A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

Of course a nice chunk is primary capital, i.e. for the company balance sheet, to invest in growth initiatives, security and quality, and advancing our existing strategic priorities through acceleration and de-risking. We have never been in a stronger position. We remain steadfast in our commitment to continuing to increase all of the above.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Flip , an Indonesia-based fintech startup, announced today it has raised $48 million in a Series B to accelerate its growth. The startup plans to use the fresh capital to accelerate its business expansion further, strengthen its operations in Indonesia, advance technology and expand its engineering and product teams. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Founded in 2016, Terra Drone develops drone software, hardware and uncrewed aircraft system traffic management solutions. The firm acquired a Netherlands-based drone company, Terra Inspectioneering , in 2018 and invested in Belgium’s drone company Unifly in 2016. .

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 11, 2024

A seasoned entrepreneur and software engineer, he founded McCoy Medical Technologies in 2016 which was acquired two years later. Based in New York City Cake accelerates AI initiatives with a platform enabling the seamless deployment, integration, and management of dozens of popular open-source AI technologies.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

When ShippingEasy was acquired by Stamps.com in 2016 , Youngstrom shifted over to the new company and saw a new problem emerge — that smaller e-commerce merchants couldn’t afford to ship an order because their credit cards were maxed out. For example, Amazon, eBay or Shopify, to see orders and figure out how to process them.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

Catalyst Fund , a global accelerator managed by BFA Global , announced the 8th cohort for its Inclusive Fintech Program today. The accelerator, backed by the JP Morgan Chase and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, runs the flagship program annually. In 2020, all five countries had representatives in the accelerator.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 16, 2017

He earned the honor for his work volunteering in a Texas prison for Central American refugees and his efforts in building a scalable venture philanthropy model that supports pro bono legal assistance to refugees around the U.S. How has your work on EO’s Accelerator Global Subcommittee impacted you?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Customers have a natural tendency to prefer voice call support over other self-service channels and this has led to the increase in pressure on the traditional interactive voice responses (IVR) systems and support agents to respond to all incoming queries,” he said. And that presented an opportunity for companies like Skit.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

First Cheque@Jungle is designed as a bespoke program targeting operators and innovators at the idea stage and those seeking support in their pre-seed and seed stages. This approach aims to provide early-stage companies with valuable operating insights and support for critical aspects such as product-market fit and team building.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

K-Startup Grand Challenge launched in 2016 In April 2016, the K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) was started. The program is supported by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA) and is a leading program funded by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. were chosen from the pool of applications.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Sopoong , a social impact-focused VC, intends to support environmentally minded tech founders in South Korea and Southeast Asia, while building a bridge between Korean conglomerates and startups in the sector. On top of the accelerator, the firm also launched a six-month fellowship program to foster climate tech entrepreneurship.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 22, 2024

The company moves to the next phase of accelerating the abundance of frontier data, building a path to artificial general intelligence. Scale AI was founded in 2016 by Alexandr Wang and Lucy Guo who since left to launch Passes. The funding enables the company to move into the next phase of accelerating the abundance of frontier data.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 18, 2022

Korean government’s accelerator program K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) and organized by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), is all set to invite applications from world entrepreneurs for its 2022 chapter. At the end of the 3.5

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 21, 2024

The funding will build on customer momentum, accelerate market expansion, and continue the innovation of CyberSaint’s CyberStrong platform powered by its patented Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. This milestone wouldn’t be possible without the unwavering support from our customers, partners, and investors.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Building Legacies Out of Movements), an accelerator program for social entrepreneurs of color. Through knowledge sharing and funding, the program cultivates a thriving ecosystem for changemakers to accelerate impact and deliver initiatives at the intersection of sport, equity and creativity for Black and Latinx communities. .

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Data from the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance highlights a staggering 605% increase in Sustainably-Themed Investing in 2020 compared to 2016. Aimed at supporting SMEs grappling with burgeoning ESG demands, this initiative also strengthens carbon reduction regulations, paving the path for 2050 carbon neutrality.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It’s not a tech company this time — Awoyemi co-founded online jobs site Jobberman (which was acquired by ROAM Africa in 2016) and Whogohost, a bootstrapped hosting platform — but instead, a venture studio: Fast Forward Venture Studio. “First, we’re more hands-on than funds and incubators or accelerators.

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A Smart Bear

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Another is to prioritize accelerating sales until that customer represents a percentage of revenue that you can stomach. For example, with $260M in 2016 revenue, still growing at a blistering 60%/year, with a thousand employees, Hubspot is not brittle in any of the ways outlined above. “One big customer” is brittle. .

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Make serious headway with accelerators. Accelerators allow ventures to define their products or services, quickly build networks and, most importantly, sit at tables they wouldn’t be able to on their own. I would suggest looking out for accelerators explicitly searching for minority founders by using platforms such as F6S.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 24, 2023

Notable companies in their portfolio include Towns, Aegiyagaza, LoLabs, TrueLight Korea, Wooju Stationery, and Nine AM, showcasing their commitment to supporting diverse sectors and innovative startups. ” Established in 2016, the Yoon Min-chang Investment Foundation has emerged as a leading institution for early-stage investments.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 6, 2016

The startup fundraising market in 2016 has been difficult to characterize. VCs invested about $2B in January and February 2016. And the median investment chart above supports this hypothesis. Most importantly, the data supports the notion that investors are still looking to invest, and round sizes are relatively stable.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

The commitment is contained under the 24/7 Carbon-free Energy Compact , by leading energy buyers, suppliers, equipment manufacturers and governments, representing a global effort to accelerate the uptake of carbon-free electricity as a way of averting the perilous effects of climate change. Image Credits: Husk Power Systems.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2021

. “As we get closer to a post-pandemic world, the need to create hybrid event experiences is going to quickly accelerate as people start venturing out to attend physical events. Socio was founded in 2016 and raised around $7 million in investment capital, according to Crunchbase data.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

China’s autonomous vehicle industry first started seeing some traction around 2016, when a bunch of ambitious startups mushroomed following advances in lidar, computing and machine learning. A lot of things can happen in China because of government support, but not necessarily elsewhere. Hongquan Jiang.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 28, 2023

With the support of Prosperity7 Ventures and SoftBank Ventures Asia, Sunrate aims to strengthen its position in the digital payment space and expand its reach to serve more businesses worldwide. The exact amount of funding secured in this round has not been disclosed.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

The city has undergone infrastructure improvements over the past two decades, tourism has boomed thanks to attractions such as the shipyard where the RMS Titanic was built and Game of Thrones shooting locations, and employment has risen steadily in the city since 2016, according to Northen Ireland’s Department for the Economy.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

The Japan-headquartered company, which builds drone software, hardware and uncrewed aircraft traffic management software, said the new capital brings its total raised to $97 million since its inception in 2016. It declined to comment on its post-money valuation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

Working family caregivers spend an average of 25 hours a week caring for their loved ones on top of their full-time jobs, and ultimately, the current lack of support and resources drives 32% of them to leave their job to care full time. . Today, caregiver support is the most overlooked gap in healthcare and employee benefits.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 3, 2023

To date, the Group has raised over $700 million and secured over $1 billion in capital to support its credit book. “This new investment will help accelerate our program of using AI technology to streamline consumer transactions and enable greater and fairer access to credit and financial products and services.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

According to local media reports , Bielefeld’s has experienced a tech boom in recent years, with accelerators like the local Founders Foundation (backed by the Bertelsmann Foundation) and Garage 33 (at the University of Paderborn) attracting a new wave of young company founders to the East Westphalia-Lippe region. .”

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 18, 2023

Hydroleap was founded in 2016 by Mohammad Sherafatmand, a Ph.D. With the support of Victoria State’s investment attraction agency, Hydroleap will expand its wastewater management and recycling expertise to resource-intensive data centers and mining industries in Australia. With its recent Series A funding of US$4.4

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Andy Stinnes , general partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners , leads early-stage investments in cloud businesses and serves as active board member and adviser, offering operational support for portfolio companies based on his 20+ years in executive roles in business software. More posts by this contributor. Seed is not the new Series A.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

“At a time of macroeconomic challenges, companies need a solution that accelerates key business processes,” Sangha told TechCrunch in an email interview. “I founded LexCheck to increase revenue by simplifying and accelerating commercial contracting processes across an entire organization.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In total, Austin-based Mio, which was founded in 2016 and participated in the Y Combinator Winter 2016 class, has now raised $17 million. Mio plans to use the new funds to enhance its service by adding support for additional services like Google Chat, Meta’s Workplace and Symphony. million Series A funding round.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Since its founding in 2016, the company has raised $200 million in investment capital. The company, which employs about 200 people and is based in New Jersey and Tel Aviv, will use the new funding to start production of its inspection systems in North America and to accelerate sales growth. Ventures L.P.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

Lidar is an essential component of most autonomous driving systems — the notable exception being Tesla’s stack, which is attempting to develop a pure vision-based system to support its pursuit of automated driving (Tesla vehicles are not autonomous today and have what is considered a Level 2 advanced driver assistance system).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Launched in 2016, the startup works with a network of agents, who recruit farmers and retailers to its platform. Since the close of a $6 million series A in 2020 , Pollak said Apollo has grown 10 times, accelerated by product financing. Apollo uses the satellite imagery data of farms and AI to rate the credit-worthiness of farmers.

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