TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

Because VC investment in the region didn’t start slowing down in the last few weeks: Dollar funding has now fallen for three consecutive quarters in the region. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday. Latin America is an interesting place to dive into what might be coming for startups.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

In this post, I’ll cover six realistic ways startups and entrepreneurs can fund their business , including: Incubators or accelerators. Venture capital or VC. Funding from incubators or accelerators. A business incubator or accelerator is an organization that provides resources, mentorship, and connections to startups.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

Securing early-stage venture financing is usually the best way to accelerate and sustain growth, but with various funding options available, how do you figure out the best course of action? What is the best alternative to VC, and at what point in your company’s growth do other funding sources make sense?

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 11, 2022

We will continue to support companies that share our vision in using science and technology to create food that is not only healthy and tasty, but also enables a sustainable and environmentally friendly food system,” said Jayesh Parekh, managing partner of Good Startup.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

It’s that time of year, time to look back and reflect on the most significant storylines in the tech, startup, and VC world. Telegram announced their ICO and raised over $1B from some of the best VC firms. VC funds invested directly in MakerDao’s Dai stable coin. 5/ Early Effects Of The Softbank Effect.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

AMF, ATP, Baillie Gifford, Baron Capital Group, Bridford Investments Limited, Compagnia di San Paolo through Fondaco Growth, Cristina Stenbeck, Daniel Ek, IMAS Foundation, EIT InnoEnergy, Norrsken VC, PCS Holding, Scania and Stena Metall Finans also participated in the raise. Giving EV batteries a second life for sustainability and profit.

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HPA

DECEMBER 8, 2021

HPA participated in the round, which included participation from other investors including Supply Change Capital, Aera VC, Sustainable Food Ventures, Hanfield Venture Partners, Lifely VC, Conscience VC, Kingfisher Capital, Big Idea Ventures, among others. Food tech startup Aqua Cultured Foods announced a $2.1M

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

Our firm’s original premise was – and remains – dead simple: Seattle is a global gravity well for engineering talent, thanks to the sustained excellence and corresponding human capital needs of Amazon and Microsoft. First, the increment of learning in VC is investment decisions managed to maturity. The implications of this are many.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This initiative marks a strategic move to facilitate startups’ growth beyond the early stages, ensuring they have access to essential capital for sustained development and expansion. funding in Vietnamese startup Dat Bike Indonesian Government-backed Accelerator Achieves $65.8

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OurCrowd

JULY 11, 2021

The round is led by MoreTech VC and a leading European carmaker has joined the round alongside a leading testing and tooling company with significant focus on automotive solutions, a Top-10 US insurance company, and a Japanese VC. Financial markets are flush with cash from the Federal Reserve’s continued easy money policies.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? It is accelerating the inclusion of the unbanked and underbanked population into a formal, secure economy. How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics? What should VC leaders do to eliminate such biases?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

The head VC guy seems a little bit… weird. Since then, I’ve raised 5 more times for my companies and also advised various VCs and accelerators on tens of deals. Source: FasterCapital The biggest red flag for VCs is when startups start raising without any traction or before their MVP. to grow their business.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

And in the next two years, Wavemaker Impact hopes to launch 8 to 12 new sustainability-focused businesses. This partnership combines Wavemaker Impact’s strong venture-building expertise and extensive founder networks with EDB’s access to sustainability-focused corporates and insights on climate needs.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Abrar Chaudhury is a climate finance research fellow at Oxford Said Business School researching on topics of global environmental change, climate finance, policy implementation, sustainable development, and corporate purpose. VCs invested nearly $50 billion in climate-tech companies between 2020 and 2021. trillion to 4.8

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Our findings confirmed a significant shift away from the traditional tech hubs of the Bay Area, New York City, and Boston, with the proportion of seed- and early-stage VC dollars funneling into the Bay Area falling below 30% for the first time in more than a decade.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 11, 2023

During the launch event on December 4, 2023, the DTI revealed the Incubation, Development, and Entrepreneurial Assistance (IDEA) Program and the Accelerating Development, Valuation, and Corporate Entrepreneurship (ADVanCE) Program. Both initiatives are specifically tailored to push the creative sector.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This trifecta serves as a catalyst for accelerated growth and long-term viability. When these three elements are in harmony, a startup is not only better positioned for success but also more likely to attract investment, secure partnerships, and achieve sustainable growth.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The oversubscribed funding round was joined by Japan-based venture capital (VC) firm Real Tech Holdings. The round also saw the involvement of new international VC and strategic investors like İnci Holding (Türkiye), Pappas Capital (US) and Carbon Zero Venture Capital (Singapore).

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 3, 2023

Existing investors Sauce VC and Better Capital also participated, doubling down on their previous investments. The startup plans to use the funds to accelerate creator acquisition, expand into more categories, and grow its team and product. Hypd plans to use the recent funding to facilitate growth in these sectors.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? It is accelerating the inclusion of the unbanked and underbanked population into a formal, secure economy. How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics? What should VC leaders do to eliminate such biases?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

GM Ventures tends to invest in companies that offer transportation safety or sustainability solutions that can then be implemented in future GM vehicles, manufacturing facilities and operating businesses, said GM spokesperson Mark Lubin. ” Soelect is not the only battery company that the VC invested in recently. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

Enter Assent Compliance — a Canadian company focused on supply chain sustainability management. The company delivers enterprise-wide supply chain sustainability solutions across product compliance, trade compliance and ESG — better known as Environmental, Social and (Corporate) Governance. It’s an enormous market.”.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Its portfolio includes Ellevest , an investing platform for women; Grove Collaborative , a sustainable goods subscription platform; and ThredUp, which has confidentially filed for IPO. In April, NextView launched a virtual accelerator for startups to build a more robust pipeline for deal flow. A hot Boston VC Summer.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Spacefund research conducted earlier this year found that there is almost no correlation between the global economy and the space industry, said Crawford, a managing partner at the VC firm, last Thursday at TC Sessions: Space 2020. Since September, LMVC has seen a spike in new companies. Exits are driving investments.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

of all VC funds raised in 2022 to 17.2%—seen as part of a decade-long trend. Aspect Ventures : co-founded in 2014 by Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad, the early-stage venture firm uniquely focuses on bridging the funding gap between angels and the larger multi-stage VC platforms through collaboration and diversity.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 18, 2023

Multiple early-stage investors joined the round, including Singaporean VC firms Atlas Ventures and Accelerating Asia Ventures, Australian blue economy-focused firm Ocean Impact Organization, South Korean seed investor TheVentures, Philippines’ Ideaspace Foundation, US pre-seed and seed investor Unlock Ventures, as well as Plug and Play Ventures.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 31, 2023

M&A accelerates throughout the year. US VC investment falls from $275b in 2022 to $200b in 2023 & sustains at about $200-220b in 2024 as LP interest in venture attenuates after the euphoria in 2020 & 2021. The IPO market remains closed through the first 6 months of the year. The Fed cuts rates, which helps.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

Tambe, TechCrunch Akin to an in-house VC, Neesha A. Neesha studied international security and sustainability from Georgetown University and De Anza College. Don’t miss your chance to accelerate your startup dream. Neesha is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2022

So very, very quickly we went to Forum Ventures’ accelerator, raised a pre-seed round, and now we are raising our seed with the help of effectively one of the greatest athletes in the world,” Chan told me. Why a startup with $10M in annual revenue took 18 months to get VC funding. million seed round.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This morning marked the kickoff of VC firm 500 Global’s Fall 2022 Demo Day, which saw over a dozen startups give their best pitches to prospective investors — and customers. Participants ran the gamut from fintech and sustainability to edtech and developer tools, and several stood out from the rest of the pack.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

Venture capitalists (VC) typically seek businesses experiencing rapid growth and that meet their specific investment profile. Institutional investors, however, have a more formal set of criteria associated with later-stage funding when revenue is trending up and accelerating.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

. “DAOs level the hierarchy of a venture fund by ensuring everyone is going to have a seat at the table,” says Shah, who is also an investor at crypto VC firm Blockchain Capital. Despite gains, gender diversity in VC funding struggled in 2020. of venture dollars invested in 2020, a study in HBR found.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

The round was led by Wavemaker Partners, which focuses on enterprise and deep tech companies in Southeast Asia, with participation from the Tribe Accelerator, a program for blockchain startups backed by the Singaporean government. European VC funds are building community around ESG initiatives.

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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. If the past few years, and even the past week , has reminded us soundly of anything — it’s that the startup world will never be predictable.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Terra Drone said today it has raised $14 million in Series C funding from Wa’ed Ventures , the venture capital arm of Saudi Aramco , marking the VC firm’s first investment in Asia. ” Note: The original version of this article has been updated to include that Unifly has a presence in Europe and North America.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Jeshua’s audacious adventure unfolded during the pandemic, where he traveled to over 55 countries, joining Accelerating Asia and Decacorn Capital to dive deeper into the world of disruptive technology-led innovations. For founders opting for VC funding, swift closure of funding rounds is advised to maintain focus on product development.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Our generation’s most valuable startups have all sustained a high rate of user/revenue growth over an extended period of time. As such, founders, employees and investors are all trying to figure out if their startup can achieve sustainable growth to create a large and enduring business over time. Just don’t let it be the only one.

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