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

MARCH 22, 2023

Focus on growth with good economics and don’t “buy” growth, as that will come with poor economics and hence is not sustainable. There has been continuous innovation over the last several years thanks to more digital adoption and lower data pricing. How has your investment strategy changed?

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

DECEMBER 12, 2019

If you are developing a new, innovative product, process, or software application, and you need capital to turn that innovation in to a business, let us help you get from Startup to UP and running! An investment in Sustain VC Impact Fund was also awarded. www.assuretech-mobile-app.com. We Invest in Innovation.

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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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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 10, 2016

What do you look for in SaaS companies? The best way I’ve found to describe it is a technology innovation leading to a go-to-market advantage. That’s how I answered the question in the 20Minute VC podcast with Harry Stebbings. Innovation = Invention + Go To Market. But, technology is not enough.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is helping startups that innovate in areas like payments, financing, insurance and compliance. ” The startups that are first to market with innovative “adjacent services will emerge as winners in the next few years,” she advises. 3 tips for SaaS founders hoping to join the $1 million ARR club.

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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

MAY 17, 2022

The judges for this pitch-off will be Yoon Choi (Muirwoods Ventures), Mar Hershenson (Pear VC) and Gabriel Scheer (Elemental Excelerator) on day one; and Sven Strohband (Khosla Ventures), Victoria Beasley (Prelude Ventures) and John Du (GM Ventures) on day two. ” Mar Hershenson — Pear VC. Mar received her Ph.D. ” Day 2 .

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

million Series C, the kind of investment that’s been harder to come by this year in a tightening VC environment. He and his co-founders saw an opportunity to innovate around the tail spend space when they launched the company in 2017. Today, the company announced a $35.6

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Our survey respondents said the city was strong across a broad range of tech industries, particularly those with practical applications: cybersecurity, energy and sustainability, fintech, health care and medtech, edtech and silver tech among others. VC investors: Rokas Peciulaitis (Contrarian Ventures). Deep tech, SaaS, sustainability.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Gloat is also benefitting from a general rise in VC funding for HR tech startups. In January, VCs funneled more than $1.4 billion Sustainable Solutions Fund IV, which aims to invest in companies and teams driving “responsible innovation.” How engaged are your employees?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

VC firm General Catalyst, a new investor in the business, along with existing backer Kinnevik. They are innovative and have been able to anticipate and address their customers’ changing needs through major acquisitions, new market entries, and product designs. The final tranche of the D round was led by U.S.

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Feedough

JANUARY 6, 2021

As you compete for VC funding , an entrepreneurship degree may add an edge to your case or argument for why you should get funded. VC funds are willing to spend money on worthy ideas. You need to be a good communicator as you need to persuade others to buy into your business idea or to purchase your app or SaaS software.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

GM Vice President of Innovation Pam Fletcher is in charge of the company’s startups that tackle “electrification, connectivity and even insurance — all part of the automaker’s aim to find value (and profits) beyond its traditional business of making, selling and financing vehicles,” Kirsten Korosec writes. Image Credits: Chevrolet.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

This in-depth industry analysis shows how increased regulation on the local level and changing consumer habits are pushing micromobility providers to adapt and innovate. Criminals continue to innovate with highly sophisticated attack methods, but many security organizations still use the same technological approaches they did 10 years ago.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

The initiatives were painful for both the engineering and finance departments, they say — which is when the pair realized that they wanted more flexibility over how software-as-a-service (SaaS) products were billed and monetized. “We aim to have pricing move at the pace of product innovation.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

“Other incentives such as the Enterprise Investment Scheme , Patent Box Scheme , and the ‘ regulatory sandbox ‘ make London an ideal place for innovative companies to test new technologies, products, and services,” Coyle added. In the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

And it just closed on $15 million in a Series A funding round led by proptech-focused VC firm Fifth Wall to grow its business. Rather, he describes the startup as a SaaS-enabled marketplace for residential construction, starting with custom ADUs. That company said it is focused on innovation in construction with a 3D-printed method.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 18, 2021

Edtech investors are flocking to SaaS guidance counselors. Natasha Mascarenhas explores a new crop of edtech SaaS startups that function like guidance counselors, helping students with everything from study-abroad opportunities to swiping right on a captivating college (really!). I mage Credits: Getty Images / Vertigo3d.

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FundersClub

JUNE 30, 2017

Jerrod Engelberg and Kevin Lee of FundersClub discuss board of directors, why they exist, how they work in public companies vs startups, what founders should be thinking about when dealing with a board of directors, and more in " Transparent VC, Episode 6: It’s All About That Board. part 1 of 2).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

The Israeli-based company developed artificial intelligence-driven data analytics that help food brands make smarter decisions around product development, marketing and retail sales for their next healthy, sustainable and delicious product. It is the 21st century, and we still see 90% of the 30,000 new products that launch each year fail.

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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

MAY 21, 2021

In order to determine one, you should ask fundamental questions: What’s the long-term, sustainable reason that the company will stay in business? At a high level, WalkMe is a SaaS business, which means that when we digest its results we are digging into a modern software company. Investors are. Let’s do just that.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2021

A fintech and music collaboration might not seem that obvious, but the music economy remains one of the most under-tapped (and under-innovated) opportunities that remains out there. We got into two different businesses and their approaches on how to serve farm robots, from SaaS leases to selling the robots one by one. Okta-Auth0 deal.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

That said, Norway’s VC community has been somewhat dormant for a while. In Norway, sustainability-focused companies. Our portfolio is heavy on SaaS, which has weathered things well. In some cases yes, including our e-commerce SaaS companies and my recent Bitcoin exchange investment (MiraiEx). Dignio (SaaS/medtech).

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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? – Forte has developed an innovative structure to finance vocational reskilling at no cost to individuals or governments. How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics? Are you politically active?

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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? – Forte has developed an innovative structure to finance vocational reskilling at no cost to individuals or governments. How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics? Are you politically active?

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