Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 1, 2020

(iMCI), recently led an $11.535 million go-to-market investment in Oklahoma City-based Linear Health Sciences. The investment comes on the heels of continued successes for the Orchid SRV, the company’s flagship medical device designed to reduce accidental IV catheter dislodgement in a novel way. million Seed round in 2016 and a $1.54

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 20, 2022

A number of startups and entrepreneurial initiatives working to address challenges in the transport sector have been approved for funding in round one of the Waka Kotahi Hoe ki angitū- Innovation Fund , with a second round of challenges now announced. It will support a range of private and non-government sector innovators and innovations.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2022

While many funds are returning to more conservative check-writing , with a focus on profitability and business fundamentals, crypto remains a sector in the spotlight that attracts dedicated billion-dollar funds and investment terms that remind us more of 2021 than 2022. Yet, things are accelerating across the board in crypto.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. That used to be called A-round investing. Society is reorienting to a new post-pandemic norm?—?even of the fund.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Other investors SBI Investment, Tokyu Land Corporation, Kushu Electric Power, Seika Corporation, JOIN (Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport & Urban Development) and exiting investor Venture Lab Investment also joined in the round. . million Series A in February 2021. . and Southeast Asia.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

The country’s focus on education, business, and innovation has made it the 11th largest economy and the fifth largest exporter of goods and services globally. K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) Program is the flagship accelerator program for international startups looking to enter the competitive Asian market.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

Johannesburg-based investment company Founders Factory Africa (FFA) today announced a partnership with Small Foundation that will see it select 18 agritech startups for an acceleration and incubation program. This is a change from when the company launched in 2018.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

It is clear that without rapid innovation on a global scale, what we eat in our cities and how we produce it poses an existential challenge. In 2018, Impact Hub King’s Cross kicked off an incubation program for UK-based social entrepreneurs aiming to combat the key challenges in our urban food systems. trillion USD by 2030.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 23, 2023

The automotive startup is developing data transport and acceleration technology for automobile networks that support autonomous driving and electrical vehicles (EV). These innovations set a new industry expectation in what can be achieved in meeting the cost, power and flexibility that car manufacturers and consumers demand in new vehicles.”

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 2, 2019

Innovation stimulates entrepreneurship. The more successful the new companies are in top-line revenue, bottom-line profitability and gross margins, the more taxes paid and the more potential dollars that the state can plow back into research and development, thus perpetuating the cycle of innovation and job creation. By Scott Meacham.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

with co-investment from OSF Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, and Dreampact Ventures. million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The competitive NIH SBIR program funds early-stage small businesses seeking to commercialize innovative biomedical technologies. “We

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Revolution

JUNE 15, 2023

CAVA’s founders had a vision to bring heritage, heart, health, and innovation to the fast-casual sector. So they kept their focus trained on meeting more people in more places — through digital innovation and geographic expansion — with food that fuels and connects. Balancing discipline with innovation: Running a restaurant is hard.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Today, one of the more promising hopefuls building an investing service in the UK is announcing a significant growth round after seeing a surge of attention this year in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Unlike the investors on its platform, this Series B is coming from a list of big-name strategic players and VCs.

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HPA

APRIL 13, 2021

“In an industry ripe for transformation, we see ourselves as innovators in digital car insurance experiences while providing our customers more value for less money. The Chicago-based company has been steadily adding markets since it began selling insurance in 2018 and now sells in 15 states.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

The funding round is led by global banks HSBC and ING, with participation from Sony Innovation Fund by IGV*, SBI Investment, OCS, Global Brain and DG Daiwa Ventures along with existing investors DN Capital, Dawn Capital, IQ Capital and Amex Ventures. with a goal of launching in 10 more countries by the end of 2019.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2022

Yesterday, Amazon announced that Agility Robotics is one of the five initial startups benefitting from the company’s $1 billion innovation fund. This morning, however, the company raised a massive $150 million Series B , including funds from the aforementioned Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund. That includes a $20.25

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

recently led an $850,000 seed investment in Oklahoma. The investment into Kirrhos Pharmaceuticals includes $425,000 from the i2E-managed. Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund, along with matching investment from Angel investors. The seed investment will allow Kirrhos to conduct preclinical proof-of-concept research. www.i2E.org.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 31, 2023

M&A accelerates throughout the year. PE becomes an important buyer of companies growing 10-25%, as it did in 2018, driven by lower debt costs. This innovation reinvigorates very early-stage IPOs. The Fed cuts rates, which helps. The anticipation of a rate change drives fear of target acquisition valuations.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 23, 2023

Register In the swiftly transforming landscape of financial technology (FinTech), Asia stands resolute at the forefront of innovation and entrepreneurial dynamism. These annual gatherings not only exhibit the region’s FinTech prowess but also foster knowledge exchange, networking, and collaborative innovation.

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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. At Versatile VC, we particularly like investing in “dual-PhD” problems, at the intersection of multiple domains. Starting a new business as a student is daunting. Right here. 1) Your school.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Currently, BFF has invested in over 100 startups including Altered State Machine, Splinterlands, GRID, Krayon and Magna. Despite the bear market BFF continues to be amongst the most active Web3 investors, making 50 investments in the past 12 months. The successful close of BFF Fund II marks a milestone for Blockchain Founders Fund.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

The company announced this morning a $73 million Series B round co-led by Globis Capital Partners and World Innovation Lab (WiL), with participation from existing investors DCM and Global Brain. In December 2018, the company closed a $9 million Series A round led by DCM and followed by Globis Capital Partners and WiL and Global Brain.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

Luisa Rubio Arribas is the head of Wayra X , Telefónica’s digital innovation hub offering funding, connections and expertise to mass-market-ready B2C startups. Corporate venture capital investments (CVCs) now represent more than a fifth of global venture. Corporate investment arms have gotten stronger. Luisa Rubio Arribas.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 3, 2023

Register Alchemy Pay , a Singapore -based payment gateway that connects crypto and global fiat currencies, has secured $10 million in funding from DWF Labs, a prominent multi-stage web3 investment firm, to expand its payment business in Korea.

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Revolution

JULY 26, 2021

Our Investment in Sila, the Portland-based Startup Founded by a Fintech Pioneer. Today we’re excited to announce a $13M investment in Sila , a fintech platform developing payments infrastructure for software developers to quickly and inexpensively add regulatory-compliant payment capabilities into their products. trillion per year?

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 31, 2023

Investments related to electric vehicle charging technology are also brisk. Among them, there is EVAR, an electric vehicle charging solution that has been recognized for its growth potential by successfully attracting a series B investment of KRW 22 billion in July 2023. They can utilize Pangyo’s diverse infrastructure.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

“So that architectural shift is absolutely happening, and is only accelerating. And that’s in the background of why we also raised this next round to really accelerate that, to fuel the developer revolution and advance [this] modern way [of developing websites], and to also tackle the next set of challenges.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 14, 2023

They realized AI was advancing quickly enough to provide real time, fully generated responses to technical customer service queries, and pivoted to invest heavily in the platform’s AI technology. By connecting these two worlds, we’re accelerating the clean energy transition. For more information, visit: [link].

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

After delivering over one million subscription boxes of Japanese snacks to customers in more than 100 countries, Bokksu launched a digital marketplace for premium Japanese lifestyle products, Bokksu Market , in 2018. Cousair , World Innovation Lab (WiL), Headline Asia and Gaingels. . Bokksu ships its grocery products to the U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 19, 2023

Register Komunal has announced that it secured new investments amounting to $8.5 million to fund its mission to accelerate financial inclusion and strengthen the neo-rural bank ecosystem in Indonesia, especially outside the Greater Jakarta area. The post Komunal secures $8.5m

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Incubated out of Harvard’s Innovation Lab in 2018, CEO Pascal Kriesche and Morgan Abraham call their company a “healthy smoothie store-in-a-box” that is essentially a robot that mixes fruits, vegetables and add-ins like protein into a smoothie.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Register Singapore is emerging as a hotspot for cleantech innovation, with a growing number of startups focusing on sustainability and environmental impact. TablePointer Pte Ltd About Startup: TablePointer Pte Ltd , a Singapore-based startup, specializes in providing innovative Energy-Efficiency-as-a-Service (EEaaS) solutions.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 19, 2022

Register Global venture capital firm Antler has committed to investing $100 million by 2025 to at least 300 startups in Southeast Asia , according to an announcement. With over 127 Southeast Asian portfolio companies invested in to date, Antler is already one of the region’s most active investors.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In 2018, he and Akintola Adesanmi — who was no stranger to how rent worked in Nigeria and also desired to effect change — brainstormed Spleet , a platform that partners with apartment owners to list their properties and offers renters options to pay rent monthly, quarterly and biannually. Image Credits: Spleet.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

In 2018, three co-founders of Refract, Chong Geng Ng, Michael Chng and Eugene Koh, worked on a gaming-related project and encountered a problem statement: How would one bridge the gap between gaming and physical activity? “We are pleased to support their growth and the development of the overall innovation ecosystem in Singapore.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Aurora Innovation, the autonomous vehicle startup backed by Sequoia Capital and Amazon, has reached an agreement with Uber to buy the ride-hailing firm’s self-driving unit in a complex deal that will value the combined company at $10 billion. “If anything, this accelerates our objectives,” he said.

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