TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Capital might be harder to come by than it once was in startup land, but some firms are bucking the trend — hard. Take Descope , for example, which today announced that it raised a whopping $53 million in seed funding for its “developer-first” authentication and user management platform.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

EnCharge AI , a company building hardware to accelerate AI processing at the edge , today emerged from stealth with $21.7 Speaking to TechCrunch via email, co-founder and CEO Naveen Verma said that the proceeds will be put toward hardware and software development as well as supporting new customer engagements.

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Revolution

MARCH 23, 2022

At SXSW 2022, Revolution Growth Partner, Todd Klein, joined SparkCharge CEO and founder, Josh Aviv, GoodBuy Gear CEO and co-founder, Kristin Langenfeld, and CAVA CEO and co-founder, Brett Schulman, for a conversation on climate, consumers, and building the sustainable startups of the future. even (and especially) as the company scales.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

Dozens of healthcare-focused voice tech startups have popped up in the last few years which are backed by top tier venture funds. That’s why in this article, you’ll get a comprehensive look at the startups using voice technology to make healthcare better, along with some of the VC’s and accelerators that are backing them.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 12, 2019

In 2010, Ravi founded IndiVillage , the first information technology (IT) and information technology enabled services (ITeS) company in India to become certified as a B Corporation. The EO Accelerator program is the catalyst that enables first-stage entrepreneurs to catapult their business to the next level.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

Sequoia Capital India and Southeast Asia disclosed 15 early-stage startups it has selected for the seventh cohort of its accelerator program Surge, pushing ahead with new investments even as the deal activity has considerably slowed in the region. Following is the list of startups available in the seventh cohort.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Fractal has raised $360 million from TPG in a new financing round and entered the unicorn club as the Mumbai and New York-based AI startup, which counts Google and Wells Fargo among its customers, scales its offerings and begins preparation for an IPO. “Many companies have developed expertise on their product and engineering sides.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 13, 2021

West Michigan is smack dab between Ann Arbor/Detroit’s tech and startup hub emergence and Chicago’s new habit of minting unicorns about once a month. We’ll show you what we’re looking forward to hearing more about in 2022 with our top Grand Rapids startups to watch. Grand Rapids startups and tech companies to watch in 2022.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

Venture capital investors focused on food tech are calling 2023 the year when alternative seafood startups will make notable strides. Within the past year, TechCrunch reported on a number of those investments into startups producing alternatives to traditional seafood. They are already generally recognized as safe by the FDA.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

As the demand for AI-powered apps grows, startups developing dedicated chips to accelerate AI workloads on-premises are reaping the benefits. He has a deep history of investing in deep tech startups that have gone on to disrupt industries across AI, data, semiconductors, among others.” “I founded Sima.ai

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Melonn , a Colombian startup that provides fulfillment and software services to small and medium-sized e-commerce companies in Latin America, has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by QED Investors. They were brought back together by the pandemic to start the e-commerce enablement company. So, just how does it work?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2023

The Seoul-headquartered healthcare startup has built an AI-powered non-invasive retina scan to diagnose cardiac and kidney disorders and more diseases through its patients’ retinal photographs. Its Series A will enable Mediwhale to accelerate the commercialization of Reti-CVD, Choi said, adding that it aims to obtain U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Inferencing chips accelerate the AI inferencing process, which is where AI systems generate outputs (e.g., A number of vendors — both startups and well-established players — are actively developing and selling access to AI inferencing chips. The growing demand for AI, particularly generative AI (i.e.,

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

UVeye’s automated vehicle inspection technology may have started out as a system to detect security threats , but the six-year-old Israeli startup has found deep interest and investment from the automotive sector. UVeye also has offices in Japan and Germany.

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Dream It

APRIL 24, 2019

Virtual reality and AR have the potential to transform a number of areas within real estate and the building process: Property walkthroughs that can accelerate the sales process for residential brokers. The startup partners with local real estate photography and video firms to get its product into the hands of users.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

As M&A accelerates, deal-makers are leveraging AI and ML to keep pace. Acquiring Automate — which had only raised capital once, largely from friends and family, and which like Notion is profitable — is also enabling Notion to set up an engineering center in India, its first outside of the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

Because they’re relatively affordable and can be programmed for a range of use cases, they’ve caught on particularly in the AI and machine learning space where they’ve been used to accelerate the training of AI systems. ” Rapid Silicon is developing two products at present: Raptor and Gemini. .

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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. The Company also intends to expand into overseas market to further accelerate growth. Bookmark( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Remember Me.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Novoloop , a plastic upcycling startup, said Wednesday it has raised a $10 million Series A extension round co-led by South Korean chemical firm Hanwha Solutions and Taizo Son’s Mistletoe. The startup says the investors of Series A are in the decarbonizing energy, textiles, construction and other industries across Europe, Asia and the U.S.

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Revolution

MARCH 28, 2023

Its most recent development targets two of ChatGPT’s biggest limitations: First, it generates output but can’t deliver outcomes (or act on your behalf). Equipped with FiscalNote’s live policy and market intelligence, ChatGPT can now keep us up to date on critical global developments. Learning Spanish? Studying for a calculus exam?

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 24, 2023

The easy-to-use, comprehensive supply chain management system among top applicants selected for Newchip’s online accelerator NEW FREEDOM, Pa., Past accelerator cohorts averaged more than 17.5 The equity-free, fully digital accelerator has helped over 2,500 founders from more than 110 countries and 250 cities raise over $2.2

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Stability AI, the company funding the development of open source music- and image-generating systems like Dance Diffusion and Stable Diffusion , today announced that it raised $101 million in a funding round led by Coatue and Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from O’Shaughnessy Ventures LLC.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

In February 2020, as the world was shutting down, and as businesses downsized on account of the Covid pandemic, John Kamara was busy establishing another new startup Adanian Labs in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. We stay the course with startups and make sure they become successful businesses — We de-risk them from failure,” said Kiwia.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Today, enterprises are in a similar phase of trying out and accepting machine learning (ML) in their production environments, and one of the accelerating factors behind this change is MLOps. Similar to cloud-native startups, many startups today are ML native and offer differentiated products to their customers.

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StartupNation

MAY 11, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic was a catalyst that accelerated innovation and change in almost every industry. Entirely new products and services were developed and launched in record time. When the pandemic fades and is no longer a momentary catalyst for accelerating change and disruption, what will be the driving force?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

Catalyst Fund , a global accelerator managed by BFA Global , announced the 8th cohort for its Inclusive Fintech Program today. The accelerator, backed by the JP Morgan Chase and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, runs the flagship program annually. In 2020, all five countries had representatives in the accelerator.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

German battery recycling startup Cylib leapt at the opportunity, raising a total of €11.6 “We need to create awareness with different stakeholders to ensure that battery recycling is given the attention it deserves to enable a circular economy in battery usage.” “This will enable true green and circular mobility.”

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 11, 2022

Register Indonesian-based e-commerce logistic solution business Biteship , which focuses on enabling SMEs and enterprises has raised an undisclosed sum of initial funding from East Ventures and Beenext, according to a BusinessNewsAsia report.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 19, 2023

Register Australia and Singapore -based Cortical Labs , a pioneering company in the field of synthetic biology and the use of human neurons for developing artificial intelligence, has successfully closed a $10 million funding round.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Someone’s having a good day : Jasper, which calls itself an “AI content” developer, raised its first round of funding ever — and a big one at that, at $125 million, to give it a $1.5 Startups and VC. For you, special price : Kyle reports that Enable lands $94 million to help B2B companies manage their rebate programs.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Developer-focused productivity tool Raycast has raised $15 million in Series A funding, led by Accel and Coatue. As developers ourselves, we find ourselves spending a lot of time on busywork that doesn’t bring that much value. Raycast is now publicly launching the Extensions API and Store, opening it up to developers around the world.

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TechCrunch

JULY 9, 2021

Last year, during the pandemic, a free browser extension called Netflix Party gained traction because it enabled people trapped in their homes to connect with far-flung friends and family by watching the same Netflix TV shows and movies simultaneously. It also enabled them to dish about the action in a side bar chat.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

The crypto remittance company was built to enable merchants to send and receive money from anywhere in the world, Eluan tells me. He adds that what differentiates Flux from other crypto remittance startups lies in the ease and speed of the platform’s transactions. Ex-YC partner Daniel Gross rethinks the accelerator.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

A Manila-headquartered startup called CloudEats , which operates cloud kitchens across the Philippines and Vietnam, just raised a $7 million Series A extension led by Nordstar to accelerate the digitization of food service in Southeast Asia. . The cloud kitchen market in Asia is projected to grow at 14.2% billion by 2030 , up from $15.2

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

The funds will be used to build Parallel System’s second-generation vehicle and launch an advanced testing program that will help the startup figure out how to integrate its vehicles into real-world operations, according to co-founder and CEO Matt Soule. The company, which has raised $53.15 million to date, including a $3.6 In the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

That’s why Uri Beitler launched Pliops , a startup developing what he calls “data processors” for enterprise and cloud data centers. “While CPU performance is increasing, it’s not keeping up, especially where accelerated performance is critical. ” Accelerating data processing.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Use-cases may include accelerating new drug discoveries, or powering the vast amount of data processing required for AI applications. This raise enables us to strengthen our relationship with manufacturing partners and demonstrate prototypes that can scale to millions of qubits.” “Investors know it will take time.

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