American Entrepreneurship

MAY 17, 2024

Pending approval by its Board, the NJEDA intends to invest up to $17.5 Plug and Play’s network consists of 50,000 startups, over 500 leading corporations, and hundreds of venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies. million in the fintech accelerator. Plug and Play invests in over 250 companies a year.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

As venture capital investments slowed down in 2022 , some startups turned to private credit, including debt capital, as a way to supplement their operations in the meantime. CRV led the round, and as part of the investment, James Green, general partner at CRV, will join Finley’s board.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2021

million seed round, offers small to medium-sized game and app companies access to tools to manage their finances and capital to fuel their growth. To be clear, Sanlo is not an investor that’s taking an equity stake in the apps and games it finances. That is, Sanlo takes no ownership stake in the companies it finances.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

At Upfront we often talk about these as “shots on goal” (a fitting soccer analogy given the EURO 2020 tournament is on right now). We’ve had two companies where we had to bridge finance them several times before they eventually IPO’d We had a portfolio company turn-down a $350 million acquisition because they wanted at least $400 million.

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Dream It

AUGUST 6, 2020

Today, the company announced a $10M Series A financing round led by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and digital health fund Heal Capital , with participation from existing investors Karma Ventures, Inovo Venture Partners, and Dreamit Ventures. Take a look!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Kunal Lunawat is the co-founder and managing partner of Agya Ventures , a venture capital firm focused on proptech, travel, hospitality and the future of the built world. Though 2021 is far from over, it’s already witnessed a record level of venture capital activity in the technology sector. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Series B funding is coming almost eighteen months after raising $10 million co-led by Partech Africa and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). IFC led the round this time while Novastar, Sahel Capital, CDC Group, Endeavor Catalyst and existing investors, Partech and MSA Capital participated. We think they go together.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

A month before the COVID-19 pandemic had spread to North America, auto fintech startup MotoRefi — newly armed with nearly $9 million in venture capital — was preparing to bring its refinancing platform to the masses. MotoRefi said Friday it has raised $10 million in a round led by Moderne Ventures. trillion in auto loans.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

But he almost didn’t, when he had trouble securing the necessary financing to pay his tuition. The company attended pitch competition after pitch competition, raising about a total of $100,000, until one day in the summer of 2020 an analyst for musician Jay-Z’s Marcy Ventures happened to be in the audience. Image Credits: Altro.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2021

Accel and Canapi Ventures co-led the round, which also included participation from existing backers Bain Capital Ventures, Inspired Capital, Homebrew, Acrew, Primary, Clocktower and Box Group. Tobel went on to form Inspired Capital, a venture capital firm that put money in Orum’s $5.2

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

Rali_cap , an early-stage venture capital firm focused on emerging markets fintech, has launched a $30 million fund. Last month, the firm, formerly known as Rally Cap Ventures, reached its first close of $20 million (its initial target) before increasing the fund size, signaling a strong LP appetite.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

Sanlo , a San Francisco-based fintech startup that offers small to medium-sized game and app companies access to tools to manage their finances and capital to fuel their growth, has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Konvoy. to help apps and games gain access to financial insights and capital. Sanlo raises $3.5M

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

This week, I covered Zeta, a new startup working on joint finances for modern couples. Here’s what I learned : The success of Zeta hinges on the idea that people want to share their finances in an ongoing and meaningful way, and that the world of finance is ready to shift from individualism to collectivism earlier and louder.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 28, 2023

Had the US Treasury and Federal Reserve Bank not intervened quickly, many companies would have lost their hard-won deposits and the market collapse would have made it extremely difficult for them to access new financing. That has generated enormous wealth and taxes through capital gains. million jobs across the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2021

Two back-to-back MasterClass copycats raising millions in venture capital makes me think about if the model can truly be verticalized and focused down into specific niches. After 2020 and the rise of Zoom University, we know edtech needs to be more engaging , but we don’t know the exact way to get there.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Yet, despite the market’s ongoing re-correction, venture capital is a booming asset class. Last year, per CB Insights data, venture investment reached $621 billion, which is up 111% from 2020 levels. When a founder raises a Series A round, it’s often the first time that they’re establishing a board in a formal way.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

Dayna Grayson has been in venture capital for more than a decade and was one of the first VCs to build a portfolio around the transformation of industrial sectors of our economy. Desktop Metal went public in 2020 — she still sits on the board as chair of the compensation committee.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

billion in all of 2020. The rising tide of venture capital that has lifted startups around the world also splashed over America’s Midwest this year. Braze set to put points on the board for New York’s startup scene in impending IPO. This year, VCs have flowed $14.7 billion to health tech startups, compared to $14.6

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

To give some context around its growth, in late September, the company had told me that since its 2020 launch, it had helped “tens of thousands” of members lose over 200,000 pounds, and that it was currently available in 31 states at an average cost of $100 per month, with a variety of plans. Image Credits: Found.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 27, 2022

He solely represented himself as the CEO of Learn In, while Degreed’s board of directors represented the other side. Even still, it’s hard to completely extract bias from any financial deal, particularly one as tangly as this — the two companies have shared investors including GSV, Firework Ventures and Album VC.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The equity financing comes after Mundi secured a $100 million warehouse line from Silicon Valley Bank, and brings the startup’s total raised to $125 million in debt and equity since its 2020 inception. Mundi was founded in January 2020 and launched in July 2020.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

In a 2021 survey from The Conference Board focused specifically on the service industry, 80% of respondents said they were having a hard time finding qualified workers. “Smaller businesses need to focus on growth — not keeping up on HR trends, industry statistics, or job board best practices. Image Credits: WizeHire.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

On November 22, alternative financing startup Pipe announced that its three co-founders were stepping down from their executive roles and that a search for a new, “veteran” CEO had commenced. Hurst and fellow founders Josh Mangel and Zain Allarakhia are the only other directors on the board. ” Image Credits: Twitter. .”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2021

Accel and Canapi Ventures co-led the round, which also included participation from existing backers Bain Capital Ventures, Inspired Capital, Homebrew, Acrew, Primary, Clocktower and Box Group. The financing comes barely three months after Orum announced a $21 Series A, and brings its total raised to over $82 million.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Leaders across the board openly advocate for female-founded businesses receiving more venture capital and entrepreneurship support, but few are taking decisive actions to close this glaring gender gap. Women founders face obstacles across the board.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

” At the time, WeFox had recently raised a $650 million round, putting big points on the board for European insurtech. With venture capital data collected for TechCrunch by PitchBook and notes from active insurtech venture capitalist Florian Graillot of Astorya.vc , we now know a lot more.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

When much of the shopping shifted online during the global pandemic, startups developing software and other products to aid the transition began to garner attention from venture capital firms. As part of the investment, Priya Saiprasad, partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers, is joining CommerceIQ’s board of directors. “E-commerce

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

billion in 2022 from 2021, it was still up 52% compared to 2020 and made up 18% of all funding globally, proving that investors still have faith in fintech’s future. Private market valuations, at any point in time, are not only a reflection of a team’s hard work and progress, but are also impacted by the financing environment.

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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

In 2021, fintech startups were the top recipients of venture capital globally, accounting for about 21% of dollars raised with $131.5 Notably, in all of 2020, 8,715 employees in fintech were laid off. That compares to 8,375 in the first half of 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Layoffs up in H1 2022.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

There are a few notable things about this financing. Buk CEO Jaime Arrieta said the company has been growing organically, and has historically been financing its growth with revenues from its sales. For one, it represents one of the largest (if not the) largest Series A rounds raised by a Latin American startup to date.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Koshal founded Twid with Rishi Batra and Amit Sharma in 2020 to build a network effect platform for the masses. Rakuten India CEO Sunil Gopinath is joining the Twid board of directors on behalf of Rakuten Capital. “Rakuten Capital sees tremendous potential and future synergies in this investment.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

When Vendease launched in January 2020, it wanted to solve the challenges and inefficiencies in Nigeria’s highly fragmented food sector using a marketplace model that connected suppliers and farms to restaurants and food businesses, with deliveries facilitated within 24 hours.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

Paul Martino, General Partner at Bullpen Capital. During our recent Dreamit Kickoff week, Bullpen Capital Founder and General Partner Paul Martino ( @ahpah ) spoke with our Spring 2020 cohort about the state of the VC ecosystem in the current economic crisis. I think this is the area that will fall first during this crisis.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Today, Neo.Tax is announcing that it has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Infinity Ventures with participation from Google Ventures, Acrew Capital and Fin Venture Capital, in addition to participation from the existing backers — Uncork Capital, Floodgate, Liquid 2 Ventures and Lux Capital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Since HacWare’s Battlefield appearance in 2020 , held virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ricks said the company paused its seed-round fundraise, reinvested its revenues back into the company and re-focused on its product. By her count, Ricks is the 114th Black female founder to raise over $1 million in venture funding.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Trace Finance , a Brazilian fintech startup that aims to enable faster and more streamlined cross-border financing, announced a $4.3 Tribal Credit , a B2B payments and financing platform for emerging markets, raised $60 million in a Series B funding round led by SoftBank Latin America Fund. Image Credits: Bold.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Ryan Falvey is co-founder and managing partner at Financial Venture Studio , an early-stage fintech venture capital firm. Theo Katsoulis is an associate at Financial Venture Studio. More posts by this contributor. Fintech’s $138 billion opportunity. Theo Katsoulis. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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