Revolution

APRIL 6, 2021

By Revolution Ventures Managing Partner David Golden and VP Alex Shtarkman As voracious consumers of podcasting content, we could not be more excited to announce our investment in Indianapolis-based Casted , a company reinventing the traditional digital content marketing playbook. Stay tuned! [1]

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 7, 2023

This round of funding has gained support from Contents Technologies, Transcend Capital Partners, and existing backers Investible and eWTP Tech Innovation Fund. BintanGo’s prior funding included a pre-seed round of $500,000 conducted in June 2021, just ahead of its launch in September of the same year.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

Likewise, Varada co-founder and VP of R&D Roman Vainbrand notes that the combined companies will be able to “deliver the best performance and cost benefits in the analytics query market, enabling organizations to accelerate the time-to-insight, while optimizing infrastructure operations and investments.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Blair Silverberg is co-founder and CEO of Hum Capital , a financial services company using technology to accelerate the fundraising process. For many founders in the startup community, a “founder-friendly” investor is one who stays relatively hands off. Factor in founder friendliness.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 9, 2022

Register South Korea’s largest accelerator program for foreign startups, K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , is accepting applications for its 2022 edition. month support, the top startup teams can also look forward to getting further assistance to expand to Asia and investment from prominent VCs. Besides the 3.5-month

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

2021: The Great Acceleration of the Rise of the Rest (Part II): Does your City have a Moat? The framework was originally created to help public market investors determine whether or not an investment opportunity afforded a defensible moat that would contribute to a superior return-profile. Who is your competition?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It needs a couple of successful exits, which in turn drives angel investing as entrepreneurs growing increasingly wealthy look to help new founders building companies reach their own goals. It requires accelerators and incubators and coworking spaces to help nurture early ideas, and it needs VC firms investing across stages.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 11, 2023

Register South Korea venture investment firm ‘1Billion Partners Inc. Since its launch in October 2021, the company has been actively executing multiple investments, demonstrating its dedication to fostering entrepreneurship. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Jake Jolis is a partner at Matrix Partners and invests in seed and Series A technology companies including marketplaces and software. 4-year founder vesting is dead. Dana Stalder is a partner at Matrix Partners, where he invests predominantly in fintech, consumer marketplaces and enterprise software. Dana Stalder. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Y Combinator’s latest cohort of founders have opinions on the future of fintech. One-fifth of the accelerator’s Summer 2022 batch , which spans 240 companies, is working on solving issues in the financial space. India has always been Y Combinator’s favorite geography to invest in, outside the United States.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Less than 2% of venture capital funding went to all-female founding teams in 2021, marking a five-year low, new data from Pitchbook shows. All-female founding teams did receive 83% more funding in 2021 in absolute dollars compared to the year prior, but that’s likely because US startups overall raked in a record amount of cash last year.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

Catalyst Fund , a global accelerator managed by BFA Global , announced the 8th cohort for its Inclusive Fintech Program today. The accelerator, backed by the JP Morgan Chase and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, runs the flagship program annually. In 2020, all five countries had representatives in the accelerator.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2023

This fund grew again by €34 million in April 2021 , and after deploying investments into 28 climate-forward companies, the investor this week announced it has officially closed its second fund. As long as the climate crisis has not been solved, we will need to keep investing more money into tech solutions.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

When Pinecone launched a vector database aimed at data scientists in 2021, it was probably ahead of its time. Today, the company announced a $100 million Series B investment on a $750 million post valuation. And so you have to accelerate the building of those capacities, and that’s very expensive and very hard,” he said.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 24, 2023

Register Mark & Company, led by CEO Kyungpyo Hong, has announced the establishment and management of a new venture investment fund in partnership with Yoonmin Creative Investment Foundation, chaired by Minseop Sung. 1, launched in July 2021.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2022

While many funds are returning to more conservative check-writing , with a focus on profitability and business fundamentals, crypto remains a sector in the spotlight that attracts dedicated billion-dollar funds and investment terms that remind us more of 2021 than 2022. Yet, things are accelerating across the board in crypto.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Let’s look at six reasons to invest in tech startups that hail from Ukraine. For example, in the first half of 2021, the 50 largest Ukrainian IT companies grew their headcounts by 10,000 professionals. This has helped founders become disciplined when allocating funds or scaling operations for their customers in other countries.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 31, 2023

Register Vuihoc , an ed-tech platform catering to K-12 Vietnamese students, recently secured a significant US$6 million investment in a Series A funding round led by TNB Aura. Amidst the fluctuations in the world economy, Vietnam’s EdTech sector remains an attractive destination for solid investments.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

.’s Tech Nation found in 2018 that about 26% of Belfast’s workforce was employed in tech, and it is among cities in the country with the highest growth potential for 2021. With that in mind, we reached out to founders, investors and executives in the city to get an inside look at the state of the current tech startup ecosystem.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

FastCo has announced that it raised S$4.7million in investments during the extended Series A round led by Malaysia-based investment firm, OSK Ventures International and participated by existing investor Cento Ventures and new investor Kairous Capital. Their investment is a validation of our progress since we spun off.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Tackle says it plans to use its new funding to accelerate the execution of its product roadmap, scale its go-to-market (GTM) teams, expand its global reach, and continue to innovate. Fellow VC firm Battery Ventures, which to our knowledge hasn’t invested in Tackle, also backs up that view.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Full coverage of TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. Duolingo CEO and co-founder Luis von Ahn has appeared at TechCrunch Disrupt before, but this year was his first time representing a public company. Editor-at-Large Mike Butcher spoke with: Svanika Balasubramanian, co-founder and CEO, rePurpose Global. Financial Founder.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

Because VC investment in the region didn’t start slowing down in the last few weeks: Dollar funding has now fallen for three consecutive quarters in the region. Mexico: $258 million, down 59% from Q4 2021. billion, down 32% from Q4 2021. Colombia: $457 million, up 56% from Q4 2021. Brazil: $1.5

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Andy Stinnes , general partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners , leads early-stage investments in cloud businesses and serves as active board member and adviser, offering operational support for portfolio companies based on his 20+ years in executive roles in business software. billion Series H, in 2021. Andy Stinnes. Contributor.

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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. While companies initially adopted solutions for employee safety, rapid response and short-term air cover, they are now shifting their focus to long-term, strategic investments that empower growth and streamline operations.

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Y Combinator

MAY 10, 2023

Curtis Fonger and Matthew Busel met on YC’s Co-Founder Matching (CFM) Platform, a tool we built to help co-founders find each other. Even in early conversations, their fit as co-founders was clear to each of them. YC invested in Whalesync in the Summer 2021 batch.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2021

In an Extra Crunch Live this past week, Cleo Capital founding partner Sarah Kunst broke down what founders can learn from Supreme, a sought-after streetwear brand. “Who do I think is going to be an investment with such velocity that getting in early is going to be more than worth it as they grow.”. Around TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Our airspace is going to get more crowded than ever, but most companies today are concentrating only on hardware development,” said Terra Drone CEO and founder Toru Tokushige , who is also serving as the CEO of Terra Motors, which develops electric vehicles. million Series A in February 2021. . and Southeast Asia.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Image Credits: Co-founders Gloria Lin and Joel Poloney / Bonnie Rae Mills Photography. Last week I wrote about two startups that had female co-founders and CEOs and I was so impressed with them both. This is also at least the fourth construction tech company I’ve written about in the past year with a female co-founder.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

In July 2021, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) upgraded Korea’s status to a developed economy. K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) Program is the flagship accelerator program for international startups looking to enter the competitive Asian market. were chosen from the pool of applications.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 13, 2021

I’m sharing my thought process because perhaps it will nudge some of you to angel invest too! I consider myself a furiously curious person, and angel investing is one of the most rewarding ways I’ve experienced to satisfy this curiosity. THE ORIGIN I was the Founder & CEO of InboxDollars from 2000 to 2019.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 22, 2022

Register Finhay , Vietnam’s premier digital investment platform , has secured $25 million in its Series B funding round co-led by Openspace Ventures and VIG. We believe a massive opportunity exists in Vietnam, which has an enterprising population hungry for the chance to invest smartly. “We With more than 2.7

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

On this morning’s WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares details of the Motown Musician Accelerator Program , an education and grant initiative designed to help local aspiring musicians and music managers break into business. Tune in to News/Talk 760 AM WJR weekday mornings at 7:11 a.m. for the WJR Business Beat. And that’s a wrap!

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 19, 2022

million in a seed funding round led by Alpha JWC Ventures and participated by Global Founders Capital (GFC) and other strategic investors, including Creative Gorilla Capital, Lemonilo, and United Family Capital (UFC). to accelerate adoption in Indonesia first appeared on AsiaTechDaily - Asia's Leading Tech and Startup Media Platform.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 12, 2022

dating app My pitch to investors I want to tell you my story as a founder and CEO and share some examples of my f**k-ups. We started the project in Spring 2021. There have been many victories and defeats throughout the journey, but I want to highlight three mistakes that led to detachment between the founders. UX description 2.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

As 2021 begins, we’re witnessing a fast-changing landscape. To ensure your business continues to take advantage of the changing tide, here are 21 ways to help accelerate the growth of your new business in the year ahead: Become a prolific content creator. Invest in advertising or sponsorship. e-commerce sales will reach $794.50

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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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