Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 17, 2021

Experimentation enables you to transform a promising idea into a workable solution that addresses a real need. million in DeepMind, and recouped over 80 times that amount when Google bought the company in 2014. You illustrate the pitfalls of experimentation through the examples of Segway and renowned architect Frank Gehry.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

By any objective measure the amount of money going into tech-enabled startups is up considerably (left chart) while the amount of money that VC funds have raised from LPs is also up significantly (right chart). More on that later. trillion in value.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Niio will use its capital to grow its artist community and scale its app-enabled subscription and purchase platform, which is blockchain – based and will include a trading-enabled marketplace for NFTs and other digital art assets. The NFT market is just getting started, but where is it headed?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Zeitview was founded in 2014 with the goal of bringing a new resource to businesses: the sky. After serving in the military, Burton did a short stint at Goldman Sachs and made the leap in 2014 to launch Zeitview. He claims to have personally flown the company’s first 100 or so drone missions.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 24, 2021

His theories enabled modern-day computing, with many others contributing. But if I told you Salesforce intends to buy Uber to ferry salespeople to their prospects, that would be interesting! Claude Shannon invented this idea, information as surprise. We see this in software, too.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

As consumers grew more comfortable with the web, marketplaces like eBay, Etsy, Expedia and Wayfair* emerged, enabling historically offline transactions to occur online. Back in 2014, Chris Dixon wrote a bit about this phenomenon in his post on “ Full stack startups.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

Conversational commerce, a term coined by former Uber employee Chris Messina in 2015 , enables online businesses to sell their products and services through messaging and chat apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. Founded in 2014, Zeals currently serves more than 400 enterprises, including Toyota dealerships, Shiseido and NTT Docomo.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The remote-first company was co-founded by Barnabas Birmacher, Daniel Balla and Viktor Benei in October 2014. In addition to hiring, the new capital will enable Bitrise to expand its product so that developers can more easily operate in the continuous integration and delivery space and have better observability into the full DevOps lifecycle.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 18, 2014

This source of capital enabling companies to remain private longer and become larger before an IPO or sale. If the fundraising trends in Q1 continue for the year, VCs will raise twice as much capital in 2014 as 2013 ($36B vs $17B). Q2 will be an important bellwether to gauge the bullishness of the venture industry for 2014.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

The company was self-funded until 2014, when McDerment decided to bring on outside investors and raised $30 million from Oak Investment Partners, Accomplice and Georgian Partners. For example, he said, more business owners are working to become digitally enabled to meet local tax and invoice compliance systems. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2022

Founder and chief executive officer Bimbola Adisa , an aerospace engineer, started the company in 2014 after working several years for a power turbine manufacturer and as an investment banker covering the power sector in the U.S. Adisa launched BPS in 2014 to address the inadequate electricity supply from power distribution companies.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

Now this company raised over $40 million in funding since they launched in 2014. Their software platform enables investment firms to operate more effectively and provide greater transparency to their investors. And they’re on their way. Really cool app, now with growing coverage across the U.S. 2, Guardhat.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 2, 2023

Chosen companies receive support, including a 40-80% rent subsidy, public laboratories, indoor drone testing grounds, and meeting rooms, enabling them to concentrate on technological advancement. Regulations were relaxed, and test sites were created, enabling industrial companies to conduct test flights. billion in 2014 and KRW 4.8

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Founded in 2014, the company operates its business across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. “We strongly believe in the potential of e-commerce in Southeast Asia, in particular the power of technology-enabled logistics to fuel e-commerce growth. . It currently employs more than 61,000 staff.

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HPA

JUNE 29, 2021

Founded in 2014 out of Chicago, ShipBob was launched through Y Combinator by co-founders Dhruv Saxena and Divey Gulati , two entrepreneurs who saw a need for more efficient shipping for ecommerce businesses. As we increase our international reach, omnichannel partnerships, and B2B capabilities, it is still day one for us.”.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The startup’s Series A investment will be used to add more capabilities, including an integrated solution that enables website owners to protect the client-side to secure user data and improve compliance with regulations such as Europe’s GDPR, California’s CCPA and U.S. health privacy rules HIPAA.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

Gone are the days when pitches to VCs would have to overcome skepticism on market size, and consumer readiness to adopt tech-enabled learning solutions. Indeed, edtech investment in 2020 and 2021 equaled the amount raised during the entire 2014-2019 period. But that’s no longer the case.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

million since its inception in 2014. Its grazing insights enable ranchers to maximize productivity, eliminate waste, and validate grazing and animal management decisions in a way that other record-keeping systems can’t touch,” Webb pointed out. In addition, the latest funding will enable the company to establish its database.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

It’s worth noting that Box offers a similar secure document sharing capability enabling users to share a link instead of using an attachment. Meanwhile, DocSend participated in 2014 at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York City.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

During the early recovery, however, VC-backed M&A rebounded and skyrocketed: Annual deal values eclipsed $30 billion in 2010, holding steady before ballooning above $70 billion in 2014. Many of the actions that make your company a desirable acquisition target will also enable you to better weather economic uncertainty.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Finland-based Wolt was founded in 2014 by Miki Kuusi, who, upon the deal closing, will run DoorDash International and report to Xu. The company has over 4,000 employees across 23 countries and its technology enables users to easily discover and receive food via its platform by selecting a restaurant, placing the order and hitting send.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

HotelOnline , a Kenya-based Yanolja-backed travel technology scale-up that fashions itself as an e-commerce and digital marketing enabler in the hospitality industry, has acquired HotelPlus, a software provider with clients in 22 countries. million in shares in HotelOnline, which was valued at $24 million before the deal.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 10, 2023

The funding will also enable eFishery to facilitate more transactions involving fish feed and fresh aquaculture products through its platform, further strengthening its role in the industry. Patrick has previously commended eFishery for its profitability and prudent spending practices.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

It was acquired by BBVA in 2014 for $117 million and shuttered earlier this year. Its banking APIs enable developers to create their own digital wallets, replacing the need to integrate with legacy financial institutions. Karkal told TechCrunch that the idea for Sila was born out of frustration while starting another bank.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

The 2014-founded startup operates a marketplace model where lenders compete to offer the most suitable credit line to consumers to grease purchases — partnering with businesses such as banks, retailers and payment partners so they can offer “buy now, pay later” to their users at the point of sale.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

Since our founding in 2014, we’ve reached $40 million in ARR through bootstrapping. Since our founding in 2014, we’ve reached $40 million in ARR through bootstrapping. The influence of the larger product insights market and our relationship with customers enabled us to move quickly and pivot regularly.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

We’ve seen companies across the e-commerce infrastructure and enablement ecosystem pick up larger and larger rounds, and CommerceIQ is the latest to secure late-stage financing. The CEO is Guru Hariharan, who you might remember from retail analytics company Boomerang Commerce , a Startup Battlefield finalist in 2014. Meanwhile, $1.1

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

In 2014, Riverwood Capital and Antonio Soares — who now serves as Dock’s CEO — bought out 100% of Conductor and essentially created the company that is Dock today. We are enabling any company of any size and at any stage to deliver financial services for their clients,” Soares told TechCrunch. “We

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 23, 2023

Iguazio, whose customers included Payoneer, was co-founded in 2014 by Asaf Somekh, Orit Nissan-Messing, Yaron Haviv and Yaron Segev. . “Iguazio has a state-of-the-art technology that has generated significant market traction with some of our marquee clients and earned them top-industry recognition,” Ellencweig continued.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Since 2014 their funding supported No Kid Hungry providing 300 million meals for kids facing hunger and Citi volunteers have packed over 1.7 Citi and Citi Foundation have a solid track record of supporting communities around the world. million meals on behalf of U.S.

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propel(x)

JULY 11, 2022

Smartwatches are enabling people and their doctors to track their health and fitness. Oculus was acquired by Meta (formerly Facebook) in 2014. The company has led the latest round of VR advancement and envisions a future where work, entertainment, and social engagements happen in the metaverse enabled by VR technology.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Enter Skydropx , a Mexico City-based logistics management company that enables businesses to create an end-to-end automated delivery experience for customers that includes over 250 shipping options, track notifications via WhatsApp, estimated delivery times and return management. Skydropx team.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Pharmacies in Southeast Asia were largely fragmented, mom-and-pop shops operating in silos when the company — originally known as mClinica — was incorporated in Singapore in 2014.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Founder and CEO Thomas Pays started Ozow in 2014 to drive financial inclusion through open banking. All merchants need to have is a bank account and a “smart-enabled device” to receive payments. Chinese internet giant Tencent led the round, with other investors Endeavor Catalyst and Endeavor Harvest Fund participating.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 1, 2022

Register Dianxiaomi, the parent company of BigSeller, Southeast Asia’s ecommerce enabler, has raised US$100 million in its Series C financing round led by Huaxing Growth Capital and Tiger Global Management along with participation from existing investors CDH Investments, GGV Capital, and Gaorong Capital.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

The new round gives Los Angeles-based Greenfly over $23 million raised since the company was founded in 2014 by former Major League Baseball All-Star Shawn Green and his cousin Daniel Kirschner, who previously held senior roles at the U.S. Paul’s investment is part of an $8.4

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

With the latest round, New York-based Octane has now raised more than $192 million in total equity funding since its 2014 inception. Also last year, it launched Octane Pre-qual, which enables consumers to instantly prequalify for financing on OEM and dealership websites with a soft credit pull. Progressive Investment Company Inc.,

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