TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

LineNext, a web3 unit of the Japanese messaging app Line, raised $140 million in its funding led by Crescendo Equity Partners, a Peter Thiel-backed private equity firm in South Korea, to expand its web3 platform.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

The investment arm of the UK retail bank M&G has led a funding of $340 million into Udaan, a business-to-business e-commerce startup, in one of the largest financing rounds secured by an Indian startup in 2023.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Avenir Growth Partners is seeking to raise $800 million for its fifth fund, it disclosed in a securities filing, two years after it began the paperworks for raising its IV fund. It ended up raising about $780 million for the fourth fund, it disclosed in a filing earlier this year. All rights reserved.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

ABL Space Systems is looking to raise up to $100 million in new funding, and has just closed over $40 million, according to a new filing with the U.S. It’s the first indication that ABL has raised venture funding since October 2021, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. Securities and Exchange Commission. All rights reserved.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

Saudi asset manager and financial institution SNB Capital and Sanabil Investments, a wholly-owned company by Saudi’s sovereign wealth fund Public Investment Fund (PIF), […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2023

To find out how the industry is reacting to this decision, TechCrunch+ spoke with one founder and four fund managers at venture firms that back women or founders of color.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2024

We started the year with news of a couple of new venture funds that will be writing checks into fintech startups. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Audio series platform Pocket FM has topped $160 million in annual recurring revenue and is inching closer to raising over $80 million in a new funding round, three sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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APRIL 8, 2023

One of the biggest venture capital trends of the last few years was early-stage firms raising “opportunity” funds to make follow-on investments into their most successful bets. I think whether to raise an opportunity fund will become a much more debated question for firms looking to raise money this year.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Three years after raising a $500 million fund , European venture capital firm Northzone is back with what partners are calling its “largest fundraise to date” of €1 billion, or $1.01 billion, for its tenth fund. Same for Peru-based Salkantay Ventures , which said it closed on $26 million for its first fund , Salkantay Exponential Fund.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

A leaked document shines new light on the fund's relationship with Mastercard and the embattled grant program. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2023

French startup Mistral AI has officially closed its much anticipated Series A funding round. The company has raised €385 million, or $415 million at today’s exchange rate — according to Bloomberg, it values the company at roughly $2 billion. Mistral AI is also opening up its commercial platform today.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

If you plan to launch a new startup in France, Denmark or Sweden, there is a new seed fund looking for your pitch. Emblem said today that it has raised nearly $54 million (€50 million) for a new European seed fund. The next step is a proper seed fund with more capital. We are going to have an exclusive focus on seed.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

However , some venture firms have taken this up a notch by bringing founders to create a fund and invest together. Since the firm’s first fund launched in 2017, MAGIC has invested in 70 companies at pre-seed and seed stages across these emerging markets. MAGIC Fund has 12 founders who act as general partners.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Rivada Space Networks is in the final stages of closing funding to help fund a mega-constellation to be built by Terran at a cost of $2.4 Terran Orbital may be close to receiving a major payment from its biggest customer, CEO Marc Bell announced internally at a company-wide meeting earlier this month. All rights reserved.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Experts and venture industry insiders following the Fearless Fund case remain dumbfounded as it continues to unfold.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Al Mada Holding Group is one of Africa’s largest private investment funds. The Casablanca-headquartered private holding operates in different fields, such as banking, telecommunications, renewable energy and the food industry.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The $41 million funding raise is across the Seed and Series A financing rounds. Sarvam AI has come out of stealth mode and announced it has raised $41 million as the five-month old Indian startup races to build a suite of full-stack generative AI offerings. Lightspeed led the Series A round, whereas it co-led the […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Tola Capital, investing in AI-enabled enterprise software, is the latest venture capital firm to announce its new fund, securing $230 million in capital commitments for its third fund, raising the largest amount to date. It’s been a great couple of weeks for new VC funds. Tola joins firms like NXTP, …

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2023

Despite continuing talk about a possible recession , slumping tech stocks and a slowdown in the world of startup investing, the business of funding was positively humming last week. Consider the following: NEA revealed that it closed its two newest funds adding up to $6.2 Is venture funding already back? Even non-U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The fund is technically a nonprofit with a debt fund attached. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Saviu Ventures, a VC firm targeting startups in Francophone Africa, has made an initial close of €12 million for its second fund with the backing of private investors, including French and Kenyan family offices. All rights reserved.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Two large equity funds came out of the gate this week. Earlier this year we covered how Liquidity Group, a growth-stage debt financier, raised $40 million and launched a $250 million debt fund for tech companies. So, what gives? Backers included Apollo (private equity, and Yahoo! owner) and MUFG (a Japanese bank).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2023

“Entrepreneurs navigating the later stages of a startup face a mine field of funding options, and not all of them are suitable for their business,” writes David Spreng, founder and CEO of Runway Growth Capital. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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MARCH 22, 2023

The Family Fund & Founder Community , which goes by F3C, announced $25 million in new capital commitments and its focus on becoming the largest community of founders that co-invest in the late-seed and Series A stages of consumer brands. Is venture funding already back? We just want to do that really well.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

For a VC firm, the second fund is a make-or-break moment. With the initial fund, you raise money based on an investment thesis because you don’t have any track record, any return on investment to prove that you’re a capable investor. It’s a different story when it’s time to raise the second fund. All rights reserved.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

million in a fresh funding round led by British International Investment, as it looks to continue to help micro enterprises grow their businesses and employees expand their incomes. Aye Finance, an Indian startup that offers its digital lending platform to small firms, has raised $37.18

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

High interest rates may be stifling some investments in climate tech today, but the new fund suggests that LPs see a light at the end of the tunnel. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2023

SumUp — the fintech that provides payments and related services to some 4 million small businesses in Europe, the Americas and Australia — has picked up some growth funding to navigate the choppy waters of the current fintech market, waters that have tipped and swayed SumUp itself.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the funding round, with participation from Jones Feliciano Family Office, Lauder Zinterhofer Family Office, Schusterman Foundation, SoftBank Opportunity Fund, Related Companies and Wilshire Lane Capital. The company raised almost $500,000 via crowdfunding and nonprofit impact investment funds.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

TUNL, a South African parcel shipping platform, has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding from investors, including Founders Factory Africa, Digital Africa Ventures, E4E Africa, and Jozi Angels.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The downturn in the technology sector — dragged by inflation, higher interest rates and geopolitical events — continues to persist, and one of the most acutely impacted areas has been VC funding for startups, particularly those outside the U.S. All rights reserved.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A new $1M in funding should help the company add a few studios to its media and gaming clients. Ukrainian synthetic voice startup Respeecher is finding success despite not just bombs raining down on their city, but a wave of hype that has raised up sometimes controversial competitors. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

Salesforce Ventures has launched a bunch of vertical-specific investment funds through the years, including funds aimed at particular geographies such as Japan or Canada. It has also previously launched a dedicated AI fund , targeting startups building AI smarts on top of Salesforce.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2023

A recent report from Pitchbook shows that 'mega-deals' could be inflating AI startup funding totals, giving a misleading picture of the sector's health. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Internet giant Google announced today that it has made the first investment from its Africa Investment Fund in Ugandan super app SafeBoda. Before launching the fund, Google proved helpful in startups’ journeys via its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa program. Google sets up $50M fund to invest in African startups.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The venture capital firm's $65 million inaugural fund will back founders who are starting climate tech software companies. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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