TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

It added that a number of “notable” unicorn founders and executives are also joining this round as angels — including Adyen CFO Ingo Uytdehaage; Infarm CFO Carmine Visconti; JobandTalent co-founders Felipe Navío and Juan Urdiales; and Blockfi founder Zac Prince.

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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

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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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

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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2021

Thomas Rush is founder of Bootstrapp and Head of Investment Platform at ConsenSys Mesh. 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. Thomas Rush. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

All of this impresses upon us that every indicator in startup funding points up and to the right: Venture firms have more dry powder, deal sizes are growing rapidly, valuations are soaring and investment terms are more founder-friendly than ever. And all that is indeed happening. In 2021, that number stands at 126 per month.

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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 do they diversify after a liquidity event?

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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. ” The startup now accounts for 2-3% of total trading volumes in major spot and derivative markets, the founder said. Altogether, Amble manages around $1.5

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Other backers include Opendoor CEO and CEO and co-founder Eric Wu, Flyhomes’ co-founder and CEO Tushar Garg and Divvy Homes’ co-founder Brian Ma. Founded in July 2019, Mexico City-based Flat.mx The real estate market in Mexico is broken,” said co-founder Bernardo Cordero. Previously, Flat.mx pre-seed led by ALLVP.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Student financing is a little different. “Especially in student lending, there’s this massive gap in terms of access to capital,” says Tess Michaels, CEO and founder at Stride Capital. 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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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

In this case perspective, like any story worth telling, has two sides — founder and venture. All three founders bring funding bonafides to the table. What strategies did these founders use to secure their funding? Sara Du is the co-founder of Alloy Automation, a no-code automation platform for e-commerce.

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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. NESI Forum Founder.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 30, 2024

This interview is with Anjan Pathak , Co-founder at Vantage Fit. Anjan Pathak, Co-founder, Vantage Fit Anjan, can you tell us a bit about yourself and your journey to becoming a founder in the health and wellness technology space? As the co-founder of Vantage Fit, I am deeply involved in driving our technological progress.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

In 2018 and 2019, its biggest customers were ride-hailing companies, and with the pandemic, the company saw an increase in e-commerce and marketplace customers. . Truora participated in Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 cohort and soon after expanded into digital identity and authentication technologies. “We

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? 2018 also had the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010. John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital, claims to be the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. Absolutely not.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Comcast Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Real Estate Technology (RET) Ventures co-led the financing, which brings the company’s total raised to $32 million since its 2019 inception. JLL Spark, Vertex Ventures, Anim, K50, Foundamental and Green D Alumni Ventures also participated in the Series A investment.

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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. Partners” of DST Global, QED Investors, Speedinvest and Zinal Growth — the family office of Guillaume Pousaz (founder of Checkout.com ) — also put money in the round.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and change-makers working on innovative startups, social enterprises and SME’s around Aotearoa New Zealand. 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?

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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 Germany-based NUMA Group expanded into Spain, Italy, Austria and the Czech Republic in 2021.

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StartupNation

JULY 28, 2021

In 2019, venture capital investment into U.S. So, while it comes as no surprise that 2019 was also a record year for female founders securing these dollars, many would be shocked to learn this funding amounted to a mere 3.4% are female founders who have the true authority to control investment decisions.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2022

Looking for a co-founder to help you build your mobility-centric startup? Join more than 2,000 attendees — representing the mobility community’s leading visionaries, founders and builders (like you) — and make essential connections that can move your professional aspirations forward. I scheduled at least 10 short, precise meetings.

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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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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Lewis & Clark Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Knollwood Investment Advisory, WTI, Bronze and Square co-founder Sam Wen also participated in the Series A financing. TomoCredit co-founder and CEO Kristy Kim came up with the concept for the company after being rejected multiple times for an auto loan while in her early 20s.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

4-year founder vesting is dead. 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. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

Foundation Capital also participated in the financing, which included participation from existing backers Broadhaven Ventures, InvestoVC, Monashees, Base10 Partners and Y Combinator. founder Ricardo Weder, Luuna’s Carlos Salinas from Luuna and Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen. Nowports raises $5.3

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

Looking for a co-founder to help you build your mobility-centric startup? Join more than 2,000 attendees — representing the mobility community’s leading visionaries, founders and builders (like you) — and make essential connections that can move your professional aspirations forward. I scheduled at least 10 short, precise meetings.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

When Yin Wu started Pulley , a cap table and equity management startup, back in 2019, she was out to compete with the likes of Carta. This serial founder is taking on Carta with cap table management software she says is better for founders. My colleague Connie Loizos spoke to Wu in 2020 when the company raised $10 million.

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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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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

Looking for a co-founder to help you build your mobility-centric startup? Join more than 2,000 attendees — representing the mobility community’s leading visionaries, founders and builders (like you) — and make essential connections that can move your professional aspirations forward. I scheduled at least 10 short, precise meetings.

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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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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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

These startups offer embedded finance solutions; Maelis Carraro , Catalyst Fund MD, explains the thought process behind this selection in a statement. First off, from Kenya, Koa enables users to save and invest, gaining control over their finances. For example, founders in our previous cohort were all male.

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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. VVSEAI Fund V’s substantial corpus includes a dedicated co-investment envelope of $50 million, which will be utilized to invest alongside the primary fund in startups led by women founders.

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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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