TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

Secai Marche wants to streamline agricultural logistics, making fulfillment more cost-efficient and enabling food businesses to bundle products from different farmers into the same order. Why Alibaba rival Pinduoduo is investing in agritech. billion) in 2030. billion JPY (about $8.5 billion) in 2020 to 2 trillion JPY (about $18.5

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Just over a year after launching its flagship product, Landing AI secured a $57 million round of Series A funding to continue building tools that enable manufacturers to more easily and quickly build and deploy artificial intelligence systems. Andrew Ng, founder and CEO. Image Credits: Landing AI.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

The Indian SaaS industry is projected to generate revenue of $50 billion to $70 billion and win 4%-6% of the global SaaS market by 2030, creating as much as $1 trillion in value, according to a report by SaaSBOOMi and McKinsey. billion, four times the investment in 2018. India’s path to leadership.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Andreessen Horowitz, Giant Ventures, Blue Horizon, Thia Ventures and other venture funds active in decarbonization were part of the investment. On the investor side, the company said it is building an underwriting model to provide ESG investment opportunities. billion in 2021 and is expected to more than double by 2030.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

to develop cooperative robots while Samsung has invested and cooperated with RainbowRobotics (CEO: Lee Jung-ho), which launched HUBO in April this year, the very first humanoid walking robot in Korea. In alignment with this global trend, both large companies and startups in Korea are preparing for the impending changes.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 16, 2024

(April 15, 2024) – Last week, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board approved the creation of the New Jersey Green Bank (NJGB), which will make investments in the clean energy sector that will help advance the state’s efforts to make an equitable transition to 100 percent clean energy.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2023

Charles Wong, founding partner at TNB Aura, expressed his confidence in ORA’s unique approach, stating, “The company’s focus on specialized healthcare verticals, including sensitive topics, combined with its direct-to-patient strategy, has enabled it to stand out in the market.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Austin’s venture capital scene has been hot for years now, but a pair of local investment firms just closed on new funds aimed at injecting more capital into startups in Austin and elsewhere. Axios reported that this was 211% over the number of dollars invested in 2020. ?. Keri Findley, founder of Tacora.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 9, 2023

The new investment will allow Profet AI to accelerate its overseas expansion into Japan, Southeast Asia and China. Established in 2018, Profet AI is a significant enabler of corporate digitalization worldwide. In a statement, the company said that the market is projected to grow globally at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 34.6

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

billion by 2030 , up from $15.2 The latest funding will also enable CloudEats to develop its brands, grow its team and double down on investment in the shared kitchen technology. . “We are taking the best practices along with key learnings to our next market launch.” . The cloud kitchen market in Asia is projected to grow at 14.2%

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

The biotech-enabled food science company will now accelerate research and development (R&D), expand the team and work on co-development of product formulation with key partners as they target to do their first product launch in 2024 in Singapore and India.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad , in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students.” Maqsad announced today its $2.1

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

Analysts say this industry, where spending was $118 billion in 2019, isn’t done with big growth and predict it will more than double by 2030 to $277 billion. In addition to the cat café, which will open in New York in the fall, and retail launch, the new capital enables Smalls to grow its headcount by 25%.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2022

. “Unencrypted data is shared with third-party companies, creating even more cyber vulnerabilities… We wanted to grab the problem at its root, going straight to fully encrypted data processing in live production database environments and enable a truly encrypted tomorrow.” ” Vaultree raises $12.8M

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

As part of this round of investment, Atomico partner Terese Hougaard will join Vaayu’s board (which will now be comprised of 75% female participation). The investment will enable Vaayu to offer retailers emissions benchmarking against their peers and detail the carbon footprint of individual items, it says.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Deepgram’s speech AI is the core enabling technology behind many of our customers’ applications, and the demand for speech understanding grows as companies seek greater efficiency.” ” Through Deepgram’s API, companies can build the platform into their tech stacks to enable voice-based automations and customer experiences.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

Pet pharmacy Mixlab has developed a digital platform enabling veterinarians to prescribe medications and have them delivered — sometimes on the same day — to pet parents. The new investment gives Mixlab total funding of $30 million, said Fred Dijols, co-founder and CEO of Mixlab. Where top VCs are investing in digital health.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

billion by 2030, up from $21.5 An interesting data point: VCs have invested over $118 million in CMS startups in the last year alone.) Ultimately, this means enterprises now have a higher standard for the return on investment in digital investments,” Sampat continued. billion in 2020.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

According to Statista, the number of consumer edge-enabled IoT devices is forecast to grow to almost 6.5 billion by 2030, up from 4 billion in 2020. The investment brings Memfault’s total raised to more than $35 million following a $8.5 million cash infusion in April 2021.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

Root’s software platform enables manufacturers, food processors, and retail in the food and beverage sector to calculate carbon scores and guide business decisions to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in the future. Other estimates range from around 19% globally , to up to 30%, according to UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Cellular growth medium is a component of cellular agriculture that enables lab-grown meat to be made at a lower cost. On average, reports show that lab-grown meat costs about $50 , but that new technologies could bring that down to a more reasonable $3 per pound by 2030. France-Emmanuelle Adil, founder and CEO, Tiamet Sciences.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

Six new investors also have joined the round including Arena Holdings, DST Global, Minerva Growth Partners, Tybourne Capital Management, JAFCO Group and SBI Investment. We enable integrated production of complete sets of equipment consisting of custom-made parts such as sheet metal, machined parts and structural frames.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The startup has raised $4 million in a seed round to build a neobank app that will enable individuals to sign-up with their preferred credit unions to access various financial services. “We The startup’s goal is to serve 1 billion people by 2030.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

It wants to help to drive investment in technology needed to decarbonise energy grids through 24/7 energy tracking. EnergyTag : Another energy-focused startup with a mission of accelerating the shift to renewable energy. 5 areas where VCs can play an outsized role in addressing climate change.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

This happened to be around the time he lost his father to depression, and Meyer decided to take some time off to focus on healing, and about a year-and-a-half ago, he started a number of side passion projects, including angel investing, advising and starting Keto Kitchen. Ghost Financial card app. Image Credits: Ghost Financial. “I

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The global food ingredients market is forecasted to be valued at $400 billion by 2022, while plant-based foods are in line to be a $162 billion market by 2030. As part of the investment, Chuck Templeton, managing director of S2G, joined Shiru’s board. Startups making meat alternatives are gaining traction worldwide.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Matt Murphy and Grace Ge, Menlo Ventures Which trends are you most excited about in construction robotics from an investing perspective? We are active in construction with investments such as HOVER and Fieldwire and believe the entire sector is right for a digital and automation overhaul. About 10 percent of our time.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

trade partners , the political and economic mechanisms for investments and partnerships are in place. enabling real-time collaboration at times that work best for both parties. What’s more, the U.S./Mexico Mexico relationship is seeing a refresh after several tumultuous years. With Mexico ranked No. 1 among U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

But on Wednesday, the company announced a $60 million dollar growth equity investment from FTV Capital. . Department of Health and Human Services projects that seven states will have significant nursing shortages by 2030. Braswell has been fronting the money to enable this feature (“there’s a lot of float there,” he notes).

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

million in VC funding, has facilitated over 200,000 doctor appointments while enabling healthcare providers to generate approximately $130 million in billings. According to both founders, the Helium Health and Meddy teams are identical in operations, technology execution, culture and market price points. The company, backed with just $1.8

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Now, just six months later, the startup is announcing an additional $50 million in Series B investment. trillion market by 2030, according to a forecast from Simon Torrance. We’re doing embedded finance, which is as big or bigger than BaaS,” Brisker told TechCrunch. Image Credits: Alviere.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

Depending on the cost of using both services, this might be an advantageous deal for ride-hailing drivers in California, at least, where the state just decreed 90% of Uber and Lyft drivers must be in EVs by 2030. . The company will work with Sally and probably other fleet and rental companies in the future to make vehicles Ample-enabled.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2021

It confirms it has committed not to receive any investment from traditional carbon-intensive companies.) Nonetheless, the carbon offset markets are poised for huge growth — of at least 15x by 2030 — as large corporates accelerate their net zero commitments.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

It puts startups in a difficult spot: if 2020 was about enabling video-based teaching, what might emerge from 2021? Mercedes Bent and Bradley Twohig , partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners (a multi-stage generalist fund with investments including Forage, Clever, and Outschool). Integration between different edtech apps?

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

Technological leaps have enabled many (though by no means all) of us city-dwellers to sustain ourselves adequately, despite breaking our traditional connection with agricultural life. trillion USD by 2030. It is almost certain that our global society will never again be predominantly agrarian. Photo: Sutton Community Farm.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2022

HSBC Asset Management, the investment arm of Britain’s HSBC Group, has led a seed round of $4 million in Singapore’s customer intelligence and risk assessment startup Bizbaz , the two said Friday. The investment from HSBC, which doesn’t typically back early-stage startups, is noteworthy for Bizbaz.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

million inhabitants practice Islam, fintech companies that focus on Islamic finance include crowdfunding platform Ethis Ventures and investment platform Wahed , which is the only shariah-compliant robo-advisory platform in the country. enabling people to buy Bitcoin. Meanwhile in Malaysia, where 61.3% out of its 33.6

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