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Citi backs Crowdz, a Pipe competitor that just raised $10M for its blockchain-powered invoice financing marketplace

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Put simply, Crowdz started out by giving small and medium-sized businesses a way to sell invoices for financing to funders. We both service the SMEs by being able to buy receivables, invoices and SaaS contracts through our marketplace, which brings other funders together,” said Johnston, who serves as the company’s CEO. “Or,

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From ‘literally zero’ experience to $100M, this VC is raising his second climate tech seed fund

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million fund in 2017, its focus was “obviously contrarian,” founding partner Rokas Peciulaitis told TechCrunch, as the “industries in vogue at the time were AI and Fintech.” In 2017, PitchBook recorded 578 climate tech deals globally, altogether worth $12.5 So, if anything, it’s trendy.

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He Believes in Angels: The Story of a Company Backed by 400 Angel Investors

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Instead of a traditional Initial Public Offering (IPO), Savara went public using a reverse merger in 2017, and once public, they raised more than $200 million. The Angel Funders Report 2020 is the only source of verified data provided directly by active angel investing groups. Access the full report here!

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Jitx wants to change the way engineers design circuit boards using code

TechCrunch

As the idea of code-based circuit design grew, he connected with his co-founders and started the company in 2017. It was led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Y Combinator, Funders Club and Liquid 2. The roots of the idea go back to work that Haldane was doing as a grad student in 2013. Image Credits: Jitx.

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VC meets the land of opportunity

TechCrunch

She is also the co-founder of Build In SE , a community of founders, funders and ecosystem partners committed to company building in the Southeast (#BuildInSE). For some, this comes with a newfound sense of community and belonging, as I experienced in 2017 when I moved from my lifelong home of Los Angeles to Nashville. and Canada.

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Spokn slurps out the BS in corporate internal comms and replaces it with audio storytelling

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Abu Seif and Davis met each other in an Egyptian jazz club in November 2017, about a week after he had quit his job. Outside NEA, other investors in the seed round included Reach Capital, Funders Club, Liquid2, Share Capital, SOMA Capital, Scribble VC and Hack VC. TechCrunch’s Equity podcast wins a Webby Award.

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8 investors, founders and execs predict cybersecurity, fintech will take Belfast by storm

TechCrunch

I believe we will see the strongest seed-stage companies from 2017-2020 becoming established companies within our tech scene to match the influx of FDI companies from further afield. INI is a big support and funder. Aurient Investments – Angel investment group with a diverse investment portfolio. What’s their focus?

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