TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

Apply to Startup Battlefield 200 anyway — and announce your public debut at TechCrunch Disrupt! Thanks to the proliferation of mobile devices and cloud infrastructure — the latter of which accelerated during the pandemic — apps now need to store and process data in more places, from the edge to the public cloud.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Jonathan Greechan is co-founder of the world's largest pre-seed accelerator, Founder Institute , has run over 100 webinars including 100,000+ live attendees, and is one of Meetup's most active organizers. Startup investors can be the financial backbone for mass disruption. Jonathan Greechan. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

For emerging VC and private equity investors: accelerators, platforms, communities, and incubators. Similarly, certain Revenue-Based Finance investors (e.g., You’re involved in other aspects of the firm’s activities: due diligence, portfolio acceleration, board service, etc. How to get a job in venture capital.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Wider issues seem more cultural; startups not thinking big enough, investors lacking the necessary appetite for risk, and even — among wider society — some latent suspicion of entrepreneurs. We accelerate also that path — into innovative entrepreneurship system.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

Instead of putting the onus on customers to roll up their sleeves, he suggests that SaaS startups learn from cryptocurrency culture and find ways to “incentivize users to do the necessary work to have the right experience.” In just a few short years, Vise has gone from launching on the Disrupt Battlefield stage to a unicorn.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

It accelerates enrollment and improve retainment of trial participants. Genomenon , a genomics health IT company cofounded by serial Ann Arbor software entrepreneur Steve Schwartz, helps pharma and clinical diagnostics labs accelerate research and work for solutions for patients with rare genetic diseases and cancer. FreightVerify.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

Ramon Ray and Megan O’Brien co-hosted the Future of Business event, which is a part of NetSuite’s new event series – A New Age of Growth , helping entrepreneurs shed a light on the superpowers needed to accelerate growth. Megan O’Brien , business and finance editor NetSuite. Eileen Tobias , CFO Komodo Health.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

As I described in Part 2 of this EC-1 , that staffing efficiency is partly due to its culture and who it hires. Now imagine you’re going 80 miles an hour, slam on the brakes, then rebuild the car kind of while still moving, and then try to accelerate into an IPO, all on Zoom.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 4, 2017

This is the story of how I sold my digital-marketing agency, Only Sky, in less than one month by connecting the dots between EO and the EO Accelerator program, which I am a member of in San Francisco. After just one month of due diligence and a single flight to Utah, I decided to go with Jacob Baadsgaard and Disruptive Advertising.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

“I believe knowledge is power, and my mission is to change the way companies work by creating a data-driven culture that is accessible to everyone. Its financing reflects this — the company today announced that it closed a $600 million Series F round at a $5.6 billion). . billion in transactions daily.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Monzo’s culture of customer obsession allowed it to use the crisis to thoughtfully build a beloved consumer and SMB product that has changed personal finance in the UK. In 2022 and beyond, Monzo’s revenues are likely to further accelerate as they benefit from cross border-travel, increased EU interchange rates, and new products.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Disrupting the traditional MBA may be the most tried, tested and tweaked edtech startup pitch out there. At the same time, Kunkolienkar was running a Lambda School for India, but realizing that “the financing and collections infrastructure in India isn’t evolved enough to run ISAs at scale.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As director of Techstars’ startup pipeline, Saba Karim spends much of his time touting the ways entrepreneurs can benefit by joining an accelerator. 6 reasons why you shouldn’t join an accelerator. But is it the right choice for every founder? But none of those are determining factors for success. “If yourprotagonist.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

They hire locally and remotely and have a close-knit culture built on authentic connections between team members. Credibly is a Detroit fintech startup helping small businesses receive loans and financing by leveraging data and technology. Automotive e-commerce startup Vroom is disrupting the entire automotive sales industry.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 2, 2021

Is it suffering from cultural dissonance between its high-growth model and more conservative European investors? E-commerce roll-ups are the next wave of disruption in consumer packaged goods. E-commerce roll-ups are the next wave of disruption in consumer packaged goods. What to make of Deliveroo’s rough IPO debut.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

Laura González-Estéfani is the founder and CEO of TheVentureCity , an international, operator-led venture acceleration model designed to make the global entrepreneurial ecosystem more diverse, international and accessible to fair capital. Laura González-Estéfani. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor. ambassadors.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

As valuations soar and IPOs accelerate, the public is taking on more startup risk. ” As valuations soar and IPOs accelerate, the public is taking on more startup risk. ” Debt-as-a-service provider Sivo wants to power the next generation of lending startups. Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window).

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OurCrowd

JUNE 20, 2021

Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have accelerated the path to public markets for privately held companies. Target companies span an array of industries from technology to finance to healthcare. So SPAC sponsors must have industry expertise aligned with the target, as well as similar ambitions and a compatible culture.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 20, 2021

Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have accelerated the path to public markets for privately held companies. Target companies span an array of industries from technology to finance to healthcare. So SPAC sponsors must have industry expertise aligned with the target, as well as similar ambitions and a compatible culture.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Monzo’s culture of customer obsession allowed it to use the crisis to thoughtfully build a beloved consumer and SMB product that has changed personal finance in the UK. Eventually, this will extend into wealth generation tools to help customers grow their finances. This did not happen by magic.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

At Qumra, we get excited about companies that disrupt traditional industries while doing good and improving quality of life. Our portfolio includes some great examples such as Fiverr that has disrupted the labor market by unlocking the global talent pool, or Talkspace, which is providing access to therapy to all. More than 50%?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Miami has everything in place to accelerate its rise to be cemented as a significant tech/startup ecosystem. The city has attracted a wide range of people over the years, including more tech and finance companies very recently. We have also invested in marketplace business models in products disrupting travel, pets, solutions for SMBs.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

InstaDeep , a Tunis and London-based enterprise AI startup that creates decision-making systems for solving real-world problems, has raised $100 million in Series B financing led by Alpha Intelligence Capital and CDIB. A common theme with these partnerships is that all three organizations are investors in InstaDeep’s new financing round.

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

Funds from this $5M SAFE at a 20% discount with a $20M cap will be used to set up operational centers in Mexico and Spain, accelerate production capabilities, and scale up sales and marketing. Israeli startup ProFuse aims to cut the production price of lab-cultured protein. Classiq adds HSBC, NTT Finance to $36M Series B.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I see a clear cultural change happening in the investing universe, as more people pay attention to ESG objectives and apply an ESG filter to their investments. Numerous thoughtful people are worried about how technological disruption will destroy jobs. But in the longer run, the result is a dysfunctional society. Why is that?

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I see a clear cultural change happening in the investing universe, as more people pay attention to ESG objectives and apply an ESG filter to their investments. Numerous thoughtful people are worried about how technological disruption will destroy jobs. But in the longer run, the result is a dysfunctional society. Why is that?

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Our firm has had the good fortune to invest in many two-sided networks that used information aggregation, supplier aggregation, and user generated content to attract and inform consumers and resultantly disrupt and change different industries. There’s a culture in Silicon Valley that moves fast and breaks things, right?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

We will see a lot of new opportunities from decentralized finance and a shift to a truly global economy where borders and barriers will be surpassed with smart technology. Leading support and growth financing initiatives: Innovation Norway, funds, etc. What are you looking for in your next investment, in general?

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