TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2023

Many, like Calendly, passed through Atlanta Tech Village, which has served as an incubator for the city’s talent ecosystem since it was founded in 2012 by David Cummings. Even the Atlanta Hawks launched their own investment firm to back early-stage talent. TechCrunch Live is going to Atlanta and you’re invited!

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2022

But when he was struck by the urge to start a company, he researched the money-attracting industries of the world, and then, using AngelList, saw how many companies were trying to disrupt those industries. So YC viewed this as a major disruptive play. What do you think made Convoy stand out? Is that still a good method?

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

Old Fashion Research ( OFR ) – whose name is derived from the classic cocktail – was founded in late 2021 by managing partners Ling Zhang, who was previously the vice president of M&A and investments at Binance, and Wayne Fu, former head of corporate development at the crypto exchange.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Entrepreneurs are drawn to Singapore’s comprehensive support system, which has business-incubating infrastructure, tax incentives, substantial government subsidies, and strong international connections. Administered by the National Research Foundation (NRF), the fund channels a significant investment of $10 million on a matching basis.

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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

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This is particularly true of industries where technology is disrupting business models. For those seeking to introduce an innovative product or idea check out Minimally Viable Product which is a way to challenge your idea without having to make a large investment.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

For a few years now the Sustainable Ocean Alliance has been a stalwart advocate for the “blue economy,” and an incubator for ocean-focused early stage startups. Upon joining the program, startups receive investment from SOA and access to support for the lifetime of their ocean startup.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

Toni Eliasz is the program manager of the Disruptive Technologies for Development Program (DT4D) that supports the innovation and adoption of technology-driven solutions in World Bank Group operations. Toni Eliasz. Contributor. Share on Twitter. When the country first became independent, its mandate was to simply survive rather than thrive.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Personal finance is hard – and that’s a tale as old, and difficult to disrupt, as time. Teachable helped creators build revenue streams, Ocho wants to help those same creators take their earnings and invest, harvest and scale them in a smart way. “At To power that ambitious product spree, Ocho has raised $2.5

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

At Versatile VC, we particularly like investing in “dual-PhD” problems, at the intersection of multiple domains. Astra Incubator is “the first Italian incubation program designed to connect aspiring innovators and build multidisciplinary teams.” Creator Fund is a European firm “investing in Ph.D., 3) Accelerators.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

The winner will get a feature article on TechCrunch.com, one-year free subscription to Extra Crunch and a complimentary Founder Pass to TechCrunch Disrupt this fall. Ben focuses his investing activities on primarily consumer-facing companies. He focuses on security, cloud infrastructure and enterprise software investments.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Fixing a foundation after the superstructure is built is a costly, disruptive and sometimes impossible task,” Bechtel said. But the firm will commit to investing up to 25% of the next round of qualified funding. Put simply, the group aims for the program to become the “YC of construction tech,” said Bechtel. investors,” he said. “So

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

But that doesn’t sit well with Christian Angermayer, who co-founded Cambrian BioPharma and Rejuveneron, and whose family office Apeiron Investment Group has a special interest in expanding longevity. “The entire field of longevity is underfunded relative to other areas of biotech and private investment,” the pair said.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JUNE 24, 2015

Whether by design or circumstance, every startup will eventually get disrupted. The world continues to beat a path to your door until one day, when seemingly out of nowhere, the disruptor gets disrupted. In this era of endless innovation, there is only one thing you can do to stay competitive: you must learn how to disrupt yourself.

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

An disruptive idea marks the start of a startup. However, for some startups, it’s a essential inflow of capital just to set base for something big that can disrupt the industry. Institutional investors like accelerators, angel capitalists, venture capitalists may invest during seed round. Incubators.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

Both anticipating this and responding to the growing consumer appetite for enhanced privacy protections, vendors such as Apple have released privacy-forward features like App Tracking Transparency that threaten to disrupt the behind-the-scenes mechanics of many trackers.

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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

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

San Francisco-based Heyday — which buys up and then grows direct-to-consumer merchants and brands that have found initial traction, leveraging the Amazon marketplace — has raised $555 million, a Series C that it will be using to continue expanding its technology, investing in business development, and to buy up more assets.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

In the fourth industrial revolution era, having succeeded as an economic powerhouse with a technological edge in manufacturing and industries led by large corporations, South Korea is now fostering disruptive innovation through startups. The country strives to create a balance between industrial conglomerates and the startup ecosystem.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 24, 2019

led the round with investment of $1.475 million that included $750,000 from the Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund, $500,000 from the Oklahoma Angel Fund and $225,000 from the i2E-managed SeedStep Angels. Simergent has offices in Oklahoma City, OK and Chicago, IL as part of the renowned MATTER healthtech incubator.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

The crypto venture capital industry has become more selective thanks to the general market downturn and wavering trust caused by a slew of scandals and market disruptions, but investors at major firms are still writing checks in the space. What is your current strategy for investing in DeFi protocols and projects?

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

In 2018, Impact Hub King’s Cross kicked off an incubation program for UK-based social entrepreneurs aiming to combat the key challenges in our urban food systems. This is where the seed for the Feeding the City incubator was planted. Photo: Sutton Community Farm. Feeding the City. Photo: Kina Mama. A translocal collaboration is born.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. What would it take in investments to acquire and retain traffic to support these businesses? Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses.

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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. Moonshot is letting angel investors invest in the futures of athletes, in exchange for a share in their future prize money.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 20, 2021

A dedicated pre-event Summit kick-off gave each company more time to present with additional opportunities for Summit attendees to connect with companies during ACA 2021 – The Summit of Angel Investing. All three of these companies are made up of female founders who are disrupting their respective spaces.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

Despite being one of the earliest adopters of using the world wide web to disrupt how its business is done and connect with more potential customers, the recruitment industry ironically remains one of the more fragmented and behind the times when it comes to using new, cloud based services to work more efficiently.

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OurCrowd

JULY 19, 2021

It has also been a record-breaking year for venture capital investing, and overall growth in the tech industry. Lab-produced and plant-based food is disrupting a $6 trillion global food industry. Science is for Dinner”: The rise of FoodTech. We are in a continuous process of a climate crisis that negatively affects crop yields.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Our Impact Hubs place particular emphasis on reaching and enabling under-represented and under-invested entrepreneurs. It ensures that innovation is deeply embedded in local contexts and also understood for its potential to scale globally.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

It’s the whole basis of my investment philosophy, which I call “ The Entrepreneur Thesis.&#. It’s interesting to me that two of the most talented tech leaders of our era – Bill Gross & Paul Graham – have both opted for a model of incubation to encourage young tech entrepreneurs to build disruptive businesses.

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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. Pan-African focused venture capital firms Samurai Incubate Africa, Future Africa and Consonance Investment Managers led the round. Today, the company is announcing that it has raised $2.7 Then the $1.5

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

The Series A Crunch or Silicon Valley’s Financial Cliff, there’s a lot of talk about the challenge seed stage companies facing insurmountable odds raising Series A investment - PandoDaily’s analysis pegs the odds at 20% based on anecdotal data. Observed seed investment data indicates the outlook is stable, if not optimistic.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Imagine what the diversity of ownership and in the workforce would look like if people with the means to invest would care as much about social and human return on investment as they do about potential profit. To date, less than 1% of founders who are venture backed are Black; and women founders receive just 9% of investment capital.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 3, 2022

During the week, our investment teams had the opportunity to join a few of our DC portfolio companies onstage to discuss the ecosystem, as well as its progress and potential. Here are a few of the insights gleaned.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

When it comes to investment in e-commerce aggregators in Latin America lately, when it rains, it pours. billion valuation — just 12 months after incorporation — following a new $60 million follow-on investment led by Series B investors Advent International and Softbank. We will create brands alongside influencers,” Tyle added. “We

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2023

Microsoft is extending the Startup Founders Hub, its self-service platform that provides founders with free resources including Azure credits, with a new incubator program called the Pegasus Program. At the same time, enterprise companies know that disruption is coming, but want to work with startups who can meet their rigorous requirements.”

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OurCrowd

JUNE 16, 2019

After months of planning and presenting, we are proud to share that Tnuva, OurCrowd, Finistere Ventures, and Tempo Beverages have together been chosen by the Israel Innovation Authority to operate the new FoodTech incubator in the north of Israel ! Pictured: Representatives from the FoodTech incubator consortium.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

In addition to the usual story roundup, I’ve asked a small cross section of investors a simple question with a complex answer: How will the SVB events impact robotics investing and startups? Of course, many — or even most — of the firms investing in those companies have strong presences in the South Bay and/or SF.

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