AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Register Startup accelerator Archipelago Labs (A-Labs) has launched a $10 million Web3 fund to invest and accelerate the growth of the most promising startups and talents in the Philippines ’ Web3 ecosystem. Since its founding in 2022, A-Labs has been led by founders with crypto and business backgrounds.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

SparkLabs Korea , a Seoul-based seed to early-stage accelerator, held a demo Day on Thursday for its 19th cohort of companies. The latest demo day marks its tenth year after SparkLabs launched its accelerator program in December 2012. and Asia. . Its monthly subscription fee is ~$20. Its service SmartBox allows for thermal management.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

For the first time, the sector attracted over 1,100 unique investors in 2022, which in turn resulted in a record fundraising haul of $6.5 In Africa, incubators, accelerators, angels and seed investors easily outnumber larger funds — simply because it’s much harder to raise a large fund here. billion, according to data from Partech.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

The MyEO DealExchange DX22 Conference will take place in Denver, Colorado, from 12-15 October 2022. The first two MyEO DealExchange conferences in 2018 and 2019 made a significant impact on the members who attended—including a 7-figure investment in Scott Mesh (EO New York)’s company. Who can attend DX22?

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

as of December 31, 2022, according to the FDIC. 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

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Register Singapore’s Jungle Ventures has announced the launch of First Cheque@Jungle , a new program aimed at investing in startups during their pre-seed and seed stages. Second, the program offers an initial investment without imposing minimum ownership criteria. billion in follow-on capital raised.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 7, 2023

This round of funding has gained support from Contents Technologies, Transcend Capital Partners, and existing backers Investible and eWTP Tech Innovation Fund. This infusion of capital takes the total funds raised by the startup to $4.8 This was followed by a seed round in April 2022, generating $2.1

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

million from strategic investors ServiceNow and Cisco Investments, and existing investors including Battery Ventures and CRV. We are thrilled that both ServiceNow and Cisco Investments have chosen to invest in Nobl9.” We are excited to invest in Nobl9’s latest round and watch as they transform the space.”

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In 2017, we partnered with iconic leaders in American business to turn the thesis we developed on the road — that great companies can start and scale anywhere when given a chance — into an investment vehicle. In the last decade, we’ve socialized several Rise of the Rest-isms to describe investments that check those boxes. Louis, MO St.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2022

As venture capital grew around the world , tracking the fintech market was a fine way to understand the general health of the VC world; when venture was getting bigger, so too was fintech fundraising. New Q2 2022 data from CB Insights and PitchBook lay bare fintech’s retreat. Nor that as the boom faded, fintech did as well.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

On today’s episode of the Business Beat, Jeff highlights a few companies mentioned by Cronicle Tech News as hot tech companies to watch in 2022 in the Great Lakes region. Top Detroit Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2022. for the WJR Business Beat. Listeners outside of the Detroit area can listen live HERE.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Indonesian venture capital firm Alpha JWC closes $433M third fund. The Ken reported that American firms like A16z, Valar Ventures, Hedosophia and Goodwater Capital, were also setting up (or planning) regional offices as exits like Grab and Sea’s initial public offerings fueled interest in Southeast Asia’s startup ecosystems.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 28, 2021

2021 marked the second year of COVID and like other crises, the pandemic accelerated change, especially in technology pushing many technologies like SaaS, video conferencing, crypto/web3 deeper into the Perez deployment cycle. VCs invested $10b per year. Every year I make a list of predictions and score last year’s predictions.

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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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Last year, round sizes for climate tech startups quadrupled, with more than 600 investments totaling over $40 billion. The start of 2022 shows no signs of slowing, with more startups jumping into the fray to tackle one of humanity’s biggest challenges. Carolin Funk , partner, Blue Bear Capital.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2022

Register South Korea’s leading accelerator program K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , considered ‘a gateway’ to do business in Asia, invites global startups to participate. The program’s 2022 edition started accepting applications on April 15, and the last date for the application stage is May 31, 2022.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

million in new funding raised at the end of 2022. The capital infusion was led by Inspired Capital and included Twelve Below, Revelry and 81 Collection. The company intends to invest in its product and technology team and in customer acquisition strategies and hiring underwriters and data scientists.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

With another year of venture capital records in the books, it’s time to look forward. Global data was clear: The 2021 venture capital startup investment cycle was record-breaking ; around the world, startups raised more money than ever before, with individual geographies posting all-time hauls. Africa had a killer year.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

India, which has doubled its pool of unicorns to over 100 in the past two years, has attracted over $75 billion in investments from tech giants Google, Meta and Amazon and venture funds Sequoia, Tiger Global, SoftBank, Alpha Wave, Lightspeed and Accel in the past half decade. Swaroop’s presentation from 2014. Take crypto, for instance.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

billion in 2022. Veritas, a cloud data management vendor, found in a 2022 poll that upwards of 94% organizations incur higher costs than anticipated when using a public cloud service provider and overspend by an average of 43%. Growth Partners with participation from Active Capital and other unnamed investors. a few months).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

However, things are moving on the legal side of the market — it appears medical cannabis still carries most of the momentum, and it is only accelerating. Investments and M&A in the sector are also being spurred by Germany’s promised legislation. We spoke with: Todd Harrison , founding partner and CIO, CB1 Capital Management.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 11, 2023

Register South Korea venture investment firm ‘1Billion Partners Inc. Since its launch in October 2021, the company has been actively executing multiple investments, demonstrating its dedication to fostering entrepreneurship. The firm established 1Billion Accel in 2022, a subsidiary that manages angel funds in Korea.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2021

But power has now shifted toward the founders after a long run of investors holding more than half the power thanks to the commoditization of capital. The acceleration of venture capital and the burgeoning check sizes in the last few years has led to a decline in traditional due diligence.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2022

While many funds are returning to more conservative check-writing , with a focus on profitability and business fundamentals, crypto remains a sector in the spotlight that attracts dedicated billion-dollar funds and investment terms that remind us more of 2021 than 2022. Yet, things are accelerating across the board in crypto.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

Consumer interest for this space is also attracting capital. Stein plans to use the capital to expand the company’s team of 30 to be around 40 by the end of 2022. which led Purely Elizabeth’s initial investment. which led Purely Elizabeth’s initial investment. billion valuation.

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Hunter Walk

JANUARY 6, 2023

If 2022 was the year of the startup layoff, 2023 is going to be the year of the wind down. Think of it this way: add up all the anticipated 2023/24 capital needs of existing startups not in the top 10% of performance. Too Many Existing Companies Merely Delayed ‘Cash Out’ Dates Without Yet Changing Their Fates.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 21, 2024

How can influencers raise capital for companies or funds, without running afoul of restrictions on “general solicitation”? The 2012 bipartisan JOBS Act was supposed to empower funds and individuals to raise capital more openly: to publicly advertise their track record and what they’re selling, just like almost every other industry.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS-SAINT PAUL, MN – The Forge North startup coalition announced the first close of the MSP Equity Fund – the first-known venture capital fund of funds in the country designed to invest across race, place, and gender. Lead investors include Allianz Life, Allina Health, Xcel Energy, and Abōva.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Exhibiting your early-stage startup at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 in San Mateo, California on May 18-20 is one of the fastest ways to discover new opportunities and accelerate your growth potential. TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 takes place in San Mateo, California on May 18-19 with an online event on May 20. Apply it liberally.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

CoreWeave today announced that it raised $221 million in a Series B funding round led by Magnetar Capital with participation from Nvidia, former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and ex-Apple exec Daniel Gross. Magnetar contributed $111 million, with the remainder of the investment being split between Nvidia, Friedman and Gross.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

2022 will see them reaching out to even more enterprises that see the wisdom of “shifting left,” i.e. shifting the task earlier on the development timeline. ” The latest funding round, a $38 million Series B, was led by Insight Partners, with participation from M12, BGV, Capital One Ventures, and Engineering Capital. .

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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. However, by 2022 (with most pandemic restrictions in the rear view mirror and financial markets facing challenges), investors began gravitating towards perceived safe havens, as reflected in the data.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

When Christian Lawless founded Conversion Capital in 2015, fintech was only starting to take off. In the years since Conversion was founded, fintech has essentially exploded — driven by a pandemic-induced, accelerated digital transformation on the part of financial services companies all over the world.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

But today we’re highlighting the demo day for a new wave of crypto projects and teams who participated in the latest cohort for Alliance DAO, a web3 accelerator and builder community. It previously raised a pre-seed round from Sequoia Capital, Alliance DAO, Xoogler and others. Company name: PwnedNoMore. Founders: Wen Xu, Conan Zhou.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 2, 2024

HAX, a startup development program for pre-seed hard tech companies, with offices across the world, supports startups and entrepreneurs through investment capital, mentorship, and collaboration. HAX’s investment in Newark and New Jersey is a testament to the diverse talent pool the Garden State has to offer.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Following a Covid-driven boost, the popular AllTrails resource for hikers, bikers, climbers, and anyone else who enjoys the outdoors, announced today it’s raised $150 million from the growth fund of global private equity firm Permira to further accelerate its business. Image Credits: All Trails.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2022

Last year, a total of $643 billion was invested globally, according to Crunchbase News , compared with $335 billion in 2020 – that’s 92% growth year over year. Beyond being awash in capital, the VC industry has also seen a historic number of exits. Deal activity is at record highs. Web3 goes mainstream.

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