Remove 2018 Remove board Remove mix-use
article thumbnail

Celus, which uses AI to automate circuit board design, raises $25.6M

TechCrunch

Just about every electronic contraption you care to think of contains at least one printed circuit board (PCB), which serves to house and connect the various components that allow the device to function as a whole. Thus, the global PCB market is big business, expected to grow from a $60 billion industry in 2020 to $75 billion by 2027.

board 97
article thumbnail

A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A successful entrepreneur, businessman and EO Bahrain member, Suhail Algosaibi had long thought about how he could use his position and his company—FALAK Consulting—to make real, radical and sustainable change in his corner of the world. For 2018 we are planning for 300-plus attendees. They came from eight countries in four continents.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

New capital fuels Purely Elizabeth’s next natural food phase

TechCrunch

As Stein, CEO, worked with clients, she saw the need for specialized foods, like gluten-free, and what started as a side project — a blueberry muffin mix — was the catalyst for Purely Elizabeth and became her first product before moving into granola, which is what the company is known for today.

capital 90
article thumbnail

Kenya’s Lami raises $1.8M to scale API insurance platform across Africa

TechCrunch

Africa’s insurance market stands at a 3% penetration rate, per a McKinsey study in 2018 comparing six insurance regions on the continent. From the McKinsey report in 2018, the total gross written premiums (GWP) in Eastern Africa was $3.3 The product can also be used by partner businesses to manage their own insurance needs.

mix-use 101
article thumbnail

Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

And in around 2018, 2019, there was a strategic focus by the Board of Trustees to start looking at how can we more specifically support and service founders in the Greater Canterbury region to help them pursue their ideas. For us, it was not a good use of money.

article thumbnail

UK’s Atom Learning picks up $25M from SoftBank for an AI-based online learning platform aimed at elementary school-aged students

TechCrunch

The Covid-19 pandemic ushered in a new chapter for virtual learning, giving a boost of attention to existing tools and spurring the creation of new services and use cases as students of all ages were ordered to stay home and stay out of classrooms. It is also notable for being Atom’s first outside funding.

article thumbnail

Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control

David Teten VC

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. RBI structures have been used for many years in natural resource exploration, entertainment, real estate, and pharmaceuticals.

founder 99