Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 28, 2019

With the help of the EO Accelerator program for early-stage entrepreneurs, Costa is running a values-driven translation business that aims to make a difference in the world. . He relied mostly on himself to establish and grow his business—until, that is, he met up with EO Melbourne and the EO Accelerator program. What sets him apart?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

With this, APX, which launched in 2018 , is now able to deploy up to €500,000 in pre-Series A seed funding per company. In addition to the new funding, APX also today announced that it is doing away with its 100-day accelerator program and instead opting for a long-term commitment to its companies, including participation in future rounds.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

“Teaming up with Bending Spoons will [accelerate] the delivery of improvements across our teams, professional, personal and free offerings.” This proved to be a winning strategy — at least at first. ” Small, the former CEO of platform-as-a-service company TokBox, came on in 2018.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This financial leader could well have come through the finance org at another startup or at a larger company but they often also can come from strategy consulting (Bain, BCG or McKinsey) or through investment banking (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc.). No prizes for guessing what some of MakeSpace’s innovations will be in 2018 and 2019.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2021

A self-driving pilot Oxbotica kicked off with London-based car service Addison Lee in 2018 projected that it would have its first cars on the road by 2021. “Helping to accelerate the global revolution in mobility is at the heart of bp’s strategy to become an integrated energy company focused on delivering solutions for customers.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The startup has gone through Snap’s Yellow accelerator , an in-house effort from the social media company that began in 2018. The company also did Ready Set Raise, an equity-free accelerator put on by Female Founders Alliance , in the fall. Ready Set Raise, an accelerator for women built by women, announces third class.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

The idea behind Portside, which was founded in 2018, is that it lets business aviation companies and flight departments manage everything from flight operations to maintenance, crew and staff scheduling, expense management for crew members and staff, and financial data to help them operate more efficiently.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2022

After all, logistics has become an increasingly import piece of Agility’s go to market strategy for its bipedal Digit robot, while Amazon’s hundreds of thousands of robots are a big part of how it manages to turn around package deliveries so quickly. Robotics founders: Build your pitch deck around problem-solving, not technology.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

“Together, Automation Anywhere and FortressIQ will reshape the future of automation, changing the way our customers automate, adapt, and accelerate as they pursue digital transformation initiatives,” Automation Anywhere CEO and co-founder Mihir Shukla said in a statement.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

took nearly 39 million trips in 2018 and another 86 million the following year. 2: First custom-designed shared scooters released (fall 2018). That’s why Bird’s vehicle team unveiled the industry’s first custom-designed e-scooter, the Bird Zero , in October of 2018. After an encouraging start, shared e-scooter riders in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2022

Venture capitalists and founders across all fundraising stages spoke to current investment strategies when it comes to investing in this cohort of startups. These structures were popular in the 2017-2018 [Initial Coin Offering] days and have become less prevalent today.”. Yet, things are accelerating across the board in crypto.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Other co-founders include Dmitry Demeshchuk, the first engineer who joined the Serve team at Postmates and MJ Chun, who previously led product at Anki and has been heading up product strategy at Serve. Postmates revealed its first Serve autonomous delivery bot in December 2018. Image Credits: Serve Robotics.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

To ensure your business continues to take advantage of the changing tide, here are 21 ways to help accelerate the growth of your new business in the year ahead: Become a prolific content creator. How might you create a prolific content strategy which resonates with your audience at a higher level? Build a content website or add a blog.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

” Just like Rho AP, the Rho Card is part of Rho’s strategy to position itself as “the first and last platform finance teams should need.” According to Rho, November’s transaction volume gives the company a $6 billion annualized run rate, showing rapid acceleration from its 11-month $3 billion cumulative result.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

Corporations have also come to realize the potential of a more open innovation strategy, where they invest in external startup ideas rather than only experimenting internally. At Wayra, we’ve adapted our strategy a number of times to ensure that we evolve as the startup ecosystem does.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The main thing is getting construction companies and contractors to accelerate their adoption of the tech and the labor shortage issue is putting substantial pressure on them to act. 80 percent of construction firms are having trouble hiring craft workers ( Associated General Contractors of America from August 2018 ).Today, USA News ).Labor

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Before Jay-Z (Shawn Carter) co-founded Marcy Ventures in 2018, he was involved with other businesses such as the legacy entertainment company Roc Nation and champagne brand Armand de Brignac. and Europe — launched EmPawa Africa , an outfit to accelerate the music careers of young artists. It’s going to be a gradual process.”.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The company will use the funds to accelerate its expansion plans into new customer segments and geographic areas, which will require them to build more sidewalk robots to fuel that growth. “Our goal is to put robots in every major U.S. city in the next two to three years,” Ali Kashani, co-founder and CEO of Serve, told TechCrunch.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

” In 2018, Crossworks Myanmar was born, initially intended to hire talent for Jeshua’s ventures. Jeshua’s audacious adventure unfolded during the pandemic, where he traveled to over 55 countries, joining Accelerating Asia and Decacorn Capital to dive deeper into the world of disruptive technology-led innovations.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

CoderSchool raised a seed round led by TRIVE Ventures in 2018. CoderSchool will use the funding to accelerate its online teaching platform growth and technology infrastructure expansion for the company’s technical education programs that guarantee employment upon graduation.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

million in funding since 2018, according to Crunchbase data, Olipop announced $30 million in Series B funding on a $200 million valuation. Up next, the company will scale its mainstream distribution and marketing strategies that were tested last year, along with the supply chain structures needed to support that rapid growth, he added.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

In a 2018 Accenture survey , 76% of business leaders said that current business models will be unrecognizable in the next five years, with ecosystems being the main change agent. ” Before launching Reveal in 2020, Bouchez was the CEO of Multiposting, an HR tech startup, until 2018, when it was acquired by SAP.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2023

Mortensen retired in 2018 and sold his stake to entrepreneur Johan Wedell-Wedellsborg and Ole Kristoffersen and Steen Skallebæk, founders of Danish bakery chain Ole & Steen. We see a clear window of opportunity in the market where we can accelerate,” Henrik Jeberg, LMS365 chief strategy officer, said in a statement.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

The stock market is expected to be tough for the time being, but the mobility industry will grow rapidly that we can’t miss this critical time; we will focus on accelerating mergers and acquisitions and investments in new businesses and technology.”.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

For example, my EDO had “7 wins” (companies that relocated) in 2018, but only “1 win” in 2019. They learn how to develop community goals and strategies to achieve those. We knew at the outset that this was a strategy for economic justice that we intended to pursue after the grant period ended. It is led by Chapman & Co.,

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The new capital will help also Toss accelerate growth for the challenger bank Toss Bank — launched last year by Viva Republica — and a Robinhood-like retail investment app, Toss Securities , which both look to turn a profit next year, according to Seo. billion in 2018.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Amsterdam has tech industry “schools” such as Growth Tribe , The Talent Institute and THNK for educational courses, as well as accelerators like Rockstart, Startupbootcamp and Fashion for Good. Adyen launched in 2006, and in June 2018, it was listed as one of Europe’s largest tech IPOs with a value of €7 billion.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

Murphy’s strategy overall for the economy is to build a stronger and fairer New Jersey and a stronger and fairer economy,” Sullivan said, adding that the state is also focused on “reclaiming New Jersey’s heritage of leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship.”. billion venture dollars invested between 2018 and 2019.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

In a statement, Workrise spokesperson Dan Bank told TechCrunch: In recent months, Workrise has engaged on a go-forward strategy supporting skilled workers in the energy industry. In this pursuit, Workrise has decided to exit verticals that no longer align with its go-forward strategy. valuation.

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Impact Hub

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Women Entrepreneurship Report 2018/19 shows that the average rate of women’s overall entrepreneurial activity is 10.2%, which is more than three-quarters of the overall rate of men’s entrepreneurial activity. This guide encompasses all stages of the acceleration process: .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Danggeun Market plans to focus on accelerating further overseas market expansion for the next two years after closing Series D funding, and in South Korea, we will diversify our business, aiming to be a super app,” co-founder and co-CEO Gary Kim said in an exclusive conversation with TechCrunch. The company reached 1.8

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Nomic, which first launched in 2018, is rebranding as the Nomic Foundation, and has already secured donations of $15 million out of its $30 million fundraising goal, CEO and co-founder Franco Zeoli told TechCrunch in an interview.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Luiz Tângari and Carlos Neto founded Tarken this year after working together in agriculture for the past eight years at Strider, a crop protection systems company they co-founded and later sold to Syngenta in 2018. As its startup market accelerates, Brazil could be in for an IPO bonanza.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The company that set out to create an atlas of the human immune system in 2018 had raised about $80 million by February 2021. Both acquisitions “really accelerated the size of the database,” says Solomon. However, M&A strategy remains to acquire complementary technologies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

How quickly is corporate venture capital investment accelerating? However, the 2021 result was actually fractionally lower than the 259 built in 2018. Sounds good? Let’s get into the data. Indeed, CB Insights data indicates that some 221 new CVCs were created in 2021, a huge 53% increase on 2020 data.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 7, 2022

The last couple of years have accelerated the digital transformation of many businesses. As a specialist small business lender, we’ve seen our customers use their funds to invest heavily in technology – setting up e-commerce sites, implementing CRM systems, adopting cloud technologies and trialling digital marketing strategies.

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