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

based startup’s total equity funding raised to over $300 million since its 2017 inception. Nazim Cetin, CEO of Allianz X, told TechCrunch via email that his firm believes Pie is operating in an “attractive and growing market that is ripe for digital disruption.”.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

“When we launched FintechOS in 2017, we could already see existing solutions to digital transformation would struggle to deliver tangible results. million at today’s rates, but $60 million at the time of the deal closing) in a Series B round of funding.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Launched in 2017, Station F is a massive building that used to be a rail freight depot. There’s the Founders Program, which was announced back in 2016 when Varza unveiled Station F at TechCrunch Disrupt. Station F , the big startup campus located in Paris, is launching an online component called Launch by Station F.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The company was among TechCrunch’s Battlefield 200 startups at TC Disrupt in October, and TechCrunch interviewed Pulse co-founder and CEO Raj Singh at the event for a potential future startup profile piece. Then in May, news emerged that Pulse had acquired team communication startup Lounge.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 15, 2018

We held a few closes prior to the final closed in February of 2017. Healthcare in this country has been broken for a long time and is in desperate need of disruption. Are they the right group to build a big business that addresses this challenge/opportunity and wins the market? When did you start your current fund?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Frustrated with only helping the rich get richer, the pair founded Titan in 2017 with the goal of disrupting what they viewed as “an archaic industry. The other, called Opportunities, focuses on smaller, under-the-radar companies. “But we realized they did not have the same access to investing that the wealthier did.”.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

It also offers an opportunity to examine those issues from a bit of distance to see if there are any broader takeaways for the community at large. Atrium (2017-2020). Ultimately, Atrium’s failure shows how difficult and unprofitable it could be to disrupt a traditional and complicated system. Essential (2017-2020).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

In Latin America, the business of trolling threatens Twitter’s disruptive power. In 2017, Bird and the former CEO of Q1 Labs founded a new cybersecurity company, this one focused on public clouds, called Sonrai Security , which has since raised nearly $40 million in venture capital. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The International Monetary Fund says that as of 2017, only 43% of adults in sub-Saharan Africa were “banked” by way of a traditional bank or mobile money account. Wave, however , wants to disrupt it. “The opportunity in front of the company is massive. ” Going up against incumbents.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

Some of the greatest areas of innovation opportunity are at the intersection of sectors historically segregated , e.g., computational biology. Participants have the opportunity to receive prizes reaching $40,000. The pitch takes 90 seconds and participants have the opportunity to win prizes totaling $10,000.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I found GroupMe at the Techcrunch Disrupt Hackathon. It’s been incredibly difficult for both professional and personal reasons—and if I hadn’t met my wife Aja in late 2017, this would have all been a pretty dismal time, to be honest. There aren’t going to be any flashy announcements of a big new fund to go after bigger opportunities.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2021

Once heralded as disruptive marketplaces, classifieds are giving way to transactional marketplaces. In 2017, Cars45 raised $5 million from Frontier Car Group (FCG) , the Berlin-based company that builds used-car marketplaces focusing on emerging markets. Jiji , one of the largest marketplaces for classifieds in Africa, is an example.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Banks and other credit card companies are still not addressing this opportunity. According to rating agency ICRA, insurance products had reached less than 3% of the population as of 2017. ICRA estimated that of those Indians who had purchased an insurance product, they were spending less than $50 on it in 2017.

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