TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Consumers looking to digitize their finances must heed caution before they break up with traditional banks and run into the arms of Big Tech. It’s important to bear in mind that the venture into payments and financial services is multipronged for Big Tech players.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

We previously checked in on the company last February when it announced a $10 million Series A round of funding led by Wing Venture Capital. Today, Torii is back with $50 million in Series B financing, led by Tiger Global Management, to bring its total funding to $65 million.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

The judges for this pitch-off will be Yoon Choi (Muirwoods Ventures), Mar Hershenson (Pear VC) and Gabriel Scheer (Elemental Excelerator) on day one; and Sven Strohband (Khosla Ventures), Victoria Beasley (Prelude Ventures) and John Du (GM Ventures) on day two. Yoon Choi — Muirwoods Ventures. Alright, alright.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

“For a lot of our use cases, in environmental monitoring, in agriculture and forestry, it’s very beneficial to have that because we have that data stored in the library for retrieval, so that it can be used either that day or the next week or the next year, anytime in the future,” Hydrosat CEO Pieter Fossel said in a recent interview.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

Then in 2019, the state of technology was such that Li and co-founders Daniel Chen and Jeremy Huang could create data extraction capabilities through the use of artificial intelligence-driven software. Customers can request data sets with a couple of clicks of a button and have it delivered the next day.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

In April 2021, TechCrunch published a venture capitalist’s take that “ the era of the European insurtech IPO will soon be upon us.” 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.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

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. The decline in the value of public insurtech unicorns was a theme that The Exchange covered throughout last year , noting rising damage as valuations fell from low to lower.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

The venture capital market is retreating somewhat from its aggressive 2021 pace, new data indicates. But while aggregated data is useful for charting larger and slower-moving trends in the startup market, we care more this morning about near-term changes.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

Tunisia, due to its inhibiting government policies, is an unfriendly place to operate any startup or access venture capital — excluding InstaDeep, Tunisian startups raised $17 million last year, according to a report by VC firm Partech. On the other side of the table are somewhat naive views that argue InstaDeep’s “Africanity.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2022

Asia’s crypto games and web3 investment powerhouse Animoca Brands is making inroads into Japan as its local unit picks up $45 million in financing at a $500 million pre-money valuation. Staying in Asia, Anna and Alex take the pulse on China’s venture capital scene. Manish has more.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Data shows that India’s venture capital scene has grown sharply in recent years. 2019 was the country’s biggest ever in terms of venture dollars invested, with Bain counting $10 billion during the year. In 2020, the third quarter brought the country’s venture capital scene back to form. Let’s see what gets built.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Spring into action : Electric vehicle startup Faraday Future signed a $350 million financing deal to hopefully get it out of its previous monetary challenges and to launch its first vehicle, Jaclyn reports. Sarah has more.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

The new financing was led by ABS Capital Partners, and follows three consecutive years of 50% year-over-year growth for Apptopia’s business, which has been profitable since the beginning of last year, the company says. Existing investors, including Blossom Street Ventures, also participated in the round.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

For a balanced perspective, she also spoke to early Nubank investors at Sequoia and Kaszek Ventures, Latin America’s largest venture fund, to find out why they funded the startup while it was still pre-product. million in a Series A round led by Khosla Ventures. CTO Hunter Jensen writes in a guest column.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

In a sign of the market’s — and Cribl’s — robustness against headwinds , Cribl today closed a $150 million Series D funding round led by Tiger Global Management with participation from CRV, IVP, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia, and Greylock Partners. billion post-money, according to a source. .”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Also participating in the financing is SCAN Group, a mission-driven organization dedicated to keeping seniors healthy and independent. The company just raised its $40 million series B, led by Omega Healthcare , who also prepaid $10 million to install SafelyYou’s solution across close to 1,000 healthcare facilities.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

Until recently it was headquartered 2 blocks from our offices in Santa Monica so we literally saw it emerge under our feet and we proudly invested in the last 3 rounds of financing. Bird already has an enormous lead in data collection. Today the company officially announced its most recent round of capital ?—?having

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. On Deck focuses on connecting talent in transition with opportunities in the venture universe. 2) Market .

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

GreatPoint Ventures and August Capital, among other existing investors, are participating in the Series B round as well. “We

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

The venture capital fund of the future will perform the same tasks as the venture funds of today: help portfolio companies, evaluate new investment opportunities and build networks of other investors, potential hires, and founders. To triumph in this market, I believe venture capitalists must do three things.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

Built for fraud, risk and operations teams in the fintech and finance industries, Inscribe taps AI trained on hundreds of millions of data points to return results, Ronan says. Inspired by this, Burke and his twin brother, Ronan Burke, launched Inscribe , an AI-powered document fraud detection service.

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Ian Hathaway

OCTOBER 31, 2019

One of the drawbacks of venture capital databases is that they are dynamic. Many startups in Silicon Valley and other leading startup hubs have increasingly relied on unpriced rounds (SAFEs or convertible notes) for their first or even second rounds of financing. What might this say about the current state of venture first financings?

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Suzanne Fletcher , venture partner, Prime Movers Lab. For example, we haven’t yet partnered with any companies in robotics, procurement and finance, and labor management, but we’re seeing a lot of interesting early players emerge. Versatile is at its core a data science company, not just a data collection tool.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Via TechCrunch by Arman Tabatabai: Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries. Matt Murphy and Grace Ge, Menlo Ventures Which trends are you most excited about in construction robotics from an investing perspective?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Before he became a partner at Battery Ventures, Bill Binch was chief revenue officer at Pendo, a product analytics app. Data collection isn’t the problem: It’s what companies are doing with it. Data collection isn’t the problem: It’s what companies are doing with it. Detailed, five-quarter view.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

million in a Series A financing co-led by Accel and Insight Partners. . Existing backer s Avid Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures and BoxGroup also participated in the financing, along with new investors Flexport and The Fintech Fund.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

As hiring remains challenging in an economy where jobs are plentiful (depending on the sector), venture capitalists continue to pump money into HR startups focused on assessing and onboarding candidates. million in equity financing. million. . Hiring managers can’t keep track of candidate pipeline or track DEI statistics.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2021

Timed with its public debut, Opal also today announced its initial financing in a round led by Nicolas Wittenborn at Adjacent , a mobile-focused VC fund. While the company is using a VPN to make this system work, it’s being transparent and straightforward about its data collection practices.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

Laiye’s Series C financing came in three tranches, with the last one to have recently closed at $70 million, an oversubscribed round led by influential Chinese private equity firm Hopu Magnolia. based Lightspeed Venture Partners. To fill the gap, he started Laiye in 2015.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Sisu Data , which aims to help businesses make better decisions, announced today it has raised $62 million in a Series C round of funding led by Green Bay Ventures. Existing backers Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and NEA also put money in the round, along with new investor Geodesic Ventures. NEA led the company’s $52.5

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. On Deck focuses on connecting talent in transition with opportunities in the venture universe. 2) Market .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

Moove helps finance vehicles for ride-hailing drivers, which appears to be a growth market. To kick off, our own Walter Thompson has a great investor survey up today that attacks the question of how to pitch venture capitalists as a founder. Data science in a box ? The company’s latest round included $40 million in debt.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

At TechCrunch Disrupt, Harlem Capital’s Henri Pierre-Jacques and BBG Ventures’ Nisha Dua explained how founders should allocate recently raised dollars in today’s environment. What you should know about working with corporate venture investment committees. What you should know about working with corporate venture investment committees.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2016

That’s why today I’m so excited to finally be able to tell you about Density , a company I led a $4 million financing (2) along with Jason Calacanis (We’re teaming up on the board together! Density raises $4 million from Upfront Ventures, Ludlow, Dawn Patrol, Jason Calacanis and more.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

” My prediction: We’ll be running many articles in 2022 with tactics for zero-party data collection. Rebecca Lynn, co-founder and general partner at Canvas Ventures, has had dozens of conversations with early-stage founders in recent months. billion), according to YL Ventures’ State of the Cyber Nation 2021 report.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 5, 2022

Fintech startups are taking the downturn harder than most other sectors, data indicates. Data collected by Andreessen Horowitz shows that public fintech companies are suffering from greater valuation declines than other technology categories. Constrafor grabs $106M in equity, credit to finance construction subcontractors.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Silversmith Capital Partners and returning investor PSG are leading the round: PSG, along with Greater Sum Ventures, led a leveraged buyout of the company in 2018. “Now we are not only focused on data collection, but document generation.”

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