TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

African fintechs Chipper Cash and Stitch invested too. Thepeer isn’t a pure fintech play; it sits at the intersection of data and finance. to 573 , from 491 in 2019, according to local publication Disrupt Africa. Last year, the number of African fintechs increased 17.3% Here’s how it works.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2023

Image Credits: Wellthy Jurist-Rosner founded Wellthy in 2015 (the startup actually launched as a Battlefield contestant at TechCrunch Disrupt that year ) to help others like herself who were juggling work and caregiving. Its latest financing was an up round, but Jurist-Rosner said that was not something the company was focused on.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2023

In this week’s edition of WiR, we cover a $70 device that can spoof an Apple device, hackers stealing Americans’ health data from an IBM system, and Elon Musk pledging to fight Mark Zuckerberg in a proper cage match. Join us at Disrupt 2023 in San Francisco this September to immerse yourself in all things startup.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 28, 2024

With Boulevard Capital, we developed a unique offering based on our deep understanding of the industry, making funding more equitable and accessible to self-care business owners from diverse backgrounds so they can invest in their continued growth.” to book more than 1 million appointments every month.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The great surge in entrepreneurship following the pandemic resulted in a significant disruption of most industries, which was mainly reflected in significant and widespread adoption of tech, both old and contemporary. Finance teams are no exception to this trend. Data analytics on the health and status of the month-end close.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Yet, some Kenyans still lack other digital financial services from savings to investments. Based on her experience, Kidanu teamed up with Alexis Roman and Bubunyo Nyavor last year to start Koa to help Kenyans save and invest their money better. She is the COO of the company, while Roman and Nyavor act as the CEO and CTO, respectively.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Investment will accelerate advancements of the MIRA Surgical System LINCOLN, Neb. September 19, 2023 – Virtual Incision Corporation , the developer of the world’s first miniaturized robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) system, today announced a $30 million extension to its previous $46 million Series C financing.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Fifty organizations will receive a collective $25 million for the piloting or expansion of ideas and projects that seek to address food security, as well as strengthen the physical and financial health of low-income families and their communities.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

Founders focusing on gut health, optimizing the way our bodies process waste and what that can do to the brain. Technology that enables people to live longer on their own (not as big a factor in other countries where it is normal for multi-generational households to exist) and to take ownership of their health and care is on the rise.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2021

Check out the Startup Alley companies that will exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 in an episode dedicated to the art of the pitch. Hear from founder and CEO Jen Nwankwo and investor Jory Bell, from Playground Global, about how to fundraise in the bio/health tech sector and use that financing to your advantage.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

It was an easy decision to invest in something that not only tastes great and is healthy, but also, and most importantly, allows choosing a healthier lifestyle to be affordable and accessible to everyone.”. Nothing with our flavor and health profile is on the market today,” Hufnagel added.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

I have experienced two major financial disruptions in my career: the bubble burst in 2000 and the financial crisis of 2008. Growth investors have become far more reserved when making new investments, and many are redefining how they approach valuations. Founders must consider a new timeline for the investment process.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Erik previously worked on Wall Street as a VP for AIG investments and was a co-founder and consultant of other startups. The last startup he co-founded before Blockstream was Dan’s Plan, a health tech company. It most recently raised $125 million in January and has raised more than $400 million to date.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

The latest financing cements 16-year-old Klarna’s position as the highest-valued private fintech in Europe. We’ve scaled up so massively in investments in our growth and technology, but running on a loss is very odd for us,” he told TechCrunch. “We Now we have more cash and money available to invest further in the long term.”.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

GDP, so it’s no surprise that digital health is attracting record levels of investment. billion to health tech startups, compared to $14.6 Given the high cost of care in the United States compared to other nations, pairing fintech with health tech is just good business. This year, VCs have flowed $14.7

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

Prior to co-founding Canal, he worked with hundreds of companies as a consumer investment partner at Andreessen Horowitz. I think the roadblock with these bridge financing investors is you have to prove you are really building the bridge,” said one founder who closed a round recently. Looking for an investment from a CVC?

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

The quest to disrupt the traditional baby food aisle continues as more of today’s parents seek out nutritional food for their children. One of the startups taking on the $100 billion children’s health and wellness market is Little Spoon , producing fresh, direct-to-consumer baby and children’s meals. Little Spoon products. “We

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OurCrowd

JUNE 2, 2020

We plan to raise $100 million for investment in urgent technological solutions for the medical, business, educational and social needs triggered by global pandemics and other health emergencies. Treatment & Healing – Therapeutics, Diagnostics, Remote monitoring, Digital health, etc.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The battle to win Startup Battlefield began long before TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off Tuesday. Green has built her career as a VC by becoming an expert within the fields in which she invests, beginning in the consumer space and expanding to health and wellness, durable supply chains and more.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

And today, San Francisco-based Honor has announced that it has raised $70 million in Series E funding and $300 million in debt financing, bringing its valuation to over $1.25 Baillie Gifford led the equity financing, which brings Honor’s total equity raised to $325 million since its 2014 inception. Rowe Price Associates Inc.,

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Water monitoring can also provide relevant information to public officials about the potential for disease outbreaks and other health-related issues in a population. Silicon Valley Bank provided the company with $3 million in debt financing.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

Roger Lee is a general partner at Battery Ventures, based in Menlo Park, CA, who focuses on investments in software and consumer tech, including online marketplaces. He focuses on consumer internet, online marketplace and software investments. Five success factors for behavioral health startups. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

We can’t check out every investing outfit’s demo day. Pear, a seed-stage venture firm founded in 2013, has an impressive track record when it comes to identifying promising companies from their earliest stages — including DoorDash, Gusto, Aurora Solar, Vanta, Branch Metrics and Guardant Health. ” Health U.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has quickly established itself as the go-to method of financing for a variety of purchases, particularly online. This financing model has primarily been available to customers shopping online, but customers outside the U.S. have already dipped their toes into similar alternatives at brick-and-mortar stores.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

InstaDeep , a Tunis and London-based enterprise AI startup that creates decision-making systems for solving real-world problems, has raised $100 million in Series B financing led by Alpha Intelligence Capital and CDIB. A common theme with these partnerships is that all three organizations are investors in InstaDeep’s new financing round.

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2022

“Diversifying customer acquisition channels and organic growth will take time, but the investment is worth it in the long run to build an enduring brand,” he writes. The San Francisco Bay Area long ago lost its monopoly on launching disruptive technology: Today, every large American city has a number of startups.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

He has many initiatives to finance progress: the Thiel fellows programs, his numerous investment vehicles and working with his colleagues from PayPal who have built SpaceX, Telsa, Yammer, LinkedIn and other disruptive companies. Below is a list of advances made in various fields from a few Google queries.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Flexing its “20-minute term sheet” the startup uses an algorithm to shift through a startup’s data, and if it has positive ad spend and positive unit economics, they make an investment worth anything from $10,000 to over $10 million. in my alternative financing panel next week for TC Sessions: Justice. Does YC care at all?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

million seed round to further its insurance payments platform that combines financing, collections and payables. In addition, one of the only ways insurance companies can make a profit is by taking those hundreds of millions of dollars in payments and investing it. They want all of their money up front so they can invest it.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

As continued labor shortages, supply chain disruptions and the rise of the Delta variant put a “return to normal” further out of reach creating a recipe for financial strain, business owners must have a firm grasp of their cash flow in order to continue to weather the storm. Keeping Fees and Personal Finances in Check.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

The options for financing are seemingly endless: syndicates, public crowdfunding, VC firms, accelerators, debt financing, rolling funds, and, for the profitable few, bootstrapping. With a surge of VC investing, many startups are urgently hiring. Dismantling the myths around raising your first check. Maverick in Milpitas.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2021

New investors include FinTLV, Ace & Co, LGT and its affiliated impact investing platform Lightrock, Partners Group, EDBI, Jupiter and Decisive. We nailed how to disrupt it in our core market,” Teicke said. The company has been investing in automation so that common processes are handled by an algorithm.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Alongside the equity raise, the 2009-founded startup has secured another chunk of debt financing ($75M) from Blackrock. Earlier this year ( March ), it announced a $120M Series D (as well as $100M in debt financing) which it said it would use to enter the US.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

We cover a lot of health startups here on TechCrunch, and you know what it’s really hard to get any sort of excitement about? Let’s be honest, there are not a lot of companies that raise five rounds of institutional growth funding, with half a billion dollars worth of investment raised along the way.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Seats are just an outdated way of charging and don’t allow a company to communicate value or invest in features that would add more value,” said OpenView operating partner Kyle Poyar. “In What does Zillow’s exit tell us about the health of the iBuying market? What does Zillow’s exit tell us about the health of the iBuying market?

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The Kauffman Foundation found 47% of US tech founders held degrees in STEM while 34% held degrees in business, finance, and accounting. At Versatile VC, we particularly like investing in “dual-PhD” problems, at the intersection of multiple domains. Creator Fund is a European firm “investing in Ph.D.,

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Pula , a Kenyan insurtech startup that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed a Series A investment of $6 million. Therefore, the new financing will scale up operations in its existing 13 markets across Africa, where it has insured over 4.3 million farmers.

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