TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

We conducted the survey at the tail end of Q3 2020. By the time a technology is placed into the fourth category, which we dubbed “in-market or accelerating investment,” it may be too late for a startup to find a foothold. ” The top technology there was quantum computing. Collaboration tools and software.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today launched a new program, AWS Impact Accelerator , that will give up to $30 million to early-stage startups led by Black, Latino, LGBTQIA+ and women founders. But critics contend that AWS Impact Accelerator doesn’t go far enough in supporting historically marginalized entrepreneurs. based startups.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 17, 2021

The automation of QA is a secular trend that perhaps accelerated with more software engineers working from home. By virtue of the importance of data when working remotely and the breadth of applications of that data, this category popped into the top 10. Quality Assurance is truly about the automation of certain parts of software testing.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Today, pitch competitions, incubators, accelerators, VCs and angel groups proliferate. But in recent years, corporate docs are being drawn up in English to facilitate communication both inside Switzerland’s various language regions and foreign capital, and investment documentation is modeled after the U.S. Ten years ago startups were unusual.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. Fueled by a zero-interest landscape in 2020, it has surged, giving rise to an ever-growing array of funds. growth from 2020 to 2021. Importantly, the traditional accelerator model has enjoyed the fruits of these potential paradigm shifts.

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500

DECEMBER 17, 2019

500 Startups is excited to announce the latest batch from our Seed Accelerator based in Mexico City. For this batch, our team assessed 1706 applications to participate in the acceleration program. The nine startups began the accelerator activities on November 25th at 500’s office in Mexico City. The post ¡Hola Batch 11 LatAm!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 7, 2021

Annie Cheng is active in the Seattle chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) ‘s Accelerator programme, which empowers entrepreneurs with the tools, community and accountability necessary to aggressively grow their businesses. Why did you join EO Accelerator? But in early March 2020, they were not yet common.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

billion in the same period of 2020. That is 226% growth in 2020 thus far… How high-quality is DoorDash’s revenue? In the first three quarters of 2019, the company had gross margins of 39.9%, and in the same period of 2020 the figure rose to 53.1%, a huge improvement for the consumer consumable delivery confab.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

And then talk about regulations that will accelerate the adoption of these new technologies among the at-risk communities instead of what we have now which are regulations that are holding all of this progress back. USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — Nov 8, 2020 We Must Strengthen Our Democratic Institutions.

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500

JUNE 9, 2020

Supply chains have been disrupted, businesses have had to close or operate at limited capacity for months, and even founders have had to expand their fundraising timeframes as we saw in our 2020 Female Founders Data Report. As a VC firm, we’ve had to adapt many aspects of our business as well.

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UBI Global

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Recognizing the Top Business Incubators and Accelerators from the World Benchmark Study 2019-2020 In 2012, a Swedish student wondered, “What are the traits of the most successful top-performing university incubators worldwide?” The answer at the time was unavailable; the landscape was unmapped, unexplored, and unranked.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Founded in 2020 by Poddar and Vineet Goel, the startup has provided nearly $1 billion in annual funding for tens of thousands of small businesses in the U.S. The recent closing of a $100 million Series C financing at a $750 million valuation positions the company for accelerated growth. and Canada.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

Back in early 2020, an online layoff tracker — Layoffs.FYI — was built to collect and tabulate startup layoffs. Back in 2020, we saw the startup market crumble in what felt like days; the current downturn, in contrast, has been building since late 2021. Startup layoffs are back, and the damage is starting to add up.

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Revolution

AUGUST 8, 2023

The pre-2020 artificial eight-hour workday forced most people to spend the vast majority of their time in two distinct places: home and work. The most expensive markets lost population during 2020 and 2021 while more affordable cities such as Dallas and Phoenix continued to gain people. The trade-off is that work is leaky as well.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2025

billion, achieved in under five years since its founding in 2020. As AI adoption continues to accelerate, Island is helping establish a new industry standard. This latest raise propels the companys valuation to an impressive $4.8

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

If nothing else, the 2020 pandemic has shown everybody—particularly business owners and entrepreneurs—the value of being prepared and ready to pivot. However, I did not expect that our hands would be forced in this manner, leading to an incredible acceleration of decentralised workforces and processes.

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Dream It

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The startup will use the funding to enhance product capabilities and accelerate sales growth with key hires. TrekIT aims to ramp up deployment in Q1 2020, providing their unique application to additional hospital systems. About Dreamit Ventures Dreamit Ventures is an early stage venture fund and startup accelerator.

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Revolution

JANUARY 19, 2021

2021: The Great Acceleration of the Rise of the Rest & the End of “Silicon X Syndrome.” Many industries temporarily froze in March-April 2020, paralyzed by the uncertainty that an invisible enemy unleashed. Many industries temporarily froze in March-April 2020, paralyzed by the uncertainty that an invisible enemy unleashed.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Tonik’s acquisition of TendoPay is a testament of our passion for accelerating financial and credit inclusion in the Philippines. Kacper Marcinkowski, Tendo’s Chief Executive Officer, said that they share Tonik’s commitment in driving financial inclusion since their trailblazing start in 2020.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 10, 2025

Barat joined two fellow University of California-Berkeley graduate students Abdulrahman Bin Omar and Hall Chen to launch Gridware in 2020. Chen is a graduate of the Y Combinator Accelerator and was a research intern at Stanford University – Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

The pandemic of 2020 has tested most sectors of the economy. He is a successful entrepreneur, video game pioneer and venture capitalist and founder of the startup accelerator Play Labs @ MIT. Contributed by Rizwan Virk , author of S tartup Myths and Models: What You Won’t Learn in Business School.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 27, 2020

Slowly but surely crypto assets are becoming mainstream holdings for institutions and the prime brokerage offerings from Coinbase will help accelerate that transition. USV TEAM POSTS: Matt Cynamon — May 20, 2020 How COVID Is Impacting Hiring Albert Wenger — May 20, 2020 #DIYInternship.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Then we’ll hear from Eniac Ventures ’ Nihal Mehta , Freestyle’s Jenny Lefcourt , Pear VC’s Mar Hershenson and Contrary Capital’s Eric Tarczynski about what they saw in 2020 while writing a chunk of the checks that our data encompasses. The American seed market in 2020. If you didn’t think much about seed in 2020, you’re not alone.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Thinking outside the box, Brad Stevens , president of EO Atlanta, created a way to increase EO member engagement across the 150-member chapter with 43 Accelerator participants. The program began in November 2020. We asked Brad about this exciting new initiative. How did you come up with this initiative to grow EO member connections?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2021

At the beginning of 2020 we decided to finally kick off our GREENAMBER initiative and go public with it. I think within EO and especially the EO Accelerator program, we have lots of smart entrepreneurs and innovative companies to inspire you. We started 10 years ago by using only alternative energy in our offices. Find your own way.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 14, 2020

It is all over the map, based on the unique situations of each and every company, with some pulling back on marketing, some accelerating it, and some keeping it more or less the same. Even the ones who are not changing marketing spend are changing their marketing mix a lot.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

It is also true that many storefronts are empty, a continuation of something that has been going on in NYC for the last decade and has been accelerated by the pandemic. USV TEAM POSTS: Hanel Baveja — Sep 10, 2020 Mental Healthcare 3.0 It reminds me of NYC in the 80s and 90s when we first fell in love with this place.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2021

For comparison, that two-quarter figure is billions more than French startups raised in all of 2020. According to Techstars, its Paris accelerator will operate two classes per year, while Stockholm will run once in 2022 and twice per year from 2023 onward. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Let’s talk Europe!

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2020

In its S-1 filings , Datto highlighted a COVID-19 tailwind stemming from companies accelerating their digital transformation efforts. TechCrunch asked the company’s CEO whether there was an international component to that story, and whether digital transformation efforts are accelerating globally and not merely domestically.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Half of its portfolio companies are backed by YC and other global accelerators. Of the total investments raised in 2019 and 2020, 54gene contributed more than half of those numbers by raising $4.5 On the other hand, Festival Coins is the only startup to be selected into Google for Startups Accelerator.

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Dream It

AUGUST 6, 2020

link] — Infermedica (@Infermedica) August 6, 2020 Technology and Benefits to Health Systems/Payers/Telemedicine Companies Infermedica is an AI-driven, customizable, multi-language platform that aids patient care and healthcare service delivery. This new #investmentround marks a significant milestone for Infermedica. Take a look!

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

. “But the pandemic, which had a devastating effect on so many businesses that relied on in-person trade, accelerated the need for businesses to accept payments online.” According to the company, the number of small businesses that were fully cashless jumped 300% from March to July 2020.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 24, 2025

This is a growth rate four times the national average between 2020 and 2024, underscoring the state’s rapidly advancing stature in biomedical research. From 2020 to 2023, the bioscience sectors job growth in the state reached 8.1%, compared to the national average of 6.7%.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

In late 2020, a group of Stanford students banded together to create Stanford 2020, a venture fund solely to invest in their fellow classmates’ ventures. PIN wants to replicate the Stanford 2020 story for other community-based ventures. million for the debut investment vehicle — waitlist not included.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 30, 2020

According to Nestlé’s press release, Freshly is now shipping more than 1 million meals per week across 48 states, with forecasted sales of $430 million for 2020. Freshly is an innovative, fast-growing, food-tech startup, and adding them to the portfolio accelerates our ability to capitalize on the new realities in the U.S.

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Revolution

APRIL 6, 2021

As short-form media consumption and the effectiveness of influencer-style marketing have increased, and as enterprises continue to search for better customer acquisition and engagement channels, podcasting has been fueled to a multi-billion-dollar category with nearly 2M shows hosted in 2020¹.

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Revolution

JULY 22, 2021

Today, we are pleased to announce our seed investment in Anduin , a software company improving invoicing, accelerating collections, and modernizing payments for owners and executives in professional services, such as accounting. The situation was only amplified during the economic downturn of 2020.

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