TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

That’s what InnerPlant founder and CEO Shely Aronov is trying to do with her startup that uses plant physiology to gather loads of data to make farming more efficient and sustainable. million in a seed round in 2021, led by MS&AD Ventures, and is now back with $16 million in Series A funding. The company raised $5.65

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

What we did: The Rise of the Rest team kicked off October with a trip to Chi-Town to catch up with portfolio companies Blueprint , Unreal Estate , and Rheaply and co-investor, Chicago Ventures. Hear her takes on fundable companies in the space and what sustainable protein innovators she thinks will come out ahead.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 14, 2023

(October 12, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved the first investment in an emerging New Jersey company from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF). The NJIEF, launched in 2022, is a groundbreaking tool to increase access to strategic resources and venture capital in New Jersey.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

According to estimates from PitchBook, venture capital and angel investment activity has declined since 2021, with a 40 percent reduction in the amount of companies receiving investment and a 50 percent decrease in investment funding.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 5, 2024

At EO’s 2024 Global Leadership Conference (GLC) in Singapore, more than 1,800 EO members from 65 countries convened for the opportunity to learn and collaborate. One of the lessons Bonnie hopes EO members took from their Learn Around experience is “Nothing ventured, nothing gained,” she said.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

The money came from its recent funding round led Better Bite Ventures and participated by Ahimsa VC, PeerCapital, Spectrum Impact, Rohit Gulati (Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group), Sandhya Sriram (Chief Executive Officer, Shiok Meats), among others. Dairy has a huge environmental cost. The post Phyx44 raises $1.2

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 2, 2024

These eight finalists, all located around Erie Pennsylvania, have innovative ideas that they will be working to enhance over the next 10 weeks, with help from Ben Franklin’s experienced business coaches. Hikes and Hose uses highly sustainable and durable outdoor gear products from recycled fabrics and firehose.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Ben Franklin Technology Partners is thrilled to announce the upcoming Feed the Founders networking event, scheduled for Thursday, March 21, 2024, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Feed the Founders is a monthly networking event designed for entrepreneurs who are building businesses based on novel innovations.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

A 2020 report by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) revealed that despite women constituting 30 percent of the region’s entrepreneurs, they receive a mere eight percent of venture capital funding. The five most promising teams will be able to secure up to S$80,000 in funding to fuel their ventures and drive social impact.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Register Stilt Studios , the Indonesian startup renowned for its innovative prefabricated modular homes, has successfully concluded a series A funding round, raising $10 million through a blend of debt and equity investments. Based in Bali, Indonesia , Stilt Studios specializes in creating sustainable and modular homes.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 17, 2024

NJ FAST is the fourth Strategic Innovation Center in the state and will support research and development, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the Fintech and Insuretech Sectors HOBOKEN, N.J. The Strategic Innovation Center (SIC) will serve as a hub for financial technology (fintech) and insurance technology (insuretech) startups.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2023

Equatorial Space Systems’s breakthrough in rocket propulsion holds the potential to lower barriers related to safety, cost, and sustainability that have traditionally impeded the adoption of space technologies. The first launches of the Dorado rocket are slated for mid-2024.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 2, 2024

NJ’s Strategic Innovation Center will support 100 new companies over next five years, generating at least 2,500 new jobs NEWARK, N.J. From HAX to the Princeton AI Hub, to the Helix and Edge Works, New Jersey’s innovation story is evolving and our investment in the field will lead to long-term, sustainable economic growth.”

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 16, 2024

Ventures with underrepresented founders will compete for share of more than $130,000 in cash grants, plus mentoring and connections. This year’s categories are Early Stage , FinTech , Life Sciences , Environmental Impact and Delaware Impact , reflecting Delaware’s evolving innovation and industry landscape. WILMINGTON, Del.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

You see, insurtech startups often need to take into account the myriad rules and regulations in place when they seek to innovate and embed insurance into products, which might make it difficult to pull it off. And according to David Wechsler, a principal at OMERS Ventures, “having an embedded strategy is not required for venture funding.”

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Board will work to increase capital to minority-owned startups, create diverse innovation economy WOODBRIDGE, N.J. The State recognizes national studies that correlate with the NVCA study that finds only one percent of venture capital-backed founders are Black and less than two percent are Hispanic.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Intended to evolve Pangyo Techno Valley beyond its reputation as South Korea’s gaming nucleus, the ‘Pangyo Contents Street’ will solidify its status as a beacon for game culture and innovative content. With an investment of 4.47 nationally.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Meeting highlights Governor’s commitment to equity and inclusion in New Jersey’s innovation economy TRENTON, N.J.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 28, 2024

Automated Workplace Coaching Platform Triples Revenue, Expands Services to Further Help Organizations Maximize Employee Talent Cincinnati, OH – March 27, 2024 – Cloverleaf , the leading automated coaching technology designed to bring out the best in workers and teams, announced today that it has secured a $7.3

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Existing investors also participated, including Barclays’ Sustainable Impact Capital, CDP Venture Capital, Invitalia, Novum Capital Partners and 360 Capital. The round was co-led by Eni Next, the corporate VC arm of Italian energy giant Eni; along with Neva SGR, the VC company owned by European banking group Intesa Sanpaolo.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

In a galaxy far, far away : If you’re a Star Wars fan, Disney+ will debut a new series called “The Acolyte” in 2024. Last year, VCs flowed approximately $6 billion to resale platforms, writes Brian Schwarzbach, an investor with Cathay Innovation. Startups and VC Everyone needs some good competition to get the creativity flowing.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Popple had recently left Proterra and had joined G2 Venture Partners. As G2 Venture Partners wrote in its remembrance of Popple: “Ryan embodied entrepreneurial spirit and devoted his life to creating a better future. million in funding led by Dynamo Ventures with participation from Wollef Ventures and Zenda Capital.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

million in a Series A2 round led by Blue Bear Capital and HSBC Asset Management with participation from Riverstone Holdings and Capnamic Ventures. million in pre-seed and seed funding round led by Augment Ventures with participation by Accion Venture Lab, TMV, Overton Venture Capital and Refashiond Ventures.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

trillion by 2024. The COVID-19 pandemic is helping startups that innovate in areas like payments, financing, insurance and compliance. Even so, according to Merritt Hummer, a partner at Bain Capital Ventures, “B2B marketplaces cannot simply remain stagnant, serving as simple transactional platforms.”

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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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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 15, 2024

With the effects of climate change on the rise, innovation is desperately needed in the industry but nearly impossible to execute as there is currently no affordable way to make cement at smaller scales. Furno’s oversubscribed round was led by Energy Capital Ventures (ECV) and joined by O’Shaughnessy Ventures, Cantos and Neotribe.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Modular , a startup creating a platform for developing and optimizing AI systems, has raised $100 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst with participation from GV (Google Ventures), SV Angel, Greylock and Factory. ” Ambitious much? ” Modular’s Mojo programming language, a “fast superset” of Python.

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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

MARCH 16, 2023

That’s why so much of our robotics coverage revolves around startups and venture funding. ” Here is what they told me: Peter Barrett, Playground Global: Why the venture community decided to call in an airstrike on their portfolio companies is quite beyond me. How best would an adversary attack innovation in robotics?

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

But progress is being made as seen in the rising number of women-led venture funds that focus on funding women entrepreneurs. In addition, Crunchbase reports that w omen-founded venture firms in the U.S. venture firms allocated only 22% of their deals to female-founded startups. billion of total venture capital.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Life lessons from a venture visionary. By 2024, when Flytrex plans to be operating at scale, it aims to bring the cost per delivery down to $1.14. Life lessons from a venture visionary. Our virtual shopping innovator ByondXR has done it again, adding another top brand to its growing list of clients. Click to learn more.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2023

It’s the shared micromobility operator that has gained a rep for growing at a steady, sustainable pace, rather than moving fast and breaking things? The company is starting with limited sales this year and will grow its capacity in 2024 if all goes well. Micromobbin’ You remember Veo , right? The Cosmo X starts at $3,499.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

In order to determine one, you should ask fundamental questions: What’s the long-term, sustainable reason that the company will stay in business? By 2024, analysts predict cars with voice recognition will comprise 60% of the market. 5 innovative fundraising methods for emerging VCs and PEs. EDT/noon PDT.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

ACA also became part of the innovation ecosystem in Washington, DC, partnering with other organizations and joining White House and other Obama administration initiatives to shine a light on entrepreneurship. The SBA is a great example for ACA to follow in how they have sustainable companies with diverse founders.

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