TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Africa’s largest innovation hub Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), is launching a $15 million accelerator program, dubbed The Edtech Fellowship Program, to back and support 72 startups across Nigeria and Kenya over the next three years, TechCrunch has learned. One, the edtech space is highly regulated, more than the casual tech observer might think.

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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 “Now was the right time to raise because the technology has been extensively validated through previous R&D all the way up the compute stack,” Verma said.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

We are far from clear in knowing which technology will be the best,” she said. “So Use alternative financing to fuel VC-level growth without diluting ownership. In an in-depth post, Fernandez explains alternative financing for startups, and how to tell which option is right for you. Senior Editor, TechCrunch+. yourprotagonist.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

This 10-month regional accelerator program is designed to promote and nurture innovations in Responsible AI in South and Southeast Asia. The post Villgro Philippines, IDRC of Canada launch accelerator program AI4Health Asia first appeared on AsiaTechDaily - Asia's Leading Tech and Startup Media Platform.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

The AB InBev program, called the 100+ Accelerator , launched in 2018 with the goal to solve supply chain challenges in water stewardship, the circular economy, sustainable agriculture and climate action, the company said. Those startups have gone on to raise more than $200 million in follow-on financing.

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Haystack

OCTOBER 2, 2019

And one of the sources of that flow are the new accelerators (I’m lumping incubators, accelerators, etc. Yesterday, I tweeted this: I get emails from friends @ accelerators, asking me what kind of co’s I’m interested in, or to watch online demo day (no), etc. ” And, surely, it “can” work.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2023

Marqeta has agreed to acquire two-year-old fintech infrastructure startup Power Finance for $223 million in cash, marking the first acquisition in the publicly-traded company’s 13-year history. Founded in early 2021 by Randy Fernando and Andrew Dust, New York-based Power Finance announced last September that it had raised $16.1

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

Typically , African financial institutions rely on using foreign technology solutions to solve their problems. “The focus was to leverage our ability as an enabler to create proprietary technology for both segments.” Today, the company is announcing that it has closed $10 million in Series A investment.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Embedded finance — the idea of offering financial products where customers are already congregating via white label solutions and APIs – isn’t an entirely new concept. Liberis, the embedded finance provider for SMEs, raises additional £70M in debt. Andreessen Horowitz made it a thing.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Nigerian startup Xend Finance uses decentralized finance (DeFi) to address currency devaluation. This gave birth to Xend Finance.” Not only is Xend Finance trying to protect credit unions from fluctuation, but it is also changing how they operate. Image Credits: Xend Finance. Image Credits: Xend Finance.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

Virtual Garage is like ‘TeleDoc for your car,’ and now that most people have technology-connected cars, often an experienced mechanic can tell what is going on and give estimates. The company intends to invest in its product and technology team and in customer acquisition strategies and hiring underwriters and data scientists.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The self-described energy financial tech platform received backing from lead investors Nairobi-based Factor[e] and SCM Capital Asset Management and participating investors such as Voltron Capital, Norrsken Impact Accelerator, Ventures Platform and Sovereign Capital. Think about it.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Volopay , a Singapore-based fintech startup, raised a $29 million Series A in debt and equity financing as it seeks to further expand its footprint in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa. . To date, Volopay has raised approximately $31.4 million since its inception in 2019, which includes its $2.1 ” .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2023

In that same month, Omeat came out of stealth with its technology for making beef. Now Meatable , based in The Netherlands, is adding to that excitement with the announcement of $35 million of its own new financing. Europe is heating up as well. The company, initially making pork products, has now raised $95 million in total funding.

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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. Chisos is a structured finance company that provides startup and brand capital to entrepreneurs, athletes and creatives. My background is finance, investments and operations. Q: What are your unmet technology needs?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

I recently wrote about the so-called “Embedded finance” trend, citing the example of Intergiro’s recent fundraising in the space. In a statement, Nawaz said: “Embedded finance is no longer the exclusive privilege of large technology firms. There’s now yet another example of this trend in the shape of HUBUC.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

There’s financial technology (fintech) companies out there targeting all sorts of different segments of the population, as well as companies at various stages of growth. We’re on a mission to help startups grow — with technology and without dilution.”.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Silicon Valley peer-to-peer car rental startup Getaround has secured a $25 million loan from Horizon Technology Finance Corporation. The financing announcement comes one month after Getaround raised $140 million from investors, including SoftBank Vision Fund, Menlo Ventures, Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus’ Reinvent Capital.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

March 5, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) held the first in-person meeting of the Diversity Finance Advisory Board (DFAB) last week, bringing together a diverse group of investors, entrepreneurs, and mentors for presentations and networking sessions.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Only four years ago, Aceable was raising $4 million in financing , from investors including Floodgate Capital and Silverton Partners. “We see HGGC as a strategic, long-term financial partner that embraces and accelerates our vision to create unparalleled education experiences that make it accessible for people to change their lives.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

When Keto Kitchen had good sales in the first quarter, Meyer went to the bank to ask for expansion financing and recalled the banker asking him what a ghost kitchen was. That told him there was an opportunity for a data-driven financing tool for these types of restaurants. The project is backed by Kelli Jones of Sixty8 Capital.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The funding will be spent to further accelerate its business and market expansion and to help optimize the development of PlayMining. for them to collaborate on content that educates the mainstream Japanese audience about Web3 technology.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Finantier , a Singapore-based open finance startup, wants to streamline that data with a single API that gives financial services access to user data, with their consent. Open finance grew out of open banking, the same framework that Plaid and Tink are built on.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

Second, he thinks that technology is the most scalable way to spread that impact. A big area where this exists prominently is in finance, he argues, leaving consumers in a spot where they need a financial platform that helps them when they have a fever (overspend) instead of when they’re feeling ambitious (after their New Year’s resolution).

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 9, 2022

Register South Korea’s largest accelerator program for foreign startups, K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , is accepting applications for its 2022 edition. Khenda won the top prize for its technology in KSGC 2021. The accelerator program’s positive support system helped the startup expand its business in Asia.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

But today we’re highlighting the demo day for a new wave of crypto projects and teams who participated in the latest cohort for Alliance DAO, a web3 accelerator and builder community. The pitch: Lulo is a DeFi lending infrastructure that aims to utilize order book technology to create a global liquidity layer in a permissionless way.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Now, a startup that’s built a platform to help provide financing specifically to businesses working within that supply chain is announcing some financing of its own. “Accenture estimates that the demand for finance in this business segment is $3.6 No one else is using technology to facilitate financing [for them].”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2023

Project Eaden , a Berlin-based food technology company, believes it has cracked the code for producing whole cuts of plant-based meat alternatives using a proprietary fiber spinning technology. Schmelzeisen says this type of technology yields a better-tasting product that looks and acts like traditional meat; for example, it is juicy.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Bhattacharya’s experience in the EV space is expansive, having been a technology leader in rechargeable (lithium-ion) batteries for more than 12 years. Green , BasiGo’s chief financial officer, has spent the last 15 years working with different companies to deliver renewable energy technologies to users across Africa.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Let’s take a few minutes to examine the kind of equity financing available to small or early stage businesses. In most cases, these applicants for equity funding must be rooted in technology to apply to this limited discussion. Accelerators. The post When should you go for equity financing? Friends and family investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. What Has Changed in Financing?

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 7, 2022

SmartCreative technology does not require media owners to be integrated, therefore it can be utilized anywhere in the world. This is Veridooh’s first round of funding, and it will be utilized to accelerate the company’s international expansion.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

The Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, an incubator based in New York, is introducing 12 new companies at its 20th demo day tomorrow. Professors can upload their syllabus, integrate other technology like Zoom, Google Docs, etc., How to get into a startup accelerator. The startup is currently operating in NYC.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Register MISSION+ has announced the addition of Ned Lowe as the company’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead efforts to accelerates support for fintechs and insurtechs across Southeast Asia. The technology building firm sought the likes of Revolut, Railsr and Draper Startup House to further its growth. Remember Me.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Even after the collapse of WeWork, the investors are doubling down on a similar business model as part of a syndicate investing $700 million into REEF Technology. Meanwhile, REEF Technology and Oaktree are collaborating on a $300 million real estate investment vehicle, the Neighborhood Property Group, as Bloomberg reported on Monday.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2021

As I wrote yesterday , I think the trends that were accelerated in 2020 will not reverse in 2021, although the slope of the adoption curves will likely flatten a fair bit. At USV, we have begun that reallocation of capital and we will be investing heavily in companies and technologies that can help the world address this existential threat.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Africans and people in emerging markets missed out on the first set of opportunities that technological advancements brought to the world. But new technologies such as crypto and web3 provide hope to Africans to play a massive role in defining what it looks like in years to come.

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