TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

In the world of robotic startups, acquisition is often as good an outcome as any. And when it comes to robotic tractor startups, you could do worse than being acquired by John Deere. They first crossed our radar the following year, as a member of YC’s Winter 2018 cohort. “We They’re struggling to fill seats on tractors.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

The first two MyEO DealExchange conferences in 2018 and 2019 made a significant impact on the members who attended—including a 7-figure investment in Scott Mesh (EO New York)’s company. MyEO DealExchange was formally approved as a MyEO Premier Group in August 2018. So that’s what I did. Two months later, we hosted our first conference.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 18, 2021

That being said, we have seen many examples of large companies that get disrupted by smaller, scrappier startups.”. While 2018 YLAI Fellow Janeel Boon spends his time running his business Boon’s Computer Repairs , he is also well-known in his home country of St. Understand your audience and educate your community.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Startups involved in B2B e-commerce such as Faire and Mirakl have burst out of the gates in 2020. Almost overnight, these startups transformed into consequential platforms, earning billion-dollar valuations along the way. trillion in sales by 2024 , up from an estimated $680 billion in 2018, according to payments research firm iBe TSD.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Driven by a desire to help people from a young age, YLAI 2018 Fellow Janeel Boon aims to empower others to see their leadership ability within themselves. I look back to the knowledge I gained from the 3-Day Startup courses, and I often return to the courses to sharpen my knowledge and that reference goes a long way.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Today you have funders focused exclusively on “Day 0” startups or ones that aren’t even created yet. By 2018 I sensed that he was right and we began focusing more on our barbell approach. The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011. For starters, a16z was only 2 years old then (as was Bitcoin).

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

We love capital efficiency until we love land grabs until we abhor over funding until we get huge payouts and ring the bell for more funding until we attract every non-VC on the planet to invest in startups until it crashes and we start the cycle all over again none the wiser. the more money you give a startup the faster they grow.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

Despite a pandemic that sparked a global recession, 2020 was still a record year for venture capital investments into American startups. billion into domestic startups last year, or around $428 million for each day of the year. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. But while the U.S. Boring, yeah? Not really.

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Source Link

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Data was extracted from the 2018 Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) report from the U.S. More than 25,000 jobs were created in 2018 by firms 0-1 years old in Tarrant County. We welcomed new communities to the SourceLink network including University of Puerto Rico, Startup Hutch (Hutchinson, KS) and the City of Farmington, MN.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Zeni , a Palo Alto fintech company providing real-time financial services data to venture-backed startups, raised $34 million in Series B funding led by Elevation Capital. The Shinde siblings started the company after selling their last company , Mezi, a travel concierge, to American Express in 2018. The company has now raised $47.5

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 18, 2019

2018 YLAI Fellow Marcos Heyd is a great example of someone with a good entrepreneurial spirit. I no longer work with Digital Footprint, but the organization remains successful and has evolved into the Arbusta software startup. Entrepreneurship can empower individuals and communities limited in resources.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Over the past couple of years, there’s been an overlap between tech and art, fueling a growing interest of movie, music and sports stars investing in tech startups. In 2014, Mr. Eazi launched Phonetrader, an online used phone marketplace backed by a now-defunct startup incubator, 440NG, which was run by two investment firms, L5Lab and 88mph.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Nigerian mobility tech startup Metro Africa Xpress Inc. ( The startup told TechCrunch that it will use the funding to enter Ghana and Egypt by the end of the first quarter of 2022, and other additional markets in Francophone, East and Southern Africa by the close of the same year. Chinedu Azodoh is the startup’s other co-founder.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 26, 2018

The latest data from Pew Research Center’s 2018 Social Media Use Survey indicates social media usage is not going to drastically decline (although some channels may have quarters where new user growth is slowing) or go away. Instagram, now has 35% of adults using it as 2018, which is a 28% increase compared to 2016.

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Y Combinator

JUNE 17, 2020

We’re excited to announce that Startup School (SUS) is relaunching today as a continuous program. This change will allow us to serve many more founders than the traditional annual course we’ve been running since 2017 and better support startup founders year-round. Startup School’s video lectures and text library are our differentiator.

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Source Link

APRIL 14, 2021

Despite an overall decline in entrepreneurship in the United States, women are still responsible for the launch of a large portion of business startups in recent years. Women-owned businesses receive, on average, almost $5,000 less than men in startup loans , according to Fundera. Plenty of initiative. Finding new markets.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

2018 YLAI Fellow Kenishia Mais, founder of ThrivingDollars , a financial education platform designed to empower young adults with the tools and resources they need to make smarter decisions, faced a lot of adversity on her path to financial success and entrepreneurship. How a Jamaican financial educator perseveres through adversity.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

One of the questions we discussed is, “How much capital should a startup raise?” When I write about topics that are relevant suddenly anybody with a startup solution in that field will approach us. Startup Lessons' ” Here is a three-minute video with Fred answering this question. This works brilliantly.”

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 2, 2023

Register China has announced the extension of favorable taxation policies for venture capital firms and individual angel investors investing in tech startups. Initially introduced in 2018, the policies have now been extended until the end of 2027, as stated in a joint announcement by the Ministry of Finance and State Taxation Administration.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Yes, VC / Startup Funding is up Massively If you look at how much VC firms have raised from Limited Partners (LPs) over the past 2 decades you’ll see that we’ve returned to a level that we haven’t seen since 1999. Taken together these “mega rounds” represent nearly half of the funding in 2018. More on that later. trillion in value.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Of course you’ve probably known of Meg as a business leader for many years, formerly as President and CEO of Hewlett Packard and the CEO of eBay before that, but since late 2018 she has been the CEO of Quibi (joining founder Jeffrey Katzenberg as the first employee). definitely a big and expensive promotional bet for a “startup”. “We

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Multi-asset social investment network and Robinhood competitor eToro has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Gatsby — a fintech startup which also aimed to go head to head against Robinhood — for $50 million in a cash and common stock deal. That’s up from 10 million at the end of 2018, 12.3 Scaling our U.S.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

I am at once proud of and awed by Jonathan, whose dual-track passion for the future of food and the future of Appalachia has brought him to tears more than once since we first invested in early 2018. AppHarvest raised its first round of institutional capital from our Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and others in January 2018. and should?—?look

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Dream It

APRIL 26, 2019

What We’re Reading Developments in The Security Industry Verkada , a physical security startup that helps schools, gyms, municipalities, and corporations manage their security camera systems, reached a $540 million valuation in 3 years. Read how this startup set itself apart in a crowded market. million in funding.

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Dream It

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The startup will use the funding to enhance product capabilities and accelerate sales growth with key hires. IP Group’s expertise in university spin outs combined with Dreamit’s successful track record with health tech startups and its vast network of leading payers, providers, and pharma companies are ideal partnerships for TrekIT Health.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 3, 2023

Register South Korea -based startup SeaVantage has announced raising $1.3 The startup, which provides real-time ocean supply chain visibility , said it will use the fresh funding to expand its ocean visibility platform, which has been used by shippers and logistics service providers. The post S Korean startup SeaVantage raises $1.3m

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Ann Arbor continues to be one of the top growing tech ecosystems around the country with some of the best startups to watch. This was a year like no other for Ann Arbor startups, so we’ve spent lots of time keeping up with all the news from Ann Arbor tech companies. Small Ann Arbor startups to watch in 2022. DocNetwork.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Register Singapore is emerging as a hotspot for cleantech innovation, with a growing number of startups focusing on sustainability and environmental impact. In this article, we’ll introduce you to the top 6 cleantech startups in Singapore that are making waves and securing impressive funding rounds to drive their eco-friendly missions.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. Subscribe to access all of our investor surveys, company profiles and other inside tech coverage for startups everywhere. Are there startups that you wish you would see in the industry but don’t? More than 50%?

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 10, 2022

Looking at overall data, in the early 2010s data companies raised money at valuations indistinguishable from other startups. 2018 was the watershed year. Data startups commanded a 47% premium. Two years later, the figure spiked to 60% and last year, the market placed a 75% premium.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 24, 2020

2018 YLAI Fellow and co-founder of L3G’s & Associates, Fatima Chi, is empowering businesses in her community in Belize to take control of their finances. No banks or loaning companies gave loans to this startup business and I was not able to hire a babysitter.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Register The Southeast Asian fintech startup has been a dynamic landscape, with countries like China, India, Singapore, and Indonesia emerging as fintech hubs, each with unique strengths and focus areas. Finfra Investment Fueled Indonesian Embedded Finance Expansion Indonesian startup Finfra secured $1 million in new funding in late June.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Taeillo , a Lagos-based startup innovating around these issues relating to time, quality and cost via its online furniture e-commerce store, has raised $2.5 Then there’s its augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) tech (powering virtual showrooms), which the startup intends to double down on marketing-wise. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Pula , a Kenyan insurtech startup that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed a Series A investment of $6 million. So the startup instead partners with banks. Pula is one of the few African startups disrupting the farming industry with technology.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Its web service reached 11 million users within the first three years and Evernote launched a business in China, Yinxiang Biji, as the startup sought to rapidly expand. August 2018 saw an exodus of top execs, including Evernote’s chief technical officer, chief financial officer, chief product officer and head of HR.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Surprisingly, however, in spite of the fact that we’re still very much in the throes of a global pandemic, 2021 hasn’t been punctuated by as many high-profile losses in the startup world as the year prior. This is a major sputtering in what has been an otherwise remarkable year for robotic startups. Abundant Robotics (2016-2021).

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

From 2003-2022 the River Valley Investors operated as a traditional angel group, investing in nearly 100 startups. Meenta Instantly access the world’s scientific equipment & COVID-19 labs Launch413 Takes startups to their first $10 million in revenue while providing early returns to investors.

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