TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

If you’d like to invest the same way that fintech influencers, including Austin Hankwitz , WOLF Financial , Breyanna Nava and Patrick Meng do, Follow can help you do that. Social investing is not a new concept. However, he “felt like it was a problem worth solving” if it helped connect a new segment of younger people to investing.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Bold , a technology company working to enable financial access to electronic payments in Colombia, has raised $55 million in a Series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management. Then in the first quarter of 2021, it began offering a “pay-by-link” service as well. Bold ended 2021 with more than 100,000 merchants using its services.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2023

Lenskart has signed a definitive agreement to raise $500 million from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, they said Wednesday, at the height of the market slump as the Indian eyewear retailer bulks up its offerings and scales to international markets. The investment, an extension to last year’s round, helps the startup retain its $4.5

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Revolution

APRIL 6, 2021

By Revolution Ventures Managing Partner David Golden and VP Alex Shtarkman As voracious consumers of podcasting content, we could not be more excited to announce our investment in Indianapolis-based Casted , a company reinventing the traditional digital content marketing playbook. Stay tuned! [1]

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

This amount includes Brick’s previously undisclosed seed funding, which TechCrunch reported in May 2021 , but the majority of it is fresh capital, said co-founder and CEO Gavin Tan. Other customers include investment firms, banks and some of Indonesia’s largest conglomerates, including Sinarmas Group and Astra Financial.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

But in 2021, Homebound expanded to Austin, Texas, its first non-disaster market, with the goal of taking learnings from those rebuilds and applying the same “streamlined, tech-enabled building process” to make custom homebuilding an option for local homeowners. So it went out last year to raise a $50 million Series C. But with a 5.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

NFX and existing backers Pear and Mexico-based Wollef (formely known as Jaguar Ventures) doubled down on their investment, which values Melonn “in the neighborhood” of $100 million post-money and brings the Bogota-based startup’s total raised to $24 million since its November 2020 inception.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2021

According to Recovery Insights: Small Business Reset report prepared by Mastercard Economics Institute, the number of SMB offering online products/services tripled between the pre-pandemic era and 2021. The Recovery Insights: Small Business Reset report found that digitally-enabled SMBs: Witnessed 5.0% increase in customer spending.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 31, 2023

Register Vuihoc , an ed-tech platform catering to K-12 Vietnamese students, recently secured a significant US$6 million investment in a Series A funding round led by TNB Aura. Amidst the fluctuations in the world economy, Vietnam’s EdTech sector remains an attractive destination for solid investments.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Retail investment apps in Southeast Asia attracted a lot of funding last year , and the trend looks set to continue with Vietnam-focused Infina announcing that it has added $4 million to its seed funding. Vietnamese investment app Infina lands $2M seed round. It launched in January 2021. The investment manager of the future.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 30, 2023

The round was led by Menlo Ventures, following a seed round in 2021 of $5.1 Building this infrastructure in-house has required massive investments in engineering, beyond the reach of most companies. High-growth B2B technology companies use Orb to automate billing and enable pricing experimentation.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

“I was convinced that robotics could enable advanced inspections that were safer, faster, more accurate and more affordable than old-school analog inspections,” Burton said via email. According to one source , VC investments in drone companies reached $7 billion in 2021 across 199 deals, up from $2.4 billion in 2022.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Zego , the insurtech that got its start by offering flexible motorbike insurance for gig economy workers but has since expanded with a range of tech-enabled commercial motor insurance products, has raised $150 million. Leading the London-based company’s C round — giving it a $1.1

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

While companies initially adopted solutions for employee safety, rapid response and short-term air cover, they are now shifting their focus to long-term, strategic investments that empower growth and streamline operations.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

First off, from Kenya, Koa enables users to save and invest, gaining control over their finances. Lami is an insurance platform and API that enables more individuals and businesses to access insurance coverage. Here are the startups in the 8th cohort. African fintech dominates Catalyst Fund’s 2019 startup cohort.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

This offer is only available to readers in Europe and expires on April 30, 2021. Respondents said they invest around 50% inside Czechia and 50% across Central and Eastern Europe, while some are more focused across CEE generally, with some percentage of the fund supporting startups that have scaled to the U.S. Innovative. More than 50%?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

The brothers had dreams of finding their own financial freedom through investing in real estate, but didn’t have enough individual capital to go into business alone. “On It also offers tools including a business ledger for groups to track their investment performance. . The Tribevest dashboard Image Credits: Tribevest.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

Salient surveyed over 80 companies across Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda, 25% more than the number it tracked in its last report in 2021. However, the segment is yet to record the type of investments that have poured into B2B retail e-commerce in the previous two years. In 2021, they received just $1.6

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

Jakarta-based investment app Pluang announced that it has raised $55 million led by Accel. Investments can start as low as IDR 10,000 (or less than $1 USD) in gold, indexes, mutual funds and crypto assets. The app is also launching a new features that will users to invest in fractional U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Azim Premji’s Premji Invest, Motilal Oswal Alternates, TPG-backed NewQuest Capital Partners, and Mirae Asset Ventures — all previous backers — invested, as did Japan’s MUFG Bank. Previously, in 2021, KreditBee raised $75 million in a Series C round. KreditBee has raised over $280 million to date.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

The company’s ION customers could include global investment banks, and its second chip ATOM targets large companies in the cloud sector and data centers, Park added. That means Rebellions’ ION enables faster data execution, so that lead orders can be processed more quickly and profitably than traders with slower execution speeds.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 26, 2021

In fact, overall digital transformation (DX) investments are expected to reach $7.8 small business owners and managers reported digital tools improved employee satisfaction in the workplace, enabled them to earn twice as much revenue per worker and experienced nearly quadruple revenue from the previous year. Business Finances in 2021.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

Indelible Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in B2B SaaS startups that can scale internationally. The firm targets seed-stage, tech-enabled B2B startups and uses its global experience to help founders expand their businesses across different geographies. What types of companies/sectors do you look to invest in?

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 6, 2022

Register Transport Capital , a globally-recognised investment management and advisory firm focused on the maritime and aviation industries, has launched its new venture capital arm named TC Ventures. Established in 2013, Transport Capital is an investment management and financial advisory company focused on maritime and aviation.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth. Since 2021, Upfront returned more than $600 million to LPs and returned more than $1 billion since 2018. Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures A question I often hear is “how is Upfront changing given the current market?”

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 2, 2022

The cohort which kicked off in August 2021 drew over 200 applications from 26 countries including Malaysia, the United States, Egypt, Indonesia, Singapore and Japan. The cohort which kicked off in August 2021 drew over 200 applications from 26 countries including Malaysia, the United States, Egypt, Indonesia, Singapore and Japan.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 10, 2023

million investment to help Token Unlocks grow its team and expand the platform across the globe. According to the statement, Token Unlocks intend to use the investment from its seed funding round to expand its team across the globe to further drive growth to the platform. Register SCB 10X announced its $1.5 Revenues jumped from 7.4

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2023

Signaling that investments in the supply chain sector remain robust, Pando , a startup developing fulfillment management technologies, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series B round, bringing its total raised to $45 million. ” Pando makes a best effort to automate processes around the supply chain.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

For Part 1 on The Equity Seller’s Bubble of 2021, click here to access the ACA Data Insights Archive. A shift from late-stage pre-IPO investing to renewed emphasis on early stage. From VCs to Investment Advisors… and back again? From VCs to Investment Advisors… and back again? Higher litigation risks.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Principal, Investments Team, OurCrowd. Even in late 2021, most people had no idea what the Metaverse was. While it is easy to dismiss the Metaverse as a fad, underneath the hype, and the absurdity, is a synthesis of trends that have been brewing for a long time and could provide a significant investment opportunity.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

With its latest acquisition Walmart is further investing in technology that will enable shopping via voice and chat. Walmart, however, intends to use Botmock for what it calls “conversational commerce” — an area of increased investment in recent months.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

And, even though owners might not want to risk their own assets, the company requires them to invest 20% into the deal to have some skin in the game. Meanwhile, the debt investment will help ensure there are funds to lend, while the equity portion will go toward building Boopos’ team and growing it.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Pillow aspires to be an all-in-one platform that helps even newbie users save, spend and invest in crypto currency. Founded in 2021 by Arindam Roy, Rajath KM and Kartik Mishra, Pillow is focused on emerging markets like Africa and Southeast Asia. It focuses on retail investors, enabling them to start with investments as small as $5.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 30, 2023

In addition to his rich experiences working in the venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) sectors, Joseph has also sharpened his investment acumen through his multiple years in the audit and stock-broking industry before deciding to finally launch his cross-border investment firm, Kairous Capital , in 2015.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

The 2021 best Ann Arbor tech companies. We’re excited to see what this partnership brings in 2021! Related: Top Detroit Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2021. They plan to use these investments to help grow their team and scale their product. Duo Security. Workit Health. In 2020, they raised $5.5 million in 2020.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 2, 2023

207 Applications Approved for over $8 Million in Tax Credits to Support Investment in 28 Companies TRENTON, N.J. million in private investment as supported in 2023 by the New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Program (ATC). million in tax credits, based on a percentage of eligible investment.

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propel(x)

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Stock Dilution in Startup Investing?—?Good So, you have taken the plunge and invested in a startup and received your stock. Let us say you invest in the seed round of a startup that has issued 10m shares at a valuation of $0.10 You invest $100k and purchase 1m shares, which means you own 10% of the company. Good or Bad?

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