TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

Barely a day goes by without news of layoffs emerging from the tech world — from cybersecurity to gaming , no industry is impervious. On top of that, there is no geographical factor at play, with companies spanning North America , Europe , Asia , Africa and beyond all impacted. capital in recent months. capital in recent months.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . When I was single, I registered for (a lot of) dating websites. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 2) Market .

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

The pandemic has just pushed edtech mainstream, but language-learning startup Duolingo had already spent the past decade figuring out how to build a successful edtech app. Want this kind of coverage on a different company or sector. Check out our ever-growing list of EC-1s , which include recent profiles of Klaviyo, StockX, Tonal and more.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

By Rob Dube, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization member in Detroit, is the author of D o Nothing, The Most Rewarding Leadership Challenge You Will Ever Take , set for release in late 2017. He is president and co-founder of imageOne , a document lifecycle management provider and a 2017 Forbes Small Giant. . plus two silent retreats a year?I’m

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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 round also included a $5 million debt from Talanton and Verdant Capital Specialist Funds.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

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. As MNT-Halan, it has also obtained the micro, consumer, and nano finance licenses to provide services to both businesses and consumers across Egypt. billion worth of loans to 1.8

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

Fifth Wall led the financing, which notably also included participation from returning backer Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and new investors DoorDash CEO Tony Xu and StockX CEO Scott Cutler. Neighbor , which operates a self-storage marketplace, announced Wednesday that it has raised $53 million in a Series B round of funding.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 19, 2017

Surrounded by other open-minded, respectful and eager-to-learn entrepreneurs in Accelerator, Hana faced her finances and worked tirelessly on her Accountabilities Tracking tool—the program’s method for guiding and holding accountable participants as they work toward US$1 million in annual revenue.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 17, 2019

The number one challenge women face is a significant disadvantage in securing access to venture capital funding compared to their male peers. In 2017, just 2.2% But, with all of the progress that’s been made, there are still looming disparities. . of all venture capital in the US went to companies founded solely by women.

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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. Indonesia emerged as the best choice. out of its 33.6

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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. 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.

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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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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 12, 2022

Between 2017 and 2021, the crypto market registered meteoric growth, pushing its aggregate market capitalization past the $2 trillion mark. Primarily it’s due to the immense return generating potential offered by the ever-evolving decentralized finance (DeFi) segment. New investors are flooding the crypto market. Too complicated?

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

Will the next company to raise $100M in financing just poach from decent seed-stage companies and pay triple the amount to lock up talent? Well, that time has finally come. As a warning, this post will have more subheading than usual, and it will be packed with lots of links — please click through and read them. Here goes….

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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. In April 2020, British banking startup Monzo’s revenue fell by almost 50%. Banking is a ubiquitous but hard to crack industry. Venmo) or split the bill (e.g.,

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

Last week, on Martin Luther King Day, I decided that instead of saying something in my weekly newsletter , I would do the opposite--I would listen. I asked, "What is your experience of being be black in tech today and what can allies do to improve it?" I will not, however, tolerate hate in anyone's direction. Ducks head.] Ok, let's dive in.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

I believe this use of cryptocurrency will develop and flourish long after the dust settles from the hype and crash of cryptocurrencies that we’re experiencing in 2017. The reality is that cryptocurrencies can be both and can be liberating and corrupting at the same time.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 8, 2018

Since pursuing and winning PEAK in 2017, Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s Utah chapter is well on its way to achieving yet another victory: Hosting a successful EO Alchemy in October 2018. Rex Hale, EO Utah, Finance Chair FY2018/2019: Perspective. Octane recently checked in with EO Utah’s leadership to discuss the year ahead.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

We knew we had found a market niche when this platform also met the needs of our peers. Fraud continues to be a major issue in the world of digital transactions, a situation that research shows was only compounded in the last 20 months of online activity growing as a result of COVID-19.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

Especially when that — albeit with slightly smaller numbers — was also the story back in 2017. This is the slide-deck equivalent of a standup comedian standing on a stage, peering into the spotlights, muttering ‘pharmacies, amirite?’ An online pharmacy that raised yet another round of funding.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

For Propy it is a major milestone in leveraging the promise of blockchain technology and non-fungible tokens (NFT) to achieve ‘self-driving’ real estate transactions and real estate participation in the decentralized finance economy.”. Propy was the first blockchain startup to make that work. And, by golly, they are going to try.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

billion in 2017. In energy-efficiency tech, Energy X’s peers include Enpal, which raised a $174 million Series C at a valuation of $1.1 million in Series B financing at a valuation of $120 million, Park told TechCrunch. Countries worldwide have pledged to reduce their energy usage and reach net-zero energy targets by 2050.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

Credit card rewards often play a significant role in attracting users to a particular card over its peers. Kard ‘s rewards-as-a-service API streamlines the process for card issuers, allowing them to create a customized rewards program tailored to their particular customer base by choosing from Kard’s set of merchant partnerships.

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