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| Mar 11, 2025 | You Can’t Put A Price On Greatness | 1 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Consider this dilemma: Venture capital is the pursuit of outliers, and yet startups mostly get market-based prices using comparable companies.
This contradiction creates problems on both sides of the... |
| Feb 19, 2025 | Empowering Women in Tech: A Call to Action for Latin America | In the vibrant landscape of Latin America, women are rising. They are entrepreneurs, innovators, and leaders. Yet, despite their potential, they face significant hurdles. The tech industry, a beacon of opportunity, remains largely male-domi... |
| Feb 19, 2025 | How Can We Better Support Successful Latin American Women In The Tech Space? | 0 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
By Odille Sánchez
Despite female founders receiving less than 2% of venture funding worldwide, Latin America still represents a growth opportunity for women entrepreneurs.
According to Global Entrepr... |
| Jan 11, 2022 | Startup Round Inflation Skyrocketed In 2021 | 0 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
When we talk inflation, it’s usually everyday items that garner the most attention. Think a fill-up at the gas station, a bag of groceries, or a new pair of sneakers.
But in the much nichier world of... |
| Jan 3, 2022 | Edtech Startups Flocked To The Public Markets During The Pandemic. Here’s What That Could Mean For 2022 | 2 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Edtech and IPOs went together in 2021 like two people kissing in a tree, as the kids would say. First came Coursera, then came Duolingo, then came Nerdy with a special-purpose acquisition company dea... |
| Dec 28, 2021 | While SPAC Deals Commonly Floundered, Here Are Some That Did Better | 7 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
In general, buying shares of venture-backed companies that took the SPAC route to public markets has not been a great bet, as we explored earlier this week.
However, it would be misguided to walk awa... |
| Dec 22, 2021 | 5 Resolutions To Supercharge Your Business In 2022 | 3 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
By Erin Halper
It’s time to reflect, regroup and recharge for the upcoming year. Sweeping New Year’s resolutions are on the minds of business owners everywhere. The challenge is knowing which ones ar... |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Should You Take VC Money Or Bootstrap? Some Thoughts After Mailchimp’s Blockbuster Acquisition | 7 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
By Jonathan Cogley
For many years, Silicon Valley has drawn two different profiles for startups: there are those that receive VC funding and those that stick to bootstrapping.
The latter category is ... |
| Dec 9, 2021 | Why Gen Z Will Make The Startup Ecosystem Thrive | 10 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
By Jonathan Greechan
By 2030, Gen Z will become the largest demographic in the world economy, earning $33 trillion, or 27 percent of global income. Members of this generation are already putting the... |
| Nov 29, 2021 | These Are The Industries Where Series B Funding Is Growing Fastest | 18 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Across the board, 2021 has been a banner year for U.S. startup funding. But some industries are seeing much larger investment gains than others.
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| Nov 16, 2021 | The Rise Of Insurtechs Doesn’t Have To Be A Disruption Story | 11 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
By Colin Nabity
In the world of venture capitalism, you’d be hard pressed to find a sector with more buzz than insurtech.
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Investors have put at least $6 billion int... |
| Nov 12, 2021 | Ohio’s Venture Funding Scene Has Taken Off | 33 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
For the past couple decades, Ohio officials, founders and investment communities have pooled resources to cultivate local startup ecosystems, with a pretty steady track record of incremental growth.... |
| Nov 10, 2021 | These U.S. States Have The Most Startup Investment For Their Size | 41 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Venture capital investment is a major economic driver in some U.S. states. In others, it plays a much smaller role.
To get a sense of how states compare, we took a look at per capita venture funding... |
| Oct 28, 2021 | How Seed Funding Has Exploded In The Past 10 Years | 39 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Editor’s note: This is the first in a multipart series looking at seed funding trends.
Seed-stage funding to startups has exploded in the past decade and become an asset class of its own. If that wa... |
| Oct 26, 2021 | It’s Time To Invest In Southeast Asia’s Tech Ecosystem | 1 Share Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
By Kendrick Wong
Appetites are changing—investors and entrepreneurs alike are looking beyond tech mecca Silicon Valley for a slice of the startup pie in Southeast Asia.
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| Oct 5, 2021 | Things Every Founder Should Look For In A VC | 30 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
By Marc Schröder
It’s never been a better time to be a startup founder. Massive liquidity in the financial system, huge returns from the stock market and a multitude of other circumstances have resu... |
| Sep 27, 2021 | From FAANG To Founder: What Our VC Firm Learned Backing Big Tech Alumni | 31 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
By Murat Bicer
It’s a common refrain for coffee-breaking engineers at Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix or Google: “You know, we really should start our own company.”
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| Sep 20, 2021 | As Investors Pivot To Seed And Growth, Who Is Left Leading Series A? | 77 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Series A funding round sizes have grown significantly in recent years.
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Over the past decade, the average global Series A round increased from less than $6 million t... |
| Sep 10, 2021 | China’s New Restrictions Unlikely To Stop Flow Of Venture Money Into Country, Investors Say | 28 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Although the rash of new rules and regulations instituted by China’s government on some of its largest tech markets and companies have caught the attention of many in the industry, those in the inve... |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Crypto-Corns? Unicorn Numbers Explode As Venture Investment Surges In Crypto | 35 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
As venture capital firms continue to flood the crypto and digital asset space with more money, a stampede of unicorns is emerging unlike anything the space has ever witnessed.
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| Aug 19, 2021 | Institutional Knowledge: IVP Partners Share Their Best Tips For SaaS Startup Fundraising | 22 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Institutional Venture Partners knows a thing or two about funding SaaS startups.
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The 41-year-old firm invests primarily from Series B onwards in enterprise and cons... |
| Aug 19, 2021 | How VCs Can Build Killer Pitch Decks To Attract Potential Investors | 32 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
By Susana Garcia-Robles
As someone who has been building the venture capital industry in Latin America since 1999, what is happening right now in the region feels very rewarding.
The resilience show... |
| Aug 5, 2021 | Raising Capital In A Frothy VC Market: Leverage Shifts From Investors To Founders | 6 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
By Matt Cohen
With headlines like “Mmhmm raises $100M” popping up every other week, it’s hard not to feel like we’re in the midst of an extraordinary bubble. Some investors are even having flashbacks... |
| Aug 2, 2021 | Latin America’s Herd Of Unicorn Startups Multiplies | 12 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Startup investors have been putting a whole lot more capital into Latin America for the past couple years. Now they have something to show for it: A large and fast-growing stable of unicorns.
At lea... |
| Jul 28, 2021 | Health Chatbots Are Here, Heavily Funded, And We’ll Have To Get Used To Them | 40 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Gratitude journaling. Just the thought of it makes me grumpy. To make matters worse, it’s the advice that not one, but two separate mental health chatbots offered after a diagnostic on my state of m... |
| Jul 26, 2021 | B2B Payment Platform Nium Valued Above $1B In $200M Funding | 4 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Nium, a global payments processor headquartered in Singapore, has raised a $200 million Series D round led by Riverwood Capital that values the company at more than $1 billion.
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| Jul 23, 2021 | Automakers Reap Big Exits With SPACs, But There Are Bumps In The Road | 4 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
After years spent pouring billions into an assortment of transportation and battery tech startups, automakers are reaping some returns.
Mostly, they have SPACs to thank. As more venture-backed transp... |
| Jul 22, 2021 | Automakers Are Still Betting Billions On Startups. Who’s Getting Funding? | 19 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
For the past few years, Crunchbase News has been tracking startup investment by major automakers. And each time we check in, we see that spending is going strong.
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| Jul 19, 2021 | The World’s Unicorns Are Now Valued At $3T — Up By A Trillion In The Past Year. Who Invested? | 16 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
The Crunchbase Unicorn Board, a comprehensive list of startups valued at $1 billion or more in private financing deals, now hosts more than 900 companies with a collective value of $3 trillion — up ... |
| Jul 12, 2021 | 3 Insider Tips For New VCs Trying To Get Their First Close | 16 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
By Adeo Ressi
Last year, only 87 new VC funds were closed in the United States — about half the number seen two years ago. Aspiring investors are often put off by the time and cost commitment of lau... |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Zenefits Payroll Glitch Results In Delayed Paychecks For Small-Business Employees | 7 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Employees of several small businesses were paid late Friday after payroll and benefits platform Zenefits closed for the Juneteenth holiday and experienced a glitch, two people affected told Crunchbas... |
| Jun 16, 2021 | Exclusive: Handdii Raises $3M Seed Round For Property Claim Management | 3 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Property claim management platform Handdii has raised $3 million in a seed round led by Brick and Mortar Ventures, the company told Crunchbase News.
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Handdii’s softwa... |
| May 25, 2021 | You Keep Hearing About Rolling Funds And Syndicates — Here’s How They Work | 28 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Investing in startups is getting easier, thanks to relaxed regulations and new platforms. Rolling funds and syndicates in particular are two investment vehicles that have gained steam, with at least... |
| May 24, 2021 | Report: Utah Deal Flow Value Reaches High Even As Number Of Deals Drops | 7 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Deal flow in Utah set a new record in terms of the value of financial transactions last year, even while the number of deals took a big hit amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from ... |
| May 17, 2021 | Growth Firms, Not VCs, Are The Most Active Investors In New Unicorns This Year, And They’re Doubling Down | 75 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
An unprecedented number of companies have joined Crunchbase’s private company unicorn board already this year: Less than halfway into 2021 there are 166 new companies, compared to 163 for the whole ... |
| Apr 7, 2021 | Raise Capital Or Exit? How To Decide | 13 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
By Gaurav Bhasin
There comes a time for most entrepreneurs when they ask themselves one of the age-old questions: “Raise capital or exit?”
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This is a highly strategi... |
| Apr 5, 2021 | Plum Alley Measures Its Portfolio Impact As It Raises A New Fund | 28 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Plum Alley, a New York-based private investment platform, has invested $32 million in 23 companies via its syndicate of executives and family offices. The firm invests in companies with female found... |
| Mar 29, 2021 | AnD Ventures Launches With $50M Seed Fund | 19 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Israel-based AnD Ventures is launching its first fund, looking to invest in artificial intelligence, database and software technologies, as well as new emerging markets.
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| Mar 24, 2021 | Sole Female Founders Raised $1B Less In 2020 Despite Record Venture Funding Surge In the US | 53 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
U.S. startups overall raised a record $143 billion in 2020, up 12 percent over the previous year, but funding to venture-backed companies founded solely by female entrepreneurs dropped 22 percent du... |
| Mar 23, 2021 | Spark Capital Is Cutting Ties With Dispo After Leading Its Series A. How Does That Work? | 6 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Spark Capital led the $20 million Series A round for buzzy photo-sharing app Dispo just last month. Now, the venture capital firm is cutting all ties with the company co-founded by popular YouTuber D... |
| Mar 17, 2021 | Q&A: Enterprise Ireland CEO Julie Sinnamon Leads Thriving Irish Tech Scene | 4 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Enterprise Ireland is that country’s government organization responsible for the development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets and is the lifeblood of the thriving Irish tech scene.
Su... |
| Mar 17, 2021 | WorkChew Lands $2.5M To Turn Hotels And Restaurants Into Flexible Workspaces | 2 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
WorkChew, a startup looking to connect remote workers with restaurants and hotels that need to make use of their space, has raised $2.5 million in a seed round of funding, the company announced Wedne... |
| Mar 10, 2021 | Value of Public Cloud Companies More Than Doubled To $2T In Pandemic, Bessemer’s Latest Cloud Report Says | 4 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
The BVP Nasdaq Emerging Cloud Index, an index designed by Bessemer Venture Partners to track the performance of emerging public companies that provide cloud software, hit a record $2.2 trillion in va... |
| Mar 9, 2021 | Smart Glass Startup View To Begin Trading On The Nasdaq | 21 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Smart glass-maker View is set to begin trading on the Nasdaq Tuesday after going public through a SPAC (special purpose acquisition company.)
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View’s smart glass pan... |
| Feb 12, 2021 | Why Entrepreneurs Should Consider Patient Capital in 2021 | 2 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
By Alice P. Neuhauser
The recent events around Robinhood and GameStop reflect a tug of war between short-sellers and day-traders and offer a stark reminder that there are lots of investment philosoph... |
| Feb 11, 2021 | Got Revenue? Alternative Financing Tools Look To Help SaaS Founders Avoid Dilution | 52 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
While large venture funding rounds often grab the headlines, more tools continue to spring up to offer founders alternatives to what can be costly dilutive equity rounds.
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| Feb 9, 2021 | Thrasio, Branded Bag Mega Funding Rounds For Amazon Retailer Rollups | 3 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Thrasio and Branded Group, two startups that acquire successful Amazon resellers, have separately raised large rounds of new venture funding as the e-commerce sector continues to draw intense investo... |
| Feb 3, 2021 | PE Firm Insight Partners Shares Advice On Scaling Startups Even During A Pandemic | 0 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Insight Partners, a New York based private equity firm, launched a report today with Wakefield Research that focuses on the challenges growth-stage software companies face in scaling their operations... |
| Jan 27, 2021 | Stilt Brings In $100M Debt Financing To Power Immigrant Loan Product | 4 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Stilt, which is providing financial services for immigrants, raised a $100 million debt facility from Silicon Valley Bank to support its lending product and new checking account product for customers... |
| Jan 26, 2021 | With $7M Series A, Parse Biosciences Makes Gene Sequencing Accessible To All | 0 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Split Biosciences, a startup developing a single-cell sequencing kit that doesn’t require custom instrumentation, closed on $7 million in Series A funding and unveiled its new name, Parse Biosciences... |
| Jan 25, 2021 | B2B Payments Startup Melio Reaches $1.3B Valuation Following $110M Series C2 | 2 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Melio, a fintech company with a presence in New York and Israel, is giving small businesses a way to digitally manage their business-to-business payments and receivables.
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| Jan 19, 2021 | K Health Raises $132M Series E, Kicks Off New Virtual Pediatric Care Platform | 3 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
If we’ve learned anything during the pandemic, it is that many of our regular doctor’s visits can take place virtually, with the quality of care similar to being there in person.
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| Jan 14, 2021 | LendingPoint Banks $125M In First Equity Investment | 16 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
LendingPoint took its first funding in its seven-year history in the way of a $125 million preferred equity investment from Warburg Pincus.
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The company is a financi... |
| Jan 13, 2021 | Affirm IPO Highlights Rapid Growth of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Industry | 6 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Affirm is expected to kick off trading on the Nasdaq on Wednesday, amid what has turned out to be a good year for “buy now, pay later” companies.
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| Jan 13, 2021 | Providing A Money Experience: MX Banks On $300M Series C | 23 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Fintech data company MX aims to connect people with their financial data in a way that automates their “money experience.”
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Buoyed by a $300 million Series C round o... |
| Jan 13, 2021 | CES: Plaid, Stripe Executives Provide Insights Into Consumer Financial Behavior | 4 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
In case you hadn’t noticed amid all of the news going on, Consumer Electronics Show 2021 started this week.
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The well-known consumer electronics show, which was virtu... |
| Jan 13, 2021 | Gainful Powers New Hydration Drink Line With $7.5M Series A | 0 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Gainful, a startup bringing personalization to the sports nutrition industry, is powering its new Hydration line of electrolyte drink mixes with aid from a $7.5 million Series A funding.
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| Jan 12, 2021 | New $10.5M Series A Fuel’s Outer’s Plan To Pursue $18B Outdoor Furniture Market | 2 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Direct-to-consumer outdoor furniture brand Outer is following up a June seed round with $10.5 million in Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital China.
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| Jan 12, 2021 | Cockroach Labs Raises $160M At $2B Valuation | 6 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Cockroach Labs has raised $160 million in a new round of funding, bringing its valuation to $2 billion.
Altimeter Capital led the round, with participation from existing investors BOND, Benchmark, Fi... |
| Jan 7, 2021 | Uplift Receives New Credit Line As It Looks To Expand | 1 Share Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Uplift has secured a new $68 million credit line as the company looks for travel to pick back up in the new year and to possibly expand into new sectors.
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| Jan 7, 2021 | Quantum Metric Reaches Unicorn Status After $200M Raise | 2 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Quantum Metric snagged $200 million in a Series B funding round that gives the Colorado Springs, Colorado-based company a valuation of more than $1 billion.
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| Jan 6, 2021 | Fresh Catch: New Wave Foods Brings In $18M Series A To Provide Plant-based Shrimp, Shellfish | 5 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
As plant-based foods sweep the globe, New Wave Foods is coming to market, following an $18 million Series A round of funding, with its shrimp made of sustainable seaweed and plant proteins.
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| Jan 6, 2021 | Thistle Bags $10.3M Series B To Expand Plant-based Food Delivery | 4 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Access to healthy food is not always an option for everyone, but Thistle wants to bridge that gap with prepared and delivered plant-based meals and cold-pressed juices.
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| Jan 4, 2021 | How Digital Transformation In Oil And Gas Will Put Houston On The Map As A Tech Hub | 9 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
By Andrew Bruce
What do the Astros, NASA and Beyoncé have in common? They are all out of this world yet call Houston home.
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Along with its biggest anchor, oil and gas... |
| Dec 23, 2020 | Exclusive: LoudCrowd Lands $2.2M To Enable Customer-led Growth For Brands | 10 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
LoudCrowd is tapping into user-generated content to enable brands to attract and retain customers.
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The Austin-based company raised $2.2 million in seed funding in a... |
| Dec 22, 2020 | Exclusive: LifeRaft Secures $3.5M Seed For Supplementary Health Insurance | 6 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
LifeRaft, an Oakland, California-based startup that offers supplementary health insurance, recently raised $3.5 million in seed funding and started offering its first product.
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| Dec 21, 2020 | Bolt Raises $75M Series C1 To Advance One-Click Online Buying | 12 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Bolt, which is developing a one-click checkout experience platform, brought in $75 million in additional funds for its Series C to give it a total round of $135 million.
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| Dec 21, 2020 | Exclusive: Topl Raises $3M To Provide ESG Guidance To Companies | 12 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
More companies are taking into account environmental, social and governance initiatives when making decisions, and Topl aims to assist them.
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| Dec 17, 2020 | Exclusive: Gr4vy Pours $1.1M Seed Into Platform For Payment Tools | 1 Share Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Cloud payment orchestration platform Gr4vy is taking on the $1 trillion annual retail payments market with a tool to simplify the way businesses add payments infrastructure to their processes.
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| Dec 17, 2020 | GRIN Bites Into $10M Series A To Advance Influencer Marketing Software | 15 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
GRIN is making it easier for direct-to-consumer brands to collaborate and manage their relationships with influencers.
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Brandon Brown, co-founder and CEO, told Crunc... |
| Dec 17, 2020 | A New Corporate Card: Ramp Secures $30M For Money-saving Company Credit Programs | 8 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Corporate cards typically provide an employee a way to purchase work-related items, but Ramp is redesigning how that works in a way that ends up saving a company money.
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| Dec 17, 2020 | Coinbase Files To Go Public | 5 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Digital currency wallet service Coinbase said in a blog post Thursday that it confidentially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to go public.
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| Dec 16, 2020 | Exclusive: Enveda Biosciences Announces $4.9M Seed To Create Medicinal Plant Database | 16 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Enveda Biosciences has raised a seed round of $4.9 million to build what it touts to be the “world’s largest database of anthropological, chemical and biological data from medicinal plants.”
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| Dec 16, 2020 | Bestow Lands $70M Series C To Expand Life Insurance Product | 14 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Life insurance startup Bestow brought in its second investment in 2020, this time a $70 million Series C funding round.
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| Dec 16, 2020 | Ovation Raises $21.5M Series B To Advance Health Care Testing | 11 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Today’s medicine is more complex and data driven than ever, and Ovation.io is out to provide technology for molecular diagnostic laboratories to enable them to speed up development of tests and trea... |
| Dec 15, 2020 | Public.com Secures $65M Series C For Social Investment Network | 10 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Public.com brought in its second round of capital infusion in 2020, this time $65 million in Series C funding.
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| Dec 14, 2020 | Mozper Banks $3.55M To Develop Debit Card, App For LatAm Children | 12 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Four months after graduating from Y Combinator, Mozper has launched in Mexico and raised a $3.55 million seed round to develop an app and debit card program designed for children and parents in Lati... |
| Dec 10, 2020 | Come Bien Bites Into $1.2M Seed To Expand Food Subscription Service | 4 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Mexico-based foodtech company Come Bien closed on a $1.2 million seed round to offer a health food subscription service for businesses and individuals.
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| Dec 9, 2020 | Kaszek, QED Back Crypto Platform Bitso In $62M Series B Round | 19 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Bitso is on a mission to provide universal access to cryptocurrency, and now has $62 million in Series B funding to drive its next stage of growth.
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| Dec 8, 2020 | Modal Raises $15M Series A To Rev Up The Online Car-Buying Experience | 9 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Buying a car can be a daunting experience, but Modal is out to make the process easier and in a way that can be accomplished from the comfort of your couch.
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| Dec 8, 2020 | Banking On Fintechs: Synctera Raises $12.4M Seed For Financial Services Matching Platform | 9 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Synctera is developing a tool to connect certain financial institutions, such as credit unions and community banks, with fintech companies.
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| Dec 7, 2020 | Exclusive: WoodSpoon Dips Into $2M Seed For Hand-crafted Food Marketplace | 8 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Oren Saar and Merav Kalish Rozengarten are two Israelis living in New York, who longed for the homemade food they could get in their home country. Then an idea hit them.
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| Dec 3, 2020 | OTV Dives Deeper Into Digital Health Startups With $170M Fund, Asia Expansion | 6 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
OTV, formerly Olive Tree Ventures, closed its first fund of $170 million dedicated to digital health investments.
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| Dec 3, 2020 | Everlywell Lands $175M For Virtual Care Offerings | 10 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Everlywell, an Austin-based digital health company, secured $175 million in an oversubscribed Series D round to expand its consumer testing and virtual care offerings. With the new investment, CEO J... |
| Dec 2, 2020 | Exclusive: Segmed Raises Over $2M To Curate Medical Datasets | 6 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Health care data is collected all day, every day, but without a way to standardize, label and curate it, the data is of little use.
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| Dec 1, 2020 | Olive Brings In $225.5M To Become Unicorn | 15 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Olive, which has developed an artificial intelligence workforce for the health care industry, said it closed $225.5 million in financing to bring its valuation to $1.5 billion.
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| Nov 30, 2020 | Monashees-backed Pier Raises $14.5M Poised To Lead Insurance In Brazil | 10 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Brazilian digital insurance company Pier is now issuing its own policies following a $14.5 million Series A round of funding.
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| Nov 25, 2020 | Exclusive: Point72-backed Productfy Raises $2.35M For Fintech Apps | 15 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Productfy brought in a $2.35 million seed round to create a platform that enables non-bank companies to develop and launch their own fintech applications.
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| Nov 24, 2020 | Fundraising In A Pandemic: Why A Fresh Strategy Is Imperative For Startups | 24 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
By Alton McDowell
Many startups went into 2020 with ambitious fundraising plans. Then, COVID-19 hit. Fast-forward several months and the amount of investment in startup funding in 2020 is expected t... |
| Nov 24, 2020 | Rewarding Savers: HMBradley Raises $18.25M To Bank On Consumer Saving Habits | 13 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
As consumers look for ways to make their money earn more money, digital banking platform HMBradley is developing programs to reward savers.
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| Nov 24, 2020 | A Decade Of Supergiants: Rounds Above $100M Dominate In 2020 | 37 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Funding deals with huge dollar signs attached to them have increased in venture over the past decade, fueling the unicorn startup phenomenon. This year, even as many of those startups funded with su... |
| Nov 24, 2020 | Exclusive: Vanti Analytics Raises $4.5M Seed For Manufacturing AI | 14 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Israel-based Vanti Analytics has raised a $4.5 million seed round. Vanti is the developer of an analytics platform to reveal errors for electronics manufacturers to increase their productivity.
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| Nov 23, 2020 | Exclusive: Phood Heats Up $2M Seed to Reduce Food Waste | 7 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Phood Solutions aims to reduce food waste and has a new pile of green to help.
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The New York-based startup, developing a food waste prevention platform, raised its fi... |
| Nov 20, 2020 | Paceline Pumps Up New Wellness Platform With $5M Seed | 26 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Fintech startup Paceline received a cash infusion of $5 million in seed funding to continue building out its health and wellness platform that rewards physical activity with financial benefits.
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| Nov 19, 2020 | Medable Locks In $91M Series C To Digitize Clinical Trials | 22 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Clinical trials research company Medable secured $91 million in Series C funding to continue efforts to revamp the way clinical trials are performed. This is the second investment this year for the ... |
| Nov 18, 2020 | Exclusive: Facio Raises $5M Seed Supporting Brazilian Payroll Loan Platform | 5 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Brazilian fintech startup Facio is developing a financial education platform that not only offers free lectures and courses, but also salary-advance services.
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| Nov 17, 2020 | Exclusive: Northstar Promotes Employee ‘Financial Wellness’ With $7.3M Series A | 10 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
When almost all of your paycheck goes to something other than savings, it’s easy to wish it could do more.
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| Nov 17, 2020 | OXIO Calls On $12M Series A To Unbundle Mobile Telecom Infrastructure | 13 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
OXIO is putting enterprise customers in control of their wireless experiences through its mobile carrier-as-a-service platform, BrandVNO. The New York-based company raised $12 million in Series A fu... |
| Nov 13, 2020 | DoorDash’s IPO Filing Reveals Revenue, Losses, Market Share | 10 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
DoorDash filed initial public offering paperwork Friday, revealing a 226 percent increase in revenue over the past nine months and a jump in market share in the last two years, according to the U.S.... |