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Asian investment specialist Fullerton raises $100m first close for Thai PE strategy

AsiaTechDaily

Register Asian investment specialist Fullerton has successfully closed its first round of fundraising for a Thai direct private equity strategy at $100 million. The strategy seeks to invest in eight to 12 mid-sized companies in Thailand. Eventually, the strategy seeks to secure returns through a sale of the portfolio company or an IPO.

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Flora poised to bloom as sustainable brand marketplace launches this year

TechCrunch

E-commerce roll-up startup Flora emerged from stealth mode with $9 million in seed funding from an investor group that included Lux Capital, Correlation Ventures, Climate Capital and Gokul Rajaram. Kaya was also in investment banking at Goldman Sachs, focused on consumer retail M&A.

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A theory about the current IPO market

TechCrunch

And the late-stage venture capital markets, along with the changing value of tech stocks and the huge boom in consumer (retail) investing. And lots of money goes into exotic investments, like venture capital funds. TechCrunch has covered the IPO window as closely as we can over the last few years.

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Balance raises $56M to tip the one-click checkout scales in favor of B2B merchants

TechCrunch

There are many companies bringing one-click checkout to the direct-to-consumer marketplace, but few are developing similar tools for the business-to-business marketplace. B2B payment volume is five times the size of business-to-consumer retail payments, yet much of those payments are not being done online.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Startup after Iron Planet? (6:00 Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. Are you thematic in your investing or entrepreneur focused? (11:40-14:15).

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4 Reasons Why Choosing the Right Business Model is a Make-or-Break Decision

StartupNation

When launching a startup, most entrepreneurs are focused on fine-tuning their product or service. After all, there are significant differences between B2B brands and a direct-to-consumer retailer. Here again is your chance to make pivots for almost no cost,” Martin Zilling, startup mentor and angel investor, recommends.

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This new app is helping Gen Z invest in cars, food, video games and other ‘themes’

TechCrunch

is a former college basketball player who was pre-med until he discovered investing once finishing undergrad. After being exposed to it, Haddix says he got “really excited” about investing and went on to get an M.B.A. And so the idea for Scout – a different kind of investing app – was born. Michael Haddix Jr.