abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 17, 2014

Many entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley believe that the financial services industry in the United States is “ripe for disruption. ” banks consumer checking offerings have become less favorable across the board. Like Google, Amazon, ebay, and Facebook, the leading Internet companies in China are interested in disrupting payments.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Disrupt is right around the corner, and this year the show is packed to the brim with incredible panels and conversations, an absolutely stacked Startup Battlefield cohort of companies launching on our stage, investor insights and a virtual expo hall full of exciting new products and services in the Startup Alley. We can’t wait!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Meryem Salman, EO Turkey, partner and vice chairman +partner, Finance & Insurance and founder, Buldan Foundation. Freedom and Disruption. Disruption: Market failures are the bane of my existence. Disruption: Market failures are the bane of my existence. For this aim, I will work until I die.”. Realizing Dreams.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Ugandan technology-enabled asset finance company Tugende today announced that it has closed $3.6 This brings Tugende’s total Series A financing to $9.9 This brings Tugende’s total Series A financing to $9.9 The company is also currently piloting financing for e-mobility assets. . Image Credits: Tugende.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Disrupt is right around the corner, and this year the show is packed to the brim with incredible panels and conversations, an absolutely stacked Startup Battlefield cohort of companies launching on our stage, investor insights and a virtual expo hall full of exciting new products and services in the Startup Alley. We can’t wait!

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Disrupt is right around the corner, and this year the show is packed to the brim with incredible panels and conversations, an absolutely stacked Startup Battlefield cohort of companies launching on our stage, investor insights and a virtual expo hall full of exciting new products and services in the Startup Alley. We can’t wait!

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Y Combinator

JULY 15, 2019

One of the most common questions we hear from founders is “How do I manage my board?” It’s something that provokes anxiety, because this is the first time the founder/CEO is subject to external supervision, and the board has powers that include the firing of the CEO and the senior management. But first, what’s the purpose of a board?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Splice , the New York-based, AI-infused, beat-making software service for music producers created by the founder of GroupMe, has managed to sample another $55 million in financing from investors for its wildly popular service. Splice is also pleased to announce that Kakul Srivastava has joined the company’s board.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Should You Allow Board Observers on Your Startup Board? Photo by Antenna on Unsplash A board observer is somebody who attends your board meeting but doesn’t have a voting right. Why do board observers exist? Note: This is part of a series on Startup Boards. Types of Board Observers 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Startups that are backed by professional financial investors almost always have a Board of Directors that consists of some set of founders, investors and sometimes independent directors. What exactly is the purpose of a Board of Directors and how do boards best function? I plan to write a series of posts on the topic.

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Revolution

JANUARY 5, 2022

Beyond her 20 years of finance and investing experience, Fazeela has traveled the world and is actively engaged in the UN Women’s initiative. Tell us about your experience as a UN Women Metro New York Chapter board member. What industries are you excited for the next generation of founders to disrupt?

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HPA

MARCH 24, 2021

FourKites , the #1 real-time supply chain visibility platform, today announced a new $100 million Series D financing round. The growth financing is led by Thomas H. The supply chain disruptions from the pandemic accelerated the push for businesses to invest in real-time transportation visibility solutions.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Startups digitizing B2B e-commerce and retail in Africa continue to grab the headlines after the pandemic paved the way for widespread offline retail and commerce disruption. The Series B funding is coming almost eighteen months after raising $10 million co-led by Partech Africa and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

It’s a vital question, and it’s why we’ve invited three investors — who we think know their stuff — to share their insight and advice on the TechCrunch+ stage at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18-20 in San Francisco. She is currently a board director for Workwhile and a board observer for Outschool. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

A recent ZDNet piece reaffirms that the AI edge chip market is booming, fueled by “staggering” venture capital financing in the hundreds of millions of dollars. “The appointment of Lip-Bu Tan as the newest member of Sima.ai’s board of directors is a strategic milestone for the company. .

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

. – September 19, 2023 – Virtual Incision Corporation , the developer of the world’s first miniaturized robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) system, today announced a $30 million extension to its previous $46 million Series C financing. We are excited to invest in the Series C extension from our fund, Arboretum Ventures VI ($268 million fund).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

Mumbai-based Eruditus, which works with top universities globally to offer more than 100 executive-level courses to students in over 80 nations, said on Thursday it has raised $650 million in a new financing round led by Accel and SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board also participated in the new round.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2021

. “Every enterprise is either already rearchitecting themselves to be built around learning systems powered by AI, or they should be,” said Lonne Jaffe, managing director at Insight Partners and now a board member at Run:AI.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

Three-month-old GlobalBees said on Monday it has raised $150 million in a Series A financing round led by FirstCry. Lightspeed Venture Partners also invested in the new financing round, which is $75 million in equity and $75 million in debt. ” said Kumar, who is joining the board of GlobalBees.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The battle to win Startup Battlefield began long before TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off Tuesday. She is also on the board of Nordstrom and previously served on the boards of Dollar Shave Club and Bonobos. While at Pinterest she helped it expand internationally, close its Series C financing and led three acquisitions.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Startup SG Founder The Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board Spring (SPRING) consolidates various startup assistance programs. Startups qualifying under Startup SG can access cash grants, equity financing, and business loans.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Besides Riverwood, edtech-focused Owl Ventures (which led its $5 million Series A round last June), Endeavor Catalyst and Roble Ventures also participated in the financing. Federico Storani, executive director of Riverwood Capital, is joining UBITS’ board as part of the financing.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

The global management consulting industry is worth billions of dollars but to this day it’s been tough to disrupt with technology. so far from Fatima Gobi Ventures and angels including Gokul Rajaram (DoorDash board member), the former Global CFO of PepsiCo and two managing partners of large consulting firms.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Today, he claims, SwipeRx has transformed and digitized the pharmacy industry and become a one-stop platform for pharmacists to perform all their daily tasks, from education to purchasing to inventory financing in Southeast Asia. ”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

You’ll still need to figure out how to acquire customers, find the best talent, build an incredible product, assemble a great advisory board and get to product-market fit.”. “Training to manage stress, anxiety and personal finances will help your employees build the needed knowledge and respond to tough situations.”.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Founded by Ahmed Hisham in 2021, Nexta wants to disrupt the Egyptian fintech scene with its “next-generation banking” app and card. Nexta is among the promising companies financed by the Group within several targeted investments,” Sahar said.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Companies such as E*TRADE, Rocket Mortgage, and TurboTax began to disrupt the established financial services sector well before 2012, but that year marked the turning point when fintech morphed into a sustained movement that would drastically change how most people manage their money.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

Today I’m excited to announce we’ve recently raised $30 million in growth finance led by 8VC , with Kimmy Scotti joining our board. But finding a market which is large, out-dated, has zero tech and is ripe for disruption can lead to very large outcomes. We’ve been delighted with 8VC as a co-investor.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

Thepeer isn’t a pure fintech play; it sits at the intersection of data and finance. to 573 , from 491 in 2019, according to local publication Disrupt Africa. After we launched our first product [Send], we went back to the drawing board because there were things we needed to get right.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Kaiyo said Tuesday it has raised a $36 million Series B in equity and debt financing to reinforce growing consumer demand for secondhand furniture and accelerate growth and market expansion across the country, starting from California. Loveseat gets comfy with new funding to expand its returned home goods marketplace. billion in 2018. .

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

million seed round to further its insurance payments platform that combines financing, collections and payables. Ascend is offering point-of-sale financing to enable insurance brokers to break up those commercial payments into monthly installments. Ascend on Wednesday announced a $5.5 Ascend app.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

The new financing, which gives Madison Reed some $250 million in total funding to date, was led by Sandbridge Capital, with participation from Marcy Venture Partners. We are excited to have both of them on board,” she said. Dollar Shave Club disrupted an industry no one was paying attention to.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Financing Illegal Activities (drugs, terrorism, etc) On a related note, governments are concerned about crypto being used to finance illegal activities. Similar to the money laundering problem, governments are also worried about people using crypto to finance illegal activities like drugs, weapons, gambling, trafficking, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This financial leader could well have come through the finance org at another startup or at a larger company but they often also can come from strategy consulting (Bain, BCG or McKinsey) or through investment banking (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc.). If I could close with some advice for startups and boards ….

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

InstaDeep , a Tunis and London-based enterprise AI startup that creates decision-making systems for solving real-world problems, has raised $100 million in Series B financing led by Alpha Intelligence Capital and CDIB. Other examples are the design of advanced therapeutics with silicon and routing components on a printed circuit board.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

When Daniel Simon sold Bread , a consumer purchase finance and payments startup he’d co-founded, to Alliance Data Systems for over $500 million late last year, he quickly set his sights on building another startup.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

The options for financing are seemingly endless: syndicates, public crowdfunding, VC firms, accelerators, debt financing, rolling funds, and, for the profitable few, bootstrapping. It’s nice to see some other cities put points on the board. Dismantling the myths around raising your first check.

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