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SG’s Equatorial Space bags $1.5m in Seed funding

AsiaTechDaily

The round was also joined by SEEDS Capital and Masik Enterprises. 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. million in seed funding led by Elev8.VC.

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Energy Dome gets $44M uplift into its CO2 battery for renewable energy storage

TechCrunch

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. Existing investors also participated, including Barclays’ Sustainable Impact Capital, CDP Venture Capital, Invitalia, Novum Capital Partners and 360 Capital.

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6 VCs explain why embedded insurance isn’t the only hot opportunity in insurtech

TechCrunch

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. Wechsler said, “Many firms who dabbled in insurtech (A.K.A.

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Massive Acquisitions in Software Startups

Tomasz Tunguz

X 2022 24.9% - 2023 46.2% - 2024 55.4% - The relatively constant drumbeat of smaller acquisitions provides liquidity essential for the venture capital ecosystem, both for venture capital firms to recycle and reinvest and also for founders to generate significant outcomes and potentially try again. X 2021 43.8%

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Daily Crunch: ‘Copy-from-China’ social media app Lemon8 squeezes its way into US top 10

TechCrunch

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

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Startup Fundraising Playbook for 2024

Entrepreneur's Handbook

The head VC guy seems a little bit… weird. In this stage, startups can choose to raise their seed round from early-stage VCs and angel investors. Business #3 (Scale): The only job is to create a growing but sustainable business. From Series A, VCs want to invest in well-established, growing businesses. Rinse and repeat!

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Extra Crunch roundup: B2B marketplaces, edtech M&A, breaking into the $1M ARR club

TechCrunch

trillion by 2024. Even so, according to Merritt Hummer, a partner at Bain Capital Ventures, “B2B marketplaces cannot simply remain stagnant, serving as simple transactional platforms.” ” Pandemic’s impact disproportionately reduced VC funding for female founders.

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