TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

Dear Sophie: Supporting Ukrainians with H-1Bs and beyond. How can we support them? Dear Sophie: Supporting Ukrainians with H-1Bs and beyond. 6 questions investors should ask when evaluating psychedelic biotech companies. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch. United with Ukraine. venture capital activity,” he writes. .

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Plus, it’s understood that Tech Nation is intending to carry on “as is”, even without the government subsidy, supported by fundraising from sponsors, subscriptions and partners. In a statement he told me: “We’ve supported over 4,000 tech companies from around the U.K. s tech startup ecosystem. One source told City A.M.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

2021, however, has been a different story: new pricing rules being put into place will likely see a number of providers tip into the red for the year. “They are big companies and stuck in their ways. These companies have been around for decades, some for centuries. “The

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

Finance in 2021, and to Fortune’s 40 under 40 in 2020. It supports card payments, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Alipay, bank transfers, SEPA direct debits and it also lets you issue payouts. We have a robust pipeline of brands across sectors and verticals that we already serve internationally and are keen for our support in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Today, Akeyless is thriving, Angel tells me — despite fierce competition from incumbents like Hashicorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager and Google Cloud’s Secret Manager. According to a 2021 survey from code security platform GitGuardian, three code commits out of 1,000 expose at least one secret. billion in 2020.

incumbents 86

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

While insurtech incumbents and upstarts such as CarePay and Reliance Health try to make insurance readily available for the rest of the market via partnerships with companies or by enabling weekly to monthly subscription charges, users are still required most times to pay out of pocket.

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health startup consulting incumbents 95

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

a company that has developed a precision fermentation technology to make animal-free proteins, like eggs, is having a good 2021. To have a shot at dominating the market, we have to allow consumers to make the transition and have a 1:1 ratio so we can have the biggest shot at giving the incumbents a run for their money.”.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

Since announcing its seed raise in May of 2021, AcuityMD claims that medtech hardware companies have identified more than 40,000 new opportunities using its software, which translates to over $2 billion worth of leads added to the sales pipeline. . “Instead we got 140 instruments in a surgical tray. .”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

During the first half of 2021, Tile says revenues increased by over 50%, but didn’t provide hard numbers. The Tile team has an ambitious roadmap ahead and we look forward to supporting their entry into new markets and applications to further cement their market leadership,” he added. and considers that a continued focus.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 30, 2021

In the long run, software platforms have the potential to be much larger than traditional incumbents. Upon digging deeper, the founders realized that incumbent providers were overly complex, and more manual than necessary. Incumbents relied primarily on sales teams, which Gusto suspected actually limited their reach among SMBs.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Globally, hundreds have sprung forth the past few years to challenge incumbents in their respective markets. In November 2021, Fintech Farm launched in its first market, Azerbaijan. Digital banks, neobanks, challenger banks or whatever you may call them, are among the biggest recipients of VC investments in fintech.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

The funding will be used to expand Zeller’s product development and engineering capabilities, marketing and sales, and customer support teams as it prepares for its launch. Fintechs could see $100 billion of liquidity in 2021. It has made 38 new hires over the past six months, growing its team to 50 people.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2023

Listed psychedelics companies were highly overvalued in 2021, and the correction in the markets has brought valuations for private companies back to more standard early-stage levels. What is riskier, especially at this point in time, are pure drug discovery companies that don’t have any leads to take into trials anytime soon.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2022

On March 25, PitchBook released its 2021 Annual Fintech Report , which found that the fintech industry raised $121.6 Ramp says its revenue grew “early 10x” in 2021 compared to 2020 while its cardholder base grew 7x and its user base grew 15x. million Series B in February of 2021. I wrote about the startup’s $32.5

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

As such, Campbell said her startup plans to launch these kits in fall 2021, partnering with several universities for a beta rollout. Support services, to complement the take-home kits, include therapy and transformative justice groups run by licensed facilitators. . “We

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

billion valuation, which is 85% below its June 2021 raise…As prices and valuations stabilize, we will see deals ramp back up.”. Besides the fact that the company has shed about 1,000 workers this year alone, we also were struck by the fact that CEO Vlad Tenev took responsibility for Robinhood’s overhiring in the frenzy that was 2021.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2022

In other words, incumbents in some cases need fintechs even as they compete with them. We don’t really know why, or exactly how many people were impacted but it’s not great news for a company that was valued at $500 million in January of 2021 and especially not good news for the affected employees.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Banking-as-a-service startup Synctera is partnering with Solvent , a fintech company that is building “affordable financial services” to support those who were previously incarcerated. Another example of fintech for good. by offering a remittance product to Nigerians in the diaspora.

real estate 97

real estate incumbents mix-use financing 97

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Insurtech companies had a simply amazing fundraising year in 2021, setting records in both dollar and deal terms. ” Let’s unpack what “enabling the digital transition of insurance incumbents” means, with help from Florian Graillot at Astorya.vc.

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incumbents startup enablement technology 95

TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

It puts startups in a difficult spot: if 2020 was about enabling video-based teaching, what might emerge from 2021? We have seen 20 creator led learning platforms across “preK to Gray” learning in addition to incumbents like Teachable and very few have an ability to build a moat in my view. Integration between different edtech apps?

education 134

education venture capital ventures opportunity 134

TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

The competition intensified further last year when American incumbents Beyond Meat and Eat Just entered China. Fuel Capital General Partner Leah Solivan joined us at TechCrunch Early Stage 2021 to explain how to avoid early mistakes in building your startup. How to kick the 10 worst startup habits with Fuel Capital’s Leah Solivan.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

This is particularly interesting because many of the existing corporate card players often point to Concur as an incumbent that they are trying to replace. About 28% of the team — mostly sales and support staff — were laid off. I covered the company’s 2021 raise here. Proptechs continue to take a hit.

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real estate incumbents opportunity founder 82

TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

But Amy Spurling, the CEO of Compt, makes the case that incumbent solutions are overly reliant on vendor marketplaces or benefits cards, which limit the ways in which employees can use their perks. Annual recurring revenue in 2021 grew 500%, and the company claims its gross margin profile is 97%. ” Image Credits: Compt. .

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incumbents transportation support financing 87

Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

But the company will end 2021 with revenues close to 2x its pre-pandemic peak, in spite of continued low interest rates, reduced travel, and depressed pandemic spending. 2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer. This did not happen by magic. expectations.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2022

In a statement, Luke Sarsfield, co-head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, said: “Employers are looking to provide their employees tailored solutions and customizable advice that can better support individual saving and investing needs to help improve retirement savings outcomes.

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startup financing finance incumbents 110

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

“It’s a huge market that is still controlled by incumbents charging extremely high interest rates, which makes it difficult for people to pay back their loans. To get even more specific, the team is projecting to reach nearly $196 million in revenues in 2022, a “3x” growth compared to 2021.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

Incumbent giants therefore could lose a sizable chunk of market share if a company could just manage to weave together China’s manufacturing proficiency and agility with the modern tech startup philosophy of “moving fast and breaking stuff.”. trillion in 2021, more than triple that of the No. per package wholesale as of this year.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

There’s a growing market for private cellular networks, or dedicated cell networks configured to support a company’s specific requirements within a confined area (think a warehouse or wind farm). But that hasn’t stopped new ventures from cropping up to challenge the incumbents. billion in 2021.

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networking startup incumbents energy 88

Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

But the company will end 2021 with revenues close to 2x its pre-pandemic peak, in spite of continued low interest rates, reduced travel, and depressed pandemic spending. 2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer expectations. This did not happen by magic.

peer-to-peer 40

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

He noted that the investment brings Saviynt’s total raised to date to $270 million following a $130 million debt raise in 2021, making Saviynt one of the better-funded startups in the identity management space. One pandemic-era survey found that 61% of companies planned to increase their identity access management budgets in 2021.

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incumbents leadership pitching investing 67

TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

Clipboard Health , an app-based marketplace that matches nurses with open shifts at nearby healthcare facilities, today announced that it raised $80 million over two unannounced rounds, a $50 million Series B round in 2021 and a $30 million Series C round this year, at a $1.3 billion into digital health startups in 2021, up 75% from $21.7

health 97

health hospitality incumbents opportunity 97

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

While incumbents have pioneered various enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to digitize these processes, companies would still get four to five different software platforms to complete multiple tasks. African tech took center stage in 2021. They are electronic yet manual processes that make their work very inefficient.

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incumbents transportation collaboration consulting 80

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

market in June 2021 , and later went on to add a free “basic” tier to the mix with certain restrictions in place. It’s clear that Neeva has its work cut out if it’s to differentiate in a market that includes long-established billion-dollar incumbents, and other agile startups, with much the same goals.

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pitching mix-use incumbents technology 98

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. In 2021, they received just $1.6 That’s where the greatest traction has happened,” said Remi Adeseun , the director, Africa at Salient Advisory, to TechCrunch in an interview.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Community-led growth (CLG) has emerged as a popular mechanism for driving business, as companies strive to foster an ecosystem of fervent users that draws in new customers organically, serves as a support network for millions and bangs a company’s drum completely off its own volition.

communities 82

communities development mix-use incumbents 82

AsiaTechDaily

JULY 24, 2022

This round was also supported by a number of prominent angel investors including former executives at Namely and Ultimate Software. Most companies in Southeast Asia are currently using local HR software that supports only basic admin functions, leaving many HR processes to be done manually.

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incumbents enablement support ventures 52

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

And on the incumbent side, Google’s competing for dominance with its tensor processing units (TPUs) while Amazon’s betting on Inferentia. NeuReality has been shipping prototypes to partners since May 2021, Tanach says. There’s Hailo , Mythic and Flex Logix , to name a few upstarts.

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