TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Let’s quickly chew on just how much more money fintech startups in Latin America are raising this year before turning to discuss the logic behind the influx. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

based last-mile delivery provider, has raised £4 million in funding, as it looks to invest in its product off the back of 300% revenue growth during the last 12 months. and as a result figured that a model that proved it could actually make money would have a better chance to raise going forward,” he says. Gophr , a U.K.-based

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

But that’s ok, we dove deep into the hype and looked at what skeptics are worried about for the new application. federal courts FBI says North Korean hackers preparing to cash out after high-profile crypto hacks Friend.tech hype is skyrocketing, but will it actually reach the stars? federal agencies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

Those specific investments were from Playfair’s inaugural fund which wasn’t focused on any particular “stage” of company. “I’d say probably half the funding in our portfolio is pre-product, pre-traction,” Playfair managing partner Chris Smith explained to TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

million in funding, according to Crunchbase. . That said, it’s not just Insilico Medicine raking in money and partnerships. The whole field of AI-based novel targets has been experiencing significant hype. However, the roots of the hype predate COVID-19. . Previously, the company had raised $51.3

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 30, 2019

For example, a smart contract to support charity donations might enable the automatic and instantaneous release of funds to a charity once the donor receives proof of a promised action by the charity. Additional Blockchain and Crypto-philanthropy Resources: Crypto-philanthropy: How Bitcoin and Blockchain Are Disrupting the World of Giving.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

Money is power, and VCs know it. It’s one of the reasons why so many founders perform inadequate due diligence on their investors, says Talia Rafaeli, a partner with early-stage European VC fund Kompas. @yourprotagonist. 5 failure points between $5M and $100M in ARR. 3 questions founders should be asking investors in Q1 2023.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

We are really fortunate to be investing at this time regardless of the hype.” ” Ascend is announcing the close of $25 million for its second fund. This continues the firm’s strategy from its first fund which raised $15 million and started deploying in 2019. Winfield isn’t fully avoiding the hype though.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2023

But as is the case with any transformative new tech, hype is sure to accompany growing adoption, and generative AI has garnered so much attention and money that many VCs already feel the budding sector will be the next bubble. Don Butler, managing director at Thomvest Ventures, feels the bubble is already here. “We

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

Their previous $10 million fund did so well that the backers have returned and refilled the coffers three times over. Their previous $10 million fund did so well that the backers have returned and refilled the coffers three times over. ” You know who you are!

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

But before we get to far here’s a simple way to think about task-based fundraising contest: Instead of asking participants to raise a [insert $ amount here] ask them to complete a series of tasks that will lead to them raising more money. Get a large number of participants to send out fundraising emails, and the money will follow.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2022

And today it’s announcing a new €20M bridging funding round, ahead of the expected (beefier) B. It notes that this (pre-) Series B funding includes the issuance of convertible notes which will lead to equity next year in the full Series B round so a bunch of investors are clearly bought into its sales growth pitch.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

All that and we are just getting ready for earnings season, so stay hype as there is a lot of data coming in short order. Pine Labs is looking to go public in the United States , China venture capital data is looking pretty strong , Assent Compliance raised a huge round and Arive is apparently a thing. Welcome to the week!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 27, 2008

Their model is to charge 30-40% of their patients enough to pay for their costs as well as the rest of the patients, as well as something extra (which generates funds for capital expansion). Aravind doesn't like to borrow money, and start-up costs are either drawn from earnings or grants. This was Dr V's retirement project!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

This year’s top auctioneers are driving impactful change, raising crucial funds and leveraging their expertise to make a difference for great causes worldwide. Chris has helped hundreds of nonprofit charities to raise more money for their mission through gala fundraisers. He is currently licensed in Illinois and Florida.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2021

The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Gone are the days when the New York startup ecosystem, perennially in Silicon Valley’s shadow, was more hype than substance. (In In recent news, Work-Bench recently raised a new $100 million fund.). Enterprise venture funding saw similar gains. billion from 847 deals.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Li Jin, who coined the term “passion economy,” has closed her debut $13 million fund for startups within the same category. Off of $1 million in ARR, Circle has brought on $4 million in funding at a valuation north of $40 million. In very good Show News , Chris is back! raised $50 million.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

SPACs are the construct VCs need to fund clean tech. Instead of a collapse, the data suggests a healthy “reversion to the mean” following an astonishing and historic hype cycle in 2021. First, inflation soared as COVID stimulus money drove up demand. More posts by this contributor. More volatility.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Let’s talk money, startups and spicy IPO rumors. They are willing to pay nearly infinite money for certain stocks — like Tesla — and often far more than the more conservative public money. Nayya raised $11 million for what VentureBeat calls “an insurance benefits management platform,” including money from Felicis.

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The Verge

MAY 12, 2020

Don’t trust them with your money or data.”. The funds were raised in a series of what Telegram billed as pre-ICO offerings back in 2018, though the company ended up canceling the much-hyped ICO due (in part) to increased SEC scrutiny. billion in tokens prior to launching the network.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

TripActions , a corporate travel and expenses company, has raised a combination of equity and debt at a post-money valuation of $9.2 The funding is a $154 million equity round from investors including returning investors Andreessen Horowitz and Premji Invest, and a $150 million structured financing deal from Coatue.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

“Especially because many of our target customers live in rural or remote areas, doing things like saving money under the mattress.”. The underserved need a lot of handholding, someone in front of them explaining how to use a card, for example, or how to send money to family,” Cordero said. “So Just really critical. return on deposits.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 3, 2025

But, on Diary of a CEO , he acknowledged that spending for the show went far beyond thatand the excess came from his own funds. I would have more money if I didnt film it, he said. TikToks Hype House could film themselves dancing for hours and hours, but failed when it came to reality television. Still, these shows do well.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

“5 years ago it was very hit driven: you spend years developing a product, put all this money into hyping the launch, and then hope it’s a success,” Proulx explained. Why would I spend money marketing a product that I have no idea about whether it will be a success?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

Rita reports that Cosmose, which recently closed on an undisclosed round of funding to value it at $500 million, is now working with Near’s crypto solution. Go on, another handful for ya: They just want to stay involvo : Frederic reports that Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in driver monitoring startup CorrActions.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. As The Exchange reported last week, “How much money was raised by U.S.-based Venture debt, in various forms, is a type of capital provided to startups that may or may not have raised equity-based funds, like venture capital. based startups in Q3 2020? Venture debt in 2020.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

Mobile landing page builder Beacons has raised a $6 million seed round to expand its vision for empowering creators to make money beyond the cramped confines of their social media profiles. MIT professor wants to overhaul ‘The Hype Machine’ that powers social media. Image Credits: Beacons.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Instant grocery delivery continues to be a very frothy market, but today comes news of a major funding round for one player in it that investors believe will still be standing after the hype has died down. billion post-money). billion post-money). billion ($2.85 billion ($2.85

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

He had just read an article on Nieman Lab that described the world record in journalism crowd-funding we had achieved by raising $1.3 When the crowd-funding campaign ended two weeks later, nearly 19,000 Dutchmen and women had invested a minimum of $80 each. Within eight days, we raised the necessary amount of money?—?and

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

An opinion piece on TheNextWeb already claims that VC funds are “just like Ponzi schemes,” because investors too often think along the lines of, “Will this person make me money?”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

AI is riding high on a curve of hype, which means some of the practical questions that might grow louder over time — the many costs (financial and social), the business models — may not be the most front of mind right now. is announcing $40 million in funding in anticipation of when that shifts. Using Fetch.ai

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TechCrunch

JULY 2, 2022

It looks like needing money for drugs makes you creative! And when we consider the period of hype surrounding their public debuts, it’s difficult to not wonder how many retail traders got burned. I mean, I had heard of “pink sheets” — in “The Wolf of Wall Street.” TechCrunch+ is having an Independence Day sale!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

It seemed doubtful that the period of hype that gave us endless Bored Ape derivatives would last forever. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. The larger blockchain world is in a period of correction , but to see key NFT market metrics fall as quickly as we have makes us wonder what could reignite demand.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In Y Combinator’s early days, founders would move to Palo Alto, split a two-bedroom with five others to save money and trade notes around the clock with their new, like-minded roommates. He put $21,000 of non-refundable money on his credit card and invited friends and people he met on the internet before hopping on a plane.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

A solution to our money problems, perhaps? We needed a way to funnel capital into growth and manage to stay cash strong, which was important for another reason: As we headed downstream toward a Series B funding round, we were hesitant to devalue the company (and employee shares) any more than was absolutely necessary.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

We’re hype, you’re hype, and we had some jokes. That’s a lot of money. Robinhood filed privately to go public ! So, it’s happening everyone. At long last, one of Silicon Valley’s hottest companies is kicking off its IPO process. Why, you ask? Well why not. Or around half a percent.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2021

Okay, the GPT-3 hype seems pretty reasonable. Okay, the GPT-3 hype seems pretty reasonable. Over the last few months, we’ve consistently seen our offering sizes grow while our funding windows shrink, showcasing the fast-growing desire surrounding this resilient asset class,” he said. A seedy asset class.

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