Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 17, 2022
Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over twice as many companies, according to a classic Crunchbase article. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down.
socalTECH
MARCH 16, 2021
Santa Monica-based on-demand electric scooter provider Bird says it is planning a major investment in Europe, saying it will invest $150M in the continent in 2021. Bird offers up on-demand, electric scooters being used for micro-mobility, particularly in dense urban neighborhoods.
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Tech.Co
DECEMBER 28, 2022
The company, which was founded in 2021 by researchers from Harvard and Stanford, has invested in clinical-grade deep learning to unlock the potential of image data, helping oncologists make much more informed decisions about their patients. This April, the startup raised a staggering $4 million in a seed funding round.
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 5, 2022
We want to build a product for the next generation that wants to be mobile, video driven, exciting and fun.”. million in seed funding from groups like Agya Ventures, Gaingels, Goodwater Capital, Nomo Ventures, PKO Investments and Y Combinator — Playhouse was a member of Y Combinator’s summer 2021 cohort.
TechCrunch LA
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
This year, the company expects — looking at predictions that included results through Q2 2021 — to post positive gross margins. million in Q2 2021, its best result ever, and one of only four quarters in which the result was positive. For example, Bird had gross margins that were negative in 2018, 2019 and 2020.
TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 25, 2022
Now it’s picking up some funding along with an endorsement Europe to further its growth. The startup has received €50 million (just under $57 million at today’s rates) from the European Investment Bank, the funding arm of the European Union. The funding from the EIB ticks a couple of different boxes for the EU.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 16, 2023
The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2021, from 280 to 360 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Even the homework is easier, with free access to more opportunity details and competitor data on your mobile device from anywhere in the world. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive.
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