Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Congrats to Alice , the first platform powered by AI that works as a personal business adviser to small business owners, for securing its series A investment found. Smart Hustle covered Alice here , in 2017. Terms of the financing have not been disclosed.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Titan , a startup that is building a retail investment management platform aimed at millennials, has closed on $12.5 We came from two different backgrounds with respect to investing,” Percoco recalled. “He I’m the exact opposite and couldn’t invest myself until after Goldman Sachs, where I went to work after Penn.”.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

Reviewing repetitive documents is, well, repetitive, but Klarity believes people don’t have to do all of that and is building an artificial intelligence tool, targeting finance and accounting departments, that turns documents into structured data. Antos founded Klarity in 2017 with Nischal Nadhamuni whom he met at MIT.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Startups qualifying under Startup SG can access cash grants, equity financing, and business loans. 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.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

based investment fund Talanton and Swiss investor AlphaMundi Group. Novastar Ventures , which co-led the firm’s Series A round, and Blink CV also made follow-on investments. Kenya’s Victoria Commercial Bank offered $3 million debt financing, $1 million of which is mezzanine financing – a debt that can be turned into equity.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Traditional banks often overlook this segment because of their spending power or financial status and fintechs have seized the opportunity to cater to their needs. In 2017, Mounir Nakhla and Ahmed Mohsen started Halan as a ride-hailing and delivery app offering two and three-wheeler services to customers in Egypt.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 23, 2022

The latest investment brings total funds raised by ADDX to around US$120 million, since the company’s inception in 2017. The resulting efficiencies help bring the benefits of private market investing to individuals, while lowering the cost and fundraising threshold for issuers.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 19, 2017

But as the chart above shows, the median amount invested in seed rounds continues to increase at about 40% annually. This trend started in 2014 and has continued through the first quarter of 2017. This data shows that they are broadly accepted as a common way to finance an early stage startup. Second-seed have become ubiquitous.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Africans and people in emerging markets missed out on the first set of opportunities that technological advancements brought to the world. Nestcoin , a company founded last November that builds, operates, and invests in web3 applications, wants to be pivotal in this transition and has raised $6.45 million pre-seed to that end.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Specifically, Petal offers “modern” Visa credit cards, along with a mobile app, designed to help people “responsibly” build credit and manage their finances. . Petal operated under stealth until launching its first product, and announcing its first funding, in September 2017.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

After working as an investment banker in Canada for a decade, Halima Iqbal moved back to Pakistan in 2017 and quickly realized how difficult it is for women to access financial services. “I This is a goldmine to create something valuable for the end user, as well as a business opportunity.” .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

The latest financing brings its total equity raised since inception to about $450 million, with the company raising $100 million across its seed and Series C rounds. Zac Prince — who comes from a background in consumer lending — founded BlockFi with Flori Marquez in 2017. Bain Capital Ventures Partner Stefan Cohen agrees.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Founded in 2015, Long Game has built a gamified finance mobile app that aims to help people “save, learn and engage” with their finances. million raise in 2017. For Truist, the opportunity to reach a coveted – and difficult to reach – younger demographic was appealing. TechCrunch covered the startup’s $6.6

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We recently announced investments in downtown Dover, and this expansion will bring even more activity to our state’s capital. “FFI Ionix’s decision to stay and grow in our state is great news for Delaware and our leadership in the hydrogen economy,” said Governor John Carney. “We Christiansen.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Amex Ventures, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, SEI Ventures and USAA all participated in the new financing, bringing the San Diego-based company’s total funding to $48 million since its 2017 inception. Lim added that Amex is not only investing in the company but also is excited “to explore opportunities to partner with them.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The company, which runs an app matching truck drivers and merchants transporting cargo and provides financial services to truckers, was formed from a merger between rivals Yunmanman and Huochebang in 2017. Sequoia is quite bullish about truck-hailing as it made its sixth investment in Manbang.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2021

Tech investments in emerging markets have been in full swing over the past couple of years and their ecosystems have thrived as a result. Some of these markets like Africa, Latin America, and India, have comprehensive reports by publications and firms on trends and investments in their individual regions. Such a task is Herculean.

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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. It’s the opposite pattern from what happens,” Sands said.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

Existing backer Goodwater Capital doubled down on its investment in Jerry, leading the “oversubscribed” round. Bow Capital, Kamerra, Highland Capital Partners and Park West Asset Management also participated in the financing, which brings Jerry’s total raised to $132 million since its 2017 inception. “The U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

VC investment, according to “Beyond Silicon Valley,” a new report co-produced by venture firm Revolution and PitchBook. Case is the founder of the Revolution trio of funds (including the Rise of the Rest Seed Fund), which focus exclusively on investing outside the major hubs of Silicon Valley, New York and Boston.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

And amid all the noise, record-setting totals, and rapid-fire dealmaking, corporate venture investors were busy, investing gobs of parent-company cash into far-smaller concerns. Corporate venture capital, or CVC for short, is the method by which wealthy businesses build their own investing arm. CVCs were busy last year. Sounds good?

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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. However, the pandemic helped in accelerating this model, and with this new investment, Numida is poised to grow further.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

The financing comes just over six months after Flink raised $12 million in a Series A round led by Accel. Since its 2017 inception, the startup has raised nearly $70 million. Since its 2017 inception, the startup has raised nearly $70 million. Users can invest as little as US$1 and with zero commissions,” Amozurrutia said.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2022

The opportunity in the market can be attributed to the growth in online social sellers in the country, over 1.25 The company was founded by Mohamed Abdulaziz and Ahmed Sheikha in 2017. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Endure Capital led the new financing round. billion by 2024.

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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

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. . For one, it represents one of a16z’s largest Web3/blockchain investments to date.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

Today’s evidence of the trend: Dragonfly Capital, a crypto-centered investment firm, closed its third venture fund for $650 million, the firm’s managing partner, Haseeb Qureshi, told TechCrunch. Dragonfly plans to focus its investments across all stages of blockchain and crypto-native companies, protocols, and tokens. “We

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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. At Versatile VC, we particularly like investing in “dual-PhD” problems, at the intersection of multiple domains. Participants have the opportunity to receive prizes reaching $40,000.

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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. Meanwhile in Malaysia, where 61.3% out of its 33.6

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

New Mountain Capital, a New York-based investment firm with more than $30 billion in assets under management, was the only institutional investor to put money in this round alongside company executives. The company was bootstrapped until a 2019 $50 million-plus debt financing.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

AllTrails didn’t need to raise capital, however — it’s been profitable since 2017. Schneidermann says this is also the third year in a row where the comapny will be doubling headcount, primarily driven by investments in R&D and product development. Image Credits: All Trails.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Today, SpotOn said it has closed on $300 million in Series E financing that values the company at $3.15 Existing investors DST Global, 01 Advisors, Dragoneer Investment Group, Franklin Templeton and Mubadala Investment Company too doubled down on their investments in SpotOn, joining new backers Wellington Management and Coatue Management.

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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. But not to be outdone, Chipotle’s competitors have accelerated their tech startup investing. Venture funds alone put more than $39.3

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

IDC Ventures, Digital Bridge and IDB Invest co-led the round, which also included participation from MGM Innova Group, Celtic House Venture Partners, Palm Drive Capital and previous shareholders. The financing brings the Bogota, Colombia-based startup’s total raised to $85 million since its 2017 inception.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 22, 2018

Having someone you admire invest time and energy in your goals builds successful companies and careers. Even if peers’ specific niches or industries differ, issues in financing, markets, technology, human resources and management often overlap. Mentorship is one of the best gifts. It’s what being an entrepreneur is about.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Tive today announced that it raised $54 million in a Series B financing round led by AXA Venture Partners with participation from Sorenson Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Fifth Wall, SJF Ventures and Floating Point Ventures, which CEO Krenar Komoni attributes to the company’s growth over the past year. ” Tracking real-time shipments.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Riverwood Capital, a Menlo Park-based private equity firm, and existing backer early-stage Argentina-based venture firm Kaszek also participated in the financing. The Rise Fund led a $20 million Series B for Digital House in December 2017, marking the San Francisco-based firm’s investment in Latin America.

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