StartupNation

JANUARY 5, 2022

2022 will be a unique and promising time for businesses as we regain a sense of normalcy in a post-pandemic society. If you’re looking to establish or redefine your business in 2022, here are 5 steps you should consider implementing in the year to come. This option provides you with the utmost flexibility when it comes to financing.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Business models are evolving, and the future of finance has never been more promising. The way people fund their business has also been evolving and, in 2022, the traditional ways like angel investment and VCs will walk hand in hand with new and emerging blockchain-based options that offer loans outside the traditional banking system.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

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. The takeaways: It’s a hard time to raise and deploy capital, but what you can manage in today’s market will be advantageous for years to come.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Here are the top Detroit startups and tech companies to watch in 2022. Small Detroit startups to watch in 2022. InvestNext is a Detroit fintech startup that has created a platform to streamline how real estate investment firms raise and manage capital. Mid-sized Detroit tech companies and startups to watch in 2022.

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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. Silicon Valley falls to below 20% in all venture financing. Every year I make a list of predictions and score last year’s predictions. MAU growing quickly. Half a point.

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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. The post Top Ann Arbor Tech Companies and Startups to Watch in 2022 appeared first on StartupNation. DocNetwork. Bedestrian.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann Storied venture firms Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) invested more in fintech than any other category in 2022, according to research from CB Insights.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 15, 2024

The company now has North America’s largest parking network having also purchased Premier Parking’s 500+ locations in 2022. Being part of a diverse founding team attracted early funding from Haloge n Ventures , a venture capital firm focusing- on early-stage consumer technology companies led by female and co-ed teams.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Data reveals Women Entrepreneurs Gaining Ground On the startup side, according to the 2024 Wells Fargo Impact of Women -Owned Business Report, between 2019 and 2023 women-owned businesses grew at nearly double the rate of those owned by men which was exceeded during 2022 to 2023, reaching 4.5 According to the PitchBook data, in 2022 U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Personal finance is hard – and that’s a tale as old, and difficult to disrupt, as time. And while Nagpal agrees that there’s no “north star” company that has shown how to tackle finance literacy at scale, he’s hoping that Ocho’s 10-person team may just have a not-so-boring wedge that changes that. Image Credits: Ocho.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 20, 2023

Register Investment firm Heritas Capital has announced the successful first close of Asia Impact First Fund (AIFF) with $20 million in total commitment. This allows the fund to take a patient stance when investing in social enterprises, in comparison with traditional financing options which prioritise short-term profitability metrices.

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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. It’s time to shout it from the rooftops: MyEO DealExchange 2022 is the can’t-miss EO event of 2022! Who is the ideal attendee for DX22?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 8, 2024

Women still only get about 2% of venture capital investment money, and we want to see that change,” said Cindy Boyd, EO Houston. “By Raising funds through a Special Purpose Vehicle and giving other women a chance to be on your cap table is one way to activate community and help other women see the power of their capital,” Syama said. “I

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Register Taiwanese decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Term Structure , specializing in non-custodial fixed-income protocols for peer-to-peer borrowing and lending, has successfully raised initial funding of USD 4.25 Such products are currently absent in decentralized finance (DeFi). million in a series of seed fundraising rounds.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Register Indonesian digital bank Superbank , supported by Grab, Singtel, and Emtek Group, is collaborating with Singapore’s Genesis Alternative Ventures to offer a financing package of $40 million for startups in Indonesia. This initiative will primarily focus on startups in the series B and series C funding stages.

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TechCrunch

JULY 17, 2022

in the second quarter of 2022. In the second quarter of 2022, according to CB Insights, investment into fintech startups wasn’t too far behind that in the second quarter of 2022. In the second quarter of 2022, according to CB Insights, investment into fintech startups wasn’t too far behind that in the second quarter of 2022.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

The dampened outlook for startup funding at the start of 2022 thanks to the pandemic’s lingering uncertainties has only worsened following a global market downturn and the war in Ukraine. More posts by this contributor. Aiming to create a gender-equitable startup landscape? When it rains, it pours.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

The startup “6xed” home sales in 2022, he added. The company says it appeals to home buyers by offering “guaranteed pricing,” and a pledge to streamline the process of building a home – from land selection to financing and construction. Peters previously was a venture partner at Bain Capital Ventures and president of Warburg Realty.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Two years ago, the African tech ecosystem saw newfound attention from global players that translated to the continent’s best year of receiving venture capital. Venture capital investment in Africa predicted to reach a record high this year. From varying sources, it is estimated up to $2 billion went into African tech startups in 2019.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 27, 2023

The round was led by venture capital firm Betatron Venture Group, with participation from Forge Ventures and Indonesian tobacco magnate Michael Sampoerna. Baskit, a business-to-business (B2B) startup launched in November 2022, offers two primary services to distributors and wholesalers in Indonesia.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Launched at the end of 2022, the IRI is a co-investment opportunity for organizations wishing to contribute to the future of Web3 by supporting industry players negatively impacted by market forces. The investment was part of Binance’s Industry Recovery Initiative (IRI), according to the announcement.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

The crypto venture capital industry has become more selective thanks to the general market downturn and wavering trust caused by a slew of scandals and market disruptions, but investors at major firms are still writing checks in the space. Alex Marinier , founder and general partner, New Form Capital.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

She learned a lot about finances from her mother, who was an immigrant to the U.S., and taught herself about finances, passing that knowledge down to her daughter. Like many of the incredible fintech companies, they could still only solve a sliver of your finances,” she told TechCrunch. The company also took in $1.4

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

From a diversity standpoint, the venture capital financing landscape remains incredibly imbalanced. of total venture capital invested, according to Crunchbase. The current system capitalizes women and minority founders at 80% less than businesses overall. One report found that minority tech startups in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

When Acorns last raised funding, $300 million in March 2022, it was valued at $2 billion; GoHenry has not disclosed its valuation but was believed to be valued at between $250 million and $500 million in October 2022, when it raised $55 million. In March of 2022, CEO Noah Kerner told TechCrunch that the company had more than 4.6

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 13, 2022

and Magellan Digital Investment Group (MDIG), A-Labs boasts of its strong network of mentors, experts, and capital partners who will support the startups in growing their ventures. Since its founding in 2022, A-Labs has been led by founders with crypto and business backgrounds.

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StartupNation

APRIL 5, 2021

of venture capital funding ? Grants of $5,000 and $10,000 are being given to businesses that anticipate pursuing financing for growth for their “scalable, high-impact solution or idea.” Although the following programs are full or the application period has passed for 2021, they are expected to reopen for 2022: New Voices.

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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

Layoffs up in H1 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.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

In prior roles, he was an associate at a LatAm-focused venture capital firm and worked in corporate venture with regional banks and the Brazilian stock exchange. But this dynamic has been changing meaningfully in the past few years thanks to a new wave of CVCs sponsored by companies that have little to do with finance.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 31, 2023

The BTC ETF drives a resurgence in interest in web3 financing. 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. The hangover from web3’s raucous 2022 extends into 2023. Score : 0.5. 3 KnowBe4 4.6

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2023

About a year ago, it seemed like myself and other colleagues were writing story after story about spend management companies raising tranches of venture capital — remember Mary Ann’s roundup story from basically this same time last year? Though it is a decrease from the same quarter in 2022, it was above the first quarter of 2021.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

It’s also notable that Jeeves only publicly launched in March of 2021, and officially emerged from stealth last June with $31 million in equity financing and $100 million in debt. Then in the first two months of 2022, we brought in more revenue than the whole of 2021.”. This means it has quadrupled in value in just over six months.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2023

Later that day, it also came to light that Stripe had reportedly approached investors about raising more capital — at least $2 billion — at a valuation of $55 billion to $60 billion. Ken Smythe, founder and CEO of Next Round Capital Partners — a capital markets and VC secondaries firm — validated our impressions. That’s up 417.5%

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2022

For more of my take, check out this TechCrunch+ column that I did with my Equity co-hosts Alex Wilhelm and Mary Ann Azevedo: 3 views on how due diligence will change in 2022. The SaaS-friendly fintech platform emerged from stealth this week with $150 million in debt financing and $11 million in seed funding with a Stripe partnership.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

This means that founders looking to raise their first capital can’t follow last year’s playbook and expect results. Is your company interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022? So what do founders need to know, and how can they snag investor attention in a market where the rules are changing?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

With the latest round, Tilia has raised a total of $22 million since its spin-off from Linden Lab , the creator of Second Life , in 2022 (it didn’t share how much was raised this time vs. in its first tranch from 2022). Instead of shutting down, Tilia worked hard to get the necessary MTLs, which took seven years and $35 million.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

as of December 31, 2022, according to the FDIC. When Bank Tech tapped Carey Ransom as its first Managing Director, the firm valued his extensive 25-year career in software and venture capital. Funding supports innovative technology companies that are taking community banks into the future.

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