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. PIN wants to replicate the Stanford 2020 story for other community-based ventures.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic disproportionately reduced venture capital funding for female founders last year, despite a greater boom in fundraising thanks to megafunds and the advent of Zoom investing. Rising investment in female-founded startups. PitchBook, which analyzed investment activity in U.S.-based billion for U.S.-headquartered,

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2020

But the expected comeuppance of high-burn, high-growth startups fueled by cheap capital provided by venture capitalists raising ever-larger funds , failed to arrive. Venture capital as an asset class has survived the pandemic’s stress test. The American seed market in 2020. Instead, the very opposite came to pass.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

NextView Ventures, a Boston-based venture capital fund, has raised an $89.6 The NextView Ventures team did not immediately respond to request for comment. The fund, which has offices in New York as well as Boston, invests in consumer and software-as-a-service enterprise startups at the pre-seed and seed stage.

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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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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.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

We conducted the survey at the tail end of Q3 2020. Respondents in the first group were “not exploring or investing” — in other words, “we don’t care about this right now.” Technologies in the third group, “investing or piloting,” may represent the sweet spot for startups. Virtual reality.

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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. From Space Rock Returns to Financial Returns – An Investor Panel: Some investors spend a lot of their time looking to the stars for the next venture capital opportunity.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2022

Even to outsiders, the inner workings of startup accelerators has become familiar: pumped up on camaraderie and energy drinks, scrappy founders do product demos onstage before a room full of buzzy journalists and investors. Signaling risk happens when a VC chooses to not do pro rata, or follow-on investing, in an existing portfolio company.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

People have been discussing the importance of expanding opportunities for women in venture capital and startup entrepreneurship for decades. 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. What the data show.

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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. Major Ryan Pennington, Deputy, Space Force Ventures, SMC Space Ventures. Space Force.

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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

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. Andreas Iten , partner, F10.

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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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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

In a bid to position its brand as more tech-forward — and, in the process, foster new culinary innovations — Chipotle today announced the launch of Cultivate Next, a venture fund run by Curt Garner, the restaurant chain’s chief technology officer. Venture funds alone put more than $39.3

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

IgniteXL Ventures, a fund founded by general partner Claire Chang, closed on its first fund of $10 million aimed at backing diverse early-stage founders in the beauty and wellness industry. from Seoul when she was a child and started a global accelerator in 2015. Claire Chang, general partner at igniteXL Ventures.

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StartupNation

MAY 26, 2021

On today’s Business Beat, Jeff talks about how Michigan leads the nation in the biggest increase in venture capital investing and how venture capital is furthering innovation in our state. Venture capital is the type of capital used to invest in companies, startup companies, and fuel their growth.

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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

MARCH 3, 2022

The venture capital boom of 2021 was not built from merely traditional VC money. And amid all the noise, record-setting totals, and rapid-fire dealmaking, corporate venture investors were busy, investing gobs of parent-company cash into far-smaller concerns. How quickly is corporate venture capital investment accelerating?

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Booz Allen Hamilton, the Virginia-based, defense-focused IT consulting firm, today announced the launch of a corporate venture capital arm, Booz Allen Ventures, that will initially put $100 million toward “strategic” defensive and offensive technologies. In the U.S.,

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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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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

million Series C that Austin-based The Zebra raised in February of 2020. Previous backers also include Silverton Partners, Ballast Point Ventures, Daher Capital, Floodgate Fund, The Zebra CEO Keith Melnick, KDT and others. . For some context, that’s up from $8 million in September of 2020 and $6 million in May of 2020.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Venture capital activity in Europe and Asia saw a strong return to form in Q3, data indicates. 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.

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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

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Co-led by Coatue and Andreessen Horowitz , the round also saw participation from Bessemer Venture Partners. 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. billion valuation.

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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. For example, Shelf Engine , Imperfect Foods , Mori and Phood Solutions are all working to improve the food supply chain and have attracted venture dollars to go after that mission. The company is not alone in tackling food waste.

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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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HPA

MARCH 21, 2024

HPA is excited to announce our investment in Fuel Me ’s $18M Series A Round , which was co-led by Pritzker Group Venture Capital and Tribeca Venture Partners and includes co-investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Interplay Venture Capital, and FJ Labs.

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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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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 11, 2021

” The NerdWallet IPO is a liquidity event for several investing groups, including Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), which owns 17.5% of Class A stock ahead of the company’s public offering, RRE Ventures (6.5% million in 2020. For a venture-backed company, posting growth of around 7.5% can be lethal.

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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. Nick Kalliagkopoulos , partner, Prime Ventures. • Bas Godska , founder, Acrobator Ventures.

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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

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Q-CTRL , a Sydney-based startup that provides quantum control engineering solutions, announced today it has raised a $25 million Series B led by Airbus Ventures with participation from Ridgeline Partners, Main Sequence Ventures, Horizons Ventures, SquarePeg Capital, Sierra Ventures, DCVC, Sequoia Capital China and InQTel. .

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Seedstars Africa Ventures , the pan-African early-stage fund for startups, has appointed Bruce Nsereko-Lule as its new general partner, to help it deploy more capital and provide the much-needed technical support for founders across the continent. Image Credits : Seedstars Africa Ventures. Chandaria Capital backed 38 startups .

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. Venture capitalists often come from an operating background. Venture Capital. Asian Venture Capital Journal (free trial).

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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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