TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Late-stage deals made Q3 2020 a standout VC quarter for US-based startups. The Exchange previously dug into the fintech VC market , focusing our examination on the payments, insurtech, wealth management and banking verticals. But, as PitchBook notes, “only 414 deals closed during the quarter—the lowest count since Q3 2017.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Each had different yet complementary skills — Michael Famoroti , an economist; Bode Ogunlana , a software engineer; Abdul Abdulrahim , a data scientist; and Preston Ideh , a corporate lawyer — and in 2017, they launched a media startup to address the dearth of information and data-driven insights in the West African country. .

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2020

However, the research shows a possible interesting trend away from the VC-backed startups of the last 10 years. In 2017, Battery Ventures published its own BOSS Index, but the index was abandoned. Admittedly, “ GitHub stars” are not a totally perfect metric to measure the product-market fit of open-source companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Yet as we enter February 2017 the VC funding markets are booming, Snap, Inc has filed for its IPO, AppDynamics was just purchased for $3.7 But the reality is that “global warming” massively blunted the effects of winter and my prognosis for VC fundings of entrepreneurs in 2017–2018 is now very sunny indeed.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” Why are all of the VC home runs from white men, or Asian men in Asia, plus a few Asian men in the U.S.?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 30, 2021

But I am writing again as there is likely to be a bunch of chatter about Dapper, Flow, and NBA Top Shot as the news of a financing round comes out today. Financings don’t really interest me but companies do. Dapper Labs came out of an incubator called Axiom Zen back in 2017. And this is a fascinating company.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Our findings confirmed a significant shift away from the traditional tech hubs of the Bay Area, New York City, and Boston, with the proportion of seed- and early-stage VC dollars funneling into the Bay Area falling below 30% for the first time in more than a decade. marking its highest level since 2017.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2022

I think the big unlock will be bridging between the existing carbon offset market and the crypto markets where decentralized finance tools can bring massive innovation and demand to this market very quickly. But I think the dominant form of working will return to “in office, with others” by the end of this year. But why not?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

In conversation with reporter Taylor Hatmaker, Rubin said NFTs show that individuals can benefit from Web3 adoption, while decentralized finance and cryptocurrency trading are more commercialized forms. Besides traditional VC, crowdfunding, venture banks and venture debt funds are all viable options. This year, it happened.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2023

Whether their expertise ranges from gaming and finance, or art and tokenomics, it’s critical to select the right people carefully. First, make sure you have a good understanding of your finances. Crowdcreate also runs one of the largest networks of crypto founders, angel & VC investors , influencers and creators.

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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

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The startup, founded in 2017, partnered with IBM to create a blockchain-based stablecoin for instant payment processing. million in funding to date through its 2017 seed round, which was led by Freestyle Capital’s Dave Samuel and featured participation from a host of angel investors in venture and fintech. It has raised $3.3

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

of all VC funds raised in 2022 to 17.2%—seen as part of a decade-long trend. Aspect Ventures : co-founded in 2014 by Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad, the early-stage venture firm uniquely focuses on bridging the funding gap between angels and the larger multi-stage VC platforms through collaboration and diversity.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2020

From Kapor Capital, it was onto Canaan Partners as a venture partner and, just three years later, to Village Global , the early-stage venture firm that was founded in 2017 with the backing of prominent founders like Bill Gates and Reid Hoffman. Fubini helped cofound the outfit with a handful of others.)

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear. 1) Your school.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Last year, fintech startups accounted for 25% of the VC funding which flowed into Africa, while startups from the Big Four received more than half of the continent’s total funding. SafeBoda has rarely announced any of its funding rounds since its inception in 2017, but people who know the company’s dealings say it has raised over $20 million.

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Haystack

OCTOBER 13, 2019

At the end of 2016, folks in the startup tech ecosystem looked toward 2017’s impending “uncertainty.” ” Then at the end of 2017, the same worry about 2018; rinse and repeat last year, looking toward 2019. So, will the end of this year be any different, as we look to 2020?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Alviere , an embedded finance startup that aims to help any brand deliver financial products and services to its customers and employees, announced today it has closed $70 million of new funding. Opera Tech Ventures, the VC arm of BNP Paribas, also put money in the round. Image Credits: Alviere.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Flowstate VC, Force Ventures, IndigoEdge Advisors, Toch.ai, Nishchay Goel, and Saikiran Krishnamurthy also participated in the funding round, according to the announcement. Ltd, joining ADB Ventures as investor. percent to $45.85 billion by 2030, according to data from Allied Market Research.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Like other financial infrastructure companies, Stitch services allows companies and developers to innovate around other services like personal finance, lending, insurance, payments and wealth management. In 2017, Kiaan Pillay worked as the head of operations for South African insurance API platform Root. ” Image Credits: Stitch.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

The venture capital boom of 2021 was not built from merely traditional VC money. CVCs are in the news lately as well, thanks to MongoDB – a NoSQL company that went public in 2017 – putting together its own fund, an event that the technology world took note of.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The investors backing MNT-Halan include private equity firms Apis Growth Fund II, Development Partners International (DPI), and Lorax Capital Partners; VCs like Venture Partners, Endeavor Catalyst, and DisruptTech. Then in mobility, MNT-Halan provides courier, delivery, and ride-hailing services. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Virgin Mobile co-founder Amol Sarva and former VC Edward Shenderovich founded Knotel, essentially reversing the WeWork model. In April, Knotel a nnounced the close of a $70 million Series B financing led by Newmark Knight Frank and The Sapir Organization. There’s hype around the company in its early days.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The second iteration has been more around like decentralized finance and non-custodial trading of financing activities,” said Bademosi. Nestcoin’s products cut across Decentralized Finance (DeFi), media, digital art and gaming. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Founded in 2014, Blossom Finance was first intended for Muslim entrepreneurs in the United States. But founder Matthew Joseph Martin soon realized that the startup, backed by investors like Boost VC and Tim Draper, was serving a relatively niche market in the States. Meanwhile in Malaysia, where 61.3% out of its 33.6

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) led its Series D, which also included participation from return backers TTV Capital, Canapi Ventures, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, BOND, Fin VC, Goodwater Capital, as well as new investors Wellington Management, Owl Ventures and LionTree Partners. Image Credits: Greenlight.

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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. He adds that MFS is a strategic investor in Numida and not the typical VC. million seed round. Numida business owners.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Fetch launched its operations in Dallas in February of 2017 with the goal of solving “the package problem” for apartment communities. By the end of 2017, the SaaS company was servicing approximately 2,000 apartments in the Dallas area. The startup, which later moved its headquarters to Austin, has seen impressive growth.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

There’s a lot more interest in crypto investments not just from traditional VCs or crypto VCs, but also traditional institutions that are now getting into crypto investments because they realize how important this stuff is.”. After working as a software engineer, Qureshi caught the “crypto bug” in 2017, he joked.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

The influence of logistical operations on products leads to various problems for operators, from inconsistent pricing, which stems from a fragmented supply and demand market, to paper documentation and little or no access to financing. The TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa winner in 2017 is currently present in Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Moreover, DeFi implementations have seen a lot of interest given the region’s difficulties with how finance is conducted traditionally. “We believe that crypto has a big opportunity to digitize cash,” said Patricio Jutard, co-founder and general partner of Newtopia VC. dollars is getting more and more complicated and expensive.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

That company sold to Navient in 2017 for about $155 million. If you think about, in traditional finance, Fidelity’s business model, there are two big areas — retail and institutional,” Beryl explained. Gilbert also backed the pair’s previous venture, Earnest, while at another VC firm, Propel).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Founded out of London in 2017, Zen Educate is setting out to supplant the traditional approach to recruiting teachers, a system that typically involves third-party agencies and hefty fees. government’s own reported school financing data, and established that schools spend around £2 billion ($2.2 Show me the money. million ($10.4

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

General Catalyst, QED, Flourish Ventures, Partnership Fund for NYC, Story Ventures, Gaingels, Calm VC and Avidbank participated in the financing round, which brings the certified B Corp.’s Those include Goodly , Highway Benefits , Candidly and Summer , which grabbed $6 million in additional Series A funding.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Unlike most raises, Routable didn’t raise the capital from a bunch of VC firms. CEO Omri Mor and CTO Tom Harel founded Routable in 2017 after previously working at marketplaces and recognizing the need for better internal tools for scaling business payments. The pair are brothers, in case you didn’t know.).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

We were bullish on fintech when we launched the Matrix Fintech Index in 2017, but even we underestimated the magnitude of the growth to come. VC funding into private fintech companies crossed $134 billion in 2021, rising by 177% from a year earlier, according to Crunchbase. Matt is an early stage fintech investor at Matrix Partners.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

So you’re interested in raising capital from a Revenue-Based Investor VC. Which VCs are comfortable using this approach? This structure offers some of the benefits of traditional equity VC, without some of the negatives of equity VC. A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors (“RBI”) are emerging. Alternative Capital. “

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