TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

You can still shoot your shot to pitch to an amazing panel of judges and thousands of TC viewers. TechCrunch editors will select 10 founders from around the world to pitch on stage July 9th. TechCrunch Early Stage Part Two is set to be a game-changer for founders looking to take their startups to the next level.

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Startup Catalyst

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

In November 2017 we delivered our first Investor Mission, heading to San Francisco for an intensive week meeting with angels, VCs, corporate venture programs, accelerators, startups, pitch events, and dinners. The mission was led by Steve Baxter, an investor on Shark Tank and the current Queensland Chief Entrepreneur. Who we took.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Twenty-three members of the Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab cohort are pitching today to an audience of over 300 investors, potential partners, and customers. Since its founding in 2017 the Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Labs has established a track record of success. Twelve of 23 cohort members are based in U.S.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 15, 2018

He has worked with several startups, invested in companies like Mayvenn, Gimlet Media, Blavity, Airspace Technologies, Codeverse, and many others Pitch your startup for a chance to meet with Cross Culture VC Q&A: What is your / your fund's mission? We held a few closes prior to the final closed in February of 2017.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

They include lead investors Vostok New Ventures and Endure Capital and participating investors JAM Fund (led by Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen), YC Continuity Fund, a large unnamed Saudi-based fund, Shorooq Partners, 4DX Ventures and logistics giant Flexport.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 24, 2019

As an EO Vancouver member, he was the 2017 Entrepreneurs’ Organization Global Citizen of the Year Award. . Manny Padda is the founder and chief people connector at New Avenue Capital. Written for EO by Manny Padda an entrepreneur, angel investor and philanthropist who won the 2016 Canadian Angel of the Year Award.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Today, 189 companies will pitch, while the rest will pitch tomorrow. A lot of African founders (and future founders) I’ve spoken to were encouraged by seeing Paystack do so well and get acquired. It was founded in 2017 by Ahmed Ashour and Omar Radi. include India, with 33 startups; the U.K., ShipBlu (Egypt).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The VCs who founders love the most. Managing Editor Danny Crichton spearheaded the development of The TechCrunch List earlier this year to help seed-stage founders connect with VCs who write first checks. ” The VCs who founders love the most. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

A few months ago, he blasted out cold emails to pitch an intrapreneurship class. In 2017, a furniture retailer he’d been advising for a few years grew rapidly, and rewarded him for his dedication. Nayo Partners, her company, provided strategic consulting for founders in creative businesses. He was hooked on side hustles.

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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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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

2) National Black MBA Association Scale-Up Pitch Challenge. The National Black MBA Association Scale-Up Pitch Challenge is another great source of funding for minority start-ups. It is also a competition that provides the opportunity for start-ups to grow and has been doing so since 2017. Website: [link]. Website: [link].

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

Meet the five winning founders from Rise of the Rest 8.0 At the end of each tour day, we hosted a pitch competition where a local startup received a $100,000 investment from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. Exploring new ideas and methodologies to challenge the existing paradigm is exciting to me as a founder.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Dig into the pitches yourself, as there’s never a bad time to check out some super-early-stage startups.” Commercializing deep tech startups: A practical guide for founders and investors. I have a hard time envisioning all of the hurdles deep tech founders must overcome before they can land their first paying customer.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 20, 2018

She’s learned a sales pitch from her brothers and actually closes at a much higher rate?it Adrian started on 9 December, 2017, and is more than halfway to his goal. The Entrepreneurs’ Organization is the premier global network for founders, entrepreneurs and pioneers. it doesn’t hurt that she’s adorable!

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna — the Swedish fintech “buy now, pay later” sensation that is currently Europe’s most valuable private tech company — is dismissive of the suggestion that non U.S. Pitch perfect, you might think. companies should relocate to Silicon Valley if they really want to grow.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

Greenlight , the fintech company that pitches parents on kid-friendly bank accounts, has raised $260 million in a Series D funding round that nearly doubles its valuation to $2.3 There’s Kard, Step, Till Financial and Current pitching similar businesses in the U.S. billion valuation. Notably, a16z also led Current’s raise).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

” Founded in 2017 by Professors John Morton and Simon Benjamin from UCL and Oxford University respectively, Quantum Motion is setting out to create “scalable quantum computers” through new quantum computing architectures that are compatible with established silicon processing. . John Morton (CTO), and Prof.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

The pitch was tantalizing — but never fully realized. At a product lab called Adept that emerged from stealth today with $65 million in funding, they are — in the founders’ words — “build[ing] general intelligence that enables humans and computers to work together creatively to solve problems.”

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 11, 2023

L earn mo re Democratizing the Friends & Family Round: In partnership with Hello Alice, UBS provides $25,000 in grants and mentorship to 20 female founders of color in NYC who are leading venture-scalable companies.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

But this is something that French startup Edda is looking to fix, with a platform aimed at helping investors, analysts, chief financial officers (CFOs), and even company founders get the insights they need, and the tools that make working collaboratively on deals just that little bit easier. Investors invest. Market opportunity.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Founders : Before beU delivery, Hao Zheng, who leads the team as chief executive, was the founder and CEO of Yooul, a social networking app in China. Founders : Ahmed Ismail, a second-time founder who has worked for Goldman Sachs and Barclays, is the CEO. Location : Khartoum, Sudan. Website : [link].

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Austin made headlines in 2021 for being “the place” for startup founders and venture capitalists alike to set up shop. TechCrunch Live is a free weekly event featuring investors, founders, and startups with the goal of helping entrepreneurs build better venture-backed businesses. It’s a city of unicorns and tech giants. Register here.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Mid-year, the 2017-founded startup reports that it had reached €14.7 It notes that this (pre-) Series B funding includes the issuance of convertible notes which will lead to equity next year in the full Series B round so a bunch of investors are clearly bought into its sales growth pitch. million in turnover, up from €7.6M

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Around 7,000 tech workers have joined the ranks of the Armed Forces or Territorial Defense Only last month, OneUkraine sprang up from a host of major European tech founders and investors, who plan to provide sustainable humanitarian relief for the Ukrainian people. Fuelfinance Their pitch: “We do your spreadsheets, graphs, and automation.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

You led TechStars Chicago for two years (2017–2019) and have been connected to the local scene there for a quite a while. Or, I hear about the % ROI from Chicago investments being top decile because of lower entry valuations, as if that’s something that is attractive to founders…. But honestly couldn’t care enough to remember.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna — the Swedish fintech “buy now, pay later” sensation that is currently Europe’s most valuable private tech company — is dismissive of the suggestion that non U.S. Pitch perfect, you might think. companies should relocate to Silicon Valley if they really want to grow.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 21, 2021

In 2017, after working for 1.5 In i2e1, though I was hired as a UX designer, I collaborated with other teammates and took care of the branding, print design, offline and online marketing collaterals, marketing strategy, pitch presentations, and more. Or hide our mistakes in notebooks? In startups, it’s the opposite.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. Most funds open data rooms to share previous reports, performance data, pitch decks, legal docs and other fundraising material with LPs.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “Today’s investors are allocating more to alternatives in an environment where there are record numbers of new funds; and seeking deeper relationships with managers via direct and coinvestments. ” The site connects founders and investors by playing multiplayer games. 3) Raise capital.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

. “Proton does from time-to-time make remote hires, but as a general rule we are an office-centric — rather than remote-centric — company, and most of our team works from our offices around the world,” Proton founder and CEO Andy Yen explained to TechCrunch.

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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. " Founder and Operator Thoughts. zip code in " Introducing Territory Planning in Mattermark.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

I covered one demo day in person, spending most of my time backstage where founder teams practiced their pitches. Battery Ventures has backed Databricks since 2017, so Alex Wilhelm interviewed General Partner Dharmesh Thakker to understand why he thinks the company may be undervalued. “So the TAM is massive.”

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 28, 2024

Mentorships and other resources also provided to winning tech-enabled startups led by members of underfunded demographics as part of Delaware’s fourth annual pitch competition WILMINGTON, Del. ( Erika Lucas , founder of StitchCrew , gave the afternoon keynote “The Majority Economy: Economics of Why We Need to Invest in Diverse Founders.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Chibuzo Opara and Adham Yehia, the co-founders of DrugStoc, a tech-based pharmaceutical procurement platform. In response, the co-founders created and piloted a tech-based platform in 2015 linking manufacturers with distributors. This plan failed to take-off as it immediately became clear that a platform alone would not suffice.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Each story is based on an interview with a founder or investor who addressed some of the most common startup dilemmas. TechCrunch reporter Natasha Mascarenhas interviewed Kleiner Perkins partner Bucky Moore to get sector-agnostic advice for founders who are ready to raise a Series A. When should I hire a sales team?

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