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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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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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

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The round was led by Prosus Ventures, the venture firm majority-owned by Naspers, and EDBI. Returning investors included UBS, Singtel Innov8 and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Endowus raised its $23 million SGD Series A just seven months ago , led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and SoftBank Ventures Asia.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 2, 2024

HAX, which is operated by Princeton-based venture capital firm SOSV , provides support for emerging companies, including a $250,000 initial investment in each participating company, 180 days of hands-on collaboration, and a global community for early-stage founders building hard tech startups. headquarters.

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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

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Incubated out of Harvard’s Innovation Lab in 2018, CEO Pascal Kriesche and Morgan Abraham call their company a “healthy smoothie store-in-a-box” that is essentially a robot that mixes fruits, vegetables and add-ins like protein into a smoothie. Smoodis range in price from $5.99 He forecasts 5x growth for 2023. “The

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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

MAY 10, 2022

Procore and Autodesk are two examples of ventures in the construction space that went from startup to publicly traded companies today worth $6.2 To help them along, one construction tech-focused venture capital firm is eager to fund a new generation of startups in the space. billion and $40.5 billion , respectively.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 15, 2022

According to the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (2021), more than 90% of the people with disabilities in Spain indicate the existence of barriers to find adequate employment – mostly due to health reasons, but also due to lack of opportunities, lack of qualifications and experience, and to societal bias. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

A group of former executives from Binance , one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges globally, has created a $100 million venture fund, the team told TechCrunch on Thursday. We’ll go after all of the emerging markets, but it’s our goal and vision to accelerate adoption there.”. We are very Southern Hemisphere-focused.

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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. and they’ve partnered with TechStars, ID Ventures, Bamboo, Wayne State University and others to do just that.

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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. Ignite NI emerged as an important native incubator and accelerator. and Europe, and expires on May 31, 2021. Co-founded BrewBot.

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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

AUGUST 23, 2022

Since closing its seed financing round in March, the company released its first product and was selected as one of six companies to join the 2022 Disney Accelerator, Disney’s startup incubator. and its intellectual property.

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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. Its startup ecosystem is active and well designed, attracting the attention of investors, accelerators, and incubators worldwide.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

How can we better support acceleration and incubation efforts to push for the transition from the linear to the circular economy? Learn more about the Accelerate2030 participating countries, ventures and stories here. For more inspiring stories like this, head to our blog.

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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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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. Renato Valente, general partner, Iporanga Ventures. Seems like a long time ago.

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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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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. The company claims that it saw 300% year-over-year growth in 2021, and helped its clients achieve 1.8x

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Deepgram, a company developing voice-recognition tech for the enterprise, today raised $47 million in new funding led by Madrona Venture Group with participation from Citi Ventures and Alkeon. “Deepgram’s business continues to grow rapidly.

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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. In 2019, the failure rate of startups was around 90%.

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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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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

That’s why we support entrepreneurial impact makers and businesses that challenge the status quo, drive the creation of more inclusive and decent job opportunities and economic growth, and enable the acceleration of inclusive and sustainable innovation at scale. Impact Hub Global Retreat 2021. Read our 2021 Impact Publication.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

That’s why we support entrepreneurial impact makers and businesses that challenge the status quo, drive the creation of more inclusive and decent job opportunities and economic growth, and enable the acceleration of inclusive and sustainable innovation at scale. Impact Hub Global Retreat 2021. Read our 2021 Impact Publication.

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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 8, 2021

billion in the first six months of 2021, and the region has produced a record number of unicorns, including Nubank, Rappi and iFood. Investment dollars stretch far beyond business: In the United States, venture investment accounts for 0.2% Businesses that partner with schools can incubate the next talent generation.

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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

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

JUNE 25, 2021

and Europe, and expires on August 31, 2021. Bristol is also home to an important startup accelerator, SETsquared. A collaborative effort by the five universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey, the accelerator has supported over 4,000 entrepreneurs and helped their startups raise a total of £1.8

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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. Image Credits: Incooling.

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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. What’s their focus?

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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. RightBrain Networks.

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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 Part 1: How compassion and inclusivity are helping Kindbody change the fertility industry. Editor, TechCrunch+. extrabrunch.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Maybe it will be 2019, or 2020 — or even 2021. Accelerators and incubators and angels can help new founders get their wings and leave the nest. I am expecting a downturn at some point. Yet, I keep wondering, that even in some downturn, both the U.S. (on on a global stage) and specifically the Bay Area (within the U.S.)

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