Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

On Wednesday, January 24, the inaugural cohort of startups from i2E’s Bridge2 Pre-Accelerator program presented their groundbreaking innovations during the Bridge2 Demo Day at Sailor & The Dock in Oklahoma City. Each founder showcased the innovative business ideas they developed and refined throughout the Bridge2 program.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Let’s talk about the SaaS selloff. Let’s talk about the SaaS selloff. One factor driving Singapore’s fintech success is its high consumer adoption rates, but its government also directly supports related initiatives through its Green Finance Action Plan. How to execute an amplified marketing strategy.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

OctoML , a Seattle-based startup that offers a machine learning acceleration platform build on top of the open-source Apache TVM compiler framework project , today announced that it has raised a $28 million Series B funding round led by Addition. We look forward to supporting the company’s continued growth.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

The original promise of Holberton was that it provided students — which it selects through a blind admissions process — with a well-rounded software development education akin to a college education for free. “Raising funds is helping us support and accelerate our vision of creating this ‘OS of education.’

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

While most of the market is focused on building and selling 5G infrastructure, an important piece that is overlooked is the application development on 5G networks, according to Vivek Ladsariya, general partner at SineWave Ventures. That’s what makes him excited to support a company like Shabodi.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The startup has just closed a $10 million Series A to continue building out its workplace management SaaS for landlords and office managers — which offers features like resource scheduling (booking meeting rooms etc.), employee/co-working space member engagement, and financial management tools through web and mobile applications. .

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 18, 2022

The Tulsa-based accelerator launches Cohort II with eight tech-enabled startups. Powered by their partners, the Tulsa-based accelerator has. Tech, CPG, FemTech, SaaS, and more. The money and resources help accelerate progress, but the contacts and networking. And acceleration is what the program is all about.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

New funding to support growing customer demand for the Nobl9 Enterprise Platform WALTHAM, Mass. The funding highlights the growing demand for a robust market for Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and commitment from ServiceNow and Cisco to work with Nobl9 to help develop it.

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Dream It

MAY 14, 2020

Net Health, a premier provider of cloud-based EHR software for specialized care settings, today announced that it has acquired Tissue Analytics , a pioneering developer of automated mobile wound and skin imaging and predictive analytics solutions. Silversmith invested additional equity to support the acquisition of Tissue Analytics.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

“Customers have a natural tendency to prefer voice call support over other self-service channels and this has led to the increase in pressure on the traditional interactive voice responses (IVR) systems and support agents to respond to all incoming queries,” he said. Its product VIVA covers more than 16 languages and 160 dialects.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

We’ve all embraced video calls, whether it is with our work colleague or our physician, but for developers, it remains a challenge to build both real-time audio and video features into products. The company provides APIs so developers can add those features into products or websites using just two lines of code.

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 22, 2017

A founder asked me if we had reached the point that SaaS is commodified. “Can you build a venture scale SaaS company anymore?” ” He made three key points to support the argument. First, the technology barriers to starting a SaaS company continue to fall. So are copycats. Inside sales models.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

The latest developments in technology make it clear that we are on the precipice of a monumental shift in how artificial intelligence (AI) is employed in our lives and businesses. Think about it: When was the last time you previewed a new SaaS or tech product that wasn’t “fueled by” AI? Shashank Srivastava. Contributor.

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Paul G. Silva

MAY 12, 2022

Rapidly growing SaaS startups have high multiples. For instance a modern consultancy might have: SaaS (S), Tool Use (T), and Consulting (C). SaaS (S): Recurring subscriptions for access to an application that are high-margin, require minimal labor, and generate predictable future income. Valuation = R*M OR R*E.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

And because we are also an accelerator, we have created and validated an approach that helps us identify investable businesses… we also have created structures that help angel investors invest in these businesses alongside VCs too,” she said. “And The nine have equity investment needs of between $25,000 and $100,000.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Now empowered by $15 million in new funding , the nonprofit hopes to expand its scope and more tangibly support the class of climate-motivated founders they call “ecopreneurs.” These entrepreneurs need support for life,” said Fernandez. “The time-bound model is broken, I would say.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Co-founder and CEO Khaled Naim said that the new capital will be put toward product development, expanding Onfleet’s product and engineering capabilities, and enhancing the company’s enterprise offering. It’s then when he, Cavia, and Vetrano decided to expand their vision to develop a delivery management platform: Onfleet.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Spradling through the Antler accelerator, a Singapore- and New York-based early-stage investment and advisory services program that connects entrepreneurs and tech operators to launch new businesses. International Development Finance Corp. Miami-based Marco Financial is launching a revenue-based lending service for Latin American SMEs.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

According to the survey, the city is strong in sectors such as fintech, agritech, hospitality tech, emerging tech, cybersecurity, SaaS and medtech. Ignite NI emerged as an important native incubator and accelerator. New developments are popping up all over the city, from student accommodation to hotels and nice apartments.

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HPA

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Cohesion , a leader in smart building and digital twin SaaS technology, announced raising $15M in a Series A round co-led by HPA and Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund. He then served as the deputy mayor under Rahm Emmanual, where his responsibilities included economic development and urban planning.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

Montreal-based Equisoft , an insurance and investment software developer, today announced that it raised $125 million in venture equity. 70 million of Equisoft’s new tranche came from Investissement Québec and the government of Québec, with the remainder coming from Export Development Canada and Fondaction. . $70

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The startup provides dashboards from where users can build AI-powered workflows for tasks like claims processing, customer support and appointment scheduling, letting organizations automate both business processes and front-office, customer-facing tasks (if the sales pitch is to be believed). Fair question. After all, Jiffy.ai

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

But as a “company town” where most engineers come for a well-paying job, not as founders seeking like-minded peers, our region’s entrepreneurial support systems are surprisingly weak. Aviel and I love working together to find and develop the most talented founding teams in our region.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

It’s particularly put the microscope on developers where it concerns efficiency. ” A decent chunk of developers’ time is spent on internal tooling, including building admin dashboards, report-generating systems and data pipelines. “Superblocks is an accelerant for building internal apps.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

The company says that it provides interested clubs with the back office framework, legal and tax support and has a platform where leaders can look for capital raise opportunities, meet other members and manage portfolios. PIN is working on different products that would create an incentive for club members to support founders beyond capital.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

The new cash will be used to support product development and R&D efforts, CEO Matthew Carroll said, as well as expand Immuta’s sales, marketing, customer success, and support teams and enable “key” acquisitions in the data monitoring space. “We don’t see that slowing down.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

While this is easier for customers, it has created headaches for many software, or SaaS, businesses that are not equipped with billing systems that can easily charge customers on a usage basis. Building a system to support that is an incredibly difficult technical challenge,” he told TechCrunch via email. Enter Metronome.

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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Founded by three ex-Uber alumni — Davor Tremac, Filip Sturman and Ivan Ivankovicz — the two-year-old startup has developed APIs that help digital companies determine and calculate taxes they should collect on their internet sales. . Enter Dublin, Ireland-based Fonoa. Image Credits: Fonoa.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and forced educational institutions to go virtual, many were scrambling to develop online or blended curriculums. CourseKey , a San Diego-based trade school management SaaS startup, was in a unique position. We saw a massive acceleration trend that was already going to happen.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

As a founding scientist at a medical diagnostics startup in Boston, Beattie’s job was to develop new rapid diagnostic tests. Beattie says to TechCrunch that while he saw many exciting new tests in development in the US, he didn’t see the same in Ghana. The company also got into Founders Factory Africa last year April.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

This post is part of a continuing series evaluating the S-1s of publicly traded SaaS companies in order to better understand the core business and build a library of benchmarks that might be useful to founders. Zendesk is a 700 person company that builds customer support software. Zendesk went public earlier this year.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

To meet the changing startup landscape, we’re refreshing and re-imagining TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in a big way, with more of what you love and new ways to accelerate your growth. With this new stage, Disrupt 2023 is reaffirming its mission — supporting founders, builders and investors across the entire startup spectrum.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Led by MK Capital, New Funding Will Accelerate Further Research and Development of Optilogic’s Cloud-Native SaaS Solution [ANN ARBOR, January 31, 2023] Supply chain design software innovator Optilogic has secured $13 million in financing, led by MK Capital, a venture capital firm focused on supporting innovative B2B software companies.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Ascend.io , a company developing data automation products for enterprise customers, has raised $31 million in a Series B round led by Tiger Global with participation from Shasta Ventures and existing investor Accel, it announced today. There’s no denying that the pandemic bolstered the adoption of AI and analytics technologies.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Sales and support prepare their pitches. One well known SaaS unicorn focused itself on monthly product launches. First, the company sustained a torrid pace of product development for a long time achieving more than most thought possible. Marketing must prepare the story and materials. PR readies articles and interviews.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Seedstars Africa Ventures , the pan-African early-stage fund for startups, has appointed Bruce Nsereko-Lule as its new general partner, to help it deploy more capital and provide the much-needed technical support for founders across the continent. The support is meant to help them to spend their full time building the business.”.

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