TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

Catalyst Fund , a global accelerator managed by BFA Global , announced the 8th cohort for its Inclusive Fintech Program today. The accelerator, backed by the JP Morgan Chase and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, runs the flagship program annually. In 2020, all five countries had representatives in the accelerator.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Caroline Hogan Contributor Share on Twitter Caroline Hogan is senior director of vendor marketing at Gartner Digital Markets , where she helps software providers accelerate growth. This means startups need the right insights into buyer behavior to create more growth opportunities in 2023.

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Revolution

JANUARY 19, 2021

2021: The Great Acceleration of the Rise of the Rest & the End of “Silicon X Syndrome.” Part I) Cities are Like Startups Cities are like startups. But from the back half of 2020 into 2021, we are bearing witness to accelerated adoption and transformational change in industry after industry.

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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. In November 2021, Ammar announced on LinkedIn that he was moving on and leaving The Family. “On

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

It’s a myth that only the top startups and the best startup jobs are in Silicon Valley or New York City. As a Midwest company built for Midwest startups, we know that’s just not true. That, plus the growing number of startups, affordable cost of living, and vibrant community, make it a great place to live and work.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

In July 2021, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) upgraded Korea’s status to a developed economy. The country strives to create a balance between industrial conglomerates and the startup ecosystem. K-Startup Grand Challenge launched in 2016 In April 2016, the K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) was started.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

The AB InBev program, called the 100+ Accelerator , launched in 2018 with the goal to solve supply chain challenges in water stewardship, the circular economy, sustainable agriculture and climate action, the company said. Those startups have gone on to raise more than $200 million in follow-on financing.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Inferencing chips accelerate the AI inferencing process, which is where AI systems generate outputs (e.g., A number of vendors — both startups and well-established players — are actively developing and selling access to AI inferencing chips. NeuReality has been shipping prototypes to partners since May 2021, Tanach says.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

Happily for you and I, they’ve been pretty free with their time and data, helping us better understand today’s market for high-growth, software startups. Once accomplished, it’s easy to see that the fastest-growing software startups are enjoying the most price appreciation.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

2021: The Great Acceleration of the Rise of the Rest (Part II): Does your City have a Moat? I’ll frame my response in the same context that I used for Part I of this series: first, we must appreciate that cities are just like startups. Once startups establish their brand identity, they need to establish their competitive moat.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Their startup, TrueFoundry , has raised $2.3 The San Francisco, California-headquartered startup automates repetitive tasks in the machine learning pipeline to allow data scientists and engineers to focus on higher-value, more creative tasks. Sequoia’s Surge reveals 15 India, SEA startups in seventh cohort.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

So it’s no wonder why Ann Arbor tech companies and startups are thriving. The 2021 best Ann Arbor tech companies. We’re excited to see what this partnership brings in 2021! The Ann Arbor startup has seen a large increase in its app use as the pandemic has led to an increase in substance abuse and addiction.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2021

While waiting for full first-quarter venture capital results for fintech startups to drop, we knew that they were going to be outsized. But the largest venture capital rounds are only part of the fintech investing picture, so we were looking forward to getting a deeper look into what happened in the critical startup sector more generally.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

But today we’re highlighting the demo day for a new wave of crypto projects and teams who participated in the latest cohort for Alliance DAO, a web3 accelerator and builder community. Startups from all stages have joined our cohort, from those with just an idea to billion-dollar companies.”. Founders: Daniel Garay, Jesse Brauner.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Startup Alley is the place to be at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. The sold-out expo area is the virtual home to hundreds of innovative startups ready to demo their tech and talent. John and Jade will help each cohort founder produce a Lean Startup transformation for one current business situation.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Volopay , a Singapore-based fintech startup, raised a $29 million Series A in debt and equity financing as it seeks to further expand its footprint in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa. . To date, Volopay has raised approximately $31.4 million since its inception in 2019, which includes its $2.1

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

How can early-stage startups find meaningful traction at the velocity they need when the distribution channels are more competitive and complex than ever? Growth and marketing expert Susan Su is joining us at TC Early Stage in July to lead a session on key strategies for finding the right users in 2021.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

2019 looks to continue another lights-out year for fintech startups. In 2020, all the long-term trends forcing change in this sector continued and even accelerated. E-commerce saw an enormous acceleration in growth rates, furthering adoption of online payments platforms. More posts by this contributor. Ben Altshuler.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 19, 2022

Register Indonesian-based food tech startup OFF FOODS announced raising $1.7 The post Alt-protein startup OFF FOODS secures $1.7m to accelerate adoption in Indonesia first appeared on AsiaTechDaily - Asia's Leading Tech and Startup Media Platform.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

Starburst , the well-funded data warehouse analytics service and data query engine based on the open-source Trino project, today announced that it has acquired Varada , a Tel Aviv-based startup that focuses on data lake analytics. Varada last raised a $12 million Series A round led by MizMaa Ventures in 2020.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

That’s where a new startup wants to change the way you care for your car. The company, founded in 2021 by Jonathan Palan, who previously founded AutoFi and was an executive at LendingClub and Kiavi, is now supported by $4.5 million in new funding raised at the end of 2022.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

The Steel City has all the ingredients to be a hub for startups: a good university system, a cheaper cost of living — definitely when compared to places like New York and the Bay Area — and a proliferation of seed firms and startup accelerators. billion — venture investors on the ground can feel the city’s potential. (I

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Fintechs could see $100 billion of liquidity in 2021. Fintech tailwinds, strengthened by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, only accelerated in 2021. Despite a roughly 30% draw-down in the last months of 2021, the Matrix Fintech Index continued to beat the broader market as well as incumbent financial service companies.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

The Exchange is on a trip around the world, poking our heads into various startup markets to better understand how different geographies are faring during a historic boom in venture capital activity. startups this year is contrasted by a modestly cooling Chinese venture capital scene. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 takes place September 21-23, and we’re here to call out just some of the awesome content we have scheduled over three very busy days. The Disrupt agenda so far features more than 80 interviews, panel discussions, events and breakout sessions that span the startup tech spectrum… with more to come!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Greenlabs , a South Korean agtech startup, announced this week it has closed a $140 million Series C led by BRV Capital Management , with participation from Skylake Incuvest and SK Square. The Seoul-based firm has expanded to China and Vietnam with its smart farm technologies since 2021.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

TechCrunch recently caught up with recent Y Combinator graduate Uiflow , a startup that is building a no-code enterprise app creation service. But what Quickbase , Smartsheet and others are working on isn’t quite the same thing, at least from the startup’s perspective. the answer is yes. Let’s see how long that takes.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

startup market, has been on a tear in recent quarters and years. Akin to many startup markets around the world, Europe has seen its venture capital totals rise, its unicorn ranks swell, and even a few major public exits. How hot is the market for European startups this year? The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Accelerators have become a major force in the startup world, but these teeming masses of potential have been forced, like every other industry, to adopt major changes with the pandemic. I spoke with the heads of three accelerators about the challenges and opportunities presented by the new restrictions.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Should you try to get your startup into an accelerator program? How do you make the right impression on the application? Where does your team need to be before you apply — and once you’re in, how do you make the most of your time in the program?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Tackle.io , an Idaho-based startup that helps software companies sell through cloud marketplaces such as AWS’s, announced today it has raised a $100 million Series C funding round. The investor joined Tackle’s board when his firm led the startup’s Series B round, and sees it as a category leader. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Today, a dozen new companies launched out of the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator in New York City. Thus far, nearly 250 startups have graduated out of the accelerator, collectively having raised more than $1 billion in capital. So without any further ado, here are the startups graduating out of the summer 2021 ERA class.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

, it’s time to map out strategies to transform your early-stage startup dream into reality. If there’s one thing every early founder needs it’s information, and you’ll find it in abundance at TechCrunch Early Stage 2021. Think of it as a condensed accelerator experience packed with workshops and highly interactive Q&As.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Full coverage of TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. The whole package: How plastics and sustainability startups achieve success. As people look to minimize the waste they produce, startups are coming up with novel solutions to help people and companies meet sustainability goals. Do you think the startup visa will become a reality?

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 13, 2021

West Michigan is smack dab between Ann Arbor/Detroit’s tech and startup hub emergence and Chicago’s new habit of minting unicorns about once a month. And Grand Rapids, Michigan, is having its own tech renaissance in 2021. Grand Rapids startups and tech companies to watch in 2022. million in Series A startup funding in mid-2021.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Brazil’s startup market is reaching new heights, and its domestic stock market could benefit from the boom. According to data from KPMG , Brazilian startups raised the most capital in a single quarter in Q1 2021, when some $1.4 That record stood until the second quarter of 2021 saw $2.7 IPOs are another. Or will U.S.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This is Part 2 of a two-part examination of the state of the startup capital market during the past two years. For Part 1 on The Equity Seller’s Bubble of 2021, click here to access the ACA Data Insights Archive. For Part 1 on The Equity Seller’s Bubble of 2021, click here to access the ACA Data Insights Archive. to 18.2x.

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