TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In fact, even some of the excesses of 2021 were eclipsed when the number of investments on the continent rose higher in 2022 than they had a year earlier, boosted by early-stage firms flocking to fund startups in the wake of landmark exits of homegrown companies like Jumia and Paystack. billion, according to data from Partech.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 2, 2024

HAX, a startup development program for pre-seed hard tech companies, with offices across the world, supports startups and entrepreneurs through investment capital, mentorship, and collaboration. With the opening of HAX, Newark accelerates its momentum as an emergent global hub for manufacturing and technological breakthroughs.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 13, 2021

And Grand Rapids, Michigan, is having its own tech renaissance in 2021. Not only do they work in business development, market placement, and research to help develop solutions for the food service industry, but they also run their own startup incubator! million in Series A startup funding in mid-2021. Apply now to Relish Works.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

In prior roles, he was an associate at a LatAm-focused venture capital firm and worked in corporate venture with regional banks and the Brazilian stock exchange. Matheus Tavares Dos Santos Contributor Share on Twitter Matheus is a hedge funds investment analyst for a major global investment manager and technology provider.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

European, North American edtech startups see funding triple in 2021. billion raised in 2021. The first half of 2022 saw 16 so-called mega-rounds, compared to 24 in the second half of 2021 and 30 in the first half of 2021. More posts by this contributor. These are turbulent times.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

. — Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 X marks the spot : GitHub launched its Copilot X initiative today, which Frederic reports is an extension of its work on its popular Copilot code completion tool, originally launched into preview all the way back in 2021. The tool also adds a chat mode and more. Should you return an investment? :

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

“I am always thinking about how we can accelerate the adoption of clean energy. Aurora Solar is in a similar space and closed a $250 million round in mid-2021. including Collab Fund, Serpentine VC, ACE & Company, Pegasus Tech Venture, Gaingel VC, Soma Capital and a number of angel investors. told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Robo-advisor StashAway gets $25M Series D led by Sequoia Capital India. Co-founder and CEO Gregory Van told TechCrunch that Endowus raised again because it was approached by strategic investors “who really understood our long-term goals with a shared desire to accelerate our growth traction to help more people reach their financial goals.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Smoodi wants to see its smoothies in the hands of, well, everyone, and a new infusion of capital and distribution partnership has the startup well on its way. The smoothie market has doubled over the last five years, and the trends for fresh, healthy and vegan are only accelerating.”. Smoodis range in price from $5.99

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

Old Fashion Research ( OFR ) – whose name is derived from the classic cocktail – was founded in late 2021 by managing partners Ling Zhang, who was previously the vice president of M&A and investments at Binance, and Wayne Fu, former head of corporate development at the crypto exchange. “We We are very Southern Hemisphere-focused.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

Drone Fund led the latest financing along with SOSV’s HAX, Incubate Fund, SBI investment and DBJ Capital. market, the largest autonomous mobile robots market, which was already $762 million in 2021 and is expected to grow to $3.2 with a fresh injection of about $10.7 million (1.45 million (5.26 billion yen).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

The city also has the famed Queen’s University and low living costs to count in its favor, and gentrification is starting to take place, which shows things are looking up for Northern Ireland’s capital. Ignite NI emerged as an important native incubator and accelerator. and Europe, and expires on May 31, 2021.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

For over a year, Andreessen Horowitz has quietly piloted its own take on an accelerator for early-stage entrepreneurs, and today, the firm announced the program’s official debut. In exchange for an unannounced percentage of ownership, “a16z START” will offer early-stage founders up to $1 million in venture capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Tel Aviv-based Run:ai , a startup that makes it easier for developers and operations teams to manage and optimize their AI infrastructure, today announced that it has raised a $75 million Series C funding round led by Tiger Global Management and Insight Partners, which also led the company’s $30 million Series B round in 2021.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

To help them along, one construction tech-focused venture capital firm is eager to fund a new generation of startups in the space. For starters, Formwork Labs will select five pre-seed companies to participate as a cohort in its immersive, 10-week startup accelerator program. Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar

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StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

How the Midwest Startup and Tech Scene Boomed in 2021. It’s 2022 and already local VCs, angel investors, startup founders, incubators and accelerators, and more are pushing hard to make their startups go. If so, contact us at editor@startupnation.com and we’ll feature you on an upcoming segment of the WJR Business Beat!

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

The Mumbai-based startup announced today that it has raised $36 million in equity and debt led by Varanium Nexgen Fintech Fund, DMI Sparkle Fund, along with returning investors Chiratae Ventures and Dream Incubator Japan. Varanium Capital partner Aparajit Bhandarkar will join GetVantage’s board.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

The new cash brings the company’s total capital raised to $70 million, which Gelfenbeyn — Inworld’s CEO — said will be put toward product development, research and hiring. . and its intellectual property.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2022

Incubated by Snoop Dogg’s ( yes, that Snoop Dogg ) Casa Verde Capital, a venture firm focused exclusively on the cannabis industry, Kompliant initially set out to tackle the pain points surrounding payments in the marijuana trade. Kompliant has a curious history. ” Image Credits: Kompliant.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2022

Register South Korea’s leading accelerator program K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , considered ‘a gateway’ to do business in Asia, invites global startups to participate. Seoul, its capital, is the world’s second-largest metropolitan area, with almost half of all Korean citizens living in or around the city.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Since then, many of the key trends and themes we surfaced have come to pass: Airtable clinched an $11 billion valuation in December 2021 after raising a $735 million Series F with help from Salesforce Ventures and Michael Dell’s MSD Capital. Zendesk is doing very well: in 2021, revenue increased 30% year-over-year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It requires accelerators and incubators and coworking spaces to help nurture early ideas, and it needs VC firms investing across stages. After topping out in 2021 at $34 billion in total investment, doubling its 2020 output, it dropped to $21 billion last year, behind San Francisco, NY and LA. Greg Dracon, a partner at.406

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Try searching online for angel investors , early seed investors, or incubator/accelerator programs that could help your business get funding. In 2021, black businesses secured more than quadruple the amount of funding they did in the previous year.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

We are members of numerous chambers of commerce and associations from across the state that work with small businesses (such as the Detroit Regional Chamber, Grand Rapids Chamber, Dearborn Chamber, The Right Place, MI Chamber, Automation Alley, Metro Detroit Black Business Alliance, MI Business Incubator Assoc.).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In 2018, Y Combinator released its first mega list of the top companies valued at $150 million or more that have gone through the accelerator. Yet, as the accelerator points out, “it’s the most commonly available metric to compare companies in the startup world.”. What this means is that more companies, particularly outside the U.S.,

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2021

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director The programming team for ACA 2021 - The Summit of Angel Investing is full of experienced, respected angel investors and ecosystem providers, and they are hard at work creating a virtual experience that will change the way you think about angel investing.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Barclays had applied for the contract through its network of Eagle Labs incubators , some of which have physical locations, but most do not. Some 44% of the UK’s decacorns graduate from a TN non-dilutive accelerator growth programme (failure rate is less than 5% thus far).”. I don’t know what the government was thinking.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

In 2019, the startup based in Enugu, Nigeria, took part in the Google Launchpad Africa accelerator and the Binance Incubation Programme. million from Binance, Google Launchpad, NGC Ventures, Hashkey, and AU21 Capital, amongst others. It has since secured $2.2

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade. Rome has more than 20 incubators/accelerators and many established VCs; because of its lower costs compared to other European cities, it’s become a major base for startups.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Its proximity to London has meant that it is a good alternative for founders looking for a more affordable stay while letting them tap the capital’s financial resources. and Europe, and expires on August 31, 2021. Bristol is also home to an important startup accelerator, SETsquared. What’s their focus? What does it lack?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

We have the latest from how the technology world is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a review of the Theranos show, notes from New Zealand venture capital and more. Soon every company will also be a VC : The boom in venture capital activity that the world saw in 2021 did not fail to impact large companies.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

Other VCs in the round include TQ Ventures, DIGITAL, Nexo, Huobi Ventures, Day One Ventures and Infinite Capital and DAO Jones (investment DAO backed by Mike Shinoda, Steve Aoki and Disclosure), while about 100 other crypto investors participated too. “We He founded the company in April 2021.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

“With our technology, we are able to increase the performance on scaleable and non-scaleable tasks by accelerating the existing hardware and saving … on energy use.” Phase-change cooling features in Xiaomi’s circa-2021 Mi 11 Ultra smartphone. It’s hardly a new technology.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

With only two venture capital firms operating in the capital of Zagreb, the startup scene is still young, but the country’s relatively recent EU membership has given it access to a growing set of direct investment instruments. This offer is only available to readers in Europe and expires on May 30, 2021.

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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. EverActive has won multiple awards, including a recent 2021 IDEA Innovation Award. Apply now to DocNetwork.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Part 2: Why focusing on holistic care helped Kindbody triple its revenue in 2021. Arvind Gupta, an investor at Mayfield Fund and founder of accelerator IndieBio, reviews several hundred pitch decks each year. “In And web3 is all about the community,” Yida Gao, general partner at Shima Capital, said. Editor, TechCrunch+.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Maybe it will be 2019, or 2020 — or even 2021. USV’s Albert Wenger has been writing his book, World After Capital , which lays out the argument that money is no longer the scarce asset driving the economy, but rather, it’s attention. Getting capital in the earliest stages continues to get easier.

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