TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

Early-stage venture capital fund Newtopia VC launched Monday with $50 million to invest in tech startups based in Latin America. The fund will invest between $250,000 and $1 million in startups at the seed stage to help them achieve the milestones needed on the path to raising a Series A.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

Trade has the least startup activity in a market that received $5 billion in VC funding last year. “Providing a framework where people can operate and scale their solutions to several markets at once is incredibly important,” said Onayemi, who also co-founded Future Africa, an Africa-focused VC fund.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Their offerings include MoveinSync Ion, a SaaS-based platform designed to manage employee transportation, and MoveinSync One, a comprehensive solution for accessing various commute modes like cabs, shuttles, and buses.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It turns out that while later-stage investors, mostly international VC firms, grabbed headlines by writing immense checks, pre-seed and seed-stage investors were instrumental to the growth of the continent’s tech ecosystem. The most active African investors were involved in 15-20 deals, according to a report on African VC activity in 2022.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

The Mumbai-based startup announced today that it has raised $36 million in equity and debt led by Varanium Nexgen Fintech Fund, DMI Sparkle Fund, along with returning investors Chiratae Ventures and Dream Incubator Japan. Varanium Capital partner Aparajit Bhandarkar will join GetVantage’s board.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Now that seemingly every VC has turned their attention to the category he told TechCrunch he’s glad he’s been in it for so long and therefore will not make some of the mistakes newer entrants will. “You see a lot of folks who would have been decent SaaS founders, trying to be decent AI founders.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

of all VC funds raised in 2022 to 17.2%—seen as part of a decade-long trend. Aspect Ventures : co-founded in 2014 by Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad, the early-stage venture firm uniquely focuses on bridging the funding gap between angels and the larger multi-stage VC platforms through collaboration and diversity.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

It’s not naming any customers as yet but, when pressed, tells us the SaaS is live in four stores in total. ” World Fund is a new €350M climate VC fund incubated by green search engine Ecosia. It’s announcing a €1.7 Grocery delivery startup Membo is hungry to build a Europe-wide, local food producer network.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The seed round was led by Breega VC firm, with participation of SoftBank Vision Fund Emerge, Finca Ventures, New General Market Partners, Globivest and Do Good Invest. Other investors include Rabacap, Launch Africa, Norrsken Impact Accelerator, Future Africa, Samurai Incubate, DOB Equity and fintech angels.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Ukraine’s startup ecosystem was thriving before the war and making great progress, with Ukrainian startups raising $832 Million in VC funding in 2021. VC Funding was steadily growing before the war and there are more than 50 VC firms continuing to operating in the country. Secured seed finding from SMRK VC.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Notes follow from Asem; Pejman Nozad of Pear VC; Iris Choi of Floodgate; Nathan Lustig of Magma Partners; Siggi Simonarson , co-founder of BuildBuddy , which took part in a 2020 Y Combinator class; and Torben Friehe , co-founder of Wingback , which is part of the Winter 2022 YC batch.

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Startup Catalyst

AUGUST 15, 2018

There’s really quite a lot we’ve been able get involved in, as we see businesses move out of that purely incubated phase. An example is a SaaS based business that I’ve been looking after for a couple of years. Acorns to oak trees: being part of the journey. We asked Reece and Will what supporting early stage businesses means to them.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

In just a year, OurCrowd has moved from an initial license to an established market player, with its new investment center and tech hub bringing additional VC and tech specialism to Abu Dhabi and expanding the availability of solutions and technology to companies,” he added.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds. We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. And importantly we’ve had revenue. It’s when the game slows.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Rome has more than 20 incubators/accelerators and many established VCs; because of its lower costs compared to other European cities, it’s become a major base for startups. The good news: VC funding in Italy has grown. It has an estimated 67 VC funds, with 18 of them started since 2015. I think the wave has passed.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

SaaS models and cloud technologies have eliminated some of the barriers for Israeli companies and enable companies to quickly set up and set up a proof of concept. In general software has proven to be a winner and specifically SaaS as a business model has proven its resilience. The cliche VC answer: strong team, big market.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Inside GM’s startup incubator strategy. Inside GM’s startup incubator strategy. I understand people are eager to prove their unit economics, their scalability and also improve their matrix to the VC to raise another round,” Xie says. “I I would say that’s OK in the consumer industry, like consumer electronics or SaaS.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Today, “it’s transforming entire categories of enterprise software,” says Navin Chaddha, managing director at VC firm Mayfield. Eighteen months ago, many people were still getting comfortable with no-code and low-code.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

The two connected and incubated Lantern at startup accelerator Grand Central Tech. From a product perspective, there are some nuances compared to your more typical SaaS startup. Longevity startups may remain a thesis for some VC investors, but handling the end — no matter when — is an activity every person faces.

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

The two companies are teaming up to give clients a better idea of what’s happening on the planet, analyzing tOur portfolio company OncoHost raised an upsized and oversubscribed $35M Series C funding round, led by ALIVE Israel HealthTech VC, with the participation of Leumi Partners, Menora Mivtachim, OurCrowd and other existing investors.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Furthermore, Israel pulled in significant VC funds during the period. Israeli companies, already punching above their weight in areas like cyber, fintech and SaaS, are showing tremendous promise in verticals like food tech, agritech, space tech and, of course, vaccines. This is happening at the right time.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? – StratiFi is the first low-cost, intuitive, and scalable portfolio hedging SaaS platform for investors. How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics? What should VC leaders do to eliminate such biases?

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Susan is the founder of multiple SaaS platforms. SPV-driven funds like Candou face competition from traditional venture capital firms, angel investors, equity crowdfunding platforms, and micro-VC funds. Traditional VCs typically manage large capital pools and invest across a spectrum of startups.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? – StratiFi is the first low-cost, intuitive, and scalable portfolio hedging SaaS platform for investors. How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics? What should VC leaders do to eliminate such biases?

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