AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 27, 2024

Nikon Corporation has announced the launch of the NFocus Fund, a new private fund established in partnership with Geodesic Capital. As the anchor limited partner, Nikon has invested in this […]

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The European Investment Bank (EIB) Global has committed to investing up to $40 million in the private equity fund Amicus Capital Partners Fund II, focusing on supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across various sectors in India.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined. Family office investments increased by 5x , and corporate venture investments rose 6x , thus opening new capital avenues for founders who found it difficult to raise capital.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Delve into his story as it unfolds with lessons from filmmaking, startup ventures, and the fascinating world of technology innovations and investing. This gave me a front-row seat to the world of tech/innovation, and I began making some personal angel investments along the way.”

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500

OCTOBER 25, 2019

How has corporate venture capital changed? Conventional wisdom dictated that incumbents should focus their innovation efforts on R&D and growing their cash cows while investing in a few startups. But the rate of change has accelerated and with it, the balance of internal versus external investment.

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500

MARCH 26, 2020

When I moved to San Francisco in 2012, I was working on my fourth startup and looking to join an accelerator. 500 immediately stood out to me, not only for their reputation as one of the top accelerators in Silicon Valley, but also because they seemed to be one of the few VCs at the time that recognized that true entrepreneurship was blind.

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Gust

MARCH 21, 2016

With startup growth up 61% since 2014 and more investment programs emerging, it can be overwhelming for founders to know just where to jump in. As the most startup-friendly accelerator on the planet, MassChallenge has helped 835 startup companies around the world, who have raised over $1.1 We have seen startups at. Read more >.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The company’s recent close of a Series C round was led by Development Partners International’s African Development Partners (ADP) III Fund, joined by first-time investors G oogle’s Africa Investment Fund and Verod Capital – a leading African private equity firm.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Revolution Growth’s Latest Investment in Healthcare and AI: Pathos, the Company Re-Engineering the Drug Development Process The oversubscribed $62M Series C will be used to expand the team, accelerate platform development, and advance its clinical-stage pipeline of precision oncology therapeutics.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

One of the ways that those pots of cash are being invested is through venture capital, which means the money flows to the coasts — New York, Boston, Silicon Valley. “These communities are taking their dollars and investing it elsewhere. ” “Where we invest, there was not a lot of capital yesterday.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today launched a new program, AWS Impact Accelerator , that will give up to $30 million to early-stage startups led by Black, Latino, LGBTQIA+ and women founders. But critics contend that AWS Impact Accelerator doesn’t go far enough in supporting historically marginalized entrepreneurs.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Register Ficus Capital has announced that it invested $400,000 in Assemblr , a Bandung-based start-up that is focused on helping users to create AR content via its web-based platform. Assemblr is Ficus Capital’s first investment outside of Malaysia. Remember Me. No account yet? Mavcap is the fund’s anchor investor.

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500

OCTOBER 4, 2019

If 500 has learned one thing from investing in over 75 countries, it’s the importance of placing bets in all the right founders and helping build ecosystems for them to thrive in. The post 500 Around the World: Takeaways from the Sberbank-500 Accelerator appeared first on 500 Startups. Thirty hand-selected startups took.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Internet giant Google announced today that it has made the first investment from its Africa Investment Fund in Ugandan super app SafeBoda. Before launching the fund, Google proved helpful in startups’ journeys via its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa program. Google sets up $50M fund to invest in African startups.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

The D’Amelio family, including TikTok stars and digital creators Charli D’Amelio and sister Dixie , are formalizing their investments in startups with the launch of a new VC fund, 444 Capital. He and Renert had discussions about putting such a fund together, which has a similar focus as Tandem Capital.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Triet Nguyen (pronounced like Trent but without the N), Senior Associate at Render Capital. Born in Vietnam and raised in Texas, he recently relocated to Louisville, Kentucky, upon joining Render Capital earlier this year. How did you break into tech investing?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

Collin Wallace Contributor Collin Wallace is a Techstars managing director leading the Silicon Valley-based accelerator program. Would it have been better for many of them to have not taken excessive levels of venture capital in the first place? As an investor, my job is to put capital to work. billion into startups.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Africa’s largest innovation hub Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), is launching a $15 million accelerator program, dubbed The Edtech Fellowship Program, to back and support 72 startups across Nigeria and Kenya over the next three years, TechCrunch has learned. One, the edtech space is highly regulated, more than the casual tech observer might think.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

SparkLabs Korea , a Seoul-based seed to early-stage accelerator, held a demo Day on Thursday for its 19th cohort of companies. The latest demo day marks its tenth year after SparkLabs launched its accelerator program in December 2012. and Asia. . SparkLabs is currently open to applications for its 20th batch program until November 11.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

In recent years, the tech and venture scene in Latin America has been growing at an accelerated pace. They’re also investing in funds. Today, Volpe Capital announced the $80 million first close of its fund targeting high growth technology investments in Latin America. Reider formerly invested at Warburg Pincus.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 17, 2024

NJ FAST will allow for new entrepreneurs to bring their world-class ideas to New Jersey, increasing our state’s already impressive talent pool, all while capitalizing on the resources and expertise of our partners at Stevens Institute of Technology. Pending approval by its Board, the NJEDA intends to invest up to $17.5

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Register Startup accelerator Archipelago Labs (A-Labs) has launched a $10 million Web3 fund to invest and accelerate the growth of the most promising startups and talents in the Philippines ’ Web3 ecosystem. Backed by reputable partners from the Philippine Digital Asset Exchange (PDAX), Oak Drive Ventures Inc.,

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500

JUNE 9, 2020

From taking all aspects of our accelerators digital (including our Demo Day) to rethinking the opportunities of the future, we’ve taken this moment to analyze what innovations can come from this time and new opportunities that arise from our changing environment. As a VC firm, we’ve had to adapt many aspects of our business as well.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. Dan Kozikowski, Partner and Head of Platform, First Mark Capital , said to me, “Firms should match services to the stage-specific needs of companies. Organize events in your vertical. Fundraising.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 8, 2024

Orange Inc., a manga localization technology company, has successfully completed its pre-Series A financing round, raising JPY 2.92 billion (USD 19.5 The Japanese startup, which specializes in translating manga […]

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Revolution

JANUARY 18, 2024

Revolution Ventures Invests in Kashable, the Fintech Leading the Socially Responsible, Employer-Sponsored Credit Movement The $25.6M Revolution Ventures is thrilled to partner with Kashable and help the team accelerate its vision to help all working Americans forge a path to financial security. For more on Kashable, visit kashable.com.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

The world’s 10 leading venture capital firms have, together, invested over $150 billion in technology startups. There is a startling lack of diversity within the venture capital sector. Unsurprisingly, they all too often ignore the broader societal and human rights implications of these investment decisions.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Inferencing chips accelerate the AI inferencing process, which is where AI systems generate outputs (e.g., “Most companies that can leverage AI don’t have the funds nor the huge R&D that Amazon, Meta and other huge companies investing in AI have. . The growing demand for AI, particularly generative AI (i.e.,

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

To create a pathway for market success, startups need two essential assets groups: venture capital and creative capital. Venture capital is formed of the financial and operational assets invested in a new, unproven business enterprise. So what is creative capital? Why creative capital?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

Microsoft has today announced plans to support 10,000 startups in Africa over the next five years through a series of initiatives including partnerships with accelerators and incubators across the continent. Microsoft said that it is already working with Banque Misr, Global Venture Capital and Get Funded Capital.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 25, 2024

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (Ben Franklin CNP) continues its mission of catalyzing innovation and fostering growth in the technology sector with its recent investments in four dynamic companies. Flat5 , located in Lewistown : Flat5 offers a transparent and automated solution to streamline the trucking industry.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Thanks to David Bogoslaw for covering our new partnership in today’s Venture Capital Journal. I’m pleased to announce a strategic partnership between Coolwater Capital and Versatile VC. Coolwater is an investor in VC funds and runs an accelerator for emerging VC fund managers. Accelerate Coolwater community funds.

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American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 6, 2024

Identify and access management company Okta will award up to $500K as an investment to the winner of its inaugural SaaS startup competition. In addition to an investment of up to $500K, the winner will have access to a global network of identity management experts and venture capitalists. No purchase is necessary to compete.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 18, 2023

The company’s mission to reduce home-based fossil fuel dependency has attracted additional support from Incite Ventures, MCJ Collective, Garage Capital, Climate Capital, and Spacecadet. Lambert served as Director at Google’s Area 120, where he led the division’s sustainability investments.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2022

Even to outsiders, the inner workings of startup accelerators has become familiar: pumped up on camaraderie and energy drinks, scrappy founders do product demos onstage before a room full of buzzy journalists and investors. Signaling risk happens when a VC chooses to not do pro rata, or follow-on investing, in an existing portfolio company.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

However, I believe that accelerators can be the glue bringing the two together. I’ve participated in a number of accelerators, including Disney and Techstars, and these programs gave me a noticeable advantage when I stepped into VC. Accelerators are hubs for diversity.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

million from strategic investors ServiceNow and Cisco Investments, and existing investors including Battery Ventures and CRV. We are thrilled that both ServiceNow and Cisco Investments have chosen to invest in Nobl9.” We are excited to invest in Nobl9’s latest round and watch as they transform the space.”

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