TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

According to Atlantico, their total post-money valuation went from $46 billion in 2020 to $105 billion as of August 2021. ” While the pandemic played the role of an accelerant in digitalization, it also drove structural changes.

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StartupNation

MAY 11, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic was a catalyst that accelerated innovation and change in almost every industry. Given this, three relevant questions for all entrepreneurs to consider in the context of their own company and industry are: Why did it take a pandemic to accelerate innovation and change? How did your business fare?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

We’ve initiated the final countdown, and we’re just hours away from the deadline for early bird savings to TC Sessions: Space 2020 (December 16-17). It’s your last chance to grab the first of many opportunities this two-day conference provides. Let’s talk about the opportunities at TC Sessions: Space. NAVWAR SBIR/STTR Primer .

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Revolution

AUGUST 8, 2023

The pre-2020 artificial eight-hour workday forced most people to spend the vast majority of their time in two distinct places: home and work. The most expensive markets lost population during 2020 and 2021 while more affordable cities such as Dallas and Phoenix continued to gain people. The trade-off is that work is leaky as well.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. Since 2020, we have been trying to find an amicable solution. The SPV was supposed to acquire Stripe shares through a secondary offering.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Stay tuned, and please feel free to share with anyone looking for a new opportunity! million Series A raise back in 2020. In a blog post/letter to employees , CEO and co-founder Will Young wrote that the company’s “focus on accelerating growth and product development came at the cost of higher risk tolerance and greater expenses.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Thinking outside the box, Brad Stevens , president of EO Atlanta, created a way to increase EO member engagement across the 150-member chapter with 43 Accelerator participants. The program began in November 2020. We asked Brad about this exciting new initiative. How did you come up with this initiative to grow EO member connections?

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Last November, we surveyed 13 of the top robotics-focused VCs to find out which areas of robotics are exciting them most going into 2020. Some of the opportunities involve machines, while an equal amount of opportunity lies in the software behind the machines. This is driven by two competing but incredibly important trends.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

Prior to this round, the company brought in $250 million in Series D funding in May 2020. The new funding will accelerate the rollout of those systems, as well as co-create another 10 supply networks with retail and supply partnerships by the end of the year.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2022

Between February 2020 and February 2022 in the US alone, the unemployment rate barely shifted from 5.7 ” This strategy will, in addition, provide a big draw to ambitious talent who will take note of the opportunities for growth within the company. million to 6.3 million, respectively. Set internal succession plans in place.

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Revolution

JANUARY 19, 2021

2021: The Great Acceleration of the Rise of the Rest & the End of “Silicon X Syndrome.” Many industries temporarily froze in March-April 2020, paralyzed by the uncertainty that an invisible enemy unleashed. Many industries temporarily froze in March-April 2020, paralyzed by the uncertainty that an invisible enemy unleashed.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Africans and people in emerging markets missed out on the first set of opportunities that technological advancements brought to the world. billion between July 2020 and June 2021, per research by New-York based research firm Chainalysis. “There’s this saying talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 14, 2020

It is all over the map, based on the unique situations of each and every company, with some pulling back on marketing, some accelerating it, and some keeping it more or less the same. You may have big opportunities that you are missing. Even the ones who are not changing marketing spend are changing their marketing mix a lot.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

This is where artificial intelligence and voice technology have presented an opportunity for enterprises to overcome the challenges of scale and engagement at their customer contact centers,” co-founder and CEO Skit Sourabh Gupta told TechCrunch. And that presented an opportunity for companies like Skit. million Series A, in May 2020.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Having the opportunity to learn from the founders you back is by far one of the most rewarding parts of being a venture capital investor. Our foundational investment thesis at Rise of the Rest is a simple one: we see opportunity first through the lens of geography.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

. “But the pandemic, which had a devastating effect on so many businesses that relied on in-person trade, accelerated the need for businesses to accept payments online.” This presents a huge opportunity, and it is our mission to support that transition,” he added. This investment will be there to accelerate all three.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 30, 2020

According to Nestlé’s press release, Freshly is now shipping more than 1 million meals per week across 48 states, with forecasted sales of $430 million for 2020. Freshly is an innovative, fast-growing, food-tech startup, and adding them to the portfolio accelerates our ability to capitalize on the new realities in the U.S.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Getting behind the empowerment of women stimulates societies, entrepreneurship, job creation, accelerates revenue growth and develops inspiring and motivated leaders.” – Ingrid Vanderveldt. Back in 2010, Ingrid had the vision to empower a billion women by 2020. EBW 2020 is a social impact organization. www.nawbo.org.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 12, 2025

Prizes include cash grants from a pool of over $100,000 along with mentorship opportunities and connections with potential investors and key influencers. Additional sponsorship opportunities are available.

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StartupNation

APRIL 5, 2021

A total of nearly $63,000 in grants were made during 2020. The program also includes mentorship, access to online resources and the opportunity to be considered for even larger grants. Leading the global shift toward inclusive innovation, digitalundivided invested in over 1,500 Black and Latinx women entrepreneurs in 2020.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

While exhibiting offers plenty of opportunity for all, a VIP experience kicked off in July for 50 startup exhibitors the TechCrunch staff chose to form the first Startup Alley+ cohort. Last year, at Disrupt 2020, CELA connected the winners of our Pitchers and Pitches mini pitch-off competitions with an accelerator to boost their business.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Quibi was so easy to criticize that it created an opportunity to plausibly defend for anyone who wants to show that they are here for the startups no matter how crazy. In its S-1 filings , Datto highlighted a COVID-19 tailwind stemming from companies accelerating their digital transformation efforts. You can reach him here.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 26, 2022

During those 2020 pandemic days when in-person meetings were rare, Brad and Jason combined their expertise for a common cause: To strengthen the weave of relationships between EO members to drive value. EO Accelerator participants. EO members can opt-in to be paired with a chapter SAP a few times per year. Sister chapters.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

In May 2020, Flux got accepted into Pioneer , an accelerator launched by ex-YC partner Daniel Gross. It has already backed more than 100 founders who give up 1% equity to join the accelerator. Ex-YC partner Daniel Gross rethinks the accelerator. W e believe the opportunity here is huge. The platform charges $0.50

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Djamo is one of such companies taking advantage of this opportunity to bring affordable and seamless banking to the region. “Banking services are really difficult to access here, and we saw that as a huge opportunity,” Djamo CEO Bourgi said to TechCrunch. But we saw it as a huge opportunity and a great industry to take on.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

In late 2020, a group of Stanford students banded together to create Stanford 2020, a venture fund solely to invest in their fellow classmates’ ventures. PIN wants to replicate the Stanford 2020 story for other community-based ventures. million for the debut investment vehicle — waitlist not included.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

Just when we thought things couldn’t get worse in 2020, we received the news on the SolarWinds hack and its impact on more than 18,000 businesses and potentially dozens of U.S. Adding to the challenge, COVID-19 has created fertile ground for the acceleration of cyberattacks that are more sophisticated, dangerous and prevalent.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2021

This brings the total raised by Color to $278 million, with its latest large round intended to help it build on a record year of growth in 2020 with even more expansion to help put in place key health infrastructure systems across the U.S. billion post-money, the company announced today.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

In January 2020, the pair made the fund official, with Aboyeji as general partner and Enegesi as limited partner. He is also an angel investor, and via CcHub’s accelerator programme and a partner fund called Growth Capital Fund , Tijani has invested in more than 40 startups. million across 19 African companies.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

Meanwhile, funds and accounts managed by BlackRock led the Series E investment, with new investors Schonfeld, Invus Opportunities, CreditEase and H.I.G. We’re pleased to support Ryan and the ambitious Bolt team and see tremendous opportunity in the space that Bolt is disrupting.”. Checkout.com raises $1B round at $40B valuation.

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Y Combinator

MAY 6, 2020

The success of Pinduoduo in China suggests there is a huge opportunity for social commerce platforms to emerge in other regions. 3 In 2020, it is China’s second largest e-commerce platform on an active user basis only lagging behind Alibaba. But first, a bit of background. These numbers reveal a missing element in e-commerce.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Siahaan, President Director of Superbank, highlighted Indonesia’s substantial digital economy, set to grow remarkably from IDR 632 trillion in 2020 to IDR 4,531 trillion in 2030. This transformative growth presents ample potential and opportunities for developing local startups and their ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Make serious headway with accelerators. Accelerators allow ventures to define their products or services, quickly build networks and, most importantly, sit at tables they wouldn’t be able to on their own. I would suggest looking out for accelerators explicitly searching for minority founders by using platforms such as F6S.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The early-stage VC had already set up five social impact funds and backed 81 startups since 2020, after Han acquired the firm in December 2019. Nine of the 16 portfolio companies are participating in Sopoong’s first accelerator program, which launched in June and runs for six months.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2021

On Tuesday, DeHaat , an online platform that offers full-stack agricultural services to farmers, said it has raised $30 million in a new financing round as the Indian firm looks to maintain its accelerated growth despite the pandemic. — Harsh Upadhyay (@upadhyay_harsh1) October 13, 2020.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Paulo is the co-founder of Vale do Dendê (Dende Valley) and AFAR Ventures , a global diversity and inclusion creative and consulting agency that identifies opportunities for multinational brands, corporations and investors in emerging markets. It attracted backing from Facebook Brasil and grew 770% in 2020. Contributor. Contributor.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Withstanding the onset of a global pandemic, VC investments have grown by roughly 15% globally to nearly $260 billion in 2020 compared to the previous year, with VC investments in the United States alone reaching a record high of roughly $130 billion in that same period. . Creating opportunities for women and minorities to grow.

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