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. million for the debut investment vehicle — waitlist not included. million seed funding round led by Initialized Capital, with investments from GSR, NEA and Canaan.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Ready to blast off and join thousands of attendees around the world at TC Sessions: Space 2020 on December 16-17? Fast Money — SMC Space Ventures, AFWERX and Space Force Accelerators. Join us for a pitch feedback session open to all startups exhibiting at TC Sessions: Space 2020 moderated by TechCrunch staff. Want to save $50?

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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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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

From 2003-2022 the River Valley Investors operated as a traditional angel group, investing in nearly 100 startups. For posterity, here are some of the more recent investments… 2022 Hubly Surgical Hubly Surgical has an advanced drill, complete with auto-stop and visual feedback, to make medical drilling safe across underserved settings.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2020

TechCrunch explored what happened in seed investing to uncover what was missed amidst the storm and fury of late-stage startup activity. The American seed market in 2020. If you didn’t think much about seed in 2020, you’re not alone. Seed dollar volume fell as Q1 progressed, reaching a 2020 nadir in April, the start of Q2.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Last November, we surveyed 13 of the top robotics-focused VCs to find out which areas of robotics are exciting them most going into 2020. Matt Murphy and Grace Ge, Menlo Ventures Which trends are you most excited about in construction robotics from an investing perspective? Is the market under-heated, overheated or just right?

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Revolution

APRIL 6, 2021

By Revolution Ventures Managing Partner David Golden and VP Alex Shtarkman As voracious consumers of podcasting content, we could not be more excited to announce our investment in Indianapolis-based Casted , a company reinventing the traditional digital content marketing playbook. Stay tuned! [1]

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

There was a brief, beautiful moment for a few months in 2021 when it felt like robotic investments might be immune from broader market forces. Image Credits: Crunchbase A couple of top line points: 2022 was the second worst year for robotics investments over the past five years. Per the first point, 2020 was the lowest.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

If space is your jam, you’re going to need financial help, and you’ll learn where and how to access it at TC Sessions Space 2020 (December 16-17). You’ll hear presentations from leading space accelerators and funding programs. Gabe Mounce, Director, Space Force Accelerators, Air Force Research Laboratory. Space Force.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. According to her, other people working for The Family have asked several times to see documents that proved that investments went through.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2020

TC Sessions: Space 2020 starts tomorrow, December 16, and we’re here to point out just some of the events, presentations and fireside chats waiting for you on day one. It’s a market unlike any other, but does that change the math on equity-based investment? Is your company interested in sponsoring TC Sessions: Space 2020?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

Likewise, Varada co-founder and VP of R&D Roman Vainbrand notes that the combined companies will be able to “deliver the best performance and cost benefits in the analytics query market, enabling organizations to accelerate the time-to-insight, while optimizing infrastructure operations and investments.”

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StartupNation

JUNE 15, 2021

In April 2020, just as the pandemic was beginning to wreak havoc on markets, commerce, communities and the general public, I started a business along with a group of friends. That’s not as crazy as it sounds because entrepreneurs started businesses in record numbers in 2020: there were over 4 million businesses formed last year in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

Then COVID-19 arrived and scrambled the venture and startup scene, creating a risk-off environment during the end of Q1 and the start of Q2 2020. And when it became clear that the vaunted digital transformation of businesses large and small was accelerating, more capital appeared.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

million Series C that Austin-based The Zebra raised in February of 2020. The Zebra doubled its net revenue in 2020 to $79 million compared to $37 million in 2019, according to Melnick , who is former president of travel metasearch engine Kayak. And The Zebra has increased its headcount to over 325, compared to about 200 in early 2020.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

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. Today, pitch competitions, incubators, accelerators, VCs and angel groups proliferate. More than 50%?

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 17, 2021

From time to time, I chart the fastest growing categories of startup investment in the US for seed through Series C. The automation of QA is a secular trend that perhaps accelerated with more software engineers working from home. Here are 2015 , 2017 , This year, I was certain the categories would have been influenced by COVID19.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The extra money followed big traction in 2020 for the Armenian company, which grew its customers and revenue by more than an order of magnitude. TechCrunch first covered Krisp when it was just emerging from UC Berkeley’s Skydeck accelerator, and co-founder Davit Baghdasaryan was relatively freshly out of his previous role at Twilio.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2023

Sweden-based VC fund Pale Blue Dot bounced onto the scene in 2020 with a €53 million fund to help climate-focused startups. This fund grew again by €34 million in April 2021 , and after deploying investments into 28 climate-forward companies, the investor this week announced it has officially closed its second fund.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Tackle says it plans to use its new funding to accelerate the execution of its product roadmap, scale its go-to-market (GTM) teams, expand its global reach, and continue to innovate. million Series A round in 2020, with partner Michael Droesch joining the startup’s board at that time.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Incredibly, prior to the investment, ProsperOps had only raised around $800,000. “This investment allows us to expand the scope of the work we perform for our customers and continue growing our engineering and sales teams.” Growth Partners with participation from Active Capital and other unnamed investors. a few months).

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 9, 2022

Register South Korea’s largest accelerator program for foreign startups, K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , is accepting applications for its 2022 edition. month support, the top startup teams can also look forward to getting further assistance to expand to Asia and investment from prominent VCs. Besides the 3.5-month

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

Montreal-based Equisoft , an insurance and investment software developer, today announced that it raised $125 million in venture equity. It’s a large amount made more significant by the fact that the investment climate for insurtech vendors is growing increasingly challenging. billion in Q3 to $1.01 billion in Q4. $70

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

Prior to this round, the company brought in $250 million in Series D funding in May 2020. The new funding will accelerate the rollout of those systems, as well as co-create another 10 supply networks with retail and supply partnerships by the end of the year. (where approximately 40% of food is wasted ), the U.K. and Europe.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 1, 2020

April 1, 2020. iMCI), recently led an $11.535 million go-to-market investment in Oklahoma City-based Linear Health Sciences. The investment comes on the heels of continued successes for the Orchid SRV, the company’s flagship medical device designed to reduce accidental IV catheter dislodgement in a novel way. 405) 813-2403.

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Paul G. Silva

JANUARY 25, 2021

But thanks to the incredible involvement of our members and our assistant manager Ethan Ferris, 2020 was our best year ever. Invested in nearly twice as many companies in 2020 than in any prior year in our 18 year history. Invested in nearly twice as many companies in 2020 than in any prior year in our 18 year history.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The two continents enjoyed more venture capital investment into their local startups than in some time, underscoring that strong VC results the United States saw in the third quarter were not a fluke, but part of a broader trend. Venture capital activity in Europe and Asia saw a strong return to form in Q3, data indicates. A strong Q3.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Most of us have seen some version of this chart that shows how the Covid pandemic has accelerated e-commerce adoption: What is interesting to me is that it has also impacted in person retail experiences. USV TEAM POSTS: Nick Grossman — Oct 2, 2020 USV Algorand Transparency Statement, Q3 2020 Rebecca Kaden — Oct 1, 2020 Sora.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The Netherlands’ ecosystem has been flourishing; more than $85 million was invested in regional startups in 2019 alone. In 2020, the venture industry continued to invest in startups, despite the COVID-19 crisis. What trends are you most excited about investing in, generally? What’s your latest, most exciting investment?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

million last year from New-York’s Riverside Acceleration Capital (RAC) and a syndicate of Australian investors. The new investment will help the startup to accelerate its overseas expansion across the world with a focus on the United States, the country with the highest percentage of educators using one-to-one computing (1:1) computing.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Drive Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, Matchstick Ventures and HR Tech Investments LLC, a subsidiary of Recruit Holdings Co., With the latest investment, Minneapolis-based Branch has brought in a total of $58 million in equity funding since its 2015 inception. 7 VCs look into the future of fintech.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

As the pandemic took hold in 2020, companies accelerated their move to cloud services. It did not share an exact valuation, only saying that it exceeded $1 billion, which you would expect on such a hefty investment. As for Sutter Hill, investor Mike Speiser sees Lacework as one of his firm’s critical investments.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 11, 2022

Mirsa Sadikin, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Biteship, said they are happy to partner with East Ventures and Beenext for this investment round as this will fast-track their mission of “integrating better technology for logistic solutions to serve our customers”. billion in 2020.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

” The NerdWallet IPO is a liquidity event for several investing groups, including Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), which owns 17.5% million in 2020. million in H1 2020 revenues, a figure that expanded to $181.6 million in H1 2020 revenues, a figure that expanded to $181.6 NerdWallet generated $228.3

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 24, 2020

24, 2020) — Gov. Smart investments in innovation drive economic growth and ensure Pennsylvania continues to capture its share of emerging high-tech developments,” said Ryan E. That’s why this $5 million investment is so important — to help us continue the important work we do,” Ryan said. “We HARRISBURG, Pa.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Principal, Investments Team, OurCrowd. Microsoft acquired gaming studio Blizzard for $68 billion to provide the building blocks for its Metaverse play, while Apple CEO Tim Cook declared the Metaverse “very interesting” and told investors the company will “invest accordingly.” The post Are you ready to invest in the Metaverse?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2021

On Tuesday, DeHaat , an online platform that offers full-stack agricultural services to farmers, said it has raised $30 million in a new financing round as the Indian firm looks to maintain its accelerated growth despite the pandemic. — Harsh Upadhyay (@upadhyay_harsh1) October 13, 2020.

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