American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2024

But the race is on, and the social AI platform Chai feels they are right in the mix to succeed. Those who submit a model are compared against other teams, providing a community-based evaluation method, creating an accelerating community of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Chai currently offers $1 million in cash prizes.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Lest there be any doubt some startups are riding high even amid the macroeconomic uncertainty, process mining software vendor Celonis today announced that it secured a whopping $1 billion in additional capital at a $13 billion post-money valuation, a mix of equity ($400 million) and debt (a five-year $600 million credit line).

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 22, 2022

The funding will be allocated to support the expansion of solar power development to accelerate the clean and sustainable energy transition for companies in Indonesia.” ” According to Eka Himawan, Xurya plans to allocate funding for the expansion of solar power development have tripled since the beginning of 2022.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

That situation can lead to a huge waste of time for startups that want to sell to enterprise customers: a business development black hole. Augmented reality/mixed reality. At this stage, the corporate customer has already discovered some internal problem or use case that the technology might address. Virtual reality.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Cocos Technologies, a China-based game engine provider that has been around since 2010, just announced it has picked up $50 million in a Series B funding round in a bid to work on development and move beyond games. million developers across 203 countries and regions worldwide. ” Cocos says its engine has served 1.4 and Russia.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

The deal makes a ton of sense as Epic Games has been developing — and acquiring — some of the most popular creation tools. More recently, Unreal Engine has been used for different use cases beyond video games, such as special effects, 3D explorations of virtual worlds, mixed reality projects and more. “We

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

The company is developing software to empower greenhouses to get smarter. The company argues that greenhouse agriculture is a safer, more reliable and more climate-resilient mode of food production, producing up to 15 times higher yields, using a twentieth as much water as traditional agriculture. We believe Source.ag

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 23, 2022

DELOS’ founder mix brings a multidisciplinary team that includes aquaculture, marine and microbiology, technology, and business backgrounds working in concert to accelerate the growth of the Indonesian aquaculture industry. It is targeting at least 200 hectares under management in a year’s time.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Gorgias , developing customer service tools for e-commerce companies, raised $30 million in new Series C capital in a round that boosted its valuation to $710 million. Mix in continued supply chain issues and the higher cost of raw materials and direct-to-consumer brands are feeling the margin squeeze at both ends,” he added.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

For the past 10 years, I have been on an accelerated career growth path. From my own experience and from the experience of helping other people develop their careers, I wanted to share 5 lessons that I found very useful and that will hopefully help you in your pursuit. A good opportunity could accelerate your career a lot.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. We use Asana at Versatile VC for managing tasks and projects with other collaborators in our teams. This program provides $1,000 in AWS Cloud credits, $350 in Developer Support credits, and other guidance.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

That said, it’s not clear how much of the $115 million tranche is equity versus debt — a spokeswoman for the startup declined to provide a break down or a clear answer when we asked, saying only: “This round is a mix of equity and debt funding.” The final tranche of the D round was led by U.S. .”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

The new funding will be used to further expand the reach of its online courses. Kodland’s latest tranche of funding — which brings its total raised to date to $11 million — will be used for market expansion, with courses in a further eight languages planned over the next two years. Ireland, the U.S.,

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 5, 2021

SBA Local Assistance : Provides you with a list of local Small Business Development Centers that you can contact to find grant opportunities. If your business sells a unique product, consider using a crowdfunding site like Kickstarter or Indiegogo to raise funds. Apply to accelerators. Corporate Small Business Grants.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade. Rome has more than 20 incubators/accelerators and many established VCs; because of its lower costs compared to other European cities, it’s become a major base for startups.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

They have been experimenting and developing using a Cessna 172, which started flying unmanned flights a couple of years ago. Of course, people are a little twitchy about the safety aspects of self-driving cars — and planes add a literal additional dimension to the mix.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Prior to Eclipse, he was director of R&D and product development at Hampton Creek, now known as Eat Just. The proprietary technology uses micelles, which Steinhart called “the microscopic magic of milk,” to create the replacement plant-based dairy products, but that don’t sacrifice on taste, texture or functionality.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 4, 2020

Work with us to help Lyft, Zenefits, Intercom, Box and 100s of others create docs and experiences that developers love. Lets make APIs dead simple to use, for everyone. Help us as we develop one of the world’s largest repositories of human genomic data, and improve patient outcomes. Togg (S18). Vouch (S19).

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

TaskHuman , a professional development platform focused on coaching, today announced that it raised $20 million in Series B funding led by Madrona with participation from Impact Venture Capital, RingCentral Ventures, Sure Ventures, USVP, Gaingels, PeopleTech Angels, Propel(x) and Zoom Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

Artificial , which has built a software platform for laboratories to assist with, or in some cases fully automate, research and development work, has raised $21.5 The company already has a number of customers including Thermo Fisher and Beam Therapeutics using its software directly and in partnership for their own customers.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

million in a mix of debt and equity. Though he wasn’t actively seeking new funds, Al-Ansari had been speaking with Crédit Mutuel Equity, which used to be CIC Capital Canada, prior to the pandemic, and their deal was put on hold. In addition, Al-Ansari expects growth to accelerate for the rest of the year. It raised $54.9

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Use chronological scenario planning to help your startup get through a potential recession. A 3-year outlook “is a more appropriate time horizon for collecting more information so you can decelerate even further (with cash to pivot) if things are worse in 12 months, or accelerate if things are better in 18 months,” he advises.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

” In a related article, Gregg Adkin, VP and managing director at Dell Technologies Capital, shared the framework he’s developed for helping founders set up their board. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. The acceleration of B2B AI innovation has begun. Enterprise AI 2.0:

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Ryu Games , a startup that helps developers add cash tournaments to their mobile games, announced this morning it has raised $2.3 To see the accelerator take part in the funding round is not a surprise, as TechCrunch first caught wind of Ryu during its participation in the most recent 500 Startups demo day. million in a seed round.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Alex also determined that Acorns’ pace of revenue expansion accelerated from 54% in 2019 to 61% in 2020. Acorns’ SPAC listing depicts a consumer fintech business with a SaaSy revenue mix. Presently, Acorns has about 700 employees and will continue scaling up, particularly in product development, Kerner said.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

To accelerate its mission to “automate electronics design,” Celus today announced it has raised €25 million ($25.6 ” Celus has built a platform that provides engineers with component data from electronics manufacturers, while adding its own special automation sauce to the mix. million) in a series A round of funding.

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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. That means gamers, developers and kids are all content to hang with Satya Nadella and company. ” That figure has been widely reported, so we’ll use it for our work. ”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

So instead, Meyer, founder and CEO, created Ghost Financial to initially do two things: provide what he touts as “the first cash-back credit card for food and beverage inventory” and use data and technology to underwrite restaurant expansion loans and credit limits for the card. Ghost Financial founder John Meyer.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

unicorn goPuff is also in the mix — having acquired UK startups Fancy and Dija. “We are betting this trend will only accelerate as we become a more mature service,” says Kholiaznikov. The company is led by a very experienced team of founders and the current round would enable Jiffy to further accelerate growth.

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TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2022

million seed round of funding a year after being founded and a few months since it presented at the accelerator’s Winter 2022 Demo Day in March. “We are switching from initial pilot projects — which helped us develop our core technology — over to adding thousands more acres of forest projects to our pipeline.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 11, 2021

Fresha’s current range of services include a free-to-use platform for booking appointments; free software for managing accounts; a payments service that includes both a physical point of sale and digital interface; and a wider marketplace both to provide goods to the businesses (B2B); and for the businesses to sell goods to customers (B2C).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Now, a startup called Deepdub is capitalizing on the growing demand for localized content by automating parts of the dubbing process using AI technology. What’s more, it does this by using just a few minutes of the actors’ voices — so the dubbed version sounds more like the original.

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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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In other words, the tools that it has built are there to help companies have a presence and stack up against the rest of the online landscape, but they are built with a view to making them easy enough for non-tech companies and their partners to use.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Why I’m using a credit facility to grow my startup. With a credit line, early-stage companies can ramp up hiring and product development, using additional resources to validate ideas in the marketplace. and its higher take-rates.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

He thinks that early use cases may center on customer service, but is certain that more will follow. Every time a big name enters insurance, there is always a mix of skepticism from incumbents and a reminder that change is needed. And their huge customer base could be a competitive edge. That’s a very good question.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

San Francisco-based Heyday — which buys up and then grows direct-to-consumer merchants and brands that have found initial traction, leveraging the Amazon marketplace — has raised $555 million, a Series C that it will be using to continue expanding its technology, investing in business development, and to buy up more assets.

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