Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

80 percent of construction firms are having trouble hiring craft workers ( Associated General Contractors of America from August 2018 ).Today, billion into construction tech in 2018. Many of these workers haven’t returned and companies are finding it difficult to attract new talent ( Giatec Scientific Inc. ).80 USA News ).Labor

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 12, 2019

In 2010, Ravi founded IndiVillage , the first information technology (IT) and information technology enabled services (ITeS) company in India to become certified as a B Corporation. The EO Accelerator program is the catalyst that enables first-stage entrepreneurs to catapult their business to the next level.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

The funding round is led by global banks HSBC and ING, with participation from Sony Innovation Fund by IGV*, SBI Investment, OCS, Global Brain and DG Daiwa Ventures along with existing investors DN Capital, Dawn Capital, IQ Capital and Amex Ventures. with a goal of launching in 10 more countries by the end of 2019.

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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. So they kept their focus trained on meeting more people in more places — through digital innovation and geographic expansion — with food that fuels and connects. Balancing discipline with innovation: Running a restaurant is hard.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 18, 2018

Vishal Chordia (pictured above, right, with Kimberley Hickok-Smith) was awarded the 2018 EO Global Citizen of the Year award in Toronto, Canada, in April 2018. Vishal is clear that he wants to enable honey and leather footwear entrepreneurs in rural areas to innovate their business models and scale their businesses immediately.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

That success has been bolstered by the fact that the UK is among the world’s most innovative financial services regulatory environments. Regulation is generally a blocker to innovation. This enabled them to unlock further funding as VC-backed growth companies over time. Giving fintech access to the central bank In the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

trillion in sales by 2024 , up from an estimated $680 billion in 2018, according to payments research firm iBe TSD. Those that innovate now to introduce adjacent services will emerge as winners in the next few years, with some inevitably becoming billion-dollar companies.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 15, 2024

The four co-founders are continuing to pass major milestones with an acquisition strategy and timely funding since its launch in 2017 Drivers’ parking experiences around the country are now being enhanced through artificial intelligence, enabling them to readily come and go without checking out.

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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. Cousair , World Innovation Lab (WiL), Headline Asia and Gaingels. . Bokksu ships its grocery products to the U.S.

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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? “We are pleased to support their growth and the development of the overall innovation ecosystem in Singapore.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

The healthtech company was launched in 2018 by Patrick Beattie , Andrew Quao and Edward Grandstaff. Redbird enables pharmacies in Ghana to add rapid diagnostic testing for 10 different health conditions to their pharmacy services. In 2018, Redbird participated in the Alchemist Accelerator just a few months before launch.

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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. And then we expose that through a modern API for other developers to innovate on top of.”. Fidel API enables that future.”

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 3, 2023

In addition to its payment services, Alchemy Pay has also introduced its innovative NFT Checkout service, which enables customers to acquire NFTs using fiat payment options, making the process as straightforward as any other standard online payment.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This evolution has been accelerated by regulatory changes that are fostering innovation and competition within the financial technology landscape. A diverse range of startups and companies are offering innovative financial solutions to consumers and businesses. The most prominent of these changes was the Fintech Law of 2018.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The groundwork was Aadhaar (“foundation” in Hindi), a nationwide database established by the government in 2009 to enable digital identity verification. This helped with fraud and enabled smooth KYC compliance. India today: Regulation enables innovation At present, the revolution is in full swing.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

The company announced this morning a $73 million Series B round co-led by Globis Capital Partners and World Innovation Lab (WiL), with participation from existing investors DCM and Global Brain. In December 2018, the company closed a $9 million Series A round led by DCM and followed by Globis Capital Partners and WiL and Global Brain.

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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. The share of AI-enabled web searches approaches 50% of all consumer search as consumer behavior patterns evolve, especially on mobile. This innovation reinvigorates very early-stage IPOs.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

November 2, 2018. If successful, the company and government agency will embark on a contract to develop a final product that will enable the agency to better serve the public. STiR was created by the City of San Francisco in 2014 to partner with technology startups to develop innovative solutions to civic challenges.

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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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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 23, 2023

CEO Ramin Shirani and a team comprised of highly experienced semiconductor innovators co-founded Ethernovia in 2018 that includes Roy Myers, senior vice president of engineering, Hossein Sederat, chief technology officer, and Darren Engelkemier, vice president of silicon engineering.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

The company has raised a total of $16 million since its 2018 inception. . Sumutasu says its platform enables users to access a fair house valuation in an hour. . Sumutasu , a Tokyo-based proptech startup that offers a direct online real estate purchase service, has secured $8.2 million in equity and $1.6 million in debt. and the U.K.,

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

According to the Economist , one of the most significant outcomes of the pandemic will be “the infusion of data-enabled services into ever more aspects of life.” Businesses are working to respond to the growing skills gap and are looking for the talent needed to fight on the frontline in terms of driving innovation to meet competitors.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Besides, governments across Asia actively work on fintech regulations to balance innovation and consumer protection. With the new investment, Bunker will invest capital in its innovation and expand regional operations. SkorLife has emerged as a pioneering credit builder in Indonesia, co-founded by Ongki Kurniawan and Karan Khetan.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

The company was founded in 2018 by Shamir Karkal, Angela Angelovska, Isaac Hines and Alex Lipton to simplify digital payments and storage in a regulatory compliant way and build on blockchain technology. Its banking APIs enable developers to create their own digital wallets, replacing the need to integrate with legacy financial institutions.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

The round is led by Central and Eastern European VC Kaya, with Nina Capital, Nova Capital and Innovation Nest also participating. Cardiomatics touts its tech as helping to democratize access to healthcare — saying the tool enables cardiologists to optimise their workflow so they can see and treat more patients.

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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. From the McKinsey report in 2018, the total gross written premiums (GWP) in Eastern Africa was $3.3 If the South African market is excluded , this number drops to a measly 1.12%.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

CEO Bryan Moore founded the company with his sister Tina in 2018. ” “From the moment we met the talkshoplive team, we were impressed with their focus on enabling SMB’s with a new, creative, innovative way to build their businesses,” Mahesh said in a statement.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 21, 2023

The company is the result of the Business sans Border initiative, which aims to create a global ecosystem of MSMEs through trusted credentials, and to enable B2B cross-border trade through financing and fulfillment services.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2021

million in Series A funding in 2018. Back in 2018, Full Harvest had about eight employees; that has now grown to 35. million for its marketplace enabling customers to buy food right before it goes to waste. We profiled the company at the beginning of its journey in 2016 and then again in 2017 when it raised $2 million.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Neobanks have taken the world by storm and Africa is the last frontier for this brand of fintech innovation. Omar El Kouhene and Mehdi Cherif Alami founded Freterium in 2018. In another digital banking play, Lemonade Finance provides multi-currency accounts for these migrants to enable seamless transactions and banking.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In 2018, he and Akintola Adesanmi — who was no stranger to how rent worked in Nigeria and also desired to effect change — brainstormed Spleet , a platform that partners with apartment owners to list their properties and offers renters options to pay rent monthly, quarterly and biannually. The proptech has processed over $3.5

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

The pandemic has hastened a shift of most commerce becoming e-commerce in the last year, and that has brought a new focus on startups that are helping to enable that process. The capital is coming from a group of investors that includes Eurazeo Growth, Sprints Capital and Wellington Management.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Mexico repeatedly tops most innovative fintech hub lists, and neobank and digital wallet transactions are consistently increasing — during COVID lockdowns they rose by an estimated 80%. This natural evolution has enabled people to gradually become familiar with fintech as a safe and streamlined solution.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 4, 2022

funded programs in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras help farmers expand and diversify their operations, enabling them to provide for their families and feed more people in their home countries. PROINNOVA stands for the Project of Innovative Solutions for Agricultural Value Chains in Guatemala.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Such innovations have already led to significant decreases in crime rates for early-adopter cities, but to maximize their impact we need wider adoption. What does technology-enabled public safety look like? Furthermore, drones have been saving lives and aiding in investigations for years. police departments in some capacity.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 1, 2023

The company was later acquired by Cloudera in 2018. What major trends do you expect to see in technology innovation over the next 5 years that excites you? I see infrastructure to continue to change, like it has in the last 10–20 years. How can our readers follow you on social media? Follow twitter on @tnachen!

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