TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

When it comes to sustainable infrastructure development, technology is making terrific leaps and bounds. Streamlined, and indeed sustainable, it ain’t. Streamlined, and indeed sustainable, it ain’t. The theory is that it will make investment in sustainable infrastructure a more attractive proposition, too.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Edtech needs to reach beyond underfunded public school systems to become more sustainable, which is why more investors and founders are focusing on lifelong learning. Rising African venture investment powers fintech, clean tech bets in 2020. Rising African venture investment powers fintech, clean tech bets in 2020.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

On the other hand, the financing gap left by conventional banking institutions has presented an opportunity for innovation, leading to the birth of fintechs like Asilimia. In 2019, the startup won the Africa Cup at the 2019 SA Innovation Summit, securing a $350,000 investment from Unicorn Group, a pan-African investment firm.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Meniga , the London fintech that provides digital banking technology to leading banks, has closed €10 million in additional funding. In addition, the fintech will bolster its sales and service teams. US regulators need to catch up with Europe on fintech innovation . Also participating are Industrifonden, the U.K.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2021

The city appears to be strong in areas such as travel, AI, cybersecurity, fintech, agritech, travel tech, biotech, sports tech, and VR. Key sectors include fintech, agritech and travel tech. GoHub for B2B in AI, 5G, cybersecurity and sustainability. One of the most innovative in Europe. Luz Adell, CFO/partner, Draper B1.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

And what’s more surprising is that the buy is outside payments or fintech. With Flutterwave, we now have a way to drive both value for creators and revenue to sustain the business. We saw Disha as an opportunity to capture a new market of indie creators that need innovative tools to showcase their craft and get paid.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

The sector is still pretty nascent in many parts of Africa and has barely scratched the surface even though the millions poured into startups — operating in various facets from haulage to last mile — are yet to build sustainable businesses. I’ve realized we can build and create solutions around payment and core fintech.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

From lithium battery chemical recycling to smart media, blockchain infrastructure to student-centric educational software, and Sub-Saharan African fintech to cultured-meat production, this batch of companies is sure to wow the investors and the audience. TC aims to pick companies from a range of industries.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 12, 2019

In the years leading up to 2018, I have spent my time bringing innovation to the financial services space. Fintech, as this sector is colloquially referred, focuses for the most part on disrupting the state of affairs induced by the use of technology. As such it is all about innovation. Let’s study a bit about Innovation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

PayPal Ventures, the global corporate venture arm of PayPal, is one of the participating investors (this marks its first investment in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) but second in the MENA region after Egyptian fintech Paymob ). The fintech has raised more than $410 million in equity and debt since its 2019 launch. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

Focus on growth with good economics and don’t “buy” growth, as that will come with poor economics and hence is not sustainable. There has been continuous innovation over the last several years thanks to more digital adoption and lower data pricing. Focus on the core business and deprioritize experimental investments.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Ranging from the rapid adoption of sustainable technologies to the welcoming of a new local creator economy, we detail the surprising changes the pandemic has brought to consumer preferences, workplace dynamics, business models and the geopolitical influence on the fast-changing tech sector.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

Its lead investment in Flutterwave, which valued the fintech at $1 billion in March 2021, was a return from a long hiatus in investing in Africa. Fintech brings the Tiger back. billion, going into 2021, and it started the year with a bang, leading many mega-rounds, especially in fintechs. IROKO and others were a tiny play.

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CIO

MARCH 18, 2024

We need to be ready to respond to our CEO to solve problems with AI,” says Srini Gudipati, CIO of Covanta, a company that specializes in sustainable materials management, including large-scale recycling. Our data team uses gen AI on Amazon cloud to explore sustainability metrics. “AI moves fast, so we don’t want to delay.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Our survey respondents said the city was strong across a broad range of tech industries, particularly those with practical applications: cybersecurity, energy and sustainability, fintech, health care and medtech, edtech and silver tech among others. Mobility, fintech, energy, cybersecurity, healthcare. What is it weak in?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

Moove , an African mobility fintech that provides vehicle financing to drivers of ride-hailing platforms like Uber and other gig networks, has raised $105 million in new Series A2 financing. New investors such as AfricInvest, MUFG Innovation Partners, Latitude and Kreos Capital participated.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2022

Like many legacy markets poised for change, the insurance industry has already seen its first wave of innovation. It follows that digital insurance innovation should primarily focus on digital underwriting innovation — in essence, using technology to correctly assess and price risk in real time.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Startups that bridge the public and private sectors can build sustainable businesses with strong returns, says Tiffany Chu, SVP of mobility firm Via and former CEO of Remix. Why LatAm’s fintech boom is more than hype and superlative venture investment. But govtech and civic tech has a greater social impact than burger-flipping robots.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

You see, insurtech startups often need to take into account the myriad rules and regulations in place when they seek to innovate and embed insurance into products, which might make it difficult to pull it off. We are generally open to startups innovating any part of the value chain as long as the problem and market are big enough.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

As part of the deal, LeapFrog, which in May invested in African fintech giant Interswitch , joins Sun King’s board, which now includes General Atlantic and M&G Investments, as well as Prabha Sinha, the company’s first investor.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Just as the industry is always evolving and innovating — especially in recent months — we’re doing the same to keep Disrupt on the cutting edge for first-time founders, seasoned investors, visionaries and everybody in between. For founders and investors, there’s no platform like TechCrunch Disrupt.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

The group has already invested in startups in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, including Aleph (B2B SaaS for e-commerce), Apperto (social commerce), Choiz (healthtech), Exactly (DeFi), Elevva (e-commerce brands), Inipay (fintech), Leef (sustainability), Wibson (e-privacy) and Yerbo (wellness).

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OTS Solutions

JULY 28, 2022

But with the rise of FinTech, consumer expectations, and government pressures being felt throughout the industry, the pressure is on. In the last five years, the rise of FinTech companies and solutions has completely changed how financial services are done. And other things push for reinvention and innovation. Blockchain.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

It’s one reason why the region is home to many fintech businesses born elsewhere that need proximity to a large banking ecosystem, as well as the blockchain/crypto crowd, which have found a highly amenable regulatory environment in Zug, right next door to Zurich. Maximilian Spelmeyer , partner, SIX Fintech Ventures.

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Capgemini

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Follow the money : How are Big Tech and venture capital influencing innovation in the new model? Lucia Sinapi 10 Feb 2023 Facebook Twitter Linkedin So far in this series of blogs and vlogs on startups and their role as a catalyst for sustainable innovation, we’ve focused on the relationship between startups and corporates/the public sector.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

While leagues behind fintech as a whole, insurtech startups have still attracted a significant amount of investment over the last few years — $43 billion between 2016 and 2022, according to a recent report. “If The pace of innovation and funding outside of the U.S. Yes, I have seen some innovations on climate.

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Praxent

MARCH 2, 2021

CX Design Delays at Accelerated Growth Fintechs – How to Keep up with the Competition. Understanding how the unique CX challenges for fintechs in the ‘Accelerate Adoption’ stage of the product lifecycle impact FI sales . The CX Challenges of Accelerate Adoption Stage Products.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

So we’re hooking up with Extreme Tech Challenge (‘XTC’) to present the Extreme Tech Challenge Global Finals , a startup competition focused on powering a more sustainable, equitable, inclusive, and healthy world. What are the breakthrough tech innovations transforming industries to build a radically better world? Going Green.

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CIO

APRIL 16, 2024

Se già la continua ridefinizione del ruolo del Chief Information Officer non fosse abbastanza, ecco gli obiettivi ESG (Environment, Sustainability, Governance) diventare un’altra parte essenziale del suo compito. Ottimizzare, razionalizzare, efficientare, sono azioni mandatorie per la sostenibilità aziendale”.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

He considers proptech still in its infancy with much of the innovation coming from home buying, selling and maintenance rather than accounting. Rojas said he saw the opportunity to not only scale aggressively on the revenue side, but also build a lasting business that was sustainable.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

She stated that Lori has been focusing on growth, sustainability and a path to profitability since its last funding round. There is so much potential in the region, but it’s only through innovation that this can be fully unlocked,” commented Gajria on Google’s participation. Image Credits: Lori Systems.

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Modern CTO

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We discuss the ethos that allows for sustainable economic development, how Mastercard makes fraud scoring more precise, and why Ed thinks multitasking isn’t worth it. In 2019, I was awarded the Forbes CIO Innovation Award. Today we’re talking to Ed McLaughlin, President & Chief Technology Officer, Mastercard.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Grant Easterbrook Contributor Share on Twitter Grant Easterbrook is a fintech consultant based in Amsterdam. Much has been written about the success of fintech and how this wave of technological innovation has changed consumers’ lives. He also co-founded Dream Forward, which was acquired in 2020.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

Our survey respondents think the ecosystem is strong in sustainable energy, medtech, food tech, life sciences, marketplaces, deep tech, gaming and media. However, they seem to think it’s weaker in design, hardware, fintech, robotics and agritech. Digital, gaming, e-health, edtech, sustainability. Utrecht is a bit lagging.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

And, it plans to invest in more innovation around its rental services. “Now more than ever, consumers value convenience, flexibility and sustainability when they shop for and use products. “Now more than ever, consumers value convenience, flexibility and sustainability when they shop for and use products.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2023

Mary Ann reports that Peter Ackerson has departed from his role as general partner at fintech-focused venture firm Fin Capital and started a new firm, Audere Capital , with the rather vague thesis of “championing American innovation through early-stage technology investment.”

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CIO

APRIL 7, 2023

Digital transformation is crucial for the sustainability and resilience of professional accountancy organizations to meet changing business and market demands,” according to the International Federation of Accountants. Some entrepreneurs say they’ve already found solutions to make management easier and more beneficial to organizations.

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