TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Use alternative financing to fuel VC-level growth without diluting ownership. Investors are hungry for startups to throw their money at, but VC funding isn’t always the right option at all times or for every startup. Use alternative financing to fuel VC-level growth without diluting ownership. @yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

Whether you are an undergraduate student with a startup idea or an MBA candidate building your company, TC Mobility offers students the opportunity to connect and collaborate with the industry leaders, investors and operators responsible for driving transportation innovation. 5: Tickets are just $75. How can we drive this point home? (We

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility is back, and this year we are bringing together the best and brightest founders, investors, engineers and experts on the future of transportation for a two-day, in-person event May 18 and May 19 in San Mateo, California. How to Land Early-Stage Funding. Spoiler alert: Uber for X is no longer a differentiator.

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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

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.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility is back, and this year we are bringing together the best and brightest founders, investors, engineers and experts on the future of transportation for a two-day, in-person event May 18 and May 19 in San Mateo, California. How to Land Early-Stage Funding. Spoiler alert: Uber for X is no longer a differentiator.

micromobility

TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

At that time, most VC activity was dominated by the now-defunct Austin Ventures and Sevin Rosen Funds. ATX will be the first midcontinent VC to have top decile performance two funds in a row,” he told TechCrunch. “It It is a true reflection of the vibrancy in the Texas ecosystem and having an operator approach at early-stage VC.”.

real estate

TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility is back, and this year we are bringing together the best and brightest founders, investors, engineers and experts on the future of transportation for a two-day, in-person event May 18 and May 19 in San Mateo, California. How to Land Early-Stage Funding. Spoiler alert: Uber for X is no longer a differentiator.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 24, 2023

The BrillDog Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) is a scalable, SaaS-based platform that helps SMBs gain visibility into their transportation processes and manage and track shipments to improve customer service and efficiencies throughout the supply chain. To learn more, visit [link].

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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. Top Tech News. Dandelion Energy raises $70M Series B1.

energy

TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

“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. But we are in transportation.

venture capital

TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

European VC soars in Q1. European VC soars in Q1. How are VCs handling diligence in a world where deals open and close in days, not months? Coming off a 2020 high, VC totals in the United States, in Europe, and among competitive verticals like insurtech and AI are on pace to set new records in 2021.

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

Animal agriculture emits more greenhouse gases than the entire transportation sector. PMI Américas, a leading global payment services provider, has chosen the AI-based SONAR SaaS solution from OurCrowd’s ThetaRay to monitor global cross-border payments on PMI’s platform. Application deadline: May 26. Learn More.

energy

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Getting to Yes and What Happens Next: An Unfiltered Chat with a Top VC , with Mayfield. BF 200 Fast-Pitch Sessions — Clean Tech, Climate, Mobility and Transportation. BF 200 Fast-Pitch Sessions — SaaS, Enterprise and Retail. . – 1:50 p.m.: How to Evolve Your Business Through Recurring Revenue , with Chargebee. 2:00 p.m. –

disruption

TechCrunch

JUNE 18, 2021

Evette Ellis and Ben Schippers took to the main stage at TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 to share how their companies capitalized on the new opportunities presented by the electric transportation revolution. Edtech investors are flocking to SaaS guidance counselors. Edtech investors are flocking to SaaS guidance counselors.

micromobility

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

This collaborative program also includes prominent VC organizations like Kleiner Perkins, Salesforce Ventures and Initialized Capital to develop lasting mentorships with the TC Include founder cohort. We joined forces with Black Female Founders , and they nominated an impressive posse of early-stage startup founders. Go Together, Inc. :

founder

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Despite the uncertainty in the tourism sector from the Covid pandemic, the PEV team didn’t slow down but instead went on to launch two startups — Elephant Bookings, a software as a service (SaaS) product, and Nomad.Africa, a content-to-commerce magazine. Bookaway books $35M to scale up its ground transportation booking platform.

ventures

TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

Nervous as a service : After a lengthy period of experimentation, investors have decided that consumer fintech trading businesses are not SaaS companies. Startups and VC. If you’ve got 1337 doxxing skillz , here’s your chance to actually do some good. Go on. ?????. It’s fundraising season for venture funds, apparently! and Canada.

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Unvalidated Learnings

MAY 26, 2015

Broadly defined as any service provided by a human in less than an hour and ordered through a mobile interface, the on-demand model is being applied to every imaginable vertical , from food delivery and transportation to healthcare, education or home improvements. Healthcare (doctors consultation, prescription drug delivery, etc.)

transportation

TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

Fortunately, things have changed with the rise of SaaS and alternative funding sources such as revenue-based investing VCs. Scale CEO Alex Wang and Accel’s Dan Levine explain why sometimes unconventional VC deals are best. Scale CEO Alex Wang and Accel’s Dan Levine explain why sometimes unconventional VC deals are best.

venture capital

TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

Digging deeper, he pulled numbers from Crunchbase and PitchBook to track VC activity in Africa over the last three months. ” “I am surprised that more VCs aren’t investing in Africa,” says Alex. Once he filtered private equity funding from nonequity investments, the numbers were “staggering.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

But it seems there’s no slowing the thrust of VC investment in China. The entire startup ecosystem gets downright jittery when China brings any new regulation into force — their livelihoods depend on it, after all. Will future regulatory activity by the Chinese government manage to impact startup investing in the future?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

I rarely talk to any startup entrepreneur or VC who doesn’t feel it and somehow long for simpler times despite the benefits we all enjoy from increased enthusiasm for our sector. They’re doing how much in SaaS revenue? We are experiencing a frenetic time. For entrepreneurs there’s too much money sloshing around.

advice

TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

The little three-wheeled prototype that could : I took the Nimbus three-wheeled urban transportation pod for a spin last week, and found myself getting excited and confused in equal measure. Startups and VC. The era of at-home health diagnostics is here , and Senzo wants to bring a bunch of new at-home rapid tests to market.

transportation

TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

New way to save for a rainy day : Banking for startups, SaaS startups to be exact, is popular, and Mary Ann brings us the story of Arc, a W22 Y Combinator grad, which landed $20 million in Series A capital for its approach to borrowing, saving and spending. Startups and VC. The TechCrunch Top 3.

real estate

TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Startups and VC. Rebecca ’s transportation and mobility roundup, the Station, was particularly good too, breaking down what is happening in the land of micromobility and much more. 3 ways to optimize SaaS sales in a downturn. ” 3 ways to optimize SaaS sales in a downturn. .”

SaaS

TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

Quality of life (personal health, sustainability, proptech, transportation). Confluent’s IPO brings a high-growth, high-burn SaaS model to the public markets. What we can see in Confluent is nearly an old-school, high-burn SaaS business. Confluent’s IPO brings a high-growth, high-burn SaaS model to the public markets.

SaaS

TechCrunch

JANUARY 23, 2023

If you’re into transportation, don’t miss Kirsten ’s The Station. Startups and VC TechCrunch Live is entering its third season, and Matt is, frankly, ludicrously psyched to be leading the events again this year. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Startups and VC. Things come in pairs in the transportation industry as well, it appears. Panchromatic onboarding : Chameleon raises $13 million to help SaaS companies build better onboarding experiences, Kyle reports.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2021

And if you enjoy mobility news, definitely subscribe to The Station , a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Freemium isn’t a trend — it’s the future of SaaS. Despite gains, gender diversity in VC funding struggled in 2020. Freemium isn’t a trend — it’s the future of SaaS. The clash of the CFOs.

education

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Interchange is Mary Ann ’s deep dive into the world of fintech startups, and The Station is the summary of everything transportation, lovingly assembled by the incomparable Kirsten. Startups and VC. Plus d’Euros : French VC firm Partech has closed its fourth fund , a €120 million ($124 million) seed fund, Romain reports.

real estate

TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

Robotics, transportation, fintech, crypto, space and much more. Startups and VC. Using data from Capital IQ and Battery’s research, this post contains key benchmarks for public companies and privately held SaaS businesses, along with recommended targets for companies with different ARR ranges. PDT, subscribe here.

transportation

TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

The startup’s latest funding round, which also included existing investors like Construct Capital, Root Ventures, Highline Beta, Third Sphere and Maple VC, will help the company go from its seed stage-level solution of connecting chargers and controlling them in the cloud to more advanced milestones. .

construction

TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

Startups and VC. As a startup nerd with a particular penchant for the art of VC pitching, I’m psyched to attend Lotti Siniscalco’s Pitch Deck Teardown at TC Early Stage in a couple of weeks. can stave off a possible shortage of minerals and materials necessary for batteries used for electric vehicles and energy storage. Big Tech Inc.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Novel disruption has fallen out of favor, with many preferring more time-tested models like enterprise SaaS and biotech. Peloton is a high-end hardware and SaaS business that produces original media content, sells apparel, and runs its own delivery logistics. Peloton yesterday raised over $1.1

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