TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

Fintech startup StudentFinance — which allows educational institutions to offer success-based financing for students — has raised a $5.3 million) seed round co-led by Giant Ventures and Armilar Venture Partners. It now has 35 education providers signed up, managing over €5 million worth of ISAs.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

million seed round and a student loan financing facility of $25 million from Nigerian financial institution Sterling Bank. The dire need for tech talent in Nigeria has become more evident these days, where startups are raising venture capital at a ridiculous pace. Today, Decagon is announcing its $1.5 also took part. “We

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

There’s a large education gap in Vietnam between urban centers, which have access to more resources, and the smaller cities and rural areas where 80% of students live. While there, he saw how digitization was transforming many aspects of daily life, including e-commerce, finance, healthcare and education.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Register Hailing from Singapore, Jeshua Soh is a young and dynamic angel investor who has woven a narrative that curves through unconventional education, accidental entrepreneurship, and a globetrotting escapade to over 55 countries across five continents.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

First, he said that education is the most high-leverage way to make an impact on an individual, community and world. Hezarkhani’s early energy brought him to Carnegie Mellon, where he studied electrical and computer engineering, and Google, where he spent time on developer programs and Google for Education. Activation edtech.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Zen Educate , an online marketplace that algorithmically matches schools with the best available teachers, has raised £19.3 Founded out of London in 2017, Zen Educate is setting out to supplant the traditional approach to recruiting teachers, a system that typically involves third-party agencies and hefty fees. Show me the money.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

We’re the hallways of the educational internet,” said Fiveable co-founder and CEO Amanda DoAmaral. DoAmaral’s vision, built alongside co-founder Tán Ho, fueled Fiveable’s latest financing event. “I think there’s a few categories that are as dynamic as K-12 education right now,” said Rebecca Kaden, partner at USV.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

Raising venture capital is rarely an easy lift for startups, but 2022 is turning out to be a more challenging year than we’ve seen for some time. As venture capital continues its slowdown after an aggressive 2020 and record-breaking 2021 , it’s clear that early-stage founders looking for their first dollars will require a new approach.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

Guild Education, which pairs employees with employer-sponsored learning opportunities, has raised $150 million in a Series E round. The financing event, funded by Bessemer Venture Partners, Cowboy Ventures, D1, Emerson Collective, General Catalyst, GSV, Harrison Metal, ICONIQ, Redpoint and Salesforce Ventures, values the company at $3.75

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Founder and managing partner at Ripple Ventures , Matt Cohen is a business operator turned early-stage investor. Matthew Mendelsohn’s accession to become Yale’s new chief investment officer marks a milestone for the rise of university endowments investing in venture capital. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Student financing is a little different. Sure, your past plays a role, but for a lot of education, having a degree dramatically changes your earning potential, and hence your ability to repay. Education is what opens doors. “I feel very tied to the mission.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Coding education platform co-founders Tung Nguyen and Ha Nguyen. Many kids want to study coding, but school curriculums are limited, said Tung Nguyen, the co-founder of MindX , an online/offline education platform that focuses on preparing students for tech careers. Some of the companies also serve as educational partners.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Triet’s journey in the world of investing began as a self-taught retail trader, a path he pursued to support his college education. It was during his tenure at Capital Factory that Triet discovered his passion for startups and venture capital, eventually leading him into the world of venture capital.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

Sramana Mitra said not to long ago in Forbes : “I have come to observe that most business school programs have an extensive emphasis on fundraising, especially from venture capitalists, and very little pragmatic understanding of what it really takes to get a venture off the ground. They’re just doing it. It was easy peasy.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 27, 2023

Register Harriet, a leading platform championing female founders, has partnered with venture capital firms Artesian, Wavemaker Partners, Wavemaker Impact, B Capital, and 1982 Ventures to launch a new forum aimed at bridging the funding gap for female-led startups in the Asia Pacific region.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Launched in 2006, education startup Course Hero started its life away from the attention of venture capital. Then, after going another nearly six years without raising venture capital, Course Hero closed two financings in 2020. After launching, the company waited eight years to raise a $15 million Series A.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2023

It took me a while, but I’m realizing that my startup love language is discussing any attempts to standardize the opaque and often informal world of venture capital. Or tools that help startups see all their financing options at the drop of a profile. Monique Woodard has closed $17 million for her debut fund at Cake Ventures.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Intudo Ventures , the “Indonesia-only” investment firm, announced today it has closed its third fund, totaling $115 million. Called Intudo Ventures Fund III, it was raised in less than three months and oversubscribed. Two months after its Series A, Pintu gets $35M in new funding led by Lightspeed.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Register Startup founders need to be authentic and prepared when they get the chance to meet prospective investors, according to Rex Fong, founding partner at investment and advisory group Capitale Ventures. Fong’s Capitale Ventures is an investment and advisory group with expertise in complex, cross-border transactions.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

They include high-profile crypto and web3 investors such as Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research (FTX) and Distributed Global. We are pleased to partner with MARA as it embarks on building a digital financial system for Sub-Saharan Africa,” says Schuster Tanger, co-founder of TQ Ventures, one of the investors, in a statement.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

million seed round led by MaC Venture Capital. Serena Ventures, Omidyar Group’s Luminate Fund, Melo 7 Tech Partners and Cascador (Empowering Economic Growth Foundation) participated. Five years on, this startup, Stears , is announcing a $3.3 This news is coming two years after Stears raised $650,000 in pre-seed funding.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

As the market swoons, venture capital firms continue to announce new funds. Haris Khurshid, general partner at Chalo Ventures , launched a $50 million second fund focused on investing in Pakistani startups and a smaller percentage in Latin American startups. As the global venture capital market slows, is the US dodging the downturn?

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Register Virtual events platform Airmeet has secured US$35 million in funding in its Series B financing round led by Prosus Ventures , Sequoia Capital India , and Sistema Asia Fund. Its key clients include Flipkart, Fifth Element Group, Unifrog Education, University College London, and Minnesota State University.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

venture capitalists are now asking tougher questions about start-ups' revenue and profits.". David's firm most recently participated in the $77 million second round financing of SoFi, a one year old startup focusing on student loans. The venture process just takes time--many rounds take three months to close, if not more.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

It was an expensive mistake, and one he wants to help Latin American entrepreneurs avoid with his new venture, Latitud. “I — as evidenced by the lead investors of this financing — more people than ever are founding companies in Latin America. According to PitchBook, venture-backed companies raised $14.8

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. Venture capitalists often come from an operating background. Venture Capital. Asian Venture Capital Journal (free trial).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

StudentFinance , a European fintech that funds educational programs for individuals through so-called income share agreements , has raised €39 million ($41 million) in a Series A round of funding. The platform and financing is currently available in Spain, Portugal, and the U.K., ” Prior to now, StudentFinance had raised a $5.3

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Online learning platform Vedantu has raised $100 million in a new financing round and has become the latest Indian startup to become a unicorn following a year of strong growth. Families across the nation have historically invested heavily in their children’s education to advance in life. Vedantu co-founders. Image Credits: Vedantu.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2022

Zenda , a UAE-based startup looking to change how parents pay school bills, and the way educational institutions manage fee collection, is eyeing Africa as its next frontier for growth. The startup also has an embedded financing option that extends tuition fee credit to parents on a flexible repayment structure. Image Credits: Zenda.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Consequently, the Bay Area experienced a surge, capturing over one-third of all early-stage venture funding in the U.S., To make it easier to toggle between the three, there needs to be significant policy, financing, and physical transformation. marking its highest level since 2017. Seed- and Early-Stage U.S,

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

The Jakarta-based startup was created to give everyone involved in the educational process—school administrators, teachers, parents, guardians and students—apps that let them keep track of everything and communicate with one another. Indonesian edtech CoLearn gets $10M Series A led by Alpha Wave Incubation and GSV Ventures.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2021

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. Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures) + Rachel Carlson (Guild Education). REGISTER FOR COWBOY VENTURES AND GUILD EDUCATION. We do that by (duh!)

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Revolution

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Educating Consumers on the Health and Moral Imperative There is a significant opportunity to increase consumer education in this category. From a health perspective, it’s important to explain the nutritional value, educate on unfamiliar ingredients, and address the safety and long-term benefits or risks of eating animal protein.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

But he almost didn’t, when he had trouble securing the necessary financing to pay his tuition. The company attended pitch competition after pitch competition, raising about a total of $100,000, until one day in the summer of 2020 an analyst for musician Jay-Z’s Marcy Ventures happened to be in the audience.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Simultaneously, Carro is navigating financing options from banks, aiming to secure “triple-digit million dollar” financing at an attractive 5% annual rate, deemed by Mr. Chew as “near risk-free.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

Kikoff , a personal finance platform aimed at helping consumers build credit, announced today that it has raised $30 million in a Series B round. million the startup raised across previously unannounced seed and Series A rounds, which were both led by Lightspeed Venture partners. The capital is in addition to the $12.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

After a founder takes the quiz, the Funding Finder algorithm points them to what could be their best bets: debt financing, community development financial institutions (CDFIs), banks, bootstrapping, family and friend rounds, or even crowdfunding. We see ourselves here just as an educator and a navigator.” of the approximate $238.8

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