American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 18, 2023

30 Investments to date in the areas of AI, autonomy, cybersecurity and space Shield Capital was launched in 2021 by the Managing Partners Philip Bilden and Raj Shah, both of whom have deep experience in technology and investing, driving their passion to support founders of frontier technologies.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

Qwili , a startup that provides a hybrid sales product to micro and small merchants in South Africa, has raised $1.2 In a statement shared with TechCrunch, Qwili said it would use the investment for app development, new hires (improvement in operations and development capabilities) and hardware production.

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Mighty Oaks Capital Partners’ Gbenga Olomola Sleeps and Wakes Working with Global Startups and Funds I had the pleasure of interviewing Gbenga Olomola, Founder & Group/CEO of Mighty Oaks Group. Gbenga Olomola’s expertise spans equity capital markets, debt capital markets, M&A, and business acquisition, among other areas.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

Ably is a Pub/Sub messaging platform that companies can use to develop realtime features in their products. The company just raised a $70 million Series B funding round co-led by Insight Partners and Dawn Capital. Ably customers currently contact the startup at different pain points. Or maybe it doesn’t scale properly.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Opaque Systems , a startup developing what it describes as “AI for confidential computing,” today announced that it closed a $22 million Series A funding round led by Walden Catalyst Partners with participation from Storm Ventures, Thomvest Ventures, Intel Capital, Race Capital, The House Fund, and FactoryHQ.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

A Manila-headquartered startup called CloudEats , which operates cloud kitchens across the Philippines and Vietnam, just raised a $7 million Series A extension led by Nordstar to accelerate the digitization of food service in Southeast Asia. . The cloud kitchen market in Asia is projected to grow at 14.2% billion by 2030 , up from $15.2

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

When much of the shopping shifted online during the global pandemic, startups developing software and other products to aid the transition began to garner attention from venture capital firms. Startup Battlefield Company Boomerang Commerce. He exited the company to Lowe’s in 2019. Where Are They Now? Meanwhile, $1.1

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 20, 2023

Register Investment firm Heritas Capital has announced the successful first close of Asia Impact First Fund (AIFF) with $20 million in total commitment. It also marks the latest in the bank’s longstanding efforts to galvanise capital towards supporting the growth of this space.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 2, 2022

When I asked him what he meant, he replied because capital was so plentiful and accessible today, he hired more expensive people, spent more time developing a product, and invested with a longer time horizon before demonstrating evidence of success. Capital availability on the x-axis and evidence on the y-axis to illustrate his point.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

startup that makes it easier for housing developers, architects and construction firms to configure and design modular homes to address the ongoing housing crisis , has raised £10 million ($11.7 Modulous , a U.K. million) in a series A round of funding. billion people by 2025 , as house-price growth continues to outpace income growth.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The Pune-based company is also the latest startup to raise funding in this area, bringing in $12 million in Series A funding in a round co-led by Elevation Capital and General Catalyst. In addition to Loop Health, other startups are addressing health insurance in India. Meanwhile, Tiger Global led a $15.6

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 22, 2023

Register Singapore -based construction planning startup Frontline Industrial Software has raised $700,000 in seed funding. Cocoon Capital, an investment firm from the same country, led the round. Will Klippgen, Managing Partner of Cocoon Capital, shared his excitement for the new investment.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

This amount includes Brick’s previously undisclosed seed funding, which TechCrunch reported in May 2021 , but the majority of it is fresh capital, said co-founder and CEO Gavin Tan. The Philippines was chosen as one of Brick’s next markets because of “the development in open banking,” Tan said.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

AllSpice , a collaborative hub designed for hardware development, came out of private beta on a mission to build a DevOps ecosystem inspired by GitHub. They bonded over frustrations at their respective jobs in what seemed like a hardware industry left behind to rely on PDFs and email to get things done versus software development.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 22, 2023

Register Hong Kong-based venture capital firm Newman Capital has invested in Openfort, a startup that specialises in blockchain wallet infrastructure for Web3 gaming. The investment from Newman Capital has enabled Openfort to successfully complete its seed round fundraising, generating a total of $3 million.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

When developers are building software with API access, they need to figure out how to bill users fairly for hitting the API gateway. Archetype , an early stage startup, has created a metering solution, so developers can bill on a usage basis. Currently, the startup has 8 employees, and has just hired a couple of engineers.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 12, 2023

Register Indonesia-based ed-tech startup SoLeLands has successfully secured funding led by venture capital firm East Ventures, with participation from SMDV. They recognized the need for children to develop essential competencies and moral foundations that would enable them to thrive and navigate the complexities of the modern world.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 28, 2024

El Segundo, CA – March 26, 2024 – Picogrid , a defense technology startup, announces a $12 million seed round led by Initialized Capital with participation by Starburst Ventures, Credo Ventures, Giant Step Capital, Domino Ventures, and Alumni Ventures. and international security needs.”

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The strategic growth round was led by Blockchange Ventures, with participation from existing investors Acrew Capital, Act One Ventures, and Tamarack Global, as well as new investors Wilson Sonsini and Vinny Lingham. With Afterparty AI, we have developed a proprietary system from the ground up to scale creator-fan interactions.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Register Singapore-based EV charging startup Charge+ is gearing up to expand its electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure across Southeast Asia. The company recently secured funding in a Series A round, which was led by TRIVE Venture Capital , a Singapore-based firm specializing in early-stage high-growth technology companies.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

By digitalizing the insurance work for insurers and intermediaries, its platform enables them to save time, focus on their clients and scale their business. . Hong Kong insurtech startup Coherent gets $14 million Series A led by Cathay Innovation. European insurtech startup Wefox grabs $650 million at $3 billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

Impact investor Goodwell Investments and Oxfam Novib , a Dutch foundation and Oxfam International affiliate, have set up Pepea, a €20 million ($21.7m) fund, to provide financing to early-stage startups in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia. Pepea’s long-term plan is to improve the quality and affordability of these necessities.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 11, 2023

The funding round was invested by Seaborne Capital, Filipino family offices, Imagine If Partners and US family office– the Rufino Family and David Leechiu. million in its seed round in 2021, with support from Philippine’s venture capital investor Foxmont Capital Partners. AHG Lab had previously secured $1.1

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

He’s the CEO of Femtosense , a startup developing edge hardware designed to make AI processing viable for low-cost consumer electronics. Fine Structures Ventures led with participation from J2 Ventures, SV Pacific Ventures, Quest Venture Partners, Amino Capital, Sand Hill Angels and Gaingels.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

While most of the market is focused on building and selling 5G infrastructure, an important piece that is overlooked is the application development on 5G networks, according to Vivek Ladsariya, general partner at SineWave Ventures. That’s what makes him excited to support a company like Shabodi.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Kontent, a platform designed to help companies manage business-related content in the cloud, today announced that it raised $40 million from Expedition Growth Capital as part of a growth capital infusion. Kontent launched in 2015 as an internal startup of 18-year-old bootstrapped software developer Kentico.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Berkeley-based cultured meat company New Age Meats announced Monday it raised $25 million in Series A funding that will enable the company to begin production of its first product offering, a variety of pork sausages, next year. Startups making meat alternatives are gaining traction worldwide. Image Credits: New Age Meats.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Nutrium , a digital health startup which links dietitians and their patients via an app, has raised a €4.25 million seed round led by Indico Capital Partners , alongside the Social Innovation Fund in Portugal (SIF) and previous investors. We are pleased to back this jointly developed vision with capital and knowledge.“.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 9, 2023

Register Taiwan-based auto machine learning solutions developer, Profet AI, has earned $5.6 Its existing investors Hive Ventures, AUO and SVTI also participated in the round, joined by Darwin Ventures, Harbinger VC, and Jensen Capital Management. No account yet? million in a funding round that was led by Darwin Ventures.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 21, 2023

Register Tokyo-based startup FLUX has secured $32 million in a Series B funding round led by DNX Ventures, a venture capital firm. This latest funding brings FLUX’s total raised funds to $40 million and will support the further development of FLUX AI, their no-code AI platform.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Register The Southeast Asian fintech startup has been a dynamic landscape, with countries like China, India, Singapore, and Indonesia emerging as fintech hubs, each with unique strengths and focus areas. GFC, Money Forward, Alpine Ventures, Patamar Capital, and nine angel investors also contributed to the funding round.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

Sequoia Capital India and Southeast Asia disclosed 15 early-stage startups it has selected for the seventh cohort of its accelerator program Surge, pushing ahead with new investments even as the deal activity has considerably slowed in the region. Following is the list of startups available in the seventh cohort.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 29, 2022

Register The Lightnet Group announced today it has secured a $50 million capital commitment from LDA Capital Ltd to grow its infrastructure, operations, and expand its technological partner’s (Velo Labs Technology) blockchain technology. Baker III, Managing Partner and Co-Founder at LDA Capital.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 13, 2023

Register Indonesian fintech startup Orderfaz has successfully concluded a pre-seed funding round, as announced on Thursday. The round was led by Singapore-based venture capital firm 1982 Ventures, which acted as the sole investor. With a transaction fee of 3%, the social commerce enabler provides a cost-effective solution for sellers.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

The company develops blockchain platforms that can work with financial institutions’ existing infrastructure, and its core technology is also used in GreenSTACS for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments. Singapore-based fintech Hashstacs Pte Ltd (STACS) announced today it has raised $3.6 million USD in pre-Series A funding.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

Merchants building businesses on giant marketplaces often have to think inside the marketplace’s box, but Medusa , a one-year-old e-commerce startup from Denmark, is going after e-commerce platforms, like Shopify and WooCommerce, with its open source alternative aimed at the JavaScript developer community.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

While software development frameworks make developing software faster and easier than ever, pre-deployment testing gets more and more complex by the day. The round of fundraising enables the company to double down on its own software platform for software testing management and further shore up its sales and operations.

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