TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2023

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Zoomo, the Australian startup that builds e-bikes and offers micromobility subscriptions to gig workers and couriers, wants to be the next disruptive electric vehicle company. “We really see ourselves disrupting Rivian,” Mina Nada, CEO and co-founder of Zoomo, told TechCrunch. .”

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Onevest

MARCH 25, 2015

This is the question that we get asked all the time at 1000 Angels , the private investor network that connects startups with investors. Deal Flow There are certainly some advantages to investing more money and energy in fewer startups. Invest in What You Know The very nature of startups is to disrupt and change things.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Finishing is the ripest for disruption. Andrew Ackerman, Dreamit Ventures Dreamit has been actively investing in proptech and contech for the past three years and we are seeing consistent, broad and intense interest in construction robotics across our customer partner network.

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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. This recognition validates the work we are doing to transition to a cleaner global energy footprint,” said Hansen. Since Onboard’s first product launch, the company has generated over $1.5M

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Impact Hub

MARCH 5, 2025

How women innovators in Asia-Pacific are transforming food security, nutrition and climate action With 370+ million people facing undernutrition and climate change disrupting agriculture, these women-led innovations are stepping up to create lasting solutions.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 12, 2025

Networking & Collaboration Building relationships, seeking mentorship, and leveraging partnerships for growth. He has disrupted multiple industriesautomobiles (Tesla), space travel (SpaceX), and even brain-computer interfaces (Neuralink). sustainable energy, interplanetary travel) and builds companies to solve them.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 22, 2018

But he has certainly developed the technology for electric cars to outperform gas-burning vehicles in acceleration, speed, and energy efficiency. And now he is zeroing in on the energy sector and developing sustainable energy storage solutions that could remake energy as we know it.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 21, 2024

That means we spend a lot of time understanding how technical shifts might impact these complex domains — whether that’s the latest deep learning research, or advances in fields like energy or materials science. It means knowing the industry experts, and who is coming up to displace them. Help us think through new technologies (e.g.,

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Indeed, as of 2019, before the temporary COVID disruption, the result was the largest number of jobs at the highest wages and the highest levels of material living standards in the history of the planet. Energy Energy is life. We believe energy should be in an upward spiral. It serves us. All the machines work for us.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Today, disruption is rather slow-paced. Startups are known to disrupt the markets, and this disruption usually ends up in developing totally new demand for its offerings. Such demand and other metrics of a disruptive startup, when represented in the form of a graph, form a shape of a hockey stick.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2021

He didn’t write back to me until I wrote this piece on backing disruption in the middle of the racial equity protests last June. “As It’s something any public transportation rider in New York City intuitively understands—buses are more efficient and cheaper means of moving people by all measurements such as cost and energy.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Dragos was founded in 2016 to detect and respond to threats facing industrial control systems (ICS), the devices critical to the continued operations of power plants, water and energy supplies, and other critical infrastructure. Lee said the company’s priority had been to work on its threat platform, and less selling it.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

However, it quickly evolved into a platform facilitating remote team management for over 40 companies globally, providing job opportunities amidst the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Consider starting as an LP in funds for diversified exposure, access to deal flow, and networking opportunities.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

According to a recent survey from Capgemini, companies see disruption in the supply chain as the top risk to their business growth, ahead of rising raw material prices and the energy crisis. Taken together, it’s thrown the global supply chain for a loop and then some.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

Workrise was founded in 2014 as a marketplace for on-demand services and skilled labor in the energy industry. In a nutshell, it connects skilled laborers with infrastructure and energy companies looking to staff and manage projects efficiently. Fetcher raises $6.5M to automate parts of the recruiting process.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

From our Extra Crunch Live Pitch-offs all the way up to the world-famous Disrupt Startup Battlefield, we can’t get enough of ’em. Network with corporations, VCs, & founders. Networking. Join thousands of investors, corporate executives, startups, and policymakers to network via video chat. Waste Matters.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

With other outlets like media publications WeeTracker and Disrupt Africa disclosing different results for the African venture capital market, we compared and contrasted their results last year. billion while Disrupt Africa, $496 million for the same year. of the total African VC funding counted by Disrupt Africa.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Boston-based AppMap , going through TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield this week, wants to stop this bad code from ever making it into production. We spend a lot of time and energy instrumenting things that are downstream of our application, but we’ve never instrumented the creative process.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

To meet the changing startup landscape, we’re refreshing and reimagining TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in a big way, with more of what you love and new ways to accelerate your growth — new stages, new content, and new opportunities. Oh, and if you were laid off recently, we are offering a free Expo+ pass to TC Disrupt 2023.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

ClimateTech & Energy Prize @ MIT is a competition for student-led climatech startups. It provides mentorship, networking, and equity-free grants up to $50,000. Next Canada’s programs offer a world-class education, exclusive events, an expansive network, and more. We also suggest approaching the school’s angel network.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

In Latin America, the business of trolling threatens Twitter’s disruptive power. In January 2021, Prince Edward Island-based ScreenScape Networks was acquired by Spectrio for an undisclosed fee, then Halifax-based storytelling platform Wattpad was acquired by Naver in a deal worth $600 million. More posts by this contributor.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 4, 2021

You’ll also often hear companies that started in coworking spaces praise the networking benefits of being in a shared space — team collaboration, events and close contact with people in other companies helps startups connect and grow. Green Garage is run at about 10% of the waste, energy and water of a traditional office space.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 26, 2021

Israeli Energy-Tech All Stars Insight and opportunities for new OurCrowd investors. In 2020, Israeli media reported that Iranian hackers had infiltrated the computer network of six facilities controlling Israel’s water systems and disabled a sensor that detects chlorine levels. Boaz Kantor, Technology Partner at Future Energy Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Enjoy breakout sessions, dozens of exhibiting startups and plenty of time to network and recruit — with attendees from around the world. Celina Mikolajczak, vice president, battery technology, Panasonic Energy of North America, Panasonic. Reilly Brennan, founding general partner, Trucks Venture Capital.

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Forward Cities

MARCH 27, 2020

As disruptive as COVID-19 is, new entrepreneurial opportunities will open up because of it. Cities need to be ready to harness this creative energy as part of their response plans. Additionally, with crisis comes opportunity.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

But throw in a global pandemic and the disrupting realities of life and that challenge gets amplified exponentially. Navigating so many life-disrupting changes in such a short amount of time really took a toll. He talks with others outside his network as well as with his peers to vent. Getting Support from a Community of Peers.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

EverActive’s battery-free wireless sensors are powered from harvested energy and deliver continuous cloud-based analytics via solutions built upon advances in ultra-low-power circuit design and wireless communication. RightBrain Networks. EverActive. EverActive has won multiple awards, including a recent 2021 IDEA Innovation Award.

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Startup Blogpost

MAY 19, 2023

This kind of closed network is great for forming close bonds. In organizational theory, it’s called an “execution network.” ” The issue that arises with execution networks is they lack outside input. Mentors are a great way to get that outside input and visibility outside the execution network.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2023

Elsewhere, we spotlight X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, slowing down access to rival websites; Better.com going public; and TC’s impressions of Baldur’s Gate 3. Join us at Disrupt 2023 in San Francisco this September to immerse yourself in all things startup. It’s a lot to get to, so buckle up.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

Eflex Intelligent digital energy for homes and small business 2020 Lumme Lumme Health is a digital behavioral health company with a radically superior approach to facilitating success with weight management and problematic eating patterns. Our technology intervenes during the procedure so the patient will only undergo the procedure once.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This acquisition integrates RLP’s payment services more deeply within the LINE ecosystem, including LINE MAN, LINE SHOPPING, LINE App, and Wongnai’s extensive network of merchants. Read more from AsiaTechDaily: Indonesia’s TBS Energi Acquires Singapore’s Medical Waste Treatment Firm Singapore’s Solar AI Raises $1.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

The pace of disruption on the grid is not being matched by the pace of innovation. million led by Clean Energy Ventures (CEV) , a venture capital firm funding early-stage climate tech innovation, with follow-on participation from National Grid Partners and Blue Bear Capital. ” The company raised $5.5

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

Scouts are typically hired because they are well-networked and credible in an industry, geography, and/or community that a VC is focusing on. This role helps augment the candidate’s profile with personal branding, networks, track record, dealflow, and industry best practices. HOW TO GET A SCOUT ROLE. Solo GP Training. Hawke Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2022

There’s no antidote for uncertainty, but it can be mitigated: dive into your data, activate your personal network, and look for ways to support your co-workers. Battery startups are working to disrupt more than just cars and trucks. ” Battery startups are working to disrupt more than just cars and trucks.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 16, 2021

No one knows this better than entrepreneurs; after all, entrepreneurs in the tech industry created some of the most recognizable gig economy networks, including Uber, Airbnb and Upwork. Instead of hiring a recruiter, you might be better served by pouring your energy into crafting job descriptions for a freelancer network like Upwork.

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OurCrowd

JULY 19, 2021

Other startups fueling this trend include payroll solutions-provider Papaya Global and cybersecurity company JumpCloud, which allows IT managers to track and manage users, devices and platforms on their networks. Lab-produced and plant-based food is disrupting a $6 trillion global food industry.

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