TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Scott Kirsner is CEO and co-founder of Innovation Leader , a research and events firm that focuses on innovation in Global 1000 companies, and a longtime business columnist for The Boston Globe. Some recent research that my company, Innovation Leader , conducted in collaboration with KPMG LLP , suggests a constructive approach.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. acquired Overture for $1.63 billion (Upfront Ventures was an early Overture backer). Yes, Google won.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In fact, it’s been used for decades in aerospace applications, to power everything from satellites to the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope. The company is planning on using the funds to scale its nickel-hydrogen battery production, including a Gigafactory in the U.S., And our battery does that really well.”.

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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. Some of the greatest areas of innovation opportunity are at the intersection of sectors historically segregated , e.g., computational biology. Starting a new business as a student is daunting. Right here.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 2, 2024

These eight finalists, all located around Erie Pennsylvania, have innovative ideas that they will be working to enhance over the next 10 weeks, with help from Ben Franklin’s experienced business coaches. Bodha.AI (Karl Cadet and Sathish Pammi) An ERCGP FIRE Accelerator Company The solution provided by Bodha.AI

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StartupNation

JANUARY 14, 2021

Premium materials, expert craftsmanship and product innovation. From its four-sided InfinityEdge display that lets you immerse yourself in the screen, to its diamond-cut edges and thermal design, innovation starts with XPS. The versatility of a 2-in-1 gives you the power to use your imagination wherever work or play takes you.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 16, 2017

I’m involved in scaling a non-profit called The Innovation Law Lab that uses technology, process optimization and data to provide pro bono legal representation at far greater scale and effectiveness than traditional methods. How has your work on EO’s Accelerator Global Subcommittee impacted you?

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Funding of women-founded startups remains significantly lower than those that are gender-mixed While women entrepreneurs are making significant strides in startup formation, they continue to struggle to gain access to funding on par with men. of all VC funds raised in 2022 to 17.2%—seen as part of a decade-long trend.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

To ensure your business continues to take advantage of the changing tide, here are 21 ways to help accelerate the growth of your new business in the year ahead: Become a prolific content creator. The podcast interview revealed how they used Facebook groups to grow their business from $80K to $500K in monthly revenue.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Editor’s note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7 a.m. In its S-1 filings , Datto highlighted a COVID-19 tailwind stemming from companies accelerating their digital transformation efforts. Subscribe here. What do you want to see before you make a play here?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

As Stein, CEO, worked with clients, she saw the need for specialized foods, like gluten-free, and what started as a side project — a blueberry muffin mix — was the catalyst for Purely Elizabeth and became her first product before moving into granola, which is what the company is known for today.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

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. Greenhouse agriculture is a proven and viable solution, but without innovation, demand will be impossible to meet.

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StartupNation

MARCH 24, 2021

Secondly, this adoption has been influenced by the pandemic: 63% state that COVID-19 and the expedient transition to remote working accelerated their organization’s plans for private 5G. However, as you also note, the research shows the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated R&D in 5G. Over time, the business use cases will proliferate.

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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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

LG’s innovation center — LG Nova among friends — today announced that it has selected the first 50 companies for its Mission for the Future global challenge competition. Fast Sense H2 – Nano-sized quantitative, mixed-gas sensor and analyzer for industrial, environmental and security applications. Somatix, Inc.

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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. based rival NexTravel.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Today, a company that believes it can improve how agents work within them using AI is announcing a big round of funding. could bring into that mix a sweetener for would-be customers, in the form of intelligence that can be applied to voice-only interactions and those taking place over chat. .” Observe.ai Observe.AI

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Plume’s CEO and founder Fahri Diner said the startup will be using the money to continue building out its software platform, inking and servicing more deals with carriers and generally expanding its horizons. Now it has closed a huge funding round to ride the wave.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs. Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship. Google for Startups Accelerator. Google for Startups Accelerator. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Breadfast employed a mix of improved customer experience (from what customers expected from traditional players) and a native supply chain process to gain entry into the market, said Amin. In 2017 when Breadfast launched, the more prominent companies either used marketplace or aggregator models: think Instacart and Postmates.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

It’s been a hot minute since TechCrunch checked in on the brand — almost three years, actually — which is carving out a unique niche in the $10 billion functional drink mix market that founder and CEO Lauren Picasso told TechCrunch has “exploded” in the past 12 months. but we are using much better ingredients.

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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

APRIL 23, 2021

Ignite NI emerged as an important native incubator and accelerator. Use discount code BELFAST to save 25% off an annual or two-year Extra Crunch membership. Chris McClelland, MD of Ignite NI: He’s a mentor on the city’s top accelerator program. We have a mix of angel and institutional investors in Belfast.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

You see, insurtech startups often need to take into account the myriad rules and regulations in place when they seek to innovate and embed insurance into products, which might make it difficult to pull it off. We are generally open to startups innovating any part of the value chain as long as the problem and market are big enough.”

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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 9, 2022

In the meantime, Acorns has raised money to continue to explore more acquisitions — it acquired two companies in the first half of last year — as well as to fund “growth and innovation,” Kerner said. Alex also determined that Acorns’ pace of revenue expansion accelerated from 54% in 2019 to 61% in 2020.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

But with innovation seeming to slow in the smartphone market, what MWC may look like in the future could be up for debate. And, finally from our startups coverage today, Peru-based Leasy just raised $17 million – in a mix of cash and debt – to provide car loans to ride-hailing drivers in Latin America. social networking services. “

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

To that end, it plans to use the investment in a few different areas to expand on that belief. Its approach is to provide tools that are easy to use in their simplest form but for those who want or need it can be expanded in complexity (by way of more options) to become more functional.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The problem is that with the volume of information coming in, taking the time to inspect and understand each piece of suspicious activity can put enormous strain on an organization: It’s time-consuming, and, as it turns out, not the best use of that time because of the signal to noise ratio involved.

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Y Combinator

JULY 24, 2020

COVID-19 has accelerated the digitization of commerce globally. In the US, e-commerce penetration increased from 16% at the end of 2019 to 27% in April 2020. For better or worse, COVID-19 has accelerated e-commerce adoption among businesses in the same way it has accelerated e-commerce adoption among consumers.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Logan LaHive: First, the problem… The incredible imbalance of power in workplaces is driving continued acceleration of income inequality, which along with climate, is a top issue facing society today. and yes, I’m intentionally not throwing DAOs or web3 in the mix here as just doesn’t yet deserve implied parity). Intentionally.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

But in the process of planning out how factory14 might differentiate itself in that mix, Steinbruch said it found some distinct differences. It, too, is raising large amounts of debt and eyeing up more innovative ways of accommodating the most interesting companies selling on Amazon in a bid for more quality and success.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

An alarming report from Veracode and Enterprise Strategy Group found that nearly half of organizations knowingly ship vulnerable code despite using cybersecurity tools, often to meet release deadlines. More time is spent on innovation and solving difficult problems for the organization.” ” Accelerating momentum.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The company says it’s now entering a new phase of its business following the period of rapid international growth — which will focus on building a scalable and robust business infrastructure at the same time as trying to accelerate future growth.

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

For the pitch competitions in Orlando, Tampa Bay, Miami, and Puerto Rico, innovative startups based within a 100-mile radius of a tour stop were invited to apply. Atomos is building the railroad of space using high-powered electric propulsion space tugs to move satellites to any orbit beyond low Earth orbit. What does your company do?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Amsterdam has tech industry “schools” such as Growth Tribe , The Talent Institute and THNK for educational courses, as well as accelerators like Rockstart, Startupbootcamp and Fashion for Good. Lots of innovation, great infrastructure, good talent. This can be professional, personal or a mix of the two.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 14, 2019

Our members are working side by side in one of our 100 Impact Hubs around the world, connecting digitally through our global Community App, or using their Impact Hub Passport, which gives members the possibility to work and meet three days per year at any Impact Hub. Tommy Hilfiger Social Innovation Challenge.

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