StartupNation

MAY 24, 2021

It didn’t dry up: Venture investors poured $150 billion into North American companies in 2020, up about 7% from 2019 levels. All was not rosy, however, as first-time financings comprised only a fraction of that funding and decreased at points during the year. in the third quarter of 2019. Go in warm.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Register Indonesian digital bank Superbank , supported by Grab, Singtel, and Emtek Group, is collaborating with Singapore’s Genesis Alternative Ventures to offer a financing package of $40 million for startups in Indonesia. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

All these inefficiencies, asides from being time-consuming, lead to errors and affects cash flow and finance, which is why almost nine out of 10 small businesses in the country fizzle out in the first five years. The startup’s new financing round was led by Berlin-based VC Target Global. million in pre-seed funding.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

It highlights important events in the continent’s tech ecosystem until this point, compares its journey with other emerging markets and provides guidance into the opportunities within various sectors. And though they are inclined to follow the money, Endeavor wants them to look beyond usual market opportunities and map out exit pathways.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” Why are all of the VC home runs from white men, or Asian men in Asia, plus a few Asian men in the U.S.?

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 26, 2020

It’s a thought provoking question and a good opportunity to ask for feedback on how we can imrove. 2018 and 2019 exceeded the heady days of 2000 in terms of dollars deployed. Second, as competition has intensified, VC funds have invested in platforms (we call it founder experience at Redpoint). I’d love to hear them.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

MoveinSync’s Strategic Funding Round This financing round is intended not only for growth but also to provide an opportunity for some of its early investors to partially exit. They aim to secure between $50 to $60 million.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Data reveals Women Entrepreneurs Gaining Ground On the startup side, according to the 2024 Wells Fargo Impact of Women -Owned Business Report, between 2019 and 2023 women-owned businesses grew at nearly double the rate of those owned by men which was exceeded during 2022 to 2023, reaching 4.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

It’s an opportune moment to launch a new company, but rising interest rates, inflation and any other number of unknown factors could make investors more judicious when it comes to placing bets. How to find a job as a scout for a VC firm. How to find a job as a scout for a VC firm. @yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2021

Wayflyer , a revenue-based financing platform for e-commerce merchants, has raised $76 million in a Series A funding round led by Left Lane Capital. So essentially, the merchants are using their revenue to get financing, hence the term revenue-based financing. So if they have a slow month, they will pay back less.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 18, 2021

(co-written with Stephane Nasser , co-founder of OpenVC , an open-source initiative to collect and analyze all VC theses.). VCs love to talk investment theses: on Twitter, Medium, Clubhouse, at conferences. 36 theses pulled directly from US VC websites by David Teten and Sam Sabin , co-founder, Hireblue. . Technical founders .

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

And in recent years there’s been a growing number of startups which aim to give more people access to a wider array of investment opportunities. That’s up from $600 million invested on its platform from more than 100,000 members in February 2019, at the time of its last raise. We also do art, auto loans or equipment finance.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

From varying sources, it is estimated up to $2 billion went into African tech startups in 2019. In the end, information from the likes of Maxime Bayen and Briter Bridges made 2019 numbers look like child’s play. In Africa, the first two unicorns were Jumia (in 2016) and fintech giant Interswitch (in 2019). billion and $1.5

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David Teten VC

MARCH 18, 2021

(co-written with Stephane Nasser , co-founder of OpenVC , an open-source initiative to collect and analyze all VC theses.). VCs love to talk investment theses: on Twitter, Medium, Clubhouse, at conferences. 36 theses pulled directly from US VC websites by David Teten and Sam Sabin , co-founder, Hireblue. . Technical founders .

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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. I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear. 1) Your school.

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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. STACS’ goal is to make GreenSTACS “the common infrastructure” for ESG financing and impact monitoring, he added. European VC funds are building community around ESG initiatives.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

There has been little movement in the amount of VC dollars going to women-founded companies since 2012. This should come as no surprise, given that fintech combines two sectors traditionally dominated by men: finance and technology. VC funds must look at ways they can bring in more women decision-makers, all the way up to the top.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Silicon Valley law firm Cooley recently reported that it “handled 298 disclosable venture capital financings for Q3 2022, representing $8.1 billion of invested capital, continuing a downward trend for both metrics and representing the lowest for both since Q4 2019.” fewer options for business development deals).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. 15 steps to fundraising a new VC or private equity fund. Katherine Boe Heuck is a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022), a past intern at Versatile VC and a current intern at Metaprop NYC. David Teten. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Despite the growth in awarded venture capital (VC) funds, a staggering disparity remains between the amount of total VC funds invested in entrepreneurs and the portion of those funds invested in ventures founded and/or led by women—particularly women of color. I am no stranger to this gender gap within the VC space.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

Realizing emerging opportunities, Xetova , a Kenyan startup, is deploying technologies that make information on market opportunities accessible to traders. It is now building a network of large, medium and small enterprises, which will be tapped to draw insights and foresights on market opportunities and risks. “We

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2021

million in a Series A round led by Silicon Valley VC firm Ribbit Capital. Kaszek Ventures, QED Investors and Greenoaks Capital also participated in the financing, which brings the startup’s total raised to $36.7 million since its 2019 inception.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Africans and people in emerging markets missed out on the first set of opportunities that technological advancements brought to the world. Bademosi was the Director of Binance Labs in Africa, overseeing the incubation and development of blockchain projects when he decided to start Bundle as CEO in 2019.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2021

From startups to Starbucks: The embedded API opportunity. To put this into perspective, consider this: In 2019, digital health saw $7.7 billion in VC investment, and that number rose to $14.6 To put this into perspective, consider this: In 2019, digital health saw $7.7 billion in VC investment. billion in 2020.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Like other financial infrastructure companies, Stitch services allows companies and developers to innovate around other services like personal finance, lending, insurance, payments and wealth management. They began working on the idea full-time in October 2019 and secured a pre-seed round a month later. ” Image Credits: Stitch.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

In 2019, InstaDeep raised an $8.5 One of the reasons we founded InstaDeep was to show that there was real potential and opportunity for AI in Africa. I believe that AI is a huge opportunity for Africa and I’ve been vocal about it. As such, it is a great opportunity for the continent.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

It’s our opportunity to finally level the playing field. Crunchbase data indicates female-founded startups globally saw a 27% decrease in funding in 2020 as compared to 2019. Despite gains, gender diversity in VC funding struggled in 2020. says Peanut CEO Michelle Kennedy, in a statement about the fund’s launch.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

However , the whole process proved difficult and the fund wasn’t able to because he was stuck in Nigeria and could not visit London, New York and Washington DC, “where institutional and development finance capital sits.” In 2019, Nigeria accounted for more than 53% of the diaspora remittances to the African continent.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

It is also coming a year after raising $55 million in a similar unnamed financing round. According to the current number of eMoney subscribers on its platform with access to loans, JUMO says it has an opportunity to disburse $29 billion a year. South African fintech startup Jumo raises second $50M+ VC round.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Rumors are swirling that this financing will allow the company to offer an initial public offering in 2021. Headquartered in downtown Detroit, Michigan, the raise marks the largest VC funding round in Michigan history. trades increasing 260% over 2019 levels. This round brings StockX’s total amount raised to $490 million.

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Jason Malki

JULY 13, 2023

Nicholas leverages his extensive experience in entrepreneurialism, traditional and decentralized finance, and early-growth startups to provide operational guidance, optimize developer velocity, and help new sales teams reach operational maturity — quickly. That means more opportunities for more people.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

Softbank’s Vision Fund 2 led the financing, with previous backers — it’s a pretty illustrious list that speaks of the opportunities ahead — including 83North, Amazon Web Services, Inc. The plan is for this, in turn, to lead to a new range of sizes and form factors for the chips down the line.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Founded in 2014, Blossom Finance was first intended for Muslim entrepreneurs in the United States. But founder Matthew Joseph Martin soon realized that the startup, backed by investors like Boost VC and Tim Draper, was serving a relatively niche market in the States. Meanwhile in Malaysia, where 61.3% out of its 33.6

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2021

A number of other investors also participated in the financing including Clocktower Ventures, Mantis – the VC firm owned by The Chainsmokers, Goodwater, Gaingels, Soma Capital and Rebel Fund. João Pedro Thompson and Thiago Achatz started the company in late 2019 and soon after, Mateus Craveiro and Sophie Secaf joined as co-founders.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

Thanks to San Francisco-based Cardless , that opportunity may be less of a stretch than you think. Other investors include the owners and management of the Phoenix Suns and Boston Celtics and existing backers such as Accomplice and Pear VC. Accomplice and Greycroft co-led its $7 million Series A last June.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 21, 2024

My Partner Winter Mead, Founder & CEO of Coolwater Capital , the accelerator for emerging VC fund managers, said: “Fewer than 5 of the 180 emerging managers we’ve worked with are raising via 506c, in order to get in front of more retail LPs, who are generally already following the GP, e.g., through the GP’s newsletter or community.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth. The Upfront VII and Growth teams are made up of 10 partners: 6 leading investment activities & 4 supporting portfolio companies including Talent, Marketing, Finance & Operations.

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