TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

That’s the gap that revenue-based financing platforms like GetVantage want to fill. 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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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The Future Africa Fund kicked off in 2015 when Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Nadayar Enegesi , co-founders of US-based and African-focused talent company Andela, wrote checks to African startups as angel investors. In January 2020, the pair made the fund official, with Aboyeji as general partner and Enegesi as limited partner.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

The pandemic of 2020 has tested most sectors of the economy. Brad says: “Talk to people you trust, whether they’re investors, board members, co-founders, mentors, whatever; make sure you’re open about the stress and the struggle you’re going through both financially in the business and personally.” A startup is not a lone adventure.

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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

APRIL 20, 2022

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today launched a new program, AWS Impact Accelerator , that will give up to $30 million to early-stage startups led by Black, Latino, LGBTQIA+ and women founders. From a diversity standpoint, the venture capital financing landscape remains incredibly imbalanced.

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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 30, 2020

If there’s one thing we’ve learned in 2020, it’s that you really can’t be overprepared. Whether it’s related to your personal finances, business growth or world events, one characteristic many entrepreneurs share is a knack for preparedness. Self-discipline.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Cruttenden founded Ant Money , a micro-income startup, with Mike Gleason in March of 2020. ATM specifically is an app designed so users earn micro-income to save money or invest in the stock market through the company’s SEC-licensed “advisors,” or embedded finance tools. He serves as Ant Money’s CEO.

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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. We’re thrilled to be partnering with Steve Martocci and his team at Splice.”.

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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. This new #investmentround marks a significant milestone for Infermedica.

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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

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Startups involved in B2B e-commerce such as Faire and Mirakl have burst out of the gates in 2020. Financing: It is customary in B2B transactions to pay “with terms,” such as net 30 or net 60, effectively giving a line of credit to the business buyer that enables them to send payment after delivery of the good or service.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

A lot of African founders (and future founders) I’ve spoken to were encouraged by seeing Paystack do so well and get acquired. 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. Lemonade Finance (Nigeria).

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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. One of the most common areas of attention respondents highlighted were startups focused on construction and manufacturing.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Embedded finance infrastructure makes financing decisions based on real-time data. Fintech startup Parafin innovatively tackles this challenge through its embedded finance infrastructure used by partners such as DoorDash, Amazon, and others. and Canada.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

This week, I covered Zeta, a new startup working on joint finances for modern couples. Aditi Shekar, the co-founder, gave me some notes about why the ongoing popularity of Venmo is validation for the company, instead of competition. A Dallas-based founder looks to tackle the student loan crisis with his startup, College Cash.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Register Indonesian digital bank Superbank , supported by Grab, Singtel, and Emtek Group, is collaborating with Singapore’s Genesis Alternative Ventures to offer a financing package of $40 million for startups in Indonesia. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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StartupNation

APRIL 5, 2021

A total of nearly $63,000 in grants were made during 2020. SoGal Black Founder Startup Grant. Did you know that Black female founders receive less than 0.5% SoGal is looking to change that with the Black Founder Startup Grant. Interested entrepreneurs can find more information here about applying to upcoming cycles.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

Gleb Polyakov is co-founder and CEO of Nylas , which provides productivity infrastructure solutions for modern software. Previously, he worked in finance and founded an IoT coffee company. Gleb Polyakov. Contributor. Gleb studied Physics at Georgia Tech and enjoys chess, motorcycles and space.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

It’s also notable that Jeeves only publicly launched in March of 2021, and officially emerged from stealth last June with $31 million in equity financing and $100 million in debt. In the summer of 2020, Jeeves was a participant in Y Combinator’s summer cohort. This means it has quadrupled in value in just over six months.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

In 2020, the company launched services catered to end-to-end automation of lending operations for banks and blockchain switching. “ Obi Emetarom, co-founder and CEO, Appzone. The following year, Appzone launched its first product (branchless banking) for commercial banks. ” Image Credits: Appzone. Image Credits: Appzone.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Like other financial infrastructure companies, Stitch services allows companies and developers to innovate around other services like personal finance, lending, insurance, payments and wealth management. The founders draw on prior experience building API products for local markets in the past. “Unlike the U.S.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A 2020 article from the Next Web noted that almost half of Indian startups don’t hire women to save on maternity costs. hyper-growth, acquisition, or IPO).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Even after the unprecedented year that we had in 2020, the VC markets picked up in 2021 and founders raised 157% more capital in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the previous year. billion as of July 2021, already passing the total investment amount in 2020. Global VCs have invested $268.7 How does it bring value?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

Tianhui Michael Li is founder of The Data Incubator , an eight-week fellowship to help Ph.D.s What’s different about hiring data scientists in 2020? However, budget constraints are difficult to overcome, especially given the ability of tech and finance to pay top dollar for these sought-after skills. Michael Li.

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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 5, 2022

million (30 billion KRW) extension to its Series A financing from a strategic investor KT , one of the largest telecom companies in South Korea. . million since its inception in 2020. . South Korean AI chip developer Rebellions has raised a $22.8 The Pavilion Capital-backed AI chipmaker has raised about $72.8

collaboration

TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

“It encourages founders to build rather than grow, which is a good thing when we think about the innovation that can last for decades.” It encourages founders to build rather than grow, which is a good thing when we think about the innovation that can last for decades. Is that more or less than in recent years?

ventures

TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Amid market volatility, decentralized finance, or DeFi, is an area that continues to be in focus in both the crypto VC world and across the community as new use cases, protocols and projects arise. We surveyed: Michael Anderson , co-founder, Framework Ventures. Alex Marinier , founder and general partner, New Form Capital.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

After creating COVID screening solutions in 2020 and expanding their partnerships, DocNetwork announced a new partnership with Daxko in 2021 that allows for seamless integrations with YMCA and JCC platforms. As of 2020, it has partnered with the American Academy of Pediatrics. Apply now to DocNetwork. DynamoMetrics. Spellbound AR.

startup

TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2023

Gerry Giacomán Colyer, Clara’s co-founder and CEO, told me the company is working with over 10,000 customers across Latin America and that its annual run rate of 5 million credit card transactions is equivalent to $1 billion. One of those is Clara, a spend management company based in Mexico that announced $60 million in new funding last week.

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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. Fuel Me will expand its enterprise customer base and enhance its platform through this financing. “We

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TechCrunch

JULY 17, 2022

While it’s clear that this year will be far more muted for fintech investment globally and in the United States, it’s still on track to crush 2020’s results. Last week, I talked with Airbase founder and CEO Thejo Kote about the fact that the company just secured $150 million in debt financing led by Goldman Sachs.

pitching

TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

While Mr Eazi learned the ropes of starting a company and scaling products during his time at Phonetrader, he also got to understand investment dynamics from Chika Nwobi, the founder of L5Lab and current chief executive of Decagon , an engineering talent recruitment platform, after attending several investor meetings. .

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

We are soon launching Founders’ Next Move , a selective, free community for founders researching their next move, which will be a key tool for working with outside talent. However, historically most private equity professionals were former investment bankers and other finance professionals. Armed Services.” .

consulting

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?

ventures

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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