TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

More posts by this contributor Edtech’s honeymoon might be over, but expect a second boom Despite creaky markets, European edtech is showing its resilience During the darkest days of the pandemic, money was no object in many developed markets. Against this background, we formed our annual review of European edtech activity for 2022.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 9, 2023

Register Taiwan-based auto machine learning solutions developer, Profet AI, has earned $5.6 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.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Backed by international LPs, Southeast Asia-focused venture firms like Alpha JWC , AC Ventures and Jungle Ventures raised their largest funds yet. Indonesian venture capital firm Alpha JWC closes $433M third fund. As Southeast Asia starts to boom, an accelerator backed by Silicon Valley execs jumps in.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

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. Venture capital or VC. Venture capital is always an option.

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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 We also have a very wide top funnel such that in 2022, we made initial contact with over 2,500 startups and ideas, and eventually only partnered with less than 1% of that top of the funnel.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Over the past decade, some of the biggest names in the tech, VC, automotive and aerospace industries have poured millions of dollars into developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Don’t miss this important and fascinating discussion about t he impact of air mobility on urban planning and development. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

For those of us who haven’t memorized economic frameworks: The Rule of 40 is a metric investors developed to gauge the health and growth potential of SaaS startups. Buy a TechCrunch+ membership before July 4, 2022, and save 50% on an annual subscription. “The 2022 correction is different.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2022

The program’s 2022 edition started accepting applications on April 15, and the last date for the application stage is May 31, 2022. Seoul, its capital, is the world’s second-largest metropolitan area, with almost half of all Korean citizens living in or around the city. trillion won (US$6.4

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

It’s a pitch that has landed thousands of members and, most recently, a billion-dollar valuation as of May 2022. Launched in 2020, Solana gained worldwide renown for being one of the fastest blockchains with a rapidly growing developer ecosystem. The State of VC in 2022. Answering the Call of Duty . Speeding Up Crypto.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The acceleration of venture capital and the burgeoning check sizes in the last few years has led to a decline in traditional due diligence. Throw in the concept of Tiger Global bringing pre-diligence to deal making, and preemption is becoming the norm, with venture players rapidly changing how they make decisions.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

The business of building for and selling to developers is big. Startups around the world are busy creating new developer-focused — or at least developer- forward — solutions at a rapid clip. The “developer tools” tag on TechCrunch has been busy this year. — Ed Sim (@edsim) March 8, 2022.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

By the end of 2022, the company aims to replace more than 20 million single-use PPE gowns and divert 6,000 tons of hospital waste from landfills or incinerators. and continues development of its full-body suit. She explained that the decision to go after venture capital was to gain partners that would help the company grow.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Alex collected the top reads from 2022. A gaggle of companies, including Meta, Microsoft, AWS and TomTom, have partnered with the Linux Foundation to form the Overture Maps Foundation to do a few things: develop interoperable open map data and knock Google’s map dominance down a few pegs. PDT, subscribe here. Paul has more.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Ivan writes that BeReal won “app of the year” for 2022 in Apple’s annual App Store Awards. Seedstars announced today it has launched a platform called Seedstars Capital with Swiss-based investment holding company xMultiplied to help new fund managers around the world launch funds and develop their investment firms.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Indeed, the fully remote company began working on its artificial intelligence–powered predictive SaaS tool in 2020 and is operating in a sector that recently saw other inventory-focused companies attract venture capital, including Zippedi and Inventa. times since the beginning of 2022, Theuerkauf said. million in total funding.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Hanwha Solutions of South Korea led the funding round and was joined by existing investors SOSV’s IndieBio, TechU Ventures, ff VC and Siddhi Capital. He expects to be able to go to market in 2022, pending approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

I’ve worked at early-stage startups where we relied on our best guesses to shape product pipelines and develop marketing strategies. 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions. 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions. on Tuesday, Jan. Microsoft Corp.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

While leagues behind fintech as a whole, insurtech startups have still attracted a significant amount of investment over the last few years — $43 billion between 2016 and 2022, according to a recent report. Insurtech IPOs don’t seem to be on the cards for 2022. How much have early-stage insurtech deals slowed in 2022?

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

Merchants building businesses on giant marketplaces often have to think inside the marketplace’s box, but Medusa , a one-year-old e-commerce startup from Denmark, is going after e-commerce platforms, like Shopify and WooCommerce, with its open source alternative aimed at the JavaScript developer community.

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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. We dive deeper into the definition in our 2022 Annual Report. Place comes into play here, too. Plastomics: St. Louis, MO St.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Veev, a real estate developer turned tech-enabled homebuilder, announced today that it has raised $400 million a Series D round that propels the company to “unicorn status.” Interestingly, Veev Group started its life as a traditional real estate developer and asset manager.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Sarah writes that in addition to the list of your most listened-to songs, Spotify Wrapped 2022 attempted to guess your mood: Christine is “The Maverick” and Haje is “The Time Traveler,” in case you wanted to know. Security, but simpler : Pangea Cyber wants to simplify security for developers , taking an API approach, Ron reports.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

“Waiting until conflict develops can be devastating, and too often leads to intractable litigation with no clear winner.” Three more from the TC+ team: Not as bad as you think : The US venture capital slowdown doesn’t look that bad , by Alex. ” Why your startup needs a prenup. Aisha has the 411 on both.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

Despite the vast sums of venture capital that has gone into shared micromobility, the industry has yet to reach unit economics favorable enough to turn a profit. Luminar founder and CEO Austin Russell has a different view of how to deploy autonomy at scale from other AV developers in the industry, as well as Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

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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 believe there are opportunities to develop BNPL expertise in a segment (e.g., If so, which types of BNPL startups will be likely acquisition targets in 2022? And that’s where Nelo fits in.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

Around €354 million worth of unlicensed medical cannabis will be sold in Europe in 2022, according to market intelligence firm Prohibition Partners , and this number is expected to rise to around €2.3 While valuations are trending up, Germany’s exciting market developments still require business leaders to perform and scale.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Despite the vast sums of venture capital that has gone into shared micromobility, the industry has yet to reach unit economics favorable enough to turn a profit. Luminar founder and CEO Austin Russell has a different view of how to deploy autonomy at scale from other AV developers in the industry, as well as Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2022

More startups are offering their services via a developer hook or API, and charging for customer usage over, say, a set number of seats for a predetermined period of time. To explore the concept, Natasha Mascarenhas , Alex Wilhelm and Anna Heim took the time to write up their expectations for 2022’s startup theses.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Automera, co-founded by Michael Lazarou, Loong Wang, and Taiyang Zhang, is an early-stage biotechnology firm developing innovative therapeutic approaches centered around autophagy-based targeted protein degradation. Automera’s primary focus will be on the development of therapies for cancer.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

Despite the vast sums of venture capital that has gone into shared micromobility, the industry has yet to reach unit economics favorable enough to turn a profit. Luminar founder and CEO Austin Russell has a different view of how to deploy autonomy at scale from other AV developers in the industry, as well as Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Through a joint announcement, the entities unveiled their intention to combine conventional bank credit with venture capital investment, all while ensuring minimal equity dilution for shareholders. He stated that VC funding experienced a substantial decline of 60% in Q3 2022 compared to the previous year’s corresponding period.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

SCiFi Foods , formerly Artemys Foods, is combining plant-based and cultivated meat technology to create its first burger product, and its mission just got a big venture capital boost. The Bay Area–based food tech startup announced Wednesday a $22 million Series A round led by a16z.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Suzanne Fletcher , venture partner, Prime Movers Lab. Sungjoon Cho , general partner, D20 Capital. What’s the most exciting development in construction tech right now? Where are you looking for opportunities in construction tech in Q3 2022? Nikitas Koutoupes, managing director, Insight Partners.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 22, 2023

GenAI, Developer-and Data Stack-Focused Companies Dominate List as well as 80% of ET30 founders are Millennials Five years ago, Wing Venture Capital introduced their annual Enterprise Tech 30—a list of the most promising, private enterprise tech private companies across all stages of maturity. years for 2022 and 5.0

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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

MARCH 1, 2022

No-code and low-code development suites have so far been used mostly by marketers and analysts. Today, it’s a core capability in many enterprise software companies to give non- or semi-technical end users, even DevOps and security engineers, the ability to easily and quickly deploy applications without the need for custom development.

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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. Consequently, the Bay Area experienced a surge, capturing over one-third of all early-stage venture funding in the U.S.,

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