HPA

JANUARY 8, 2025

Chicago, IL – January 8, 2025 – Hyde Park Angels ( HPA ), a premier early-stage venture capital group specializing in investing through its unique People First model, is pleased to announce that its portfolio company, Simple Mills , has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Flowers Foods , Inc.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2021

The world of venture capital investing is a relatively small one, and relationship-based to boot. The company, founded by Samir Kaji and Hana Yang in February 2021, is developing an approach to venture capital fund investing that provides a way for investors of any size to participate. Enter Allocate.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

As part of the retail giant’s self-proclaimed mission to better address underrepresentation and technology inequities, the company announced today that it is investing up to $10 million in Brown Venture Group. billion with BIPOC and diverse businesses by 2025. HP outlines ambitious diversity goals.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The funding round was spearheaded by Lion X Ventures and Vickers Venture Partners, with participation from Advanced MedTech and Eckuity Capital. The company aims to refine its ultra-portable peritoneal dialysis (PD) device, gearing it up for the impending final pivotal trial in the United States, scheduled for 2025.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 13, 2024

in funding and carbon removal deals support pilot underway in Brazil Some of the biggest names in climate, technology, and investing are behind a bold plan to scale CO2 removal using an innovative technology called Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW). Terradot, a climate tech startup founded at Stanford, announced its launch with $58.2

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 18, 2025

a pioneering company in quantum computing hardware, has secured a significant investment from Applied Ventures, LLC, the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, Inc. The Expertise Behind Qolab: Co-founder John Martinis A key figure behind Qolabs innovations is Dr. John Martinis, the companys Co-founder and CTO. Qolab, Inc.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Snoop Dogg, rocked the stage at Sunday’s Super Bowl, and now his Casa Verde Capital team is pumping new funds into Frankfurt-based Cansativa Group , touted as the “largest medical cannabis distributor” in Germany. This investment is the largest investment in Germany and in Europe to date, according to the firm.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

After incubating a startup — Axelera AI — to commercialize their chip technology within the blockchain company Bitfury Group, Del Maffeo and team secured capital from VCs including Imec’s venture arm, Imex.xpand. billion by 2025. In addition, the Netherland Enterprise Agency awarded Axelera AI a $6.7

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 19, 2025

Next NJ Program and AI Innovation Challenge Administration Grant Program will increase AI investment and catalyze groundbreaking research TRENTON, N.J. New Jerseys continued investment in the sectors of the future will pay dividends for generations to come, setting the Garden State on a path of economic strength and prosperity.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 21, 2024

Bullpen Capital has invested over $3 million into The Many Company TRENTON, N.J. July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved an investment from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF) into an emerging women-led company, The Many Company.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 19, 2024

Bullpen Capital has invested over $3 million into The Many Company TRENTON, N.J. July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved an investment from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF) into an emerging women-led company, The Many Company.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

After a blockbuster year for venture capital funding in 2021, the flow of capital to Indian startups seemed like it would buck global trends in early 2022, but dried up in the second half of 2022. For Ashutosh Sharma, head of India investments at Prosus Ventures, it is paramount for startups to ensure their existence at this time.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 29, 2025

AsiaTechDaily’s Innovation Exchange Program for January 2025 was an engaging and insightful session featuring Archana Jahagirdar, the founder and managing partner of Rukum Capital, a prominent venture capital firm that […]

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

25 seed and early-stage startups participate in a 5-month long program ending with a Demo Day showcasing their disruptive innovation For its 2024 global accelerator cohort, Morgan Stanley received thousands of applications. The global financial services firm narrowed its selection down to 25 companies for its I nclusive Ventures Lab.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

As AI continues to expand from the cloud to edge devices, EnCharge AIs innovations stand to make AI more accessible, scalable, and energy-efficient, tackling some of the most pressing challenges faced by the tech industry today.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Investment has also trickled down to Africa, with large checks going into growth-stage startups. Reports say healthtech in Africa should reach a market value of over US$11 billion by 2025 and Reliance Health is looking to play a pivotal role in the continent reaching that capitalization.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

And venture capital is here for it. Bagging capital and expanding footprints. That has now grown to 8%, said Elaine Russell, Greycroft principal and co-lead of the Albertsons Fund, a $50 million fund started by Greycroft and the grocery chain in 2018 to invest in the future of retail and next-generation retailers.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 18, 2024

Given this, HumanX , a recently established forum with funding support from venture capital firms, announced it will host an inaugural AI Conference in Las Vegas on March 10-13, 2025. He held leadership roles at Google Wallet and Payments, making multiple company acquisitions and investments in over 100 startups.

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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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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The move aims to create a conducive environment for technopreneurs and supports the broader vision of strengthening the venture capital ecosystem. Rafizi highlighted the importance of helping the venture capital ecosystem as a critical step in expediting the formation and growth of technology-based startups.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The round was led by Altos Ventures , along with strong support from BonAngels Venture Partners, Access Ventures, Mahanusa Capital, Prodigy Investment, and Pearl Abyss Capital. The sector, driven primarily by e-commerce, is on track to become a $130 billion digital market by 2025.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

This amount was double the previous year’s investment, and nine times what was raised five years ago, an indication of how much the startup scene has transformed over the last few years. billion investment that fintechs in Africa raised in 2020, and triple the amount in 2019. This amount was also more than double the $1.35

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

companies will spend upward of $100 billion on AI R&D per year by 2025. Before investing in staffing an AI research lab, consider this advice to determine whether you’re ready to get started. Assuming it’s your organization’s priority to do innovative AI research, the first step is to hire one or two researchers.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Existing investors, including General Catalyst, Bling Capital, Construct Capital, Industry Ventures and Origin Ventures, joined the round. billion by 2025. Given the tailwinds, Zur took the opportunity to work with top venture capital firms, like Tiger and SoftBank, even though it had taken the Series A a mere six weeks prior.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2022

Following today’s investment, the company has reached a valuation of $2 billion. 83North and Dell Technologies Capital also participated in the funding round. 83North and Dell Technologies Capital also participated in the funding round. Previous Exotec investors include Bpifrance, Iris Capital, 360 Capital Partners and Breega.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2022

Register Kickstart Ventures , one of the most active venture capital firms in the Philippines, celebrates its 10th anniversary with a renewed commitment to invest in startups across the Philippines, and in major innovation hubs in Southeast Asia and beyond. on its first year.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 13, 2022

investment from leading global agricultural companies to support commercialization of. The recent funding includes investment from Ospraie. Ag Sciences (OAS), Bunge Ventures, the for-profit, global investment arm of Bunge. The global phosphatic fertilizer market is expected to reach $78B by 2025. Phospholutions Inc.,

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Just five months after announcing a $30 million Series B round , the company is back with an even bigger capital infusion — $60 million in Series C funding led by Insight Partners. The investment brings Esper’s total funding to $100 million. billion units by 2025. The new capital will also play into this.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

James Burnes: Ministry of Awesome is a startup ecosystem organisation that is on a mission to drive New Zealand’s economic growth through founder-led innovation. So it’s much less about raising capital, it’s much more about business fundamentals. Lots of community discussions.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

A recent ZDNet piece reaffirms that the AI edge chip market is booming, fueled by “staggering” venture capital financing in the hundreds of millions of dollars. It brings Sima.ia’s total capital raised to $150 million. billion by 2025. After emerging from stealth in 2019, Sima.ai “Sima.ai

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

The startup, which provides multiple products for the cross-border commerce space in Africa, raised this new financing from a group of international investors co-led by American Express (AMEX) Ventures, the strategic investment group of American Express. This investment is AMEX Ventures’ first in an African startup.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

Gartner predicts that legal tech spending — which includes CLM — will increase threefold by 2025. million in the bank, SpotDraft says that it’ll invest in product development and “aggressive growth” in North America, aiming to double its 170-person headcount within the next 18 months.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Pan-African venture capital fund 4DX Ventures and unicorn Flutterwave are the investors in the round, and it signifies two particular markers for the pair. CinetPay is their first investment in the Francophone region. “Our vision is to be the first payment aggregator in Francophone Africa by 2025. million in seed funding.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

in total capital over five years, after it raised $4.3 million last year from New-York’s Riverside Acceleration Capital (RAC) and a syndicate of Australian investors. billion from 2020 to 2025 , 46% of which will originate from North America. This latest round sees Vivi reach $24.3

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Dwana Franklin-Davis is a lifelong technologist currently serving as the CEO of Reboot Representation , a coalition of tech companies pooling their philanthropic resources to double the number of Black, Latina and Native American women receiving computing degrees by 2025. Invest in college students to invest in diversity.

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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 24, 2021

The company announced today that it has raised $10 million in seed funding from investors including Temasek, K3 Ventures, EDB New Ventures (an investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board), NX-Food, FEBE Ventures and Blue Horizon. million of founder capital.

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