TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2023

General Atlantic has poured another $100 million in PhonePe, three months after leading a $350 million investment in the Indian fintech startup that has so far raised $750 million in an ongoing financing round. Walmart-backed PhonePe disclosed the investment in a filing with the local regulator on Wednesday.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Walmart-backed PhonePe has said previously that it plans to raise up to $1 billion as part of the ongoing financing round. “We The startup doesn’t expect to turn EBIDTA positive, a key profitability metric, until calendar year 2025, KMPG wrote in its valuation report.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

I recently wrote about the so-called “Embedded finance” trend, citing the example of Intergiro’s recent fundraising in the space. In a statement, Nawaz said: “Embedded finance is no longer the exclusive privilege of large technology firms. There’s now yet another example of this trend in the shape of HUBUC.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 27, 2023

Register The possibility of an economic recession this year is expected to cause delays in the recovery of the digital assets industry by at least a year or in 2025 yet. But the rebound in the crypto market could be pushed back from 2024 to 2025 if a recession occurs. This means that they will have less money to trade or invest.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

JIC Venture Growth Investments led the Series E equity funding, with participation from Z Venture Capital , a venture investment arm of Z Holdings, Japan Post Capital and Salesforce Ventures. Mizuho Bank and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group also joined in its debt financing. The latest round brings its total funding raised to $41.4

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2021

million Series A, led by original design manufacturer Wistron Corporation, with participation from Hive Ventures, Top Taiwan Venture Capital Group and Silicon Valley Taiwan Investments. InfuseAI fits perfectly into our investment thesis which is focused on platforms and software in the enterprise adoption cycle.”

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

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. Additionally, Awak intends to leverage the investment to diversify its product portfolio, focusing on creating complementary items tailored for home dialysis.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

Still, she doesn’t expect to get the pork loin into the hands of consumers until 2025, with commercial plants coming online in 2026, followed by mass production in 2027.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Viva Republica, an operator of South Korean finance super app Toss , has finalized a $405 million Series G funding and it says it is now valued at 9.1 Korea Investment & Securities participated in the latest funding as well. Toss joined the unicorn club with its $80 million financing at a valuation of $ 1.2 billion (8.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

This week, the company said it was investing $1.4 Speaking of Stellantis, LG Energy also said it would invest more than $4.1 This will be a 45 GWh-capacity site that is expected to launch production operations in Q1 2024, and be fully operational by 2025. . The pilot will focus on deliveries to and from small businesses.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 17, 2022

Although it was mainly used in M&A due diligence processes, recently, VDR has been used for a wider variety of applications as a collaboration solution for sharing confidential information such as technical data during an IPO, investment attraction, in-out licensing, and corporate due diligence. billion in 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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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 11, 2025

Despite holding a staggering $370b war chest in 2025, tech giants aren’t racing to acquire companies they’re too busy building their AI empires, one data center at a time. This focus elsewhere creates an opportunity for mid-market players to lead the M&A wave of 2025. 2 Nvidia also spent $11b repurchasing shares.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

What’s more, about 75% of the investments in that period happened in the last two years alone. That started to change toward the end of 2020 — several quarters in the last two years have seen more than $2 billion invested, and a couple have had more than $3 billion. Venture capital firms aren’t unusual in the battery world.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

based investment fund Talanton and Swiss investor AlphaMundi Group. Novastar Ventures , which co-led the firm’s Series A round, and Blink CV also made follow-on investments. Kenya’s Victoria Commercial Bank offered $3 million debt financing, $1 million of which is mezzanine financing – a debt that can be turned into equity.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 26, 2022

This is part of a strategic investment, with startup and MUFG planning to expand into new markets and product together in 2023. Earlier this year, Akulaku raised $100 million in funding from Siam Commercial Bank as part of another strategic investment. Founded in 2016, its target is to serve 50 million users by 2025.

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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

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. He has a deep history of investing in deep tech startups that have gone on to disrupt industries across AI, data, semiconductors, among others.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

Zoomo also wants to build up its consumer model, which mainly serves couriers but is extending to commuters, and will invest in the development of its next generation of vehicle offerings. “We It also launched a new subsidiary to finance the vehicles, along with its software, to shared micromobility providers.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

The Indian hyperlocal delivery startup Dunzo is in late-stage discussions to secure about $50 million in a new financing round, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, as the Bengaluru-headquartered startup scrambles for comfort in an otherwise funding winter for younger firms.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

. “To ensure accuracy, predictions are made for venture-backed companies that have received at least two rounds of venture financing deals.” ” PitchBook certainly isn’t the first to develop an algorithmic tool to inform investment decisions.

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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

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. ” Michel was inspired to start the pledge after realizing his own investments leaned toward Black male founders. .”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2021

Previously backed by the Bill Gates-financed Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund, the new company has just raised roughly $50 million of an approximately $60 million financing round to expand its operations, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2023

That’s a compelling prospect for Porsche, a company that plans to expand its EV lineup beyond the Taycan over the next several years, including the Macan in 2024, the 718 in 2025, a Cayenne and a yet-to-be-named full-sized SUV. Pull Systems plans to add several more carmakers to its service over the next year.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

In light of Women’s History Month, we’re taking a look at the status of gender diversity in investment portfolios because women remain underrepresented in the field of entrepreneurship. Data show that men were four times as likely as women to access equity financing from angel investors or VCs (14.4% against 3.6%).

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Exo , pronounced “echo,” raised a fresh cash infusion of $220 million in Series C financing aimed at commercializing its handheld ultrasound device and point-of-care workflow platform, Exo Works. The round was led by RA Capital Management, while BlackRock, Sands Capital, Avidity Partners, Pura Vida Investments and prior investors joined in.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2022

Demonstrating that there’s a robust market for contract management solutions, LinkSquares , a company developing intelligent software that helps brands maintain and ink new contracts, today announced that it raised $100 million in Series C financing led by G Squared. million at an $800 million valuation. ” Growing market.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

Following this investment, the startup has reached a valuation of $5 billion (€4.4 Our goal is to reach one million SMEs by 2025,” co-founder and CEO Alexandre Prot told me. From everyday banking to an all-in-one finance solution. Qonto will also invest heavily in its existing markets. “We Image Credits: Qonto.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 6, 2025

Unveiling the Capsule report at the Empowering Young Women event To mark the completion of the programme, Capsule hosted the Empowering Young Women event on February 11, 2025, at Impact Hub Bucharest where the reports key findings were presented. Beginners need foundational knowledge in business planning, marketing, and finance.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

NFX and existing backers Pear and Mexico-based Wollef (formely known as Jaguar Ventures) doubled down on their investment, which values Melonn “in the neighborhood” of $100 million post-money and brings the Bogota-based startup’s total raised to $24 million since its November 2020 inception. So, just how does it work?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

Laiye’s Series C financing came in three tranches, with the last one to have recently closed at $70 million, an oversubscribed round led by influential Chinese private equity firm Hopu Magnolia. To fill the gap, he started Laiye in 2015. based Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2021

million, according to Yahoo Finance data. Proofpoint CEO Gary Steele said in a statement the acquisition to go private will allow the company to be “more agile with greater flexibility to continue investing in innovation, building on our leadership position and staying ahead of threat actors.” million, up 15% versus $249.8

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

The e-commerce market in Latin America has been gaining traction over the past two years and is poised to double in size and be valued at more than $100 billion by 2025. After bringing in $8 million in a few rounds over the years, Zubale is back with a new cash infusion of $40 million in Series A financing led by QED Investors.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

Investors in SiCepat’s Series B include Falcon House Partners; Kejora Capital; DEG (the German Development Finance Institution); Telkom Indonesia’s investment arm MDI Ventures; Indies Capital; Temasek Holdings subsidiary Pavilion Capital; Trihill Capital; and Daiwa Securities.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The investment — which co-founder and CEO Eerik Oja called a bridge round — is a prequel to a larger Series A round next year. It comprises $6 million equity and $24 million in debt financing. . Naspers, through its early-stage investment vehicle, Naspers Foundry , led the equity round with $3.4

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2022

Jarkata-based Astro, which provides 15-minute grocery delivery, has recently closed a $60 million Series B financing round, lifting its total funding to $90 million since the business launched just nine months ago. The e-grocery delivery market in Indonesia is projected to reach $6 billion by 2025.

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