American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

F lourish Ventures , a global FinTech investor known for backing major players like Chime and FlutterWave, led the round, while new investors include Saudi Arabia’s Vision Ventures, Arab Bank Venture Capital, and Emurgo Kepple Ventures.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 18, 2023

30 Investments to date in the areas of AI, autonomy, cybersecurity and space Shield Capital was launched in 2021 by the Managing Partners Philip Bilden and Raj Shah, both of whom have deep experience in technology and investing, driving their passion to support founders of frontier technologies.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

We named this summit after a report we wrote with Pitchbook at the end of 2021 to explore the impact of the pandemic on investment patterns. The takeaways: It’s a hard time to raise and deploy capital, but what you can manage in today’s market will be advantageous for years to come. marking its highest level since 2017.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

raised more money from venture capitalists in 2021 than ever. But according to data from PitchBook, less than 2% of VC funding went to all-women-founded teams in 2021. On the bright side, founding teams counting both women and men as members raised 17% of VC investments in Africa in 2021. raise in 2021.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Several years ago, Fabrizio Del Maffeo and a core team from Imec, a Belgium-based nanotechnology lab, teamed up with Evangelos Eleftheriou and a group of researchers at IBM Zurich Lab to develop a computer chip. The edge AI hardware market is projected to grow from 920 million units in 2021 to 2.08 Following an expansion in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2023

million grant) seed raise in September 2021, said the funding will support the launch of two new technologies: Kraken II and SITE. . Offering farmers better prices and providing working capital are two ways Releaf uses to gain market share in this segment, Ayogu noted. . SITE developed by Releaf. million (including a $1.5

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

annually from 2021 to 2027; the food delivery market in Southeast Asia is expected to reach $49.7 billion in 2021. The startup had seven cloud kitchen locations in the Philippines when it raised its Series A in October 2021; it now operates 25 ghost kitchens across the Philippines and Vietnam, Yao told TechCrunch.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

That has worked well for me over the years but recently, I have watched a vibrant secondary market develop for private company shares and I think that is a good thing as I believe more liquidity is better than less liquidity in most, maybe all cases. USV TEAM POSTS: Rebecca Kaden — Feb 10, 2021 SmartHop’s Series A.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 29, 2021

I discovered rhetoric in 2021 and read this book and The Elements of Eloquence which demonstrate the hundreds of literary devices we use to imbue language with flourish to entice or cajole the reader to hurdle over the period at the end of a sentence and sprint through the next, till the end of a tract. Words like Loaded Pistols.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

The Tory Burch Foundation announced Tuesday the launch of its Funding Finder tool, an interactive guide that breaks down capital options and resources for women-owned businesses. It also has a long-running partnership with the Bank of America Capital Program to help provide affordable loans to women founders. of the approximate $238.8

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Payload , which develops a headless open-source content management system (CMS), today announced that it has raised a $4.7 Other investors include MongoDB Ventures, Y Combinator, SV Angel, Grand Ventures and Exceptional Capital, in addition to a number of angel investors. Image Credits: Payload. “To Payload raises $4.7M

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2022

Maria Lepskaya is a senior associate at Runa Capital , leading investments in different branches of quantum technologies and advanced materials. The company was founded in 2015, and it went public in 2021 through a SPAC at a $2 billion valuation. Quantum startups map, as of October 2021. Image Credits: Runa Capital.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

This infusion of capital will enable the company to scale production, expand its product line, and generate new jobs at its world-class production facility in Ottawa, Ohio. The company designs and manufactures the vehicles, develops the proprietary powertrain technology, and offers fleet management softwareall under one roof.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In 2021, NorthOne replatformed the company with a new banking partner, The Bancorp Bank, N.A, Having spent time in Israel and Europe, where fintech was more developed, Shalev says he “spent a lot of time looking at all the different options in this space” in the United States. “We’re an investment that it says has paid off.

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Source Link

JANUARY 29, 2022

In our commitment to entrepreneurship-led economic development, we’ve made it our practice to regularly share insights and lessons learned while celebrating success stories along the way. In the spirit of the new year, let’s check out SourceLink’s best blogs to discover what piqued interest in 2021 and what knowledge we can build on in 2022.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 2, 2022

Seven venture capital firms participated in the latest round: DS Asset Management, Industrial Bank of Korea, Hanwha Investment & Securities, S&S Investment, Toss investment, Korea Asset Investment & Securities and Venture Field. AIMMO posted $10 million of revenue in 2021, according to its IR pitch deck.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 12, 2025

Coordinated by Delaware Prosperity Partnership and innovation-supporting partners from throughout the Delaware business community and beyond, Startup302 launched in 2020 and has provided $800,000 in funding to 52 ventures since 2021. Thanks to sponsors, there is no charge to enter.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Register Bain Capital has successfully concluded the final closing of its fifth pan-Asia private equity fund, Bain Capital Asia Fund V, securing $7.1 billion in capital commitments. Bain Capital has strategically diversified its portfolio across the Asian region, addressing the evolving challenges of investing in China.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

The global venture capital ecosystem is inequitable. In the United States’ mature venture capital market, an entrepreneur’s race, gender and age help determine who has access to capital. Yes, the world is not uniformly developed. Yes, venture capital startup hubs can take decades to reach maturity.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Also, foreign embassies are returning to Kyiv, indicating that Ukraine’s capital could soon be safe enough for companies to reopen offices. As the development of the IT sector is integral to the maintenance of the country’s GDP, the government fully supports it. Tech companies with Ukrainian roots and core markets in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

The pre-seed round, which was completed in just three weeks via virtual meetings, was led by Indus Valley Capital, with participation from Alter Global, Fatima Gobi Ventures and several angel investors from Pakistan, the Middle East and Europe. Struggles of students during the early days of the pandemic motivated us to run a pilot.

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The Seraf Compass

MAY 12, 2021

In recognition of their incredible contribution to angel investing, Seraf Founders Ham Lord and Christopher Mirabile were awarded the 2021 Hans Severiens award by the Angel Capital Association, the largest professional angel investor development organization in the world.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

trillion won in June 2021, when it raised $410 million in pre-Series G funding at a $7.4 Fintech-focused investor Tonic Private Equity led the Series G round along with returning backers, including Korea Development Bank (KDB), Altos Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Greyhound Capital, Aspex Management, Bond Capital, and DUMAC.

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Source Link

MAY 10, 2022

On Thursday, April 21, SourceLink hosted Building Rural Communities Through Entrepreneurship , a webinar on strategies for growing rural communities through entrepreneurship-led economic development. Smart development is rooted in analytics, and data can be used as a way to create richer conversations about opportunities for development.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Storied private equity firm Hillhouse Capital led the round joined by Trustbridge Partners, Pavilion Capital, and existing investors 5Y Capital (formerly Morningside) and Yunqi Partners. There’s one caveat for investing in the area: don’t expect to make money in the first 3 to 5 years.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This will be used to strengthen venture capital ecosystems and invest in early-stage companies in order to address development challenges through technological innovations in climate, health care, education, agriculture, e-commerce, and other sectors. In Pakistan, digital transformation can unlock up to $59.7

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 1, 2023

Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, 8VC, Lux Capital, Thrive Capital, DFJ Growth, Elad Gil, Lachy Groom, Human Capital, Marlinspike, WCM Investment Management, MVP Ventures, Lightspeed Ventures, and Thomas Tull’s newly minted US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT). The Series E funding valued the company at $8.48

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Since first investing in Oklahoma startups in 1999, i2E, and now its independent Venture Capital Fund management partner, Plains Ventures, have managed numerous early-stage debt and equity investment funds, making 452 investments in more than 250 companies. billion at its IPO in April 2021.The Novazyme Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

In the latest development, one such company, Bitmama , has raised a pre-seed extension of $1.65 Africa-focused venture capital firms Unicorn Growth Capital and Launch Africa led the investment in Bitmama. million, adding to the $350,000 it received last October, thus, closing the round at $2 million.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2021

As someone who covers Southeast Asia startups and funding stories, the best word I can think of to describe 2021 is “whoa!” Indonesian venture capital firm Alpha JWC closes $433M third fund. Both countries produced a fair amount of unicorns in 2021. Nium crosses $1B valuation with $200M Riverwood Capital-led round.

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StartupNation

APRIL 5, 2021

of venture capital funding ? The application deadline for this program is April 16, 2021. Starting in September 2021, Black-owned businesses harmed by the pandemic can apply to receive one of up to 300 grants of $5,000. Applications are now open through April 26, 2021. SoGal Black Founder Startup Grant.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

UBITS, a B2B online learning platform for upskilling employees in Latin America, has raised $25 million in funding led by Riverwood Capital. In 2021, revenue grew by “2.5x” and more than tripled its number of customers — from 110 to nearly 350. To date, students have completed over 600,000 courses on its platform.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Rak Garg is a principal at Bain Capital Ventures where he leads early-stage investments in developer tools, data infrastructure, cybersecurity and enterprise software. Now, with the market downturn, raising capital for a dev-tools startup is much more difficult. The median Series A round for a developer-tooling company was $47.5

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

PitchBook surmises non-traditional VC (aka hot money) comprises 78% of venture dollars invested in 2021. Across Series A to Series E rounds in the US, hedge funds participated in 63% of startup financings worth more than $200B in 2021. 2021 marked a near universal strategic focus on Series C, D, and E rounds. But by how much?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

New Zealand, a country of just under 5 million people, has historically flown under the radar of venture capitalism. That’s changed so much the last couple of years partly because the government’s been putting more initiatives into attracting international capital. billion, from Q1 2020 to Q4 2021. Rocketlab CEO Peter Beck.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Many of the e-commerce roll-up companies, also known as aggregators, slowed down this year after a record 2021. One of these is OpenStore , a company founded in 2021 as a way for Shopify entrepreneurs looking to move on to sell their businesses in a matter of days with a cash offer and less stressful experience.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 27, 2021

The seed funding, which was made in two closes, included participation from Saison Capital, Venturra Discovery, 1982 Ventures, 500 Startups, Nextrans, and angel investors like executives at Google and Netflix. Infina launched its app in January 2021. Robo-advisor StashAway gets $25M Series D led by Sequoia Capital India.

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