AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 29, 2023

Wavemaker Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm with offices in Los Angeles and Singapore, led the funding. Krungsri Finnovate, the Thai venture capital firm managing Finnoventure Fund I, is pivotal in this funding round. New investors include Headline Asia, based in Tokyo, and Finnoventure Fund I.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This adjustment is expected to come into effect by 2024. These adjustments are expected to provide greater flexibility for individual investors and startups alike, offering crucial support to businesses with promising growth prospects. Additionally, the maximum fundraising limit for companies will be expanded fivefold.

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Jason Calacanis

DECEMBER 10, 2023

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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 firm plans to commit at least 10 percent of the total capital commitment up to a maximum of $2.5

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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. HAX, a startup development program for pre-seed hard tech companies, with offices across the world, supports startups and entrepreneurs through investment capital, mentorship, and collaboration.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The board will provide knowledge, guidance, and insights on ways to best increase capital, access, and investments in New Jersey’s diverse entrepreneurs. 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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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

NJ Entrepreneur Support Program provides guarantees to support investments into Garden State companies TRENTON, N.J. The $5 million program encourages investors to provide additional funding to businesses by providing an NJEDA guarantee on loans advanced for working capital purposes.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 25, 2024

The country’s only tech-enabled deposit network is leaving behind competitor networks that still use manual processes While fintech funding languished in 2023 , deposit management platform ModernFi is an exception going into 2024, having just closed an $18.7 million Series A funding round. The current round adds to a $4.5

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Alliance Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, became WeRide’s strategic investor in 2018 following the completion of the startup’s Series A round, which was partially funded by the Chinese facial recognition giant SenseTime. ” WeRide’s competitors include Pony.ai

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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.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 14, 2023

The NJIEF, launched in 2022, is a groundbreaking tool to increase access to strategic resources and venture capital in New Jersey. Under the NJIEF, the State acts as an equity investor in startups, deploying up to $600 million into companies alongside professional venture capital groups.

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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

MAY 24, 2022

We have big ambitions at Firework — to become the infrastructure on which the next-generation of the internet is built and run — and Softbank Investment Advisers supports that vision.”. live commerce market, which is poised to reach $35 billion in sales by 2024. That compares to the U.S. Other companies think so, too.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

March 5, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) held the first in-person meeting of the Diversity Finance Advisory Board (DFAB) last week, bringing together a diverse group of investors, entrepreneurs, and mentors for presentations and networking sessions.

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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

” On the flip side, he predicts that corporates with venture capital arms that are “committed to the insurance sector will likely step up their involvement.” ” This also seems true more broadly of venture funds with a strong insurtech thesis. tourist investors”) have left the space.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2023

Unplugged : YouTube is shutting down Indian social commerce app Simsim but says it is still committed to building “a seamless shopping experience for viewers and supporting creators’ businesses,” Manish writes. Looking for “the perfect vehicle for chaos?” : Then look no further than the 2024 GMC Hummer EV SUV.

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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 investment will also support Energy Dome’s business expansion in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Partners Investment and Murex Partners co-led the new funding, with participation from Smilegate Investment, Quantum Ventures Korea , ABC Partners , Everrich Group, GS Group’s corporate venture capital firm GS Futures , We Ventures, Base Investment and Dunamu & Partners.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Oh, and support our colleagues over at the Chain Reaction and Found podcasts: They were nominated for a Webby , so please support them with a vote by April 20. In a galaxy far, far away : If you’re a Star Wars fan, Disney+ will debut a new series called “The Acolyte” in 2024. The lesson for today: “ Don’t ever leak data.”

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2022

The spending per buyer in e-commerce is forecasted to go from $2,600 in 2019 to $4,300 in 2024. Strong Government Support: The Korean government is constantly improving the country’s infrastructure. Venture capital investments have also poured into Korean startups and grew 78% year-on-year in 2021, surpassing 7.7

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

One of the main goals of the Ukrainian government is to increase the IT sector’s share of the country’s GDP from the current 4% to 10% by 2024. Global finance and tech firms are supporting Ukraine. Meta, with the support of the Ministry of Digital Transformation, recently launched a $1.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

We want to support them as much as we can.”. trillion by 2024,” Miah said. The bank’s Cash Back for Buying Black program helps members earn up to 15% cashback when they spend money at black-owned businesses. . “I I believe the most recent stat was that 41% of black owned businesses have closed since COVID-19 started,” Hawkins said. “We

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

“Paris and Singapore are in pole position [as the first cities], where Paris wants to have electric air taxis established for the 2024 Olympics. Avala Capital; automotive parts behemoth Continental AG; Japan’s NTT via its venture capital arm; Tokyo Century, a Japanese leasing company; and multiple family offices, among others.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

alone expected to hit $2 billion this year — a figure that’s set to double by 2024. And given how popular podcasts are with drivers , Snipd also recently rolled out support for Apple’s CarPlay, allowing users to generate podcast highlights while at the wheel.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Travel booking startup Hopper today announced that it closed a $96 million follow-on investment from Capital One , bringing the company’s total raised to close to $730 million, Kyle reports. I am on an H-1B, have an approved I-140, and an I-797 that expires in March 2024. Want to start a DAO? It’s not that hard. Want to join a DAO?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

They will, however, be built with a teleoperations-based system on top of the AV stack so that humans can still be involved in maneuvering around hubs or to take over if needed, Doorley said, noting that the company is expecting to have alpha vehicles on the road by 2024.

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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Japanet, one of Japan’s largest television shopping companies, and Pegasus have established a $50 million venture fund to invest in startups from around the world, including for a major new development in Nagasaki. Japanet is looking for startups to support its expansion into new sectors. The firm currently has $1.5

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

But the competition, while fierce, hasn’t scared away firms like NeuReality , which occupy the AI chip inferencing market but aim to differentiate themselves by offering a suite of software and services to support their hardware. To date, it’s raised $48 million in venture capital.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

lbs (3kg) including the drone, cloud-based software, and supporting systems. By 2024, when Flytrex plans to be operating at scale, it aims to bring the cost per delivery down to $1.14. Michael, Co-founder and General Partner at Aleph VC, was my partner for over a decade at Israel Seed, one of Israel’s pioneering venture capital firms.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2023

All eyes were on San Francisco this week as critics and supporters of deploying self-driving cars on public roads awaited a vote from the California Public Utilities Commission. The company is starting with limited sales this year and will grow its capacity in 2024 if all goes well. The Cosmo X starts at $3,499. In other news . . .

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 9, 2023

We are thrilled to have the support of investors who share our vision for transforming heart failure management,” said Anthony Arnold, President and CEO of Sensydia. The funding was led by Florida-based Orlando Health Ventures, with participation from Colle Capital, Frontier Venture Capital, and others.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Gartner predicts that by 2024, 60% of the data used for the de­vel­op­ment of AI and an­a­lyt­ics projects will be syn­thet­i­cally gen­er­ated. ” This will be supported by growing demand for responsible AI, articulated around key concepts such as AI fairness and explainability. Synthetic data helps answer these challenges.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2022

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Novastar Ventures becomes $200M African VC fund after $108M raise. What inspired your transition from the Venture Capital world to iProcure, which is a Novastar Ventures portfolio company? Fortunately, some have asked me to continue to support them, so the void is not completely empty yet.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

As such, virtual and augmented reality companies building decentralized metaverse platforms have caught the attention of venture investors looking to capitalize on the growth of Web3. Investors seeking to capitalize on the convergence of AI and Web3 might ask, “How can we potentially benefit from this fusion?”

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