TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Notable companies and exits like Xero , Pushpay, Aroa Biosurgery , Vend , Seequent , Halter and Rocket Lab have put local startups on the map, but the scene is still immature and will need steady direction before it becomes a globally competitive ecosystem. In 2020, VC investments totaled NZD $127.2 billion, from Q1 2020 to Q4 2021.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Michigan is now the state with the highest growth in VC investment. Now many Detroit startups are on the fast track to growth. Whether it’s new funding, expansions or IPOs, it’s been an eventful year in Detroit startups. Here are the top Detroit startups and tech companies to watch in 2022. Apply now to Autobooks.

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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. In 2014, Mr. Eazi launched Phonetrader, an online used phone marketplace backed by a now-defunct startup incubator, 440NG, which was run by two investment firms, L5Lab and 88mph.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

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. the free YC Startup School courses). growth from 2020 to 2021. Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

He leads the group’s venture capital fund, Seedstars International, which invests in seed-stage startups across emerging markets. 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.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Last year was a good 12 months of firsts for African tech startups. What drove such volumes when the rest of the world was reining back the collective enthusiasm of 2021? We need thousands of active investors that support the different startup stages, especially on the growth side, offering both equity and debt.”

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Ann Arbor continues to be one of the top growing tech ecosystems around the country with some of the best startups to watch. This was a year like no other for Ann Arbor startups, so we’ve spent lots of time keeping up with all the news from Ann Arbor tech companies. Small Ann Arbor startups to watch in 2022. DocNetwork.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

Having local expertise in the category every VC wants to invest in right now doesn’t hurt, either. Plus, it has seen a homegrown success story in language learning app Duolingo , which went public at a nearly $4 billion valuation in 2021. billion — venture investors on the ground can feel the city’s potential. (I

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Investment has also trickled down to Africa, with large checks going into growth-stage startups. In 2015, the three co-founders launched Kangpe, a telemedicine-focused startup in Nigeria with a “doctor in your pocket” slogan. The six-year-old startup said it has averaged a 3.5x African tech took center stage in 2021.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

This week, I covered Zeta, a new startup working on joint finances for modern couples. Other startups have taken notice too, entering the world of multiplayer fintech, a term that categorizes socially focused and consumer-friendly financial services. Data on startups is dreadful. techcrunch.com. Sign up here.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

Tune in to the Business Beat, below, for details on three of these promising startups: Tune in to News/Talk 760 AM WJR weekday mornings at 7:11 a.m. Top Detroit Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2022. How the Midwest Startup and Tech Scene Boomed in 2021. So, Paul, tech startups are alive and well in our region.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

The dynamics that play into this forecast, aside from the impact of COVID, include a youthful population (the youngest globally), rising smartphone adoption and internet penetration that has led to a burgeoning tech ecosystem backed by local and international VC dollars. Sectoral transformation.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. But over 90% of Ukrainian startups say they need financial support to survive the war.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Chroma , a startup working to build a new type of audiovisual entertainment specifically for mobile devices, is now adding a Twitter co-founder to its board. However, in 2013, Stone and the others shifted their focus to individual startups. ” Founded in 2021, Stockholm-based Chroma last year raised $5.4

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

Startup pitches with promises to provide various services to Africans — across different sectors — are commonplace now. Adetola Onayemi was part of the negotiation team that saw the agreement take effect in January 2021. Trade has the least startup activity in a market that received $5 billion in VC funding last year.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 30, 2021

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. In a very small number of geographies, there is no shortage of VC funds (NY, CA, Boston, Israel, Beijing).

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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 So far in 2022, fintech startups are earning another, less favorable distinction — accounting for the third largest number of layoffs, by percentage, globally. Layoffs up in H1 2022. We’ll see.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

This week, Bill Taranto, president of Merck’s Global Health Innovation Fund, wrote a TechCrunch+ article that explored six digital health trends his corporate VC fund is tracking as we enter 2022. Between Q1 and Q3 2021, healthcare startups landed $21.3 billion in VC, “dwarfing the previous record of $14.6

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

Register Startup founders are often too focused on the amount of money they can get from an investor that they mostly fail to see the value that other investors have to offer to grow their businesses further. Indelible Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in B2B SaaS startups that can scale internationally.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Africa’s largest innovation hub Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), is launching a $15 million accelerator program, dubbed The Edtech Fellowship Program, to back and support 72 startups across Nigeria and Kenya over the next three years, TechCrunch has learned. One, the edtech space is highly regulated, more than the casual tech observer might think.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

Brazilian instant payment system Pix ended 2021 having powered more than 8 billion transactions, according to statistics from the country’s Central Bank. On the startup side, I spoke with CEOs Rodrigo Teijeiro from RecargaPay and Pedro Sônego de Oliveira from TruePay. Opportunities abound.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 2, 2023

Prior to Azibo, he was the founder at Nodabl, an HR-tech SaaS startup. Vikas’ first startup role was at Factual, an enterprise location data company, where he joined as one of the earliest five business hires, and helped grow them to eight-figures in revenue — first in a generalist role and then as the head of marketing.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Funding of women-founded startups remains significantly lower than those that are gender-mixed While women entrepreneurs are making significant strides in startup formation, they continue to struggle to gain access to funding on par with men. raised approximately $7 billion in 2021 , up 59% year over year.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

African startups raised between $4 billion to $5 billion in 2021, according to various reports. However, for all their effort and importance to the tech ecosystem, raising significant venture capital seemed elusive to startups in Africa’s digital media landscape that rely on grants and personal funding to scale.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

Raising venture capital is rarely an easy lift for startups, but 2022 is turning out to be a more challenging year than we’ve seen for some time. 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.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

In October, Wavemaker, in partnership with Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures, GenZero and Singapore state investor Temasek, also announced a plan to set up a first-of-its-kind agri-tech startup that would bring together climate-tech, agri-food, and venture-building capabilities to accelerate rice decarbonization in Asia.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

Editor’s note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7 a.m. What happens to high-flying startups if the pandemic trade flips? (EC). As public investors reprice edtech bets, what’s ahead for the hot startup sector? (EC). Subscribe here. Across the week.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

million Series A investment in June from a group of investors that includes Archer-Daniels-Midland Company’s venture arm ADM Ventures, Cavallo Ventures, Genoa Ventures, Lever VC, Thia Ventures, iSelect Fund, Stage 1 Fund, Lifely VC and Satori Capital. The move is buoyed by a $17.5 Prior to the Series A round, the company raised $2.5

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

When he took a job at a defense startup, Accrete, he realized hard tech might be worth a shot. “I met tons of people, young people, who were starting companies that I thought were underserved by VCs,” he said. “The stuff that he invests in, most VCs shy away,” Lopas told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

Hundreds of startups dot the landscape, and the amount of money being raised and spent on innovating around the country’s industrial heft is mind-boggling. Genki Forest, a Chinese direct-to-consumer (D2C) bottled beverage startup, is one such contender. trillion in 2021, more than triple that of the No. 2, the U.S.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 31, 2023

US VC investment falls from $275b in 2022 to $200b in 2023 & sustains at about $200-220b in 2024 as LP interest in venture attenuates after the euphoria in 2020 & 2021. Record inflows into tokens fuel all-time highs in Bitcoin, Solana, & higher performance L1s who offer better price/performance to market.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2023

Though it is a decrease from the same quarter in 2022, it was above the first quarter of 2021. Last week, I published a scoop on fintech-focused VC firm Anthemis having laid off 28% of its staff , or 16 people, earlier this year as part of a restructuring. billion shows a boost of confidence from investors, and dare we say a comeback?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2023

This is especially newsworthy considering that Stripe last raised at a $95 billion valuation in March of 2021. But for some reason, when you’re talking about a company that had achieved the highest-ever valuation for a privately held startup, it sits differently. Now, down rounds are hardly shocking in today’s environment.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

Old Fashion Research ( OFR ) – whose name is derived from the classic cocktail – was founded in late 2021 by managing partners Ling Zhang, who was previously the vice president of M&A and investments at Binance, and Wayne Fu, former head of corporate development at the crypto exchange.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

According to one source , VC investments in drone companies reached $7 billion in 2021 across 199 deals, up from $2.4 “As a startup enabling advanced inspection, we accelerated during the pandemic with robotics-based solutions that leveraged local operators and global software,” Burton added. billion in 2022.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. All of 2021, we spoke about the power pendulum shifting toward employees, spearheaded by the Great Resignation. We want to meet your startup at CES this year! A few notes.

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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 11, 2023

I *think* Daniel and I met at a VC happy hour many years ago. Originally backed by venture capital, in 2021 Daniel worked with TPG , a large private equity firm, to make them the majority investor. Originally backed by venture capital, in 2021 Daniel worked with TPG , a large private equity firm, to make them the majority investor.

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