Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

Technological leaps have enabled many (though by no means all) of us city-dwellers to sustain ourselves adequately, despite breaking our traditional connection with agricultural life. Photo: Global Climate Strike 2019, Lausanne. It is almost certain that our global society will never again be predominantly agrarian. Photo: Kina Mama.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The Kenyan startup has over the last three years been offering a lifeline to traders in Kenya by enabling them to make mobile money transactions that are devoid of transfer charges through its Leja app. Previously, the startup has been through the prestigious Station F incubation program in Paris and the Norrsken Impact Accelerator program.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In 2019 alone, the robotics space saw roughly 600 venture-backed fundraising rounds, while construction companies successfully raised roughly 200 venture rounds. The main thing is getting construction companies and contractors to accelerate their adoption of the tech and the labor shortage issue is putting substantial pressure on them to act.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Ben Eluan and Osezele Orukpe , two software engineers based in Nigeria, faced this problem in 2019. The crypto remittance company was built to enable merchants to send and receive money from anywhere in the world, Eluan tells me. In May 2020, Flux got accepted into Pioneer , an accelerator launched by ex-YC partner Daniel Gross.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) ’s Accelerator program empowers early-stage entrepreneurs with the tools, community and accountability necessary to aggressively grow and master their businesses. How has your participation in EO Accelerator impacted your entrepreneurial journey? Thus Table and Desk was born?a

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

In 2019, Don Epperson joined FreshBooks as executive director before transitioning to the role of CEO this year. For example, he said, more business owners are working to become digitally enabled to meet local tax and invoice compliance systems. . 1Password first became a unicorn in 2019. ” Image Credits: FreshBooks.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. The Microsoft Student Accelerator , though it has the word “accelerator” in its name, is a free, 4-month boot camp teaching students advanced analytics and AI, Azure and cloud fundamentals, and web apps and APIs.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Sesie Bonsi is the founder and CEO of Bleu , a financial technology platform focused on enabling touchless payment experiences. In 2019, The New York Times published an article headlined “More Start-Ups Have an Unfamiliar Message for Venture Capitalists: Get Lost.” Make serious headway with accelerators. Sesie Bonsi.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

Sequoia Capital India and Southeast Asia disclosed 15 early-stage startups it has selected for the seventh cohort of its accelerator program Surge, pushing ahead with new investments even as the deal activity has considerably slowed in the region. Info Edge Ventures is a co-investor.). Partech Partners is a co-investor.).

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

The global tech sector is booming, and as technologies like cloud and AI accelerate their growth, the demand for tech talent outpaces supply globally. is the increasing focus on software as a service and broader digital transformations across industry sectors, which have accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

The round was led by Wavemaker Partners, which focuses on enterprise and deep tech companies in Southeast Asia, with participation from the Tribe Accelerator, a program for blockchain startups backed by the Singaporean government. Project Ubin, the Singaporean money authority’s blockchain initiative, moves closer to commercialization.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 31, 2023

Founded in 2019 by Lam Do and Thu Do, Vuihoc has rapidly grown to serve over 1.1 Additionally, Vuihoc provides live classes facilitating private or small group learning, enabling students to receive instant feedback and support in their educational journey. million users, primarily concentrated in Tier 2 and 3 cities.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

As the demand for AI-powered apps grows, startups developing dedicated chips to accelerate AI workloads on-premises are reaping the benefits. After emerging from stealth in 2019, Sima.ai After emerging from stealth in 2019, Sima.ai It brings Sima.ia’s total capital raised to $150 million. As over-100-employee Sima.ai

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

“Chipotle has aggressive goals of achieving 7,000 restaurants, along with a healthy balance sheet, which enables us to invest in in forward-thinking ventures that can help accelerate these growth plans,” Garner said. But not to be outdone, Chipotle’s competitors have accelerated their tech startup investing.

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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 2019 Global Impact Report is the culmination of gathering relevant data from a number of their 16,500 members of 100+ locations in over 55 countries around the globe.

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Y Combinator

MAY 6, 2020

Pinduoduo is one of the first companies to successfully create a social shopping experience online, and has accelerated the transition of commerce from offline to online in China. Pinduoduo’s team purchase is often compared to Groupon in the US because they both enable a form of group buying. But the models are actually very different.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

“With the new round of capital, we will accelerate the development of our product roadmap by expanding our product and software engineering teams, expand our commercial teams, and grow our platform integration partnerships,” Poulidis said. million seed investment announced in 2019. Image Credits: ODAIA.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

It’s the 33rd Demo Day of the well-known accelerator and holds the largest cohort yet. Simon Ward founded FloatPays in 2019 as an on-demand wage access platform to help employees access, spend, save and manage their money. The company was founded by Stephen Igwue, Michael Adesanya and Sefa Ikyaator in 2019. Pylon (Egypt).

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 19, 2023

million to fund its mission to accelerate financial inclusion and strengthen the neo-rural bank ecosystem in Indonesia, especially outside the Greater Jakarta area. Both companies are involved in the fintech industry and have a mission to accelerate financial inclusion in Indonesia.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2024

million in Series A funding, led by GreenPoint Partners with support from Speedwagon Capital Partners, to accelerate expansion of its managed properties and technology platform. Million to Accelerate Growth, Targeting the Nationwide Truck Parking Shortage appeared first on American Entrepreneurship Today®. 512-817-0747 Mark S.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 18, 2023

The Singapore -based startup’s electrochemical techniques have proven highly effective in treating industrial wastewater, enabling a remarkable reduction of up to 95% in pollutants. Back in 2019, Hydroleap secured a funding round of US$1.9 million, with Wavemaker Partners leading the investment.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Aronu Ugochukwu and Abafor Chima founded the startup in 2019, and Ugochukwu is quite familiar with currency devaluation. . It also employs smart contracts to lock each member’s contribution and enable flexible payouts when a payment cycle is due, which reduces default payment rates. It has since secured $2.2

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Others that participated are Loftyinc Capital Management, Kepple Africa Fund, Cubit Ventures, AUC Angels, Oqal Angel Network and Flat6Labs Cairo — it’s the accelerator’s third time investing in the company. The investors who led the round include Watheeq Financial Services and Golden Palm Investments.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Harlem Capital’s Henri Pierre-Jacques invested in both Pangaea’s seed round in 2019 and Series A in 2020. The company is already cash flow positive, and the new funding will enable Pangaea to round out leadership roles in its brands and reach the next stage of growth with the goal of being “omnichannel male megabrands,” Gani said.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

At the end of 2019, N!CK’S The new funding will accelerate the company’s goal of doubling its stores in the U.S. How people live and consume food is changing and is what is enabling new brands to be built,” Jakobson said. The company has been busy over the past two years. CK’S expanded from 4,500 U.S. Yamo scores €10.1M

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

With the latest funding, ManageXR will support its expanding team and go-to-market strategy as the company has experienced rapid growth since becoming available to beta users in November 2019 and officially launching in April 2021. Qualcomm launches new AR dev kit, acquires Clay AIR.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Redbird enables pharmacies in Ghana to add rapid diagnostic testing for 10 different health conditions to their pharmacy services. It was half this number in 2019, and Redbird was able to double this number despite the pandemic. In 2018, Redbird participated in the Alchemist Accelerator just a few months before launch.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 24, 2023

The easy-to-use, comprehensive supply chain management system among top applicants selected for Newchip’s online accelerator NEW FREEDOM, Pa., Past accelerator cohorts averaged more than 17.5 The equity-free, fully digital accelerator has helped over 2,500 founders from more than 110 countries and 250 cities raise over $2.2

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

It’s a gap Marco Financial is looking to bridge through its tech-enabled risk assessment platform that can provide better insight on who should receive loans. They started Marco in 2019 and now have offices in New York, Dallas and across Latin America. Shoihet met his co-founder and COO Peter D.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

The company plan to strengthen its capabilities in local commerce with Danggeun Pay, or Karrot Pay, which is set to launch this year, and Danggeun’s platform Karrot enables approximately 300,000 local SMB partners to go digitalized by offering offline to online (O2O) service. million monthly active users (MAUs) in 2019, 4.8

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

AmazeVR , a virtual reality concert platform that enables users to experience their favorite artists’ VR concerts through content generation tools, announced today it has secured $15 million, which was oversubscribed within three weeks. .

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Y Combinator

JULY 24, 2020

COVID-19 has accelerated the digitization of commerce globally. In the US, e-commerce penetration increased from 16% at the end of 2019 to 27% in April 2020. For better or worse, COVID-19 has accelerated e-commerce adoption among businesses in the same way it has accelerated e-commerce adoption among consumers.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

New York-based Acorns had last raised more than three years ago — a $105 million Series E round in January of 2019 at an $860 million valuation. Alex reported that from 2019 to 2020, Acorns grew 61%, from $44 million in revenue to $71 million. billion SPAC with Pioneer Merger Corp. in favor of an eventual traditional IPO.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

After leaving the Stripe-owned company in 2019, he launched a data startup called Voyance where Singh, who had already exited one of his products — Transferpay.ng , an offline payments startup — was a software engineer. Getting into the accelerator helps Mono with one of its biggest challenges.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

’s 2008 Climate Change Act — and is funded by the Quadrature Climate Foundation, a climate-focused corporate social responsibility initiative launched by algorithmic trading tech firm, Quadrature Capital, in 2019. EnergyTag : Another energy-focused startup with a mission of accelerating the shift to renewable energy.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

with a goal of launching in 10 more countries by the end of 2019. The Divido platform enables lenders to serve customers in this area with a compelling, well-managed proposition.”. This is an exciting and rapidly growing market that is constantly evolving and accelerating following Covid.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Trax did not disclose a new valuation, but reportedly hit unicorn status in 2019. More specifically, we will use the capital to accelerate growth and triple-down on continued innovation across our core vision, machine learning, IoT and marketplace technologies.”. Singapore is poised to become Asia’s Silicon Valley.

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