UBI Global

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Journey through the 2019 global innovation community activities with UBI Global Join us as we present the 2019 year in review and examine the impactful collaborations that took place through business incubator and accelerator programs and their startup clients.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 13, 2021

I’ve been working exclusively from home since the end of November 2019 when we left NYC to go to LA. Teaching is another occupation that presents a lot of opportunity to rethink time and location. And, naturally, this coming work-life balance revolution presents tremendous opportunities for new products, services, and companies.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 29, 2020

In Forbes Magazine’s 2019 list of the world’s 100 most innovative leaders, 99 were men and only 1 was a woman (Washington Post). Without being able to find guidance from other women who had walked the road before her, Tamara took advantage of the resources that were presented to her, like the YLAI Network.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

The first two MyEO DealExchange conferences in 2018 and 2019 made a significant impact on the members who attended—including a 7-figure investment in Scott Mesh (EO New York)’s company. Each person gets 90 seconds to share the details of the investment opportunity or the “deal need” they’re presenting or seeking.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Regardless of our audience or the stage we aspire to dominate, EO has created a programme that turns EOers into exceptional presenters. Global Speakers Academy (GSA)was launched in 2019 with the goal of bringing together members from across the globe and world-class speaker coaches for an intense and immersive 4.5-day

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

In celebration of Small Business Week, Mailchimp and Oscilloscope Laboratories are announcing a specially curated lineup of films available to stream on Mailchimp Presents , Mailchimp’s global streaming platform. Editor’s Note – Huge props to Mailchimp for always INNOVATING. HANDS ON A HARDBODY ( Director: S.R.

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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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

The company has raised a number of private rounds, including a $126 million deal in August of 2019 that valued the company at $454.3 Indeed, here’s its financial data per its investor presentation : Image Credits: Latch. from 2019 to 2020. Latch’s hardware works with doors, sensors and internet connectivity.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

We realized that operating a business in distributed markets presented multi-city coordination efforts that we weren’t prepared for. presented pricing challenges when compared to a whole new set of offline competitors we didn’t know well. No prizes for guessing what some of MakeSpace’s innovations will be in 2018 and 2019.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

This transformative growth presents ample potential and opportunities for developing local startups and their ecosystem. Genesis Alternative Ventures, founded in 2019 by Jeremy Loh, Ben J Benjamin, and Martin Tang, is a distinctive venture lender focusing on innovative funding approaches.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

When the company filed initial public offering paperwork back in February, it was coming off of an expensive year of growth in 2019. More from Alex Wilhelm : DoorDash has grown incredibly rapidly, scaling its revenues from $291 million in 2018 to $885 million in 2019. Then the pandemic hit. billion in the same period of 2020.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 8, 2023

in 17 startups since 2019. With a minimum investment of $7,000 and additional units in increments of $5,500, SDAC is ideal for new angel investors who want to gain hands-on experience and learn via workshops, meetings, and presentations. Accredited investors are invited to nation’s largest angel conference, which has invested $4.8M

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Revolution

JANUARY 19, 2021

Often, that’s because they are presenting something that has already been commoditized as a still-new innovation or they are trying to replicate a platform for a much more niche or verticalized market. When these startup hubs were still nascent, they used the “Silicon X” shorthand to signify that “there is tech and innovation happening here.”

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

2019: Global Entrepreneurship Workshop: Advances in Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Research – TBS Business School (Nov, 18th, Toulouse). With Norris Krueger) 2019: AOM 2019 PDW “Getting Down to the Bottom-Up: Researching Ecosystems As If Entrepreneurs Mattered… As if Every Entrepreneur Mattered” ( Aug, 9th, Boston ).

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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. . In 2019, the startup based in Enugu, Nigeria, took part in the Google Launchpad Africa accelerator and the Binance Incubation Programme. It has since secured $2.2

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

Okra Solar walked away with the trophy and a giant check at our 2019 Shenzhen Hardware Battlefield event. At present, it’s currently focused on Nigeria, Philippines, Haiti and Cambodia, with a renewal bent designed to reduce emissions as it brings more populations online.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Ampotech, which is a spin-off from an A*STAR and University of Illinois research institute, also raised $1 in vestments during the seed funding round in 2019. At present, Ampotech counts leading energy companies such as Sunseap[1] as clients.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

On the other hand, the financing gap left by conventional banking institutions has presented an opportunity for innovation, leading to the birth of fintechs like Asilimia. In 2019, the startup won the Africa Cup at the 2019 SA Innovation Summit, securing a $350,000 investment from Unicorn Group, a pan-African investment firm.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

According to a presentation for investors, MoveinSync boasts over 450,000 monthly active users and facilitates more than 2.5 While MoveinSync has chosen not to comment on these fundraising efforts, Bessemer Venture Partners has not made any official statements. million trips each month.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Investors love to see into the future because they know that the value of a business is the present value of its future cash flows. Revenue cohort analysis, May 2019 to March 2022. Image Credits: Hum Capital .

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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. His idea was to provide high-quality products, but presented in a way that people can understand their use and help them to form a habit.”. Men are actually into skincare, but not as comfortable talking about it,” Gani said.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 30, 2020

That’s a 21 percent increase from the same seven-day period in 2019. This void presents opportunities for individuals and startups to step in. Presently, global trade has slowed, leading to a shortage of spices. While the global economy may shrink by up to 5.2 percent in 2020, recent U.S.

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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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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

A Convergence of Innovation Across Asia and Beyond Since its inception in 2019, COMEUP has evolved into a global startup event that bridges South Korea’s flourishing startup ecosystem with a worldwide audience.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

This article presents an overview of the report’s key findings and offers a few key recommendations on what other countries can learn from Singapore’s experience, as well as what Singapore itself can do to maintain progress. A glimpse into Singapore’s current startup ecosystem.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 24, 2023

Register Startup Island TAIWAN, an initiative backed by Taiwan’s National Development Council, recently joined forces with domestic venture capitalists and listed companies to present a significant event showcasing the prowess of Taiwanese digital tech startups.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

million (CAN $299 million) since its 2019 inception, and values the company at over $784.8 Presently, the startup has over 650 employees and will also use its new capital to hire another 100 more or so people at its Winnipeg and Calgary campuses. Canadian digital bank Neo Financial has raised $145.2

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

So she teamed up with Dmitry Kashlev, a Russian immigrant, in January of 2019 to create a solution for other foreign-born individuals and young adults facing similar credit challenges. Kim, who immigrated to the U.S. That fall, the startup (short for Tomorrow’s Credit) was accepted into the Barclays Accelerator, powered by Techstars.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

The Series D is a big jump from the $28 million that HoneyBook raised in March 2019. . We’re seeing so much demand for additional services and products, so we definitely want to invest and create better ways for our members to present themselves online,” Alon told TechCrunch.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Surpassing the 3,208 booths of the largest-ever event, ‘G-STAR 2019,’ a total of 3,250 booths (2,386 booths for B2C and 864 booths for B2B) have been prepared as of August 31, 2023. This year, it is expected to be held on the scale of events before COVID-19. This absence is a source of disappointment for gaming fans.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

This morning Mural , a startup that builds digital collaboration software with a focus on visual presentation, announced that it has closed a $50 million Series C. The new capital, co-led by prior investors Insight Partners and Tiger Global, values the startup at more than $2 billion. Mural — known as Mural.ly

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

In 2019, Nigeria accounted for more than 53% of the diaspora remittances to the African continent. Each quarter, backers are presented with five startups they can invest in with a minimum of $5,000. So why launch a syndicate given the success of the other funds? Here’s what he means.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

At a time when significant paper-based industries like publishing become increasingly digital, Papier, in a way, presents an interesting route out of obscurity for analogue products that doesn’t cannibalise the whole revenue base.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

This could also potentially give the company an opportunity for expansion into new cities: as large supermarkets become less profitable, they can present themselves as a real estate opportunity for online delivery companies like Rohlik.). Perhaps it will be next in line for a big round of money. (I’ll

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Since its launch in 2019, some of YouTube’s biggest creators like MrBeast and Like Nastya have struck deals with Spotter. Once a power-player among YouTube’s gamers, Machinima shut down in 2019 and deleted over a decade of content on its channel, which hosted thousands of videos.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Launched in 2019, the idea came from one of the co-founders, Olga Dogadkina, who previously worked in the luxury retail sector. Enter Emperia , an “immersive” retail startup that — to its credit — has already created virtual stores for brands including Bloomingdales, Dior, Ralph Lauren and Lacoste.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. . One positive takeaway: shared micromobility is rebounding from the pandemic, with services in at least 298 cities and 232,000 vehicles in operation, which is higher than 2019 pre-pandemic numbers.

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