Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

In 2012, Girls Who Code launched, teaching girls computer programming. What would happen if companies offered flexibility to their employees, backed by data and scalable strategies? In contrast to her future success in finance, Kelly Peeler’s early start as an entrepreneur began with flipping refurbished furniture at the age of 11.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. No less than Fred Wilson has credited Carlota’s work with having a major influence on his investment strategy at USV.

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Gust

JANUARY 15, 2013

Earlier, entrepreneurs didn’t need a real monetization strategy,” said Brian O’Malley, an early investor at Battery Ventures. But to grow a business, entrepreneurs eventually have to solicit financing from the venture capitalists who invest on behalf of endowments, pension funds, foundations and the like. What do you think? .

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 23, 2023

In 2012, it surpassed Melbourne, Australia; in 2014, it surpassed Osaka, Japan, and Sydney, Australia; in 2016, it overtook Seoul, South Korea; and in 2018, for the first time, it outranked Tokyo, Japan. The hallmark of the festival resides in its prowess to beckon luminaries from finance, technology, academia, and governmental echelons.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Since launching in 2012, Savannah Fund — led by Mbwana Alliy and Paul Bragiel — has backed more than 30 startups. It has secured a first close led by International Finance Corporation (IFC) with participation from the Women’s Finance Initiative (WeFi).

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? Lighter Capital is a RBI VC which has provided over $100 million in growth capital to over 250 companies since 2012. 2018 also had the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010. Absolutely not.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Camber Creek and Storm Ventures co-led the financing, which brings the Toronto-based startup’s total raised to more than CAD$35 million. CEO Mallorie Brodie and COO Lauren Lake founded Bridgit in late 2012 with the mission of helping construction companies maximize profits “by taking a people-first approach.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 21, 2017

Venture capitalists have financed many of those businesses. Those venture dollars have financed a panoply of competition. In 2012 ChiefMartec landscape counted 350 vendors selling to sales and marketing. Salesforce for Sales, Workday for HR & Finance, ServiceNow for Operations, Atlassian for Engineering and so on.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

Today it announced financing totalling €750 million (around $895 million at today’s rates), money that it will be using to continue expanding its business — specifically, for acquisitions; to launch in new markets in Europe, Latin America and Asia; and to build out the suite of services that it provides to businesses.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

” Launched in 2012 by Khoury, Alo Sarv and Tony Rindsberg, Soci’s platform is designed for organizations that have hundreds — or even thousands — of people managing their marketing across various channels. ” Khoury has a colorful background. Yelp) and then automatically responds to those reviews.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Founded in 2012, the startup was bootstrapped for its first five years, and PitchBook discloses only around $220,000 before this round. This latest financing round will support our ongoing commitment to scaling the Ageras brand and bringing our software offering to new customers across the globe.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

million (€25 million) while Pollen Street Capital is financing the rest of the round. Founded in 2012, Ali Niknam has already invested quite a bit of money into his own company. In particular, the company expects to acquire smaller companies to fuel its growth strategy. He poured $116.6 million (€98.7

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2021

The financing came nearly three years after Kiddom’s Series B, a $15 million round led by Owl. Founded in 2012, Kiddom was able to raise millions without revenue or a clear business model. It’s a common strategy with bottom up sales. The startup didn’t just raise money, it finally learned how to make some.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

During the program, industry “experts” and past founders in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) space will provide participants with “strategic guidance” on product and go-to-market strategy, “while preparing the company for success and future financing from top-tier venture capital firms,” say the organizers.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Companies such as E*TRADE, Rocket Mortgage, and TurboTax began to disrupt the established financial services sector well before 2012, but that year marked the turning point when fintech morphed into a sustained movement that would drastically change how most people manage their money. Here are four steps you can take to remain competitive.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Srinivasan and Venu Shamapant started the firm in 2012, and its first two funds both raised $105 million. Our results are that we have gotten to validate that strategy is right and works well.”. We are big believers in the market, and now others are starting to recognize what we have known.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

Ben Miller founded Fundrise in 2012 to give retail investors access to the private real estate market, and the company has since become one of the top 20 investors by size in that space, Miller, who serves as CEO, told TechCrunch in an interview. Fundrise manages over $2.8

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2021

In the very near future, we’re going to continue to evolve our platform away from automating strategies and giving people this easy investment platform into actually offering structured products like risk-adjusted portfolios and giving curated investment advice to individuals based on their risk tolerance,” Birch said.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

That’s one of the reasons Jonathan Cherki founded Contentsquare , a platform that allows businesses to track online customer behavior to inform digital strategies. Since 2012, he’s served as CEO, moving the company’s headquarters from Marseille to New York in 2017. billion).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 31, 2018

It’s a classic strategy for film and storytelling. Jeremy Choi has been a member of EO Toronto since 2012. Audiences react to a force that opposes them and often lean toward a hero. Make your services or brand the hero and create an arch nemesis your brand can defeat. The options for potential villains are endless.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

A consortium of global institutional investors also participated in the funding round that will finance the expansion of Traveloka’s platform and strengthen the company’s capabilities as the world opens up.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

There is an unmet need of $260 billion to $320 billion for women-owned company funding, according to a 2013 study conducted by the International Finance Corporation. Data show that men were four times as likely as women to access equity financing from angel investors or VCs (14.4% Women entrepreneurs and fundraising. against 3.6%).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Greg Sands started the firm in 2012 as a sole general partner and told TechCrunch that all the way back to the first fund, it invested in companies, like Intaact, which was acquired by Sage in 2017 , and Datalogix, acquired by Oracle in 2014 , that established a pattern.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

Exotel said on Tuesday it has raised $40 million in a financing round, just three months after securing $35 million in funding, as the Bangalore-based startup demonstrates growth for its full-stack customer engagement platform in emerging markets. Steadview Capital led the startup’s Series D round.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

With the latest financing, São Paulo-based Creditas has now raised more than $829 million in funding over six rounds, with the bulk of that capital ($745 million) coming in over the last three years. Creditas began its life in 2012 as a collateralized lender operating via a marketplace model. That’s up from the fintech’s $1.75

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

million since its 2012 inception. I definitely try not to get locked on to a particular exit strategy. Existing backers Weatherford Capital and Accel also participated in the funding event. The round size also is bigger than all of The Zebra’s prior rounds combined, bringing the company’s total raised to $261.5

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abovethecrowd.com

JANUARY 30, 2015

Of course, Uber is not the first company to choose a corporate strategy of price leadership. When Uber launched its low-cost UberX offering in the summer of 2012, the company quickly realized that the demand for its transportation services is HIGHLY elastic. Delivering More Value to Consumers Through Lower Prices. Jeff Bezos.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

The platform, which has customers like Airtel, Ezee Money, Housing Finance Company of Kenya (HF Group), enables borderless banking and payments across apps and social media platforms. Ajua, formerly mSurvey , was founded in 2012 by Kenfield Griffith. “Imagine if we knew what drove consumer habits for businesses. .

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TechCrunch

JUNE 11, 2021

The company matches skilled tech personnel like engineers, software developers, designers, finance experts and product managers to clients across the globe. In 2012, Toptal raised a $1.4 According to company data, it currently serves over 1,000 clients in more than 10 countries. How did it pull this off?

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 17, 2016

Called parties because of the number of investors who collaboratively financed seed rounds of startups, the lists became almost comically long as seed sizes ballooned and investor syndicates swelled with them. The fraction of seed rounds with one investor has eroded its 2012 high of 35% to 28%.

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Y Combinator

JULY 24, 2020

require payment financing, invoicing/approvals, inventory management) and requirements differ from vertical to vertical. As a result, B2B buyers are looking for online platforms to help with the discovery, purchase, and financing of new products. million in 2012 to 1.55 Lastly, Faire gives brands a working capital advantage.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. They feel very confident they can hit $18 – 20 million in 2012. They feel very confident they can hit $18 – 20 million in 2012. Often in this strategy you end up giving them the product for free and bill them only services fees.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 30, 2021

Gusto launched in 2012 to tackle this opportunity, and more. With its software up and running, Gusto needed to figure out its go-to-market strategy. For the first time, businesses could reach and serve customers with an entirely online strategy. Helping employees optimize their finances. People are what make SMBs special.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 1, 2015

Startups raised 132% more in seed rounds than in 2012. And consequently, investors have seen successes and failures, both of which inform their investment strategy. Larger rounds will likely be the norm, providing startups more time to prove out milestones and raise the next round of financing. But what of 2014?

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

After the Great Recession, the Kauffman Foundation issued a blistering report on the state of venture “ We Have Met the Enemy And He Is Us: Lessons from Twenty Years of the Kauffman Foundation’s Investments in Venture Capital Funds and the Triumph of Hope Over Experience ,” Kauffman Foundation, 2012. Stronger Survivors.

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Angel Capital Association

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

He became an associate professor in entrepreneurship and business strategy, then associate dean for the Boise State University College of Business and Economics. “I He has also served as a member of the finance committee for the Idaho Technology Council and a board member of Tech Connect. “That’s been my guiding light.”

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 9, 2022

Zapier was founded in 2012 by Wade Foster , Bryan Helmig , and Mike Knoop. The founders went through YC’s Summer 2012 batch and S18 Growth Program , and today, Zapier automates work by connecting with over 5,000 apps. How has your job as a CEO changed from leading a 3-person company in 2012 to a 700-person organization today?

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