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

MARCH 22, 2023

A hallmark of that spirit is quite visible these days in the country’s flourishing startup ecosystem, which has expanded rapidly in the past few years, to say the least. However, the global slowdown has impacted startups’ growth in the country, just like everywhere else in the world. How has your investment strategy changed?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

To paint a picture of the demand, AltSchool, one of the exhibitors at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 , received 9,200 applications in its initial call but could only admit about half. The school currently has students in over eight countries across Africa, having recently set up a hub in Rwanda to support its growth beyond West Africa.

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Revolution

JUNE 21, 2022

First, 2022 marked ten years of Rise of the Rest?—?a Elana Berkowitz Embarc Collective CEO, Lakshmi Shenoy The conversation: How we built it: stories from six investors and ecosystem builders across the country The takeaways: Regional funds are innovating in ways that draw, keep, and grow startups, talent, and entrepreneurial communities.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

Startups and VC. In his newest TechCrunch+ column, he advises not to abandon founders in a downturn, and suggests 3 ways to support your portfolio. I’ll have 50 million of those : Our long-estranged sibling Crunchbase raised $50 million to further develop its startup ecosystem database, Kyle reports.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

For the past decade, Gener8tor has been working to shift that by spinning up accelerators in local communities that have money but are underserved in terms of startup support. We spoke with the Gener8tor founders about why they are passionate about thinking about the startup ecosystem a little differently.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

In 2022 alone, so far, two Austin-based venture firms have announced significant raises in the city — the most recent being Next Coast Ventures. That firm, founded in 2016, announced on March 29, 2022 that it closed $310 million in capital across three funds. All that was needed was more capital to support it.”.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Today, there’s a wall of new exciting things to look at…including, among other things, an opportunity Neesha has for you if you’re running a space startup: Apply to pitch onstage at TC Sessions: Space 2022 ! Startups and VC. Okay, with that, let’s get started with the TC Top 3. Christine and Haje. Popup grabbed $3.5

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In May, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) glowingly reported that the country’s IT industry — which had for years been working across a range of roles, covering homegrown tech companies and outsourced or satellite groups supporting companies from other markets — posted $2 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2022, versus $1.44

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

After working for two male CEOs, I was ready to support a visionary female leader, and hoped I would be able to challenge and expand traditional founder archetypes through my work at Glossier. Now in 2022, we’ve taken both of these efforts to the next level. How do you help female leaders navigate this potential bias?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Yeah, baby, we are ready to jump right into a jam-packed day dedicated to the growth and success of the entire early-stage startup ecosystem. Start your day off right — join Mary Ann Azevedo, Natasha Mascarenhas and Alex Wilhelm at the TechCrunch+ stage for a live recording of Equity, the podcast about the business of startups.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

And given the current emphasis on achieving cost efficiency to extend runways in the broader startup ecosystem, it appears investors are open to insurtech startups that can build a sustainable business model, regardless of it including embedded insurance. That hasn’t changed. They own a lot of data on their customers.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

2022: The Aftermath In 2022 war, inflation, rising interest rates and a tougher economic environment–one not buoyed by historically low interest rates–brought an end to the long-term bull market in assets (the “everything bubble”), including startup capital. Smaller VC fundraises? VC resets are often short-lived.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

Respondents said they invest around 50% inside Czechia and 50% across Central and Eastern Europe, while some are more focused across CEE generally, with some percentage of the fund supporting startups that have scaled to the U.S. 8 investors discuss Stockholm’s maturing startup ecosystem. elíková , partner, Nation1.vc.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

The process of debating and agreeing the details of this startup ecosystem support framework is expected to take between six and nine months. So — if all goes to plan — Spain will finally get a startup law before the end of this year. Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Thursday, March 24, 2022! I am happy to report that Haje is taking on the day’s startups section, as he will be sharing the Daily Crunch writing load starting next week (along with Christine )! Startups and VC. PT, subscribe here. My precious. Why does that matter?

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

OurCrowd made history this week by becoming the first Israeli VC firm licensed by Abu Dhabi Global Market, the regulatory authority in the UAE. The company is designing protein complexes that contain 10-20 of these proteins which support specific immunological functions. OurCrowd Global Summit returns to Jerusalem, May 25, 2022.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Tuesday, February 1, 2022! Startups/VC. As we wrote in our piece dissecting the news, “money is flowing into Australia and New Zealand’s startup ecosystems.” To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Startup of the Week: Bionaut micro-robot inside the brain. OurCrowd Global Summit in Jerusalem, May 25, 2022. OurCrowd Global Summit returns to Jerusalem, May 25, 2022. Summit Week will be packed as ever with corporate meetups, VC forums, insider access to accelerators and labs, touring opportunities, and legendary partying.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

lbs (3kg) including the drone, cloud-based software, and supporting systems. Despite the post-pandemic restart, our interconnected, digital-driven, global e-commerce network and the sophisticated supply chain that supports it is buckling. OurCrowd Global Summit returns to Jerusalem, May 25, 2022. Read more. . Order it HERE.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Startup of the Week: Scopio, AI-powered digital blood diagnosis. OurCrowd Global Summit, Jerusalem, May 25, 2022. The company’s ARR has grown 3X in the last 12 months and is forecasting significant growth YOY by the end of 2022. OurCrowd Global Summit returns to Jerusalem, May 25, 2022. Top investment opportunities.

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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. Signal Advisors.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 7, 2022

Top investment opportunities Startup of the Week: Workspot’s secure cloud desktop Binah.ai: World’s first blood pressure via video InsideTracker guides users to longer, healthier lives Israel hits new VC record of $25.6 Startup of the Week: PulmOne: Complete lun Workspot: Secure work from anywhere. Invest Now.

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Startup of the Week: AutoBrains: A new kind of AI for automotive. The EU will require some ADAS features in all European cars from 2022. Investing industry bible PitchBook has crowned OurCrowd as “the most active venture capital investor in Israel this year as record amounts of capital flood into the country’s startup ecosystem.”

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