Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Silicon Valley peer-to-peer car rental startup Getaround has secured a $25 million loan from Horizon Technology Finance Corporation. The financing announcement comes one month after Getaround raised $140 million from investors, including SoftBank Vision Fund, Menlo Ventures, Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus’ Reinvent Capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

In fact, while a general partner with Flagship Pioneering over the last 15 years, David Berry has started more than 30 companies, five of which trade publicly right now: Seres Therapeutics, Sensen Bio, Evelo Biosciences, T2 Biosystems, and Axcella Health. Is there a way to make it clearer to outsiders why this platform is so unique?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

The Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, an incubator based in New York, is introducing 12 new companies at its 20th demo day tomorrow. It does this by giving lenders a better way to engage with mortgage customers, matching them proactively with borrowers with personal finance counseling that creates liquidity across household expenses.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

Maintaining tight control over your finances will help you navigate the ups and downs of the entrepreneurial journey. Consider attending startup events, joining incubators or accelerators, and seeking out people in your industry who are open to mentoring. Did you mismanage your finances? Was the product-market fit wrong?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

Alex Haro says that when they only had a few weeks of runway left and weren’t sure if their next round of financing was going to close, they tried every crazy idea they could think of. He is a successful entrepreneur, video game pioneer and venture capitalist and founder of the startup accelerator Play Labs @ MIT.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

A big area where this exists prominently is in finance, he argues, leaving consumers in a spot where they need a financial platform that helps them when they have a fever (overspend) instead of when they’re feeling ambitious (after their New Year’s resolution). Activation edtech.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Our investment will accelerate the adoption of electric buses through an innovative finance model, leading to a vastly improved experience for commuters as well as better air quality in dense urban neighborhoods”, said Novastar Ventures partner Sapna Shah.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

When Keto Kitchen had good sales in the first quarter, Meyer went to the bank to ask for expansion financing and recalled the banker asking him what a ghost kitchen was. That told him there was an opportunity for a data-driven financing tool for these types of restaurants. The project is backed by Kelli Jones of Sixty8 Capital.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Today, a dozen new companies launched out of the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator in New York City. Thus far, nearly 250 startups have graduated out of the accelerator, collectively having raised more than $1 billion in capital. So without any further ado, here are the startups graduating out of the summer 2021 ERA class.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Tonik’s acquisition of TendoPay is a testament of our passion for accelerating financial and credit inclusion in the Philippines. The firm’s operation is led by a team of retail finance veterans who have previously built and scaled multiple retail banks and fintechs across global emerging markets.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Remedial Health has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding to digitize pharmacies and stem the supply of fake and substandard pharmaceutical products, starting with Nigeria before expanding to the rest of Africa. Image Credits: Remedial Health. That business was pretty small.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Phable, a three-year-old health tech startup that is serving patients with chronic illnesses in India, has raised $12 million in a new financing round as it looks to scale in the world’s second most populated nation. Does early-stage health tech need more ‘patient’ capital?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

While finance and media are typically concentrated in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, a city of three million in the state of Bahia, is considered one of Brazil’s cultural capitals. More recently, a “Black Silicon Valley” is beginning to take shape in Salvador da Bahia.

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Revolution

JUNE 15, 2023

CAVA’s founders had a vision to bring heritage, heart, health, and innovation to the fast-casual sector. CAVA’s future as a public company looks bright, and Revolution Growth is incredibly proud to have partnered with the company to help bring its vision of food with heart, health, and humanity to fruition. Maryland, and Virginia.

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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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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Register FathomX , a Singapore-based digital health AI company , announced that it raised a pre-Series A fund of S$2.24 million) in the lead up to its Series A financing. The funding will also further accelerate the pace of product development, regulatory approvals and broaden the platform for research and commercial collaborations.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The collaborative kicked off with 50 participating startups, including Voiceitt , Rendever , Trust & Will and Mighty Health. Miller said the idea stemmed from AARP Innovation Labs, an accelerator he leads, which was attracting some 30 companies, but was not able to provide access to AARP’s membership.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Based in Bangladesh, Maya is dedicated to making it easier for women to get healthcare, especially for sensitive issues like reproductive and mental health. At the time, Russell worked in finance. Many have to do with sexual or reproductive health and the platform has also seen an increase in questions about mental health.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

In a region where more than half of the population is either unbanked or underbanked , these open finance players are trying to improve financial inclusion on the continent. However, for Hassan, Mono’s play overlaps open finance and open banking. Getting into the accelerator helps Mono with one of its biggest challenges.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Thanks not to Public, really, but M1 Finance, a Midwest-based consumer fintech that has a stock-buying function amongst its other services (more on it here ). Oscar Health filed, and it doesn’t look super strong. This Koa Health round , for example. Digital transformation is going to accelerate even more rapidly in 2021.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

ArborMetrix is an Ann Arbor startup dedicated to improving health care outcomes using data models and health care analytics for improved research. It accelerates enrollment and improve retainment of trial participants. Honesti is a mental health app for college students founded by students at the University of Michigan.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Midsize businesses are critical to the health of our economy and communities. While that is encouraging, those companies are facing challenges to their growth that includes: gaining a ccess to capital and advisory services, receiving growth financing and creation and implementation of strategic business and innovation plans.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

“We are helping e-commerce and marketing entrepreneurs understand their business financial health, giving them the right tools (credit plus cash-back) to improve it and grow, while at the same time automating their workload (fetching invoices and matching them to transactions).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The Series C financing round was co-led by investors Indico Capital and the European Investment Bank, with “strong support” from Iberis Capital and existing investors including LeadX Capital Partners , Omnes Capital and Pathena. The company previously raised a Series B financing round of €22 million.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

million in funding from government investment firms and traditional accelerators like SOSV, with a tech that the company claims can give vertical farms a better way to monitor and manage nutrients and water quality. Roughly three years ago, the two hit on the idea for a combined toolkit for water quality monitoring and soil health.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

This round saw the participation of marquee investors such as global pharma Sanofi’s Global Health Unit and Cercano Management (formerly Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital) and existing investors Susquehanna International Group (SIG), Johnson & Johnson and Patamar Capital.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

and Nigerian-based company is announcing a financing round of $3.15 So far, RxAll has stayed alive by winning grants and prize monies at competitions, with some equity financing from the likes of Africa-focused accelerator Founders Factory Africa. Alonge sees RxAll as a pioneer in the world of deep tech mixed with health tech.

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HPA

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The company will use the new funding to focus on strategic channel growth and for product and market expansion including its digital twin technology for optimizing building environment and health. With a career in finance, government and mobility, Steve brings a unique perspective on how to successfully grow companies.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Venture capital firms, which provide equity financing for early- and growth-stage startups, play a critical gatekeeper role, deciding which new technologies and technology companies will receive funding. Amnesty International recently surveyed the world’s largest venture capital firms and startup accelerators.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2023

” This ordeal motivated Choi to start a company to help people detect health risks early, even before symptoms appear. SBI Investment led the latest financing with new investor Woori Venture Partners and previous backers BNK Venture Capital, Innopolis Partners and IPS Ventures participating.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

Coursera’s S-1 filing offers a glimpse into the finances of how an edtech company, accelerated by the pandemic, performed over the past year. Coursera was last valued at $2.4 billion by the private markets, when it most recently raised a Series F round in October 2020 that was worth $130 million. In 2020, Coursera saw $293.5

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

Johannesburg-based investment company Founders Factory Africa (FFA) today announced a partnership with Small Foundation that will see it select 18 agritech startups for an acceleration and incubation program. Founders Factory Africa and Netcare to fund 35 health-tech startups. billion raised by African startups.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2023

Asking people for money is a key aspect of every founder’s journey, but Techstars Managing Director Collin Wallace says it can also “accelerate your demise.” .” (I bet you would, too.)

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The combined picture that appears is one of an active market, likely accelerated by the IPOs of insurtech unicorns Lemonade and Root, Hippo’s latest megaround and Metromile’s impending public debut via a blank-check company. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Before becoming a VC firm, Savannah Fund started as an accelerator program in Kenya. It has secured a first close led by International Finance Corporation (IFC) with participation from the Women’s Finance Initiative (WeFi). Startups who got accepted participated in cohorts for three months and received up to $30,000 in funding.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

The commitment is contained under the 24/7 Carbon-free Energy Compact , by leading energy buyers, suppliers, equipment manufacturers and governments, representing a global effort to accelerate the uptake of carbon-free electricity as a way of averting the perilous effects of climate change.

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