TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Venture capital activity in Europe and Asia saw a strong return to form in Q3, data indicates. The two continents enjoyed more venture capital investment into their local startups than in some time, underscoring that strong VC results the United States saw in the third quarter were not a fluke, but part of a broader trend.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Mitsui Fudosan, through its venture arm 31VENTURES, is actively engaged in promoting startup innovation globally. Mitsui Fudosan will be investing in an investment vehicle managed by Techstars, to fund startups selected for the Techstars Tokyo accelerator program.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

Better Tomorrow Ventures’ Sheel Mohnot landed some of his biggest wins before he ever started a venture firm. The investor previously worked as a partner at 500 , previously known as 500 Startups, where he raised and ran a dedicated fintech fund as well as helped build an accelerator. million valuations.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

Having local expertise in the category every VC wants to invest in right now doesn’t hurt, either. And while the data is not consistently trending up and to the right — there was a huge outlier deal (Uber Advanced Technologies) in 2019 that spiked the yearly investment total to $1.3 You can give it a listen here.).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2023

“There’s a ton of stuff that really could be impacting the lives of everybody on Earth, that is not making it out of the lab and into practical application,” said David Van Wie, founder and chief investment officer at Aventurine Capital Group. If it sounds as if it’s the antithesis of quick growth and timely exit, that’d be accurate.

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Gust

JANUARY 22, 2014

At the moment, Gust for individual angels is only available to Accredited Investors who either (a) belong to an official angel group, venture fund or other organization that provides verification of their investor status, or (b) have already invested in (or been invited by) a startup using Gust for its investor relations communications.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

Microsoft has today announced plans to support 10,000 startups in Africa over the next five years through a series of initiatives including partnerships with accelerators and incubators across the continent. Microsoft said that it is already working with Banque Misr, Global Venture Capital and Get Funded Capital.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

Many entrepreneurs are reliant on outside funding, whether angel investors, venture capitalists or strategic investors , to keep the venture going. At the same time, many investors are being more cautious with making new investments, preferring to focus on their existing portfolio before investing in new companies.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. That said, a paradigm shift of the broader venture landscape could be on the horizon. Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined. Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x growth from 2020 to 2021. psychedelics or construction).

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Dream It

OCTOBER 1, 2019

and Dreamit Ventures. The startup will use the funding to enhance product capabilities and accelerate sales growth with key hires. The support of IP Group and DreamIt Ventures is further evidence we’re solving a widely recognized problem that is ubiquitous within the healthcare industry,” Airan-Javia said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

He is now co-founder and chairman of 22 Ventures. Startup accelerators are increasingly putting the brakes on demo days. The often flashy events reserved for founders to connect with investors have long been part of the likes of Y Combinator’s program, seen as the “graduation” of startups’ journey.

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Gust

JANUARY 22, 2014

At the moment, Gust for individual angels is only available to Accredited Investors who either (a) belong to an official angel group, venture fund or other organization that provides verification of their investor status, or (b) have already invested in (or been invited by) a startup using Gust for its investor relations communications.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

After the pandemic drove students at every level into remote learning, edtech saw record levels of investment — until the public markets began to cool off several months ago. Show, don’t tell: Tips for robotics startups raising a Series B during a downturn. 500 Global’s take on the rising competition among startup accelerators.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Procore and Autodesk are two examples of ventures in the construction space that went from startup to publicly traded companies today worth $6.2 To help them along, one construction tech-focused venture capital firm is eager to fund a new generation of startups in the space. billion and $40.5 billion , respectively.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 8, 2023

Register Antler , a business incubator and startup accelerator based in Singapore, has successfully raised $285 million for its emerging growth fund, Antler Elevate. These investments highlight the fund’s commitment to supporting innovative solutions across diverse industries. .

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Founder Bounty

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Test our your market first before you invest time into a product I keep telling this to entrepreneurs. Make sure you test your market out before you invest time and energy into the actual product. Vlad Kozul Is Techstars accelerator worth doing? Should you do it?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Fifteen accelerators from key tech hubs, including Uganda, Egypt, Ghana, South Africa, Senegal, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania will participate in the program. 500 Global’s take on the rising competition among startup accelerators.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

In a year marred by the coronavirus pandemic, it seems that early-stage startups on the African continent are continuing to see some notable growth, both in terms of their business and from investors looking to back them. . Other investors include Pave Investments and US-based angel investor, Chris Schultz.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Y Combinator, perhaps the best-known startup accelerator, has also evolved. Like much of the venture capital landscape, Y Combinator has shrunk slightly this year. The current cohort of startups in the U.S. Techstars has expanded to a network of programs, to pick one example. Global overview.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

While valuation cuts are often viewed as a negative event for a company — industry experts argued that a lower 409A valuation, which is set by a third party and is different from what venture capitalists measure — they make it cheaper for employees to exercise vested options. Stripe’s new and lower internal valuation, explained.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2023

Sometimes, due to the nature of the startup game, we over index on “the new.” In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about chief inspiration officers, growing startup accelerators and a rare buzz we’re hearing about one tech company and its public market wishes. The 45-year old venture firm closed in on a $6.2

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

As the global venture capital market contracts following a historic investing boom, the downturn impacts each startup market differently. While we’ve given the United States’ startup ecosystem most of our attention lately , it’s time to broaden our perspective. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

YC Continuity led the round, which also saw participation from Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners. Pave launched with an ambitious goal: Can it measure pay across venture-backed tech companies in real time, and help startups move their comp table off of spreadsheets?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

The latter has made investements such in Greece (Plum), Latvia (Printify), and Bulgaria (Cloudpipes). Luckily, Georgia’s gain is not Shilling VC’s loss, as he is not leaving Shilling completely, remain on the Investment Committee as as non-Exec. We will invest in 100+ companies and train them with an accelerator out of Georgia.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

Plus, if you don’t win, you’ll still grow your pitching skills, hash out your business plan and potentially meet like-minded entrepreneurs (potential partners) and venture capitalists. You can find startup competitions in various places throughout the world at just about any time of the year. Accelerators.

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2021

Today it’s Acorns, a consumer fintech service that blends saving and investing into a freemium product. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. . By now this is old news, but we haven’t had a clear picture of the economics of consumer fintech startups accelerated by the pandemic.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

However, what is often direly needed is how to appeal to investors and raise smart money — knowledge that is essential for fundraising and a master key to building, accelerating and scaling your new venture. The winners receive support, including an investment, to accelerate and scale their ventures. Keep it short.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Glimpse had participated in startup accelerator Y Combinator’s winter 2020 batch and had seed-stage investment from both YC and Maven Ventures. . “I look forward to seeing the twine team bring twine for Zoom to market,” he added.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

Y Combinator, the startup accelerator that has launched the likes of Instacart, Stripe and Airbnb, has broadened its investing lens in recent years, backing companies all over Africa and India, and beyond.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

He will be leaving to start his own firm, which will concentrate investments from Series A to Series C. Harri reports that Google is spinning up a new, online-only startup accelerator centered around the elusive circular economy. Curtius will stay with Tiger until June. “Edtech still has deep and untapped opportunities.

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Hunter Walk

JANUARY 6, 2023

That’s not how early stage venture is done IMO — each company has its own reality and as investors we should service founders to their needs, not some overgeneralized advice. And not enough venture investors willing to provide ‘bridges to nowhere’ (low growth, middling margins, no natural acquirers, team attrition ongoing, and so on).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

After being bootstrapped for seven years, Ngrok today announced that it raised $50 million in a Series A round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Coatue. Shreve tells Kyle that with the fresh capital, Ngrok will grow operations and “make continued investments” to improve its core product offering.

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500

MARCH 26, 2020

No one would’ve envisioned me as a venture capitalist. It’s what led me to San Francisco, and, ultimately, what drew me to 500 Startups. When I moved to San Francisco in 2012, I was working on my fourth startup and looking to join an accelerator. But from a young age, going against the grain was in my DNA.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

This morning Techstars , a network of startup accelerators and a venture capital fund, announced that Maëlle Gavet is its new CEO. Techstars wants to go find those founders and invest in them. That means, we presume, more accelerators in more places investing in more founders.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2021

One of the most notable was AARP Innovation Lab, the non-profit’s startup accelerator program. Venture investing in elder tech. Tech can help in many ways: by helping caregivers (and reducing burnout), allowing seniors to perform health monitoring at home and creating tools to combat isolation.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Paulo is the co-founder of Vale do Dendê (Dende Valley) and AFAR Ventures , a global diversity and inclusion creative and consulting agency that identifies opportunities for multinational brands, corporations and investors in emerging markets. Over the last five years, Brazil has witnessed a startup boom. Paulo Rogério Nunes.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. Battery Ventures has backed Databricks since 2017, so Alex Wilhelm interviewed General Partner Dharmesh Thakker to understand why he thinks the company may be undervalued. Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window). “So the TAM is massive.”

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