TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Kenya-based agritech Apollo Agriculture , which helps farmers access high-quality farm inputs, financing and markets, plans to double the number of farmers it is serving by the end 2022 and to introduce other products that deliver more value per acre of land. This is after raising $40 million in Series B funding in the equity round led by Softbank Vision Fund 2.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 21, 2022

I had the pleasure of interviewing Corey Stary, who is the Head of Enterprise Sales & Partnerships at Canopy Connect. Canopy Connect is a new entrant into the burgeoning InsurTech space. Best-known as the “Plaid of insurance data,” Canopy works with a variety of FinTechs, marketplaces, and lenders to allow consumers to use their insurance policy details to achieve positive financial outcomes.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Corporate management startup Ramp confirmed that it has secured $550 million in debt and $200 million in equity in a new financing that doubles its valuation to $8.1 billion. In early February, The Information reported on the then-unconfirmed raise and new valuation. . The approaching decacorn valuation is quite remarkable, given that less than one year ago Ramp had just reached unicorn status with a $115 million round.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 21, 2022

I had the pleasure of interviewing Jessica Assaf, Co-Founder and Chief Education Officer of Prima , a B Corp and purpose-driven brand elevating hemp-based cannabinoids and functionally innovative botanical ingredients. A graduate of Harvard Business School, award-winning entrepreneur and activist on a mission to use business to improve health, Jessica has been a leading advocate for safe products, corporate accountability, consumer wellness and female empowerment since the age of 15.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

The world continues to shift more of its customer service needs online, and those building tools to help manage that demand are seeing their stars rise as a result. In the latest development, Glia — which builds AI-based CRM solutions for agents to converse with customers across multiple mediums (including video, voice, messaging, email and chatbots), and then to screenshare to give hands-on help to those users — has closed a new round of funding, a Series D of $45 million that catap

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Marjorie Radlo-Zandi. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Marjorie Radlo-Zandi is an entrepreneur, board member, mentor to startups and angel investor who shows early-stage businesses how to build and successfully scale their businesses. More posts by this contributor. How to calculate your startup’s TAM, SAM and SOM. 5 essential factors for attracting angel investment.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 21, 2022

The biggest factor in entrepreneurial success is something few people ever talk about. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

A U.K.-based incubator focused on nonprofit startups that are addressing climate-related challenges through open-source data initiatives has announced the six startups which will be put through its 2022 program. Selected projects and platforms for the data-for-climate-focused accelerator program include a startup trying to prevent rainforest deforestation in Africa; one that’s hoping to help websites and cloud services speed up their switch to renewable energy; another supporting more acco

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Hunter Walk

MARCH 21, 2022

Learnings From a Decade Investing In These Types of Leaders. We’ve sent hundreds of millions of dollars to startup bank accounts but none of those have gone to teams which don’t have at least one founder we consider to be ‘mission-driven.’ How do I define that term? Loosely, someone who has a personal connection to the problem they’re trying to solve.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Miruku, a New Zealand-based foodtech company, is applying its molecular farming process to program plant cells to be mini factories for producing proteins and other molecules, like fats and sugars, traditionally made by animals. The company was founded in 2020 by Amos Palfreyman, Ira Bing, Harjinder Singh and Oded Shoseyov, who all have experience in either dairy or plant science.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 21, 2022

And it offers a grave lesson for entrepreneurs and founders on both sides of the table that may threaten their existence. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

When much of the shopping shifted online during the global pandemic, startups developing software and other products to aid the transition began to garner attention from venture capital firms. We’ve seen companies across the e-commerce infrastructure and enablement ecosystem pick up larger and larger rounds, and CommerceIQ is the latest to secure late-stage financing.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 21, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Hex Trust, a Hong Kong-based provider of digital asset custody services, has secured US$88 million in a Series B investment round headed by Liberty City Ventures and Animoca Brands. According to Bloomberg, the investment raises Hex Trust’s capitalization to US$300 million, a 10x increase in a year’s time.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Tire-making giant Bridgestone has taken a minority stake in May Mobility, a Michigan-based autonomous shuttle startup, marking yet another investment into an autonomous vehicle startup. Bridgestone has previously collaborated with Swedish autonomous freight technology startup Einride to find sustainable mobility solutions for electrified, autonomous trucking and thrown its weight behind Kodiak Robotics , an autonomous trucking startup.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 21, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register CommerceIQ, a retail ecommerce management platform enters the unicorn club after raising US$115 million in its Series D funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The latest funding round that takes the startup’s valuation at more than US$1 billion also saw participation from existing institutional investors including Trinity Ventures, Insight Partners, Madrona Venture Group, and Sha

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Luminar, a company that builds vision-based lidar and machine perception technologies for autonomous vehicles, is acquiring high-performance laser manufacturer Freedom Photonics on Monday. The all-stock transaction involves Luminar selling 3 million shares of its common stock, or about $42.3 million at today’s share price, per a regulatory filing.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 21, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Fintech firm Validus announced that it has agreed with Citi to acquire its CitiBusiness loan portfolio in Singapore, in a move that will bolster Validus’ top line revenue, customer base, and expand its growing loan book. This is the first time a FinTech in Southeast Asia is acquiring an established bank’s loan portfolio and customer base, and it underscores Validus’ trailblazing FinTec

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Mining is one of the oldest industries out there, but it has increasingly embraced high-tech methods as demand has increased. Plotlogic uses hyperspectral imaging, a technique generally found in labs and satellites, to add a new layer of data and automation to these crucial but often dated operations. Hyperspectral imagery is basically a photo that captures light outside the visible range, allowing differentiation of substances that look the same to human eyes.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 21, 2022

Where: The Penn State Innovation Hub (Downtown). When: April 5, 2022, from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Employers…. • Do you want to find qualified candidates for internships, co-ops, research, or full-time positions? • Do you want to connect with Centre County’s amazing entrepreneurial. network to share ideas? • Do you want to build your brand with students and other entrepreneurs to. connect with talent seeking, like-minded companies?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

A wholesale e-commerce platform based in Kenya, with hubs in the Americas, Asia and Europe, Powered by People , has secured $5 million in seed funding to increase its transaction volume by growing the number of small brands using its B2B online marketplace to reach international buyers. The equity funding was led by Susa Ventures and Golden Ventures, with participation from a number of investors, including Flexport Ventures, J Ventures and the founders of DraftKings, Fabric.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 21, 2022

Bankers and placement agents are a red flag for venture investors Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Just as sea breezes propel sailboats across the sea on Earth, solar radiation might one day be able to propel spacecraft between the stars. Or at least that’s the hope of French startup Gama. The aerospace company was founded in 2020 by Louis de Gouyon Matignon, Thibaud Elziere and Andrew Nutter, whose goal is to develop a low-cost solar sail that would use light as a means of propulsion for spacecraft.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 21, 2022

No, you need not be one. You (just) need to think like one. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Back in 2020, Ashwin Ramasamy, a founder at PipeCandy , asked on TechCrunch if the “e-commerce shift” the world was seeing as COVID-19 shook up the global economy would last. The answer was yes. But that doesn’t mean that the same pace of online commerce growth that the world saw during the pandemic will be maintained. Indeed, as 2021 came to a close, data began to indicate that the e-commerce boom was slowing.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 21, 2022

JERUSALEM , March 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Alpha Tau Medical Ltd. (Nasdaq: DRTS), the developer of the innovative alpha-radiation cancer therapy Alpha DaRT™, today announced the appointment of Ms. Ruth (Ruti) Alon to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Read more here. The post [Alpha Tau in PR Newswire] Alpha Tau Medical Ltd.

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