Startup Grind

AUGUST 17, 2018

or incorporated here to raise capital. International founders typically have some combination of these three reasons: a) Access to capital The number one answer is access to capital. c) Attack a huge market If investors don't perceive you to be attacking a huge market, it's extremely difficult to raise capital.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Use alternative financing to fuel VC-level growth without diluting ownership. Alternative financing options such as revenue financing or expense financing are often overshadowed by the VC model, but they can be just as, and sometimes more, useful for SaaS startups, writes Miguel Fernandez, CEO and co-founder of Capchase.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

MAX ) is planning to enter more markets across Africa as it races towards formalizing the continent’s transportation sector after securing $31 million in Series B funding. The funds will also be used to extend vehicle financing credit to over 100,000 drivers in the next two years.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

InstaDeep , a Tunis and London-based enterprise AI startup that creates decision-making systems for solving real-world problems, has raised $100 million in Series B financing led by Alpha Intelligence Capital and CDIB. Other examples are the design of advanced therapeutics with silicon and routing components on a printed circuit board.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Merritt Hummer is a partner at Bain Capital Ventures, where she invests in the fintech, e-commerce and proptech sectors. As a venture capital investor in B2B e-commerce companies, I’m carefully watching the industry and have seen several forward-thinking business models emerge for B2B marketplaces. Merritt Hummer. Contributor.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 18, 2020

To use natural gas as a transportation fuel, it must be compressed so that it has the same energy density as gasoline or diesel liquid fuel. The award money was dedicated to addressing the obstacles and barriers associated with adopting natural gas as a transportation fuel. They recently closed a $2.5M million to date.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

Moove , an African mobility fintech that provides vehicle financing to drivers of ride-hailing platforms like Uber and other gig networks, has raised $105 million in new Series A2 financing. New investors such as AfricInvest, MUFG Innovation Partners, Latitude and Kreos Capital participated. that same year. Image Credits: Moove.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

Nancy Pfund is founder and managing partner of DBL Partners , a venture capital firm whose goal is to combine top-tier financial returns with meaningful social, environmental and economic returns in the regions and sectors in which it invests. Nancy Pfund. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Now, it’s agriculture’s turn.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 25, 2023

In addition, the country is home to some of the world’s biggest names in finance, risk management, insurance brokering, offshore insurance, and captive insurance. Wealth management, risk management, and private banking are three of its expected future growth areas.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. The fourth round of the Transit Tech Lab has launched and is looking for technologists to submit ideas on ways to restore customer confidence in public transportation, improve resilience to weather extremes, and further reduce the region’s carbon footprint.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Collectively , they have raised over $100 million in venture capital. SafeBoda welcomes Google to their community and are excited to continue to drive innovation in informal transportation and payments in the boda boda (East Africa) or okada (West Africa) industry,” said co-founder Ricky Rapa Thomson in a statement.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Already, BasiGo has set up a charging and servicing depot adjacent to the country’s main airport, the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in the capital, Nairobi. The support and knowledge of this investor group will catalyze BasiGo in its mission to make East Africa a leader in inclusive, sustainable bus transport,” he said.

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HPA

MARCH 24, 2021

FourKites , the #1 real-time supply chain visibility platform, today announced a new $100 million Series D financing round. The growth financing is led by Thomas H. The supply chain disruptions from the pandemic accelerated the push for businesses to invest in real-time transportation visibility solutions.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Today, Cairo-based B2B e-commerce startup Capiter continues that trend by raising a $33 million Series A round. The investment was co-led by Quona Capital and MSA Capital. Capiter was launched in July 2020 by Mahmoud Nouh and Ahmed Nouh. Then for merchants, Capiter attends to three problems. The Capiter app.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Sennder , a large digital road freight forwarder based out of Germany, has raised $160 million in Series D financing. The round was led by an unnamed party, but round participants included Accel, Lakestar, HV Capital, Project A and Scania. Digital freight forwarder Forto raises another $50M in round led by Inven Capital.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

’s venture capital fund CapitalG. The company, which runs an app matching truck drivers and merchants transporting cargo and provides financial services to truckers, was formed from a merger between rivals Yunmanman and Huochebang in 2017. The Chinese Uber for trucks Manbang announced Tuesday that it has raised $1.7

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

This week, I covered Zeta, a new startup working on joint finances for modern couples. Here’s what I learned : The success of Zeta hinges on the idea that people want to share their finances in an ongoing and meaningful way, and that the world of finance is ready to shift from individualism to collectivism earlier and louder.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

Mouro Capital — a venture capital fund focused on fintechs and adjacent businesses that is backed by Banco Santander — led the round for the Monterrey, Mexico-based startup. Over time, it has expanded its offerings and now also automates insurance policies for, and provides financing, to its clients. . “In

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2021

Each year TechCrunch brings together founders, investors, CEOs and engineers who are working on all things transportation and mobility. This year’s agenda is filled with leaders in the mobility space who are shaping the future of transportation, from EV charging to autonomous vehicles to urban air taxis.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The company is financing tens of thousands of loans per month, according to chief executive officer and co-founder Travis Holoway, and loan volumes are growing at about 40% monthly, he said. “They’re looking to diversify their capital and deploy it to make returns.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

When starting in Nigeria, most two-wheel ride-hailing startups begin from Lagos, the nation’s hotbed of commerce and transport. While the regulations forced others to pivot into asset financing for bikes and logistics services, SafeBoda was waxing strong with its ride-hailing operations in Ibadan. Chinese and Japanese investors.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

MoveinSync’s Strategic Funding Round This financing round is intended not only for growth but also to provide an opportunity for some of its early investors to partially exit. The company’s other investors include Inventus Capital Partners , Saama Capital, Qualcomm Ventures , and Athera Venture Partners.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

million led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from Designer Fund, Allison Pickens, Akshay Kothari (COO of Notion), Dylan Field (CEO of Figma) John Lily (former CEO of Firefox), Julia and Kevin Hartz, and Keval Desai. Felt is a collaborative software company that wants to make it easier for people to build maps on the internet.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

financing back in 2005, “climate change” was some future event. While technological progress has been on an encouraging trajectory in energy and in transportation thus far, we are nowhere near done, especially in real estate and critical infrastructure. That’s where growth capital and eventually infrastructure investments come in.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Register Baichuan , a Chinese AI startup, has successfully secured $300 million in financing, with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., This funding round is said to be a prominent investment in the Chinese AI industry, as startups like Baichuan plan to capitalize on the growing demand for ChatGPT-like services. Tencent Holdings Ltd.,

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

stake in the three-year-old startup, whereas 42dot’s co-founder and chief executive Chang-Hyeon Song, who interestingly also leads the transportation-as-a-service (TaaS) team at Hyundai Motor, held a 36.19% stake as of December 2021, according to 42dot’s regulatory filing. Hyundai currently owns a 20.4% million) in 42dot.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Estonian on-demand transport firm Bolt is set to roll out electric taxi options in South Africa four months after introducing e-bike food delivery services in the country. This comes as the company expands its services to environmentally friendly modes of transport.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

At the age of 14, Jacklyn Rome saw firsthand how divorce can impact families, and how arguing about finances both during and after the process can impact children. Today, Ensemble is coming out of stealth with $3 million in seed funding from TTV Capital, Lerer Hippeau and Citi Ventures. The experience stuck with her.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Supply chain disruptions — triggered by factors including demand surges, high transportation costs and pandemic-related lockdowns — are expected to continue well into next year, experts predict. Companies are experiencing the brunt of the impact, with 36% of small businesses responding to a 2021 U.S. This has been costly.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The public transport sector in Kenya is largely traditional and a majority of operators, especially those in road travel, still require their clients to physically book tickets at their offices even when making advance travel plans. Others do not have provisions for seat reservation.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Electric vehicle startup BasiGo has today announced the launch of its operations in Nairobi, bringing clean energy options to Kenya’s public transport industry, currently dominated by fossil-fuel buses. . “For years, diesel-powered buses have been the only viable solution for bus operators in Kenya.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Inspiration wants to help commercial fleets go electric, and it has already started by financing electric mobility company Revel’s ride-hail fleet of blue Teslas. The funding comes from ArcLight Capital Partners, a venture fund that invests in energy infrastructure. “Transportation is the largest source of U.S.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Austin’s venture capital scene has been hot for years now, but a pair of local investment firms just closed on new funds aimed at injecting more capital into startups in Austin and elsewhere. What is different is that with a larger fund, they can deploy the capital faster than in previous funds, Plauche said.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

According to Asparouhov, that background, and the time that Bruey spent running his own angel syndicate and working at Bank of America getting a grounding in finance and startups, made him an ideal candidate to run the next startup to be spun out of Founders Fund. Varda is the sort of big swing ambition venture capital was invented for.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The 4Di Capital, Chandaria Capital, Chui Ventures, PANI, Samurai Incubate, and Verdant Frontiers Fintech participated in the round. said Darshan Chandaria, CEO of Chandaria Capital. The startup is also in talks with financial providers to offer asset-financing to help clients expand their fleets. “We

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

per the 2020 report of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). Existing backer World Innovation Lab (WiL) and new investor Mobile Internet Capital co-led the Series B, with participation from other new investors Mercuria Investment, Carta Ventures and Kiraboshi Capital. and the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2021

Swedish autonomous electric vehicle startup Einride is aiming to continue the momentum sparked by partnerships with Oatly and Lidl by seeking additional capital, TechCrunch has learned. . capital markets by storm led, in part, by startups focused on the electrification of mobility. Daimler, Paccar, and Volvo all have plans as well.

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