TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Tech City UK, its predecessor, was launched in 2011 by former prime minister David Cameron and concentrated largely on the London ecosystem until 2018 when it merged with Tech North (based in Manchester). Gerard Grech, chief executive of Tech Nation, said the body’s work represented a “£15 return on every £1 invested by the government.”.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

There are many reasons for that, such as private equity and crossover investors investing earlier, or the fact that LPs in VC funds are affected by public market swings and could, theoretically, hit some VC firms to feel the pinch. could become even more attractive regions for investment. Money has been coming into the U.S.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Of course, startups often manage to find a way to take down incumbents and a distraction for Carta, at least, in the form of a very public gender discrimination lawsuit by a former VP of marketing, could be the kind of opening that Pulley needs. YW: I left Microsoft in 2018 and started Pulley a year later. Carta was just valued at $1.7

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Spryker’s argument is that by being a newer company (founded in 2018) it has a more up-to-date stack that puts it ahead of older startups and more incumbent players like SAP and Oracle. Italy’s Commerce Layer raises $6M led by Benchmark for its headless e-commerce platform.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

Most of those are product buys to drive or accelerate revenue growth with the secondary benefit of getting new talent, Ruark said. Retail investment behemoth Robinhood laid off 23% of its staff — just 3 months after letting go of 9% of its workforce. Specifically, it said, in Q2 2022, “ VC investment in fintech companies fell 17.8%

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Whereas in 2016 I struggled to come up with one, and whereas in 2017 it was obvious it was Coinbase, with 2018 comes the most money poured into U.S. In 2018, it was that kind year. This is the company, in my opinion, which only first appeared on the radar of most investors in 2018. Here is the Google Doc where we tracked these.]

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In 2022 and beyond, Monzo’s revenues are likely to further accelerate as they benefit from cross border-travel, increased EU interchange rates, and new products. 2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer. Banking is a ubiquitous but hard to crack industry.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In 2022 and beyond, Monzo’s revenues are likely to further accelerate as they benefit from cross border-travel, increased EU interchange rates, and new products. 2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer expectations. trillion in deposits.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Here are the investors in their own words, for any TechCrunch reader who is interested in hiring, investing or founding a company in the country. What trends are you most excited about investing in, generally? What’s your latest, most exciting investment? Oh, and one more thing. We just launched Extra Crunch in Israel.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

CVS Care Clinic Price Schedule: Benchmark Healthcare Investments. Our venture capital firm, Benchmark, has made four investments consistent with the “customer-first” theme. By 2018, they will operate 75 offices in 8 markets with over 400 primary care clinicians. healthcare market. The timing can be tricky, however.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

The funding brings the total investment to date for Portland, Oregon-based Sila to $20 million. The company was founded in 2018 by Shamir Karkal, Angela Angelovska, Isaac Hines and Alex Lipton to simplify digital payments and storage in a regulatory compliant way and build on blockchain technology.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

We’ll talk about their investment thesis, her plans to bring more diversity into tech and what she brings to the table as a VC. Rivian emerged from stealth in 2018 with a pair of vehicles that helped it become the buzziest EV automaker since Tesla. Accelerating Startup Marketing Growth. Rivian Grows Up. It’s going to rock.

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