TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

million downloads to make it “the largest and first Black-owned personal finance platform” to do so, Rodney Williams, co-founder and president of SoLo, told TechCrunch. It’s challenging across the board.” SoLo Funds has acquired over 1 million registered users and over 1.3

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Mention Me , a platform to generate customer referrals, has raised a $25 million Series B round, led by London’s Octopus Ventures. Eight Roads Ventures, the lead investor from the prior round, a $7 million Series A in a 2018, also participated. Its competitors include Friendbuy (raised $1.8 million), Talkable (raised $4.2

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

2018 YLAI Fellow Rondell Hamilton is the founder of Rennie’s Orphanage and Animal Rescue (ROAR) in Trinidad, a nonprofit organization managing the rehabilitation, repopulation, and rescue of wild animals. However, to ensure the success of any venture, one must be willing to leave their comfort zone. By Jewelle Saunders.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 22, 2023

Register “Young musicians today treat music-making kind of like playing video games,” says PoChang Wu, co-founder of OurSong, an NFT-based platform for music collection and community building. ” Getting artists back on board with NFTs The first challenge for the startup was bringing musicians onboard to the Remix NFT model.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Diving into the Data According to Pitchbook, there have been 390 exits in proptech between 2018 and 2022. However, some of the insights below can help proptech founders think strategically through their fundraising and exit strategies. Source: Pitchbook Q3–2023 NVCA Venture Monitor That said, the M&A dynamic in proptech is unique.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

led by Founder & CEO Jonathan Webb ?—?rang I am at once proud of and awed by Jonathan, whose dual-track passion for the future of food and the future of Appalachia has brought him to tears more than once since we first invested in early 2018. Anna Mason serves on the board of APPH. On February 1st, the AppHarvest team?—?led

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. 2018 also had the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

There is a growing body of articles about the important issue of the lack of investment dollars flowing to Black women founders. For anyone following venture news, this data should not be new: Fortune reported that while the numbers have tripled since 2018, Black women still only receive 0.27% of all venture dollars in the U.S.;

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

BigID has been on the investment fast track, raising $94 million over three rounds that started in January 2018. Salesforce Ventures and Tiger Global co-led the round with participation from existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners and Boldstart Ventures.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

The company, founded in 2018, seeks to provide enterprise-level security to medium-sized businesses through turn-key, cloud-based solutions. million since its founding in 2018. New investor Mercury led Blumira’s Series A, with managing director Aziz Gilani joining Blumira’s board as a director.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

In fact, a new report from investment firm Golden Gate Ventures predicts a record number of exits will happen in the region over the next couple of years, thanks to factors like a maturing ecosystem, more secondary buyers and the emergence of SPACs. billion invested in 2020, according to a report by Cento Ventures and Tech In Asia.

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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

APRIL 27, 2021

million Series A announced in 2018 and brings the company’s total funding to north of $40 million. The round, led by McRock Capital and TransLink Ventures, features BMWi Ventures, Kensington Capital Partners and Ironspring Ventures, along with existing investors. The round follows an $8.3

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

” Hockey has kept a low profile since, maintaining a seat on Plaid’s board as the company, now valued at $13.4 Robinhood in 2018 ran afoul of regulators for lacking the proper insurance to offer a checking account.). billion, builds out its global finance network. The reason? There are ways around this.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Stenon , an agtech company that has a real-time soil-sensing solution, has raised a $20 million Series A funding round from Founders Fund, David Friedberg’s The Production Board and existing investors including Cherry Ventures and Atlantic Labs. Its main competitors are AgroCares, 360 Soilscan and ChrysaLabs (raised CA$1.4

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Biggs explored the potential for blockchain technology to help solve humanitarian challenges through her venture, Proof of Purpose, in 2017, and her TEDx speech on Blockchain Technology that year is considered by many in the blockchain space to be one of the best in the genre. The move is significant with the news that Tesla has bought $1.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Zeni , a Palo Alto fintech company providing real-time financial services data to venture-backed startups, raised $34 million in Series B funding led by Elevation Capital. As part of the investment, Ravi Adusumalli, founder and managing partner at Elevation Capital, will join Zeni’s board. The company has now raised $47.5

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Impact Hub

APRIL 24, 2019

So with that in mind, here are 9 innovative ventures to watch that are on a mission to disrupt fast fashion: 1. Founder Nicola Henseler told us that at Impact Hub Ruhr the connections they made were vital, and resulted in the collections being “sold out” only a day after launch. Evrnu founder Stacey Flynn. Nata y Limón.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

Africa’s insurance market stands at a 3% penetration rate, per a McKinsey study in 2018 comparing six insurance regions on the continent. The round was led by Accion Venture Lab , a seed-stage investment firm that supports financial services targeted at underserved markets. Jihan Abbas (Founder & CEO).

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TechCrunch

JUNE 17, 2021

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers’), a prolific tech investor, is leading the round by way of its Teachers’ Innovation Platform (TIP). The round is coming on the heels of a very strong year for the company. The company said it had a year-on-year increase of 462% in jobs posted across its customer base.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Venture capital continues to flow into Latin America at a staggering rate. Venture firms in those countries are also raising funds; for example, this month, Colombia-based Marathon Ventures announced its first fund of $26 million. Why Latin American venture capital is breaking records this year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The company is the second venture in the realm of “functional soda” for co-founders Ben Goodwin and David Lester, who have worked together for nearly a decade. million in funding since 2018, according to Crunchbase data, Olipop announced $30 million in Series B funding on a $200 million valuation. After raising some $13.5

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

They started Searchlight in 2018 to develop technology that uses behavioral reference data and prescriptive analytics to give employers a more 360-degree view of a potential candidate’s strengths and weaknesses that might not appear on a resume or come out during an interview. million seed round in 2019.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

generating more than 12 million tons of waste in landfills every year, according to 2018 data by the Environmental Protection Agency. Kaiyo founder and CEO Alpay Koralturk said in an interview with TechCrunch that he was familiar with the hassle of buying and selling furniture after moving five times in five years in NYC.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Revolution Ventures led the round and was joined by existing investors Madrona Venture Group, Oregon Venture Fund and Mucker Capital, as well as Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus. As part of the investment, Clara Sieg, partner at Revolution Ventures, is joining the company’s board.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

So we help them make the best use of the most collaborative apps like Slack, Google Apps, JIRA and Notion without accidentally exposing sensitive information to the wrong people, both within the organization and externally,” company co-founder and CEO Rich Vibert told TechCrunch. That’s sort of our key secret sauce to this.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

The deal announced Thursday confirms TechCrunch’s reporting in June that the startup was in final talks with the SPAC launched by LinkedIn co-founder and investor Reid Hoffman, Zynga founder Mark Pincus and managing partner Michael Thompson. Venture capital at scale. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., Rowe Price Associates.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Founded in 2018, Ai Palette uses machine learning to help companies spot trends in real time and get them retail-ready, often within a few months. million Series A co-led by pi Ventures and Exfinity Venture Partners. Both will join Ai Palette’s board. Both will join Ai Palette’s board.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Most notably, they have power constraints, which means that they often can’t include five chips on board, but rather need one single chip that can use power extremely efficiently. million Series A round led by Mohammad Islam of Threshold Ventures (formerly known as DFJ). EdgeQ founder and CEO Vinay Ravuri. Photo via EdgeQ.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

Lucrezia Bisignani founded Kukua in 2018, but it wasn’t until three years later that the team put out the first version of Super Sema. The idea to create an animated superhero franchise for kids, especially those in Africa, was because there was a lack of such shows, co-founder and CEO Bisignani told TechCrunch on a call.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Alisee de Tonnac is co-founder and co-CEO of Seedstars , a Swiss-based group with a mission to impact people’s lives in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship. Furthermore, women founders receive less than 3% of all VC dollars. Venture investors have extraordinary power to impact broader society norms.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Founder and CEO Christine Moseley told TechCrunch that a majority of produce companies are still using pen, paper and fax machines to do business. As part of the investment, Jay Crone, investment director at Telus, joined Full Harvest’s board of directors. million in Series A funding in 2018. The company raised an additional $8.5

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Julián Melo and Marta Forero founded UBITS in Bogota, Colombia, in 2018 after the pair came up with the idea of “creating the Netflix for corporate training for LatAm.” Besides Riverwood, edtech-focused Owl Ventures (which led its $5 million Series A round last June), Endeavor Catalyst and Roble Ventures also participated in the financing.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 9, 2023

The funding was led by Florida-based Orlando Health Ventures, with participation from Colle Capital, Frontier Venture Capital, and others. Concurrent with this financing, Erick Hawkins, Chief Administrative Officer for Orlando Health, will join the Sensydia board of directors.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2020

million from a clutch of top venture investors. The small seed round came from Defy.vc, with additional commitments from Omicron, Unpopular Ventures, Underdog Labs and Canaan Partners. Neil Sequeira, co-founder and managing director of Defy.vc, will join Genemod’s board of directors. Alongside the funding, Defy.vc

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