AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2023

Register Zhang Yiming, the co-founder of ByteDance, the parent company of the popular social media platform TikTok, has established a new private investment fund in Hong Kong. The fund, known as Cool River Venture, will primarily focus on investing in technology-related industries.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

It highlights important events in the continent’s tech ecosystem until this point, compares its journey with other emerging markets and provides guidance into the opportunities within various sectors. And though they are inclined to follow the money, Endeavor wants them to look beyond usual market opportunities and map out exit pathways.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

Montreal-based Equisoft , an insurance and investment software developer, today announced that it raised $125 million in venture equity. It’s a large amount made more significant by the fact that the investment climate for insurtech vendors is growing increasingly challenging. billion in Q3 to $1.01 billion in Q4. $70

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

million from investors over the last few months, part of which includes a recently concluded $2 million seed round that was led by the Africa-focused venture capital firm 4DX Ventures. Other investors in the seed round were To.org, Golden Palm Investments, LoftyInc Capital, Afropreneur Angels, and Future Africa.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

I am at once proud of and awed by Jonathan, whose dual-track passion for the future of food and the future of Appalachia has brought him to tears more than once since we first invested in early 2018. Having the opportunity to learn from the founders you back is by far one of the most rewarding parts of being a venture capital investor.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

And venture capital is here for it. 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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

Analysts estimate that the market for “delaying human death” could be worth $610 billion by 2025. But that doesn’t sit well with Christian Angermayer, who co-founded Cambrian BioPharma and Rejuveneron, and whose family office Apeiron Investment Group has a special interest in expanding longevity.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

This past year was tumultuous for venture investors, to say the least. The ecosystem watched as startup funding dried up , held its breath as a $32 billion venture-backed company evaporated almost overnight and witnessed one of the largest startup acquisitions of all time. We view this as a great opportunity to lean in.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

And out of this data emerges the fact that Native American women are the least likely to benefit from the wealth and opportunity of the tech industry, and of those obtaining computing degrees, only 0.1% of them are Native women. They are also being hit the hardest by inflation right now, as a result.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

VCs see a rich opportunity in tools to manage the contract lifecycle. Two years ago, startups developing software that helps draft, manage and review contracts raised over $70 million in venture equity. Gartner predicts that legal tech spending — which includes CLM — will increase threefold 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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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 10, 2023

This team, encompassing public officers and a senior representative from the Seongnam Industry Promotion Agency, proactively aids businesses by pinpointing new ventures, mitigating challenges, and streamlining administrative processes. Apart from this, they’ve launched a cybersecurity fund, spotlighting fresh investment prospects.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

million seed round, the company is back with a cash infusion of $15 million in Series A funding in a round led by Craft Ventures. This new investment brings ConverseNow’s total funding to $18.3 billion by 2025, according to Grand View Research. One year after voice-based AI technology company ConverseNow raised a $3.3

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2023

When Porsche partnered with venture studio UP.Labs , the mission was to create six startups over three years all designed to solve the German automaker’s biggest problems and be compelling enough as a standalone business it that can attract other customers. Porsche is its first corporate partner.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Register Committed to accelerate the digital transformation of the world’s fourth largest population, Privy has partnered with KKR , a leading global investment firm. Other participants are existing investors MDI Ventures , GGV Capital and Telkomsel Mitra Inovasi, and new investors including Singtel Innov8.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

million for its Series A funding round participated by GSR Ventures and Do Ventures , according to an announcement. Coolmate is the first Vietnamese startup to receive funding from GSR Ventures, a world-renowned early backer of unicorns including Advance Intelligence Group, Nium, Ele.me, and Xiaohongshu.

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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. We entered this market because we saw a real opportunity to guarantee and deliver quality furniture. It plans to also purchase more equipment.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Various programs were held on the day, such as open discussions with startup companies, a ceremony for signing win-win partnership agreements with large companies in the 2nd Pangyo Techno Valley, a presentation of the Gyeonggi Venture and Startup brand, special lectures, investment consultations, and product demonstrations.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

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. Volta’s wider business strategy will be based both on selling trucks as well as offering its vehicles on a trucking-as-a-service model.

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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. EdgeQ , Kneron , and Hailo are among the dozens of upstarts vying for customers, the last of which nabbed $136 million in October as it doubles down on new opportunities.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The round was led by Asymmetry Ventures, with participation from existing investor SpaceFund and new investors Marubeni Ventures and Audacious Venture Partners. As launch market matures, space opportunities on the ground take off. “We By 2025, Schiel said he hopes every spacecraft will have a RAFTI on it.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Skinner says the startup anticipates human testing to begin toward the end of 2025. The timing when we come to market in 2025 will be well-suited because Hospital at Home models will be more mature and we’ll be ready to integrate.”. NXgenPort is still in the process of receiving FDA approval, so the company can’t test on humans yet.

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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

MARCH 14, 2023

HealthPlix , an Indian startup offering its in-house platform for doctors to help record patient data digitally, has raised $22 million in fresh investment to broaden its reach in the country and allow more doctors to utilize its software to offer improved care to their patients. In India, roughly 300,000 doctors practice medicine regularly.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2022

The Series B round was led by Accel, Citius and Tiger Global, with participation from existing investors AC Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Lightspeed and Sequoia Capital India. The e-grocery delivery market in Indonesia is projected to reach $6 billion by 2025. The company declined to disclose its post-money valuation.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Filevine , a startup offering a software-as-a-service product for legal case management, today announced that it closed a $108 million series D round led by StepStone Group with participation from Golub Capital and existing investors Signal Peak Ventures and Meritech Capital. ” Future growth. Roughly $1.4

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

But those more aligned with the private sphere, such as venture capitalists and private equity investors, perhaps aren’t quite as well-served when it comes to funnelling into the data they need to carry out their due diligence ahead of making a big investment, or tracking and managing their portfolio through to an exit.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

Longevity is one of those things,” said Samuel Gil, partner at JME Ventures. ” Samuel Gil, partner, JME Ventures. But Gil noted that the sheer breadth of opportunity the space offers is nearly unprecedented: There are multiple angles to solve problems for very heterogeneous groups with different requirements.

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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. With this new funding, the company aims to invest in technology development, build operations in Brazil and Chile and launch some embedded finance products and services.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

As a part of an expansion, Google today announced that it’ll invest just over $8 million in organizations helping “justice-impacted” individuals, including the formerly incarcerated, enter the workforce. Google’s lofty goal is to help 100,000 formerly incarcerated people build career skills by 2025.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2021

The Argentina-based fraud and identity protection company announced $12 million in Series B funding Monday from backers including software developer, Globant, as well as Agrega Partners, NXTP Ventures, Bridge One, the IDB Lab and Telefónica. Globant’s investment into VU also serves as a partnership. billion valuation.

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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. Some of the opportunities involve machines, while an equal amount of opportunity lies in the software behind the machines.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 11, 2022

Leading the round is new investor SIG Venture Capital, the Asian venture capital arm of SIG. Other new investors include Singapore-based global investor EDBI and investment holding company First Pacific Company Ltd. The enormous digital financial services opportunity extends to MSMEs. These businesses account for 99.5%

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The company intends to use the funds to add 10,000 new electric vehicles to its platform with the end goal of achieving 100% EVs by 2025. The Series D funding, which is led by Softbank Vision Fund 2 with participation from existing investors including Sequoia and BMW i Ventures, comes just a few months after Z?m

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

It announced today $82 million in Series C funding, led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from existing investors Kaszek and Prosus Ventures. The last round follows a $40 million Series B investment last May from Prosus and Kaszek and brings the company’s total funding to about $128.7 That interest didn’t happen before,” he added. “It

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Dragoneer and Echo Street are investing in the startup for the first time, and many of Lydia’s existing investors are putting more money on the table, such as Tencent, Accel and Founders Future. Hedge funds are now investing in venture rounds. Investing in the most competitive startups have become harder.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Mobiz , a South African startup integrating hyper-personalization into mobile marketing, has raised a pre-Series A round of $ 4 million from HAVAÍC, Futuregrowth, Launch Africa, Allan Gray E-Squared Ventures, CapaciTech and Endeavor’s Harvest Fund. The investment comes as the startup is ramping up efforts to expand into the U.S.

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