TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. But over 90% of Ukrainian startups say they need financial support to survive the war.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2024

million in Series A funding, led by GreenPoint Partners with support from Speedwagon Capital Partners, to accelerate expansion of its managed properties and technology platform. FirstFleet, PAM Transport, Dot Transportation, Western Flyer Xpress, and Riverside Transport, as well as more than 1,500 midsized fleets and small trucking companies.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Founder Christina York created the tech to work as augmented reality for published books but quickly pivoted into health care when she found the technology could be readily used as pediatric patient distraction during medical procedures. Spellbound has gone from bootstrapped XR startup to award-winning company with a growing team.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

Released in 2011, “Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle” was a book that laid claim to the idea that Israel was an unusual type of country. Via Transportation raised $400 million in Q1. Israel’s government is very supportive of its high-tech economy. Next Insurance raised $250 million in Q3.

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

To raise awareness and inspire action, we have gathered 3 initiatives that are having a positive impact on the tourism industry and supporting the industry’s efforts to operate within planetary boundaries. The Tourism Innovation Academy: Supporting early-stage tourism startups.

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OurCrowd

APRIL 15, 2022

Artificial intelligence technology is disrupting almost every industry from agriculture to retail to transportation, but it doesn’t come cheap. NeuReality replaces the traditional general-purpose CPU-centric support system, slashing deployment costs by 80 percent and more.

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OurCrowd

APRIL 15, 2022

Artificial intelligence technology is disrupting almost every industry from agriculture to retail to transportation, but it doesn’t come cheap. NeuReality replaces the traditional general-purpose CPU-centric support system, slashing deployment costs by 80 percent and more.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

lbs (3kg) including the drone, cloud-based software, and supporting systems. Only two other companies are aiming at backyard deliveries with this end-to-end capability: Amazon’s Prime Air, which serves only Amazon, and Alphabet’s (Google) Wing, currently focused on medical supplies and library books. Read more. .

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

A female-focused fintech, Shecluded aims to empower finance for all women by providing them with access to loans, learning opportunities and support to scale their businesses. It is supported by a secure and trusted escrow infrastructure to handle payments anywhere in Africa. Transportation and storage. Technology services.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 9, 2020

Listen to my interview with Trey Yingst of Fox News on how OurCrowd’s Pandemic Innovation Fund can support them. Alibaba Freight is a new partnership between Alibaba and digital freight marketplace Freightos intended to help connect small business owners with vendors to more efficiently transport products.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2016

Nowhere is this better captured than in the most mind-opening book I’ve read recently, The Accidental Superpower by Peter Zeihan. Zeihan’s book is a fascinating history of how country’s outcomes are determined by topography and demographics — notably the economic advantages afforded by the luck of one’s natural advantages.

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Continuations

MARCH 1, 2021

Over the weekend I tweeted out a summary of my book The World After Capital in 64 theses. transportation). Only humans have developed knowledge in the form of books and works of art that transcend both time and space. individually owned cars) with needs (e.g. There is an objective basis for humanism.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The public transport sector in Kenya is largely traditional and a majority of operators, especially those in road travel, still require their clients to physically book tickets at their offices even when making advance travel plans. Others do not have provisions for seat reservation.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

Plentywaka , a Nigerian bus-booking platform, today announced that it has been accepted into the Techstars Toronto accelerator program. Due to the nature of its business, Plentywaka had to make a slight pivot and began transporting essential services across Lagos, especially food items. It also opened a logistics service.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 15, 2020

We studied that very challenge while researching our new book, “The Entrepreneur’s Faces.” Below, we profile five of the 10 different types of entrepreneurs we discuss in our book, and why these are the key people you want on your side from the start. We found that new ventures require radically different talents and skills.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

It’s a big jump either way, and you’ll need extra support to give it your best shot. If any of these statements ring true, then this is the book for you and NOW is the time to take action as there will be many new business opportunities for female entrepreneurs resulting from morphing industries in the aftermath of COVID-19.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Calendly : The explosive growth of meeting-booking service Calendly was bound to attract competition. Transit security is big business : Flush with a $50 million Series B, Shift5 is working to build transportation security. Fantastical v. Expect to see more related competitors in time. There’s yet another round in The U.S.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 4, 2018

I felt like we had been transported back in time. I was able to support my wonderful family and my small staff, but we always operated one project to the next, navigating a predictably unpredictable cash flow. And just yesterday, I booked a flight for a week-long trip back to Italy with Lisa. But that was just it.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The company’s new cash has come from the private equity firms KKR and Tritium Partners, and is intended to provide operational support to meet the booming demand for RVs as Americans hit the road in unprecedented numbers. The company saw a 650% increase in bookings from April to May of 2020, according to a report in The Drive.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

Plentywaka is primarily a bus-booking platform but, per its website, has more than 900 vehicles, ranging from cars to vans to buses. Techstars is a huge believer in the future of Africa and a proud supporter of African entrepreneurs. However , for the former, it’s in the form of an acquisition.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

million seed funding support from East Ventures and other investors to expand its operations across the region. million Seed Funding Support Fr8Labs, a startup company based in Singapore and Indonesia, is leading the digital transformation of logistics industry in Southeast Asia. The logistics startup company recently received $1.5

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

Long before COVID-19 precipitated “digital transformation” across the world of work, customer services and support was built to run online and virtually. Yet it too is undergoing an evolution supercharged by technology.

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HPA

AUGUST 12, 2019

Unlike many traditional healthcare companies, Livongo helps people use less-intrusive technology and an easily accessible professional support network to change and maintain behavior that leads to healthier lives. You can read more about his insights on the topic in his book On Our Terms: Empowering the New Health Consumer.).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

On the user side of things, by the time they’ve begun the checkout process and are ready to finalize a booking of, say, an RV rental, DigiSure is able to offer up a dynamically priced bundled insurance product at the point of sale, making it feel like a real-time process.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

I see a world where you can use a DAO for your book club, or whatever you want.”. Strong Supporter. “There will be a lot of evolution [for DAOs] as we start to fit the technology into human behavior,” Sarah Wood, head of operations at Upstream, said. “I Dear Sophie: What can we do to help employees who are Ukrainian citizens?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 10, 2020

With his company Mediport, which provides logistical support in transporting vaccines and pharmaceutical products, there is the potential to save lives using smart processes to ensure timely deliveries and well-maintained products. He also credits his late father, who was his confidant and supporter.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 3, 2013

Daniel Pink, former speechwriter for Al Gore, has written an unconventional book on sales called To Sell is Human. In this well researched book, Pink observes a few surprising evolutions in society and their impact on sales. Everyone in a company must sell : customer support, marketing, engineering, and so on.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

We have [in our portfolio] companies decarbonizing food, fashion, data storage, transportation, chemicals, mining. If I had to choose a few to start, I’d say food, transportation and energy. TC: And if Trump gets reelected?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

It happened — first day in the books! Twitter makes its API free for public announcement accounts Twitter announced on May 2 that it is making its API free for verified government or public-owned services posting about public utility alerts such as weather alerts, transportation information and emergency warnings.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 8, 2022

I enlisted in the Hawaii Air National Guard right after graduating high school and served for 20 years as a Cyber Transport Systems Technician. I had the support of other business owners in the community who encouraged me to leave. Here’s what she shared: Tell us about your entrepreneurial journey. . To what do you owe these accolades?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

“AI and machine learning have always been at the core of our product … [it helps users] book more efficiently in terms of cost and time,” Kukreja said. “The massive dissonance between personal and business travel processes presented an interesting opportunity. Itilite’s expensing tools. Image Credits: Itilite.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Travel booking startup Hopper today announced that it closed a $96 million follow-on investment from Capital One, bringing the company’s total raised to $740 million. Evidently, the downturn hasn’t soured investors on the travel industry.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 21, 2021

We have seen this play out across several business-to-consumer verticals over the past decade: Airbnb in hospitality, Instacart in grocery, DoorDash in food delivery, and Lyft in transportation. Domestic shippers like Unilever spend nearly $800 billion annually transporting raw materials and consumer goods by truck 1.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

” Bounce talks in term of a “BounceBack Program” — aka, a “pledge” to support small business to “‘bounce back’ as we continue to climb out of the pandemic”, as its marketing puts it. Travel booking app Hopper upgrades its valuation to $5B on secondary sale.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Prospective hosts can start pre-listing cars on Wednesday, and guests who want to book on Turo can start June 27, the company said. Meanwhile in France, Turo has acquired French competitor OuiCar, effectively opening up the French market and supporting broader expansion plans in Europe, the company says.

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OurCrowd

JULY 22, 2019

By now it’s pretty clear that vehicles are becoming increasingly connected to the outside world, and in 10 years, most vehicles will be connected to other vehicles, surrounding infrastructure, and even pedestrians, allowing them to support driverless cars, trucks, and SUVs. If it’s a software fix, there will be an upgrade.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

However, Topship’s expectations are pretty lofty; it said in a statement that “its mission is to make the shipping experience in Africa as easy and stress-free as booking an Uber ride.” YC W22 batch nets 24 African startups, including 18 from Nigeria.

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