Revolution

MARCH 26, 2025

Weve made these investments because we are constantly impressed by the remarkable talent and groundbreaking innovations emerging in these communitieswhere fresh ideas intersect with deep, legacy expertise. In 2011, I was part of the Presidents Council on Jobs and Competitiveness with several other leaders in finance and tech.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 16, 2025

In a significant step toward accelerating the global transition to renewable energy, Terabase Energy has successfully raised $130 million in a Series C financing round. The surge in energy demand, particularly from AI data centers, underscores the urgency of scalable, sustainable solutions, Matsui noted.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

A clutch of the world’s largest consumer products and food companies are joining Budweiser’s parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev in backing an investment program to support early-stage companies focused on making supply chains more sustainable.

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Revolution

APRIL 20, 2023

Where They’re Headed: This latest round of financing brings Carbon Robotics’ total funding to-date to $72 million. Revolution Growth is excited to partner with Carbon Robotics to unlock the power of AI for one of the oldest industries in the world, paving the way for more farmers to adopt sustainable farming practices at scale.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 28, 2021

She is also the award-winning author of Material Value: More Sustainable, Less Wasteful Manufacturing of Everything from Cell Phones to Cleaning Products. Here’s the difference: A hobby or side hustle involves a discretionary investment of time and money. You’re in charge of operations, sales, marketing and finance.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 4, 2019

What advice would you give to entrepreneurs and professionals looking to finance their business? Angel investors or venture capitalists will require that entrepreneurs sell shares (equity) of their companies for investment. Further reading: Beat burnout: Strive for sustainable success. 5 ways to manage burnout.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

This happens slowly because while public markets trade daily and prices then adjust instantly, private markets don’t get reset until follow-on financing rounds happen which can take 6–24 months. Across more than 10 years we have kept the size of our Seed investments between $2–3.5 This translates to about 12–15 investments.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 30, 2021

We are brainstorming a new solution to a widespread challenge in many countries: how to develop a self-sustaining, independent local tech ecosystem. have created or supported funds to invest in local VC managers. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School. . all bear the marks of government investment.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Let’s look at six reasons to invest in tech startups that hail from Ukraine. The country also has a strong educational infrastructure for the study of tech, mathematics, finance and economics. The combination of such discipline and export-oriented product development is a fail-proof mix for sustainable growth.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

I have been investing in developer tools since the earliest days of my VC career. The first investment I led in the late 80s was a financing that provided the funds to acquire a programming editor called Brief. That investment worked out but we didn’t make a lot of money on it. It was a text-based editor for PCs.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Finance teams worldwide emerged as strategic leaders for startups with the onset of the pandemic by recognizing ways to efficiently manage remote teams, their finances, company operations and associated cost-cutting mechanisms. What challenges do remote finance teams face? 4 ways to empower remote finance teams.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Meniga says the funding will be used for continued investment in R&D, and in particular further development of green banking products — building on its carbon spending insights product. Also participating are Industrifonden, the U.K. Government’s Future Fund and existing customers UniCredit, Swedbank, Groupe BPCE and Íslandsbanki.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The unprecedented explosion of investment in life sciences over the past decade has resulted in incredible new therapies for patients, strong financial returns for companies and an overall increase in translational research, which is critical to advancing the next generation of therapies. Share on Twitter.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

We named this summit after a report we wrote with Pitchbook at the end of 2021 to explore the impact of the pandemic on investment patterns. To make it easier to toggle between the three, there needs to be significant policy, financing, and physical transformation. There are untold impacts of climate change many of us don’t see.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Juno , a proptech startup which aims to build more sustainable and affordable apartment buildings, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round. Comcast Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Real Estate Technology (RET) Ventures co-led the financing, which brings the company’s total raised to $32 million since its 2019 inception.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

And while over the past few years we have been laser-focused on cash returns, we are equally planting seeds for our next 10–15 years of returns by actively investing in today’s market. We are excited to share the news that we have raised $650 million across three vehicles to allow us to continue making investments for many years ahead.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Register Binance, the llobal blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, has invested in GOPAX, a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange licensed to provide fiat-to-crypto services to customers. The investment was part of Binance’s Industry Recovery Initiative (IRI), according to the announcement.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

Shots on Goal Being great as a startup technology investor of course requires a lot of things to come together: You need to have strong insights into where technology markets are heading and where value in the future will be created and sustained You need be perfect with your market timing. Being too early is the same as being wrong.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs.

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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. Africa is home to more than a billion people, where a majority have limited or no access to vehicle financing. that same year.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

We are brainstorming a new solution to a widespread challenge in many countries: How to develop a self-sustaining, independent local tech ecosystem. have created or supported funds to invest in local VC managers. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School. all bear the marks of government investment.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 28, 2021

STATE COLLEGE, PA – Fourteen companies located in central and northern PA recently received an investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners that will allow them to further develop and commercialize new products, processes, or software applications. We Invest in Innovation. Visit [link]. www.accountabilitytech.com.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 4, 2023

Outside investment is not mandatory when starting a business. It’s a misconception that to IPO or exit successfully, you must have outside financing and investor capital. In other words, be wary of capital investments from a source that may shift control or dilute objectives. To raise or not to raise?

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Hunter Walk

MARCH 10, 2025

One byproduct of this movement, especially during the blitzscaling era , were new startups in areas such as finance, healthcare, housing, education, using venture capital to acquire customers at accelerated rates. I’ve said before this is one reason why we are very very careful about investing in addiction or mental health startups.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 22, 2020

Uncertainty in our lives is a given, particularly when it comes to our finances. YLAI Network members who learn how to be resilient and how to plan for the unexpected are best positioned to sustain themselves and their businesses during uncertain times. By Ana Gonzalez. How diverse are your sources of income?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 23, 2021

All business scorecards should reflect a company’s finances, customer interactions, internal workflows, and growth/learning initiatives. Calculating your business ratio will show you how much money you can put into strategic investments. It will also give you an idea of how far away or near to your annual projections you already are.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

Investments began flooding into robotics around this time. Slowed investments have been compounded by continued economic woes and the recent bank collapses have further shaken confidence. What role have the pandemic, slowing economy and recent bank crisis had on your investments? It’s just a financing question.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

We were invited to participate by the Global Leaders Initiative, which aims to bring key networks together to find solutions that address the challenges of sustainable development. My biggest realisation being that I needed to invest in myself before I could lead others. I always weave EO into the story of Junk Kouture.

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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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TechCrunch

JULY 31, 2022

A few examples… When asked in February what differences in the landscape he saw in 2021 and if deals were much more competitive, Accel partner Ethan Choi responded: “On the investing side, deals were definitely more competitive and valuations certainly reflect that, even despite a correction in public fintech comps.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

And when prices are dropping on a VCs existing companies in market, there is a substantial reduction in FOMO (fear of missing out) for new deals, which means that investors take their time in making investment decisions. The terrible consequence is that some great companies struggle to get financed. In my mind this simply means.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

This undisclosed investment is Google’s third from the $50 million Africa Investment Fund targeted at the continent’s early- and growth-stage startups, which the company CEO Sundar Pichai announced last October. The fund is part of Google’s plan to invest $1 billion in “tech-led initiatives” over the next five years.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The funds will also be used to extend vehicle financing credit to over 100,000 drivers in the next two years. The startup introduced vehicle financing in 2018, and in just over two years, CFO Guy-Bertrand Njoya told TechCrunch, the churn rate by drivers affiliated to them has crashed to “close to zero.”. “We

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

Since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2016, the bank has financed more than $430 billion worth of fossil fuel projects, according to the most recent Banking on Climate Chaos report , far exceeding its peers. Of that, it’s earmarking $1 trillion specifically for climate investments. Just in the U.S., billion.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2023

Even as VC funding dries up across the world, development finance institutions (DFIs) are looking to African startups to deploy their dry powder. In addition to backing VC funds in the region, the organization aims to make more direct equity investments in startups, adding to the four African companies it invested in last year.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

Sustainable Development Goals through youth empowerment using robotics and innovation. Formally adopting bylaws and initiating projects in support of the Millenium Development Goals and later the Sustainable Development Goals has all been part of the organization’s evolution, sparked by Ashna’s original passion for empowering youth.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 18, 2025

For business-people seeking financial empowerment, Managing Director of non-profit KiwiSaver and Investment Fund, Simplicity, Sam Stubbs will give insight into how the right approach can improve more than just your bank balance. Sam Stubbs, Managing Director of Simplicity.

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