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Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible

TechCrunch

Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad , in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students.”

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“Putting adVenture back into Venture Capital!”- Jeshua Soh’s Unique Approach to Investing

AsiaTechDaily

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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Shield Capital’s Inaugural Venture Capital Fund Focuses on Frontier Technologies

American Entrepreneurship

The venture capital firm just announced the final closing of its inaugural fund of $186 million, oversubscribed at 55% above their target. “We are a very founder focused firm – we provide our startups with significant support from recruiting executives to accessing government customers to developing strategy,” said Shah.

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The Future of Corporate Venture Capital

500

How has corporate venture capital changed? We believe the new corporate landscape calls for new strategies. The post The Future of Corporate Venture Capital appeared first on 500 Startups. The following is an excerpt from 500’s CVC report. Since 2010, we’ve.

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Yousician raises $28M to make music education more accessible

TechCrunch

By his own admission, Chris Thür wasn’t the most obvious person to start a music education company. The company, previously known as Ovelin , was founded a decade ago, and it originally focused exclusively on kids before finding success with a less age-specific strategy. ” Each time, they had to tell him no.

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Be authentic, prepared: Rex Fong, founding partner at Capitale Ventures, tells startups

AsiaTechDaily

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+ roundup: Singapore’s fintech buzz, SaaS slump, amplified marketing strategies

TechCrunch

How to execute an amplified marketing strategy. How to execute an amplified marketing strategy. The unbundling of professional learning and entrepreneurship education. The unbundling of professional learning and entrepreneurship education. Thanks for reading, and have a great weekend. Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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