TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Data indicate that the pace of startup value creation reached a fever pitch in 2021. According to venture capital data collected by PitchBook , prices spiked for startup equity across the maturity spectrum last year. Larger venture capital funds are also a driving force behind the pricing dynamics uncovered by the data.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Nigerian startup Xend Finance uses decentralized finance (DeFi) to address currency devaluation. This gave birth to Xend Finance.” Not only is Xend Finance trying to protect credit unions from fluctuation, but it is also changing how they operate. Image Credits: Xend Finance. Image Credits: Xend Finance.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

In a bid to position its brand as more tech-forward — and, in the process, foster new culinary innovations — Chipotle today announced the launch of Cultivate Next, a venture fund run by Curt Garner, the restaurant chain’s chief technology officer. Venture funds alone put more than $39.3

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As a result, countries worldwide are seeing a large influx of capital for fintech ventures, and both investment totals and deal counts in the fintech space are increasing rapidly. For the first half of 2021, Asian fintech funding activity amounted to $7.5 Adoption rates in Europe, for example, accelerated by 72% in 2020 alone.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

The company, founded in 2021 by Jonathan Palan, who previously founded AutoFi and was an executive at LendingClub and Kiavi, is now supported by $4.5 It is also looking to raise a small debt facility to begin financing customers and other new products. million in new funding raised at the end of 2022.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The financing comes 11 months after the company announced it had raised $45 million , as our own Ingrid Lunden reported last March. At the end of 2021, Genesis had 50 employees. Fintech outperformed the market in 2021, and it’s set to do even better. Today, it has over 200 employees. It also plans to do more hiring.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Fintechs could see $100 billion of liquidity in 2021. Fintech tailwinds, strengthened by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, only accelerated in 2021. Despite a roughly 30% draw-down in the last months of 2021, the Matrix Fintech Index continued to beat the broader market as well as incumbent financial service companies.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Akin to many startup markets around the world, Europe has seen its venture capital totals rise, its unicorn ranks swell, and even a few major public exits. The Exchange has been tracking Europe’s startup acceleration for years now. But not every tech exit fits into the venture capital model.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2023

It took me a while, but I’m realizing that my startup love language is discussing any attempts to standardize the opaque and often informal world of venture capital. Or tools that help startups see all their financing options at the drop of a profile. Monique Woodard has closed $17 million for her debut fund at Cake Ventures.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

billion between July 2020 and June 2021, per research by New-York based research firm Chainalysis. The second iteration has been more around like decentralized finance and non-custodial trading of financing activities,” said Bademosi. million pre-seed to that end.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Skit announced today it has closed $23 million Series B round to accelerate its growth in domestic and global markets including the US and South East Asia and enhance its voice automation platform. Angel investors including Prophetic Ventures’ Aaryaman Vir Shah also participated the round. million Series A, in May 2020.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Q-CTRL , a Sydney-based startup that provides quantum control engineering solutions, announced today it has raised a $25 million Series B led by Airbus Ventures with participation from Ridgeline Partners, Main Sequence Ventures, Horizons Ventures, SquarePeg Capital, Sierra Ventures, DCVC, Sequoia Capital China and InQTel. .

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 6, 2022

Register Transport Capital , a globally-recognised investment management and advisory firm focused on the maritime and aviation industries, has launched its new venture capital arm named TC Ventures. TC Ventures invites founders around the world who are seeking to disrupt and reimagine the maritime and aviation industries to connect.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Embed that finance : Pezesha, a Kenyan-based fintech startup, is flush with $11 million in new capital as it seeks to bridge the gap between access to financial products and what is a “$330 billion financing deficit for the small enterprises that make up 90% of Africa’s businesses,” Annie reports. Christine and Haje. Startups and VC.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

They include high-profile crypto and web3 investors such as Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research (FTX) and Distributed Global. We are pleased to partner with MARA as it embarks on building a digital financial system for Sub-Saharan Africa,” says Schuster Tanger, co-founder of TQ Ventures, one of the investors, in a statement.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

He has worked with the World Bank, IFC, UN, Clean Energy Venture Group, Schmidt Futures, Ashoka, and other organizations. As of October, climate-tech startups had raised over $32 billion in 2021 and, according to Dealroom and London & Co., VCs invested nearly $50 billion in climate-tech companies between 2020 and 2021.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Andreessen Horowitz, Giant Ventures, Blue Horizon, Thia Ventures and other venture funds active in decarbonization were part of the investment. Andreessen Horowitz, Giant Ventures, Blue Horizon, Thia Ventures and other venture funds active in decarbonization were part of the investment.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2023

The round was led by MDI Ventures, the venture capital arm of PT Telcom Indonesia Tbk, the largest telecom conglomerate in Indonesia. It included participation from Sinar Mas Digital Ventures (SMDV), returning investor East Ventures and Winter Capital. Since then, Legit Group says its sales have grown three times.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

By now it’s common knowledge that 2021 is shaping up to be a breakout year for the startup and venture capital worlds, surpassing years of strong results in a long-term bull market for tech-focused business upstarts. African startups will set fresh venture capital records this year, for example.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

It was an expensive mistake, and one he wants to help Latin American entrepreneurs avoid with his new venture, Latitud. “I — as evidenced by the lead investors of this financing — more people than ever are founding companies in Latin America. According to PitchBook, venture-backed companies raised $14.8

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Andy Areitio is a partner at the early-stage fund TheVentureCity , a new venture and acceleration model that helps diverse founders achieve global impact. When you’re running your own venture — especially if it’s your first — it’s unlikely you will find the time to deep dive into how venture capital firms work.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2022

Given the likely global recession, small businesses are reaching for new kinds of financing. based venture capital fund Valar Ventures and will use the funding to expand into more European countries later this year. Thus, the buy now, pay later business model is now expanding into this B2B world at a rate of knots. million.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

We named this summit after a report we wrote with Pitchbook at the end of 2021 to explore the impact of the pandemic on investment patterns. Consequently, the Bay Area experienced a surge, capturing over one-third of all early-stage venture funding in the U.S., marking its highest level since 2017. Seed- and Early-Stage U.S,

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Today, Teampay has hundreds of customers and significant venture capital financing behind it. million in debt) Series B led by Fin Venture Capital with participation from Mastercard, Proof Ventures, Trestle and Espresso Capital, bringing Teampay’s total raised to $65 million. million in equity, $11.75 This year, $1.6

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Viva Republica, an operator of South Korean finance super app Toss , has finalized a $405 million Series G funding and it says it is now valued at 9.1 trillion won in June 2021, when it raised $410 million in pre-Series G funding at a $7.4 million since its December 2021 launch. trillion won ( $7 billion), up from 8.5

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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. That said, there aren’t that many CVCs in the Brazilian venture funding market compared to countries like the United States.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2023

The Indonesian used car market is on a course for growth fueled by a number of trends : the increasing digitization in used car sales; a larger variety of finance options; and the COVID-19 pandemic, which pushed the idea of private car ownership. Co-founder and chief financial officer (CFO) Andreas Sutanto and Laras started Broom in 2021.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Specifically, Petal offers “modern” Visa credit cards, along with a mobile app, designed to help people “responsibly” build credit and manage their finances. . ” Petal’s CashScore became a product of its own in 2021 as the company announced the launch of its first B2B enterprise service, Prism Data. .”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

stake in the three-year-old startup, whereas 42dot’s co-founder and chief executive Chang-Hyeon Song, who interestingly also leads the transportation-as-a-service (TaaS) team at Hyundai Motor, held a 36.19% stake as of December 2021, according to 42dot’s regulatory filing. Series A to accelerate its growth.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

New investor Tiger Global led the round, with participation from Tishman Speyer and existing investors Index Ventures and Homebrew Ventures. Monograph last raised in May 2021, bringing in $7.4 The round brings Monograph’s total funding raised to $29.3 million since it was founded in 2019. million for its Series A.

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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. . This is the second strategic investment KT has made with AI chipmakers in South Korea in its effort to accelerate the AI semiconductor business. billion by 2030, up from $8.02

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 25, 2023

The funding round was led by Northstar Group, Alpine Ventures, Patamar Capital and January Capital along with GFC, Money Forward, Alpine Ventures, Patamar Capital and nine angel investors and nine angel investors. The recently secured funding of over US$5 million will enable Bunker to focus on product development and expand its team.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

Venture capital totals are sagging in most geographies, and falling share prices for tech companies large and small have soured sentiment on the future value of high-growth and often cash-hungry startups. Tiger, the mega-crossover fund, has evolved from a market-dominating change agent in technology financing to a bag holder.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Companies are experiencing the brunt of the impact, with 36% of small businesses responding to a 2021 U.S. He claims that the startup acquired more than 200 new customers in 2021, accelerating Tive’s plans to expand its workforce of 120 people to 300 by the end of 2022. This has been costly. Last year saw $11.3

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

500 Global, formerly branded under 500 Startups , has an accelerator that competes with YC. Unlike YC, 500 Global has geographic-specific accelerator programs, similar to Techstars, with focus on areas like Aichi, Japan, Cambodia, and Alberta, Canada. ” He added: “We’re very proud of our accelerator. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2023

About a year ago, it seemed like myself and other colleagues were writing story after story about spend management companies raising tranches of venture capital — remember Mary Ann’s roundup story from basically this same time last year? Though it is a decrease from the same quarter in 2022, it was above the first quarter of 2021.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

Rhys Spence is head of research at Brighteye Ventures, a European edtech-focused fund, where he works with portfolio companies to help address priorities, with a focus on internationalization and HR. European, North American edtech startups see funding triple in 2021. billion raised in 2021. Share on Twitter.

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