Tagged: startups

April 18, 2024 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BitGo announced the launch of BitGo Ventures, BitGo’s investment arm dedicated to seeking out and fostering partnerships with FinTech infrastructure companies and blockchain projects around the world. BitGo Ventures will invest in startups “that are building secure, scalable, and digital-native financial infrastructure solutions while prioritizing… Read More

April 11, 2024 @ 10:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The AI 100 has been released by CB Insights. It’s an annual list of some of the best / high-potential private AI companies in the world. From new AI architectures to precision manufacturing, this year’s AI firms are focused on tackling some of the hardest… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 10:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Startups operating in the MENA region have reportedly secured over $250 million in capital during March 2024, according to an update shared by local sources. To be precise, MENA startups acquired $254 million across 54 different deals, which is up considerably by 186% MoM from… Read More

March 25, 2024 @ 7:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

China witnessed the announcement of a total of 416 venture capital (VC) funding deals of worth $6.4 billion during the first two months of year 2024, which is a year-on-year (YoY) decline of 18.9% in terms of deal volume and 4.9% in terms of funding… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 9:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Graviton, one of India’s Web3-focused accelerators, has unveiled a list of teams that have been accepted into the second edition of its 16-week program. This update comes nearly a month after the syndicate-backed fund stopped accepting applications, and was preceded by “a nationwide hunt for… Read More

March 19, 2024 @ 9:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

RevRoad explains that their platform provides growing companies with what they really need, which includes everything from a starter team to business services. RevRoad says that they are a venture services firm that helps portfolio companies grow “with a team and essential services for up… Read More

March 18, 2024 @ 5:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As VC-backed startups continue to contend with bear-market headwinds, startup hiring and compensation have undergone a reset, according to an update from Carta. Last year marked a startup employment contraction: There were more total job departures from companies on Carta in 2023 than there “were… Read More

March 5, 2024 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eric Demuth, CEO at Bitpanda, reveals that they’re launching LeadBlock Bitpanda Ventures (focused on Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals). When the team first created Bitpanda, there wasn’t much help available to them. There also wasn’t enough funding and there wasn’t expertise they could draw… Read More

February 18, 2024 @ 12:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Capchase says it is interested in helping high-potential startups grow on their own terms with non-dilutive capital injections. According to Capchase, capital is only “one part of the equation.” To succeed, Capchase explains that startups need mentorship, guidance, and support. Capchase has announced their new… Read More

February 13, 2024 @ 5:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

During the rise and fall of an “unprecedented” bull market across 2021 and 2022, founders and investors had to navigate a wild ride of ups and downs, the team at Carta noted. That volatility diminished in 2023. The startup ecosystem trundled “along at a slow… Read More

February 3, 2024 @ 6:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset platform CoinList recently announced that it has opened up applications for CoinList Seed Winter 2024. CoinList explains that this initiative is intended for development teams that are interested in  getting their crypto projects in front of 10 million crypto “early adopters.” For their… Read More

January 9, 2024 @ 1:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Henry Ward, the CEO at Carta, says that the firm should no longer facilitate secondary trading of private securities. Secondary transactions for private securities is an emerging sector of Fintech that provides shareholders with an alternative to an M&A or IPO event to exit an… Read More

January 9, 2024 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Financing a new business can be one of the biggest hurdles entrepreneurs face, according to an update shared by UK’s Starling Bank. Some 85% of UK startups launched in the last three years “have relied on the founder’s personal capital as the initial source of… Read More

January 6, 2024 @ 4:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Every quarter, Carta releases information on the startup ecosystem in their State of Private Markets report. Carta‘s “first cut” of data as close to the end of the quarter as possible has been shred. This initial analysis focuses “on round valuations and cash raised across… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 5:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Entrée Capital has recently shared an update titled, A Renaissance in Israel’s high tech ecosystem in the year ahead (2024). Entrée Capital, which claims to partner with the “exceptional” to build the “impossible,” says that they remain steadfast in their commitment to supporting Israel. The… Read More

December 24, 2023 @ 10:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tracxn, a global SaaS-based market intelligence platform, has released its Geo Annual Report: Canada Tech 2023. The report, based on Tracxn’s extensive database, “provides insights into the Canada Tech space.” In 2023 Year-to-Date (YTD), Canada stands “as the seventh highest-funded country globally for startup funding,… Read More

December 23, 2023 @ 5:41 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has successfully driven the growth of the country’s crowdfunding sector, with funds raised approaching P2 billion (about $36 million) in the last three years. This surge in crowdfunding activity is a direct outcome of the SEC’s nationwide campaign,… Read More

December 23, 2023 @ 11:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Effective January 1, 2024, virtually all new companies being incorporated in the United States will need to “comply with the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA),” the team at Carta noted. As explained in a blog post by Carta, this new law will “require them to submit… Read More

December 19, 2023 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SellersFi, a global financial technology startup, closed a new US credit facility with Citi and independent asset manager Fasanara Capital for $135MM with the potential to grow up to $300M as SellersFi expands. The senior capital is provided “by Citi with a portion from Fasanara… Read More

December 14, 2023 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at CBInsights has identified some of the most successful startup accelerators like Y Combinator, Techstars, and 500 Global based on “the strength of their portfolios.” As stated in the update from CBInsights, despite the economic slowdown, startup accelerators continue to play “a crucial… Read More