American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Funding supports innovative technology companies that are taking community banks into the future. million to six fintech companies for the second half of 2023. Community Banks, defined by the Federal Reserve as having less than $10 billion in assets, totaled 4,001 in the U.S, as of December 31, 2022, according to the FDIC.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

New investors Sanofi Ventures, Medical Excellence Capital, and Astellas Venture Management join syndicate with founder RA Capital Management Funding supports advancing multiple first-in-class degrader pipeline programs for the treatment of autoimmune, neurological, and other diseases driven by pathogenic extracellular proteins WALTHAM, Mass.,

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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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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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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 1, 2023

The investment from FEBE Ventures will enable HD to strengthen its marketplace further. Following its recent funding round in January, which raised US$6 million from investors, including AC Ventures and M Venture Partners, HD is now setting its sights on achieving profitability by the end of 2023.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 23, 2024

Growth of veteran-owned, Newark-based company will support production of semiconductor components and other advanced technologies for Department of Defense contracts and private-sector clients WILMINGTON, Del. DPP has consulted with PSI for several years and worked with the company since mid-2023 to explore growth opportunities.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

Keep your customer support systems healthy Streamline support To save your organization resources (and your customers a headache), you need an intuitive customer service software that streamlines ticket management and—to put it bluntly—makes your agents not hate their jobs. Nobody has time for that.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 19, 2023

. “We are humbled by the overwhelming support from our investors, rural bank partners, and loyal users. 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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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Request for proposals seeks to support nonprofits leading groundbreaking food security projects Citi Global Perspectives & Solutions (GPS) found through their recent study that the estimated impact of malnutrition on the global economy reaches as high as $3.5 Registration for the Challenge is open to March 22, 2023, at 4 p.m.

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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. Pepper Money aims to revolutionize consumer finance in Tier 2 and 3 cities, leveraging the country’s impressive economic growth and a young, tech-savvy population.

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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? Rowe Price for three years. Congrats on your new role!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

PhonePe has previously said that it plans to raise up to $1 billion as part of the ongoing financing round. “We The firm projects a revenue of $325 million for the calendar year 2022 and $504 million for 2023, according to a valuation report prepared by the auditing firm KPMG and filed by PhonePe in January.

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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. Q-CTRL’s vision has always been to enable all applications of quantum technology. IBM publishes its quantum roadmap, says it will have a 1,000-qubit machine in 2023.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

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. The investment will be used to support this mission through a gynecologic clinical study planned for 2024.

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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 28, 2022

million in financing led by Target Global with participation from Global Founders Capital, Finch Capital, Partech, Market One Capital, and Inovo. The proceeds will support Symmetrical ’s expansion into new European markets and enterprise clients, CEO Piotr Smole? billion by 2023. told TechCrunch via email. ” Smole?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

He cited a Gartner report that “through 2023, data scientists and analysts will lose 60% to 70% of their productive time to activities like finding, preparing, integrating and sharing datasets.”. Other business teams that need to work with data are also taking notice of PopSQL, like marketing, finance and support, Sondhi said.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2023

Though SaaS growth didn’t take as big of a hit as previously thought, Miguel Fernandez, co-founder and CEO of Capchase, told TechCrunch “that SaaS companies did see a shift in their return on investment when sales cycles delayed as buyer’s asked for more flexible financing terms.” over the same period in 2022.

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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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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

New funding to support growing customer demand for the Nobl9 Enterprise Platform WALTHAM, Mass. – January 31, 2023 – Nobl9, the service level observability company, today announced that it has raised $15.8 The research shows business teams (executives, manufacturing, R&D, marketing, finance, etc.)

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

” MARA says it is building a suite of products that address various crypto-finance needs for the African audience. It was a platform that enabled direct payments and distributed accountability — via smart contracts — to stakeholders in a development project.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

That’s the message from Quiq, an AI-powered conversational platform, which today revealed that it closed a $25 million series C financing round led by Baird Capital. They enable agents to serve multiple customers at the same time, boosting productivity. billion globally by 2023, up from $209 million in 2019. human) setups.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

Remote Work and Education Support. Businesses that provide this enabling technology and equipment can capitalize on this with special pricing and promotions. billion in 2023 may grow even faster—and become highly valuable to advertisers. Direct to Consumer Brands. An industry that was already tracking toward US $1.5

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

In 2020, Near posted revenues of $33 million, with estimated revenues of $46 million for 2021, $63 million for 2022 and $91 million for 2023. The company estimates that its gross profit margin for this year will be 72% ($44 million) but equally estimates that EBITDA has been negative and will continue to be until at least 2024.

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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. Between 2006 and 2015, I joined one of the leading Islamic banks in the world, Kuwait Finance House, as the pioneering team to set up its Private Equity Division in Asia.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

The latest layoff “assumes the downturn will last at least through 2023.”. Months after acquiring gamified finance mobile app startup Long Game, Truist Financial Corporation has introduced the Truist Foundry, an innovation division that it says “will function as a startup within the bank.” Image Credits: Kuzma / Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

Co-founder and CEO Kyle Mack said that the new capital will enable Middesk to triple its headcount to 120 employees by 2023 and further develop products in the identity management space. and notifies service providers of changes to its customer base, enabling them to make decisions during and after onboarding.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

Co-founder and CEO Kyle Mack said that the new capital will enable Middesk to triple its headcount to 120 employees by 2023 and further develop products in the identity management space. and notifies service providers of changes to its customer base, enabling them to make decisions during and after onboarding.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 30, 2024

$15 Million Series A supports the startup’s growth with a $10M Net Revenue Run Rate In 2021 real estate fintech startup Backflip launched an all-in-one platform for real estate entrepreneurs to support their acquisition and renovation of single-family homes.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

But with the growth of multi-modal AI models, we see a huge opportunity for robotics to become multipurpose because these models enable common sense and require little training. I think there is a real opportunity for a general purpose robot that supports in the kitchen. How essential is DARPA/defense funding to the category in 2023?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

It’s an initiative that’s meant to run to 2023 set to help these small black-owned businesses with grants of up to $5000. It also builds a good relationship with Black technical support providers and different technology companies. You also get education, support, and other entrepreneurial resources to help you get ahead.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

UK regulatory bodies have advanced that vision through various initiatives—including advancing Open Banking, enacting trust-instilling consumer protections , and supporting emerging fintech companies at early stages. This enabled them to unlock further funding as VC-backed growth companies over time.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

” George is a two-time founder, having previously launched Bridj, a platform that supports on-demand public transportation providers. Even with over $100 million in funding, Merlin isn’t as well-financed as some of its competitors. Bridj gained modest traction in Boston, Washington, D.C., and New Zealand.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Of the sub-verticals in construction that tend to cost the most (structural support like concrete and steel or mechanical and plumbing), not many can be automated because of the complexity of the task. We have also staffed our URBAN-X accelerator program with dedicated experts to provide software and hardware support.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2023

I don’t have details as to what led to the latter company winding down its operations, but I suspect we’ll be seeing more of this sort of thing in 2023. While I’m sure there were already many down rounds in 2022, Tung expects we’ll see even more in 2023 as startups that had raised in 2021 began to get low on cash.

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The Zapier Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

Regularly available support and onboarding options also contribute to a more productive user experience. To top it off, Zoho offers inexpensive add-on suites—Finance, Custom Apps, and Forms, to name a few—for easy integration. That said, it has a solid self-support center, and from what I've read, responsive customer service.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2023

But in 2023, it appears that fintech companies have to work harder to get funding. billion in Q2 2023. billion in Q2 2023. We’ve seen many of our portfolio companies adopt AI to increase efficiency, improve automation, and enable faster communication with their customers,” said Lizzie Guynn, a partner at TTV Capital.

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