NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

James covers the genesis of Ministry of Awesome following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, and provides updates on Ministry of Awesome approaches to startup founder support and programming. We run programs like Founder Catalyst, which is our flagship incubation nine-month long program that happens year-round.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

A pitch deck for Anthropic’s Series C fundraising round discloses these and other long-term goals for the company, which was founded in 2020 by former OpenAI researchers. “These models could begin to automate large portions of the economy,” the pitch deck reads.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Cellino Bio’s founder Nabiha Saklayen didn’t initially intend to enter TechCrunch Disrupt 2021’s Startup Battlefield — it was her PR advisor who threw the startup’s name in the ring as a wildcard entry. The dream is to build a truly autonomous human cell foundry by 2025. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Tomorrow’s episode of Extra Crunch Live will feature guests VC Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures and Rachel Carlson, CEO and co-founder of Guild Education. Among other topics, Lee will talk about how Guild Education met her criteria for investment before the duo offer feedback on startup pitches submitted by audience members.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Founder and CEO James Eberhard told TechCrunch that revenue increased 100x in the last two years. compound annual growth rate from 2020 to 2025, the demand for accessible trucks for hire might see correlative growth. Fluid Truck’s pitch to businesses extends beyond the “you don’t need to buy or lease” argument.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

But this is something that French startup Edda is looking to fix, with a platform aimed at helping investors, analysts, chief financial officers (CFOs), and even company founders get the insights they need, and the tools that make working collaboratively on deals just that little bit easier. Investors invest. Market opportunity.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2022

Learning from my failures: Lessons from a 2-time founder. Squadhelp CEO and founder Darpan Munjal shut down his previous company, a fashion e-commerce venture, after four years of “solid growth.” ” Learning from my failures: Lessons from a 2-time founder. The secret to doing great reference calls.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2023

CEO and founder Nitin Jayakrishnan says that the new capital will be put toward expanding Pando’s global sales, marketing and delivery capabilities. But Pando has a compelling sales pitch, judging by its momentum. billion by 2025, per Markets and Markets — up from $17.4 The result of those major disruptions?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

“As per Jungle Ventures’ calculations, the total value of the region’s digital companies is around $340 billion today and is estimated to grow to $1 trillion by 2025,” says founding partner Amit Anand. Just shine a light on your SaaS portfolio, according to CEO and co-founder of Zylo, Eric Christopher. That was amazing!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

He is now Firebolt’s CTO (a role previously held by Ariel Yaroshevich, one of the startup’s co-founders), and he will be leading a new Seattle office for the startup. Firebolt cites analysts that estimate the global cloud analytics market will be worth some $65 billion by 2025.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Zach Aarons, co-founder and general partner, MetaProp. Adam Demuyakor, co-founder and managing partner, Wilshire Lane Partners. But TechCrunch reporters spend a lot of time talking with startups, hearing pitches and telling their stories; if you’re curious about which companies stood out from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day, read on.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

100 million, diversified : MassMutual launches $100 million fund to invest in diverse founders , Dominic-Madori reports. TechCrunch+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack. Track the revenue : Ron reports how Reef.ai is helping companies track and expand net revenue retention.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

What will unionization rates in private workforce be in 2025? Or, I hear about the % ROI from Chicago investments being top decile because of lower entry valuations, as if that’s something that is attractive to founders…. It is a certainty that things are and will change… How fast? I don’t know. Others can waste cycles debating it.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

After two years as a virtual event, we’re back in person and TechCrunch is going big with a main stage, outdoor space for demos and exhibits, and even a pitch-off. . Alex Nesic, co-founder of Drover AI , and Janelle Wang, Acton co-founder and CEO, plus one other panelist, are joining us on stage to discuss all this and more. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

Lew Cirne, New Relic’s founder and CEO, is stepping into the executive chairman role. But there’s a simple way to speed up the clock: Bring in one or more founders who have previous executive experience. If you’re an early-stage founder, it is one of the best ways to build and grow your direct relationship with your customer.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

We’re pretty excited for 2025 already, tbh. Haje is back with his weekly Pitch Deck Teardown, this time putting Hour One’s $20M Series A deck in the X-ray machine. TechCrunch+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack. Christine and Haje. The TechCrunch Top 3. You can sign up here.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2022

This inspired its founders Minette Navarrete, Dan Siazon, and Christian Besler to pitch for a pioneering evergreen fund to the Globe board, starting with $2.5M Committing to enabling startups When Kickstart was established in 2012, the Philippine startup ecosystem was at its nascent stage. on its first year.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

However, our primary priority to date has been to support all SMEs, across all business verticals, out there for clear reasons,” CEO co-founder Kira Unger tells TechCrunch. . “PocketLaw can be used by any business owner and any stakeholder in the world, regardless of size, financial muscle or legal experience.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

I asked the founders if they might be interested in sharing their pitch deck. We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that. It even includes great examples of slides that many startup founders get wrong. To my delight, they said yes!

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

We brought together some of the best AI founders and leaders—from those scaling the underlying foundation models to those building products that could transform entire industries—for a series of conversations on where we are, where we’re going, and the big open questions in the field.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The two founders of Parrot Software , Roberto Cebrián and David Villarreal, first met in high school in Monterrey, Mexico. “And he was telling me that no one has been serving [restaurants] properly… Roberto pitched me the idea and I got super involved and decided to start the company.” Image Credit: Parrot Software.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Even the largest landfills in Indonesia are at (or nearing) capacity, and the government has set an ambitious target of 30% waste reduction by 2025 , reports Catherine. Ori Mor writes that hardware startup founders have a uniquely hard time. Startups and VC. DIY: 5 ways disruptive component startups can win over OEMs.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2021

“It’s mostly places where driving 150 miles is unfeasible,” said founder and CEO Michael Norcia. Small planes like this need to change the pitch of their propellers from one configuration during takeoff and climbing to another during cruising, since a different angle is needed for each task. Image Credits: Pyka.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

One surprising delay for India, one giant “whew” for retailers : Manish writes that India is delaying a market share cap on the Unified Payments Interface payments network until 2025. Pitch Deck Teardown: Hour One’s $20M Series A deck. This is a win — for now — for companies like Google and Walmart, which own a large share of it.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Its trio of remote working co-founders have made a simple app for teams to silo some ‘fun’ social interactions — be it a quiz, a game or a baking or ‘who has the cutest baby’ competition — keeping that sort of non-work related yet team-building chatter out of more formal comms channels like Slack and Zoom.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

Around that time, Ischan met co-founder Daud, who had the same concerns and had been doing research about ocean waste. Octopus says that as of 2025, the Indonesian government will have spent $5.1 Without a clear ask, your pitch deck is useless. billion on creating a circular economy for more brands.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

billion factory in Tennessee in 2025, Kirsten reports. Pitch Deck Teardown: Prelaunch.com’s $1.5M In a follow-up, he analyzed the pitch deck for Prelaunch.com’s $1.5 In a follow-up, he analyzed the pitch deck for Prelaunch.com’s $1.5 Here’s how to give it to them, T. You can sign up here. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

Yeeeeeessssssss — if you’re a current student or recent graduate, book any TC Sessions student pass and you’ll automatically be eligible to participate in our student pitch competition for a chance to win a free Disrupt 2022 ticket. Ryan Zurrer, founder, Vine Ventures. Dina Burkitbayeva, founder, PsyMed Ventures.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

Our submission guidelines haven’t changed, but Managing Editor Eric Eldon and I wrote a short post that identifies the topics we’re prioritizing at the moment: How-to articles for early-stage founders. Or at least grow or come under heavy fire from external investors who want to oust the founder-CEO and “reform” the company.

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Revolution

APRIL 9, 2025

The end of 2024 and beginning of 2025 brought sunsets, snow, and spirited conversations. As always, our team covered plenty of groundconnecting with founders, investors, and ecosystem builders, with a few great meals and scenic stops along the way. See you on the road thisspring.

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