Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 30, 2024

This interview is with Anjan Pathak , Co-founder at Vantage Fit. Anjan Pathak, Co-founder, Vantage Fit Anjan, can you tell us a bit about yourself and your journey to becoming a founder in the health and wellness technology space? As the co-founder of Vantage Fit, I am deeply involved in driving our technological progress.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

To help the finance sector meet those demands, an Amsterdam-based startup called Fourthline has built a set of AI-based solutions to help with identity verification, help businesses comply with anti-money laundering rules and more. That includes, he said, “looking at ID and passports in different ways.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 25, 2023

Tomas is a business speaker and the founder of InCorp Vietnam (formerly Cekindo) , a market entry consulting firm that also provides business process outsourcing. In addition, the country is home to some of the world’s biggest names in finance, risk management, insurance brokering, offshore insurance, and captive insurance.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

I first met Andrew Stalbow , the founder & CEO of Seriously in August of 2013. On August 23rd, 2013 I had an email intro from my good friend and trusted source Jeff Berman who only sends me stuff when it is somebody he respects (ie a strong filter vs. those who send casual intros). He hit me from two very trusted sources.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

They enable governments to finance critical infrastructure, corporations to fund growth, and individuals to make life’s most important purchases. In 2013, just 8% of corporate debt was traded electronically. As the world’s most traded asset class, the fixed income markets are a pillar of our global economy.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

How to Build a Multi-Million Dollar per Month Startup in Public w/ Nathan Barry | ConvertKit Founder Image of Nathan Barry Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Today’s guest is Nathan Barry, the founder of the email marketing platform ConvertKit.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Biggs, who has been in the Bitcoin space since 2013, told TechCrunch: “I have never seen this much attention to Bitcoin and other crypto-assets… The time for decentralized technologies has arrived, and their potential is increasingly realized by institutional investors.”

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) led Fundbox’s Series D financing, which brings the company’s total equity raised to $410 million since its 2013 inception. Since the company launched its first product in 2013, it has “connected with” over 325,000 small businesses and transacted over $2.5

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2021

Investors involved in the merger have committed $415 million in PIPE financing. Created in 2013, the company originally wanted to create a mainstream bitcoin payment platform. From the day we founded the company three years ago we’ve focused on trying to build a new consumer finance company.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Almost no financings, many VCs and tech startups cratered for the second time in less than a decade following the dot com bursting. During this era, from 2009–2015, most founders I knew were in it for building great & sustainable companies.

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Founders Coop

AUGUST 7, 2018

With Aviel’s announcement last week, and a new website up at Founder’s Co-op reflecting our new partnership, I thought it was a good time to revisit the themes from my 2013 keynote at the Geekwire Awards: Turtles and Flywheels. Seattle in 2013 was a different place. Founders’ Co-op has grown along with Seattle.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

As venture capital continues its slowdown after an aggressive 2020 and record-breaking 2021 , it’s clear that early-stage founders looking for their first dollars will require a new approach. What do early-stage founders need to know to capture VC interest, and dollars, in a challenging market?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

BTV is a venture firm that boasts two successful fintech founders as its partners. The personal finance company went public last year. Then in 2013, he co-founded Innovative Auctions, which has revenues in the “hundreds of millions.” . Seed is where founders need the most support, and we love being the first call.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

The financing marks the company’s first ever institutional funding. Founded in 2013, the Argentinian startup serves as a white label infrastructure software provider, with the aim of giving businesses the ability to launch financial services. If they win, we win,” said Sebastián Núñez Castro, CEO and co-founder of Geopagos.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 10, 2023

Founded in 2013, the startup introduced an affordable and efficient technology solution for fish and shrimp farmers in the Indonesian aquaculture industry. eFishery’s comprehensive ecosystem encompasses the entire aquaculture value chain, from seeds to financing.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

There’s no simple test to determine which aspiring founder can turn their idea into a billion-dollar business, but VCs who know which questions to ask can uncover the right mindset, says Sanjay Reddy, a co-founding partner at Unlock Venture Partners. Do you have control over your finances, both personal and business?” “How

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

million pre-seed funding it has raised from the Founders Factory Africa, FrontEnd Ventures, Adaverse, Gullit, Five35, Renew Capital, Changecom, XA Network, Ajim Capital, Artha Ventures, Daba Finance, Google Black Founders Fund, and several angel investors.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Abraaj bought Vine Pharmacy in 2013 when it was the largest pharmacy chain in Uganda. We are buying out the stake that Abraaj held,” mPharma co-founder and CEO Gregory Rockson told TechCrunch. s development finance institution, last year.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

The products are currently under development, however, the plan is to also lend to bigger businesses in the agri-value chain, as the company expands its reach from micro-sellers, who have been their target market since launch in 2013. Fintechs in Africa continue to overshadow all other startups in funding gained.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

New York City-based Fundera was co-founded in 2013 by Jared Hecht, who previously co-founded GroupMe. The goal is to help NerdWallet expand into the small- and medium-business market with both content and actual financing. Financial guidance company NerdWallet announced at the end of last week that it has acquired Fundera.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2022

Founded in 2013 (or 2014 depending on the source), the Chicago-based company has raised over $82 million in funding over its lifetime from investors such as FinTech Collective and Oak HC/FT , according to Crunchbase. billion in an all-stock deal that was a reflection of its continued push into consumer finance.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

I have talked at great length with the founders of Brex and Ramp in the past, as well as the individual in charge of that segment within TripActions. Image Credits: Ramp co-founders Karim Atiyeh and Eric Glyman. Image Credits: Pluto / Pluto co-founders CTO Nayeem Zen, CEO Mo Aziz, CPO Mohammed Ridwan. Here in the U.S.,

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase. 5/ The Enduring Allure Of Platform Potential: Revenue is important.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 17, 2014

In 2013 there were 967 million FPS transactions. we immediately thought of Wealthfront , the automated investment service started by Benchmark founder Andy Rachleff. Finance government stimulus Internet Payment Regulation Uncategorized Venture Capital Disruption payments wealthfront' The point to understand is that the U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 6, 2022

On the other hand, France-based Everimpact (www.everimpact.com), which is led by Mathieu Carlier, is on a mission to help fight the climate crisis by measuring carbon emissions to finance climate actions. TC Ventures invites founders around the world who are seeking to disrupt and reimagine the maritime and aviation industries to connect.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

billion, figures provided to us by CEO and co-founder Markus Villig. Since launching in 2013, it has picked up more than 50 million customers and more than 1.5 You’ll hear firsthand how some of the most successful founders and VCs build their businesses, raise money and manage their portfolios. billion, based on a 1.5x

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

By 2013 it would be bankrupt and one of the many casualties of the first wave of cleantech investing. In 2013, there were 220,000 electric vehicles on roads, according to data from Statista , a number which had grown to 4.8 Bacon, founder of the multibillion-dollar hedge fund, Moore Capital Management. million by 2019.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2021

He has raised venture capital for his startups, helped hundreds of founders craft their pitch decks and fundraising strategy, and invested as a business angel. We asked him how founders can create the perfect pitch deck for their company. When I built my first pitch deck in 2013, I had no clue what to include.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2021

The B2B payments space has been on fire for a while, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only fueled mass adoption of digitizing finances. The financing is the latest in a string of fintech-related fundings in Mexico that TechCrunch has covered as of late. Higo launched its SaaS platform last November. And now the startup has raised $3.3

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Stephen Deng, the co-founder and partner of DFS Lab, a firm that invests in digital commerce startups, serially compared the 2016 Southeast Asia funding landscape to where Africa might be in 2021, at $3 billion. The only non-fintech deals were Andela and TradeDepot (although the latter has an embedded finance play). billion and $2.8

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Surely not I, when my family moved here in 2013. Meanwhile, Silicon Hills News (operated by the very talented Laura Lorek) reported that Austin-based insurtech Decent is “shutting down all of its operations to just a core team,” which was confirmed in a blog post published by Nick Soman, the company’s founder and CEO. What does it do?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

The new funding, mPharma co-founder and CEO Gregory Rockson told TechCrunch, will be used to build the startup’s data infrastructure, triple its talent pool over the next three years and support expansion plans in its current and new markets. Other investors include Northstar, Social Capital, Novastar and TO Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2021

Silicon Valley-based Ribbit Capital led its Series E financing, which also included participation from SoftBank’s LatAm-focused Innovation Fund, LTS, Maverik, Alta Park, an undisclosed US-based asset manager fund with over $2 trillion in AUM, Kaszek Ventures, Dragoneer and Accel partner Kevin Efrusy. Image Credits: QuintoAndar.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Alisee de Tonnac is co-founder and co-CEO of Seedstars , a Swiss-based group with a mission to impact people’s lives in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship. 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.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Dataiku is the latest well-financed startup to suffer from macroeconomic headwinds, raising new capital at a significantly reduced valuation. ” Dataiku, which launched in Paris in 2013, competes with a number of companies for dominance in the AI and big data analytics space. billion valuation, down from the $4.6

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