| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.09.2024 | Novakid acquires Lingumi to expand into AI tutoring | Novakid has acquired UK-based EFL app Lingumi in a landmark deal. The partnership will bring hundreds of thousands of users to Novakid, advancing the mission to make high-quality English education accessible to young learners.
Offering an a... |
| 16.09.2024 | Проект DryMerge обещает объединить разные приложения | Разработчики программного обеспечения Сэм Браширс и Эдвард Фрейзер решили создать проект DryMerge, который позволит связывать работу разных приложений.
Во время стажировок в таких технологических гигантах, как Meta* и Stripe, разработчики з... |
| 10.09.2024 | QANDA Opens First U.S. Office to Support Expansion of Their US Product, Cramify | BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mathpresso, the operator of Asia's leading learning app QANDA, announced today the opening of its first U.S. office in Berkeley, California. This strategic move coincides with the burgeoning ... |
| 07.08.2024 | Reforged Labs lands $3.9m to power game ads with AI | Premium Content
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| 07.08.2024 | Stori: Mexico-Based Consumer Finance Platform Raises $212 Million | Stori, a pioneering Mexican startup focused on transforming consumer finance with a suite of groundbreaking products and services, announced a new round of equity and debt financing totaling $212 million. This includes $105 million in equit... |
| 21.06.2024 | Quick commerce startup Zepto raises fresh funds, valuation jumps by 2.6X | Aadit Palicha, CEO and Co-founder of Zepto
Quick commerce startup Zepto has raised $665 million (Rs 5,555 crore) in a fresh round of funding, nine months after its last fundraise, with its valuation shooting up by more than 2.57x.
Existing ... |
| 12.06.2024 | Sova Health raises $1 million in seed funding round | Gut health company, Sova Health, has raised $1 million in seed funding round jointly led by VC Antler, Accelerating Asia, Practical VC, and VC Grid and Venture Catalysts. The round also saw participation from Quadrant Consumer Products, Mid... |
| 30.04.2024 | Nigeria’s YC-backed Chowdeck hopes to scale food delivery, a notoriously tough market, with $2.5M funding | Food is significant to Nigerians, with households spending nearly 60% of their income on it, the highest globally, according to official reports. This strong affinity for food, coupled with the rise of online shopping, sets the stage for Ni... |
| 18.04.2024 | LunaJoy Health: Revolutionizing Maternal Mental Health Care | LunaJoy Health, a FemTech company, secures $4.2M to launch LunaCare, a program focused on maternal mental health disparities. Backed by investors like Y Combinator, the company aims to transform care for underserved communities. LunaCare in... |
| 16.04.2024 | LunaJoy Health Secures $4.2M to Launch LunaCare & Address Disparities in Maternal Mental Health | Sipra Laddha, MD, Co-Founder & Shama Rathi, MD, Co-Founder at LunaJoy Health
What You Should Know:
– LunaJoy Health, a FemTech company dedicated to improving women’s mental health, has announced the launch of LunaCare, a novel integrate... |
| 16.04.2024 | LunaJoy Health Launches 'LunaCare' for Women's Mental Health, Secures Funding to Fuel Expansion | LunaJoy was founded in 2021.
The company has closed $6.6M to date, with backing from a consortium of investors
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In order to expand the company's capabilities and close disparities in... |
| 04.04.2024 | Read AI Revolutionizes Work with Connected Intelligence | Read AI, a leader in AI-powered meeting summaries, secures $21 million in funding to expand its connected intelligence to emails and messages. The company's innovative approach streamlines communication, boosts productivity, and empowers kn... |
| 02.04.2024 | Read AI expands its AI-powered summaries from meetings to messages and emails | Meetings are time-consuming, and there’s no way around it. According to a 2022 poll from Deputy.com, many U.S. workers spend up to around eight hours in meetings every week, depending on the industry and locale.
The productivity hit explain... |
| 02.04.2024 | Read AI raises $21M to bring connected intelligence to meetings, email, and messaging | Join us in Atlanta on April 10th and explore the landscape of security workforce. We will explore the vision, benefits, and use cases of AI for security teams. Request an invite here.
Read AI, a leader in AI-powered meeting summaries, today... |
| 27.12.2023 | USD 1.7M to Help GameTree Grow Healthier Gaming Communities | Ukrainian-American AI-driven social platform for gamers GameTree raised USD 1.7M from a whole constellation of investors, led by the renowned Corazón Capital The platform’s proprietary AI helps improve matchmaking and minimize the toxicity ... |
| 05.12.2023 | Ukrainian-founded GameTree raises $1.7M | Ukrainian-founded GameTree raises $1.7M
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| 02.11.2023 | TikTok early investor to put one-third of new $1b fund into Asia | Premium Content
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| 09.10.2023 | CrossFund Raises Additional $1.5M in Funding at a $47M Valuation, Establishes Itself as Leading Investment Gateway to the Emerging World | SINGAPORE, Oct. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fintech startup, CrossFund, has raised its fourth funding round in two years from family offices in MENA and Asia, BlockBase Ventures, UI Investments, Australian Gulf Capital, BXB Capital, and strateg... |
| 28.07.2023 | To support consumer technology startups globally, Goodwater raised over $1 B | Goodwater, a venture capital firm based in the United States that only invests in consumer technology, revealed on Tuesday that it has raised more than $1 billion for its family of early and growth-stage funds.
According to a statement from... |
| 27.07.2023 | US-based VC firm Goodwater Capital raises $1b for two new funds | Goodwater Capital, a US-based venture capital firm that has been an active investor in Asia, has announced raising $1 billion in capital commitments for its two new funds Goodwater Capital V and Goodwater Infinity III. |
| 27.07.2023 | Goodwater Capital raises $1B across two consumer tech focused funds | |
| 26.07.2023 | Goodwater Raises Over $1 Billion to Back Consumer Technology Startups Globally | Goodwater’s founding partners: Eric Kim and Chi-Hua Chien.
Goodwater, a Burlingame, CA-based venture capital firm exclusively focused on consumer tech investments, raised over $1 billion across its family of early and growth stage funds.
Wi... |
| 25.07.2023 | Exclusive: Goodwater Capital snags $1B across two new funds, despite cooling interest in consumer tech | Goodwater, one of comparatively few firms to focus exclusively on consumer tech investments, has closed on $1 billion in capital commitments across its fifth early-stage fund and its third opportunity-style fund, TechCrunch is first to repo... |
| 29.06.2023 | Alfie Health Raises $2.1M for AI-Powered, Virtual Obesity Clinic | What You Should Know:
With 42 percent of Americans now struggling with obesity, doctors and their patients are looking for a sustainable approach to weight loss. Currently, prescription medications known as the GLP-1 class of anti-obesity m... |
| 13.04.2022 | Gamestry capta €3M de Goodwater Capital, Target Global, Kibo Ventures y Extension Fund | 13/04/2022
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GAMESTRY CAPTA €3 MILLONES DE GOODWATER CAPITAL, TARGET GLOBAL, KIBO VENTURES Y EXTENSION FUND.
La plataforma de vídeos Gamestry, especializada en videojuegos, ha ampliado la ronda de financiación que cerró el p... |
| 26.01.2022 | Fever cierra una ronda de $227M (€200M) liderada por Goldman Sachs. Acuden también Goodwater Capital, Atresmedia, Smash Capital, Alignment Growth, Eurazeo y Vitruvian | 26/01/2022
Nota de prensa
FEVER CIERRA UNA RONDA DE $227 MILLONES (€200 MILLONES) LIDERADA POR GOLDMAN SACHS. ACUDEN TAMBIÉN GOODWATER CAPITAL, ATRESMEDIA, SMASH CAPITAL, ALIGNMENT GROWTH, EURAZEO Y VITRUVIAN.
La plataforma de eventos en... |
| 06.09.2021 | Gamestry cierra una ronda de $5M liderada por Goodwater, Target Global y Kibo Ventures | 06/09/2021
GAMESTRY CIERRA UNA RONDA DE $5 MILLONES LIDERADA POR GOODWATER, TARGET GLOBAL Y KIBO VENTURES.
Gamestry ha cerrado una ronda de $5 millones liderada por las firmas de capital riesgo (venture capital) Goodwater, Target Global y... |
| 23.06.2021 | Unit Economics and The Pursuit of Scale Invariance | The concept of unit economics (UE) is quite often discussed amongst founders and investors in the early stage ecosystem. In this article we will present our approach to UE which goes hand in hand with our previously published quantitative a... |
| 11.03.2021 | Coupang’s Blockbuster IPO Pushes Founder’s Fortune Up To $11 Billion | Bom Kim, founder and chief executive of Coupang. Jae-hyun Kim for Forbes |
| 10.03.2021 | How Coupang is ‘out-Amazoning even Amazon,’ according to Goodwater Capital | Korean e-commerce giant Coupang is expected to hold one of the biggest tech IPOs of the year on March 11. The company disclosed earlier this month that it is seeking up to $3.6 billion at a potential $51 billion valuation on the New York St... |
| 19.01.2021 | BRIEF: On-demand delivery apps Getir & Glovo get $100m+ apiece in ‘dark store’ drive | Barcelona-based food delivery app Glovo has announced a €100 million ($121 million) investment from Swiss real estate firm Stoneweg.
Across Europe, Turkish on-demand delivery app Getir has raised $128 million at a valuation of $850 million ... |
| 13.01.2021 | Vietnamese e-wallet MoMo raises over $100m in Series D round led by Goodwater Capital, Warburg | M-Service, the company behind Vietnam’s largest e-wallet by users MoMo, has raised over $100 million in a Series D fundraising round, DealStreetAsia has learnt.
The company did not disclose the financial terms of the fundraising.
The Series... |
| 13.01.2021 | Vietnamese e-wallet MoMo raises over $100m in Series D round led by Goodwater Capital, Warburg | Premium
M-Service, the company behind Vietnam’s largest e-wallet by users MoMo, has raised over $100 million in a Series D fundraising round, DealStreetAsia has learnt.
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| 03.12.2020 | Everlywell Secures $175M to Expand Position in At-Home Testing Market | What You Should Know:
– Everlywell secures $175M in Series D funding to expand its virtual care offerings, scale its testing and infrastructure, drive clinical research and disease management through testing, and grow its national leadershi... |
| 18.11.2020 | 10 Korean Startups That Shined in 2020 | With the year slowly coming to a close, let’s take a look back at how ten South Korean startups in 2020 overcame challenges such as COVID-19 and how they changed gears to adapt to the new normal in business and everyday life. It’s been a di... |
| 07.10.2019 | Berlin’s Tier Mobility scoops up $60M as its scooter-based transportation service passes 10M rides | On the heels of Bird closing a $275 million round to help put itself in pole position in the electric scooter market, a smaller European rival has also raised some money to grow its own business. Tier Mobility, a Berlin-based startup that o... |
| 24.04.2019 | Is Your Startup Looking to Raise Investment Internationally? | Here’s an Exclusive Opportunity to Pitch Eric Kim, Co-founder of Goodwater Capital (investor in Kakao, Coupang, TOSS, Memebox and more).
Securing VC interest in your home market is tough, but when you’re seeking funds from global VCs to po... |
| 17.04.2019 | Unpacking Pinterest’s IPO expectations | For seven years, Pinterest has been considered a “unicorn,” boasting a valuation larger than $1 billion since its 2012 Series C funding round. Before that, it was considered an underdog, puzzling some investors with its “digital pinboard” a... |
| 10.01.2019 | Badi, cierra una ronda de $30m (€26,2M) liderada por Goodwater Capital, acuden también Target Global, Mangrove y Spark Capital | 10/01/2019
BADI CIERRA UNA RONDA SERIE B DE $30 MILLONES (€26,2 MILLONES) LIDERADA POR GOODWATER CAPITAL, ACUDEN TAMBIÉN TARGET GLOBAL, MANGROVE Y SPARK CAPITAL.
Badi ha cerrado una ronda serie B de $30 millones (€26,2 millones) liderada ... |
| 29.10.2018 | Another Kleiner investor has just raised her own fund | She may not have the name recognition of former colleague Beth Seidenberg, but Lynne Chou-O’Keefe, who has spent the last five-plus years investing in healthcare on behalf of the venture firm Kleiner Perkins, is raising her own debut fund.
... |
| 02.05.2018 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, May 2 | 5 Qs WITH A DEALMAKER
In February, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian said he would step down from his daily role at the company to return to investing.
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| 13.11.2017 | Stitch Fix gets a close look from consumer VC firm Goodwater Capital ahead of IPO | With Stitch Fix’s IPO on the horizon, Wall Street — and the rest of the tech industry — is going to be keeping a close eye on this next big consumer IPO as both a signal for the future of e-commerce startups like Stitch Fix and the consumer... |
| 09.05.2017 | These are the three things one Silicon Valley VC wants to hear on Snap’s first earnings call tomorrow | Goodwater Capital, a two-year-old, San Mateo, Calif.-based early-stage venture firm, has been trying to stake out new territory for itself by publishing a steady stream of research and tools that help inform both competing firms and startup... |
| 20.04.2017 | Simple Contacts Raises $8M Series A | Simple Contacts, the leading ocular telemedicine company, today announced that it has raised an $8 million Series A financing round led by Goodwater Capital, which specializes in early-stage consumer technology companies. Previous investors... |
| 05.04.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, April 5 | GO FOR IT
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The company is pitching its team, apps, and technology around surfacing “good” content and handling engagement of communities at scale. One problem with that pitch is that Yik Yak doesn’t have a lot ... |
| 04.04.2017 | This new sentiment index aims to help founders time their fundraising | A new index aims to help consumer-oriented startup founders understand the health of the venture capital fundraising environment; specifically, when is a good time to seek funding — and when isn’t.
How does it work? Created by the early-sta... |
| 14.02.2017 | This venture firm just produced one of the first detailed equity research reports on Snap Inc. | Many things that used to be true primarily of the public market now happen within the world of private company investing, including the participation of mutual fund investors.
Now, you can add equity research reports to that list.
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| 18.01.2017 | Drone delivery startup Flirtey raises $16 million to become a next-gen UPS | Drone delivery startup Flirtey has raised $16 million in Series A funding to bring its high-flying service to new customers, companies and possibly countries. Earlier, the startup raised $120,000 in seed funding and participated in the Y Co... |
| 14.12.2016 | Stash Raises $25 Million Series B | Stash makes investing easier and more accessible for the 100M American consumers with limited access to financial opportunity. It is now the fastest growing mobile investing platform in the United States. Today, Stash announced it has raise... |
| 04.10.2016 | S Korea: Viva Republica gets $23m Series B from Goodwater Capital, Qualcomm | Premium
South Korea based Viva Republica – a mobile payment app developer – has raised a $23.7 million series B funding from Goodwater Capital and Qualcomm Ventures with participation from existing investors, Altos Venture and KTB Network.
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| 17.08.2016 | Stash Raises $9.25 Million Series A | Stash, one of the fastest-growing new financial services for Millennials, announced today that it has secured $9.25 million in Series A funding to further accelerate user growth and to build out its technology platform. The round was led by... |
| 11.08.2016 | Formation Group leads $69.95m round in Korea’s Memebox | Premium
Memebox, a rapidly growing beauty brand with offices in San Francisco, Shanghai, Seoul, Taipei, Hong Kong and Singapore, has secured a $65.95 million Series C investment in a round led by new global investor Formation Group and prev... |
| 09.08.2016 | K-Beauty gurus’ favorite Memebox raises $65.9 million to expand online retail | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
If you’ve ever binge-watched YouTube makeup tutor... |
| 09.08.2016 | K-Beauty gurus’ favorite Memebox raises $65.9 million to expand online retail | If you’ve ever binge-watched YouTube makeup tutorials, then you probably know South Korean beauty brand and distributer Memebox thanks to its peeling masks.
K-Beauty favorite Memebox — think Sephora for South Korean products — announced tod... |
| 05.03.2016 | Startups need to act like Mark Watney in The Martian, according to First Round Capital LP letter | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
There’s a lot of doomsday talk these days in Sili... |
| 05.03.2016 | Startups need to act like Mark Watney in The Martian, according to First Round Capital LP letter | There’s a lot of doomsday talk these days in Silicon Valley. The end is near. The sky is falling. Or, as venture capitalist Chi-Hua Chien of Goodwater Capital recently quipped to me, “Pull out your raincoats or build a bomb shelter while th... |
| 09.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 9, 2016 | Fuze raised $112M; Trifacta received $35M funding; Digital Shadows snagged $14M funding
Stash, an investment app for millennials, raised $3 million in seed funding to continue the company’s growth. The round was led by Silicon Valley-based ... |
| 09.02.2016 | Stash Raises $3m in Seed Funding | Stash, a NYC-based investment app for millennials, raised $3m in seed funding.
The round was led by Goodwater Capital, with participation from New York-based Valar Ventures, and London-based Entrée Capital as well as previous investors.
The... |
| 26.06.2015 | Daily funding roundup - June 26, 2014 | OneWeb bagged $500M; Zumper Inc raised $6.35M; Lyra secured $3M
Mumbai-based errand-running and same-day delivery service GetMyPeon raised its first round of seed funding of $250,000 (Rs. 1.5 crore approx.) after being in the business for o... |
| 10.03.2015 | Pager raises $10M for expansion into new markets and devices | The new financing will be used to help the company expand into new markets, develop new technology for more devices and integrate with insurance plans, the company said. It is currently available on iOS devices and is available in New York ... |
| 23.12.2014 | What Would You Do With $600B In Cash? | Eric Kim Contributor
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Editor’s note: Eric Kim and Chi-Hua Chien are co-founders of Goodwater Capital, an early-stage vent... |
| 26.08.2014 | imoji Raises $2M in funding | imoji, a San Francisco, CA-based app that allows users to turn pictures into a shareable emoji, raised $2m in funding.
Backers included Goodwater Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner emeritus Joseph Lacob. As part of the... |
| 19.08.2014 | Only a Few Weeks Removed From Their Launch, Imoji Raises $2 Million in VC | I recently penned an article about Imoji and how they've been working to offer their users a refreshing twist on the traditional text message and selfie pic. A big part of my original story was how much traction and attention the Imoji plat... |
| - | Goldman kicks up the heat as Fever raises $227 million+, now at $1 billion valuation | Live-entertainment discovery platform Fever has raised over $227 million in a new funding round. In so much, the startup now holds the top spot in terms of the largest amount of capital raised by a live-entertainment/event-focused company a... |
| - | Investors in Airbnb, TikTok and Snap join forces to fight anti-Asian hate | Venture capitalists are joining forces and calling on peers to match around $1 million in donations to groups fighting anti-Asian hate.
Their drive comes after anti-Asian violence and hate crimes surged by nearly 150% in America’s largest c... |
| - | This NYC Startup Just Raised $3M to Help Millennials Invest | 360SHARES
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For millennials, investing is scary. All they hear about is the economic recession of 2008 and how fragile the market is. What they need is a little bit of confidence before confronting this monster. Stash... |
| - | Stellar Sleep Raises $6M to Expand Digital Sleep Therapy Platform for Chronic Insomnia | What You Should Know:
– Stellar Sleep, a San Francisco, CA-based company offering the first digital solution specifically designed for chronic insomnia management raises $6M in seed funding to expand its reach and make effective treatment m... |
| - | Asian food e-grocer Alorsfaim raises €4 million | Paris-based Alorsfaim has brought home €4 million in a seed funding round and aims to continue its rapid expansion across the lovers of Asian food community in France and Europe. The funding will be used to further develop the company’s log... |
| - | This Week in European Tech: Major rounds for Fever, Zapp and Paack; Gorillas and Glovo buy smaller peers; good news for Intel, bad news for Sigfox | Happy Friday!
This week, the Tech.eu research team tracked more than 135 tech funding deals worth over €2.9 billion, and over 25 exits, M&A transactions, and rumours, and related news stories across Europe, including Russia and Turkey.
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| - | Pager raises $10M for expansion into new markets and devices | Pager, a startup that has developed a mobile service that aims to better coordinate patients and providers between visits through a series of apps, closed its first round of funding at $10.4 million.
The apps are designed for patients to ge... |
| - | Brazil's answer to Pinduoduo, Facily raises $135 million Series D extension led by Goodwater and Prosus | Exactly a year ago, Facily, a Brazilian social commerce startup that allows people to buy products in groups, raised its Series A round. Venture capital’s alphabet soup continued at a strong pace for the startup throughout the year. As a re... |