TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

Post-money valuations were inflated by market expectations in 2021, but they were also inflated by the underlying mechanics of the valuation model itself. The miracle year of 2021. For founders, employees and VCs alike, 2021 must’ve seemed like a miracle year. versus 471 a year earlier.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Feels like it was just yesterday that we were talking about the digital marketing trends to look out for in 2021. Today, it’s more important than ever for businesses to develop a “digital-first” approach to their marketing strategies. What did marketers learn in 2021? Go through any list of marketing predictions for 2021.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 26, 2021

We spoke with several entrepreneurs and thought leaders about their own business goals for 2021, in the hopes of inspiring fellow entrepreneurs to move forward with actionable goals for the year: Deliver experiences, not just products. Our 2021 resolution is growing our social media presence. Chris Vaughn). Benjamin Smith).

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

In fact, ACA members and groups are the most significant source of support for entrepreneurs, investing more than 1 million pro bono hours and $650 million of after-tax financing to more than 3,000 high growth companies annually. The DEI Task Force has developed and published a formal ACA DEI Policy and set its strategic goals for 2022.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Blockchain and other web3 projects are racing to reach developers, hosting hackathons, bandying out grants and offering other perks to lure those who can build. QuestBook operates an eponymous platform that allows firms to give grants to developers and invest in them in an efficient and more transparent way.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 27, 2023

Register The Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (headed by Minister Park Bo-gyun) conducted an investment briefing on July 24, focused on attracting investment from the UAE sovereign wealth fund for content industries, including games , dramas, and webtoons.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Let’s look at six reasons to invest in tech startups that hail from Ukraine. As the development of the IT sector is integral to the maintenance of the country’s GDP, the government fully supports it. Ukraine is one of the most popular centers for the development of IT. Ukraine has an immense talent pool.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 26, 2022

Ben Franklin’s investments paid huge dividends for the commonwealth as the state continued to rebound from the pandemic, according to the statewide initiative’s “2021 Annual Statewide Impact Report,” with clients generating more than $2 billion in revenue and securing $917 million in post-Ben Franklin financing.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

LinearB , a startup that helps engineering leaders optimize the workflow of their development teams, today announced that it has raised a $50 million Series B round led by Tribe Capital. The company says it managed to grow its user base from 1,500 development teams in 2021 to over 5,000 today. Image Credits: LinearB.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2021

When we penned the intro for this piece last year , little did we know that — in many ways — we’d still be deep in it by the time 2021’s feature rolled around. 2021 also largely lacked the kind of blockbuster crashes we saw last year, courtesy of names like Quibi and Essential. Abundant Robotics (2016-2021).

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Open source has become a major force in the world of IT, and today a startup that has built a profitable operation by developing business management software on the principle is announcing a sizable secondary investment on the back of that growth. He added that this investment values the startup at over €2 billion (or over $2.3

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Payload , which develops a headless open-source content management system (CMS), today announced that it has raised a $4.7 Unlike most CMS tools, Michigan-based Payload puts its emphasis on developers. Unlike most CMS tools, Michigan-based Payload puts its emphasis on developers. Image Credits: Payload. “To Payload raises $4.7M

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The Seraf Compass

MAY 12, 2021

In recognition of their incredible contribution to angel investing, Seraf Founders Ham Lord and Christopher Mirabile were awarded the 2021 Hans Severiens award by the Angel Capital Association, the largest professional angel investor development organization in the world.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2024

The two plus year old startup founded by William Beauchamp in 2021 just announced that CoreWeave , the leading specialized GPU cloud provider, is investing in Chai. This brings total capital invested to date to $10 million, giving Chai a $450 million valuation.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 27, 2021

The pandemic has spurred interest in saving and investment apps around the world , especially ones geared toward newer investors. Infina launched its app in January 2021. Most of its users are between the ages of 25 to 40 and looking for alternatives to investing in long-term asset classes like real estate.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

According to a 2021 Garden survey , the majority of developers found slow feedback loops during the software development process to be a source of frustration, second only to difficult communication between teams and functional groups. Managers need an unobtrusive way to proactively learn about bottlenecks affecting their teams.

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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. “[Our annual recurring revenue is] $29 million and projected to $50 million before the end of the year,” Komoni told TechCrunch via email, adding that the latest investment values Tive at $300 million (post-money).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Matt McIlwain is an early-stage venture investor at Madrona Venture Group who has been investing in AI technologies for nearly a decade. 4 ways startups will drive GPT-3 adoption in 2021. In 2021, this technology will power the launch of a thousand new startups and applications. More posts by this contributor.

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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

MARCH 23, 2022

The company will be using the funding to continue building out more API functionality, Iddo Gino, the CEO and founder, told TechCrunch, building on its existing API Hub, which in recent months has seen the addition of API testing tools and development tools. “We want to build a full OS for API usage,” he said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

Montreal-based Equisoft , an insurance and investment software developer, today announced that it raised $125 million in venture equity. It’s a large amount made more significant by the fact that the investment climate for insurtech vendors is growing increasingly challenging. In 2021, the firm bought Altus, a U.K.-based

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

69% of Gen Z watch anime and half of Netflix’s 222M subscribers watched anime in 2021, with total anime watch time growing 20% annually. Halcyon Zero will be natively PC/mobile cross play and multiplayer, and Pahdo is opening up its developer tools for anyone to build their own anime games. We’re big fans of the Pahdo team’s approach.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

After all, AI is costly — Gartner predicted in 2021 that a third of tech providers would invest $1 million or more in AI by 2023 — and debugging an algorithm gone wrong threatens to inflate the development budget. With Galileo, which today emerged from stealth with $5.1

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

NJ Entrepreneur Support Program provides guarantees to support investments into Garden State companies TRENTON, N.J. Qualified investors under the program must be independent from the company, and the proposed investment must not mature for at least one year, cannot require payment for at least a year, and must be unsecured.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Zeitview , the company formerly known as DroneBase , today announced that it raised $55 million to further develop its air and ground data capture tech. According to one source , VC investments in drone companies reached $7 billion in 2021 across 199 deals, up from $2.4 billion in 2022.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

At NEA, where she was a partner for eight years, she led investments in and sat on the boards of companies including Desktop Metal, Onshape, Framebridge, Tulip, Formlabs and Guideline. It should come as no surprise, then, that we’re absolutely thrilled to have Grayson join us at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 in September.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

Indelible Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in B2B SaaS startups that can scale internationally. I also had the opportunity to learn firsthand how VC firms put together an investment fund and understood the type of LPs coming together to form a fund. What types of companies/sectors do you look to invest in?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

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. Automate workflows and mitigate risk.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

We’ve all embraced video calls, whether it is with our work colleague or our physician, but for developers, it remains a challenge to build both real-time audio and video features into products. The company provides APIs so developers can add those features into products or websites using just two lines of code. Image Credits: Daily.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Full coverage of TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. But with 2021 came all the second- and third-order effects of the crisis, further accelerating a continentwide tech expansion to a pace beyond any projections.”. That’s us, developing a relationship and trust with customers in places where weed is not legal yet.”. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2022

While the 2021 venture cycle was still booming , every startup sector felt hot. Most startup sectors appear to be busier digesting last year’s excesses than attacking the future, while geographic startup investing trends have reversed. Every geography set records. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Next steps in social entrepreneurship: Policy development in Jordan A dynamic partnership in Jordan led by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship (MoDEE) and backed by the United Nations Development Programme Jordan (UNDP Jordan) and Impact Hub is in full swing.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Next steps in social entrepreneurship: Policy development in Jordan A dynamic partnership in Jordan led by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship (MoDEE) and backed by the United Nations Development Programme Jordan (UNDP Jordan) and Impact Hub is in full swing.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

If you fit that description, we want you to apply to compete in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. Rachel told us that she goes to TechCrunch events to “find new and interesting companies, make new business connections and look for startups with investment potential.” But here’s the thing.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

Global venture capital firms are pouring money into the semiconductor startups developing the next generation of chips. Sunghyun Park , a former quant developer at Morgan Stanley in New York, launched artificial intelligence semiconductor startup Rebellions with four co-founders to enter this red-hot industry in 2020.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

The team at TechCrunch is preparing for another epic Startup Battlefield competition this year at Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23 and we’re assembling a superstar team of judges that will choose the winner who gets to take home $100K and the Disrupt Cup. Disrupt 2021 runs September 21-23 and will be 100% virtual this year.

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