AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Register The Southeast Asian fintech startup has been a dynamic landscape, with countries like China, India, Singapore, and Indonesia emerging as fintech hubs, each with unique strengths and focus areas. GFC, Money Forward, Alpine Ventures, Patamar Capital, and nine angel investors also contributed to the funding round.

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Revolution

MARCH 7, 2024

In Their Own Words: Female Founders and CEOs Discuss the Discourse That’s Missing (and Hitting) the Mark This year’s International Women’s Day theme is “ Inspire Inclusion ” — a call to recognize the unique perspectives and contributions of women from all walks of life, in all facets of life, including the innovation economy.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

Today is last day to cast your vote for Audience Choice roundtables and breakouts at Disrupt 2023. You pick the sessions you want at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 Specifically, you help decide which of the 17 roundtable discussions and 15 breakout sessions will earn a spot on the Disrupt agenda. Voting ends at 11:59pm PDT tonight.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

EO’s Most Engaging Posts on Inc.com for 2023 With a thirst for learning and a willingness to share lessons learned and insider experiences, EO members published 47 informative posts on EO’s Inc.com channel in 2023. Here are the top blog posts EO posted on Inc.com in 2023: 1. Did you catch them all?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

TechCrunch Disrupt , our yearly flagship startup event, returns to San Francisco on September 19–21 — and you can bet TechCrunch+ will be in the house. In 2023, it’s back under a new moniker. We’ll be talking operations, hiring, fundraising and more, hitting on key topics for a new generation of startup founders.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Register The South Korea Ministry of SMEs and Startups, in collaboration with the Korea Startup Forum, is set to host the highly anticipated “COMEUP 2023,” set to take place from November 8 to 10 at the renowned Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 23, 2023

who is a junior investor in the Venture Capital industry. is a previous founder in the financial technology space and has a trackrecord of supporting founders even at the earliest stages. He is wrapping up his undergraduate studies at Sacramento State studying Management Information Systems, he’ll graduate in Spring 2023.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 27, 2023

Register Harriet, a leading platform championing female founders, has partnered with venture capital firms Artesian, Wavemaker Partners, Wavemaker Impact, B Capital, and 1982 Ventures to launch a new forum aimed at bridging the funding gap for female-led startups in the Asia Pacific region.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

TechCrunch Disrupt , the premier event for startup investors and founders, is coming back in 2023 with an enhanced new format. In fact, storied venture firms Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) invested more in fintech than any other category in 2022.

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2023

Back in February, we started calling for content — urging startup subject-matter experts to submit applications to lead roundtable discussions or breakout sessions at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 on September 19–21 in San Francisco. 17 Roundtables vying for a spot at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 These should pique your interest.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2023

In early 2022, you may remember, we called for experts to submit applications to present breakout sessions and roundtable discussions at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 , taking place on September 19–21 in San Francisco. Audience Choice voting opens for TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 It’s time to make your voice count!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Earlier this month, we reported that investors’ sentiments surrounding venture capital activity going into this were more reserved than upbeat. But before that, there was shared optimism that African startups would raise more VC funding last year than in 2021 when the continent, for the first time, passed the $4-5 billion threshold.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Register The tally of recognized startups and acquisitions, burgeoning to 84,012 in 2022 from a mere 452 in 2016, is a testament to the positive impact of investment incentives and simplified business regulations, as highlighted by the Economic Survey 2022-23.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

The Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) team is often asked by portfolio founders how exactly cultural leaders can be a game-changing asset for their companies. The benefits of founder x cultural leader partnerships work both ways. For Founders Make It Make Sense Venture capital is where innovation meets investment.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The new initiative includes a strategic partnership with the highly anticipated X-PITCH 2023, a global deeptech startup competition aimed at catalyzing the widespread adoption of cutting-edge technology across diverse industries. ” With this, he aims to capitalize on the market, being an early investor in the deeptech movement.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

As interest rates skyrocketed, deep tech deals, which inherently take more capital than other kinds of software businesses, became less attractive to many VCs and their LPs than lower-risk investments. ” These are positive signs for deep tech founders preparing to raise money this year. years to become a unicorn.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

Even as Y Combinator reveals the latest startups in its cohort for this winter , we have poor news for founders: the global venture capital market shrank in Q1 2023, and it would have been even worse if it were not for a few mega deals, according to Crunchbase (disclosure: my former employer) and PitchBook reports.

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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. It will suck — for team members, for founders, for customers of these companies, and for their investors — but by the end of the year we’ll have gotten through the toughest part of the correction.

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Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

My first YC Demo Day was in Summer of 2008, where my startup and twenty-one others anxiously pitched a room full of investors on what we’d been working so hard to build. Fifteen years later, I’m here as YC’s president kicking off our 37th Demo Day — the one celebrating the Summer 2023 batch.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

Talia Rafaeli is a partner with Kompas , an early-stage European venture capital fund investing in digital transformation technologies within the built environment and industry 4.0 However, talk of a pullback in global venture capital has become louder and more widespread of late. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

CB Insights recently found that two of the largest global VC firms, Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, actually backed more fintech companies in 2022 than any other category. In both cases, about 25% of their overall investments went into fintech startups. Do you expect to see more down rounds in 2023?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

5 investors discuss Boston’s resilient tech ecosystem Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify In order to build a startup culture, a city or region needs some key elements in place – like an innovation engine to drive startup ideas. Register for the free virtual event here.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2023 we: Saw a successful ACA Summit with more angels, more sessions and fantastic reviews for valuable experiences among attendees. In 2023: 160+ individuals earned the Basics of Angel Investing certificate. The National Science Foundation Awarded a major grant to connect early stage capital to DeepTech innovations.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

The ecosystem watched as startup funding dried up , held its breath as a $32 billion venture-backed company evaporated almost overnight and witnessed one of the largest startup acquisitions of all time. I’m excited for Q1 2023 and the entire year of 2023 for the opportunities coming to us. Did you hear anyone yell “bingo?”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Eric Tarczynski is managing partner and founder of Contrary Capital. To predict what 2023 will look like for venture capital, we need to start by understanding where we are now. The VC landscape has started to bifurcate, and it will continue to do so during 2023 both for fundraising and investments. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2023

Investors, we’re back with a reminder that TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 — happening September 19–21 in San Francisco — can help you pump up your pipeline and dial up your deal flow. Thousands of early-stage startups applied and endured a rigorous vetting process to join the elite cohort of 200. Are you ready to hunt for future unicorns?

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 1, 2024

Founders-led investment firm We Founder Circle (WFC) announced on Monday that it has become the largest angel investor network in the country by investing in 103 deals across 82 startups in 2023.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Here are my predictions for 2023. The hangover from web3’s raucous 2022 extends into 2023. We exit 2023 with inflation below 2.5% Flat & down rounds surge to 30% of all mid-stage rounds completed in 2023, up from less than 5% in the first half of 2022. In short, 2023 will be the first year of a new-normal era.

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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. We surveyed: Michael Anderson , co-founder, Framework Ventures.

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Founder Bounty

DECEMBER 17, 2022

The chances of you getting venture funding in 2023 are close to zero. In venture capital, you get paid a management fee whatever happens plus a carry of its one of your investable company exits. We highly recommend trying to get into venture capital if you can. I didnt know what building a startup was all about.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

A Manila-headquartered startup called CloudEats , which operates cloud kitchens across the Philippines and Vietnam, just raised a $7 million Series A extension led by Nordstar to accelerate the digitization of food service in Southeast Asia. . We are taking the best practices along with key learnings to our next market launch.” .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2023

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about Upfront Summit 2023 and a surprising Better deal. I interviewed the past and present guard over at Kapor Capital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

After attending TechCrunch Early Stage last week, I was cheered to meet so many first-time founders and experienced investors who are looking for opportunities. We invest in startups leveraging the immense breadth of AI to solve critical business problems. This year has seen massive attention paid to AI, specifically generative AI.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

startups in Q1 2023, according to PitchBook. When the economy is volatile, appetite for risk decreases, which impacts venture totals in general and certain founders in particular. of the capital invested thus far this year in U.S. of the capital invested thus far this year in U.S. The decline isn’t a surprise.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today launched a new program, AWS Impact Accelerator , that will give up to $30 million to early-stage startups led by Black, Latino, LGBTQIA+ and women founders. From a diversity standpoint, the venture capital financing landscape remains incredibly imbalanced.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 2, 2023

For startup founders, determining which path is right for their business may require fundamentally rethinking the way they measure success. The business climate in 2023 will be unfamiliar to many who founded a company in the past decade. It was a culture that nearly everyone, from founders and investors to the media, fed into.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Delve into his story as it unfolds with lessons from filmmaking, startup ventures, and the fascinating world of technology innovations and investing. “My work with startups and the ecosystem began in 2016 when I founded Startupmedia to help startups and the ecosystem tell their stories and school myself in starting/scaling businesses.

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