TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

Startups may not spring to mind when speaking about the beautiful country of Croatia. But Croatia’s entrepreneurs haven’t been quiet: Startups like Infobip and Rimac are significant local hero businesses now, and the region can boast of high-quality talent in the tech, automotive, manufacturing, and agtech spaces.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 11, 2023

Register AHG Lab , an independent venture builder based in the Philippines, has successfully raised $4 million in a pre-Series A funding round to expand its portfolio of ventures and programs. million in its seed round in 2021, with support from Philippine’s venture capital investor Foxmont Capital Partners.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Today, Grouparoo , a new startup from three industry vets is the next company up with an open source framework designed to make it easier for developers to access and make use of customer data. TaskRabbit also comes into play in their investment where Fuel GP Leah Solivan was also founder of TaskRabbit.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Pydantic , the popular Python library and open source data-validation framework used by some of the world’s biggest companies, has a new commercial namesake and the backing of one of Silicon Valley’s most storied venture capital (VC) firms. Pydantic Services Inc. emerges from stealth today with $4.7 Pydantic Services Inc.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. This was one of the takeaways I had when chatting with Continuum CEO and co-founder Nolan Church about a recent spree of CFO resignations, including but not limited to OpenSea, Noom and Brex. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In this week’s edition, we discuss: Why the top 1% of founders quit their startup Why cracking the trust code is the key to growth Why the top 1% of founders quit their startup “If you can just avoid dying, you get rich. But in a startup, most things will not go your way. Can you drive that growth profitably?

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Venture Capital Firm Launches third Cybersecurity Fund in the Past Three Years Warnings about cyber threats are so prevalent that people understand the importance of cybersecurity in their businesses and daily lives. SYN Ventures was founded by former Fortune 500 CISOs and C-level security leaders. It became wildly apparent the U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Register Indian retail tech startup Daalchini has raised $4 million in a Series A funding round, the largest in this round in the smart vending segment, led by Unicorn India Ventures. The funding round was also backed by existing investors such as Artha Venture Fund, former Dominos India CEO Ajay Kaul, and VSS Investco.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In the early stages of startup growth, it is critical to have a balanced and strong core team of founders. We brought on Caya (CEO of Slidebean ) to provide a smart framework on how to find the right cofounders that can hit this mark. But convincing a “Techie” founder type to leave their stable job is harder than it seems.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

In late 2020, a group of Stanford students banded together to create Stanford 2020, a venture fund solely to invest in their fellow classmates’ ventures. Given the school’s past in spinning out successful startup founders, it unsurprisingly had no trouble raising $1.5 During a downturn, the pitch seems more risky.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2023

startup ecosystem lost an important business partner. Although SVB’s failure can’t be blamed on the venture ecosystem, some policymakers have joined the general public in maligning the bank’s depositors — in large part venture-backed startups. This negative narrative has immense implications for the venture community.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Fundraising is challenging, especially for deep tech founders who need to get investors excited about a complex technology, a complex sales cycle and a complex risk profile. As a former investor and current angel investor, I have met thousands of founders, many in the deep tech space. Try to reach hearts and minds.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

.” Dambrot’s perception led him to pitch KPMG Studio, KPMG’s internal accelerator, on funding and incubating a software startup to solve the challenges around AI security and compliance. To date, Cranium, which launches out of stealth today, has raised $7 million in venture capital from KPMG and SYN Ventures.

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Revolution

MARCH 23, 2022

which is why we assembled a panel of founders paving the way for a more proactive future in their industries. Startups with sustainability at the center of their business offer both an incentive for talented employees to join their team and a stickiness as employees see the fruits of their labor firsthand. That’s to be determined.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Latin Americans seeking the ability to invest in companies trading on the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange now have a new option in Vest, a startup that has launched a mobile-first brokerage app with zero-commission trading in the Americas. The startup currently offer users integration to local banking in the U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 7, 2023

Register Jakarta-based startup BintanGo , a platform facilitating content creators in monetizing their work, has recently secured $2.2 This infusion of capital takes the total funds raised by the startup to $4.8 Million in Seed Round The post Indonesian Startup BintanGo Raises $2.2M million in funding support.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2022

private market investors who adopted environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) frameworks — the very few thus far — did so to evaluate a potential company or investment on how it approached areas like sustainability or diversity. Traditionally, U.S.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

Vignesh Chandramouli , a partner at Oak HC/FT, focuses on growth equity and early-stage venture opportunities in healthcare. As incumbent banks embraced startups, investors leaned into novel ways to reduce friction and improve accuracy, increasing annual mortgage origination by nearly 40% compared to the last decade. Contributor.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 25, 2023

How to Balance Vision and Execution in Startup Leadership Balancing vision with execution is a key challenge for startup leaders. To provide you with practical insights, we’ve gathered seventeen unique approaches from founders and CEOs.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 21, 2023

Register Unlocking growth is a critical milestone for startups, marking their journey from survival to prosperity. This approach and a repeatable GTM process pave the way for sustainable growth and transform startups into unicorns. Mastering this approach proves to be an exhilarating experience for startup leaders.

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Dream It

JULY 20, 2020

In this #DreamitDose, Managing Partner Steve Barsh gives founders tips on how to frame their bridge round ask, overcome assumptions investors often make, and provides a general way to structure startup bridge round pitches. There are typically three core reasons why founders may be raising a bridge. Why raise bridge funding?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Gregg Adkin is vice president and managing director at Dell Technologies Capital , the global venture capital investment arm of Dell Technologies. What’s the board’s role in an early-stage startup? Startup founders frequently ask me about the role of a board of directors. What problem am I solving?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

There’s been a lot of hype about “web3”, but the reality is that it’s still a largely nascent and fragmented concept, and that has led to web3 startups building platforms to engage with it more easily getting a lot of attention. ” The co-founders’ past experiences likely also played a role here.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Sequoia hosted a private, sponsored AMA for founders in Startup Battlefield and Startup Alley at the virtual Disrupt SF last month. You’ve sat on both the founder side and investor side, what is one thing you wish you could have told your founder self ? What would you say to founders who are not “typical founders”?

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate. AskAnything.VC

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2022

AMD announced today that it intends to acquire data center optimization startup Pensando for approximately $1.9 Pensando CEO and co-founder Prem Jain framed the deal in terms of being able to grow faster inside the larger organization than it could on its own. Jain will join the data center solutions group at AMD when the deal closes.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2023

It’s too early to determine whether SVB’s downfall heralds a new era for venture capital, but based on anecdotal evidence, off-the-record discussions and chats with co-workers, it seems like we’re back to business as usual as far as pre-revenue startup fundraising is concerned. Más o menos.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

Assembling a startup team is harder than assembling 10 IKEA dressers, and the stakes are much, much higher. Starting with the assumption that 90% of startups will fail and the most successful ones take an average of six years to IPO, founders must make careful decisions about whom they invite to join the core team.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Today is amongst the proudest days I’ve had at Upfront Ventures — getting the chance to announce that Kevin Zhang has been promoted to Partner. years at Upfront has been both a pleasure and also has taught me a lot about venture capital. I mentioned at the start that Kevin has taught me something about Venture Capital.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 27, 2023

The round included Prosperity7 Ventures and Softbank Ventures Asia. Recently, the startup obtained a Capital Markets Services license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, bolstering its regulatory framework.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Hailing from around the United States and the globe, founders will pitch on the main stage, for four minutes, followed by an intense Q&A with our expert panel of judges. Join us on Wednesday, May 18 and Thursday, May 19 to watch these incredible founders take the stage. Startups pitching on the main stage. Alright, alright.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

If you’re a founder who finds yourself in a meeting with a VC, try to remember two things: You’re the smartest person in the room. Venrock Vice President Todd Graham has some frank advice for founders at venture-backed startups: “It would be wise to generate a return at some point.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

AttackIQ, a cybersecurity startup that provides organizations with breach and attack simulation solutions, has raised $44 million in Series C funding as it looks to ramp up its international expansion. The round brings the company’s total funding raised to date to $79 million. . How to respond to a data breach.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

As a result, he says the accelerator model must evolve, as “nearly every early-stage VC will have a ‘platform’ component to support early-stage founders.” In his latest TC+ column, growth marketer Jonathan Martinez describes the process he used to lead his last startup from zero to $1 million ARR in Year One. “I

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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. We surveyed: Michael Anderson , co-founder, Framework Ventures.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 23, 2024

Back then we had to work hard to introduce ourselves to founders as some hadn’t heard of us, and the operating value add model was still unproven on Sand Hill Road. Today the firm is over 500+ with 6 office locations, its operating value-add has raised the bar for all venture capitalists, and the firm continues to grow in vision and impact.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2022

The market for startup investment has changed. From the hottest year in startup venture capital history to a period of pessimism, how did we get to where we are today? Will the latest selloff finally shake up how investors value startups? It’s not a startup reckoning, it’s a recorrection (February 2022).

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