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When VCs turned to Zoom, Chicago startups were ready for their close-up

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By now it’s common knowledge that 2021 is shaping up to be a breakout year for the startup and venture capital worlds, surpassing years of strong results in a long-term bull market for tech-focused business upstarts. African startups will set fresh venture capital records this year, for example.

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Why 2022 insurtech investment could surprise you

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And yet when CB Insights dropped its 2021 fintech data collection , it noted that global insurtech venture activity hit a new high in the year. billion in capital (again, an all-time record, and a 90% gain over 2020.). billion in capital (again, an all-time record, and a 90% gain over 2020.).

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Did venture capitalists undervalue startups for decades?

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Data indicate that the pace of startup value creation reached a fever pitch in 2021. According to venture capital data collected by PitchBook , prices spiked for startup equity across the maturity spectrum last year. The result of those rising prices was a huge gain in the pace at which paper wealth was generated.

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Nigerian data and intelligence company Stears raises $3.3M, backed by Mac VC and Serena Ventures

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Each had different yet complementary skills — Michael Famoroti , an economist; Bode Ogunlana , a software engineer; Abdul Abdulrahim , a data scientist; and Preston Ideh , a corporate lawyer — and in 2017, they launched a media startup to address the dearth of information and data-driven insights in the West African country. .

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Got the right stuff? Exhibit and pitch at TC Sessions: Space 2020

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military and VCs determined to finance pioneering space startups. From Space Rock Returns to Financial Returns: An investor panel — with Chris Boshuizen (Data Collective DCVC), Mike Collett (Promus Ventures) and Tess Hatch (Bessemer Venture Partners). We’re talking folks from NASA, the U.S.

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North American and European insurtechs are recalibrating after a blockbuster 2021

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With venture capital data collected for TechCrunch by PitchBook and notes from active insurtech venture capitalist Florian Graillot of Astorya.vc , we now know a lot more. While the 2022 data tells a stark story, the rest of Q2 could prove pivotal for insurtech this year. It peaked in Q3 2021 with $2.51

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InstaDeep’s acquisition is a classic case of an African startup gone global 

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This January, Germany’s largest vaccine maker BioNTech announced that it had agreed to acquire Tunisian-born and London-headquartered AI startup InstaDeep for up to £562 million, including a performance-tied £200 million tranche investment. First, when completed (at $682 million, adjusted in U.S. In 2019, InstaDeep raised an $8.5

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