TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2022

While solar grids and panels are another viable option and have compelling use cases for end consumers, there’s still an opportunity to launch products targeted at power distribution companies, and that’s where Beacon Power Services (BPS) plays. and Nigeria-based utility company provides energy management software and analytics for utilities.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Ninja Van will use the proceeds to strengthen its operations including micro supply chain solutions to optimize e-commerce opportunities in Southeast Asia. Founded in 2014, the company operates its business across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. . said Mr.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

While DocSend has 17,000 customers, Houston says the acquisition gives the company the opportunity to get in front of a much larger customer base as part of Dropbox. It’s worth noting that Box offers a similar secure document sharing capability enabling users to share a link instead of using an attachment.

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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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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

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

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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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

The firm targets seed-stage, tech-enabled B2B startups and uses its global experience to help founders expand their businesses across different geographies. In an interview with AsiaTechDaily, Lou talked about how starting a fund came to her mind and the key focus of Indelible Ventures when evaluating an opportunity, among others.

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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

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. The app also helps pharmacists search for new job opportunities or to post job offers.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 15, 2022

Although entrepreneurship is presented as an opportunity and alternative form of employment, people with disabilities face considerable challenges related to business development. In addition, as an incentive, those who finalise the academic programme have the opportunity to ask for financial support to develop their projects.

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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. With Chris, it is an opportunity to come at it from the athlete’s perspective,” Kirschner said.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

In 2014, Tala first launched its mobile application to offer credit and collateral-free loans to consumers in Kenya but has since expanded to the Philippines, Mexico and, more recently , India. Integral to this new direction is the use of crypto and decentralized finance to enable the company’s roadmap.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

It is also our view that the current economic conditions create a unique opportunity for venture capital funds holding dry powder to earn significant returns, as was the case for VCs that deployed in the 2010-2014 time period. technology sector, perhaps counterintuitively, remains strong.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 7, 2023

Another significant benefit is that users can review historical data, enabling them to communicate more clearly with their doctors during follow-up visits. Ed views the healthtech market as poised for huge innovation and opportunities. Users also receive real-time reminders and informative push notifications.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Their ability to work remotely enabled these talents to work flexibly and provide specialized skills to a variety of companies. However, the reality remains that most of these job opportunities have gatekeepers who take up to 50 percent of the talents’ salary.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

Ignitepost IgnitePOST is a service that enables sales & marketing teams to boost conversion rates by 15X. 2017 Relativity6 AI for Insurance Advisers, Brokers and Agents helps enable your sales and accounts teams to service and retain clients smarter. Medkairos 1 out of 5 biopsies fail to return a diagnosis. management.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Called Shop On Pickupp, the platform enables merchants to move more of their retail operations online and has been used to digitize marketplaces like the Shilin Singapore Night Market during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sensing a market opportunity, Pang began using her software engineering background to think of a solution.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Zingtree was founded in 2014 to make business information actionable for teams so that agents could quickly make decisions during complex service calls. The new funding will enable the company to get to 70 by the end of the first quarter. The new investment brings the company’s total funding to $18.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In a recent survey by Zapier — not the most unbiased source, granted, given that the company sells automation software — about 44% of employees say that automation saves them time while almost a third (33%) say it enables them to accomplish more with fewer resources. ” There’s some truth to that.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Factors such as remote work, offshore development, and the steadily growing labor pool of software engineers have enabled startups to hire additional engineering talent, adding yet another catalyst to this vibrant ecosystem. Importantly, the traditional accelerator model has enjoyed the fruits of these potential paradigm shifts.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2021

billion in transactions since its 2014 inception. Customers include Harry’s, Oatly, Fiji Water, Billie and Native. But even prior to the pandemic, it had doubled its processing volume each year for the past five years and has processed over $5.3 ReCharge also has 328 employees, up from 140 in January of 2020. “We

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Costanoa Ventures is seeing some of its best returns yet as it closed on two new funds, Costanoa Fund IV, a $225 million early-stage fund, and Opportunity Fund II, a $115 million funding investing in later rounds of portfolio companies. Indeed, women now make up 60% of Costanoa’s team and almost 50% of its partners.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

CEO Greg Chen founded the company in 2014 came from his 15-year span in the mobile industry, noticing how enterprises in South Africa struggled to target and engage their customers via SMS efficiently. ’ small and medium business market because “its product is easy to use and suited for the big market opportunity in the U.S.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

The Portland, Oregon-based company, which has its tech team in New Zealand, began developing its SaaS customer experience management tools in 2014 for businesses that rely on humans, co-founder and CEO Aaron Ward told TechCrunch. Aaron Ward, CEO, AskNicely. Image Credits: AskNicely.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Tavakoli previously founded video advertising startup Videoplaza, and sold it to Ooyala in 2014. The new funding will enable the company to focus on R&D, to build out a pilot plant and to move into a new headquarters building next year in Stockholm. We have an opportunity to think big and plan accordingly.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2022

In early 2020, he launched Glean AI , a startup which aims to help businesses save money by using machine learning to analyze things like deal terms, line-item data, redundant offerings and negotiation opportunities. And today the startup is emerging from stealth with $10.8 Glean AI considers fast and easy table stakes.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Chainalysis was founded in 2014 as the official investigators into the hack of Mt. That information enables our customers to make better data-driven decisions.”. TIME Ventures, Marc Benioff’s investment fund, also participated in the latest financing, which brings Chainalysis’ total raised to $265 million.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

When Andela launched in 2014, it built hubs in Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda to source, vet and train engineers to be part of remote teams for international companies. “That went so well and we thought ‘what if we accelerated it now that we’re remote and just enable applicants from anywhere ?’

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 5, 2018

It started as a hobby, but by 2014, with the support of my EO Fort Worth “Tamarindo” Forum, it became a real business. In addition to watching and analyzing every episode with me, she has always kept our entire household running, which enables me to follow my dreams. But it’s just the opposite—it’s an amazing company.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Project Background In October 2014, a sinkhole was discovered in the parking lot of the dam’s control building. It was a photo of the public beach area at the dam with children laughing and people frolicking on the lake on a sunny July day in 2014. It had been a journey and a half full of learning.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 11, 2021

Founded in 2014 in Lagos, Andela’s original business model was based on building physical hubs to source, vet, train and house talent across the continent. We thought, ‘What if we accelerated [the African remote network] and just enabled applicants from anywhere?’ It did this in Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

“I sold Photojojo in 2014 after being sick and kind of going through some soul searching. I think there’s a lot of opportunities like that, but the core product is really about inspiration provocation, helping you stay in flow.” The fundraising round enabled the founding team to extend the team a little.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Telemedico, which was founded back in 2014 — but only launched its current B2B model (which is primarily targeted at insurance firms) in 2017 — says 2020 was a record year for its business. The Series A funding will be put toward international expansion — including eyeing potential growth opportunities in LatAm.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

Timely has racked up 500,000 users since 2014, including more than 5,000 paying businesses in 160 countries. We look forward to working with the team to help new markets profit from the efficiencies, insights and transparency of a Memory-enabled workforce,” said Arild Engh, a partner at Melesio, in a statement. Now, Memory.ai

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2021

Much of this is being enabled because of how Kuda is built. Square’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, meanwhile, never did make his intended move to the continent — COVID-19 has derailed many plans, as we all know — but it shows that the company is trying not to overlook opportunities there, either.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Fin VC led the financing, which values New York-based Ocrolus at “north of $500 million” and brings its total funding raised since its 2014 inception to over $100 million. About a year or so into the company’s life, the team realized that “lending was a much bigger and more attractive market opportunity” than Medicaid. “We

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