Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Since 2021, Upfront returned more than $600 million to LPs and returned more than $1 billion since 2018. We are proud to announce the close of our 7th early-stage fund with $280 million to invest in seed and early stage founders. What do you do with a $650 million platform? We will continue to work hard to make you all proud.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

-based company announced Monday that it raised $4 million in seed funding, led by Canaan Partners, and including angel investors Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal, PhonePe founders Sameer Nigam and Rahul Chari, Addition founder Lee Fixel and Helion Ventures co-founder Ashish Gupta. Traditionally, small U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 22, 2023

Register “Young musicians today treat music-making kind of like playing video games,” says PoChang Wu, co-founder of OurSong, an NFT-based platform for music collection and community building. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Image Credits: Co-founders Gloria Lin and Joel Poloney / Bonnie Rae Mills Photography. Last week I wrote about two startups that had female co-founders and CEOs and I was so impressed with them both. This is also at least the fourth construction tech company I’ve written about in the past year with a female co-founder.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 12, 2019

In 2010, Ravi founded IndiVillage , the first information technology (IT) and information technology enabled services (ITeS) company in India to become certified as a B Corporation. Are you a founder or start-up owner who is ready to advance to the next stage of growth?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The startup introduced vehicle financing in 2018, and in just over two years, CFO Guy-Bertrand Njoya told TechCrunch, the churn rate by drivers affiliated to them has crashed to “close to zero.”. “We Chinedu Azodoh is the startup’s other co-founder.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

These changes will create opportunities for founders across the entire stack of computer-aided design tools for architects, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools, and finally integration with 3-D environmental models to understand and design the lifetime impact of the buildings. USA News ).Labor

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Y Combinator

MARCH 26, 2021

Pheadra Ellis-Lamkins, Co-Founder and CEO of Promise , had witnessed technology’s impact on the work communities in which she’d been a part — and not always for good. The platform enables users to adopt customizable plans and digital payment options. The Promise founders launched out of the program with $3.9M

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Investors who participated in the round include Johnson & Johnson Foundation , Newton Partners (via the Imperial Venture Fund), and Founders Factory Africa. The healthtech company was launched in 2018 by Patrick Beattie , Andrew Quao and Edward Grandstaff. The company also got into Founders Factory Africa last year April.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Peter Gabauer, an EO Accelerator participant in Brisbane, Australia, is founder and CEO of Table and Desk , which provides custom furniture in 14 days. Attendees at the inaugural MyEO Deal Exchange Conference in 2018. Why can’t you buy a desk that will perfectly fit the available space? Thus Table and Desk was born?a

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Co-founder of Owned Outcomes Krupa Srinivas explores the value of fear in an entrepreneur’s journey as she describes partnering with a US healthcare intermediary to solve the problem of cataloguing hospital supplies. Krupa joined EO Las Vegas in 2018. .

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 15, 2024

The four co-founders are continuing to pass major milestones with an acquisition strategy and timely funding since its launch in 2017 Drivers’ parking experiences around the country are now being enhanced through artificial intelligence, enabling them to readily come and go without checking out.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In 2018, Leslie Feinzaig , the founder of Female Founders Alliance , launched a free, equity-free accelerator for women called Ready, Set, Raise. The goal was to provide under-networked female founders the coaching and connections needed to raise money. It is based in Los Angeles, CA. ? It is based in San Jose, CA. ?

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Revolution

JUNE 15, 2023

CAVA’s founders had a vision to bring heritage, heart, health, and innovation to the fast-casual sector. Founders Ike Grigoropoulos, Dimitri Moshovitis, and Ted Xenohristos grew up together. For CAVA’s co-founders, taste and hospitality unite. Now their company is trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Maryland, and Virginia.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

trillion in sales by 2024 , up from an estimated $680 billion in 2018, according to payments research firm iBe TSD. Financing: It is customary in B2B transactions to pay “with terms,” such as net 30 or net 60, effectively giving a line of credit to the business buyer that enables them to send payment after delivery of the good or service.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

CloudNatix founder and chief executive officer Rohit Seth. CloudNatix was founded in 2018 by chief executive officer Rohit Seth, who previously held lead engineering roles at Google. CloudNatix, a startup that provides infrastructure for businesses with multiple cloud and on-premise operations, announced it has raised $4.5

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

In 2018, the company shared some metrics — 1 billion views, 2 million members and 3 million 3D models. We built Sketchfab with a mission to empower a new era of creativity and provide a service for creators to showcase their work online and make 3D content accessible,” Sketchfab co-founder and CEO Alban Denoyel said in the announcement.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

The Austin-based firm recently secured $145 million in its own debt and equity financing to help B2B SaaS founders grow their businesses without diluting ownership. The firm has deployed over $60 million in capital to 130 SaaS founders since launching in January 2020, according to Latka. Enter Founderpath. So, how does it work?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The round included investment from Iterative; Hustle Fund; XA Network; Rapzo Capital; Lazada co-founder Stein Jakabo; and Dot Property founder Ben Neve. Propseller’s last funding announcement was in December 2018, when it raised SGD $1 million (about $737,000) in seed funding. PropertyGuru’s most direct competitor is 99.co,

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

It’s a badge of courage, honor or something … I work with successful CEOs, entrepreneurs and founders who typically have one thing in common: They’re all slammed. EO believes that it is entrepreneurs’ connection to family and community that enables them to thrive as business leaders. It must be productive. (Or

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

From 2018 to 2021, investments in the AV sector across the U.S. We recently analyzed the trends shaping the industry in our State of Robotics report, and identified five lessons that the next generation of robotics founders can take from the successes and failures of the AV industry. F-Prime State of Robotics Report.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This new funding will enable REDEX to expand its operations beyond Asia and continue enhancing the efficiency and digitalization of REC issuance and trading. “REDEX is well positioned as the leading marketplace for I-RECs, which will enable renewable energy markets in many parts of the world. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

FortressIQ gives Automation Anywhere this missing process discovery component, which enables AI-fueled software to map internal processes in an automated way, replacing high-priced consultants. We covered the $12 million Series A in 2018 and $30 million Series B last year. The companies did not reveal the purchase price.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Mitch Allen, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Fort Worth, is founder and Head Elf of Hire Santa , a service that brings the season to life with thousands of professionally trained Santas worldwide. On December 2, 2018, Mitch pitched the company on ABC’s Shark Tank. EO member Mitch Allen is one of them!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Fidel API says it has tripled its growth metrics and quadrupled its card base year-over-year since launching in 2018, according to CEO and co-founder Dev Subrata, who declined to reveal hard revenue figures. Fidel API enables that future.” And this capital will help us continue to accelerate down that path.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Berkeley-based cultured meat company New Age Meats announced Monday it raised $25 million in Series A funding that will enable the company to begin production of its first product offering, a variety of pork sausages, next year. Brian Spears speaking at Hello Tomorrow Singapore. Image Credits: New Age Meats.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

Ashiru Jituboh tells TechCrunch that besides making APIs, Okra is in the business of selling “digital first-experiences and transformation” “We are building an open finance infrastructure that enables developers and businesses to offer digital-first experiences and financial products,” she said.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

The Series B follows a $15 million Series A back in 2018 — when the fintech product was available in a handful of European markets and the U.S., Commenting on the Series B in a statement, Christer Holloman, founder and CEO, said: “The retail finance market is in a period of exponential growth, expected to hit $2.5

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It will also support the development of new consumer and enterprise products to enable Indonesians and businesses to access a wider range of services securely and accelerate broader digital transformation. Marshall Pribadi, CEO and Co-Founder of Privy, said he is thrilled to welcome KKR as among their new investors.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

This brings the company’s total funds raised to $87 million since the company was founded by Richard Hong and Darwish Gani in 2018. He’s known Gani since college and worked with Hong over the past two years, calling the pair “one of the most data-driven and founder market fits I have seen.”. “At

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

In 2018, three co-founders of Refract, Chong Geng Ng, Michael Chng and Eugene Koh, worked on a gaming-related project and encountered a problem statement: How would one bridge the gap between gaming and physical activity? The Series A round brings Refract’s total raised to $9 million.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

A lot of African founders (and future founders) I’ve spoken to were encouraged by seeing Paystack do so well and get acquired. Omar El Kouhene and Mehdi Cherif Alami founded Freterium in 2018. An estimated 752,000 new cancer cases, 4% of the world’s total, occurred in sub-Saharan Africa in 2018.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Kerry Wang told TechCrunch that she felt some interview processes didn’t enable enough time for them to fully demonstrate how they were different. The new funding will enable the company to make additional hires to double the size of the team next year, and invest in product development and its go-to marketing strategy.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

. “The support and confidence of our investors enables us to remain focused on these launches while simultaneously scaling our business for our next stage of growth,” Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe said in a statement.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

When my co-founders and I launched Branch in 2015, our mission was to deliver world class financial services to the mobile generation. The groundwork was Aadhaar (“foundation” in Hindi), a nationwide database established by the government in 2009 to enable digital identity verification. billion Indians, over 90% of the population.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

Kim co-founded ianacare in 2018 after spending more than seven years caring for her mom during a cancer battle. . The Boston-based startup built a platform, which provides tech-enabled caregiver support through employers and health plans. Today, caregiver support is the most overlooked gap in healthcare and employee benefits.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Revolution Ventures led the round and was joined by existing investors Madrona Venture Group, Oregon Venture Fund and Mucker Capital, as well as Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus. Its banking APIs enable developers to create their own digital wallets, replacing the need to integrate with legacy financial institutions.

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