TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

Here’s a look at just some of the ways early-stage founders can learn to build, grow and fund their startups at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco. Let’s kick off the Disrupt opportun-a-palooza with a time-sensitive reminder to apply to the Startup Battlefield 200 (SBF 200) by July 31 at 11:59 p.m.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

Today is last day to cast your vote for Audience Choice roundtables and breakouts at Disrupt 2023. You pick the sessions you want at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 Specifically, you help decide which of the 17 roundtable discussions and 15 breakout sessions will earn a spot on the Disrupt agenda. Voting ends at 11:59pm PDT tonight.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 30, 2025

This round is about seizing the opportunities ahead for our next phase of growth, including driving innovation with new products, exploring acquisitions, and ensuring long-term financial flexibility, said Immad Akhund, co-founder and CEO of Mercury. Bank accounts are the nucleus of business finance, said Akhund.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. Or worse yet they may never get financed. I see opportunities for disruption all around me and am meeting amazingly talented entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2023

It’s hard to believe it but TechCrunch Disrupt — only one of the most engaging, fun, well-attended startup events in the world — is around the corner, taking place September 19–21! Outsiders may not realize just how much work goes into planning Disrupt. Opportunities and returns will be unevenly distributed in favor of those who move.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Two Sigma is a technology and finance company in Soho filled with incredibly bright engineers and developers, so I’m really excited about leveraging that partnership in a number of cool ways. Most firms still have founders involved and they live fund to fund the way startups live customer to customer.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Some of the opportunities involve machines, while an equal amount of opportunity lies in the software behind the machines. Finishing is the ripest for disruption. Travis Connors, Building Ventures At Building Ventures, we see enormous opportunities developing for the use of robotics in construction over the next 20 years.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Welcome to the first day of TechCrunch Disrupt ! You’ll find all the day’s programs, stage location and times listed in the Disrupt agenda and in the event app. You’ll find all the day’s programs, stage location and times listed in the Disrupt agenda and in the event app. Connectivity isn’t a nice-to-have for innovation.

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2023

Back in February, we started calling for content — urging startup subject-matter experts to submit applications to lead roundtable discussions or breakout sessions at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 on September 19–21 in San Francisco. TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 Audience Choice voting opens Now comes the part where you, dear readers, play a major role.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 26, 2020

The key question he poses is: has the industry become so large that it needs to be disrupted? It’s a thought provoking question and a good opportunity to ask for feedback on how we can imrove. This supply/demand shift that provides founders more leverage in conversations has catalyzed some innovation in venture.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

We look at huge markets where there are large incumbents that might not be incented to innovate or react to what they perceive as an insurgent. It allows him the opportunity to do what he does best, finding and motivating entrepreneurs then thinking through market strategy. Big companies just don’t seem to innovate the same way.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2025

Hyperscalers need the ecosystem to innovate with them to accelerate their infrastructure deployments, said Anshul Sadana, CEO of Nexthop AI. This disruptive model enables cloud companies to build the most cost- and power-efficient AI solutions. Filling a Critical Market Gap The market opportunity is enormous.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

But now, VCs and founders are actually praising the Central Bank for its initiatives and the opportunities it has created. “Both Open Banking and Pix will level the playfield for new challenges, and we expect to see a lot of innovation around them,” Yoshimura said, referring to another of the Central Bank’s projects.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

I believe that our job can be stripped away to its core: We have to be really good at identifying talent and we have to be competent enough in startup operations and finance that they want to work with us and figure out the answers together. Any true disruption will change all the rules. It is unknowable.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 28, 2016

As President and co-owner of the 102-year-old Lamey Wellehan shoe stores, Jim Wellehan used sustainability to foster innovation and remain relevant in the face of fierce competition. In the United States and beyond, such extraordinary wastefulness is an opportunity of epic proportions. billion in sales. Start small and simple.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Often, industries that have great potential to be disrupted are also the most resistant to adopting bleeding-edge technology. While legacy sectors like transportation and energy have embraced new tech, innovation in the construction industry has been slow to take hold. With the industry representing about 6.3% of the U.S.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

More importantly, without you, our economy would be weakened, and society’s ability to innovate would be stunted. In fact, ACA members and groups are the most significant source of support for entrepreneurs, investing more than 1 million pro bono hours and $650 million of after-tax financing to more than 3,000 high growth companies annually.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2021

Darwinbox, which operates a cloud-based human resource management platform, has raised $15 million in a new financing round as the Indian startup looks to further expand in the country and Southeast Asian markets. We are a product-led firm and our focus will remain on innovation in that space,” he said.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Like Thiel, I think Christensen undervalues efficiency innovations. Combining efficiency innovations can lead to enabling innovations that create new industries. The text message (SMS), a trivial innovation, is the banking mechanism over which 33% of Kenyan GDP flows. And efficiency innovations will attract another.

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Revolution

JANUARY 5, 2022

Beyond her 20 years of finance and investing experience, Fazeela has traveled the world and is actively engaged in the UN Women’s initiative. Many other women and girls are not given a voice or opportunity to chart their path?—?something What industries are you excited for the next generation of founders to disrupt?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

But issues around pricing, flexibility to innovate and a lack of local tech support always come up. “We started Appzone with the intention to build out innovative local solutions for banking and payments on the continent,” CEO Obi Emetarom told TechCrunch. This is where Appzone has found its sweet spot.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Startups digitizing B2B e-commerce and retail in Africa continue to grab the headlines after the pandemic paved the way for widespread offline retail and commerce disruption. The Series B funding is coming almost eighteen months after raising $10 million co-led by Partech Africa and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

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Revolution

JUNE 15, 2023

CAVA’s founders had a vision to bring heritage, heart, health, and innovation to the fast-casual sector. So they kept their focus trained on meeting more people in more places — through digital innovation and geographic expansion — with food that fuels and connects. Balancing discipline with innovation: Running a restaurant is hard.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The idea for a syndicate fund would come in the following months as the pandemic disrupted investment activities worldwide. Tijani is the co-founder and CEO of Co-Creation Hub (CcHub), a pan-African innovation hub with offices in Lagos and Nairobi. Investzilla is focused on unlocking that opportunity for them.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The new fund builds upon SoftBank’s $5 billion Latin America Fund, which was first announced in March 2019 and was formerly called the Innovation Fund with an initial $2 billion in committed capital. Recently, it co-led a $350 million Series D round in Argentine personal finance management app Ualá. billion as of June 30.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

I want to thank my coauthor Akshat Dixit , a rising senior at North Carolina State University, intern at Versatile VC, and past intern with the HBS Alumni Angels Association and the Innovation Quarter in Winston-Salem, NC. . Columbia , University of Washington , NYU ) have mounted formal efforts to promote interdisciplinary innovation.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Delve into his story as it unfolds with lessons from filmmaking, startup ventures, and the fascinating world of technology innovations and investing. This gave me a front-row seat to the world of tech/innovation, and I began making some personal angel investments along the way.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Farmers, witnessing post-harvest loss, also get paid less and miss the opportunity to invest in their crops production. Even after graduating from Y Combinator’s summer batch that year, Releaf toyed around with ideas around trade finance and a marketplace for buyers and sellers of agricultural products. Then the $1.5

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Pursuing your passion is a good jumping off point, but not all passions can become profitable businesses—so opening up your eyes to other opportunities is another pathway to start a business. This is particularly true of industries where technology is disrupting business models.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Today, disruption is rather slow-paced. Startups are known to disrupt the markets, and this disruption usually ends up in developing totally new demand for its offerings. Such demand and other metrics of a disruptive startup, when represented in the form of a graph, form a shape of a hockey stick.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Beta Boom : founded in 2017 by two veteran Silicon Valley innovators, Kimmy and Sergio Paluch the firm invests in pre-seed software startups that are building the future for womxn, Black, Latinx and other ethnic minority consumers. They invest in companies that are disrupting traditional retail and consumer experiences.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 21, 2017

In this blog post, I’d like to reveal the four reasons why you need to rethink using the SWOT tool —the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis—for your next strategic planning, and I’d like to share with you the tool I’ve been using. Now opportunities and challenges are time-critical. It’s become a cliché.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

As a result, a lot of innovation that is occurring in fintech is funded by venture dollars. We’re trying to bring that innovation to our clients, whether they are banks, processors or other fintechs.” So much of fintech focus and coverage is about disrupting existing banks. Twenty-four are located in the U.S. “So

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2021

Once the engineers pass the assessments, they can join the company’s “talent network” to access opportunities. . based, wants to decentralize access and democratize opportunity for Africa’s top tech talents. . and Europe for better opportunities or, better still, launch their own startups. ”

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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

MAY 25, 2022

A recent ZDNet piece reaffirms that the AI edge chip market is booming, fueled by “staggering” venture capital financing in the hundreds of millions of dollars. EdgeQ , Kneron , and Hailo are among the dozens of upstarts vying for customers, the last of which nabbed $136 million in October as it doubles down on new opportunities.

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Forward Cities

MARCH 27, 2020

As the Economic Innovation Group states, “the startup-less recovery revealed one of the glaring failures of the response to the Great Recession.” Additionally, with crisis comes opportunity. As disruptive as COVID-19 is, new entrepreneurial opportunities will open up because of it.

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