TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2022

” DeMers co-founded Cinchy with Karanjot Jaswal in 2017 with the ambitious goal of abstracting away data integration processes. DeMers was previously the director of prime finance and futures technology at Citi, where he built and managed a tech delivery and support services group for brokerage. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

It has acquired Splyt , a startup out of London that works with apps in areas like travel, ride-hailing and finance to help them build out “super app” strategies by integrating other services. But last year Kakao had to shelve plans to sell part of that stake to a PE firm after pushback from drivers and employees.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Costanoa Ventures is seeing some of its best returns yet as it closed on two new funds, Costanoa Fund IV, a $225 million early-stage fund, and Opportunity Fund II, a $115 million funding investing in later rounds of portfolio companies. Indeed, women now make up 60% of Costanoa’s team and almost 50% of its partners.

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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.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2019

But, when I had the opportunity to join a high-growth startup with a team I liked and trusted, I leapt at it. In a review of MBA students, the study found about 36 percent of females chose a risky career in finance (like investment banking or trading), compared to 57 percent of their male counterparts. when opportunity strikes.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

Mina Shahid , Catherine Denis and Ben Best founded Numida in 2017 and capitalized on the opportunity to build one of East Africa’s first digital fintechs targeting semi-formal micro and small businesses. “That’s an opportunity we see in the future. And today, the company is announcing the close of its $2.3

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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. In 2017, Aptiv, formerly Delphi, purchased autonomous vehicle technology company nuTonomy, which it later spun off into a separate joint venture with Hyundai, called Motional.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

. “[It] provides both a clear path to productization (with no new technology development) and basis for value proposition in customer applications at the forefront of AI, positioning EnCharge for market impact … Many edge applications are in an emerging phase, with the greatest opportunities for value from AI still being defined.”

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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 19, 2017

When Hana Laurenzo launched her translation business in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2007, she did what every smart small business owner does—joined local professional organizations, like the chamber of commerce, and generally sought opportunities to mingle with like-minded professionals. She relished the accountability of her peers and advisors.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2021

Fintechs have raised $23B across the regions since 2017. Latin America is home to a growing base of digital users, enabling regulation and reforms, and vibrant small businesses. Fintechs in the region have seized the opportunity and have been rewarded with mega-rounds that companies like NuBank, Neon, Konfio, and Clip have enjoyed.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Founded in 2017 by former Paytm employees Prerna Kalra and Vidya Bhushan, Daalchini runs a network of more than 850 stores across 11 states and 23 cities. The startup says its unique vending machine ecosystem enables brands and entrepreneurs to reach their customers all over the country in a week’s time.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) led the financing, which was extremely competitive with a number of large venture firms clamoring to not only back the company, but lead the investment, according to sources familiar with the transaction. . It launched its offering in August of 2020.

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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 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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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

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. Cresicor’s opportunity to go beyond trade is significant.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2017

That said, I’ve identified quite a few microcredentials, conferences, and other learning opportunities which will help train you to be a better investor. Revenue Based Financing Network Group. International Climate Finance Accelerator – based in Luxembourg. Coursera, e.g., Innovative Finance. VC ASSOCIATIONS.

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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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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. Some of the greatest areas of innovation opportunity are at the intersection of sectors historically segregated , e.g., computational biology. Many universities (e.g., 5) Student-focused VCs.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 18, 2024

A bonus grant is available to teams located in designated opportunity zones. By granting the fellows the financial freedom to focus entirely on their businesses, NJIF is providing an opportunity to accelerate their success.” Each team receives an income replacement grant of $200,000.

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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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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Tatiana says, “It is an honour to step into this role and have the opportunity to build on the legacy of our past decade and help forge the next one. Petruta Stoica, Finance Director. At the same time, I plan to continue enabling our impact through large scale partnerships and policy efforts in my Board role.”.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

Especially when that — albeit with slightly smaller numbers — was also the story back in 2017. We’re thrilled this new funding will enable us to continue to define this evolving industry and to help even more patients get the care they deserve.”. And in 2020, when the company raised a $250 million Series D.

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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. This is “low code,” but it typically means that the company needs to work with third parties to enable all of this.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

It is also a competition that provides the opportunity for start-ups to grow and has been doing so since 2017. Subsequently, it provides an opportunity for sustainable growth of minority small businesses that are underfunded. The grant opportunities on their websites are posted by twelve different federal agencies.

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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. Eventually, we can enable them to build their own investment products on Titan.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

We decided to do this raise right now because we grew so much in the past year that there’s an unlimited opportunity to go out and be the infrastructure that enables all institutions to onboard digital assets,” Douglass said. The capital will be used to build new product lines, and although Amberdata has existing deals in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

When Yoeal Haile started Aspira, a lending service, in 2017, he wanted to give Kenyans more choice about buying stuff on credit. Still, Haile noticed a bigger underserved opportunity on the other side of the spectrum: small and medium businesses (SMBs). One, businesses don’t have tools to enable them to control spending.

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Impact Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

and opportunities for impact focused start-ups in the current ecosystem, at the Resurgence TiEcon. finance, transforming India into an Impact Startup nation.”. “We Steering Group for Impact Investment (2017-20); Founding CEO of India’s Impact Investors Council. Delhi-NCR event. programs, across 60 countries to India.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Access to finance remains a key growth constraint for small businesses, with data showing a $330 billion financing deficit for the small enterprises that make up 90% of Africa’s businesses. The opportunity and impact in solving working capital problems for SMEs is huge. [We

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

The New York-based company was founded in 2017 by Amy Divaraniya, CEO, who holds a Ph.D. Divaraniya founded the company in 2017 after completing her Ph.D. Oova’s science is strong and enables consumers to understand their test results without having to go to an expert. in biomedical sciences with a focus on genetics.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The raise comes just six months after the Brazilian startup raised $15 million in Series B financing led by Alexandria, Virginia-based QED, and brings its total raised to nearly $59 million since its 2017 inception. Endeavor Scale-Up Ventures also put money in the round. Today, Hash operates only in Brazil.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Some of the opportunities involve machines, while an equal amount of opportunity lies in the software behind the machines. As of February 2017, nearly 200,000 construction jobs were left unfilled across the U.S., Labor shortage/understaffed: The labor shortage in construction is a rapidly growing problem that isn’t going away.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

The financing values the Seattle-based startup at over $1.2 billion and brings its total raised to $189 million since its 2017 inception. When the quartet 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.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Monzo’s culture of customer obsession allowed it to use the crisis to thoughtfully build a beloved consumer and SMB product that has changed personal finance in the UK. This includes storing money, sending and receiving payments, paying friends, budgeting their finances, and accessing capital via overdrafts and buy-now-pay-later (BNPL).

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Y Combinator

JULY 24, 2020

require payment financing, invoicing/approvals, inventory management) and requirements differ from vertical to vertical. As a result, B2B buyers are looking for online platforms to help with the discovery, purchase, and financing of new products. trillion of revenue in 2017 2. million in 2012 to 1.55

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