Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Every year I try to answer the question of “what has changed in the Venture Capital industry” and this year my colleague Chang Xu and I took a deep dive through the data and called many of our peers for confirmation. Taken together these “mega rounds” represent nearly half of the funding in 2018. More on that later.

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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. Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Peer-to-peer lenders. Peer-to-peer lenders are individuals or groups that offer funding to small business owners, Time reports. To work with these investors, entrepreneurs must apply with companies that specialize in peer-to-peer lending, such as Prosper or Lending Club. 5 types of investors.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 8, 2018

Since pursuing and winning PEAK in 2017, Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s Utah chapter is well on its way to achieving yet another victory: Hosting a successful EO Alchemy in October 2018. Step Up to Alchemy 2018— This is one of our chapter goals this year, and we are excited to have been chosen to host this annual event for EO West.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 28, 2019

Costa Vasili’s story is similar to the stories of many other young entrepreneurs. What sets him apart? With the help of the EO Accelerator program for early-stage entrepreneurs, Costa is running a values-driven translation business that aims to make a difference in the world. . Costa Vasili is a son of migrant parents. 1 critical life lesson.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 11, 2017

I've been thinking about why this has happened and I can point to a few things: 1) My peer group of twentyish somethings grew up a bit, became super successful, coupled up, procreated, moved out to Brooklyn, etc., There's a thread going on Twitter about doing a BarCamp in NYC again. Absolutely changed my trajectory.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

DigiSure, a digital insurance company that caters to modern mobility form factors like peer-to-peer marketplaces, is officially coming out of stealth to announce a $13.1 million pre-Series A funding round.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

Fraud prevention is big business, which is slated to be worth $145 billion by 2026, ballooning by eightfold in size compared to 2018. This peer-to-peer network uses cryptography to help online stores anonymously vet new customers to help weed out bad actors, like fraudsters and scammers, without needing to collect private user data.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 5, 2018

With 2018 EO GSEA global finals rapidly approaching, we are reaching out to previous participants and finalists to find out how the program changed their lives. And in January 2018, I was named one of the Top 50 Entrepreneurs Under 35 by the Financieel Dagblad (Financial Newspaper) in the Netherlands. Here’s my Ted Talk. )

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, everything from working to socializing to ordering and shopping online has become the norm. In fact, according to emarketer.com ; “U.S. e-commerce sales will reach $794.50 billion (in 2020), up 32.4% year-over-year. That’s a much higher growth rate than the 18.0% That’s a much higher growth rate than the 18.0%

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The company, with bases in both Denver and New York, is developing software to aid with daily productivity; for example, a scheduling tool that sits on top of existing company calendars like Outlook and GCal and a peer-to-peer community for EAs to share knowledge. Cabinet was founded by CEO Julia Leibowitz and CTO Evan Kesten in 2018.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

Furthermore, recent benchmarks data shows that the businesses garnering these high valuations in 2021 exhibit metrics that significantly outperform their peers from 2018-2020. From 2018-2020, growing at 140% would put business in the top quartile as a Series A company — growth expectations have risen to +193% in 2021.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2018

Now ask yourself: When did you last audit your culture and what does your company’s strategic employer branding plan for 2018? Now ask yourself: When did you last audit your culture and what does your company’s strategic employer branding plan for 2018? Written for EO by Marina Byezhanova, co-founder and director at Pronexia Inc.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

This round of financing is the first substantial outside investment made in the company since it was picked up by private equity firm Fortissimo in 2018. This round of financing is the first substantial outside investment made in the company since it was picked up by private equity firm Fortissimo in 2018.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

CEO Ham Serunjogi founded Chipper Cash with Maijid Moujaled in 2018 to offer a no-fee peer-to-peer cross-border payment service in Africa via its app. — to facilitate peer-to-peer money movement from the U.S. — to facilitate peer-to-peer money movement from the U.S. of its workforce.

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

Yet we found that tech execs appear just as unprepared for C-suite transitions as their peers in other sectors. Tech firms generally are younger than other companies of a similar size, which partly explains why the median age of S&P 500 companies plunged to 33 years in 2018 from 85 years in 2000, according to McKinsey & Co.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear. 1) Your school. 1) Your school.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

SOCAR also invested in autonomous driving startup RideFlux in 2018. . SOCAR acquired VCNC, a Korean mobile messaging app platform, in 2018 to operate a van-hailing service Tada. In 2018, SOCAR set up a Malaysia-based subsidiary SOCAR Malaysia, which has raised a total of $73.2 million (60 billion won) in October 2020.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

His passion for filmmaking led to the creation of J Rental Centre, a peer-to-peer rental platform born out of a desire to maximize the utility of accumulated camera equipment. ” In 2018, Crossworks Myanmar was born, initially intended to hire talent for Jeshua’s ventures.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2019

He remained a member for nearly 20 years and recently transitioned to an EO Strategic Partner (SAP) in 2018. We recently asked him to pass on his greatest lessons after two decades of peer sharing and executive learning with EO. Randy has helped many EO members with his transformational and thought-provoking ideas.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a major upswing in virtual learning — where some schools have gone (and stayed) remote, and others have incorporated significantly stronger online components in order to help communities maintain more social distancing. Brainly, a crowdsourced homework helper for students, raises $30M to expand in the US.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 19, 2023

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Komunal has announced that it secured new investments amounting to $8.5 million to fund its mission to accelerate financial inclusion and strengthen the neo-rural bank ecosystem in Indonesia, especially outside the Greater Jakarta area.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

He started the company in 2009, facilitating peer-to-peer transactions from Kenya to Zambia, Uganda, Zimbabwe and the Ivory Coast, and vice versa. He started the company in 2009, facilitating peer-to-peer transactions from Kenya to Zambia, Uganda, Zimbabwe and the Ivory Coast, and vice versa.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

Its features include free bank accounts, interbank transfers, peer-to-peer transfers and bill payments. The reason is we’re collecting data, making automated underwriting and retraining models every month based on customer performance to deliver credit in seconds,” said Kennedy, who founded the company with CFO Barry O’Mahony in 2018.

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Revolution

JUNE 10, 2019

In fact, according to the 2018 year-end report by CREtech , funding for “proptech” startups has surged with over $20 billion invested across early and late stage venture rounds in the last two years? Real estate remains a large, established multi-billion dollar category where lots of things continue to be done in lots of old fashioned ways.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

While fintechs are creating solutions around peer-to-peer payments and remittances, most are consumer-focused. Hence the reason why Ola Oyetayo and Anthony Oduwole started VertoFX in 2018. Quona Capital , an emerging fintech-focused venture capital firm, led the round. And instead of focusing on Africa, the two U.K.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

We fielded the survey in 2016, 2018 and 2020, and released the outcomes of the third edition last month, featuring data (as of June 30, 2020) collected from 378 firms, a marked increase from 203 participating firms in 2018. Let’s be clear: The venture capital industry has lacked diversity.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In 2018, Y Combinator released its first mega list of the top companies valued at $150 million or more that have gone through the accelerator. There were 141 companies from 24 countries in the winter 2018 batch , compared with 377 companies across 47 countries in the summer 2021 group. Many factors are responsible for this growth.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 3, 2021

Hawaii was just recently voted second to last in CNBC’s America’s Top States for Business — not the first time it has ranked low on those types of surveys — which means Larson needed all the help she could get, and that started with contacting the Hawaii SBDC back in late 2018. How to find a business mentor. SBA resource partners.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

The company has been profitable since 2018, and until January 2021 had been bootstrapped from inception, reinvesting its cash generation into growth and portfolio expansion, according to CEO and 2TM Group Executive Chairman Roberto Dagnoni. In 2019, 2TM Group became the first company in the world to tokenize public debt assets.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

A 2018 study of 63 drugs approved by the FDA between 2009 and 2018 found that the median capitalized research and development investment needed to bring a drug to market was $985 million, which also includes the cost of failed clinical trials. . Previously, the company had raised $51.3 million in funding, according to Crunchbase. .

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Scaling a consumer-focused financial platform—that is also now the primary bank account for millions of UK consumers—in the midst of a once in a century pandemic is close to impossible. In April 2020, British banking startup Monzo’s revenue fell by almost 50%. This did not happen by magic. Banking is a ubiquitous but hard to crack industry.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Ko and four other co-founders established CLASS101 in 2018, which was pivoted from a tutoring service platform that was founded in 2015, Ko said. When asked about what differentiated it from other peers, CLASS101 provides and ships all the necessary tools and material “Class Kit”, Ko said. . In 2019, the company raised a $10.3

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

Viva Republica, which hit unicorn status in 2018 , has now raised more than $940 million in equity funding. The app launched as a Venmo-like peer-to-peer money transfer platform in 2015, before adding more services. The app launched as a Venmo-like peer-to-peer money transfer platform in 2015, before adding more services.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

Founded in 2018 by Gupta and his brother Jivesh Gupta, One Impression works directly with content creators, agencies and agents to offer brands a range of influencers to fit their requirements. One Impression, an Indian influencer marketing platform that does business in markets including Indonesia, Dubai, Europe and the U.S.,

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 23, 2019

I had been inadvertently searching for this kind of peer support for several years, but didn’t even know it existed. During my start-up years at Aqua-Guard Spill Response, Inc., none of us had any formal business training. But that was about to end. Help was going to find me, and it was called the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2019

In late 2018, Vikram celebrated the second anniversary of his youngest, perhaps most meaningful, startup. Would it have eased peer pressure or the pain of not making it to IIT? He shared the long story of building BetterLyf from his very first notion in the following article. Here’s how it went. Its such a pain to get here!

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