AsiaTechDaily

JULY 7, 2023

Register Bain & Company, a prominent global management consulting firm, has revealed its plans to acquire the Asia-Pacific division of Rainmaking, a renowned venture-building and startup development studio. Both Bain and Rainmaking APAC were selected to participate in the Corporate Venture Launchpad 2.0

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

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. Sam began drawing out plans for a new way to provide storage after he had horrific experiences with traditional storage after the storm.

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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. Companies are experiencing the brunt of the impact, with 36% of small businesses responding to a 2021 U.S. Last year saw $11.3

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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.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Scott Friend, partner, Bain Capital Ventures. Natasha Mascarenhas and Alex Wilhelm interviewed five of them to learn more about the opportunities they’re tracking in 2021: Benjamin Grubbs, founder, Next10 Ventures. Li Jin, founder, Atelier Ventures. Brian O’Malley, general partner, Forerunner Ventures.

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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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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. Other investors include V8 Capital , Constant Capital and Itanna Capital Ventures. The following year, Appzone launched its first product (branchless banking) for commercial banks. ” Image Credits: Appzone.

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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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Startup Grind

AUGUST 15, 2018

At Cross Culture Ventures we take a thematic approach to investing that we have coined 'cultural investing' - the impact of the convergence of global popular culture and consumer behavior on technology and innovation. We started to invest out of our inaugural fund, Cross Culture Ventures I in April 2015. Last words.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Balancing motherhood and the creation of the US$2B Stitch Fix, Lake’s journey included convincing male venture capitalists of Stitch Fix’s necessity and navigating the complexities of being the youngest woman ever to take a company public. Lisa Sugar / POPSUGAR. Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg / theSkimm. Kendra Scott / Kendra Scott.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

” Ian Chiu, Owl Ventures. Jomayra Hererra, Cowboy Ventures. I’ve always found the concept of total addressable market (TAM) hard to embrace fully — the arrival of a single disruptive company could change an industry’s TAM in a week. Shauntel Garvey and Jennifer Carolan, Reach Capital. David Eichler, TCV.

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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. From varying sources, it is estimated up to $2 billion went into African tech startups in 2019.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 12, 2022

However, few investors can directly impact the value of the underlying asset, except for private equity and venture capital investors with portfolio acceleration strategies. Blue Line: Barclays Hedge-Fund Industry; 2017 . Mergers & Inquisitions; Brian DeChasare; “Venture Capital Careers: The Complete Guide”.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

SoftBank Vision Fund is leading the round, with videoconferencing giant Zoom also participating, alongside previous investors Menlo Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Nexus Venture Partners, and others. The funding is a Series C and has some notable investors in it. Observe.ai was valued at $304 million in July 2020. Observe.ai

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The insurance market is still one of the industries least disrupted by technology on the continent. A couple of local and foreign firms invested in the round — co-lead investors P1 Ventures, GFC, and Anim Fund (Founders Fund scout fund), with Costanoa VC, Liquid2 Ventures, Cliff Angels and other angel investors participating.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

The amount of VC capital being funneled into Latin American startups has surged since 2017, with angel investment close behind. Only disrupt when it adds value. Local investors can help investors new to the region understand the balance of things that should or shouldn’t be disrupted. investors remain shy.

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Startup Catalyst

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

David Buchan-Swanson (2017) joined this number as a software engineer). Adam Hibble (2015) co-founded Popgun with Stephen Mawson (formerly of We Are Hunted) under Mawson Ventures where Meg White (2017) works as an AI engineer as she finishes her studies. Jessie Hughes (2017) continues her work as a VR filmmaker.

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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. Mambu raises $135M at a $2B+ valuation for a SaaS platform that powers banking services. There are other backers in the round that are not being disclosed at this time, the startup added. .”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

The winner will get a feature article on TechCrunch.com, one-year free subscription to Extra Crunch and a complimentary Founder Pass to TechCrunch Disrupt this fall. Without further ado, here are your judges for the Early Stage Pitch-Off: Ben Sun, Primary Venture Partners. Image Credits: Primary Venture Partners.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 17, 2021

Along with its launch, Zus announced today that it has raised a $34 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from F-Prime Capital, Maverick Ventures, Rock Health, Martin Ventures and Oxeon Investments. Bush’s venture-backed return to entrepreneurship may come as a surprise to some, including himself. “I

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

million seed round , led by Hyde Park Venture Partners with participation from Whitecap Venture Partners, DVP, Grand Ventures and ID Ventures. They’ve partnered with TechStars, ID Ventures, Lofty Ventures, Wayne State University and Precursor Ventures, which gives them the mentorship and funding to scale.

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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. The current pace of disruption and technological advancement is incredible. Not sure if I mentioned AI.

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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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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

In 2016 at TechCrunch Disrupt New York, several of the original developers behind what became Siri unveiled Viv , an AI platform that promised to connect various third-party applications to perform just about any task. The pitch was tantalizing — but never fully realized. ” Greylock and Addition co-led Adept’s funding round.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 10, 2023

Taktile’s innovative technology is transforming how businesses make automated decisions, disrupting the insurance, lending and financial services industries. Eber completed his PhD in 2016 and Wehmeyer was a Research Associate for a year, 2016 to 2017. The funds will be used to further develop its tech platform and expand in the U.S.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

’ It’s that line of thinking that leads people to create disruptive companies, to solve problems that were thought to be intractable. This is one of the insights that Laura Behrens Wu drew out of Mittal during a FundersClub Facebook Live discussion on March 30, 2017. There are a lot of inefficiencies in VC.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

And that sometimes the public sector makes the investment that not even the riskier of venture capital funds can do. So what we want to do is help connect the different incubators and accelerators and venture builders that we have in Spain. Meaning that the political administration, it’s more agile.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? GCVF is pioneering the future of venture capital and high growth startups for all small communities.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

GOODCYCLE Wenjing Zhao founded GOODCYCLE in 2017 to tackle the root problem of raw materials and help to ensure a better future for her children. GOODCYCLE reduces environmental pollution by using 100% recycled, certified and traceable material for all its products.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? GCVF is pioneering the future of venture capital and high growth startups for all small communities.

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FundersClub

JUNE 1, 2017

" Boris Silver of FundersClub shares his key takeaways about the digital currency/token space from the inaugural Token Summit in NYC in " My 6 Takeaways from Token Summit 2017.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

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). The startup targeted working professionals in cities, and raised only around $11 million in known venture capital. Total Raised: $75 million.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

In Latin America, the business of trolling threatens Twitter’s disruptive power. VC firms have taken notice: notable investors in Atlantic Canadian startups include Breakthrough Energy Ventures , a fund supported by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson. venture capital. More posts by this contributor.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

2017 Relativity6 AI for Insurance Advisers, Brokers and Agents helps enable your sales and accounts teams to service and retain clients smarter. 2015 Waterdog We’re disrupting the traditional channel model by fundamentally changing the way the partner and reseller relationship works. management.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

That’s why so much of our robotics coverage revolves around startups and venture funding. ” Here is what they told me: Peter Barrett, Playground Global: Why the venture community decided to call in an airstrike on their portfolio companies is quite beyond me. Rodney Brooks (Rethink Robotics) at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2017.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

The year 2020 threw online education into the spotlight, but this Ann Arbor tech company has known the value of it since it was founded in 2017. Founded in 2016, Groundspeed Analytics is disrupting the $300 billion insurance industry. Just last month they raised $11.8 In 2020, they raised $5.5 Groundspeed. Ripple Science.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

That’s why we’re excited to announce that Mathilde Collin, co-founder and CEO at Front, Deidre Paknad, co-founder and CEO at WorkBoard and Adriana Roche, chief people officer at Mural, will tackle this topic onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18-20 in San Francisco. Early action equals bigger savings.

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