TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Back in 2018 we covered how Open Mineral (OM), a startup aiming to leverage greater transparency in commodities trading, had raised $2.25 Existing investors Xploration Capital and Emerald Technology Ventures were joined by new investors Statkraft and Lingfeng Capital. Open Mineral plans to disrupt commodities trading with blockchain.

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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. The funding was led by Valor Siren Ventures , with participation from Company Ventures , St. Canada, the U.K,

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OurCrowd

JULY 24, 2019

We expect healthcare to change in the next decade as disruptive technologies promise to improve patient outcomes, making medicine more personalized, effective, and interconnected. In 2018, the company completed its first human trial in Alzheimer’s, giving new hope to those affected by the disease and their families. About the Authors.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

That, in turn, boosted the pet industry itself, with the market’s value increasing from $90 billion in 2018 to over $120 billion in 2021. Our brand is very disruptive on the shelf, and so we believe that retail is important in our discovery. Of that, $50 billion was spent in the U.S. on food and treats.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The startup, founded in 2018, said it will use the fresh capital to attract more top tier talent and scale its presence across more key geographies. The $11 million round announced today follows the $6 million Series A round in 2021, which was led by Pearl Abyss Capital, Storm Venture, Big Basin Capital, and Smilegate Investment.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2023

Iron Pillar and Uncorrelated Ventures led the round, with participation from existing investors Nexus Venture Partners, Chiratae Ventures and Next47. The result of those major disruptions? “We will not expand into new industries or adjacent product areas,” he told TechCrunch in an email interview.

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The company today announced that it raised $80 million in a Series C round co-led by Georgian and Insight Partners, which also saw participation from Illuminate Ventures. “Composable architectures ensure that enterprises can innovate swiftly, deploy new features rapidly, and remain agile in the face of digital disruption. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

The funding comes just months after São Paulo-based Mercado Bitcoin’s Series A round (of an undisclosed amount) in January of 2021, which was co-led by G2D/GP Investments and Parallax Ventures, with participation from HS Investimentos , Gear Ventures, Évora and Genial. JPMorgan and DealMake. Image Credits: Mercado Bitcoin.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

Montreal-based Equisoft , an insurance and investment software developer, today announced that it raised $125 million in venture equity. ” Equisoft was a self-funded company for 24 years, up until 2018. billion in Q3 to $1.01 billion in Q4. $70 ” Image Credits: Equisoft It was a prescient move. .”

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2023

Wellthy is a startup aimed at helping caregivers be more equipped to deal with all aspects of their various responsibilities by serving as a self-described “tech-enabled care concierge.” It’s not uncommon for caregivers to feel overwhelmed as they navigate the administrative and logistical complexities of caring for a parent.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Vasilyev and Pinto worked together at Pinto’s last startup, Machinio, which was sold back in 2018. The open-source project was actually started five years ago by Valentin Vasilyev, according to the project’s GitHub page. The open source community was pivotal to our success thus far,” said Vasilyev, in a statement.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Our systems are at a point where it is more productive to work with nature than against it,” said Sanjeev Krishnan, chief investment officer at S2G Ventures. People have been looking at solving these problems in the wrong way,” said Daniela Fernandez, managing partner at Seabird Ventures.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2022

By the time you’re reading this, we’ll be two days away from TechCrunch Disrupt! I am doubtful that I could ever be a venture-backed startup founder. TechRadar reports : “Following its acquisition of now Zettle in 2018, PayPal has announced a brand new POS device that’s designed to accommodate the needs of small and medium businesses.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2021

Arrington Capital and Cumberland DRW co-led the round, which also included participation from Coinbase Ventures, ParaFi Capital, Signum Capital, CMT Digital, CMS Holdings, Three Commas and a slew of others. The new investment brings Vega’s total funding raised to over $10 million, according to Crunchbase data.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

In 2018, Ignacio Canals, Diego Fleischmann and Benjamin Izikson got the idea for the e-commerce and lending company to provide durable goods, like cars, motorbikes and mobile phones, for gig workers in the Andes region. “We There is a huge market that is ripe for disruption and they are leaning in to penetrate it.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Mermade Seafoods is out to disrupt the $8 billion global scallops market with its circular cellular agriculture technology approach for producing cultivated scallops. Einhorn, who has Navy — which explains his love of the sea — and venture backgrounds, met Kadir and Halevy at his venture studio, Tech7.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Incooling, which is pitching in the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt , designed a custom-built server with a proprietary cooling system that it claims allows for superior thermal management, enabling the server to achieve high-efficiency standards. A render of Incooling’s server, based on an existing Gigabyte blade.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 8, 2023

” During the early days of my venture, we faced a sudden market downturn. James Allen , Founder, Billpin.com Transition to Remote Work When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, our startup faced an abrupt and disruptive shift. It was like being on a raft in the middle of a stormy sea.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

Last week, Paystand — a blockchain-enabled B2B payments startup — announced it had acquired Mexican fintech Yaydoo — creating a new unicorn in the resulting new entity. has a legacy, centralized financial infrastructure that needs to be disrupted and re-imagined by fintechs with blockchain technology. and Mexico. and Mexico.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The Baylor New Venture Competition is a business plan and elevator pitch competition for college students from around the globe. The CMU Venture Challenge is an international startup competition open to undergraduates from across the United States. Alumni Ventures Group runs a network of VC funds focused on specific universities. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A bevy of other investors put money in the round, including Sound Ventures (actor Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary’s VC firm), Scribble VC, Y Combinator, South Park Commons, Instagram founder Mike Krieger, Lee Fixel and others. . Eventually, we can enable them to build their own investment products on Titan.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was. Since 2021, Upfront returned more than $600 million to LPs and returned more than $1 billion since 2018. What do you do with a $650 million platform?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 2, 2021

On Tuesday, we published a four-part series on Tonal, a home fitness startup that has raised $200 million since it launched in 2018. E-commerce roll-ups are the next wave of disruption in consumer packaged goods. E-commerce roll-ups are the next wave of disruption in consumer packaged goods. The Tonal EC-1.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Homebound started out to help people rebuild after their houses were destroyed by California wildfires in 2018. And today, the Santa Rosa, California-based startup is announcing it has raised $75 million in a Series C funding round led by Khosla Ventures toward its efforts to help address those inventory shortages with its technology.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

In 2018, Duo Security was acquired by Cisco for $2.35 Founded in 2018, Blumira brought in their first round of seed funding of $2.6 Founded in 2016, Groundspeed Analytics is disrupting the $300 billion insurance industry. In Ann Arbor and the Midwest, people can enjoy affordable lifestyles as well as high salaries. Groundspeed.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Via TechCrunch by Arman Tabatabai: Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries. Matt Murphy and Grace Ge, Menlo Ventures Which trends are you most excited about in construction robotics from an investing perspective?

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Founded in 2018 (and formerly known as Flugauto), Blueflite is a last-mile logistics startup that offers drone delivery services. Supply chains have become front-page news since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted global networks of everything from furniture makers to grocery suppliers. After raising $10.3 FreightVerify.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 3, 2020

The time has never been better for new technology to disrupt these alarming trends. It has opened consumers’ minds and mouths to alternative meats, and increased investors’ willingness to put significant venture dollars toward startups that promise to revolutionize the food industry. Livestock accounts for 14.5%

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

We’re psyched to be reporting live from TechCrunch Disrupt — without ignoring the rest of the world, natch. They have made 150,000 of those connections since 2018. The round was led by Horizons Ventures and supported by Main Sequence Ventures and Hostplus. News drop from Disrupt. PDT, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2022

According to figures from Crunchbase , Q3 venture capital dropped a mind-boggling 33% from last quarter and 53% from the same time last year. Haus, a direct-to-consumer aperitif business backed by the likes of Casey Neistat, Homebrew Ventures and Coatue, shuttered earlier this year. Sebastian Thrun at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017.

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2021

Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures co-led the round, which also included participation from SoftBank, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, Shrug Capital, Steve Pagliuca (Bain Capital co-chairman and Boston Celtics owner), Tiny Capital’s Andrew Wilkinson. Image Credits: Lula.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Veev, a real estate developer turned tech-enabled homebuilder, announced today that it has raised $400 million a Series D round that propels the company to “unicorn status.” In recent years, a number of tech-enabled home builders have emerged to help address the nation’s housing shortage.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

OMERS Ventures and Stage 2 Capital co-led the investment, which included participation from existing backers Alate Partners and Metaprop. The raise brings the total raised by Occupier since its 2018 inception to $15.5 Our software is enabling tenants to collaborate on the entire lease life cycle.”.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

Ignitepost IgnitePOST is a service that enables sales & marketing teams to boost conversion rates by 15X. 2018 Libboo Accelerating great stories and big ideas. 2017 Relativity6 AI for Insurance Advisers, Brokers and Agents helps enable your sales and accounts teams to service and retain clients smarter. management.

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Startup Catalyst

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

I’m Rosie Odsey and I interviewed Rowena Barrett from QUT in late August 2018. Adam Hibble (2015) co-founded Popgun with Stephen Mawson (formerly of We Are Hunted) under Mawson Ventures where Meg White (2017) works as an AI engineer as she finishes her studies. A quick note: My words are in italics. Rowena’s are in regular font.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Daniel Cohen , partner, Viola Ventures. Ben Wiener , partner, Jumpspeed Ventures. Inbal Perlman , partner, TAU Ventures. Dror Nahumi , partner, Norwest Venture Partners. Sharin Fisher , partner, Fort Ross Ventures. Tal Slobodkin , partner, StageOne Ventures . Natalie Refuah , partner, Viola Growth.

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