TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription “Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started,” says Brett Calhoun, managing director and general partner at Redbud VC.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Some corporations provide grants, as well as organizations focused on funding specific communities. If your business sells a unique product, consider using a crowdfunding site like Kickstarter or Indiegogo to raise funds. Apply to accelerators. Accelerators are highly competitive programs designed to help entrepreneurs succeed.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Logan LaHive: First, the problem… The incredible imbalance of power in workplaces is driving continued acceleration of income inequality, which along with climate, is a top issue facing society today. and yes, I’m intentionally not throwing DAOs or web3 in the mix here as just doesn’t yet deserve implied parity).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

.” To achieve this flexibility (or at least try), Morales and Grover co-founded Orb , a pricing platform that helps companies automate a range of different billing types — usage-based, subscriptions or a mix of both. “The trend towards usage-based pricing has accelerated in recent years, and so has the hype around it. .”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2022

Today, it is launching a new program called Arc , which it describes as a catalyst (not an accelerator, nor an incubator) that will seek out and then work with cohorts of about 15 startups in 8-week sessions, with the emphasis on “outlier” founders and startups from across Europe and the U.S.

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HPA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

While the University of Michigan has been formally educating students on entrepreneurship for decades, the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem has notably ramped up in the last ten years and has effectively used its powerful alumni network to amplify its growth.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

The money is coming from an interesting group of investors: edtech specialist Owl Ventures led the round, with also had participation from previous backers Lightspeed Venture Partners, NEA and PJC; the DJ Diplo; Sky9 Capital and others that are not being disclosed. The startup has raised $41 million to date.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We’re fortunate to interview William Stringer, Founder of Chisos Capital , a structured finance company. Q: Please give us an overview of Chisos. Chisos is a structured finance company that provides startup and brand capital to entrepreneurs, athletes and creatives. Q: Who are your closest peers, and how do you differ?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

.” Also participating in the round — which comes just seven months after Gorillas bagged a $290M Series B — are existing investors Coatue Management, DST Global, Tencent , Atlantic Food Labs, Fifth Wall, Greenoaks, A*; along with new investors G Squared, Alanda Capital, Macquarie Capital , MSA Capital and Thrive Capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Let’s get to all of it before we start to talk accelerators, overheated pre-seed valuations and the like. Discord is a well-financed unicorn that has raised oodles of capital and reportedly sports rapidly expanding revenues. ” That figure has been widely reported, so we’ll use it for our work. ”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 27, 2022

Incredibuild , an Israeli startup that has picked up a lot of traction in the worlds of gaming and software development for a platform that drastically speeds up (and reduces the cost of) the shipment of code and related collateral during building and testing — has raised some capital to speed up its own development.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. Google for Startups Accelerator. Google for Startups Accelerator. Congratulations!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Arvind Gupta, an investor at Mayfield Fund and founder of accelerator IndieBio, reviews several hundred pitch decks each year. “In But having 20% to 30% ownership of a token or of a network is very bad and frowned upon by the community.

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Y Combinator

JULY 24, 2020

COVID-19 has accelerated the digitization of commerce globally. In the US, e-commerce penetration increased from 16% at the end of 2019 to 27% in April 2020. For better or worse, COVID-19 has accelerated e-commerce adoption among businesses in the same way it has accelerated e-commerce adoption among consumers.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

The company aims to allow for cross-border co-ownership of luxury vacation properties that goes beyond the historical use of timeshares. In Schrimpff’s case, spending more time with friends and family became a top priority and he accelerated his plans to find a vacation home. Architect Capita l provided the debt investment.

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

Also, utilize our ecosystem and engage support systems available such as our growing network of business accelerators, and the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program, a support system from which AireHealth has benefited. Florida is the gateway to space for us! What can your city teach Silicon Valley? Yes, absolutely.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 11, 2021

General Atlantic is leading this Series C, with Huda Kattan, Michael Zeisser of FMZ Ventures and Jonathan Green of Lugard Road Capital also participating, along with past investors Partech, Target Global and FJ Labs. We wanted to consolidate the supply side of the software, gather data about the businesses, how they use what they use.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Nova itself is a counterpoint to profit-focused corporate venture capital outfits, and is instead focusing on abilities to collaborate with the LG conglomerate across the board, in a few key verticals: the metaverse, connected healthcare, smart homes, electric vehicles (EV) and the wonderfully fuzzily named tech for good. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2023

Enter Charlie , a new startup offering banking services for the 62+ community, which launched last week with $7.5 The concept is catching on: In the past year, the company increased its revenue five times, and raised $11 million in Series A capital, led by Stage 2 Capital and Jump Capital, with participation from existing investor CRV.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Unfortunately, the venture capital scene is embarrassingly backward in terms of diversity, and women and ethnic minorities are shockingly underrepresented among investment decision-makers. Only 10p goes to mixed-gender teams, and less than 1p goes to all-female teams? Don’t worry, you get used to it.) No pressure.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

The Czech Republic may be better known for beer, hockey and the sights of Prague, but its entrepreneurial community is as ambitious as any. Then there was Integromat, which did not raise any external capital but sold for around 2.5 Use discount code CZECHIA to save 25% off a 1-year Extra Crunch membership. Lukáš Kone?ný

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

When GGV Capital reached out and said that it had built an index of API-first companies, I was curious. Venture-built indexes of startups and other firms have proved useful tools in recent years, led by Bessemer’s cloud index , which is now also a tradable ETF on Nasdaq. That’s about as simple as we can manage.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

The subject of raising money is critical to many businesses and a passing option to others, depending upon the capital efficiency of the enterprise. It might be useful to list some of the ways in which you can raise money for growth with and without outside investors. For you who fit that description, nice work.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

US fresh berry market leader Driscoll’s is partnering with OurCrowd portfolio company Consumer Physics to use its SCiO technology to innovate quality measurement of its produce. OurCrowd was an early investor in BioCatch in 2014 and invested in the recent $168M lead by Bain Capital. Top Tech News.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

But Martin says the proof is in the pudding: thousands of hybrid and remote teams use Kumospace today, some for more than five hours per day. We’ve built three businesses together, all focused on using technology to connect people — Sonar , Switch , and Kumospace. Supporting evidence is mixed. Image Credits: Kumospace.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

First, he said that education is the most high-leverage way to make an impact on an individual, community and world. million at a $12 million valuation by investors including Litani Ventures, Gaingels, Amino Capital, Morning Brew’s Alex Lieberman, Republic Venture partner Namrata Banerjee and others.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. Google for Startups Accelerator. Google for Startups Accelerator. Congratulations!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

The early stage funding round was led by Mangrove Capital Partners, with participation from Ada Ventures, and a number of angel investors in the climate and edtech sectors, including the CEOs of Multiverse (Euan Blair), MyTutor (Bertie Hubbard) and Octopus Electric Vehicles (Fiona Howarth). .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

In announcing the deal, they said: “DeFi-enabled B2B payment networks that are on chain can unlock transformative working capital efficiencies, and make financial services more fair and open, especially in developing markets like LATAM.”. and Mexico. As a result, they may have to sell.”. ” Image Credits: Paystand/Yaydoo.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

Israel’s heady mix of questioning culture, tradition of national military service, higher education, the widespread use of English, appetite for risk and team spirit makes for a fertile place for fast-moving companies to appear. Waze’s 100 employees received about $1.2 This came decades ahead of most western governments.

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Continuations

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

We could be building the capacity to turn Earth into a kind of garden of Eden, where we get out of the current low energy trap and live in a World After Capital. Since then the AI safety debate has become more heated with a fair bit of low-rung tribalism thrown into the mix. showing how LLMs can broaden access to pandemic agents.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Mark Volchek, founding partner, Las Olas Venture Capital. Use discount code MIAMICRUNCH to save 25% off a 1-year Extra Crunch membership. We are excited to invest in fast-growing consumer and techsumer companies doing over $10 million in revenue, are quickly scaling and need growth capital. This offer expires on April 30, 2021.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The Nordic countries make up just 4% of Europe’s total population, but they account for a significant amount of venture capital investment. That said, Norway’s VC community has been somewhat dormant for a while. Use discount code HALLO to save 25% off a 1-year Extra Crunch membership. and Nomono. E-commerce.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

As notably, despite introducing a far smaller number of teams to investors than Y Combinator and more renowned accelerator programs, there always seem to be at least one or two projects in Pear’s Demo Day mix that turn into actual, sustainable and, sometimes, sizable companies. ” Parthean. ” Aklivity.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Kikoff is hiring for 10 roles (a mix of hybrid and remote), including senior product manager, associate product manager, senior product designers, engineers and a growth marketing manager. It’s great to see more women in leadership roles in the fintech community. He was also the CEO and president of QuickBooks Capital.

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