American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

LU UM was co-founded by Kurt Amundson, Lynn Heublein, and Nathan Harding in 2017 collectively leveraging their backgrounds in technology, robotics, and marketing. With its robust global patent portfolio and the support of notable beauty and venture capital investors, its reach is global.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Consequently, the Bay Area experienced a surge, capturing over one-third of all early-stage venture funding in the U.S., marking its highest level since 2017. The takeaways: It’s a hard time to raise and deploy capital, but what you can manage in today’s market will be advantageous for years to come. Seed- and Early-Stage U.S,

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2022

The tech industry loves generalizations — and don’t worry, I enjoy my fair share too — but as the downturn continues to play out, it’s increasingly important to think about the structural changes that may be forming in the venture capital landscape. Instead, venture firms cut costs in quieter ways.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

Mayor Eric Garcetti at Upfront Summit, February 2017 I first sat down with then councilman Eric Garcetti on the Ides of March 2012 — almost 5 years ago exactly. It’s amazing to see the success of LA under Mayor Garcetti and that’s why I urge you to turn out to reelect him tomorrow — March 7, 2017 - every single vote matters.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The global financial services firm narrowed its selection down to 25 companies for its I nclusive Ventures Lab. Each year since the Inclusive Ventures Lab’s launch in 2017, we have expanded our efforts to ensure that more entrepreneurs around the world can succeed – and this year is no different,” sums up Bueno.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In 2017, we partnered with iconic leaders in American business to turn the thesis we developed on the road — that great companies can start and scale anywhere when given a chance — into an investment vehicle. Plastomics: St. Louis, MO St. Tania Seger, CEO of Plastomics , leads a company born of deep AgTech expertise in the region.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

The round was co-led by African early-stage VC firm Future Africa and Japanese but Africa-focused VC Kepple Africa Ventures. Other investors include Acuity Ventures, Aidi Ventures, Assembly Capital, Kairos Angels, Nama Ventures, RallyCap Ventures, and Remapped Ventures.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 5, 2021

Half of all venture funds outperform the stock market which is the benchmark most institutions measure VC funds against. This study was based on a large sample of VC fund level returns from 2009 to 2017 and does not include the last few years which have been particularly strong for the VC sector. Well, it turns out that is not right.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2021

Based in Sydney and Auckland, Dovetail is a full-service venture studio that works closely with founders who have a great idea, but may lack technical backgrounds. million USD) fund that will be used for seed, Series A and Series B rounds in 15 of the most promising companies that have gone through its venture studio program.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 5, 2021

According to a 2017 survey by the FDIC, 25 percent of U.S. USV and many others in the tech sector, venture capital sector, and crypto sector have issued comment letters opposing this rulemaking. The issue is “unhosted wallets” and how regulated exchanges and other “hosted wallets” interact with them.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

The venture capital boom of 2021 was not built from merely traditional VC money. A host of other capital sources played a role in the global trend , from new methods of disbursing angel and seed capital to crossover funds pouring into late-stage startups. How quickly is corporate venture capital investment accelerating?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Matt Cohen, founder and managing partner of Ripple Ventures , was the founding investor of Turnstyle Solutions, which was acquired by Yelp in 2017. Due to this environment, funds can no longer be just a source of capital for startups. Matt Cohen. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor.

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Dream It

APRIL 26, 2019

billion user records that hackers compromised in 2017. Cybersecurity Venture Funding News Deepwatch, which provides managed security services, closed a $23 million Series A led by ABS Capital Partners. Sequoia Capital led the round. CI Security, a seven-year-old, Seattle, Wa.-based

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

For example, voice-powered ecommerce reached approximately $2 billion in 2017 and Gartner predicts that about 30% of web browsing will happen via voice (and without a screen) by 2020. Dozens of healthcare-focused voice tech startups have popped up in the last few years which are backed by top tier venture funds. Here’s a look at it:

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David Teten VC

MARCH 31, 2025

The team has founded 5 companies which participated in 5 graduating batches spanning from 2009 to 2017. They also have previous venture experience: Jason was a Partner at Peak State Ventures and Tara was a Partner at Initialized. I’m working with Jason Freedman , Ryan Bednar , Dave Yen , Omri Barzilay , and Tara Perillo.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Booz Allen Hamilton, the Virginia-based, defense-focused IT consulting firm, today announced the launch of a corporate venture capital arm, Booz Allen Ventures, that will initially put $100 million toward “strategic” defensive and offensive technologies. In the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

Conductive Ventures raised a $200 million Fund III to continue its focus on investing in founders where other venture capital firms did not see the potential. Carey Lai and Paul Yeh started the firm in 2017 after Lai had been with IVP and Yeh with Kleiner Perkins. Conductive Ventures launches $100 million enterprise fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

with $15 million to Prove It The venture capital world has started firing up a few cylinders again and looking for businesses that it believes will help us all succeed in ways that resonate with new ways of working as we begin to return to work. Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase. Public investors, cross-over investors, and even traditional private equity firms have taken notice, further blurring the lines of what constitutes true venture capital. In 2017, Softbank rounds caught folks’ attention. 5/ Early Effects Of The Softbank Effect.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 21, 2017

A post shared by Charlie O'Donnell (@ceonyc) on Dec 20, 2017 at 8:06am PST When you're Ample Hills Creamery , the #1 rated ice cream shop in the country you can pretty much throw everything you've been told about fundraising out the window. Adam Struck brought on significant additional capital from his network.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Petal operated under stealth until launching its first product, and announcing its first funding, in September 2017. To date, Petal has raised more than $240 million in equity capital and more than $450 million in debt financing. ” The company also plans to add new features and benefits to its cards.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 18, 2019

To combat this, Surcos Argentinos taught sustainable farming to impoverished families in villages far from the capital. Unfortunately, in 2017, Surcos Argentinos shut down due to a change in its business model, management, and mission. Could you expand on the work done by Digital Footprint, your third venture? .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

The crypto market is showing no signs of slowing down as funds and investors alike continue to deploy massive amounts of capital into the ecosystem. Today’s evidence of the trend: Dragonfly Capital, a crypto-centered investment firm, closed its third venture fund for $650 million, the firm’s managing partner, Haseeb Qureshi, told TechCrunch.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Avena, a 2017 YLAI Fellow, also offers advice for future entrepreneurs. Avena noticed the large-scale unemployment throughout Dominica, and her concerns were confirmed by the Central Development Bank in 2017 when Dominica was listed as one of the Caribbean countries with the highest unemployment rates.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The startup raised a total of $107 million from investors, including Highland Capital Partners, White Star Capital, Insight Venture Partners and Nestlé itself, which led the Series C in 2017. “It’s an evolution brought on by the pandemic but taking hold for the long term. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Collectively , they have raised over $100 million in venture capital. Fintech startups and those from Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt and South Africa get looked at the most by venture capitalists. Google also recently launched Black Founders Fund, a non-dilutive $3 million fund allocated to 50 startups yearly. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 16, 2024

I was able to grow our monthly revenue by more than 30X in under two years without venture capital or angel investors.” – Michael Tindall “In 2017, two freelancer friends and I founded BigOrange, a firm supporting flexible work for women balancing motherhood, marathons, or other pursuits.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

Founded by Mark Straub and William Bares in 2017, Smile Identity is a major player in Africa’s ID verification and KYC compliance industry. Costanoa Ventures and Norrsken22 back Smile Identity in $20M Series B round Here’s also how it fits into Smile Identity’s current growth strategy from a product but geographic-led standpoint.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 28, 2019

Over the last year, the SEC has been investigating a significant number of token offerings that took place in 2017. Sadly, the SEC looks at crypto tokens and sees securities that they want to regulate as such. I have seen this play out in multiple projects and also in the exchange sector, which I posted about over the weekend.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 12, 2025

Ventures with underrepresented founders will compete for share of more than $100,000 in cash grants, plus mentoring and connections WILMINGTON, Del. This years categories of FinTech , Life Sciences , and Environmental Impact reflect Delawares evolving innovation and industry landscape.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

Zac Prince — who comes from a background in consumer lending — founded BlockFi with Flori Marquez in 2017. million in a seed round of funding that closed in 2018 and was led by ConsenSys Ventures and included participation from SoFi. . Bain Capital Ventures Partner Stefan Cohen agrees.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Leading the round, which I understand actually closed earlier this year, is EQT Ventures. Also participating are existing investors Balderton Capital, LocalGlobe and SBI. Cleo, the London-based fintech, has quietly taken debt financing from US-based TriplePoint Capital.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Each had different yet complementary skills — Michael Famoroti , an economist; Bode Ogunlana , a software engineer; Abdul Abdulrahim , a data scientist; and Preston Ideh , a corporate lawyer — and in 2017, they launched a media startup to address the dearth of information and data-driven insights in the West African country. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Two years ago, the African tech ecosystem saw newfound attention from global players that translated to the continent’s best year of receiving venture capital. Venture capital investment in Africa predicted to reach a record high this year. Nigeria became the unicorn capital; Egypt, a powerhouse.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

Lux Capital is leading the round, with Sequoia and Coatue investing in the company for the first time. These investors include Addition, Betaworks, AIX Ventures, Cygni Capital, Kevin Durant and Olivier Pomel. When I first covered the company in 2017, the startup was focused on a consumer app.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 14, 2021

In 2017, when Campos was in her early 20s, she learned to program and created a system to help manage her mental health. With its new capital, Yana is planning to “move away from the depression/anxiety narrative,” according to Campos. “We Mental health startups are raising spirits and venture capital.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2022

The company was founded by Mohamed Abdulaziz and Ahmed Sheikha in 2017. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Endure Capital led the new financing round. million Series A, such as Algebra Ventures (led both rounds), Disruptech and Vision Ventures, participated. led by 4DX Ventures.

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