TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

Jeff Bussgang of Flybridge Capital , a former entrepreneur turned venture capitalist, teaches entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. I have been reflecting on why it is that we venture capitalists and founders keep making the same mistake over and over again — a mistake that has become even more glaring in recent years.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The round was led by current investors Bluestem Capital, Endeavour Vision, Baird Capital, cultivate(MD) Capital Funds, and PrairieGold Venture Partners, as well as new health-tech investors Arboretum Ventures and InVivium Capital.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

Deal of the week The battery business keeps attracting capital. million in a Series A2 round led by Blue Bear Capital and HSBC Asset Management with participation from Riverstone Holdings and Capnamic Ventures. Just take a look at Swedish lithium-ion battery producer Northvolt. The company raised around $1.2

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

It aims to serve over 25,000 doctors by 2024 and reach 50,000 by 2025 to treat nearly 15% of the Indian population. The Series C round, led by Avataar Venture Partners and SIG Venture Capital, is divided into $20 million raise against equity and $2 million in debt. Currently, the startup has a headcount of 392 people.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 13, 2023

These seed companies raised enough capital to persist longer than normal and/or weaker companies in hot verticals received follow-on financings that wouldn’t normally be granted to them in a tougher environment. Startups Past: the boom of the last decade kicked forward and delayed a bunch of closures.

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propel(x)

JULY 11, 2022

Deep tech refers to scientific or engineering innovations that disrupt existing industries through years of research, patent application, and other forms of intellectual property. Because of the time and investment needed to bring deep tech solutions to market, many startups require significant and sustained capital to get up and running.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

New York-based Luxor Capital, which led the company’s €37 million Series B in September 2021 , is also leading this round. Real estate investment firm Byggmästare Anders J Ahlström (like Volta, based in Stockholm), supply chain services giant Agility, and B-FLEXION (formerly Waypoint Capital) also participated.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Geopagos , a payments infrastructure startup based in Buenos Aires, has raised $35 million in a round led by Riverwood Capital. It is on a mission to triple the number of merchant transactions it helps facilitate by 2024. Will once-bootstrapped startups turn to venture during a watershed moment?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Lots of fun things are coming down the pike here at TC Towers: TechCrunch Disrupt is back in September, so now’s the time to grab the super-early-bird tickets at a ludicrous discount. Matt reports that the electric Ram 1500 REV is packed with screens and, surprisingly, buttons and knobs, but sadly won’t be available until 2024.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Importantly, the merger will not disrupt RLP users, who can continue accessing its payment services through existing channels, such as the BTS Skytrain ticketing system and AIS’s bill payment services, ensuring a seamless customer experience. million) from this divestment in the second quarter of the 2024 financial year.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

In the end, Garg was on his best behavior — exhibiting the charm and charisma that no doubt managed to help win over investors such as SoftBank, Activant Capital, Ping An Global Voyager Fund, Ally Financial and Citi, and others who collectively invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the company. Learn more. Register now !

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

New spaceports are entering operation, cell phone users will soon have connectivity from space, and the Artemis program backed by NASA is one of several ventures that will bring robots (and eventually human crews) to the moon. Chevy unveiled its fastest Corvette yet, the electrified 2024 Corvette E-Ray. You can sign up here.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

To capitalize further on that opportunity, today the company is announcing growth funding. Hong Kong and Melbourne-based Airwallex has raised $100 million, capital that it will be using to continue building out its banking and payments businesses into more markets, and to invest expanding its products.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

This early-stage venture capitalist is uniquely positioned to bridge the economic and technological gap between North America and Southeast Asia. I began as a Venture Partner at a small firm and had the opportunity to work intimately with exceptional founders and legendary investors. It has been a colossal and humbling challenge.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

After a decade-long bull run, many venture capital funds have found themselves holding overvalued shares of companies whose IPO prospects have been either eliminated or significantly delayed. Greater geopolitical tensions around Taiwan The case for US venture capital outperformance by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 31, 2020

Last week’s historic decision by the US Securities and Exchange Commission to broaden its definition of an “accredited investor” is a game-changer for the venture capital industry, boosting access to the kind of investments in startups that OurCrowd has helped pioneer. billion by 2024. Upcoming Events .

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

In a sign of the market’s — and Cribl’s — robustness against headwinds , Cribl today closed a $150 million Series D funding round led by Tiger Global Management with participation from CRV, IVP, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia, and Greylock Partners. billion post-money, according to a source. .”

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Hunter Walk

JANUARY 28, 2024

Lots of venture capital transitions underway.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

Russia invaded Ukraine last week, which, in addition to being a human rights tragedy, is going to affect industries far and wide as supply chains become even further disrupted than they were before war broke out. Tesla has tapped Panasonic to start mass production of a higher-capacity battery by March 2024. First thing’s first.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

Looking farther down the line, there’s Disrupt , TechCrunch’s annual flagship conference, taking place September 19–21. Venture firms advised portfolio companies to move money out of SVB after the bank said it would book a $1.8 Don’t miss it. Now on to WiR. billion loss related to securities sales.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Heartland led the seed round and was joined by Global Founders Capital, FJ Labs and Redbox Ventures. With the new capital, Bisovka intends to double the amount of SKUs offered, expand Tiggy’s footprint in Vancouver with two new dark stores — it already has four stores — and enter Toronto with five stores by the end of the year.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 11, 2021

As in any disruptive industry, the forecast may be cloudier than the rosy picture painted by passionate founders and investors. Partnerships with major automakers and airlines are on the rise, and CEOs have promised commercialization as early as 2024. Today, the startup has swelled to 800 people and a $6.6

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

And so there is a big black hole that is the 2024 election sucking everything into its wake. Well, I guess one of the reasons, though it’s not the only reason, that Taiwan is important because if there was even a blockade scenario that played out, it would be profoundly disruptive to the global economy. And that is a challenge.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

The company chose a price disruption strategy to swiftly dethrone Samsung from its leadership position in the Indian smartphone market, making it one of the trailblazers in the first wave of cheap, sub-$200 smartphones. Former investors include Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA), Sandstone Capital and TA Associates.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

That’s why so much of our robotics coverage revolves around startups and venture funding. Robotics companies provide material value to their customers and earn good margins as a result, making them excellent customers and investments for capital lenders in any market. Rodney Brooks (Rethink Robotics) at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2017.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Alex Wilhelm uses his weekday column The Exchange to keep a close eye on “private companies, public markets and the gray space in between,” but one effort stood out: An overview of six API-based startups that were “raising capital in rapid-fire fashion” when many companies were trying to find their COVID-19 footing.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The Bay Area company’s investment includes a $34 million Series A, co-led by ICONIQ and Madrona Venture Group with participation from Decibel and Mubadala Capital, and a previous undisclosed $7 million seed round from 2020, also from ICONIQ and Madrona and including 8VC and Global Founders Capital. Travel is a $1.4

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2023

The company is starting with limited sales this year and will grow its capacity in 2024 if all goes well. Archer Aviation raised $215 million in new capital from its manufacturing partner Stellantis, Boeing, United Airlines, Ark Investment Management LLC and others, to accelerate its path to commercialization. In other news . . .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

P.S. Before we forget – TechCrunch Disrupt is back with an in-person event in October. Alex Wilhelm unpacks a Silicon Valley Bank report that suggests that late-stage software-as-a-service companies may also see lower valuations, and startups trying to raise some later-stage capital may not have as attractive a price. Startups and VC.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

billion blank-check deal with DPCM Capital. By 2024, analysts predict cars with voice recognition will comprise 60% of the market. Perhaps that will unlock more late-stage capital for hardware-focused upstarts. May Mobility’s Edwin Olson and Nina Grooms Lee and Toyota AI Ventures’ Jim Adler on validating your startup idea.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2022

The email is a vibe shift from just a few weeks ago , when hundreds of Y Combinator startups — many of which already raised venture funding — presented themselves to the public on Demo Day. TechCrunch obtained a series of memos that venture capitalist firms sent to portfolio companies about the market downturn.

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