David Teten VC

AUGUST 30, 2021

Our proposal: governments systematically support funding for their diaspora founders, not just the local founders. I co-wrote this essay with Prabhat Gusain , currently the Chief of Staff at Caffeinated Capital; formerly an intern with Versatile VC ; and a 2021 MBA from UVA Darden. VC firms looking for fundable founders.

investment

TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

raised more money from venture capitalists in 2021 than ever. But according to data from PitchBook, less than 2% of VC funding went to all-women-founded teams in 2021. On the bright side, founding teams counting both women and men as members raised 17% of VC investments in Africa in 2021. Jihan Abass, founder and CEO, Lami.

VC

TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

So In May 2020, he teamed up with fellow Digital Ocean co-founders Mitch Wainer and Ben Uretsky to startup Welcome Homes , a New York City-based company that offers people a way to design and build new homes online. DigitalOcean’s other two co-founders Jesse Mauro and Marc Hartman are advisors to the company).

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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. To make it easier to toggle between the three, there needs to be significant policy, financing, and physical transformation.

real estate

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. What was your process for evaluating co-founders?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Now as 2021 comes to a close, Cruttenden’s latest fintech, Ant Money, is announcing it has raised $20 million in funding (a mix of previously unannounced seed and Series A capital) and acquired Blast via a stock-for-stock merger. In other words, Blast wanted to give users a way to save money while playing video games.

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StartupNation

APRIL 5, 2021

SoGal Black Founder Startup Grant. Did you know that Black female founders receive less than 0.5% SoGal is looking to change that with the Black Founder Startup Grant. Grants of $5,000 and $10,000 are being given to businesses that anticipate pursuing financing for growth for their “scalable, high-impact solution or idea.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

CEO Yarden Shaked founded Varos in 2021 with CTO Lior Chen and his father, Gil Shaked and was part of Y Combinator’s summer 2021 batch. Varos founders, from left, Gil Shaked, Yarden Shaked and Lior Chen. Until a month ago, it was just the three founders, but the company now has a team of seven, mainly in product and design.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

This week, I covered Zeta, a new startup working on joint finances for modern couples. Aditi Shekar, the co-founder, gave me some notes about why the ongoing popularity of Venmo is validation for the company, instead of competition. Alexa von Tobel brings 15 years of financial savvy to Early Stage 2021. You can stay anonymous.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

Jessica Chen Riolfi and Chris Goodmacher co-founded the company in March 2021 as a free financial planning tool for Gen Zers. She learned a lot about finances from her mother, who was an immigrant to the U.S., and taught herself about finances, passing that knowledge down to her daughter. Image Credits: Uprise.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Y Combinator’s summer batch of 2021 features 377 startups from 47 countries. A lot of African founders (and future founders) I’ve spoken to were encouraged by seeing Paystack do so well and get acquired. Lemonade Finance (Nigeria). It was founded by Alessandra Martini and Perseus Mlambo in 2021.

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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. . billion in 2021, per the AI chip market outlook report. . “AI South Korean AI chip developer Rebellions has raised a $22.8 The global AI chip market is projected to reach $194.9

collaboration

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Specifically, Sequoia participated in Klarna’s $800 million financing ; Yokoy’s $80 million Series B; Telda’s $20 million seed round ; and Cococart’s $4 million seed financing. Now, we know that investments in fintech companies were far lower in 2022 compared to 2021. I wrote about MagicCube in 2021 here.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

As of June 2021, Charlotte, N.C.-based Founded in 2015, Long Game has built a gamified finance mobile app that aims to help people “save, learn and engage” with their finances. ” Truist/SunTrust previously acquired online lender LightStream and Service Finance , a point-of-sale software provider.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 1, 2021

NetSuite , a leading provider of business management software for growing businesses has named Ramon Ray, entrepreneur, best-selling author and founder of SmartHustle.com as its first Entrepreneur in Residence. . NetSuite On Air: Power Up : Ramon will host NetSuite’s spring virtual event April 13 – 15, 2021. Four Initiatives.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Even after the unprecedented year that we had in 2020, the VC markets picked up in 2021 and founders raised 157% more capital in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the previous year. billion as of July 2021, already passing the total investment amount in 2020. Global VCs have invested $268.7 How does it bring value?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 1, 2022

I’m Ramon Ray founder and editor of Smart Hustle, this year has been tough for me, in some regards. In order to grow in 2022, you need to excel at the core business functions – team, finances, use of technology, marketing, operations, etc. Final thoughts, 2021 is gone, and the whole new year is ahead. Overspending.

strategy

TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2023

Though it is a decrease from the same quarter in 2022, it was above the first quarter of 2021. Gerry Giacomán Colyer, Clara’s co-founder and CEO, told me the company is working with over 10,000 customers across Latin America and that its annual run rate of 5 million credit card transactions is equivalent to $1 billion.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

raised approximately $7 billion in 2021 , up 59% year over year. Female-founded venture firms have shown strong support for female-founded startups accounting for 28% of their deal counts from 2016 to October 2021 in startups with at least one female founder. In contrast, male-only founded U.S. billion of total venture capital.

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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. Spellbound AR.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Pajani Singah’s company, Amazonia Impact Ventures , was named Top Innovation Winner of the World Economic Forum’s 2021 Tropical Forest Commodities Challenge for protecting the Amazon rainforest and improving the lives of its people through an innovative finance company that works directly with indigenous communities in the rainforests.

sustainability

TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

Maple is based in San Francisco, but focuses on investing in founders with Canadian roots. In an interview with TechCrunch, Neo co-founder and CEO Andrew Chau shared that he and co-founders Jeff Adamson, Chris Simair and Kris Read started Neo to challenge the Big Five banks that own some 90% of the country’s market share.

incumbents

TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

“It encourages founders to build rather than grow, which is a good thing when we think about the innovation that can last for decades.” It encourages founders to build rather than grow, which is a good thing when we think about the innovation that can last for decades. Is that more or less than in recent years?

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 11, 2023

MindX also continues to receive debt financing from Beacon Fund, an impact investment firm that focuses on women-owned and women-led businesses in Southeast Asia. The new investment comes just a year after MindX closed nearly $3 million in Series A funding in November 2021.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 16, 2023

Atome Financial, a prominent consumer financing platform in Southeast Asia, empowers consumers across the region with versatile deferred payment options, intelligent savings solutions, and rewarding shopping experiences through its mobile application, Atome. According to the Senate Economic Planning Office, as of 2021, approximately 34.3

collaboration

TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

For example, in the first half of 2021, the 50 largest Ukrainian IT companies grew their headcounts by 10,000 professionals. The country also has a strong educational infrastructure for the study of tech, mathematics, finance and economics. The number of IT specialists has also increased steadily in the last 10 years.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

To help these fintech companies succeed, in addition to funding, the Ut ah -based BankTech created an ecosystem comprised of bankers, industry organizations, and tech founders who are working collaboratively to bring ongoing innovation to community banking. “We

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Source Link

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

According to 2021 data from the Census Bureau , Americans filed paperwork to start 4.3 An EDP certification demonstrates that economic developers have a strong understanding of how to build an entrepreneurial community,” said Maria Meyers , SourceLink’s founder and executive director.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Aside from market forecast, Low also tells AsiaTechDesk about The Hive Southeast Asia, the mistakes founders make when raising money, and the other sectors that will see increased interest. It provides a venture studio that works actively with founders in the early stages to help them create and launch startups.

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TechCrunch

JULY 31, 2022

A few examples… When asked in February what differences in the landscape he saw in 2021 and if deals were much more competitive, Accel partner Ethan Choi responded: “On the investing side, deals were definitely more competitive and valuations certainly reflect that, even despite a correction in public fintech comps.”.

investment

TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

The company originally had intentions to go public, and in 2021 it laid out plans to do so by way of a SPAC. But with the SPAC market facing a lot of troubles, and the tech IPO market drying up at the end of 2021, Acorns scrapped its SPAC IPO plans in January of 2022. And so far in 2023, we’ve seen a number of M&A deals.

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TechCrunch

JULY 17, 2022

In 2021, an estimated 21% of all venture deals were fintech. Last week, I talked with Airbase founder and CEO Thejo Kote about the fact that the company just secured $150 million in debt financing led by Goldman Sachs. Hence its recent debt financing. New unicorn births, M&As, IPOs. We are not a lender.

pitching

TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

In 2021, fintech startups were the top recipients of venture capital globally, accounting for about 21% of dollars raised with $131.5 Remarkably, ZERO employees in fintech were laid off in the entirety of 2021 , according to Lee’s analysis. Still, Q2 was above every quarter prior to 2021. Layoffs up in H1 2022. of the total.

startup

TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

Salient surveyed over 80 companies across Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda, 25% more than the number it tracked in its last report in 2021. There’s been an improvement on the former: 58% of innovators that raised funding in the last 12 months cited Africa-led investors as a source of financing. In 2021, they received just $1.6

investment

TechCrunch

JUNE 5, 2022

Affirm — which was founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin — has built technology that can underwrite individual transactions, and once determining a customer is eligible, it can offer them the option to pay on a biweekly or monthly basis. In February 2021, corporate spend startup Brex was the latest fintech to apply for a bank charter.

incumbents

TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

As venture capital continues its slowdown after an aggressive 2020 and record-breaking 2021 , it’s clear that early-stage founders looking for their first dollars will require a new approach. What do early-stage founders need to know to capture VC interest, and dollars, in a challenging market?

ventures

TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

“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. ” MARA says it is building a suite of products that address various crypto-finance needs for the African audience.

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