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4 Indian investors explain how their investment strategy has changed since 2021

TechCrunch

After a blockbuster year for venture capital funding in 2021, the flow of capital to Indian startups seemed like it would buck global trends in early 2022, but dried up in the second half of 2022. For Ashutosh Sharma, head of India investments at Prosus Ventures, it is paramount for startups to ensure their existence at this time.

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3 tips to create your company’s foreign and domestic investment strategies

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The world is a big place, and companies wishing to invest have many domestic and foreign options. based companies invested in Germany in some way in 2021, almost matching the pre-pandemic total. Excluding sources of investments may alter the way a startup builds and shapes its culture. For example, 1,806 U.S.-based

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BankTech Ventures’ Fintech Investing focuses on Community Banks

American Entrepreneurship

Strategic investment fund BankTech Ventures invests in companies that are developing innovative technologies that enhance the ability of community banks to serve their customers. The Fund just announced their investment commitment of $13.5 as of December 31, 2022, according to the FDIC.

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Opportunity knocks: Exhibit at TC Sessions: Mobility 2021

TechCrunch

No matter what slice of the mobility market you’ve claimed as your own — AVs, EVs, data mining, AI, dockless scooters, robotics or the batteries that will charge and change the world — you won’t find a better place to showcase your extraordinary tech and talent than TC Sessions: Mobility 2021. TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 takes place June 9.

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European, North American edtech startups see funding triple in 2021

TechCrunch

Gone are the days when pitches to VCs would have to overcome skepticism on market size, and consumer readiness to adopt tech-enabled learning solutions. Not surprisingly, 2021 saw a boom in edtech investment across a spectra of investors. Firstly, European edtech VC investments tripled to $2.5 A year of records.

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New social investment platform Follow taps influencers to mirror their investment strategies

TechCrunch

If you’d like to invest the same way that fintech influencers, including Austin Hankwitz , WOLF Financial , Breyanna Nava and Patrick Meng do, Follow can help you do that. Social investing is not a new concept. However, he “felt like it was a problem worth solving” if it helped connect a new segment of younger people to investing.

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ADIA invests $500 million in Lenskart

TechCrunch

Lenskart has signed a definitive agreement to raise $500 million from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, they said Wednesday, at the height of the market slump as the Indian eyewear retailer bulks up its offerings and scales to international markets. The investment, an extension to last year’s round, helps the startup retain its $4.5