TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Correlated on Wednesday announced it raised $8.3 million in seed funding to launch its product-led growth platform for sales teams. The round includes funding raised last year and more recent follow-on funding from both NextView and Harrison, co-founder and CEO Tim Geisenheimer told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

One year after raising $16 million , construction technology company Buildots is back to claim another $30 million, this time in Series B funding. Danon said though construction accounts for 13% of the world’s GDP and employs hundreds of millions of people, construction productivity continues to lag, only growing 1% in the past two decades.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

No one would have guessed that the whole events industry was going to turn upside down. The number one concern was “if we go virtual, will we raise money?” In addition, you can also pivot some of the money you earmarked for the ballroom, catering, bar(s), valet and wifi to a video production company. Lessons learned?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

A well-funded AI lab with a deep bench of research talent is releasing a powerful new model that generates high-definition video for the film and advertising industries. The startup raised a $70 million seed round last year, backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 12, 2021

By Lindsay Johnson, Marketing Team Member at MobileCause , an industry leader in virtual fundraising events and online giving, plus fundraising solutions such as peer-to-peer, text-to-donate and mobile messaging. 2) Nonprofits Can Raise as Much (or More!) as In-Person Fundraising. 7) The Future of Event Fundraising is Virtual.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 26, 2023

Being raised by a blue-collar single father in Pittsburgh, PA, we didn’t rely on or talk about luck so much. The stars aligning this time were no different, which is what led two industry veterans, Rob Wenger and Conor Sibley , to join me and the rockstar A2 leadership team. First, I looked up the definition of luck.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

With so many fintechs laying off staff , it can be easy to assume that the entire industry is in distress. Insurance infrastructure startup Lula , which has raised $18 million in funding from the likes of NextView Ventures, Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures, is hiring 10 across engineering, product and sales. and Israel.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

Profet AI , a Taiwanese startup that makes auto machine learning software for manufacturers, announced today it has raised $5.6 Profet AI’s software lets users build prediction models and industrial AI apps for production and digitalization, even if they only have basic knowledge of machine learning. million in Series A funding.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 1, 2021

They posted to Facebook to help raise awareness and ask for donations. It doesn’t have to be a sophisticated television production. Subsequent videos could give updates on how much has been raised, another on progress made from relief efforts and another on how the money is being put to use. 1) Text-to-Donate on Facebook.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

Long payment cycles, which can take 30-90 days after services or products have been rendered, and little or no capital, of which research says 85% of African small and medium businesses are subject to, are the main culprits of cash flow issues. So we are trying to dig deep into which credit products work for certain verticals.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

The raise comes after Pula closed $1 million in seed investment from Rocher Participations with support from Accion Venture Lab, Omidyar Network and several angel investors in 2018. . In our five years since launching, we’ve built strong traction for our products. Pula is solving this problem by using technology and data.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Texas A&M University has brought AR/VR production into its celebrated Visualization program , letting students learn to build state-of-the-art virtual productions before they leave college. Xreal announced in January 2024 it had raised an additional $60 million in funding for further development of its AR glasses.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

The AI industry hit a significant bend in the road toward artificial general intelligence in 2024. And all the while a small AI lab in China was quietly developing new AI models, including reasoning models, that would begin sending shockwaves through the AI industry by the end of 2024. The rest of the industry has followed its lead.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

The tabletop gaming industry has exploded over the last few years as millions discovered or rediscovered its joys, but it too is evolving — and The Last Gameboard hopes to be the venue for that evolution. Tabletop is now a more than $20 billion industry. 2020 was rough for everyone, but we were able to focus on the core product.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

His startup, Terraform Industries , aims to operate at these ambitious scales. Terraform Industries has developed a system that captures carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from the air and creates hydrogen from water, all using cheap solar power. Casey Handmer is not intimidated by very large quantities. Trillions of acres.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

” With its insights into customer behaviour and transactions, Bankly also provides “data-as-a-service” to other service providers to offer tailored products and services to Nigeria’s informal sector. . African payments company Flutterwave raises $170M, now valued at over $1B. The product has caught on well.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

Today’s investment brings the total raised to $23 million, according to Crunchbase data. Five VCs discuss how no-code is going horizontal across the world’s industries. “We really think that in order to actually be useful for business, you need to be hooked into the data that a business cares about. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2021

Jumbotail, an online wholesale marketplace for grocery and food items, said on Friday it has raised an additional $14.2 It ended up raising about $44 million in the Series B round (including Friday’s tranche), and to date has amassed about $54 million in equity investment, the startup told the publication.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

It announced today that it has raised $4.5 It announced today that it has raised $4.5 The millions will be used to help Felt grow its fully distributed six-person team to bring on more front-end, back-end and product engineers, as well as product and brand designers. Via buys mapping startup Remix for $100 million. “We

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

With its Series C round , the company raised $450 million at a $15 billion valuation — it represents a 167% valuation jump in 12 months, which is not too bad. Why did Checkout.com raise so much money? But the company doesn’t plan to stand still, as it wants to launch new products. Because they can. The web3 opportunity.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

Per reports, the continent’s cloud computing industry coupled with the Middle East is expected to grow to $31.4 The company’s eponymous product is a cloud-based, end-to-end HR software that helps businesses manage and streamline their entire human resource processes and workflow. billion in 2026 from $14.2 billion last year.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The space industry is on the cusp of a revolution. The startup is headed by space industry veteran Colin Doughan, who surveyed these currents and saw a gap in the market. We’re betting on Starship revolutionizing the industry,” he said. We’re betting on launch costs coming down.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

You can participate in person at the American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1061 American Lane in Schaumburg, IL, or online.orgCommunity was created to keep the excitement of our industry alive and growing. Navigate Industry 4.0 But Industry 4.0 or the digital revolution. Kevin is.orgCommunity’s Co-Founder. leadership.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2021

. “I believe that the best consumer investments come from people who have unique insights on consumer behavior and ways that new tech products can allow new forms of social interaction,” said Charles Hudson from Precursor Ventures , who led the pre-seed investment round. The company raised the pre-seed round of $750,000.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

The startup, which offers credit cards to underserved populations in Mexico, told TechCrunch it has raised an additional $50 million in equity at a $1.2 With this latest raise, Stori has raised more than $200 million in equity funding since its 2018 inception. . Stori launched its credit card product in Mexico in January 2020.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2022

Startups that solve the supply-chain and operational challenges of players in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry–by helping buyers access products from sellers on a single platform–keep attracting venture capital from investors. We plan to cover all the cities in Egypt, focus a lot on technology and product.”.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

Clear Street , which says it is building “modern infrastructure” for capital markets, has raised $270 million in the second tranche of a Series B funding round at a $2 billion valuation. New York-based Clear Street raised the first tranche of the round in May of 2022 at a $1.7 billion valuation. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2023

Superscript , an insurance broker and tech platform targeting SMEs and “high-growth” tech firms, has raised £45 million ($54 million) in a Series B round of funding. Germany’s Wefox last year raised $400 million at $4.5 ” The company had previously raised around $24.4 The underwriting factor.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

While dismantling those services, Musk has also attempted to further his own companies, for example pushing his Starlink broadband product as a solution to outdated air-traffic control systems. After cutting costs, a privatized Amtrak could also raise prices for consumerseither on tickets, or by adding extra charges for things like baggage.

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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. In fact, she will often offer a surprise song during fundraising to encourage more donations – her songs have raised up to an additional $10,000 for her beloved clients!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

MLOps platform Qwak today announced that it has raised a $12 million Series A1 funding round from Bessemer Venture Partners. The startup, which offers a fully managed platform that combines machine learning engineering and data management tools, previously raised a total of $15 million.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Generative AI is the tech industry’s buzzword of the moment. Supernormal today announced that it raised $10 million in a funding round led by Balderton with participation from Acequia Capital and byFounders VC. The new cash brings the company’s total raised to around $12.9 It’s a strong sales pitch.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2023

Mercury , a startup that provides banking services for other startups, is offering customers expanded FDIC insurance of up to $3 million via a new product in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse. That’s 12x the industry standard for institutions of $250,000 in FDIC insurance that other institutions offer. invested in U.S.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

It was at that point that TripActions made the decision to accelerate the timeline for its fintech expense product, TripActions Liquid, which had launched only a month before the pandemic. That pivot has proven to be a smart move for the company, which today announced it has raised $275 million in a Series F “growth” funding round at a $7.25

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2023

Secai Marche , a farm-to-table fulfillment platform serving farmers in Japan and Southeast Asia, announced today it has raised 210 million Japanese yen (about $1.6 This brings the startup’s total raised so far to $4.5 TechCrunch last covered Secai Marche when it raised seed funding from Rakuten and Beyond Next in 2021.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2022

But both options have pros and cons; for the latter, local furniture stores may lack the quality that clients need, while global retailers, in addition to taking several months to ship their products to Africa, can be too pricey. . Made.com raises another $56 million.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

Today, one of such, MAGIC Fund , a global collective of founders, is announcing that it has raised a second fund of $30 million to continue backing early-stage startups across Africa, Europe, Latin America, North America, and Southeast Asia. They are precious when startups are trying to figure out product-market fit.

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