NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

James covers the genesis of Ministry of Awesome following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, and provides updates on Ministry of Awesome approaches to startup founder support and programming. We run programs like Founder Catalyst, which is our flagship incubation nine-month long program that happens year-round.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

But, speaking as someone who’s worked at several startups, Extra Crunch stories contain actionable information you can use to build a company and/or look smart in meetings — and that’s worth something. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. The VCs who founders love the most.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

More recently, Unreal Engine has been used for different use cases beyond video games, such as special effects, 3D explorations of virtual worlds, mixed reality projects and more. In 2018, the company shared some metrics — 1 billion views, 2 million members and 3 million 3D models.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2018

A successful entrepreneur, businessman and EO Bahrain member, Suhail Algosaibi had long thought about how he could use his position and his company—FALAK Consulting—to make real, radical and sustainable change in his corner of the world. Much of the event’s content was shaped by its founder’s personal influences and world view. “I

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Jason Malki

APRIL 7, 2022

Daniel is an immigrant New Yorker who defines himself as a rare mix of a producer and a serial entrepreneur with a variety of experience and success within the startup scene, including music, tech and video content. In 2018, Daniel fell in love with a mix of video and new technologies like AR and VR.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

It’s been a 12-year journey for Purely Elizabeth founder Elizabeth Stein, and based on her plans for the company’s next phase, she is just getting started. Fast-forward to today, and Purely Elizabeth, which has since added pancake/waffle mix and oatmeal, is one of the top brands in the breakfast category.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

One of the most interesting from the mix is BrioHR , which is building human resources (HR) software for Southeast Asia. Perhaps this is the impact of so many accelerators going virtual, widening the founder pool from whom they might matriculate to include a more global group of founders.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

NYX founder and Bespoke Beauty Brands CEO Toni Ko will also join Summer International as a strategic investor. Summer International co-founder and CEO Xiaoski Kuik said the company’s goal is to create an ecosystem to help influencers and creators launch and sell beauty brands using consumer data and analytics.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

It’s typical for creators and their teams to rely on email, text messages, Word Docs, Google Drive, Dropbox, and other file-sharing services and tools that aren’t optimized for audio content, Highnote co-founder and CEO Jordan Bradley told TechCrunch. Highnote is free to use, and no download is required.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 16, 2017

Cameron Madill is an EO member in Portland, EO’s 2017 Global Citizen of the Year winner, founder of B Local PDX, and founder and CEO of PixelSpoke , a web design and marketing agency. with a goal of growing from three sites to more than 100 by the end of 2018. What work led to your Global Citizen of the Year Award?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

WHY USE BRAND AMBASSADORS? Product use: Have they already purchased your products? According to Founder U’s guide on how to promote a product : “Do you notice that some of your customers rave about you on social media without any prompting from you? Use RivalIQ’s 2018 Benchmark Report to compare.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

based tech founders are welcomed with open arms. Adyen launched in 2006, and in June 2018, it was listed as one of Europe’s largest tech IPOs with a value of €7 billion. Elastic, the provider of subscription-based data search software used by Dell, Netflix, The New York Times and others, was another gangbuster IPO in 2018.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Some people are more excited by emerging areas like artificial intelligence, which has been a focus of the country’s military for years, and like cybersecurity is now producing many fresh teams of founders. What are companies you are excited about (your portfolio or not), which founders? What’s your latest, most exciting investment?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

According to Seoul Robotics CEO Hanbin Lee, the LV5 CTRL TWR uses an automatic transmission and connectivity built into vehicles to maneuver them autonomously without requiring hardware. It is also not possible to mix and match sensor, which we come in.”. Image Credits: Seoul Robotics.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

I recall listening to a podcast years ago with the founders of a company called Eye Love. The podcast interview revealed how they used Facebook groups to grow their business from $80K to $500K in monthly revenue. Use this story, and the many others out there, to inspire you to build an engaged and active community of your own.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Returning investors include Canaan Partners, Global Founders Capital, Baleon Capital, Western Tech Investments and City Light Capital. The startup was founded in 2018 by Ed Gaussen, Matt Kennedy and Dr. Ravi Shah. The round includes new investors New Market Venture Partners, Elements Health Ventures, 14W and Alumni Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

A mix of new and existing investors also participated in the round, including Advent, Altimeter, DST, Silver Lake, Soros, Tarsadia, Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Caffeinated, Fifth Wall, Monashees, QED and Vulcan, among others. Pencz and Florian Hagenbuch founded Loft in early 2018 and today serve as its co-CEOs.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

London-based Kodland , which started out back in 2018 offering in-person courses for children to learn digital skills like computer programming before switching focus to online learning from early 2020, has closed a $9 million Series A funding round to scale into more markets. Ireland, the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

Previous TechCrunch coverage helps us break down the mix, but also points to either or both having lost some users in recent times. where it had expanded to in 2018. GoHenry co-founder Louise Hill said she is “excited about the opportunities” the combination will unlock. million paid subscribers. as well as in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

“Today, with most systems, companies have to choose between an easy-to-use system or the one with controls. Our product’s objective is to provide a mix of consumer-grade experience and enterprise-grade control.” IDC recently estimated that, as of 2018, Concur held onto over half of the overall T&E market.)

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Femtech startup Lady Technologies is adding to this rich mix with the full U.S. If you’re also using it for the optional Kegal exercises that would take a bit longer.). Kegg was unveiled on the TechCrunch Disrupt SF stage, back in 2018 , as part of our startup battlefield competition (though it didn’t go on to win).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

A 2020 UCLA study found that approximately 15% of couples will have trouble getting pregnant, but Kindbody, which has spun up a network of fertility clinics since its founding in 2018 , has taken a holistic approach to the issue. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. With 12 outlets in 10 U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The company has now raised some $150 million and while it’s not disclosing valuation, CEO and co-founder Micha? Everywhere else, Brainly is currently free to use. (In ” In terms of future products, Brainly is looking at ways of bringing more tutoring, video and AI into the mix. In the U.S.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

And the startup’s young founder — Ritesh Agarwal — doesn’t plan to sell his shares in the public offering. That deal immediately proved to be a success, which then propelled Agarwal to explore broadening his offering — now using technology — to focus on what were the neglected segments of the market.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

A startup tapping into the concept of the circular economy, where people don’t buy items outright but pay an incremental amount to use them temporarily, has raised some funding to scale its business in Europe and beyond. The fresh funding allows us to bring these possibilities to even more people across the world.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Not to be outdone, Microsoft’s Power Fx low-code programming language that it launched in 2018 now connects hundreds of apps. Why I’m using a credit facility to grow my startup. Why I’m using a credit facility to grow my startup.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

Second, while financial terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed by the two companies, but we have confirmed other details with Go1’s co-CEO and founder Andrew Barnes: the acquisition is a mix of cash and shares. Blinkist’s last valuation was $160 million in 2018 , when it raised $18.8

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

” As a bootstrapped startup, Tel Aviv-based Guardio, which was founded in 2018, has already amassed 1 million users for the extension, which is one reason why it was able to raise so much so early on. This is the three founders’ second startup together. “We want to give advice and help to our users.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

Sandvik is also a renowned hacker and security researcher and, as of recently, a founder. RS: If you look at a decade ago when I worked for the Tor Project and they got funding, we set out to teach reporters how to use the Tor Browser. Runa Sandvik, founder of Granitt. Image: (supplied).

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Impact Hub

MARCH 14, 2019

Our members are working side by side in one of our 100 Impact Hubs around the world, connecting digitally through our global Community App, or using their Impact Hub Passport, which gives members the possibility to work and meet three days per year at any Impact Hub. Meet more changemakers on the Dopper Changemamer Challenge blog !

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Husband-and-wife co-founders Stephen and Allison Ellsworth, former oil and gas researchers, launched the soda in 2020 after Allison Ellsworth began having stomach issues about two years prior. Allison and Stephen Ellsworth, Poppi co-founders. The drinks retail for $2.49 Image Credits: Poppi.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

The round included participation from a mix of new and existing investors such as DST, Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Fifth Wall and QED, among many others. Individuals also put money in the extension, including the founders of Better (Zach Frenkel), GoPuff, Instacart, Kavak and Sweetgreen. At the time, Loft was valued at $2.2

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

Looking ahead, KPMG’s view on the prospects for financial services M&A over the next six to 12 months is mixed. Wiseasy is a brand you might not have heard of, but it’s a popular Android-based payment terminal maker used in restaurants, hotels, retail outlets and schools across the Asia-Pacific region. And elsewhere.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

The latest financing brings Fireblocks’ total raised since its 2018 inception to $489 million. A nd as for Fireblocks’ valuation boost, the growth correlates with its increase in customers and ARR this year, according to CEO and co-founder Michael Shaulov. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

Founded in 2018 by Niko Karstikko and Sebastian Emberger, Bob W — which is a play on the phrase “best of both worlds” — is described as offering tech-powered short-stay apartments that combine hotel-like quality with the authenticity of individual rentals.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

Exotel, which counts Blume Ventures and IIFL Asset Management among its backers, has raised about $100 million in a mix of debt and equity rounds in the last 12 months. Indian ride-hailing giant Ola uses Exotel’s platform to send text messages to its customers. The bank balance dipped to 14 lacs at a point in 2014-15.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

market in June last year , later going on to add a free “basic” tier to the mix with certain restrictions in place. He left in 2018 to join esteemed venture capital (VC) firm Greylock Partners, a role he continues in today, albeit in a reduced capacity. Neeva search engine. Tripadvisor. Image Credits: Neeva.

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