TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Danggeun Market, the publisher of South Korea’s hyperlocal community app Karrot, announced it has raised $162 million in a Series D round of funding with a valuation of $2.7 Danggeun Market, which already launched its global version of hyperlocal community app Karrot in the U.K. for providing hyperlocalized community service.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

That’s the quandary I faced in July 2019. The tools that MKE provided us that enabled me to confidently step away from my company at such a critical point in its growth include: Up at night meetings were a key step in increasing our understanding and alignment. My company was growing?fast.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 8, 2023

in 17 startups since 2019. By providing a low initial investment and robust deal flow, SDAC enables accredited investors from across the U.S. SDAC is about community building as much as portfolio expansion. Accredited investors are invited to nation’s largest angel conference, which has invested $4.8M

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

It’s a phenomenon Flux has been thinking about for a while now, beginning development in 2019 with a team of employees who worked at places like Apple, Facebook and NASA. The Community Library, meanwhile, offers access to schematics, models and open source parts — a little bit GitHub, a little bit Makerbot Thingiverse.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 5, 2018

CloudCuddle designs and produces transportable bed tents to enable families with handicapped children to sleep away from home. Our product has gotten a great response from the market, enabling us to start start new projects and grow even more. Meet the 2018 finalists and check the GSEA site often for news about 2019 applications!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

Founded in 2019, STACS has now raised a total of more than $6 million and is preparing to raise Series A funding later this year. It allows clients to integrate payment platforms (including Ubin), trading platforms and external software like user management systems, while enabling smart contracts and digital ledgers.

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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. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. 4) Student-focused founder communities. Right here. school of engineering).

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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 report marks Impact Hub network’s role as an industry thought leader in the impact sector, utilizing a local community-based, yet globally connected model.

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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. As of April 2019, there are 434,000 vacant construction jobs ( Forbes ).From As of February 2017, nearly 200,000 construction jobs were left unfilled across the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

For more about Brankas’ start, see TechCrunch’s 2019 profile of the company , the same year it raised its Series A. Since its Series A in 2019, Subramanian said Brankas has witnesses more regulator support for open finance, because they see it as an enabler to financial inclusion and greater customer choice.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It will also support the development of new consumer and enterprise products to enable Indonesians and businesses to access a wider range of services securely and accelerate broader digital transformation. The Company also intends to expand into overseas market to further accelerate growth.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Forbes has reported that millennials “put an emphasis on corporate social responsibility, have a great reverence for the environment, place higher worth on acquiring experiences than material things, and are adept at building communities around shared interests.”. CSR Surging in Popularity.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Despite the elaborate smoke and mirrors that Google has put up, one fact remains: Google is an advertising company with ads representing 71% of its revenue sources in 2019. But there’s a digital gap holding FIs back, especially small community banks and credit unions. But there’s a catch.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Note: I originally published this article in 2019 to share my lessons-learned from mapping a local ecosystem. The real super power of ecosystem mapping is how the mapping process and the actual map are used by the community as a catalyst to collaboratively strengthen the ecosystem. Start here! Make it Collaborative.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2022

Lahore-based coworking space startup, Colabs , is set to roll-out a SaaS product to enable businesses meet back-office needs including company registration, talent sourcing and management, payroll processing and legal and tax compliance. Colabs wants to be the gateway to Pakistan for tech companies and a launch pad for startups.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Given how quickly word spreads in the startup community, you can’t risk earning a reputation as a “me first” founder. Not only does delegating enable you to accomplish more than you could alone, but it indicates that you believe in your team members. The same applies if your target audience is a younger demographic. Accountability.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

For example, Brooks used Talkshoplive to exceed more than 1 million vinyl pre-sales for his “Legacy Collection” box set in 2019. We are incredibly excited by the community that is taking shape at talkshoplive and are thrilled to be working with Bryan, Tina, and the TSL team as they grow their community and the marketplace.”

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Social media enables them to refine their model, explains Rachel Tipograph, founder of social commerce software company MikMak. It enables companies to use social media platforms for a direct, fast product sale, blurring the lines between newsfeed and shopping cart. of inbound e-commerce traffic in Q1 2019.

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Paul G. Silva

AUGUST 20, 2019

This summer I had the pleasure of facilitating the 2019 Energy (CleanTech) cohort for the AccelVT accelerator in Burlington, VT. EVmatch is a mobile platform that allows EV drivers to find and reserve charging stations anywhere they go by enabling increased access to private charging stations. dccelectric.com Quebec .

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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. L-R: Patrick Beattie (CEO), Andrew Quao (COO), and Edward Grandstaff (CTO).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

A 2019 study by Morning Consult found that more than 85% of those between the ages of 13 and 38 want to be social media influencers at some point. Long added that making content creators more accessible and less exploitative for marginalized communities can help make brand marketing more diverse and equitable.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2021

In 2019, Side represented over $5 billion in annual home sales across all of its partners. Today, the company’s community of agent partners represents over $15 billion in annual production volum e. This is a good time to start a proptech company.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2021

While working in IT, Felix Ayque began compiling cyclone reports and sending them as email alerts to communities. Founded in 2019, Komunidad has clients in the Philippines, India, Cambodia and Vietnam, and serves multiple sectors, including utilities, agriculture, mining, education, local governments and business outsourcing centers.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The 2019 Business Roundtable CEO statement said that corporate strategy should benefit all stakeholders – including shareholders, yes, but equally customers, employees, suppliers, and the communities in which companies operate. Major institutions of capitalism are converging on a new vision for it.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The tech-enabled startup, launched by Fadl Al Tarzi in 2019, is filling affordability and relevance gaps in education. Nexford’s most significant markets are traditionally underserved English-speaking communities like Nigeria. that have invested in Pathstream, Udemy and Coursera.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 31, 2023

What does technology-enabled public safety look like? One of their superpowers is that they can be deployed to swiftly assess and relay real-time information from emergency scenes, enabling law enforcement to devise informed responses to a dynamic scene. police departments in some capacity.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

The round is notable in that the amount raised is significantly higher than the $35 million Side raised in a Series C round in November 2019. In 2019, Side represented over $5 billion in annual home sales across all of its partners. Valuation too increased nearly 7x compared to the $150 million valuation at the time of its Series C.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The report , by the not-for-profit community interest company Extend Ventures , looked at how VC has been invested in the U.K. between 2009 and 2019 — providing data on 3,784 entrepreneurs who started 2,002 companies over this period. s Black and multi-ethnic communities, meanwhile, now comprise 14% of the U.K. population.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The community finance company defines the claim “as a business-to-consumer personal finance banking solution, U.S.-based The company enables its members to set their own borrowing terms and lend to other members to make returns or a social impact. Community finance is working and SoLo is proof of that.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Atarraya , creator of Shrimpbox, a sustainable “plug-and-play” shrimp farming technology, is swimming to the surface after being in stealth mode since 2019. However, in 2019, the company realized that the challenge was a bit bigger than the founders previously anticipated. The Mexico City-based company emerges with new funding, $3.9

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

They started their company in 2019 to develop a Medicare concierge service to assist seniors in easily navigating through those 30 plans to find the right one for them. “We The new funding will also enable the company to branch off to other insurance products. Health clouds are set to play a key role in healthcare innovation.

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HPA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

With the region’s recent transformation into a top-tier entrepreneurial producer (ranked in 2019 as the nation’s #1 undergraduate entrepreneurship education by the Princeton Review), the CFE is able to send students down the street to learn from real-world founders and entrepreneurs.

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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.” Sesie Bonsi. Contributor. Share on Twitter. hit nearly $1.8

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Early success: Foundations built on product and community. This simple decision enabled Monzo to quickly launch spend categories, round up transactions, pots (sub accounts), trends (where you can see all your accounts in one place), and other first-of-its-kind features. This is because it is not as simple as launching a new app.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

Through its platform, Bubble enables anyone — coder or not — to begin building modern web applications using a click-and-drag interface that can connect data sources and other software together in one fluid interface. million seed round in June 2019 led by SignalFire. Seven years on, the two have now signed and closed a deal. “In

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Igloo , a Singapore-based insurtech focused on underserved communities in Southeast Asia, announced it has raised a Series B extension of $27 million, bringing the round’s total to $46 million. Igloo was created to make insurance more affordable and relevant to the needs of communities in Southeast Asia.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

“This financing round will enable us to expand across all three key verticals and select geographic areas” Kwik has made significant headway with providing last-mile delivery and e-commerce fulfilment services to merchants. We create a community and a matchmaking playground. “We are purely a software company.

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