Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 2, 2022

When I asked him what he meant, he replied because capital was so plentiful and accessible today, he hired more expensive people, spent more time developing a product, and invested with a longer time horizon before demonstrating evidence of success. Capital availability on the x-axis and evidence on the y-axis to illustrate his point.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 13, 2021

We’ll show you what we’re looking forward to hearing more about in 2022 with our top Grand Rapids startups to watch. Grand Rapids startups and tech companies to watch in 2022. Claira is a new Grand Rapids startup using AI to hire better and make use of human capital. Next year is expected to be even better. BAMF Health.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Here are my predictions for 2022: Web3 consumer products go fully mainstream with more than 35% of Americans, about 100m people, engaging with them by 2023. Improved infrastructure enables new applications, which attract more users. Silicon Valley falls to below 20% in all venture financing. MAU growing quickly. Half a point.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

It is also licensed by Indonesia’s central bank, enabling it to offer more services. The open finance startup announced today it has closed a $13 million Series B extension round led by SIG Venture Capital, with participation from CE Innovation Capital and returning investor PayU, the payments and fintech business of Prosus.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

NFX and existing backers Pear and Mexico-based Wollef (formely known as Jaguar Ventures) doubled down on their investment, which values Melonn “in the neighborhood” of $100 million post-money and brings the Bogota-based startup’s total raised to $24 million since its November 2020 inception.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The strategic growth round was led by Blockchange Ventures, with participation from existing investors Acrew Capital, Act One Ventures, and Tamarack Global, as well as new investors Wilson Sonsini and Vinny Lingham. The strategic growth round brings total capital raised to $12 million. To learn more, visit afterparty.com.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

E4E Africa, a South African venture capital firm, led the round, which welcomed participation from other firms such as Strat-Tech, Next Chymia, Untapped Global and Codec Ventures and angels like Ashwin Ravichandran and Kanyi Maqubela. million in seed funding a year after closing an undisclosed pre-seed round.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The Fund’s six initial investments have CEOs from underrepresented groups of which 50% are women W ashington -based Bison Ventures announced the closing of its inaugural fund that will invest in early-stage frontier technology companies. Most venture dollars today continue to chase pure software companies.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

TechCrunch is excited to announce the six companies pitching in person and onstage at TC Sessions Mobility 2022. “Boston Materials is a high-performance materials company enabling manufacturers of industrial and consumer products to break through their design trade-offs with new materials. Yoon Choi — Muirwoods Ventures.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Since the beginning of modern venture capital investing — a relatively nascent asset class — the industry has been biased toward funding what it knows best: founders with familiar demographics (white, male) in familiar geographies (Silicon Valley).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

Sarah Kunst, Cleo Capital. Mike Ghaffary, general partner, Canvas Ventures. Sarah Kunst, managing director, Cleo Capital. What kind of opportunities are you looking for in Q1 2022? We are following the effects of web3 or blockchain-enabled technology across each of these verticals. Christine Choi, partner, M13.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

A portion of the capital — $10 million — was debt, while the rest was a Series A equity tranche led by Georgian Capital Partners. The] turnkey, end-to-end platform is pre-configured with hundreds of APIs enabled.” billion in H1 2022, down 24% from $69.6 billion in H1 2021.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

PeopleFund, a South Korean marketplace that connects borrowers and investors to enable lending, has recently added $20 million to its $63.4 Apart from the capital, PeopleFund also secured $240 million in debt financing in 2022 from Goldman Sachs, CLSA Lending Ark Asia and Bain Capital. Series C led by Bain Capital.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

Sharon Lou, venture partner at Indelible Ventures , considers this as one of the top mistakes that founders commit when raising funds. Indelible Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in B2B SaaS startups that can scale internationally. billion in 2022 to US$ 883.34

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

When much of the shopping shifted online during the global pandemic, startups developing software and other products to aid the transition began to garner attention from venture capital firms. The latest capital infusion comes less than a year from a $60 million Series C round that happened in June 2021. Meanwhile, $1.1

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 6, 2022

Register Transport Capital , a globally-recognised investment management and advisory firm focused on the maritime and aviation industries, has launched its new venture capital arm named TC Ventures. Headquartered in Singapore, Transport Capital’s core expertise is in Real Assets and Private Capital Markets.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

We’re likely to see BNPL offerings become more prevalent at points of sale for a manner of different purchases through 2022. We also see opportunities for new BNPL products for small businesses that are looking to reduce cash flow strains or avoid maxing out credit lines,” said Jason Brown, partner at Victory Park Capital. In the U.S.,

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 13, 2022

Ag Sciences (OAS), Bunge Ventures, the for-profit, global investment arm of Bunge. commercial trial program, strategic development partnerships, and enables product to be. Carl Casale from OAS commented, “RhizoSorb® technology aligns closely to our venture firm’s mission to do more with less. Ventures and Innovations Endeavors.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The Pune-based company is also the latest startup to raise funding in this area, bringing in $12 million in Series A funding in a round co-led by Elevation Capital and General Catalyst. Loop Health has a target to cover 1 million members by the end of 2022 and 5 million members across Southeast Asia over the next five years.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2022

— Soumya (@bytesofnews) August 22, 2022. The Signal, whose most other founding members including Venkat Ananth and Patanjali Pahwa are also journalists, is the latest independent media venture in the South Asian nation, which is the one of the world’s largest news markets. Check out their whole piece (and subscribe!)

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

That said, a paradigm shift of the broader venture landscape could be on the horizon. At the start of 2022, there were $1 trillion in assets under management (AUM) and $230 billion in VC dry powder, figures that dwarf the prefinancial crisis AUM by a factor of five. Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 31, 2023

The funding also had participation from TKG Taekwang, IBK-STIC Pioneer Fund, and existing investors, including Do Ventures, BAce Capital, and Vulpes, further highlighting the confidence in the startup’s potential. Founded in 2019 by Lam Do and Thu Do, Vuihoc has rapidly grown to serve over 1.1

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 12, 2023

Register Indonesia-based ed-tech startup SoLeLands has successfully secured funding led by venture capital firm East Ventures, with participation from SMDV. Launched in 2022 SoLeLands was established in response to the evolving nature of parenting in today’s world.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

billion won) Series C round led by Bain Capital with participation from Goldman Sachs. The new law enables the licensed P2P lending startup to operate as an authorized financial institution to lend, raise capital from international and domestic institutions, and provide loan referral services to its customers. million (75.9

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

“There is still pride in building things from scratch and a fear of not being taken seriously as a developer/development team, when in fact, low-code platforms enhance a developer’s capabilities by enabling them to work faster and do (a lot) more. Renato Valente , general partner, Iporanga Ventures.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

The Canada-based company, which produces alternative proteins for third-party customers, took in $42 million in new Series B capital to build a bigger manufacturing facility in the U.S. Many companies are working on it, with Project Eaden being one of the more recent to attract venture capital for its plant-based steak alternative.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Check out some of the Ann Arbor companies with the biggest growth, best funding and most innovative products to watch into 2022. Small Ann Arbor startups to watch in 2022. They have been recognized for this innovation in FreightDocs, FreightWaves, and Venture Michigan. DocNetwork. RightBrain Networks.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 31, 2023

The share of AI-enabled web searches approaches 50% of all consumer search as consumer behavior patterns evolve, especially on mobile. 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. Score : 0.5.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2022

Munich Re Ventures led the round and was joined by TriVentures, MS&AD Ventures and ORIX and existing investors Aspect Ventures, Mindset Ventures, at.inc/ and OurCrowd. The new funding will enable the Future Family to expand its network, invest in staffing and product development and explore new channels.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The global food ingredients market is forecasted to be valued at $400 billion by 2022, while plant-based foods are in line to be a $162 billion market by 2030. Joining S2G on the round are returning investors Lux Capital, CPT Capital, Y Combinator and Emles Venture Partners, and new investors, The W Fund, SALT and Veronorte.

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HPA

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

We’re excited to announce that NanoGraf , an advanced battery materials company and enabler of the world’s most energy-dense lithium-ion 18650 cell, raised $65 million in Series B funding. Additionally, existing investors included Evergreen Climate Innovations and Goose Capital.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Earth Venture Capital (Earth VC), a global climate tech venture fund with Southeast Asia focus, led the recently concluded funding round that was also participated by KSL Maritime Ventures, the venture capital arm of The Kuok Maritime Group, and existing Ampotech investors like Silicon Solution Ventures and SEEDS Capital.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 9, 2023

million in a funding round that was led by Darwin Ventures. Its existing investors Hive Ventures, AUO and SVTI also participated in the round, joined by Darwin Ventures, Harbinger VC, and Jensen Capital Management. Established in 2018, Profet AI is a significant enabler of corporate digitalization worldwide.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 14, 2023

Register Broom, an Indonesia-based automotive SME tech solutions startup, has announced raising $10 million in pre-Series A funding round led by Openspace Ventures. The funding round was also backed by MUFG Innovation Partners and BRI Ventures, alongside existing investors AC Ventures and Quona Capital.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

So to get a better idea of how AI is affecting biotech in 2022, we asked six investors to tell us what they look for in a biotech startup today. When evaluating ‘AI for drug discovery companies,’ I view AI as a tool,” Shaq Vayda, principal at Lux Capital, told TechCrunch. Shaq Vayda , principal, Lux Capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

After a blockbuster year for venture capital funding in 2021, the flow of capital to Indian startups seemed like it would buck global trends in early 2022, but dried up in the second half of 2022. However, the global slowdown has impacted startups’ growth in the country, just like everywhere else in the world.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Deb, dev, dev : Alchemy launches a tool that enables devs to start building dApps within 4 minutes, Jacquelyn reports. net loss for Q4 2022 by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch And we have five more for you: Pay, pay pay : Telecom giant Airtel eyes a stake in Paytm , by Manish. Rebecca has more. Discovery posts $2.1B

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