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Creator Ventures Raises $45M Fund II to Back the Next Generation of Consumer Internet Startups
American Entrepreneurship
MAY 21, 2025
Consumer has the largest share of global GDP, and yet consumer startups have been underfunded by venture capital in recent years, said Sasha Kaletsky, Managing Partner at Creator Ventures. What sets the firm apart is not just capital, but a deep blend of market expertise and firsthand creator economy experience.
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Praise Our Lord For Secondary Markets, Because Selling Shares Is Now an Essential Part of (Seed) Venture Capital
Hunter Walk
APRIL 21, 2025
That’s a 2025 milestone as Homebrew turns 12.5 I entered venture capital with some beliefs – many of which still hold true (such as ‘your LPs are your business partners, not your customers’). Soon I’ll have spent more time on cap tables than org charts.
Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome
NZ Entrepreneur
MARCH 16, 2025
So it’s much less about raising capital, it’s much more about business fundamentals. And we’ve kind of moved to a virtual event because, for us, we have a great relationship with VC’s in the market, and with angel investors in the market. Topics that are important have really emerged from past events.
Headwinds, Tailwinds, and Crosswinds Ahead for Rising Startup Ecosystems
Revolution
DECEMBER 23, 2024
In 2025, startups beyond the coasts and outside of the traditional tech hubs will face new challenges and, with customary resourcefulness, also seize new opportunities. With scarcer exit opportunities and LPs looking for returns, VCs may retreat further to perceived safety in traditional techhubs. startups in Q1-Q2 of 2024.
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JUNE 5, 2025
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JUNE 5, 2025
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New report examines Africa’s growth in the digital economy and VC investment landscape
TechCrunch
JUNE 8, 2022
The dynamics that play into this forecast, aside from the impact of COVID, include a youthful population (the youngest globally), rising smartphone adoption and internet penetration that has led to a burgeoning tech ecosystem backed by local and international VC dollars. million jobs due to Google’s $1 billion investment in the continent.
Nigerian healthtech startup Reliance Health raises $40M led by General Atlantic
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
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. After years of government- and donor-backed funding initiatives, venture capital in African healthtech is picking up.
Niio announces $15M Series A following strategic partnership with Samsung Displays
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
The round was co-led by L Catterton, a joint venture between LVMH and Catterton, Entrée Capital and Pico Venture Partners. The digital art market is projected to be approximately $50 – $100 billion by 2025, according to Anders. Digital art has long been on our radar at L Catterton.
Another huge funding round gives Veho room to deliver
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
Existing investors, including General Catalyst, Bling Capital, Construct Capital, Industry Ventures and Origin Ventures, joined the round. Other notable investors in the company include The Chainsmokers’ Mantis VC Fund and the founders and CEOs of Allbirds, Everlane, FIGS, Harry’s, Flexport and Warby Parker. billion by 2025.
GetVantage offers revenue-based financing to India’s founders
TechCrunch
JUNE 29, 2022
Varanium Capital partner Aparajit Bhandarkar will join GetVantage’s board. Other participants included Sony Innovation Fund, InCred Capital and Haldiram’s Family Office. The traditional process of raising capital is complex, cumbersome and simply doesn’t work for all enterprises and business owners,” Vasa said.
“Workers are mad and no longer willing to sit idly by being spoon fed ‘we’re family’ b t from bosses:” Logan LaHive is Helping Employees Organize & Collectively Bargain. But Did He Compromise His Own Vision By Taking Venture Capital for the Startup?
Hunter Walk
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
What will unionization rates in private workforce be in 2025? Frankly, raising capital to work on this problem is and was privilege. Straight cis white guy from background in tech/startups, who ran an accelerator program so has many years of relationships with VCs, and raising preseed in the yolo era of 2019 (rip). I don’t know.
Your deal flow is not diverse enough
TechCrunch
MARCH 9, 2021
A survey of women from 350 tech startups reinforced this: 72% of women respondents said that they faced difficulty attaining financial capital when they were starting their businesses and nearly 80% of them had to rely on personal funding. Furthermore, women founders receive less than 3% of all VC dollars. of VC partners in the U.S.
Investors say web3 and hype are in for 2023, high valuations are out — maybe?
TechCrunch
JANUARY 4, 2023
California-based VC: New deployments have halted for us, and remaining funds are being directed to follow-on rounds for our existing portfolio. Kirby Winfield, founding general partner, Ascend VC: Gotta be like 80% no longer worth $1 billion if you’re using public market comps. We view this as a great opportunity to lean in.
Akeyless secures a cash infusion to help companies manage their passwords, certificates and keys
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
million in debt — led by NGP Capital with participation from Team8 Capital and Jerusalem Venture Partners. billion by 2025. Hareven didn’t mention during our conversation, but Akeyless is also likely to benefit from the continued broader VC interest in cybersecurity. million in equity and $19.5
Axio lands $23M to help companies quantify cyber risk
TechCrunch
AUGUST 4, 2022
Axio , a platform for cybersecurity risk evaluation, today announced the closure of a $23 million Series B round led by Temasek’s ISTARI, with participation from investors NFP Ventures, IA Capital Group and former BP CEO Bob Dudley.
Extra Crunch roundup: Z?m CEO interview, Cisco’s M&A ethos, neoinsurance bad romance
TechCrunch
AUGUST 24, 2021
It’s clear that the additional overhead is generating higher prices, but not necessarily better results, according to Sumi Das and Nina Gerson, who lead healthcare investments at Capital G. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Image Credits: Cowboy Ventures / Guild Education. Since then, Z?m
TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics
Dream It
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Via TechCrunch by Arman Tabatabai: Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries. Last November, we surveyed 13 of the top robotics-focused VCs to find out which areas of robotics are exciting them most going into 2020.
Edda wants to be the Bloomberg Terminal for private markets
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Edda was founded initially as Kushim VC back in 2017 , but the company has just completed its official rebranded to Edda, while it has also announced $5.8 million in funding from a slew of backers including iPhone co-creator Tony Fadell’s Future Shape ; Mucker Capital; Plug&Play; FJ Labs; and angel investor Arnaud Bonzom. .
Venture studio Adanian Labs fuels startup growth in Africa
TechCrunch
JUNE 29, 2022
In February 2020, as the world was shutting down, and as businesses downsized on account of the Covid pandemic, John Kamara was busy establishing another new startup Adanian Labs in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. New report examines Africa’s growth in the digital economy and VC investment landscape. How Adanian Labs started.
PH venture investor Kickstart Ventures commits to expand investments globally
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.
Extra Crunch roundup: ‘Nightmare’ security breach, Poshmark’s IPO, crypto boom, more
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 18, 2020
According to the entrepreneurs and investors reporter Natasha Mascarenhas spoke to, this deal “shows the strength of edtech’s capital options as the pandemic continues.” trillion by 2025, but e-commerce represents just 3% of that activity today, reports Manish Singh. What’s the risk that the investor will hurt the business?
Extra Crunch roundup: Jam City SPAC, startup PR, telemedicine market map, more
TechCrunch
MAY 21, 2021
billion blank-check deal with DPCM Capital. Perhaps that will unlock more late-stage capital for hardware-focused upstarts. According to data gathered by Rob Olson, partner and head of data strategy at venture engine M13, startups that have two or more experienced founders tend to exit 33% faster and raise 34% less capital.
K-Startup Grand Challenge 2022 is accepting applications from global startups till May 31
AsiaTechDaily
MAY 18, 2022
Seoul, its capital, is the world’s second-largest metropolitan area, with almost half of all Korean citizens living in or around the city. Furthermore, the government plans to find 200 promising startups through 2022 and 1,000 promising startups, and 700 pre-unicorn startups by 2025. trillion won (US$6.4
These 5 investors are betting on helping you live longer and better
TechCrunch
AUGUST 18, 2022
Analysts estimate that the market for “delaying human death” could be worth $610 billion by 2025. Interest in the space seems to be growing rapidly in the VC community, so I spoke with five investors to get a better idea of where longevity tech is headed and just how big the market stands to become. It will be that fast.”
Extra Crunch roundup: Klaviyo EC-1, micromobility’s second wave, UiPath CFO interview, more
TechCrunch
APRIL 23, 2021
Now that many consumers are buying their own e-bikes and e-scooters, shared dockless micromobility “just hasn’t proven itself to be a profitable line of business,” Puneeth Meruva, an associate at Trucks Venture Capital, told TechCrunch. By 2025, 463 exabytes of data will be created each day, according to some estimates.
Newsletter: Airbnb, DoorDash & DropBox incubator
OurCrowd
DECEMBER 13, 2020
OncoHost is using artificial intelligence software to revolutionize the $275B market (2025) for immunotherapy cancer drugs. OurCrowd’s OC50 portfolio index fund is now available to individual investors in Canada, opening up the world of VC investing for thousands of people and further democratizing the private asset class. Learn more.
Fintech’s growing role in the healthcare revolution
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Simon is an investment director with Cathay Innovation , a global venture capital firm investing across North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. The quest to provide more affordable and accessible healthcare, magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic, has spurred an explosion of innovation, which in turn has attracted massive amounts of capital.
Daily Crunch: Tesla shares drop after leaked CEO email reveals hiring freeze, plans to cut 10% of staff
TechCrunch
JUNE 3, 2022
The delivery kids aren’t all right : Delivery startups, once the “darlings” of venture capital investment as Kyle put it, found their stride when none of us could go places over the past 2 years. Startups and VC. This is about changing the power dynamics in venture capital,” he told TechCrunch.
Allocate banks $5M to open up venture capital fund access
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.
The Proptech Startups Using VR & AR to Reshape Real Estate
Dream It
APRIL 24, 2019
According to Goldman Sachs , virtual and augmented reality (AR) will become an $80 billion market by 2025, and $2.6 Over the past week, Zillow announced the rollout of their 3D Home tool, which lets real estate agents show immersive VC views of homes for sale. billion will be specifically for real estate.
The grocery industry’s shopping list: Inventory management, frictionless checkout, computer vision
TechCrunch
AUGUST 12, 2022
And venture capital is here for it. Bagging capital and expanding footprints. Grocery tech is attracting VC activity for a few reasons: For one, grocery retail is such a large market — a $1 trillion industry that is poised to grow 3% each year for the next eight years, according to Grandview Research.
Hypd raises $4m to empower content creators in India
AsiaTechDaily
MAY 3, 2023
Existing investors Sauce VC and Better Capital also participated, doubling down on their previous investments. The platform aims to support 100,000 creators by 2025, tapping into India’s $100B commerce market. Hypd was founded by Ashwarya Garg and Akshay Bhatnagar and is headquartered in Delhi.
Zoomo raises $12 million to expand e-bike subscription offerings
TechCrunch
MAY 3, 2021
Zoomo, the Australian startup with a mission to electrify delivery fleets through e-bike subscriptions, announced a $12 million interim capital raise on Monday. With $11 million in fresh capital, Bolt Bikes rebrands to Zoomo. billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate of 11%.
PitchBook’s new tool uses AI to predict which startups will successfully exit
TechCrunch
MARCH 20, 2023
The venture capital and private equity database today launched VC Exit Predictor, a tool trained on PitchBook data to attempt to suss out a startup’s growth prospects. VC firms, including SignalFire, EQT Ventures and Nauta Capital, are using AI-powered platforms to flag potential top firms. PitchBook believes so.
Black Founders Matter presses VCs to pledge commitment to diversity
TechCrunch
JUNE 3, 2022
The fund announced today the formation of the 25 by 25 Pledge , which encourages venture capitalists to commit to investing a quarter of their funds into BIPOC women founders by the year 2025. “This is about changing the power dynamics in venture capital,” Michel told TechCrunch.
Vietnam-based Anfin makes stock investing accessible
TechCrunch
JUNE 21, 2022
Participants in the round also included Rebel VC, Kharis Capital, Newman Capital, First Check Ventures, Micro Ventures, Springcamp and AngelHub. The startup is the latest investment app in Southeast Asia to get venture capital funding. The Y Combinator alum announced today it has raised a $4.8
McKinsey, eyeing the MLOps space, buys Tel Aviv-based Iguazio
TechCrunch
JANUARY 23, 2023
Prior to the acquisition, Iguazio managed to raised $72 million in venture capital from investors including INCapital Ventures, Pitango VC, Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) and Magma Venture Partners according to CrunchBase data. By one estimation , the market for MLOps could reach $4 billion by 2025. But demand is growing.
4 Indian investors explain how their investment strategy has changed since 2021
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. This has resulted in a difficult environment from a capital availability perspective in India and other emerging markets.
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