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20 Years of Investing in Startups

Paul G. Silva

From 2003-2022 the River Valley Investors operated as a traditional angel group, investing in nearly 100 startups. The company pitched to River Valley Investors in April 2022 and RVI invested one week later. Lenoss Medical Designed and developed the first and only biological solution to treat osteoporotic spinal fractures.

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Alibaba Leads $1 Billion Investment in Moonshot AI for LLM Development

AsiaTechDaily

Moonshot AI, a Chinese AI startup, has clinched a staggering sum of over $1 billion in its Series B funding round for the development of large language models (LLMs). The financial injection, led by e-commerce titan Alibaba and venture capital HongShan, drives Moonshot AI’s valuation to an impressive $2.5

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Rightbot, which is developing robots to unload freight, lands investment from Amazon

TechCrunch

Rightbot, a startup developing suction-based robots that can unload truck-transported freight in a range of sizes, has raised $6.25 Amazon launched IIF last April to bolster startups addressing challenges across customer fulfillment, logistics and the supply […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Bain & Company Acquires Startup Development Studio Rainmaking APAC

AsiaTechDaily

Register Bain & Company, a prominent global management consulting firm, has revealed its plans to acquire the Asia-Pacific division of Rainmaking, a renowned venture-building and startup development studio. program, a SGD 20 million initiative introduced by the Singapore Economic Development Board.

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Why invest in Ukrainian startups today?

TechCrunch

The EU will invest €13.5 The experts are predicting the Ukrainian economy will bounce back and that the investment made today will bring dividends for years to come. Ukrainian startups are the horse to bet on The Ukrainian startup ecosystem has developed rapidly in the past few years. Need more convincing?

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Pangyo Biotech Startups Enjoy Green Light for Global Expansion in New Drug Development

AsiaTechDaily

Register On November 24th, the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced plans to invest over KRW 250 billion in the field of biotech health through K-Bio and Vaccine Funds, managed by Yuanta Investment, Premier Partners, InterVest, and Korea Investment Partners, starting in 2024. The funds, with a total size of KRW 2,616.3

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Google Cloud and EnterpriseSG Announce Accelerator to Fuel AI Startup Development in Singapore

AsiaTechDaily

Google Cloud and Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) have announced a collaboration to assist 100 Singapore-based generative artificial intelligence (AI) startups in developing and commercializing their products within the next three years.