American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

Notably, the round saw participation from Jason Gardner, founder and former CEO of Marqeta, who made this investment his first in the MEA region. Continued support from previous backers includes COTU, RZM Capital, and Github founder Tom Preston-Werner.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 7, 2025

Liftoff, an industry leader in AI-driven performance marketing, has secured a minority growth investment from General Atlantic, reinforcing its role as a vital platform for mobile businesses seeking to scale in the fast-evolving app economy. With its latest funding the company reaches a $4.3 Valued at $4.3

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Trade shows + trade fairs + expos + events Get more ROI from your investment at events. Or […] Advice Magnify Consulting Sales and Marketing Supporter Content Three ways to get sales pumping at the start of each year February 24, 2021 #nzentrepreneur Its a fresh new year but youll need to take decisive action to grow your revenue.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 22, 2025

Transforming the Semiconductor Industry Founded in 2021, xLight is building a breakthrough EUV FEL platform that addresses critical industry pain points—namely cost, scalability, and throughput in semiconductor fabrication. leadership in chip manufacturing.

leadership

American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 24, 2025

A recent $20 million growth investment from New Jersey-based Edison Partners into NPHub, a digital platform revolutionizing NP clinical training and hiring, underscores the urgent need to scale the nurse practitioner workforce. A growing shortfall of physicians in the U.S. As the U.S.

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HPA

JULY 17, 2025

HPA is excited to announce its investment in Empirical Security ’s $12 million Seed Round alongside Costanoa. This investment leverages HPA’s expertise in cybersecurity and AI to support Empirical as they scale. Alex Brown was the Founder & CEO of 10th Magnitude, which was acquired by Cognizant in 2020.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

But two months into 2020, the pandemic did an excellent job of lowering expectations as investment activities from local and international investors slowed down. Entering 2021, the bullishness of African tech stakeholders returned — and why not? Venture capital investment in Africa predicted to reach a record high this year.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 27, 2021

While the climate fund is something new and important, we also raised another early stage fund to invest in the same kinds of companies we’ve been investing in at USV for over 15 years. … We publish our investment memos as blog posts. We are active partners to all the companies we invest in at all times.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

As 2021 begins, we’re witnessing a fast-changing landscape. Invest in advertising or sponsorship. The post 21 Ways to Grow Your New Business Online in 2021 appeared first on StartupNation. If you’re not growing your business online in the current climate, you will likely leave a lot of money on the table. year-over-year.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Let’s look at six reasons to invest in tech startups that hail from Ukraine. For example, in the first half of 2021, the 50 largest Ukrainian IT companies grew their headcounts by 10,000 professionals. It also offers a strong opportunity that can be accelerated with investment.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 1, 2021

When I look at all of the opportunities we are currently considering plus all of the investments we have made this year to date, what stands out most to me is the location of the founders and teams. And very little of it is in western Europe where most of our non-US investing has been for the last decade.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

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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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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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 8, 2025

An analysis of their investment patterns since 2020 doesn’t just reveal the accelerator’s strategy—it provides a map to the entire startup ecosystem’s next chapter. Crypto/web3 remains around 5% of investments. The 2022 spike followed the Coinbase IPO in 2021.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 31, 2023

Register Vuihoc , an ed-tech platform catering to K-12 Vietnamese students, recently secured a significant US$6 million investment in a Series A funding round led by TNB Aura. Amidst the fluctuations in the world economy, Vietnam’s EdTech sector remains an attractive destination for solid investments.

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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. And while this May’s economic backdrop was markedly different from last’s , enthusiasm was high and outlooks remained positive for the startup momentum building between the coasts.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 13, 2021

We have been seeing many of them crop up over the last year and have invested in a few of them. USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — Jan 8, 2021 SilviaTerra. From bad comes good. This pandemic and all of the things that have come with it has been awful. If you squint, you can see them coming.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 18, 2021

The 2021 GLC programming and virtual conference experience were top-notch. I’ve made a lot of investments in my 20 years of business, but none as impactful as the decision to lean in and commit myself to explore the opportunities and benefits provided by EO. The gym, wine clubs, streaming platforms?these

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Source Link

JANUARY 29, 2022

In the spirit of the new year, let’s check out SourceLink’s best blogs to discover what piqued interest in 2021 and what knowledge we can build on in 2022. Women entrepreneurs find success despite lack of access to investment capital. Thank you to all of our readers and contributors for being a part of this effort!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 1, 2022

That’s where I met my friend David Denis —the 2021 GSEA global runner-up. Because of that money, other investors are more willing to invest in our company. I thought, “What is this? Is this for me?” Then I found EO Tanzania and learned that they were hosting a GSEA competition for the whole country. He encouraged me to apply.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

based savings and investing startup Acorns has acquired London-based GoHenry , a startup focused on providing money management and financial education services to 6- to18-year-olds in an all-equity deal, the two companies announced today. Acorns Early lets parents, guardians, family and friends easily invest in a child’s future.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

While Lennert’s life partner, Lucas Murnaghan, remained a silent partner for the first few years, Murnaghan became particularly invested in day-to-day activities in 2019 after falling ill, forcing him to take leave from his position as an orthopedic surgeon at Toronto’s SickKids Hospital. It’s so special.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

Adetola Onayemi was part of the negotiation team that saw the agreement take effect in January 2021. ” Onayemi launched Norebase with Tope Obanla in September 2021. Pan-African funds Samurai Incubate and Consonance Investment led Norebase’s pre-seed round.

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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 addition, Crunchbase reports that w omen-founded venture firms in the U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 10, 2023

Register Karakalpakstan , a region in Uzbekistan, outlines plans to allocate $200 million in soft loans to support companies and establish a Youth Socio-Economic Center in the Khojaili district, with an investment of 1 trillion soums. in foreign currency and 12% p.a. in national currency.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 18, 2023

30 Investments to date in the areas of AI, autonomy, cybersecurity and space Shield Capital was launched in 2021 by the Managing Partners Philip Bilden and Raj Shah, both of whom have deep experience in technology and investing, driving their passion to support founders of frontier technologies.

venture capital

American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2024

Serving as America’s largest venture firm for individual investors, AV’s dedicated fund will now make investments in companies founded by highly accomplished women entrepreneurs. The new fund will offer approximately 15-20 investments, diversified by sector, stage, and region over the span of 12 to 18 months. Having raised $1.3

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2022

Meanwhile, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that “the number of voluntary quits were at an all-time high in November 2021.” They should always be balanced with as much effort, resources, and financial investment on internal talent retention and growth. million to 6.3 million, respectively. Clarify your EVP.

leadership

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Investment has also trickled down to Africa, with large checks going into growth-stage startups. It is the first investment made by the U.S.-based This investment is coming two years after the company’s $6 million Series A in January 2020. African tech took center stage in 2021.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 15, 2023

Register Singapore-based Decentralized Gaming Ventures, a venture builder in the web3 gaming space, has secured a substantial seven-figure investment round. ” Decentralized Gaming Ventures was founded in 2021 as a trailblazing Web3 game venture builder that is reshaping game publishing.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Their heightened interest is reflected not just in their demand for ESG reports but also in surging investment volumes. Data from the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance highlights a staggering 605% increase in Sustainably-Themed Investing in 2020 compared to 2016.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad , in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students.” Maqsad announced today its $2.1

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This dynamic zone will feature IR pitches for investment attraction, conducted on a dedicated stage, and thought-provoking conferences. In addition, COMEUP has introduced an online business matching program, operational year-round, to broaden investment and collaboration opportunities crucial for startup growth.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Over the past couple of years, there’s been an overlap between tech and art, fueling a growing interest of movie, music and sports stars investing in tech startups. What’s pulling African music artists to tech investment? Europe and globally. . based and Africa-focused mobile payments company through Zagadat Capital.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

In 2011 , as Twitter hit the 100 million active users mark, the entrepreneur left to pursue new projects with Obvious Corporation , a startup incubator and investment vehicle that had included fellow Twitter co-founder Evan Williams and former Twitter exec Jason Goldman. ” Founded in 2021, Stockholm-based Chroma last year raised $5.4

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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.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

to develop cooperative robots while Samsung has invested and cooperated with RainbowRobotics (CEO: Lee Jung-ho), which launched HUBO in April this year, the very first humanoid walking robot in Korea. In alignment with this global trend, both large companies and startups in Korea are preparing for the impending changes.

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