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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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 22, 2022

Having had the opportunity to work at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, Thanh decided to turn it down and return to Vietnam to start a business, devoting himself to the development and betterment of Vietnamese society. In 2013, Thanh founded the BusMap Project, a free public transportation app for urban bus passengers.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The “Start” Track: Geared towards entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas, this track offers a starting capital of $50,000 SGD by Enterprise Singapore and support from an Accredited Mentor Partner (AMP) of the entrepreneur’s choice. The applicant is required to possess a minimum of 30% shares in the company.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2022

There are thousands of startups in agriculture, FinTech, energy, and health — all the major sectors of the African economy, but very few in tourism, and only a handful have raised capital. And I quickly came to the conclusion that there wasn’t just one business opportunity to modernize the tourism sector.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

’s Seraphim Capital , the country’s only space tech accelerator, has released details of its newest cohort as part of its Space Camp programme, timed with the end of World Space Week last week. Description: “Starfish Space aims to create an on-demand, in-space transportation and maintenance service for orbiting satellites.

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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. Climate change is the biggest investor tailwind of the century.

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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

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Other backers include Global Founders Capital and a number of high-profile angel investors, such as GGV Managing Partner Hans Tung, ALLVP Partner Antonia Rojas and LaHaus founders Jeronimo Uribe and Tomas Uribe, among others. A wave of LatAm fintechs are laying down new global commerce rails.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Today, Alex Wilhelm says both transportation platforms plan to reach adjusted profitability by Q4 2021. Adtech and martech VCs see big opportunities in privacy and compliance. Scott Friend, partner, Bain Capital Ventures. 3 adtech and martech VCs see major opportunities in privacy and compliance. Proactive in Pacifica.

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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. We saw a huge opportunity to support immigrants,” Canals told TechCrunch. “We We both believe in the value of immigrants and how financial access empowers them to power opportunities.”.

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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

MAY 10, 2022

Seadronix will use the capital to grow its team beyond the current headcount of 30 employees and enter global markets, including Singapore and Europe, where its “smart ports” are located, Byeolteo Park, CEO and co-founder, said in an interview with TechCrunch. The company just secured a $5.8

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

So he teamed up with former Lyft exec Andrew Woolf to found Coast , a company that is aiming to meet those needs with the mission of becoming “the financial platform for the future of transportation.”. It’s the perfect recipe for a startup to come in and disrupt it with a much better experience,” Mohnot told TechCrunch via e-mail.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Electric bike sales boomed in 2020, a phenomenon driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption it delivered consumers’ daily lives. Existing investors Durable Capital Partners LP and Vulcan Capital also participated in the round. Rowe Price Associates. The funding round — the largest of a U.S.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Leslie Crowe, talent partner at Bain Capital Ventures, says founders who prepare a communication plan and “opt to be generous where you can” can do right by former employees and keep the trust of those who remain. The “best” training I received? “You’re in charge, for better or for worse.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

New York-based Luxor Capital, which led the company’s €37 million Series B in September 2021 , is also leading this round. Real estate investment firm Byggmästare Anders J Ahlström (like Volta, based in Stockholm), supply chain services giant Agility, and B-FLEXION (formerly Waypoint Capital) also participated.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2020

White Star Capital (which has also invested in Tier Mobility), and the Zalando co-CEOs Rubin Ritter, David Schneider and Robert Gentz, are new investors in this round. Digitally led subscription services have the potential to disrupt the traditional car sales model, and new startups are entering the market all the time.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

In an attempt to remedy that problem, São Paulo -based Kovi was founded in 2018 to give those people access to those opportunities. . Kovi today is announcing it has raised $104 million in a Series B round of funding co-led by Valor Capital Group and Prosus Ventures. Why Latin American venture capital is breaking records this year.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

We just announced the agenda and, as you can see, you don’t want to miss out on your opportunity to pitch live in front of such a fantastic group of mobility leaders and luminaries. What are the qualifications to participate in Mobility Startup Pitch-Off? It’s simple: Be an early-stage startup. Be incorporated anywhere.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Often, industries that have great potential to be disrupted are also the most resistant to adopting bleeding-edge technology. While legacy sectors like transportation and energy have embraced new tech, innovation in the construction industry has been slow to take hold. Sungjoon Cho , general partner, D20 Capital. of the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

Focuses on tech impacting various aspect of mobility: AI, robotics, 5G, SaaS, climate tech, VITAL crafts, fueling, data processing, autonomous vehicle, transportation, logistics, infrastructure, even material science. Incorporated anywhere.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Instead of cutting costs and waiting out the pandemic and the disruption it delivered, Hip expanded. The funding round was led by NFX and Magenta Venture Partners, with participation by AltaIR Capital and former Uber, Booking.com and Google executives. Hip works with companies, in any location, to determine their needs.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

FixMyCar is backed by Mucker Capital, Marc Randolph (Netflix’s founder and former CEO), Richard Wolpert (HelloTech CEO), Joe Malcoun (Cahoots and Nutshell founder) and various angel investors, so you know this startup is going places. FreightVerify. Healpay isn’t just another payment processing company.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

They also talked about overseas expansion — a common trajectory for China’s top autonomous vehicle startups — and shed light on the challenges and opportunities for foreign AV companies eyeing the massive Chinese market. What’s driving the rise of robotaxis in China with AutoX, Momenta and WeRide. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

NextView Ventures announced today that it has raised a $200 million venture fund, its largest to date, split between an early-stage vehicle, at $135 million, and an opportunity vehicle, at $65 million, Natasha M reports. Last chance saloon : Wanna come to Disrupt? Startups and VC. And we have another handful of stories.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Power Global, a two-year-old startup, wants to disrupt the auto rickshaw market by offering a retrofit kit for diesel-powered vehicles and swappable battery pack to transition the more common lead-acid batteries to lithium-ion. I’ve been looking at the Indian market now for about five years,” he told TechCrunch in a recent interview.

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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. It’s a different environment, but there are “great opportunities with this growing investor set,” he writes.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 25, 2016

Just like any new business venture, begin with a basic SWOT analysis measuring strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Disruption sends ripples through social, financial, and bureaucratic fabrics, so expect red tape waiting for you around every corner. Research the red tape. Set up supply well before launch.

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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

JULY 28, 2021

Cairo and Dubai-based ride-sharing company Swvl plans to go public in a merger with special purpose acquisition company Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, Swvl said Tuesday. The trio started the company as a bus-hailing service in Egypt and other ride-sharing services in emerging markets with fragmented public transportation.

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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. Fortunately, the window of opportunity for change is open right now.” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

We’ve seen a big wave of proptech startups emerge to reimagine how houses and bought and sold, with some tapping into the opportunity with distressed property , and others exploring the “ iBuyer ” model where houses are bought, fixed up and resold by a single startup to homeowners who don’t want to invest in a fixer-upper.

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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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Feedough

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Small and medium enterprises are privately owned businesses whose capital, workforce, and assets fall below a certain level according to the national guidelines. Transportation and Warehousing : a maximum of 500 to 1,500 employees. Limited Investment : The capital requirement of an SME is less as it operates on a small scale.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

As many edtech companies benefited from the disruption of the pandemic, attracting wads of cash from investors globally, it did feel like African startups were left out. million Series A , was completed by five investors: Tencent, Nielsen Ventures, and existing investors Owl Ventures, TLcom Capital and Founder Collective.

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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. But, there’s an opportunity to infill housing. The single module shelter that the company has developed can be transported and put on site in one day.

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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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