Y Combinator

MARCH 26, 2021

Pheadra Ellis-Lamkins, Co-Founder and CEO of Promise , had witnessed technology’s impact on the work communities in which she’d been a part — and not always for good. The platform enables users to adopt customizable plans and digital payment options. The Promise founders launched out of the program with $3.9M

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Lighter reports that from 2015 to 2018, the number of VC investments under $5m dropped 23% from 6,709 to 5,139. 2018 also had the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010. John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital, claims to be the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

The Austin-based firm recently secured $145 million in its own debt and equity financing to help B2B SaaS founders grow their businesses without diluting ownership. The firm has deployed over $60 million in capital to 130 SaaS founders since launching in January 2020, according to Latka. Enter Founderpath. So, how does it work?

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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. Founders Ike Grigoropoulos, Dimitri Moshovitis, and Ted Xenohristos grew up together. For CAVA’s co-founders, taste and hospitality unite. Now their company is trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Maryland, and Virginia.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This new funding will enable REDEX to expand its operations beyond Asia and continue enhancing the efficiency and digitalization of REC issuance and trading. “REDEX is well positioned as the leading marketplace for I-RECs, which will enable renewable energy markets in many parts of the world. .

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 31, 2023

PE becomes an important buyer of companies growing 10-25%, as it did in 2018, driven by lower debt costs. AI & data continue to dominate the funding landscape as founders & investors seek novel applications of the technology. A handful of companies achieve record-setting growth rates.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 18, 2024

By combining the studio’s operational expertise with capital support from the publicly trade Apollo, 25m Evolve incubations are more readily able to deploy and scale their validated AI-enabled vertical software solutions with enterprise partners.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 18, 2024

By combining the studio’s operational expertise with capital support from the publicly trade Apollo, 25m Evolve incubations are more readily able to deploy and scale validated AI-enabled vertical software solutions with enterprise partners.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 5, 2018

With 2018 EO GSEA global finals rapidly approaching, we are reaching out to previous participants and finalists to find out how the program changed their lives. Meet 26-year-old Lotte Leufkens, the 2017 GSEA global finalist from the Netherlands and founder of CloudCuddle. Tell us about your company. Here’s my Ted Talk. )

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The startup introduced vehicle financing in 2018, and in just over two years, CFO Guy-Bertrand Njoya told TechCrunch, the churn rate by drivers affiliated to them has crashed to “close to zero.”. “We Chinedu Azodoh is the startup’s other co-founder.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Investors who participated in the round include Johnson & Johnson Foundation , Newton Partners (via the Imperial Venture Fund), and Founders Factory Africa. The healthtech company was launched in 2018 by Patrick Beattie , Andrew Quao and Edward Grandstaff. The company also got into Founders Factory Africa last year April.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In this exclusive interview, Younghak Ahn , the CEO and Founder of EVENTUS shares insights into his journey, the platform’s mission, and their ambitious plans for the future. “We created an educational SaaS that enabled real-time two-way communication between teachers and students through IT. ” Ahn highlights.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Wong Wei Kong, Editor-in-Chief of the English/Malay/Tamil Media Group at SPH Media, expressed the strategic significance of the acquisition, which will enable them to provide a more comprehensive array of products and services to their readers. Willis Wee, the founder of TIA, also serves as its CEO.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 31, 2023

Founded in 2018, Venti Technologies develops highly flexible and industrial-grade precision technology that enables rapid deployment and best-in-class safety and operational efficiency for customers. LG Technology Ventures was established in 2018 in Silicon Valley and manages over $500 million of fund assets.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The round included investment from Iterative; Hustle Fund; XA Network; Rapzo Capital; Lazada co-founder Stein Jakabo; and Dot Property founder Ben Neve. Propseller’s last funding announcement was in December 2018, when it raised SGD $1 million (about $737,000) in seed funding. PropertyGuru’s most direct competitor is 99.co,

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 19, 2022

The plan is to enable founders to launch and grow early-stage startups in the Southeast Asian region over the next four years. Per the announcement, Antler will continue to focus on high-growth industries and invest in founders in multiple geographies who are launching the defining companies of tomorrow.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 17, 2023

The partnership is set to infuse Jungle Ventures with the expertise of the HealthXCapital team, enabling the firm to diversify its investment portfolio and expand its existing healthcare-related investments. HealthXCapital’s maiden fund of $20 million, launched in 2018, has had Jungle Ventures as a limited partner.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

FortressIQ gives Automation Anywhere this missing process discovery component, which enables AI-fueled software to map internal processes in an automated way, replacing high-priced consultants. We covered the $12 million Series A in 2018 and $30 million Series B last year. The companies did not reveal the purchase price.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2023

Wheel the World wants to open the world up to people with disabilities and has made it its mission since 2018 to provide travel accommodations and experiences that fit their needs, both in the United States and worldwide. We caught up with founders Alvaro Silberstein and Camilo Navarro again after covering their $2 million seed round in 2021.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Founded in 2018 and based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Asia Mobiliti is a mobility tech startup with a mission to enable intelligent transit and mobility for the developing world. The company’s goal is to enable mobility-as-a-service at scale across the emerging market regions.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

CloudNatix founder and chief executive officer Rohit Seth. CloudNatix was founded in 2018 by chief executive officer Rohit Seth, who previously held lead engineering roles at Google. CloudNatix, a startup that provides infrastructure for businesses with multiple cloud and on-premise operations, announced it has raised $4.5

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Enter Skydropx , a Mexico City-based logistics management company that enables businesses to create an end-to-end automated delivery experience for customers that includes over 250 shipping options, track notifications via WhatsApp, estimated delivery times and return management. It now serves over 50,000 customers and makes more than 1.5

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Fidel API says it has tripled its growth metrics and quadrupled its card base year-over-year since launching in 2018, according to CEO and co-founder Dev Subrata, who declined to reveal hard revenue figures. Fidel API enables that future.” And this capital will help us continue to accelerate down that path.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Berkeley-based cultured meat company New Age Meats announced Monday it raised $25 million in Series A funding that will enable the company to begin production of its first product offering, a variety of pork sausages, next year. Brian Spears speaking at Hello Tomorrow Singapore. Image Credits: New Age Meats.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In 2018, Leslie Feinzaig , the founder of Female Founders Alliance , launched a free, equity-free accelerator for women called Ready, Set, Raise. The goal was to provide under-networked female founders the coaching and connections needed to raise money. It is based in Los Angeles, CA. ? It is based in San Jose, CA. ?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

The investors raised $40 million for their first fund after starting the firm in 2018 and have now closed on $100 million in capital commitments for MAYA’s second fund. MAYA will also double down on its focus on leading the first check into companies and is expanding its reach among Spanish-speaking founders across Latin America.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Kerry Wang told TechCrunch that she felt some interview processes didn’t enable enough time for them to fully demonstrate how they were different. The new funding will enable the company to make additional hires to double the size of the team next year, and invest in product development and its go-to marketing strategy.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

Lightning Labs is building infrastructure that would enable users to send money across the world almost instantaneously and at a low cost through the Bitcoin network. Proceeds will be used to enable stablecoin transactions based on the Taro protocol, made possible by Bitcoin’s Taproot upgrade in November 2021.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

In 2018, the company shared some metrics — 1 billion views, 2 million members and 3 million 3D models. We built Sketchfab with a mission to empower a new era of creativity and provide a service for creators to showcase their work online and make 3D content accessible,” Sketchfab co-founder and CEO Alban Denoyel said in the announcement.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

In 2018, co-founders Schuyler Deerman and James Chan started selling healthy meals at WeWork offices around Los Angeles out of giant Yeti coolers, standing around the kitchens during lunch time. “Our Positive Food Co., Our business went to zero, and then we were moving into a giant new facility. It turned out to be the right one.”.

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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? The Series A round brings Refract’s total raised to $9 million.

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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. Kriesche and Abraham are deploying the new capital into scaling smoodi nationwide.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

H Twenty Capital (H20) co-founders Daniel Lloreda and Mauricio Porras recall getting into the region in 2018, a time Lloreda considered pretty early to be the investment space. Venture firms in those countries are also raising funds; for example, this month, Colombia-based Marathon Ventures announced its first fund of $26 million.

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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. Provided as a SaaS model, CLASSUM enables active communication and engagement from participants. CLASSUM provides an interactive learning platform for corporates and universities.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 29, 2023

The startup has been providing salary advances and other financial services to underserved employees in the Philippines since 2018, where almost half of the population remains unbanked. Advance aims to provide easier access to financial services and expand its reach into underserved areas.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

The Series B follows a $15 million Series A back in 2018 — when the fintech product was available in a handful of European markets and the U.S., Commenting on the Series B in a statement, Christer Holloman, founder and CEO, said: “The retail finance market is in a period of exponential growth, expected to hit $2.5

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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 It also claims to have developed automated blending/smelter material optimization solutions “enabling more efficient, informed, and profitable trade of physical metal raw commodities.”

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