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Philippine VC Firm Kaya Founders Raises $12M to Support Southeast Asian Startups

AsiaTechDaily

Kaya Founders, a venture capital firm based in the Philippines , has introduced two new funds to support startups at different stages of their growth. The Zero to One Fund will focus on pre-seed startups, while the One to Ten Fund will cater to seed to Series A startups.

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After a record 2022, 8 investors explain why it’s ‘still just Day 1’ for Africa’s startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

In fact, even some of the excesses of 2021 were eclipsed when the number of investments on the continent rose higher in 2022 than they had a year earlier, boosted by early-stage firms flocking to fund startups in the wake of landmark exits of homegrown companies like Jumia and Paystack. billion, according to data from Partech.

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New Zealand’s startup ecosystem poised to grow more ‘tall poppies’

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In 2020, VC investments totaled NZD $127.2 According to Crunchbase, money raised by New Zealand startups increased 30%, from around $1 billion to $1.3 billion, from Q1 2020 to Q4 2021. or Australian) VCs or the government. Technology startups are the pinnacle of that strategy.

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Foreign investors have a bigger role to play in growing Latin America’s startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

There has been significant hype around Latin America’s startup success. For good reason, too: Startups have raised $9.3 billion in just the first half of 2021, almost double the amount in all of 2020, and mega-rounds are a growing trend. Investors should look for younger markets. investors remain shy.

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

TechCrunch

A hallmark of that spirit is quite visible these days in the country’s flourishing startup ecosystem, which has expanded rapidly in the past few years, to say the least. However, the global slowdown has impacted startups’ growth in the country, just like everywhere else in the world. How has your investment strategy changed?

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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

TechCrunch

However, while many startups exist in cities like Turin, Bologna, Naples and Rome, Milan is generally seen as a bigger ecosystem because of its mercantile culture and a significant share of VC funds. The good news: VC funding in Italy has grown. It has an estimated 67 VC funds, with 18 of them started since 2015.

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

Brett Calhoun Contributor Share on Twitter Brett Calhoun is the managing director and general partner at Redbud VC. Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. growth from 2020 to 2021. At the dawn of 2022, there were 2,900 active VC firms, marking a 225% increase since 2008.