Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

I’ve heard a lot of people question whether there is too much money in venture capital chasing too few great deals. Others believe that new business models are emerging that could replace venture capital all together. Taken together these “mega rounds” represent nearly half of the funding in 2018. We’re in a new tech bubble!”

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Delve into his story as it unfolds with lessons from filmmaking, startup ventures, and the fascinating world of technology innovations and investing. ” In 2018, Crossworks Myanmar was born, initially intended to hire talent for Jeshua’s ventures.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

Toyota AI Ventures, Toyota’s standalone venture capital fund, has dropped the “AI” and is reborn as, simply, Toyota Ventures. The introduction of these two new funds, each worth $150 million, brings Toyota Ventures’ total assets under management to over $500 million.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

The round was led by DNX Ventures, an investment firm that focuses on United States and Japanese B2B startups, with participation from Cota Capital. The company also added DNX Ventures managing partner Hiro Rio Maeda to its board of directors. DNX Ventures launches $315 million fund for US and Japanese B2B startups.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

Corporate venture capital investments (CVCs) now represent more than a fifth of global venture. Corporate knowledge, R&D resources, M&A opportunities and networks are invaluable for early-stage companies. The bigger slice of the funding pie comes as founders have to navigate a more uncertain capital landscape.

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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. Any advice to YLAI Network members?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

IgniteXL Ventures, a fund founded by general partner Claire Chang, closed on its first fund of $10 million aimed at backing diverse early-stage founders in the beauty and wellness industry. Chang formed igniteXL in 2018 and started fundraising over a year ago. Claire Chang, general partner at igniteXL Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Austin’s venture capital scene has been hot for years now, but a pair of local investment firms just closed on new funds aimed at injecting more capital into startups in Austin and elsewhere. It was a great place to live and work, and I believed that over time, it would be a growing venture opportunity.”.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

They founded All Day Kitchens in 2018 to partner with restaurants to share their food across a city through use of a network of satellite kitchens, without having to put up any upfront costs. With their model, distributed kitchens are situated in residential and business areas, closer to customers.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 14, 2023

About Stage 2 Capital The first go-to-market venture capital firm, Stage 2 Capital, combines capital and GTM execution expertise, leveraging its elite LP base of 300+ senior executives from unicorns and Fortune 500 firms to help portfolio companies scale revenue and accelerate growth. For more information, visit: [link].

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 29, 2020

Tamara Isch, a 2018 YLAI Fellow and a co-founder and COO of EcX Labs, has been breaking boundaries in her country, in her field of work, and in the world. Finding a female mentor with the same background was difficult, as was procuring venture capital funds in a male-dominated field. By Elise Kemp.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JUNE 28, 2020

” Only 1% of venture capital dollars went to Black startup founders in 2018, according to a study by Silicon Valley Bank and others. Recently, we had a discussion with Kevin Moore, a former i2E venture adviser, who is a venture capitalist in Oklahoma City. Expand your own network. The idea is to dig deeper.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

He encourages YLAI Network members that “having a tough skin when people say no, continuing to learn how to make yourself stronger, and not giving up are my keys to success. Her advice to YLAI Network members on overcoming obstacles is to “assume people are willing to help and ask for help and support when you need it.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 17, 2023

Phylicia Koh, vice president at early-stage gaming venture capital firm Play Ventures , said effective fundraising is not only essential for securing necessary capital but also for demonstrating the commitment and resilience of the founding team. The Singapore-based venture capital firm raised $135 million for its Fund 2.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 18, 2019

2018 YLAI Fellow Marcos Heyd is a great example of someone with a good entrepreneurial spirit. The YLAI Network interviewed Marcos to learn more about his various organizations, his advice to network members, and his entrepreneurial spirit. Could you expand on the work done by Digital Footprint, your third venture? .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Tetrate , the company commercializing an open-source networking project that allows for easier data sharing across different applications, has raised $40 million. The round, led by Sapphire Ventures , underscores the importance of the Istio project and just how critical services that facilitate cross-platform data sharing have become.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 19, 2022

Register Global venture capital firm Antler has committed to investing $100 million by 2025 to at least 300 startups in Southeast Asia , according to an announcement. Since its launch in Singapore in 2018, Antler has rapidly expanded its global network of offices.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

The Fund was founded in New York in 2018, before launching in Los Angeles , London, the Rockies and the Midwest, too. The Fund now has a network of about 400 founders and has made around 120 investments across its funds. We’ve got that investor network. The Fund is targeting $3.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Founded in 2018, Getlabs aims to become the boots-on-the-ground accompaniment to telehealth. Between 2013 and 2018, spending on U.S. citizen got between one and two lab tests done per year; in 2018, the average citizen got five. “All Or it might be a phlebotomist, ready to do your blood work in the comfort of your living room.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Driven by a desire to help people from a young age, YLAI 2018 Fellow Janeel Boon aims to empower others to see their leadership ability within themselves. Janeel’s latest venture is The Big Ask podcast, where he speaks about leadership and entrepreneurship. By Jewelle Saunders. Kitts and Nevis, Janeel came from humble beginnings.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

There’s a new venture studio in the world that looks rather different from earlier venture studios from a structural standpoint. It’s also a world that many venture firms continue to approach warily. And it’s work that comparatively few venture firms right now fully understand, Chou suggests.

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Source Link

APRIL 14, 2021

However, women – and especially minority women – often face institutional and systemic challenges including obtaining funding for their ventures, which can make the climb to the top slower and more difficult. Despite the growth in women-owned businesses, venture capital is still funneled to mostly male-owned businesses. Lost potential.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Register Healthtech startup Klinik Pintar , headquartered in Jakarta, has raised $5 million in a Series A1 funding round led by Altara Ventures. Participants in the funding included Infocom, Golden Gate Ventures, Skystar Capital, and Venturra. The company plans to utilize the new funds to expand both its network and product offerings.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Ahead of this year’s Global Climate Strike (20-27 September) and the Global Goals Week (21-30 September), the Impact Hub network is launching its 2019 Global Impact Report. The members surveyed said that being part of such a network had helped them to: Feel part of a larger community: 84%. Strengthen their motivation: 77%.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

The company just closed a $20 million Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. By working with community leaders who can earn a wage for their work, users can place group orders that are then delivered collectively and distributed on a last-mile basis from there. Startups and VC. To kick off, let’s have a smile.

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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

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Founded in Singapore and based in Los Angeles and South Korea, Summer International announced today it has raised a $5 million seed round from investors including GDP Ventures, Teja Ventures, Gushcloud International and Singaporean angel investors Koh Boon Hwee and Shirley Crystal Tan.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Vessel Capital , a web3 venture fund, has emerged from stealth with $55 million in assets under management to invest in infrastructure and applications, the firm exclusively told TechCrunch. We want to meet new founders who might not already be in our network,” Uddin said. It will be deployed over a five-year period. “We

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 22, 2023

Watch the video interview now A network of more than 140 entrepreneurial businesses and organisations warns New Zealand is in danger of being left behind due to a lack of resources and insufficient policies to progress entrepreneurship. They collaborated to produce the manifesto, reflecting the views of network members.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

The startup announced today it has raised an oversubscribed $28 million Series B led by SoftBank Ventures Asia. Super, which took part in Y Combinator’s winter 2018 batch, focuses mainly on cities or towns with a gross domestic product per capita of $5,000 USD or lower.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 6, 2020

By persisting through those obstacles, building strong relationships with like-minded individuals, and consistently increasing her knowledge, she has founded multiple successful ventures and is inspiring others in Bolivia to do the same. I used all of the training YLAI provided to make connections and grow my network, study the U.S.

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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. Nigerian proptech Spleet gets $2.6M

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

The round was co-led by FinTLV Ventures and existing investor Harel Insurance, which were joined by new and existing investors, including Lumir Ventures, Hamilton Lane, New Era Capital Partners, MS&AD Ventures, Core Innovation Capital, Poalim Equity, EquiTrust Life Insurance Co., Akilia Partners and Samsung Next.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Financial infrastructure startup Fidel API has raised $65 million in a Series B funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures. 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.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

Maryam Haque is the executive director of Venture Forward. Bobby Franklin is the president and CEO of the National Venture Capital Association and previously served as an executive vice president for the CTIA – The Wireless Association. A new foreign investment bill will impact venture capital and the US startup ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

In a 2018 Accenture survey , 76% of business leaders said that current business models will be unrecognizable in the next five years, with ecosystems being the main change agent. ” Before launching Reveal in 2020, Bouchez was the CEO of Multiposting, an HR tech startup, until 2018, when it was acquired by SAP. ”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

After moving on to a bubble-era company that no longer exists, Nash tried his hand at VC for the first time, joining Atlas Venture as an associate. According to PitchBook, consumer fintech is on pace to attract a record amount of venture funding in 2020, at least in North America and Europe. Nash is also riding a very big wave.

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