Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 15, 2020

had a record-breaking number of investments in FY2020 with $12.89M in closed investments across its 4 venture funds and concept fund. in 12 companies that needed funds to get them to the next phase of their growth such as expanding sales, operations, FDA approvals, distribution channels, and manufacturing. With $16.0M

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

The concept of “shoppable videos” has been around for at least a decade, with some big companies, like Showroom, Firework , Vimeo , YouTube and Klarna getting in on the action. million in venture-backed funds, Cioba said in an interview. The company now has a cash infusion of $3 million in a round that closed earlier this year.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

400 investments in 236 companies : i2E has managed nine early-stage and growth investment funds that have allowed us to invest over $93 million in promising businesses to help them start up and scale up. These funds have contributed to the creation of thousands of jobs in our state.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Presently, Brian has launched Crypto VCF and is Co-GP in it’s Blockchain Opportunity Fund. The fund provides investors with the full spectrum of exposure to blockchain digital asset equities with a focus on opportunities in Med Tech, Sports Tech, NFTs, Gamification, and Metaverse/Web3. Thank you so much for joining us! My pleasure!

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The initiative aims to provide Singapore-based startups access to diverse funding sources and mentorship programs, nurturing innovative concepts into prosperous companies. The applicant should not have previously registered any business entity or received funding from any other government organization.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Not many college students can claim that their startup won $100,000 at a pitch competition held at the San Diego Angel Conference and then also gained seed funding. Dominyck shares how he navigated from the initial business concept through key milestones that landed him the support of outside investors—positioning his startup to scale.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 10, 2022

DUBOIS, PA – In partnership with the PA WILDS Center for Entrepreneurship, and with funding support provided by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ recent innovation competition targeted the counties of Centre, Clarion, Clearfield and Jefferson located in the PA WILDS.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

The dampened outlook for startup funding at the start of 2022 thanks to the pandemic’s lingering uncertainties has only worsened following a global market downturn and the war in Ukraine. Here are five things green founders should remember when seeking VC funding at this moment. More posts by this contributor. When it rains, it pours.

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propel(x)

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The ownership of a startup changes as it grows and progresses through its funding rounds. Dilution of shareholding When considering the capital structure and shareholding of a company, it is important to understand the concept of dilution because this can have a major impact on the ownership stake of founders, investors, and employees.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Entrepreneurs heading early-stage startups in NSW are encouraged to apply for the MVP Ventures Program, which is its return after a six-month hiatus with reduced funding. Before this expansion, the program, previously known as the MVP Grant program, provided matched funding up to $25,000.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JUNE 13, 2021

Oklahoma bought into “what if” in the late 1980s with the creation and funding of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) to diversify the state’s economy. What if the state created and authorized i2E to manage an early stage concept fund to provide equity-free capital to startups?

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 9, 2023

million in seed funding. The funding round was led by venture capital firm AirTree Ventures from the investment landscape. Additional participants in the round included YC Continuity Fund , Global Founders Capital , Partech Ventures , and January Capital.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

Here are the investors we spoke to, along with their areas of interest and expertise: Deborah Quazzo , managing partner, GSV Ventures (an education fund backing ClassDojo, Degreed, Clever). Ashley Bittner, founding partner of Firework Ventures (a future of work fund with portfolio companies LearnIn and TransfrVR).

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The growing trends of hiring and running remote workforces, and more recently the major upheaval of restructuring across a number of industries, have redefined and disrupted the concept of teams at work. ” Alongside the media and content aspect of its platform, Teamraderie also provides tech to measure the effectiveness of the sessions.

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2021

Early-stage fund VentureIsrael , seed fund Operator Partners and the Israeli Innovation Authority are backing the company, which is based out of OurCrowd’s Labs/02 incubator. million seed round. “Moreover, the application of our platform can be used to save lives, and prevent thousands of accidents and errors. .

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

OCTOBER 15, 2021

iMCI Managed Funds. This Concept Fund provides pre-seed financing and early stage risk capital to advance scalable startup Oklahoma companies to prove new products and processes. Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund*. Accelerate Oklahoma Fund. Oklahoma Angel Funds I & II. Technology Business Finance Program *.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

At Human Ventures , we have a fund for pre-seed and seed-stage investments, a venture studio and an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) program. Create a lean canvas for each (viable) concept. Construct concept prototypes. Share on Twitter. Define the “Jobs to be Done”. Define the user journeys.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 1, 2020

million from Plains Venture Partners I, as well as $1,000,000 from the Accelerate Oklahoma Fund and $500,000 from the Oklahoma Angel Fund II. Plains Venture Partners I, the Accelerate Oklahoma Fund, and the Oklahoma Angel Fund are each managed by iMCI. The concept of our device is quite simple,” Clark said. “If

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2023

Eight months after the company launched, the concept is catching on, Bell told TechCrunch. For example, Daily Harvest, Instacart , Positive Foods , Splendid Spoon , Prado , DishDivvy and Shef have all raised funding in the past few years for their meal delivery approaches to everything from plant-based to homemade meals.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The Bogotá-based company closed on $15 million in Series A funding in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz and Base Partners. Including the new funding, Foodology has raised more than $20 million. Izquierdo aims to open another six kitchens, as well as use the new funding to enter the Brazilian and Peruvian markets next year.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The 29 year-old CEO has, indeed, built a decentralized ghost kitchen — and managed to convince Softbank’s latest Vision Fund to invest in a $120 million round for that the company announced today. Ordermark logos for some of the company’s delivery-only restaurant concepts. Image Credit: Ordermark.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Singapore-based venture firm Jungle Ventures is digging deeper into Southeast Asia and India with the close of its fourth fund. Fund IV totals $600 million, with $450 million for new investments and $150 million earmarked for follow-up investments in its portfolio companies.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2022

based venture capital fund Valar Ventures and will use the funding to expand into more European countries later this year. Malte Huffmann, co-founder and co-CEO of Mondu, said in a statement: The concept of BNPL isn’t new in the B2B world; offline business trade has enjoyed it for decades.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Twenty-five years ago, Oklahoma did not have a continuum of venture capital serving concept to growth stage companies. Now we do — thanks to assistance from the state acting through OCAST — from the TBFP concept fund for pre-seed capital and early-stage companies to five venture funds, i2E Management Company, Inc.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2020

It’s been growth ever since, and in 2020 the company pitched for funding to scale up. The fund raise required three in-person pitches, seven Zoom pitches and 30 Zoom calls before closing successfully in August. Learn how to respond if your audience doesn’t understand your business concept.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

In the war for talent, equity compensation has become more important than ever, but it’s not the easiest concept to explain, especially in privately funded companies. Equity isn’t a new concept. Kirsten Prost is a VP at Tercera and supports the sourcing, execution, and monitoring of investments in third wave services businesses.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

Coinbase unveils fund for early-stage cryptocurrency startups. Based on our internal survey, in terms of public’s top of mind asset classes, we see crypto as a top three asset class in Indonesia, alongside gold and mutual funds,” he said. Pintu’s new funding will be used on marketing, hiring and product development.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Register Indonesian raw material procurement startup Bababos has secured $3 million in seed funding round. Venture capital firm East Ventures led the latest funding round, focusing on Indonesia’s booming tech scene. The funding comes only six months after East Ventures led the startup’s pre-seed funding round in March.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Recommerce is a concept as old as trade itself. Everyone knows thrift stores or has bought a used product before — it’s not a new concept. He focuses on early-stage investments in commerce, marketplaces and consumer.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

Toyota AI Ventures, Toyota’s standalone venture capital fund, has dropped the “AI” and is reborn as, simply, Toyota Ventures. The introduction of these two new funds, each worth $150 million, brings Toyota Ventures’ total assets under management to over $500 million. The Frontier Fund is a step outside of mobility.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Her product is a hit with investors, the most notable of which include Morgan Stanley, The BFM Fund and Northwestern Mutual Futures Ventures. She said the experience piqued her interest in selling, and she learned about the concept of entrepreneurship after taking a class on it during her senior year of high school.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 9, 2023

Financial benefits , including settlement funds to cover living expenses over the 15-week program period ($10,840 per team). Additionally, eight startup teams will have the opportunity to get further assistance of $25,000 and support with commercialization funds such as a PoC(Proof of Concept) with Korean companies.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 20, 2022

This latest capital raise provides Crown Digital the funds to grow its team, accelerate deployment across Asia, and develop new capabilities and concepts. Crown Digital will be launching similar robotic coffee and automated café concepts across 29 MRT stations in Singapore. The post Crown Digital raises $3.7m

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

Convertible notes allow companies to delay being valued until an equity funding round, extending the time they have to build a product and flesh it out. And for investors, while riskier than the traditional funding route, convertible notes give them an opportunity to get more equity for their money than if they wait until Series A.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

This would appear to be the first time a major Silicon Valley fund has invested directly in an aquaculture startup (as far we know). So far the startup has had 10 harvests in the last six months from its small proof of concept facility in Singapore to demonstrate the core biological concept works and can produce a good product.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 2, 2024

At the end of the program, they’ll pitch their business concepts to a panel of judges for a chance to take home up to $15,000 to officially launch their idea. The eight entrepreneurial teams chosen for the 2024 Erie program represent an exciting mix of products & ideas: Premier Manufacturing – d.b.a

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 27, 2023

This year, through the Follow-up program after Demoday, KSGC 2023 offers further support to the Top 20 teams, including commercialization funds such as a PoC(Proof of Concept) project with Korean companies for approximately 8 teams with a maximum funding of $25,000, which will help startups take their innovative ideas to the next level.

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