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!” A close look at Singapore’s thriving startup ecosystem. As a global financial center, one could argue that Singapore’s startup ecosystem is in a category of its own when compared to its neighbors.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Investors believe the market correction, which caught up with the continent in the second half of 2022, will spiral into this year. But before that, there was shared optimism that African startups would raise more VC funding last year than in 2021 when the continent, for the first time, passed the $4-5 billion threshold.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

We reached out to 10 growth marketing experts to find how they were preparing for 2022 and to ask they had any New Year’s resolutions to share. Help TechCrunch find the best growth marketers for startups. Here’s the full list of who we spoke to: Jonathan Martinez , founder, JMStrategy. was high on their to-do list.

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Venture Well

APRIL 21, 2022

We’re spotlighting Danielle Boyer, founder of robotics education startup The STEAM Connection and winner of our 2022 Sustainable Practice Impact Award. The post Celebrating Danielle Boyer, an Eco-Friendly Robotics Trailblazer appeared first on VentureWell.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2023

Betting early on the next big startup is enough to cement the entire return of a fund (and then some) — and help that plucky investor make a name for themselves. The venture firm, which just closed a $150 million fund in May 2022 , is launching what it describes as a common application for pre-seed startup founders.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2023

I want to focus this post on the macro environment for tech, startups, web3, and climate because that is where my head is at right now. With that macro view in mind, what would that mean for tech, startups, and web3? Startups are going to have a tough year in 2023.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

This question sits atop most founders' lips and boardroom agendas. Instead of late-stage opportunities, they’ll be focusing on early-stage venture in 2022. Across Series A to Series E rounds in the US, hedge funds participated in 63% of startup financings worth more than $200B in 2021.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 7, 2022

2022 brought new connections and perspectives as we met with entrepreneurs, portfolio companies, and ecosystem builders on the ground in startup communities across the country. We’re endlessly energized by the founders we’ve backed, the ecosystems that embraced them, and the teams that take their ideas from vision to reality.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 4, 2023

Maureen Brown, EO Austin, co-founder and CEO, Mosie Baby. And with lockdowns now a thing of the past, we predict travel to also increase from 2022 levels which is a great sign for the industry and for business. David Fastuca, EO Melbourne, CMO and co-founder, Locomote. Richard Phu, EO Sydney, founder and CEO, Outsourcing Angel.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Arnold Shoko of Tanzania is the CEO and co-founder of Samaki Farms, a company that transforms food waste into protein feeds. In the 2022 GSEA Global Finals , Arnold Shoko won the Together We Grow Award for his collaborative spirit. We are an Insect-Tech startup. The 2022/23 GSEA competition season is open. Apply today!

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

And while this May’s economic backdrop was markedly different from last’s , enthusiasm was high and outlooks remained positive for the startup momentum building between the coasts. Roads, bridges, and transport will make or break a city’s ability to grow its startup ecosystem and talent pool. marking its highest level since 2017.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Since the beginning of modern venture capital investing — a relatively nascent asset class — the industry has been biased toward funding what it knows best: founders with familiar demographics (white, male) in familiar geographies (Silicon Valley). One event held by a few investors focused on Black founders is clearly not enough.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 28, 2022

So I saw this tweet by Semil Shah yesterday: A friend who works in an industry far from tech startups & VC asked what would be the single article I’d share to read on each topic. Don’t even bother to try to win a deal where you don’t have good personal chemistry with the founder/CEO.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

At the time, Flipkart and Snapdeal were the only two e-commerce startups in India that had shown a semblance of scale. But as the local startup ecosystem closes one of its toughest years, it’s now staring at another question that it has long been able to brush off as benign: exits. Swaroop’s presentation from 2014.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? What happened? There was no money train.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Joe Hellerstein is co-founder and chief strategy officer of Trifacta and the Jim Gray Chair of Computer Science at UC Berkeley. That is, comparatively speaking, when you consider the data realities we’re facing as we look to 2022. That is, comparatively speaking, when you consider the data realities we’re facing as we look to 2022.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Without a doubt, a good, friendly introduction — ideally from a founder they’ve already invested in — is the best way to get on the radar of an investor. The VC might know their kids’ school teacher pretty well, for example, but the school teacher may not have a lot of startup or investing experience.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on October 3, 2022. The silver lining to the horrors wrought by Covid is that the pandemic opened the venture capital community’s eyes to the world of opportunity beyond the traditional tech startup hubs of California, New York, and Massachusetts.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. Probably not and 10x (May 2022) seems more in line with the historical trend (actually 10x is still high). What is a VC To Do? I can’t speak for every VC, obviously.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Nigerian mobility tech startup Metro Africa Xpress Inc. ( The startup told TechCrunch that it will use the funding to enter Ghana and Egypt by the end of the first quarter of 2022, and other additional markets in Francophone, East and Southern Africa by the close of the same year.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

There is an unprecedented amount of information or knowledge that is now freely available to guide founders (e.g., the free YC Startup School courses). Digital communities and social platforms such as Twitter, Signal NFX, YC’s co-founder matching, and Slack communities (e.g., Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 22, 2023

Register “Young musicians today treat music-making kind of like playing video games,” says PoChang Wu, co-founder of OurSong, an NFT-based platform for music collection and community building. Then in 2022, global markets took a huge hit, and the once booming NFT / crypto space transformed into a bloody battlefield.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2023

Register Korean startup Noutecompany has captured the attention of the world with its ground breaking platform, WeBudding , revolutionizing the digital stationary market. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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Y Combinator

MAY 10, 2023

Curtis Fonger and Matthew Busel met on YC’s Co-Founder Matching (CFM) Platform, a tool we built to help co-founders find each other. Even in early conversations, their fit as co-founders was clear to each of them. What brought you to YC’s Co-Founder Matching Platform?

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 27, 2023

Register Asia is a significant market for startups due to its large and diverse population, as well as its rapidly growing economies. South Korea’s largest accelerator program– the K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) is the unique opportunity for global startups to enter the flourishing market of Asia.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 1, 2022

That is 65 founders and leaders that had not been to a USV Summit, and in some cases, we had not met them in person. Those of us who work in VC and startups can work remotely and get most everything we need done. USV TEAM POSTS: Samson Mesele — Apr 28, 2022 USV 2022 Funds. It really makes a difference.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. But over 90% of Ukrainian startups say they need financial support to survive the war.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Over the past couple of years, there’s been an overlap between tech and art, fueling a growing interest of movie, music and sports stars investing in tech startups. Mr. Eazi (founder of Empawa Africa and investor in PawaPay). According to him, powering artists and people in the creative space should be done in a startup/VC manner.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 7, 2023

Register Bain & Company, a prominent global management consulting firm, has revealed its plans to acquire the Asia-Pacific division of Rainmaking, a renowned venture-building and startup development studio. Both Bain and Rainmaking APAC were selected to participate in the Corporate Venture Launchpad 2.0

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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. This initiative will primarily focus on startups in the series B and series C funding stages.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 19, 2023

A new batch of enterprising New Zealanders are being given the opportunity to fast track their ventures from idea through to startup, thanks to an online education initiative backed by Callaghan Innovation and entrepreneur education platform Startup NZ.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

Microsoft plans to collaborate with the Indian space agency to give Indian space tech startups free access to cloud tools, the two said Thursday, the latest in the U.S. Startups handpicked by ISRO will be onboarded to Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub platform, where they will receive free access to several tools and resources.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2023

As our fellow fintech enthusiast Alex Johnson pointed out , there was one name that stood out on that list for being “not like the others”: fintech startup Brex. So it’s no surprise that we have seen a flurry of financial technology startups offering banking services catered to certain populations based on factors such as age and ethnicity.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on September 28, 2022. “ This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on September 28, 2022. “ According to PitchBook , VC investments were down 30% in Q2 2022 compared with 2021, and IPOs hit a 50-year low. How can you avoid this unnecessary fate?

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 12, 2023

Register Indonesia-based ed-tech startup SoLeLands has successfully secured funding led by venture capital firm East Ventures, with participation from SMDV. Launched in 2022 SoLeLands was established in response to the evolving nature of parenting in today’s world. The exact amount of funding raised was not disclosed.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2024

It was his mobile productivity startup Acompli (later acquired by Microsoft) which first caught my attention. HW: You’ve been a startup founder as well as an executive at larger tech companies. I don’t believe that lack of startup experience should rule someone out from a job at a startup.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Register The South Korea Ministry of SMEs and Startups, in collaboration with the Korea Startup Forum, is set to host the highly anticipated “COMEUP 2023,” set to take place from November 8 to 10 at the renowned Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul.

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