TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

mPharma, a Ghanaian health startup, has taken a controlling stake in Uganda’s Vine Pharmacy for an undisclosed amount, marking the firm’s entry into its latest market in Africa. It currently runs retail pharmacy operations and provides market intelligence to hospitals, pharmacies and patients. The firm also partnered with Mt.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 31, 2022

As Oddle continues to disrupt and revolutionise the food technology industry in the Asia Pacific, funds from this bridge round will power product development and regional market expansion in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Hong Kong, according to the announcement.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Ann Arbor continues to be one of the top growing tech ecosystems around the country with some of the best startups to watch. This was a year like no other for Ann Arbor startups, so we’ve spent lots of time keeping up with all the news from Ann Arbor tech companies. Small Ann Arbor startups to watch in 2022. DocNetwork.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

Every major market was disrupted by some change of distribution, like Netflix and Airbnb,” Goy told TechCrunch. “We Customers can use any licensed physician, hospital or urgent care clinic. That led to a discussion about how to also have healthcare that was accessible.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Video cameras are everywhere: in warehouses, factories, car washes, hospitals, schools, banks, and stores. More than just transforming the user interface, Spot AI disrupts the purchasing process. Legacy player Hikvision is worth $80B+ and there are unicorn startups including Verkada valued in the billions.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Y Combinator’s latest batch — W21 — features 350 startups from 41 nations. The world’s second largest internet market has delivered 43 startups in the new batch, another record figure in the history of the storied venture firm. The startup says it delivers the item to customers within 12 hours of harvesting.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The startup plans to deploy over $330 million to repay its debt. The startup — which counts SoftBank, Airbnb, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital India and Microsoft among its investors and was most recently valued at $9.6 Much like every other hospitality and travel firm, Oyo was also severely disrupted by the pandemic.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Ideas are the critical spark in the first stages of a startup: Ideas for a new product, for a disruptive service or engaging customer experience. The ambiguity and uncertainty of the startup world fuels their ambition. We’ve just given you a sense of the five critical talents every startup needs. Key takeaways.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

But one event that we try to catch every year is that of Pear , which is held annually each fall and features (blessedly) just a dozen or so very nascent startups. These were the exact pitches that the teams delivered straight to investors in attendance, so you’ll naturally spot a bit of hyperbole (because, startups).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Docyt , a startup that offers an AI-powered accounting automation platform for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), today announced that it has raised an $11.5 One vertical the company has especially focused on is hospitality, with many accounting systems for hotels still using rather antiquated software and PDF-based receipts.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

However, a change-point is in the offing as insurtechs like the Kenya-based insurtech Turaco introduce new technologies and products that are disrupting the market. And people are very aware of the risks like having medical emergencies and needing to clear that hospital bill. International startups shrug off US insurtech meltdown.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Flip , an Indonesia-based fintech startup, announced today it has raised $48 million in a Series B to accelerate its growth. The startup plans to use the fresh capital to accelerate its business expansion further, strengthen its operations in Indonesia, advance technology and expand its engineering and product teams. .

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

While TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 2022 is still fresh in our minds, Perygee , a member of the 2020 group , has been helping companies keep their building operations elements secure. Mollie Breen, a former NSA employee, developed the idea for her startup while she was a student at Harvard Business School. Image Credits: Perygee.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

HealthPlix , an Indian startup offering its in-house platform for doctors to help record patient data digitally, has raised $22 million in fresh investment to broaden its reach in the country and allow more doctors to utilize its software to offer improved care to their patients. Currently, the startup has a headcount of 392 people.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

The startup, which targets motorcycle taxi (boda boda) operators, their passengers and users of other forms of public transport (hereafter commuters), is building a business around daily micro-payments for personal accident covers, with some premiums going as low as $0.1. It is this gap that Kenyan insurtech MotiSure is working to seal.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

So it’s no wonder why Ann Arbor tech companies and startups are thriving. Founded by two of the top female founders in the Midwest , Workit Health is a health startup that’s providing digital tools for people recovering from addiction. They’re a mission-driven startup that’s using technology to help save lives. million in 2020.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

If you’ve been to Disrupt before, you’ll remember we had a stage or two or three. New for Disrupt 2023: The Security Stage , for those of us who love us some hacking, security, and everything in between. Kyle reports on a startup that wants to train art-generating AI strictly on licensed images. PDT, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The “native retail” startup announced today that it has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Accel. What a time to take a leap and start a company at the intersection of hospitality and physical retail, two industries that were getting decimated,” he said. ” Welcome to the post-pandemic economy, startups.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 28, 2019

However, this could ultimately be detrimental to your business if you wind up in the hospital. Schedule visits when they’re least disruptive to your daily flow and add them to your calendar right away so you can plan around them. Here’s how you can look after your own health while also starting a business. Be proactive.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The gig economy isn’t just limited to the service and hospitality industries, either. Similarly, you might find that your lean startup can get by with hiring a freelance writer to develop your blog content, a legal consultant to read over your contracts on a case-by-case basis, or an independent web designer to build your site.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2022

million in bitcoin paid out to the Colonial Pipeline hackers, to its successful disruption of the notorious REvil gang — the ransomware threat continues to grow. ” To better thwart ransomware attacks, startups must get cybersecurity basics right by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch. .

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OurCrowd

JULY 19, 2021

Other startups fueling this trend include payroll solutions-provider Papaya Global and cybersecurity company JumpCloud, which allows IT managers to track and manage users, devices and platforms on their networks. Lab-produced and plant-based food is disrupting a $6 trillion global food industry. Water Means Business”: WaterTech.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

And while the accelerator says it only looks at founders when investing in startups, not sector, category or idea, more money in the pipeline may be empowering enough to attract a different cohort of founders. Enter Integrated Reasoning , a startup that claims to be developing hardware for solving these sorts of problems in the cloud.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Then we worked together at Convoy — it’s kind of an Uber for trucking and supply chain — and we spent six or seven years at these pretty quickly growing startups,” explains Ryan Fritsch, CEO and co-founder at Cloud Paper. E-commerce roll-ups are the next wave of disruption in consumer packaged goods.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I found GroupMe at the Techcrunch Disrupt Hackathon. We got her a hospital bed in the living room and she seemed ok, right up until two days before she passed. I had been preparing for it for eight years of emphysema—through hospital visits, surgery, ups and downs. It was ok, because I was preparing for it.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The company is part of the Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022. “It’s The book is an interactive map that users can use to find what they believe are “the safest hospitals across 14 states with the largest African-American populations in the United States.”

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Although the overall economy in Oklahoma has suffered in the pandemic, some sectors were hit harder than others such as hospitality and restaurants. The story with energy and agriculture commodities remains grim with demand dropping coupled with supply chain disruption. Federal stimulus including PPP loans has helped.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 18, 2020

Hans Christian Andersen wrote these words nearly 200 years ago, but a bold new startup is living proof of music’s inherent ability to stimulate, and even heal, the human brain. Acceptance from the FDA on a pivotal trial design for stroke victims and launch of that trial at the top three rehabilitation hospitals in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

It’s easy to see why; the deck tells a coherent and extremely compelling story for why the company needs to exist and identifies an enormous opportunity in a colossal market that’s beyond ripe for disruption. Extraordinary storytelling. Slide 13] Dutch has a number of traction metrics that shows what it has done to date.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 2, 2020

Continuity & Disruption Mitigation – Remote working, Distance learning, Robotic Process Automation, Home exercise, Cybersecurity, etc. The Fund will invest in new startups, and join investment rounds in relevant existing companies. Treatment & Healing – Therapeutics, Diagnostics, Remote monitoring, Digital health, etc.

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OurCrowd

JULY 4, 2021

Startup of the Week: Ride Vision, preventing motorcycle deaths. Startup of the Week: Ride Vision: Preventing motorcycle deaths. Gone are the days when Israeli startups developed technology that nobody wanted for problems that didn’t need solving. Polaris qb New drugs in months, not years. CyberMDX: Stopping medical hackers.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

And all that time you’re living with inadequately treated depression, possibly even exacerbated by the disruptive process of a constantly shifting drug regimen.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2023

Let’s kick this off by reminding you there’s only 5 days left to save $1,000 on Disrupt passes ! — Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 No one likes a cheater : Definitely not Russian game developer Battlestate Games, which banned and doxed 6,700 cheaters from its Escape from Tarkov game. European and U.S. Rebecca writes.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

They see a huge opportunity for the region to become a major startup hub by utilizing its diverse workforce and wonderful quality of life. SoftBank is just the latest validation for Miami’s booming startup scene. Where do you see Miami’s startup scene five years from now? David Goldberg, general partner, Alpaca.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Founder and CEO Toyin Ajayi talked at Disrupt today about the challenges of tackling the healthcare system’s inequalities, while serving patients with personalized medical care, behavioral health care and social services. Part of this means working with community-based organizations, include shelters, housing agencies and food pantries. “We

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2023

Startups and VC. Continuing with what seems to be a trend in layoffs, Natasha M ’s story is very important in getting perspectives from former employees laid off from startups to see how they are handling things and how their next jobs might evolve. She also asks the question, “Where do tech workers go from here? Sarah has more.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

Today’s Equity podcast is a good one, with Alex and Natasha discussing startup myths and assumptions. Don’t forget that Found , the TechCrunch podcast where founders talk about the stories behind their startups, was nominated for a Webby for best technology podcast. Startups and VC. Christine and Haje. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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