OurCrowd

JUNE 2, 2020

Today, OurCrowd announces the launch of its Pandemic Innovation Fund. To ensure that we get the world back on track, there is now an urgent need for innovation to help us overcome many of the problems resulting from the crisis. Other entirely new industries will appear. It’s time for tech to move fast and fix things.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS-SAINT PAUL, MN – The Forge North startup coalition announced the first close of the MSP Equity Fund – the first-known venture capital fund of funds in the country designed to invest across race, place, and gender. Inclusion is the imperative in this next era of innovation.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Digital healthcare continues to thrive globally following the effects of the pandemic last year, but venture capital inflows differ regionally with Africa lagging behind the rest of the world. H owever, investors have paid attention to a few innovative health tech startups, putting over $77 million across 56 deals last year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

It uses an integrated process to provide health insurance and telemedicine via partnerships with hospitals and healthcare facilities. In terms of pricing, hospitals haven’t found a way to charge patients not necessarily at the cheapest fee possible but using price points the general public can comfortably afford.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

An innovative new medical startup in Romania helped doctors from three countries collaborate to treat Ukrainian cancer patients made refugees after Russia’s brutal invasion. This means medical professionals can’t easily collaborate with specialists outside of their hospitals. Medicai, which has raised €1.2 million), among others.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Utu’s Strategic Acquisition of CardsPal Utu , the Singapore-based travel technology company, secured $33 million in a Series B funding round led by SC Ventures in June. Asia Medical Enviro Services, renowned for its innovative biohazardous and medical waste treatment solutions, is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of TBS Energi Utama.

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Dream It

MARCH 6, 2020

Jeff Berman is General Partner at Camber Creek , one of the first venture funds dedicated to real estate technology and the built world. The team owns, operates and manages over 150 million square feet of real estate, making Camber Creek one of the biggest value-add venture partners for real estate tech startups.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Besides, governments across Asia actively work on fintech regulations to balance innovation and consumer protection. This investment came from a consortium of regional investors, including Northstar Group, Alpine Ventures, Patamar Capital, and January Capital.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 26, 2023

Register Utu, a Singapore-based travel tech company, has successfully raised $33 million in a Series B funding round, led by SC Ventures. The travel sector has received limited venture funding in recent years, with a focus primarily on short-term rent cardinal hospitality.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Abstract Ventures led the financing, which also included participation from Propel Venture Partners, NFP Ventures, BoxGroup and Precursor Ventures. BrokerTech Ventures (BTV), a group consisting of 13 tech-focused insurance agencies in the U.S. million in a seed round. Are insurtech startups undervalued?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

SignalFire led the round, with participation from new investors Link Ventures and 7WireVentures alongside existing investors Viola Ventures and Picus Capital. Philadelphia-based Geisinger Hospital saw payment collection increase by 23% after implementing PayZen, the company says.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Other classic examples of brands that embody a deeper identity: Apple, which has come to reflect innovation and simplicity; Nike, athleticism and empowerment; and Red Bull, adventure and adrenaline. So, how do you create a brand and products that reflect an ethos? A few strategies I’m bullish on below.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Antler is an early-stage venture capital firm which can also be described as a “company builder.” In Nigeria and many other African countries, patients unable to pay their hospital bills are detained in the hospital or left untreated. To date, Antler has invested in and helped build over 250 companies.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

Deep tech startups develop cutting-edge innovations with the power to truly revolutionize society. Without business execution, even the most groundbreaking innovations do not achieve their intended impact. What do marketing teams at deep tech companies do?

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 10, 2023

The Hans Severiens Award recognizes personal impact on the advancement of angel investing globally and highlights the special relationship that angels and entrepreneurs build to innovate, create jobs, and drive the economy. The ACA honored Shipley for his many contributions to this community at the 2023 ACA Summit of Angel Investing.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

So for the uninsured and insured alike, innovative ways of managing big bills are in high demand — especially as uncertainty remains around how COVID-19 and long-haul symptoms will be handled by patients and payers. Venture capital seems to be the solution for now: The startup announced that it has raised a $3.6

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

with co-investment from OSF Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, and Dreampact Ventures. million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). iMCI currently manages $88 million across five venture funds. . – September 3, 2020 – PhotoniCare, Inc.,

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Follow-on investors included Bezos Expeditions, Enlightened Hospitality Investments, Future Positive, L Catterton and Kaszek Ventures. We expect continued product innovation and expansion into new geographies and food categories will fuel high and sustainable growth for years to come.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. Infrastructure investors are typically much more reticent to provide capital before projects are construction-ready.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

billion in research and innovation it has to spend this year. Main investors include TMT Investments, TLF Ventures, Flyer One and others. Ahrefs claims to have become a $100 million company in annual revenue without venture capital. Google presented 25 startups with a grant to help them continue operating and growing.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The two new strategic investors join existing investors Eclipse Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund and Data Collective Venture Capital, and the new round raised SafelyYou’s venture funding total to approximately $70 million. ” The company’s technology solution is simple, but powerful.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

New investor General Atlantic also participated in the financing, along with return backers Drive Capital, Crosscut Ventures and Indeed, among others. Lee Fixel’s Addition doubled down on its investment in Branch, leading both its Series B and C rounds. The company is staying mum on its valuation.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 14, 2020

There are multiple paths to tackling this onslaught on our national health, from drug treatment programs, to tighter control of the supply and distribution of opioids, to more effective disposal of opioid waste from hospitals and other health care delivery facilities. iMCI currently manages $88 million across five venture funds.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

Now that many consumers are buying their own e-bikes and e-scooters, shared dockless micromobility “just hasn’t proven itself to be a profitable line of business,” Puneeth Meruva, an associate at Trucks Venture Capital, told TechCrunch. Instead, my first priority is to find a vehicle with the best-charged battery.

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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. Innovation is improving the safety and availability of the world’s most precious resource, water. Water Means Business”: WaterTech. Both companies and individuals are benefiting from new and creative solutions.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

Two weeks ago, longtime venture capitalist Chris Olsen, a general partner and cofounder of Drive Capital in Columbus, Ohio, settled into his seat for a portfolio company’s board meeting. For sure I’ve seen other venture firms where participation is definitely reduced.” It turned out to be a maddening exercise.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

According to the survey, the city is strong in sectors such as fintech, agritech, hospitality tech, emerging tech, cybersecurity, SaaS and medtech. Mark Dowds: Venture partner at Anthemis, co-founder at Ormeau Baths (in my opinion it’s the city’s best co-working space). Catalyst, Ormeau Baths, and Raise Ventures.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2023

About a year ago, it seemed like myself and other colleagues were writing story after story about spend management companies raising tranches of venture capital — remember Mary Ann’s roundup story from basically this same time last year? While 16 people may not seem like a lot, when it comes to venture firms, it actually is.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 13, 2015

But which lesser known startup sectors are starting to raise venture dollars? Where are founders finding unique opportunities to innovate? The rest of the list controverts the notion that startups and investors pursue only incremental innovations. Space travel startups look to conquer the final frontier.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

Should you be one of the grant’s beneficiaries, you will also receive lifetime access to the foundation and the SoGoal Ventures teams. Aside from just being a Black-owned business, you also have to work in the sales, hospitality industry or have your business in the beverage service sector. 19) Harlem Capital Partners.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Abdigani Diriye, Khalid Keenan and Youcef Oudjidane, the other co-founders, have combined experience across engineering, investment banking and venture capital. ” Founders : Henry Mascot started a company in 2017 to help hospitals digitize records. Bloom’s offering allows Sudanese to save in U.S.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Pear, a seed-stage venture firm founded in 2013, has an impressive track record when it comes to identifying promising companies from their earliest stages — including DoorDash, Gusto, Aurora Solar, Vanta, Branch Metrics and Guardant Health. Our team is on a mission to drive disruptive innovation in chronic disease care.”

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Revolution

APRIL 2, 2019

The tour will end the week with a visit to Puerto Rico to explore innovation and entrepreneurship with Chef José Andrés. For the pitch competitions in Orlando, Tampa Bay, Miami, and Puerto Rico, innovative startups based within a 100-mile radius of a tour stop were invited to apply.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware. Not all of these products & companies came from Silicon Valley but the overwhelming majority did.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

Precision Neuroscience aims to solve both of these problems with the one major innovation: an ultra-thin electrode array that doesn’t need to pierce the brain at all, yet can collect hundreds of times more data than traditional arrays. Such relatively long time horizons are common in medicine but less so in venture-backed startups.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Mark Volchek, founding partner, Las Olas Venture Capital. Parekh, managing partner, Secocha Ventures. Traditionally, it’s been known for travel/hospitality, healthcare tech and real estate tech, but I’m already seeing emerging trends around blockchain/crypto, fintech, remote work and even some traditional enterprise SaaS.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Today, urgent care centers occupy Main Street storefronts and 33% of all medical expenditures occur in hospitals. It’s clear that the additional overhead is generating higher prices, but not necessarily better results, according to Sumi Das and Nina Gerson, who lead healthcare investments at Capital G. Ritu Narayan founded Z?m

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