AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 22, 2022

As a Co-founder & CEO of Phenikaa MaaS (formerly BusMap), Le Yen Thanh is one of the prominent and inspirational names in the Vietnamese startup community. In 2013, Thanh founded the BusMap Project, a free public transportation app for urban bus passengers. In 2021, BusMap received a capital injection of $US1.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

SoLo Funds wants to replace payday lenders with a community-based, market-driven model for individual lending, and now has $10 million to expand its business in the U.S. “They’re looking to diversify their capital and deploy it to make returns.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

The company, which first launched in Uganda, is disrupting the offline market of local motorcycles referred to as boda-bodas in Uganda and okadas in Nigeria. And despite its exciting features, pieces of equipment and safety measures employed, what stands out is how SafeBoda adapts to the boda boda community.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It has now become a materials innovation company disrupting how clothes are made. This is a huge opportunity for founders to build a purpose-native company that will have generational impact on the community, for employees and investors alike.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 28, 2023

Xpressbees CEO Amitava Saha stated that there’s a massive opportunity for tech-led disruption in logistics, and the company aims to become a dominant end-to-end logistics player leveraging any strategic opportunities. Avendus Capital was the exclusive financial advisor on this transaction.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

InstaDeep utilizes advanced machine learning techniques, including deep reinforcement learning in applications within an enterprise environment that cuts across various industries such as biotech, transportation, electronics manufacturing and logistics. As such, most startups have had to domicile abroad to access funding.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Along with Mike Adkins, they started 99 Counties to disrupt the $100 billion U.S. 99 Counties coordinates all of the processing, transportation and marketing so that farmers can focus on raising livestock and consumers can order meat from local farms within a day’s drive.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Having reliable transportation is at the top of any gig worker’s list, but in Latin America, that’s not always easy to secure. Other startups, like Graviti in Mexico City, are also providing financial tools — in Graviti’s case buy now, pay later — so that people can purchase home appliances if they don’t have much upfront capital.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2021

Loop, co-founded by John Henry and Carey Anne Nadeau, hopes to launch an alternative model that is equitable for all communities. Henry, who co-founded Harlem Capital, describes Loop’s data is “almost a God-level understanding of crashes that have occurred on each, individual road.”. Image Credits: Loop. Mission, Henry says. “I

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Working at a big company is honorable and I don’t believe the narrative that all of this tech disruption is to kill off big companies. And not enough capital embracing these moonshots. Having a steady income and providing for a family is one of life’s highest commitments and honors. And that is what we’ll do.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Besides my experience, I read and talk about diversity in tech every day, so when I was offered a chance to speak to three founders from underrepresented groups at TechCrunch Disrupt, I was eager for the opportunity. Every entrepreneur swims against a current, but these founders face challenges that their white, male counterparts do not.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 20, 2022

The invisible hand and heart of capitalism supports Ukraine. Artificial intelligence technology is disrupting almost every industry from agriculture to retail to transportation, but it doesn’t come cheap. Join this $20M Series A round led by Cardumen Capital and Varana Capital. It forecasts initial sales of $2.5M

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

It also claims that a “lean manufacturing strategy” doesn’t require the capital outlay that a large central factory does. We’ve taken a ‘network’ approach to our expansion efforts — similar to what some major e-commerce companies have capitalized on with local distribution centers,” Haller said. “By

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

It’s clear that the additional overhead is generating higher prices, but not necessarily better results, according to Sumi Das and Nina Gerson, who lead healthcare investments at Capital G. m CEO Ritu Narayan explains why equity and accessibility works for mobility services. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin. Ritu Narayan founded Z?m

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

” Here is what they told me: Peter Barrett, Playground Global: Why the venture community decided to call in an airstrike on their portfolio companies is quite beyond me. Murielle Thinard McLane, Intuitive Ventures: Robotics capitalization strategies will shift. Rodney Brooks (Rethink Robotics) at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2017.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 13, 2020

Enric Badia , the director of human capital at Banco Sabadell points out to “not fool ourselves, we are not currently working from home. Operating like this has given us an upper hand and enabled us to best support Impact Hubs in transitioning their work and communities online. . We are managing the crisis remotely.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 18, 2021

“While all startups are certainly not focused on being disruptive, they often rely on cutting-edge technology and processes to give their customers something truly new,” Zeile writes. Few people are more closely tapped into the innovations in the transportation space than investors. Image Credits: TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

“Basically, it’s a beautiful product, but done in a way that disrupts and transforms the way homes are built,” said Leung. That capital includes a recent $5 million round that served to reboot the company and refocus it around its manufacturing technology that can create deployable shelters alongside its housing work.

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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 is disrupting the current approach by deploying AI with a new system architecture that reduces the cost and energy consumption of AI systems by an order of magnitude.

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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 is disrupting the current approach by deploying AI with a new system architecture that reduces the cost and energy consumption of AI systems by an order of magnitude.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

This post was a shortened version of a more detailed post he had written for his own blog titled “ A Disruptive Cab Ride to Riches: The Uber Payoff.” In other words, the arrival of a product or service like Uber will have zero impact on the overall market size of the car-for-hire transportation market. Transporting kids.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 23, 2021

The digital disruption is destined to go much deeper, with technology driving a fundamental change in the relationship between stores and their customers. Investing in a comercial break The ecommerce explosion during 2020 represents a seismic break with the past and a major investment opportunity.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

That means they required a lot of upfront venture capital investment to disrupt their respective markets. Venture capital alone hasn’t funded some of the largest companies. But one massive industry has not yet benefited from the large amounts of money that both venture capital and government can provide: Childcare.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

P.S. Before we forget – TechCrunch Disrupt is back with an in-person event in October. Alex Wilhelm unpacks a Silicon Valley Bank report that suggests that late-stage software-as-a-service companies may also see lower valuations, and startups trying to raise some later-stage capital may not have as attractive a price. Startups and VC.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2023

Further down the line, mark your calendar for TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 , which will take place in San Francisco on September 19– 21. Via acquires Citymapper: Transportation startup Via , which recently raised $110 million at a $3.5 Google Glass bids farewell: Google Glass, Google’s misunderstood bit of AR tech, is no more.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 28, 2016

A 2015 Maine Business Leader of the Year , he reports that eliminating waste and carbon has freed capital for growth, enhancing employee and customer loyalty. Lamey Wellehan is pursuing abundance by weaving sustainability and business strategy together, simultaneously producing outstanding results for the enterprise, planet and community.

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

Animal agriculture emits more greenhouse gases than the entire transportation sector. EVERY aims to disrupt the $200B egg market by producing egg protein for cooking without chickens. OurCrowd, Regal Four (a Beren family venture entity), F2 Venture Capital, NGN Partners and Future Energy Ventures participated in this new round.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Shared transportation in Nigeria, Africa’s largest country by population, is a thriving business, at least when done the conventional way: offline. While most mobility tech in the country is centred around two-wheelers and car-hailing, there’s been hardly any deliberate disruption in the bus-sharing and mass transit space.

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