TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

In a review of the year published last week, the firm noted that 21 companies in its portfolio have raised more than $33 million in funding. ” Badamosi, who returned to Nigeria from the UK in 2015, worked as the general manager for Starta Africa, an online community for African tech entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2023

Ever since the tech downturn began affecting startups, a question kept coming up: What if we are witnessing a correction? The question implied that the way deals were done in the past couple of years, mostly during late-2020 and nearly all of 2021, were the exception, not the rule, and venture investing was returning to normal.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

As Italy reinstates many COVID-19 restrictions, the country’s tech ecosystem is watching and waiting to see what the wider effects of the emergency will be. Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Alloy Automation , a startup that was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 cohort , announced today that it has closed $5 million across two rounds, the most recent of which brought $4 million to the company in October of 2020. Per the pair, Q4 2020 was good for Alloy. Why $4 million? Finally, let’s talk growth.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

As China looks to reignite growth, what role will its technology industry play? Is there enough capital flowing to support a new generation of tech startups that could keep China competitive? The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Can China’s venture capital market help it reignite growth?

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Crunchbase News

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

tied) Insider , $500M, digital marketing: Marketing tech platform Insider raised a $500 million Series E led by General Atlantic to fund its expansion in the U.S. The latest startup in the space to get a big chunk of cash is Beta Technologies, maker of electric vertical take-off and landing planes.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Some technologies have helped deal with this menace; for instance, radio frequency identification, which works by assigning serial numbers to containers of each product. More modern approaches are being adopted these days, which is the case of RxAll , a startup using deep technology to provide quality medication to patients.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2021

“Brands don’t need to worry about connecting the marketing stack anymore.”. To capture that attention, he estimated the average brand is using 10 to 14 different marketing applications, creating a “pretty horrible experience.” Yotpo raises $75M for its e-commerce marketing cloud.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Wish’s S-1 (which is filed under its corporate name ContextLogic) is of particular interest given that COVID-19 and the global pandemic have changed consumer behavior around the world in 2020. Looking back in time, Wish saw its revenue growth slow in 2019, before expanding much more quickly in 2020. billion and $1.73

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

That’s where Puls Technologies come in. Puls raises $50 million for in-home technical support. The company initially got started in 2015 as a mobile phone repair service, and in 2020 underwent a management shift that pivoted the business model to memberships, Gabi Peles, Puls CEO, said via email. Puls Technologies app.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

But it’s also one of the more expensive places to start a business, due to its high cost of living, salary expectations and relatively small labor market. The country’s Federal Commission for Technology and Innovation (KTI) supports CTI-Startup and CTI-Invest, providing startups with investment and support. More than 50%?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Nerdy will merge with TPG Pace Tech Opportunities (NYSE: PACE), a publicly traded SPAC since 2015. TechCrunch reviewed the Nerdy-SPAC investor presentation, which can be read here. In the second half of 2020, Nerdy’s annualized revenue surpassed $120 million. The deal will value Nerdy at $1.7 Nerdy is not yet profitable.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

The global downturn has impacted every sector, but fintech bore the brunt of it as public-market valuations fell off a cliff last year. However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their time with due diligence, they are still investing.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

Reviewing repetitive documents is, well, repetitive, but Klarity believes people don’t have to do all of that and is building an artificial intelligence tool, targeting finance and accounting departments, that turns documents into structured data. In August 2020, the product was launched. Document automation is not a new concept.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

Rali_cap , an early-stage venture capital firm focused on emerging markets fintech, has launched a $30 million fund. Rali_cap was first a collective before a fund, Hayden Simmons , the general partner who launched the firm in 2020, told TechCrunch in an interview. About 40% are based in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

“Soci became an essential partner to brands for this transformation, which led to an increased need for brands to turn to technology to manage their presence in local digital market channels.” ” Khoury has a colorful background. ” Khoury has a colorful background.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2020

For all of the investors preaching that augmented reality technology will likely be the successor to the modern smartphone, today, most venture capitalists are still quite wary to back AR plays. What are your general impressions on the health of the AR/VR market today? Responses have been edited for length and clarity.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

In Japan, where the real estate market is fragmented, homeowners have faced uncertain selling prices riddled with brokerage fees and an average selling period of between four and eight months, Ito said. per the 2020 report of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). and the U.K., and the U.K., While the U.S.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Since Kojo brought its product to market in early 2020, it has powered the construction of nearly 10,000 projects, including hospitals, schools, stadiums, office buildings and multifamily housing developments. “The truth is construction was considered an unsexy market by people building tech companies for far too long.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

Whereas adding a new market might normally require a cost-benefit analysis (“How much money will it cost me to set up this retailer? In 2020, the company says that its customer count increased 12x and now includes Steve Madden, Marchesa, Camper and Micro Kickboard. How much sales will this retailer drive? Cymbio founders.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Spotify this morning announced it’s acquiring Dublin, Ireland-based content moderation tech company Kinzen, which had been working in partnership with the streamer since 2020. Deal terms were not disclosed. We’ve long had an impactful and collaborative partnership with Kinzen and its exceptional team.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

Yonit Wiseman , associate at YL Ventures, champions the Israeli cybersecurity community through technological due diligence and provides value-add support to the firm’s portfolio companies. Over the past decade, the Israeli cybersecurity industry has secured its place as a formidable wellspring of technological innovation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

Tech isn’t as collegial as it used to be. Over the past few months, thousands of employees from Meta , Twitter , Stripe , Amazon , DoorDash and countless other companies that don’t have the privilege of being household names are back on the job market. So where does tech’s talent go from here? I’m taking my control back’.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

They typically hate being marketed to and are often short on time, which sets a particularly high bar for any content marketing aimed at them. ” Hughes and his agency were recommended multiple times in our growth marketer survey, which we launched to surface experts that startups can work with.

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CIO

APRIL 7, 2023

Tech salaries are on the rise thanks to a demand for talent across nearly every industry. between 2021 and 2022, reaching an average tech salary of $111,348 per year, according to the 2023 Dice Tech Salary Report. But you don’t have to live in Silicon Valley to earn a high-tech salary. Salaries increased 2.3% Tampa, Fla.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

While there, they came up with a way to use A/B testing to create a way of dealing with payments in different markets. Tabor explained that the e-commerce landscape in Latin America was consolidated, meaning few banks controlled more of the market. That process involves manual analysis and constant adjusting due to fraud.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

culture and an economy based on raw materials, Aotearoa hasn’t stood out to investors in the Asia-Pacific region, especially not when they could set their sights on larger markets in China and Southeast Asia. In 2020, VC investments totaled NZD $127.2 billion, from Q1 2020 to Q4 2021. or Australian) VCs or the government.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

German software giant SAP is under investigation by US officials for allegedly conspiring to overcharge the US government for its technology products over the course of a decade. Federal agents have searched Carahsoft’s offices in Washington, DC, and the DOJ is reviewing court records filed in Baltimore.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2022

As a banker covering technology, I thought there was an opportunity to invest in the region and decided to quit my job at J.P. Great companies like Nubank, Inter, Gympass, Quinto Andar and several others were in their early innings at the time, but the market dislocation did not last long. Morgan and give it a shot.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. Now tech companies across industries are poised for an even better year, according to more than a dozen investors we talked to in the country. This a great example of company that is disrupting a traditional market.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The company also offers due diligence and acquisition financing from Thrasio-owned Yardline Capital and a new service called Flippa Legal. in 2020, up from 15.8% His firm is one of the oldest venture capital firms in Australia and has 30 companies in its portfolio focused on healthcare and technology.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

Edtech deal flow in 2021 looks set to match or even outpace 2020 levels, per the report: At $9.4 million, average deal size is triple 2020 levels; seven companies have raised $50 million in five different markets; and the U.K. has more than three times as many deals as the next individual market.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

As Austin’s skyline expands, the city continues to solidify its standing as a tech hub. billion across 412 deals in 2021, more than double the amount of capital invested in 2020, according to PitchBook data. It’s a city of unicorns and tech giants. And the numbers are there to back it up. VCs invested over $5.5 Register here.

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Crunchbase News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Global venture investment in 2024 was above the pre-pandemic year of 2019, but below 2018 and 2020 amounts at $346 billion and $350 billion, respectively. Q4 push The higher total in 2024 was due to a big push in Q4 which saw the highest funding total since the downturn in Q3 2022. billion ) and Perplexity ($9 billion). Of all U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

on 2020, as parts of the global economy started to claw back growth after a tough 2020 due to Covid-19. Taptap Send believes that its unique place in the market is that it has built not just the easiest, but the most reliable system to initiate, manage and receive those transfers.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

The year 2021 saw more and bigger deals closed in Africa, as tech startups across the continent raised close to $5 billion. Fintechs dominated the fundraising, accounting for nearly $3 billion, or two thirds of all the investment realized by startups across the continent last year, a report by markets insights firm Briter Bridges shows.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

As winter winds begin to blow, major tech companies like Google, Microsoft and Lyft have each instituted hiring freezes. This week, he reviewed 12 slides from Arkive’s winning pitch deck: Cover slide. Market context slide. Market size slide. Investors remain bullish on HR tech as the Great Resignation slows.

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