TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Just two months after securing $2 million in pre-seed funding , plant-based pudding startup Noops is announcing an additional $2 million round led by Lerer Hippeau. In fact, of the $348 billion in annual sales generated by the top 25 food and beverage incumbents in the U.S., It intends to launch in Fresh Thyme this year.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 19, 2024

Here are some highlights from the episode: [5:04] “If you go all the way back to the first neural networks in 1958, that’s when we start to see reasoning start to happen through computers. And then now we’re at this next phase of massive transformers.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

After developing a network of telehealth, diagnostics and pharmacies for consumers, digital health company Truepill is targeting healthcare incumbents like health payers, providers and employer groups. Telemedicine startups are positioning themselves for a post-pandemic world.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 12, 2023

As Paul Uhrig, Chief Legal and Digital Health Officer of Bassett Healthcare Network and Executive Director of Bassett Innovation Center told us, “if we can get the ultimate user excited and to be champions about this, that I found to be very much the winning strategy.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

” Going up against incumbents. Third-party providers, mostly fintechs, have tried to capture some market share from these incumbents. ” The Dakar-based platform is akin to PayPal (with mobile money accounts, not bank accounts) runs an agent network that uses their cash on hand to service Wave users. .”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

s government-backed “startup champion” after the latter put the £12 million contract out to tender, according to TechCrunch’s sources. Barclays had applied for the contract through its network of Eagle Labs incubators , some of which have physical locations, but most do not. tech startup scene. and abroad.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 23, 2023

As an early-stage founder, your ability to deliver value quickly is your most critical — and sometimes the only — competitive advantage over the incumbent competition. Having founded multiple startups across various industries, I’ve gone through this discovery process for dozens of startup ideas, potential features, and market opportunities.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This is a two-way relationship, as we regularly share ideas and innovative companies with FIs in our network, including Goldman Sachs, PNC, Morgan Stanley, American Express, and more. If you are working at an incumbent financial institution and interested in the bleeding edge of technology, we’d love to include you in our network.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

Maple VC’s Andre Charoo told TechCrunch that the startup has returned (unrealized) one-third of the firm’s second fund so far. 50B) due to the network effects it has created with its unique merchant loyalty program.”. Maple is based in San Francisco, but focuses on investing in founders with Canadian roots.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 21, 2021

a critical juncture of your venture’s life cycle, as a majority of startups have only one chance to make a strong first impression. Devising an effective go-to-market strategy requires thinking beyond traditional approaches towards growth, which are often not optimal for category-defining startups. How to find them?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, it differentiated itself by committing to payments on social media platforms, which Nigerian digital bank Carbon was interested in when it acquired the startup in 2019. At the time, the startup’s co-founder and CEO, Segun Adeyemi , said that he was taking a break and would “likely start another company” later.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He also sees Google running into antitrust issues moving forward and that could help create an opening for a startup like this. He acknowledges that trust and accuracy elements could get tricky as social networks have found out.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

T he startup uses blockchain with the aim of creating a richer network effect of data that allows credit bureaus and others to predict the creditworthiness of people who are not in the traditional credit bureau system. We’re exploring standing up unique information sharing networks.”. Spring Labs is one of them.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

The startup ecosystem is a terrific manufacturer of bad fundraising advice. Well, if you add it to your startup, it does a few things. If I was to guess, the demographics of people pitching me are reflective of two things—what my own network looks like and what my portfolio looks like. First is network bias.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The on-demand grocery delivery industry in Europe (and beyond) continues to heat up amidst the pandemic, including a plethora of startups taking a vertical approach by operating their own delivery only — or “dark” — stores. They include Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Nuremberg, Dusseldorf, and Cologne, with more planned.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In a sign that national security tech is a safe bet even during troubled economic times, defense- and security-focused VC firm Razor’s Edge Ventures today announced the closing of its third startup investment fund at just under $340 million. In the U.S., For example, Razor’s Edge recently invested in Corsha , a Washington, D.C.-based

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Y Combinator’s latest batch — W22 — features 414 startups from 42 countries, representing more than 80 sectors. India, with 32 startups, is the second-largest demographic represented in the new batch, while Nigeria is third, having delivered 18 startups. As usual, the U.S. has the most representation. beU delivery. .”

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2022

Astro offers 15-minute delivery within a range of 2-3 km through its network of rented “dark stores,” which are distribution hubs set up for online shopping only. The startup is competing with incumbents like Sayurbox, HappyFresh and TaniHub to win over users.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Yassir, an Algerian startup that provides on-demand services such as ride-hailing and last-mile delivery, has raised a $30 million Series A round. Most people in French-speaking Africa are unbanked due to a lack of trust in incumbents and inefficient banking solutions. The investment came from a long list of VCs and angel investors.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Today, Fuzzy announced $44 million in growth funding to expand its digital pet care network of veterinary professionals to alleviate some of the strain on the industry and make care accessible and affordable to all. The San Francisco-based company previously raised $18 million in a Series B round in March. Fuzzy live chat via its app.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

Ivella , a Santa Monica-based startup, wants to build banking products for couples to take away some of these tensions. Led by CEO and co-founder Kahlil Lalji , the startup is launching with a split account product that just raised $3.5 This wasn’t how the startup, well, started. Zeta, which raised a $1.5

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

When it comes to presentation creation, PowerPoint and Keynote remain the de facto tools by incumbent advantage. But this hasn’t stopped startups from trying to disrupt the status quo. succeed against both the presentation design tool market’s startups and giants? So, will Prezent.ai

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2023

In 2022, we saw inflation and interest rates climb and startups with loose underwriting standards are no doubt paying the price with increased delinquencies and defaults. So when investors are thinking about where next to put their money, it’s unlikely that digital lending startups are going to be high on their lists, to be honest.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Just a few weeks after announcing stock and crypto trading , French fintech startup Lydia is announcing that it has raised a $100 million Series C round. With this funding round, the startup has reached a unicorn valuation, which means that it is currently valued at more than $1 billion. Times are changing. Image Credits: Lydia.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The startup will continue to look for ways to expand its partner network of hardware and software companies across the globe, Luke Wilson, founder and CEO of ManageXR told TechCrunch. The company will focus more on large enterprises next year, he added. .

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

If the items are further afield, Tile taps into its broader finding network consisting of everyone who has the app installed on their phone and other access points. Through this network, Tile is able to automatically and anonymously communicate the lost item’s location back to its owner through their own Tile app.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Much of this can trickle down into the startup ecosystem. Now that everyone knows the stakes of a Facebook-like outcome, there’s more money looking to fund and fuel web-scale network-effect businesses. I am expecting a downturn at some point. Maybe it will be 2019, or 2020 — or even 2021. Dreams can be fueled here.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 13, 2015

Earlier this week, we examined the trends in the major categories of startup investment including eCommerce, Software, Social Networking and Education. But which lesser known startup sectors are starting to raise venture dollars? Space travel startups look to conquer the final frontier. Email startups raised 22% less.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

When robotic process automation company UiPath filed to go public in March 2021, the startup had just closed a $750 million round that helped it clinch a $35 billion valuation. What most startup founders get wrong about financial projections. ” What most startup founders get wrong about financial projections. per share.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

Amadeus has 16,000 employees and earned more than $2 billion in revenue last year, but early-stage startups can learn from its digital transition, Ron writes. If you can map every oasis in a desert, you’ve created a transportation network. “Our engineers are excited about this move,” said Pellisé.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 21, 2021

They can accrue huge value by reducing friction and aggregating supply and demand — particularly because they have the ability to build network effects and economies of scale. In the last few years, incumbents have started to adopt technology to fix inefficiencies, but they’ve focused on tools to streamline individual tasks (e.g.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Today we have a few angles on the startup market. Risk-on, risk-off : The startup fundraising game is in flux at the moment, with some investors putting capital to work in companies that have yet to fully form, as the public market takes body blows and earnings disappoint. Startups/VC. PST, subscribe here. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

Infogrid , a startup that uses AI to collect and analyze data on things like air quality, occupancy and energy consumption, today announced that it raised $90 million in a Series B round led by Northzone and AO Proptech. “Now was the time to raise the capital and use it to drive our expansion,” De Gruchy said.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

individuals give money and personal data to network operators in exchange for access to information. “In In Web3 there is a possibility — not saying that it’s going to actually 100% gonna happen — but there is a possibility where the network owns the network,” said Rubin. Which form of venture debt should your startup go for?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2022

Besides the fact that over 20% of all venture dollars last year went into fintech startups , I am particularly excited about the many ways that this technology is helping boost inclusion all over the world. Welcome to my new weekly fintech-focused column. It’s an incredible time to be a financial technology journalist.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In one development of that theme, today, Taptap Send — one of the startups building tools to manage these money transfers — is announcing $65 million in growth funding as it continues its mission to enable remittances specifically to the most overlooked countries.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

Last week, Paystand — a blockchain-enabled B2B payments startup — announced it had acquired Mexican fintech Yaydoo — creating a new unicorn in the resulting new entity. Given a large number of startups will not generate a profit near and are cash-flow negative in the near term, they will have to raise more capital in a difficult environment.

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