TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

Moove , an African mobility fintech that provides vehicle financing to drivers of ride-hailing platforms like Uber and other gig networks, has raised $105 million in new Series A2 financing. Africa is home to more than a billion people, where a majority have limited or no access to vehicle financing. that same year.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

Fintech startup StudentFinance — which allows educational institutions to offer success-based financing for students — has raised a $5.3 The startup was founded in 2019 by Kostelec, Marta Palmeiro, Sergio Pereira and Miguel Santo Amaro. million (€4.5 million) seed round co-led by Giant Ventures and Armilar Venture Partners.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Ugandan technology-enabled asset finance company Tugende today announced that it has closed $3.6 This brings Tugende’s total Series A financing to $9.9 This brings Tugende’s total Series A financing to $9.9 The company is also currently piloting financing for e-mobility assets. . Image Credits: Tugende.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

That player, Crowdz , recently secured $10 million in financing co-led by Citi and Dutch growth equity firm Global Cleantech Capital, with participation from Bold Capital Partners, TFX Ventures and Augment Ventures. Put simply, Crowdz started out by giving small and medium-sized businesses a way to sell invoices for financing to funders.

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Deskmag

JANUARY 8, 2019

Not sure what coworking industry events you would like to attend in 2019? Study how coworking spaces are financed and become sustainable in Gdansk or Alicante and widen your horizon at the sea. Learn from failures or get inspired by success stories and enjoy the Indian cuisine in Goa.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2021

Many Southeast Asian digital businesses run into obstacles when seeking early-stage growth financing. That’s where Singapore-based Jenfi comes in, providing revenue-based financing of up to $500,000 with flexible repayment plans that co-founder and chief executive officer Jeffrey Liu refers to as “growth capital as a product.” .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Coming out of stealth today with $150 million in debt financing and $11 million in seed funding, Arc is building what it describes as “a community of premium software companies” that gives SaaS startups a way to borrow, save and spend “all on a single tech platform.” Image Credits: Arc.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

When Chijioke Dozie, the CEO, spoke to TechCrunch in 2019, he cited recruitment purposes and clientele trust as reasons why the company made its financials public — an exercise it has done every second quarter for two years. It’s a tradition Dozie hopes the company will keep this year. .

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

million Americans filed a business application in 2020, 500,000 more than in 2019. While it may sound obvious, your finances are one of the most critical elements of any business. In this article, you’ll learn five tips for getting your new business finances set up for success this year. Are you a member of this group?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Abacum co-founder and CEO Julio Martínez told TechCrunch the 2019-founded startup now has over 50 customers, spread across five continents. The uncertainties presented by the pandemic have exacerbated this, with finance teams needing to accurately forecast and scenario plan faster than ever before.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Shota Horii , his twin brother Yuta Horii and Jun Taketani co-founded SmartBank in 2019 after selling their previous startup Fablic, a Japanese online secondhand marketplace, to Rakuten in 2016. While operating Fablic, the trio found that many users still used cash to pay and manage their day-to-day finance.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

CyberX, the IoT security company, today announced record growth in 2019, tripling bookings year-over-year and securing a series of impressive Global 2000 customer wins. The post [CyberX in Yahoo Finance] CyberX Continues Strong Growth and Business Momentum in 2019 appeared first on OurCrowd. Read more here.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2021

Revenue-based investing ( RBI), also known as revenue-based financing, or revenue-share investing, 1 is a natural next step for the private equity and early-stage venture investment industry. More recently, we have seen numerous new investment models and financing instruments, including shared earnings agreements and point-of-sale capital.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

All these inefficiencies, asides from being time-consuming, lead to errors and affects cash flow and finance, which is why almost nine out of 10 small businesses in the country fizzle out in the first five years. The startup’s new financing round was led by Berlin-based VC Target Global. million in pre-seed funding.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

Jordan Gonen and Jacob Schein had both worked in the tech industry for a few years when they realized they lacked a clear understanding of their own finances. People should globally optimize their finances rather than locally optimize them for particular situations,” Gonen said. . How much can they afford to angel invest?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 20, 2021

The latest valuation is 10 times that of the company’s Series A closed in 2019, a $28 million round that counted Coinbase Ventures as one of its investors. Amber Group, a Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency trading startup, said on Monday it has raised $100 million in a Series B funding round at a pre-money valuation of $1 billion.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Student financing is a little different. ” The company today announced it closed a $12 million Series A financing, led by Firework Ventures (co-founded by Brigette Lau and Ashley Bittner). . If you’re trying to get a mortgage or an auto loan, banks will put on their judging glasses and look into your past.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 25, 2019

and collaborative finance – and the list goes on. After an extremely inspiring first edition in 2017, the New Economy and Social Innovation Global Forum (NESI) returns to Málaga, Spain for its second edition from the 24th to 26th April 2019, focusing on how to achieve our global goals through local action.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Months after raising a Series C worth $45 million , Chicago-based M1 Finance announced a new round of capital today. The new financing comes after M1 raised twice in 2020, including the previously mentioned Series C and a smaller $33 million Series B. M1 Finance’s growth.

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2021

Wayflyer , a revenue-based financing platform for e-commerce merchants, has raised $76 million in a Series A funding round led by Left Lane Capital. So essentially, the merchants are using their revenue to get financing, hence the term revenue-based financing. So if they have a slow month, they will pay back less.

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EntreWorks Consulting

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Mark your calendars for the week of November 18-24, 2019, the 12 th annual celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week. In Monroe County Pennsylvania, Startup Pocono is sponsoring workshops and boot camps on coding, entrepreneurial finance, graphic design, and many other topics. Global Entrepreneurship Week: November 18-24, 2019.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

We first covered the NUMA Group (then called Cosi) back in 2019 when it raised €5 million for its “full-stack” hospitality alternative to boutique hotels, and then later on when it raised €20 million. It’s raised $529.6

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FundersClub

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Series B led by Index Ventures for its spend management solution that helps finance teams and combines spend approvals, company cards, and automated accounting. Naborly announced its $7.5M priced Seed round led by First Round Capital and Susa Ventures for its tenant screening platform for landlords and credit building platform for tenants.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Africa’s fastest-growing fintech, successfully raised US$110 million in equity financing, supporting its all-in-one financial ecosystem. Since its launch in 2019 over 10 million businesses and individuals have been served with access to seamless payments, banking, credit, and business management tools. Moniepoint Inc.,

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

2019 saw a stampede of fintech unicorns. 2019 saw a stampede of fintech unicorns. 2019 looks to continue another lights-out year for fintech startups. 2020 performance of individual fintech companies vs. SPX Image Credits: CapiQ, Yahoo Finance. Fintech Index, 2016 -2020 Image Credits: CapiQ, Yahoo Finance.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2022

Fairplay co-founder and CEO Manolo Atala started the company with Andrew Devlyn in 2019. Existing investors in the round also included QED Investors, Nazca and several individual investors, including Kavak CEO Carlos García, Jüsto CEO Ricardo Weder and ZeBrands CEO Carlos Salinas. In total, the company has raised $40 million.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Ahead of this year’s Global Climate Strike (20-27 September) and the Global Goals Week (21-30 September), the Impact Hub network is launching its 2019 Global Impact Report. The 2019 Global Impact Report is the culmination of gathering relevant data from a number of their 16,500 members of 100+ locations in over 55 countries around the globe.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

At a glance Founders: Sasha Lockley and Meurig Chapman Business: Money Sweetspot Founded: 2019 HQ: Auckland Can you tell us a bit about your business? We are a sustainable finance business focused on helping people find a way out of spiraling debt. We celebrate when we lose customers. A place where they’re in charge.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

Sunstone, a higher education startup that collaborates with academic institutions to help upskill their students for employability, has raised $35 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand to more Indian cities. Sunstone founders said Friday WestBridge Capital led the startup’s Series C financing round.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Register Indonesian digital bank Superbank , supported by Grab, Singtel, and Emtek Group, is collaborating with Singapore’s Genesis Alternative Ventures to offer a financing package of $40 million for startups in Indonesia. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Gaia was founded in 2019 by Nader AlSalim after he and his wife had to use IVF themselves, and he realized how unpredictable the costs for the treatment could be. This is the second investment led by Atomico’s Consumer Partner Astafyeva (her first being Zapp’s Series A with Lightspeed), since she joined as partner from Felix Capital.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 15, 2020

billion invested across 2,197 deals, a 23% decline in deal count compared to the second quarter of 2019 but only down slightly from 2,298 venture capital deals in the first quarter of this year. Likewise, there has not been a drop in late-stage activity as deal count tracked at a higher pace than 2019.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The funds will also be used to extend vehicle financing credit to over 100,000 drivers in the next two years. 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

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The figure represents an 80% increase compared to the amount raised for its previous fund, VVSEAI Fund IV, in 2019. Besides, additions to the LP roster include Japan Investment Corporation (JIC), International Finance Corporation (IFC), and DEG (German Development Finance Institution).

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

Yieldstreet — which provides a platform for making alternative investments in areas like real estate, marine/shipping, legal finance, commercial loans and other opportunities that were previously only open to institutional investors — announced Tuesday that it has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round. .” Some context.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

The financing round was led by XBTO Ventures , a crypto finance company with a VC arm that invests in digital assets, among other types of startups. We were building an app that merchants can use to run their online businesses, from selling to delivery to financing, said the CEO, who put €200,000 of his money into the startup in 2019.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

From varying sources, it is estimated up to $2 billion went into African tech startups in 2019. In the end, information from the likes of Maxime Bayen and Briter Bridges made 2019 numbers look like child’s play. In Africa, the first two unicorns were Jumia (in 2016) and fintech giant Interswitch (in 2019). billion and $1.5

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