TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 20, 2023

Founded in 2020, Ellipspace specializes in developing advanced satellites capable of integrating remote sensing technology. Their satellites enable the integration of remote sensing data, sensor monitoring data, and positioning information data, offering customers standardized data products and real-time responsive remote sensing services.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

For example, voice-powered ecommerce reached approximately $2 billion in 2017 and Gartner predicts that about 30% of web browsing will happen via voice (and without a screen) by 2020. Streamlining Patient & Provider Communication Via Voice-Enabled Applications Patient satisfaction impacts providers’ financial performance.

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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. Overall, we are very optimistic about construction robotics and hope to see more companies attempt to solve the issues in productivity with breakthrough technologies, as well as innovative business models.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Two firms stuck out in recent days, including Urban Innovation Fund , which closed with commitments of $101 million for its Fund III and $20 million Opportunity Fund, and VMG Catalyst ‘s $400 million Fund II. Both firms are led by women, Clara Brenner and Julie Lein at Urban Innovation Fund, and Brooke Kiley over at VMG.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 2, 2021

My big question for 2021, and the one that is on every startup’s mind, is how will a cataclysmic event such as a global pandemic show up in post-pandemic innovation? In 2020, innovators and investors were forced to stand still, and witness cracks, fractures and rubble in society in a way like never before. Across the week.

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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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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 18, 2020

At the March 2020 Board of Director’s meeting, six companies were approved to receive an investment: CPNet, located in Harrisburg , is an industrial IoT and AI company founded to bring Industry 4.0 Using this platform, educators easily learn new concepts that ultimately build on the district’s goals and enable student success. [link].

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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. But I’ve long been a believer in the stark benefits that flexible working environments enable. Andrea Grisdale, founder and CEO at IC Bellagio.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 18, 2021

Successful entrepreneurs know that they will face fierce competition in the market and must stay up-to-date with the latest innovations and ideas to keep their businesses thriving. The PPP enabled me to keep a small but scrappy team; we dug deep to become the experts on virtual and hybrid events.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

It’s what venture capital teams at innovators like First Round Capital and True Ventures realized 15 years ago?—?they And then came March 2020 and events globally were being cancelled. Community-building is advice I give to nearly every startup team with whom I work. Derek founded Bevy ?—?a

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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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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

But issues around pricing, flexibility to innovate and a lack of local tech support always come up. One clear differentiator is that the company functions as an enabler (at payment rails and the core infrastructure) within banking and payments. Today, the company is announcing that it has closed $10 million in Series A investment.

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Revolution

APRIL 6, 2021

Casted leverages audio and video podcasting as the core of an innovative Amplified Marketing Platform enabling B2B enterprises to drive brand awareness, thought-leadership, sales lead generation, and customer engagement strategies.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

As a result, categories that make up productivity infrastructure — cloud communications services, API platforms, low-code development tools, business process automation and AI software development kits — grew exponentially in 2020.

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Revolution

JANUARY 6, 2020

A Weeklong Series: 10 Tech Trends from the Decade That Was … and What Will Be As we kick off 2020?—?both A revolution in food has long been needed, and we’re now seeing tremendous innovation in the $5 trillion food industry. both a new year, and a new decade?—?it I am reminded of how much has changed in the last ten years.

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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. At Talview, our company vision is to enable everyone to build the best career for themselves, no matter where they’re located. New products must align with your mission and vision.

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StartupNation

MARCH 17, 2021

In 2020, the world embraced digital transformation at an expedited pace, reimagining technology’s critical role in how we work, learn and live. Furthermore, with the innovation 5G enables, we can transform industries like education and healthcare, job and skills training, civic engagement and even public services.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This innovative model allows SME owners to secure collateral-free business loans with just a few clicks on their mobile phones. In 2020, Yang Zuobo, a 40-year-old farmer from China’s Jiangxi Province, took out his mobile phone and marked the perimeters of his paddy field on a digital map.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The $75 million investment comes in addition to a previously undisclosed $50 million investment made as part of Joby’s Series C financing round in January 2020 , Uber said. Joby was the first partner to commit to deploying air taxi services by 2023. To date, Joby Aviation has raised $820 million.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

In fact, the 2010s were focused on going the other direction, as open offices, on-site perks and coworking spaces sprung up around the idea that in-person community is an essential component of innovation. In 2020, companies of all sizes, in all corners of the world, were forced to shift to remote work with the onset of COVID-19.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Researchers analyzed data from 2020-2022, primarily post-pandemic. 18% higher per capita income growth in counties in the high broadband group from 2020-2022, equating to an increase of nearly $500 per person each year on average for county residents. The cloud and managed services company C alix, Inc.,

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Startups involved in B2B e-commerce such as Faire and Mirakl have burst out of the gates in 2020. Those that innovate now to introduce adjacent services will emerge as winners in the next few years, with some inevitably becoming billion-dollar companies.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Amenli, founded by Shady El Tohfa and Adham Nauman in 2020, is addressing an untapped $2 billion market, being the first licensed online insurance broker in the country. Sophia Alj and Ismael Belkhayat founded Chari in 2020. Neobanks have taken the world by storm and Africa is the last frontier for this brand of fintech innovation.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 15, 2024

The four co-founders are continuing to pass major milestones with an acquisition strategy and timely funding since its launch in 2017 Drivers’ parking experiences around the country are now being enhanced through artificial intelligence, enabling them to readily come and go without checking out.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

in 2020 for LatAm as of August. Eight new unicorns have already been minted this year, nearly reaching 2020’s rate by midyear. In the insurance space, similar changes are giving way to innovative models like 180 o in Brazil and Betterfly in Chile. in 2021 from 2.3% Atlantico Digital Transformation Index 2021 LatAm.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 21, 2024

(July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved an investment from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF) into an emerging women-led company, The Many Company. million from the NJIEF to co-invest in innovative, high-growth New Jersey-based businesses.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 19, 2024

(July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved an investment from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF) into an emerging women-led company, The Many Company. million from the NJIEF to co-invest in innovative, high-growth New Jersey-based businesses.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The innovation and ingredients, all rooted in the company’s R&D, are what differentiates the company from its competitors, he added. Its direct-to-consumer business launched in 2020 and has remained at the top of the DTC ice cream delivery space since July, Altschul said. Between 2020 and 2021, N!CK’S

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 31, 2023

The share of AI-enabled web searches approaches 50% of all consumer search as consumer behavior patterns evolve, especially on mobile. This innovation reinvigorates very early-stage IPOs. AI & data continue to dominate the funding landscape as founders & investors seek novel applications of the technology.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

Construct Capital co-founders and general partners Dayna Grayson and Rachel Holt continue to dive into innovation that some investors may not think is so sexy, but actually runs behind the scenes so that our food gets to grocery stores every week and our packages arrive when they say they will.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

It’s a gap Marco Financial is looking to bridge through its tech-enabled risk assessment platform that can provide better insight on who should receive loans. Marco’s factoring product enables new companies to get started without having to put up the significant amount of collateral that banks are asking.

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HPA

MARCH 21, 2024

“This funding marks a significant milestone, enabling Fuel Me to accelerate the development of advanced technology while continuing to deliver unparalleled service to our customers. Since its launch in September 2020, Fuel Me has demonstrated rapid growth , showcasing a fivefold increase in performance metrics year-over-year.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The growth is coming from technology innovation and companies reprioritizing how they will be doing this, especially amid the global pandemic. Some of the ways the company is keeping up with demand is enabling organizations to sign up and start for free with 100 devices to see how the platform works.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

million seed round in 2020. Steven Kramer, board member and former EVP of Hybris, said via email that over the past two decades, the e-commerce industry went through several waves of innovation. Nacelle gives organizations a future-proof way to accelerate their innovation, leverage existing investments and do so with material ROI.”.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

We’ve seen the market evolving over the last 10 years, and what started as an idea to bring a whiteboard into a browser has enabled us to understand the kind of value we can bring to organizations of all sizes,” he added. We aim to increase the pace of innovation, and that will be a big area of investment. Image Credits: Andrey Khusid.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Improved infrastructure enables new applications, which attract more users. Consequently, data innovators will continue to push AutoML and SQL to query ML models to the technically analytical. 2020 becomes the decade of data. Regardless of these predictions, the pace of innovation and the breadth of advancement spellbinds me.

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