Dream It

MAY 18, 2020

With 85% quarter-on-quarter and 403% year-on-year enrollment growth in Q1 2020, Wellth plans to use this new capital to support rapid scaling to address larger and broader populations of patients. link] — Wellth (@wellthapp) May 6, 2020 ?Market Wellth graduated from Dreamit’s Healthtech program in 2016.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 25, 2021

The interviews below feature insight from Betty Álvarez, co-founder of C&A Legal Advisors; René Espinoza, founder of the Lazarillo app; and Bibi la Luz González, founder of Eat Better Wa’ik. González: Within our board, managing team, and program participants the majority are women.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

Varanium Capital partner Aparajit Bhandarkar will join GetVantage’s board. This brings GetVantage’s total raised so far to $40 million, along with a seed round in 2020, the same year it was launched by Bhavik Vasa and Amit Srivastava. For founders without the right network, it’s hard to find investors.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 30, 2020

If there’s one thing we’ve learned in 2020, it’s that you really can’t be overprepared. There’s no question that launching your own business comes hard work, obstacles and logistics—and most of these are left to the founder. Build your professional network with resources such as these: Four Cs of Networking . Preparedness.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

In marketing materials founders often refer to their customer base as a “community”, but there’s a huge gap between having customers and creating a community. they could invest in entrepreneurial communities and the best founders would then bring in new founders. And then came March 2020 and events globally were being cancelled.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Splice , the New York-based, AI-infused, beat-making software service for music producers created by the founder of GroupMe, has managed to sample another $55 million in financing from investors for its wildly popular service. Splice is also pleased to announce that Kakul Srivastava has joined the company’s board.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

At the start of 2020, Chelle Neff is wrapping up a decade of considerable success, growth and innovation. We have five cities so far and are bringing in the Bay Area in 2020. Chelle Neff, founder of Urban Betty, shares a tour of one of her salon locations in Austin, Texas. 5000 list twice! . Urban Betty is a Green Circle Salon.

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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

JANUARY 12, 2023

So In May 2020, he teamed up with fellow Digital Ocean co-founders Mitch Wainer and Ben Uretsky to startup Welcome Homes , a New York City-based company that offers people a way to design and build new homes online. DigitalOcean’s other two co-founders Jesse Mauro and Marc Hartman are advisors to the company).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Widespread layoffs during the pandemic contributed to an initial rise in female entrepreneurship in 2020, along with the need for flexibility. Having women on the boards of organizations for entrepreneurs specifically is also essential and is something EO has been committed to improving, offering equal representation where it matters.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

As venture capital continues its slowdown after an aggressive 2020 and record-breaking 2021 , it’s clear that early-stage founders looking for their first dollars will require a new approach. What do early-stage founders need to know to capture VC interest, and dollars, in a challenging market?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

But two months into 2020, the pandemic did an excellent job of lowering expectations as investment activities from local and international investors slowed down. 2021 was when African tech reached an inflection point and took center stage as companies raised over $4 billion (more than they got in 2019 and 2020 combined).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Levin joined Heartcore Capital in 2019 from Global Founders Capital, the billion-dollar VC arm of Rocket Internet, where he was responsible for investments in Canva, Heyjobs, Instarem, Anyfin and others. As a founder, it’s your job to manage financial and operational risks. Their websites in 2020 show starkly different outcomes.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Tackle’s co-founder and CTO “Dillon Woods says that at previous jobs, he found that it took several months with a couple of engineers dedicated to the task to get a product onto the AWS marketplace, and he noticed that it was a similar set of tasks each time.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Since being founded in 2015, the company has amassed a customer list that includes AppFolio, HotDoc, Pitch, Kumospace and Teamflow, and its customers report seeing up to 80% fewer video call errors after using Daily, Kwindla Hultman Kramer, co-founder and CEO of Daily, told TechCrunch via email. million round raised in May 2020.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Andrey Khusid, co-founder and CEO of Miro. The last time we checked in with Miro, co-headquartered in San Francisco and Amsterdam, was in 2020 when the company raised a $50 million Series B round led by Iconiq Capital. Miro lands $50M Series B for digital whiteboard as demand surges. Image Credits: Andrey Khusid.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 28, 2021

How effectively founders engage their remote workforce affects both company culture and the bottom line. Trust not only powers successful teams across the board, it’s an essential aspect of a healthy, productive relationship between a founder and his or her employees, remote or otherwise. Originally published April 8, 2020.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 6, 2020

You’ve spent the majority of 2020 being told that you must adapt to the pandemic’s new economic landscape in order to stay afloat. This will also make it easier to get the rest of your team on board and embrace this new direction. Product-founder fit is essential, too. Long-term market prospects are just as important as usual.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 21, 2021

Venture capitalists and boards used to value a company every 18 months. Hedge funds have entered the market in 2020, participating in upwards of 60% of all transactions to create an index of mid-and-late stage venture capital. In the middle of the maelstrom, founders enjoy simpler and faster fundraising processes on better terms.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

For better or for worse: Managing founder-CEO tension inside a startup. At your board meetings, you have one investor complaining that you aren’t growing fast enough, another complaining that your burn ratio is too high and another warning you to extend your cash runway. More posts by this contributor. Now, it’s not so simple.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy yet banks do not have their backs, says CEO and co-founder Sahill Poddar. 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. and Canada.

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HPA

MARCH 21, 2024

and global energy markets,” said Carlo Passacantando, Founder and CEO. Since its launch in September 2020, Fuel Me has demonstrated rapid growth , showcasing a fivefold increase in performance metrics year-over-year. On behalf of HPA, we congratulate the Fuel Me team for this achievement! Full press release here.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Aditi Shekar, the co-founder, gave me some notes about why the ongoing popularity of Venmo is validation for the company, instead of competition. Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced weeks ago that he was shifting into an executive chairman role and AWS CEO Andy Jassy would take over as chief executive. You can stay anonymous.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

The founder estimates that 60% of YC companies are active Brex customers. Ali Rowghani, the managing director of the fund and former COO of Twitter, is joining Pave’s board. Half of Pave’s executives, and half of Pave’s board members, identify as women. ” On the diversity front, 2020 may prove a tipping point.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Revolution Ventures led the round and was joined by existing investors Madrona Venture Group, Oregon Venture Fund and Mucker Capital, as well as Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus. Since the company launched its platform, business was building steadily, and took off in the second half of 2020. The company raised a $7.7

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Paulo is the co-founder of Vale do Dendê (Dende Valley) and AFAR Ventures , a global diversity and inclusion creative and consulting agency that identifies opportunities for multinational brands, corporations and investors in emerging markets. It attracted backing from Facebook Brasil and grew 770% in 2020. Paulo Rogério Nunes.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The founders draw on prior experience building API products for local markets in the past. The funds include CRE and Village Global, Norrsken (a fund by Klarna co-founder Niklas Adalberth), Future Africa (a fund by Flutterwave co-founder Iyinoluwa Aboyeji) and 500 Fintech. “Unlike the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

Rali_cap was first a collective before a fund, Hayden Simmons , the general partner who launched the firm in 2020, told TechCrunch in an interview. “By the end of 2020, we recognized that was too passive of a strategy,” Simmons remarked. It expects to achieve a second close by the end of June.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Employment Hero co-founders Ben Thompson and Dave Tong. Employment Hero began entering new markets in October 2020, launching localized versions of the platform in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Singapore. Employment Hero is an automated human resources, payroll and benefits platform for SMEs.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

If you’re a founder who finds yourself in a meeting with a VC, try to remember two things: You’re the smartest person in the room. Venrock Vice President Todd Graham has some frank advice for founders at venture-backed startups: “It would be wise to generate a return at some point.”

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Feedough

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

It charges $99 for its services of strategic guidance and mediator and $65/hr for every expert that gets on board. 150birds CEO and founder Rick Koletavitoglu was a marketing consultant curating and managing marketing teams for high-growth startups in Silicon Valley. The SAAS works on a simple revenue model. The Value Proposition.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

It’s been a 12-year journey for Purely Elizabeth founder Elizabeth Stein, and based on her plans for the company’s next phase, she is just getting started. billion in 2020 and is poised to reach $1 trillion by 2026. Products are non-GMO and include ingredients like ancient grains, coconut sugar, probiotics and MCT oil.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

TripleBlind’s platform, which officially launched in November 2020, is compliant today with data privacy and data residency regulations in some 100 countries, HIPAA, GDPR and California’s CCPA among them. Halamka and Shail Jain, Global Managing Director, Data & AI from Accenture, are both joining as board observers with this round.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Travis VanderZanden is the founder and CEO of Bird. Subsequent custom vehicle designs, including the Bird One and Bird Two, have added onto this foundation, introducing industry-first features such as: On-board diagnostic sensors capable of detecting over 200 faults. 5: UK, NY e-scooter programs approved (spring 2020).

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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

Notably, in all of 2020, 8,715 employees in fintech were laid off. In 2020, fintech trailed behind the transportation and travel categories when it came to layoffs as percentage of the total, Lee told TechCrunch via email. That compares to 8,375 in the first half of 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. of the total.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

As the company’s CEO and co-founder Shail Mehta explained in a TC Early Stage pitch-off earlier this year, The Last Gameboard is a 16-inch square touchscreen device with a custom OS and a sophisticated method of tracking game pieces and hand movements. 2020 was rough for everyone, but we were able to focus on the core product.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi will take a board seat in the newly expanded Aurora. Rowe Price, in part because of its founders Sterling Anderson, Drew Bagnell and Chris Urmson, all of whom are veterans of the autonomous vehicle industry. Even with the spin off, Uber still faced a costly enterprise. What Aurora values.

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