TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

Duolingo, for example, has taken this model and found ways to embed engagement hooks, pockets of joy and addictive education features within its core app. Now, we’ll analyze how Duolingo used product-led growth as a lever to expand its consumer base, and how a company built on gamification tries to balance its whimsy with education outcomes.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The company, founded in 2016, provides 24/7 live chat and telehealth, ship-to-home prescriptions, vet-curated items in its e-commerce marketplace and educational content and programs. He called Bhettay “an energetic and smart entrepreneur” who is building a strong team to go after a space that is ripe for disruption.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2021

That company sold to Germany’s WireCard in 2016 (with a 3 million customer base) and after three years the founders were able to strike out again. In particular, Cora wants to go even deeper in certain segments such as B2B professional services such as law and accounting firms; real estate brokerage and education.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Image Credits: Cowboy Ventures / Guild Education. Tomorrow’s episode of Extra Crunch Live will feature guests VC Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures and Rachel Carlson, CEO and co-founder of Guild Education. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. yourprotagonist. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

“We have very robust processes on the continuous education inside of our organization on diversity training. Frayman has been involved with multiple startups including Cujo.ai , a consumer firewall startup that participated in TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield in New York in 2016.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The insurance market is still one of the industries least disrupted by technology on the continent. But what we found is that educated people in the middle-income segment are aware of insurance, understand it and want to buy it, even though it wasn’t accessible to them before.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The startup obtained a license from Bank Indonesia (BI) in 2016 to provide financial services, including interbank transfers to more than 100 domestic banks, international remittances, e-wallet top-ups, salary transfers and business solution products.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

Unruly Studios Unruly Splats are the only STEM education tool that combines high-quality coding learning with a social and active play experience. Achieving the wow factor, our facility is literally a smile factory using new ways to gamify skydiving and immerse guests in parachute simulations amongst educational skydiving museum exhibit.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Spinn debuted its centrifugal brewing method at TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield in 2016. He aims to do for coffee what Vivino did with wine: provide educational content about the coffee options and the roasters themselves. The connected coffee maker uses centrifugal force to spin, instead of press, coffee grounds.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

The country’s focus on education, business, and innovation has made it the 11th largest economy and the fifth largest exporter of goods and services globally. K-Startup Grand Challenge launched in 2016 In April 2016, the K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) was started.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

In 2016, more than 20 years after Amazon’s founding and 10 years since Shopify launched, it would have been easy to assume e-commerce penetration (the percentage of total retail spend where the goods were bought and sold online) would be over 50%. Develop a buyer’s guide to educate your startup’s sales team and customers.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 2, 2022

“The pandemic has brought existential threats and societal challenges to the fore and generated a fresh impetus for change,” Nair added saying the company is committed to solving these challenges through disruptive e-learning, which empowers users with insights and understanding to redesign society.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 3, 2023

My journey into start-up ecosystems commenced with scouting bleeding edge technologies in the automotive industry back in 2016/2017. I started educating myself about investing back in 2016 and joined a VC in the web3 vertical to manage deal flow from sourcing to deploying. Not sure if I mentioned AI. Is the hype warranted?

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OurCrowd

JULY 17, 2019

Climate change, growing financial inequality, lack of access to education for billions and lack of food and water security are among the problems that plague society. Between 2000 and 2015, for example, spending on education in the US grew 15%, but test scores have been stagnating. Spending on medical care reached an astounding $3.5

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

Next Canada’s programs offer a world-class education, exclusive events, an expansive network, and more. Next36 focuses on supporting students and recent grads launching their startups, while Next AI supports AI-enabled ventures looking to disrupt industries. . Wave Ventures has invested in 23 startups since 2016.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

A rare space that focuses on inclusive, practical, functional wellness of people of color through thoughtful, educational, entertaining content where nutritional, physical, mindful wellbeing and culture collide. IG: @hood_health. Blavity.org is a new racial equity and social impact organization created by the founders of Blavity Inc.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

The year 2020 threw online education into the spotlight, but this Ann Arbor tech company has known the value of it since it was founded in 2017. Amesite , founded by top Midwest female founder Ann Marie Sastry, uses AI to improve the online education experience. Just last month they raised $11.8 In 2020, they raised $5.5 Groundspeed.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

” TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 is underway! Today, “we’re seeing the value of low, mid and high-multiples SaaS companies each find a comfortable trading range after a bull run since early 2016, albeit one with caveats,” he writes. “So, what’s driving Klarna to be afraid of going public?”

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 18, 2018

In October of 2016, McKinsey and Company (working with Uber) published a detailed research report titled, Independent Work: Choice, Necessity and the Gig Economy. These observations hold regardless of gender, age, education level, or household income.”. 73 percent chose the latter.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

Their 2016 Fund was the first and largest fund so far using this structure, with $25M AUM. According to Managing Partner Justin Dawkins, Collab Capital, based in Atlanta, is “setting out to disrupt the wealth gap by investing in Black founders building innovative, high growth companies.” According to Indie.VC Collab Capital.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 14, 2022

We’ve seen commerce continue to disrupt our world. Studies have shown a 71% rise in online searches for “sustainable goods” globally since 2016. Businesses must consider marketing vehicles a means to engage, educate, and ensure their users/consumers understand how to get the most value out of their products. It shouldn’t be.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

Their 2016 Fund was the first and largest fund so far using this structure, with $25M AUM. According to Managing Partner Justin Dawkins, Collab Capital, based in Atlanta, is “setting out to disrupt the wealth gap by investing in Black founders building innovative, high growth companies.” According to Indie.VC Collab Capital.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Access to capital has been a significant problem for Florida-based founders since before we started our first fund back in 2016. They organize educational sessions with key players from across the country and are also organizing a pitch competition with prominent public and private partnerships already in place.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In a blog post announcing the acquisition, Gerkey assures that there won’t be any disruption in day-to-day activities with respect to OSRF’s oversight of the ROS robotics middleware, the Gazebo 3D robotics simulator and Open-RMF. OSRC launched in September 2016 and together with OSRF became known as Open Robotics.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Based in Detroit, Autobooks offers a number of wellness benefits, plus great financial and educational benefits. They are committed to diversity and invest in the education of their employees. Alchemie creates organic chemistry apps for higher education. StockX was founded in 2016 and already boasts more than 1,000 employees.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – SEPTEMBER 12: Founder and CEO of Twilio Jeff Lawson speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016 at Pier 48 on September 12, 2016 in San Francisco, California. Twilio CEO says wisdom lies with your developers. Image Credits: Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch.

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