TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Vartana also secured a $50 million line of credit from i80 Group, which Kella says will ensure financed deals can be managed through Vartana’s new capital marketplace. Image Credits: Vartana On the capital marketplace side, Vartana-developed algorithms normalize data, rate each buyer and extend debt financing offers.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

Walmart, which owns the majority of PhonePe, has invested $200 million into the startup. PhonePe has previously said that it plans to raise up to $1 billion as part of the ongoing financing round. “We Walmart invests $200 million in Indian mobile payments giant PhonePe by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 13, 2023

Funding Will Grow Medication Adherence Services for Medicaid and Other Under-resourced Populations Baltimore, MD (April 12, 2023) – Scene Health , the leading medication engagement company, has closed an oversubscribed $17.7 This financing brings the total investment in Scene to over $25 million since its founding in 2014.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

March 5, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) held the first in-person meeting of the Diversity Finance Advisory Board (DFAB) last week, bringing together a diverse group of investors, entrepreneurs, and mentors for presentations and networking sessions.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

– January 31, 2023 – Nobl9, the service level observability company, today announced that it has raised $15.8 million from strategic investors ServiceNow and Cisco Investments, and existing investors including Battery Ventures and CRV. We are excited to invest in Nobl9’s latest round and watch as they transform the space.”

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

February 16, 2023 – Avilar Therapeutics , a biopharmaceutical company focused on extracellular protein degradation, today announced it has raised additional funding with an expanded syndicate of new investors to support advancing a pipeline of first-in-class extracellular protein degraders. For more information, please visit www.racap.com.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 30, 2023

Register Joseph Lee has a strong track record in the finance industry throughout his career to date. Together with the rest of the Kairous investment team, the firm has collected more than 80 years of investment experience within the private equity and venture capital space across Greater China and the Southeast Asia (SEA) region.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 31, 2023

The share of AI-enabled web searches approaches 50% of all consumer search as consumer behavior patterns evolve, especially on mobile. The BTC ETF drives a resurgence in interest in web3 financing. The hangover from web3’s raucous 2022 extends into 2023. PE Public Take-Private in 2023 Value, $b 1 Coupa 8 2 New Relic 6.5

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Led by MK Capital, New Funding Will Accelerate Further Research and Development of Optilogic’s Cloud-Native SaaS Solution [ANN ARBOR, January 31, 2023] Supply chain design software innovator Optilogic has secured $13 million in financing, led by MK Capital, a venture capital firm focused on supporting innovative B2B software companies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

M-KOPA’s financing platform has proved helpful to this set of users since launching as an energy provider in 2011. The company, which enables underbanked customers in select African markets to access a broad range of products and services without collateral or a guarantor, announced today that it has raised $75 million.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Viva Republica, an operator of South Korean finance super app Toss , has finalized a $405 million Series G funding and it says it is now valued at 9.1 Korea Investment & Securities participated in the latest funding as well. Toss joined the unicorn club with its $80 million financing at a valuation of $ 1.2 billion (8.5

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 1, 2023

Register Thailand’s health-tech company, HD , has secured investment from FEBE Ventures , a well-known venture capital firm headquartered in Vietnam. The investment from FEBE Ventures will enable HD to strengthen its marketplace further. The venture aims to validate, support, and invest in early-stage healthcare startups.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Andreessen Horowitz, Giant Ventures, Blue Horizon, Thia Ventures and other venture funds active in decarbonization were part of the investment. On the investor side, the company said it is building an underwriting model to provide ESG investment opportunities. They expect to break ground on the facility in the third quarter of 2023.

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Red Rocket

MAY 22, 2024

CB Insights, a leading research organization that tracks venture capital financings, recently released its report on t he state of the venture capital market in 2023. Gone are the days of “unicorn” creation (companies worth more than $1 billion), mega-sized financings, and excessive valuations.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 16, 2023

One of the chosen startups is Dowsure, originating from Mainland China, which specializes in providing digital financing experiences to cross-border merchants operating on global e-commerce platforms. By partnering with Plug and Play, a renowned global innovation platform, Visa strengthens the impact of the Visa Accelerator Program 2023.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

The app brings convenience to parents too as it enables them to send money to their children, and to monitor their spending and saving habits. It also plans on partnering with teen-led businesses to enable them sell on the app, in addition to discount partnerships with brands that are popular with Gen Z. Image Credits : Zywa.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

Register Global consumer finance company, Pepper Group , has announced its plans to enter the Indian market with a new fintech startup under the brand name Pepper Money. The company will invest $150 million over the next four years to establish its presence in India, targeting the untapped potential of smaller cities.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 19, 2023

Register Komunal has announced that it secured new investments amounting to $8.5 It was very fulfilling to see how digitalization has helped our rural bank partners to thrive during the pandemic recovery period and enabled our loyal users to access attractive deposit and loan products digitally.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The investment and finance industry is no exception. Technology such as AI has digitized the finance sector, ranging from payments and remittances to lending. Akros intends to strengthen strategic ties with Z Holdings via strategic investment, the startup said. Artificial intelligence is taking over almost every industry.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 27, 2023

Revolutionizing Medical AI Development MINNEAPOLIS — (June 27, 2023) — Flywheel , the leading medical imaging data and AI platform, announces it has raised $54 million in Series D funding with more to come soon. Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP served as counsel to Flywheel in connection with the financing.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2022

And that’s exactly what happened; the result was Future Family saw its gross transaction volume — the volume of patients it was financing — jump 300% in 2021. She expects an even faster pace of growth for this year and in 2023 as many people have now navigated the pandemic. The company also doubled its headcount.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The transaction announced Tuesday is part of a complex deal that includes Uber investing $75 million into Joby and an expanded partnership between the two companies. Joby was the first partner to commit to deploying air taxi services by 2023. Uber has invested a total of $125 million into the startup.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

Kneron declined to disclose the dollar amount of the investment from Foxconn and Winbond due to investor requests but said it was an “eight figures” deal, founder and CEO Albert Liu told TechCrunch in an interview. Six-year-old SenseTime has raised about $2.6 billion to date, while nine-year-old Megvii has banked about $1.4

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Having learned that over 770 million people around the world suffer from some form of malnutrition, Brandee McHale, President of the Citi Foundation and Head of Citi Community Investing and Development, expresses Citi’s commitment to lessen food insecurity and to positively impact millions of lives.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The latest funding will support hiring staff and enable new data-as-a-service markets powered by quantum sensing, founder and CEO of Q-CTRL Michael Biercuk said. It also will continue to invest in developing its quantum control for quantum computing and quantum sensing for acceleration, gravity and magnetic fields, Biercuk added.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

And unlike in developed countries where systems are set in place to help people with vehicle financing, it is almost non-existent in developing markets such as Egypt, where only about 5% of used cars are financed. . “So Mazen said Sylndr plans to open up to buyers in Q4 this year or Q1 2023.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

Venture capital investors focused on food tech are calling 2023 the year when alternative seafood startups will make notable strides. Meanwhile, investors expect 40 investments to be made in this sector this year, up from 36 in 2022, according to the Good Food Institute’s annual investor report.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

“With the capital, we will continue to focus on engagement and adoption, collaboration, governance, lineage, and on APIs and SDKs to enable us to be open and extensible,” Sangani said via email. In another win for Alation, the investment from Databricks Ventures is strategic, Sangani says.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2023

That’s why we have so many repetitive neobanks, social investing apps, etc. Christine also wrote about the District of Columbia Attorney General announcing an agreement with SoLo Funds, a fintech company that enables peer-to-peer lending, to settle a lawsuit that alleged SoLo Funds engaged in predatory lending practices.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

In her expanded role, which still includes serving as the company’s COO, Dufétel oversees all operational and go-to-market teams, including finance and marketing. Finance in 2021, and to Fortune’s 40 under 40 in 2020. What is ahead for Checkout.com in 2023? What do you see overall for the payments industry in 2023?

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Investment will accelerate advancements of the MIRA Surgical System LINCOLN, Neb. September 19, 2023 – Virtual Incision Corporation , the developer of the world’s first miniaturized robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) system, today announced a $30 million extension to its previous $46 million Series C financing.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

PeopleFund, a South Korean marketplace that connects borrowers and investors to enable lending, has recently added $20 million to its $63.4 Apart from the capital, PeopleFund also secured $240 million in debt financing in 2022 from Goldman Sachs, CLSA Lending Ark Asia and Bain Capital. million Series C. In 2021, PeopleFund raised $63.4

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

million in financing led by Target Global with participation from Global Founders Capital, Finch Capital, Partech, Market One Capital, and Inovo. previously cofounded Turbine Analytics, an investment information processing company based in Poland. billion by 2023. ” Image Credits: Symmetry.ai. ”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

Technology that enables people to live longer on their own (not as big a factor in other countries where it is normal for multi-generational households to exist) and to take ownership of their health and care is on the rise. Silver tech – Life expectancy is on the rise and the U.S. But, for us, the big bet is in the bowels.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 26, 2023

April 25, 2023 ) – Fisher’s Popcorn , whichhas produced hand-craftedgourmet popcorn in Delaware for 40 years, has chosen Frankford, Delaware, as the location for a new $4.85 This new facility will enable Fisher’s Popcorn to better serve its existing customers and grow its production and wholesale operations.” WILMINGTON, Del.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

Investments began flooding into robotics around this time. Slowed investments have been compounded by continued economic woes and the recent bank collapses have further shaken confidence. What role have the pandemic, slowing economy and recent bank crisis had on your investments? Where is the Instant Pot of stir fry?

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Here are my predictions for 2022: Web3 consumer products go fully mainstream with more than 35% of Americans, about 100m people, engaging with them by 2023. Improved infrastructure enables new applications, which attract more users. Silicon Valley falls to below 20% in all venture financing. VCs invested $10b per year.

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