Tag: Startup
Impact Investing Deal Report – May 10, 2017
Among the highlights this past week - Farmecco received $600K to help modernize farmers P&L in Australia, Hamburg-based Kreditech, a competitor to Lenddo and LendUp, received $110 million, and Uber rival Go-Jek, based in Indonesia, received $1.2 billion in new funding.
Impact Investing Deal Report – May 3, 2017
Sustainable feedstock maker Calysta, AltSchool and Bonsai AI were among this past week's notable investing deals. Calysta received $40 million in Series D for its innovative food technology that promises to eliminate the need for two increasingly scarce resources in our planet – water and agricultural land – for production of fish feed for the aquaculture industry.
Impact Investing Deal Report – April 26, 2017
Next-generation 911 emergency call delivery network RapidSOS, the Dave app that helps predicts bank overdrafts and helps consumers avoid big fees and all-natural kids meal creator KidFresh were among this past week's notable investing deals. RapidSOS received $14 million to continue its work building out its 911 emergency technology platform.
Impact Investing Deal Report – April 19, 2017
Ooho maker Skipping Rocks Labs, insurtech provider BIMA and food-waste startup Wasteless were among this past week's notable investing deals. Ooho received $1.05 million for its biodegradable product, to help save the dumping of one-billion wasted water bottles per year, among the chief sources of microplastics that end up in our planet's oceans.
Impact Investing Deal Report – April 12, 2017
Agrisoma, deep-link startup Branch and this week's spotlight Raise Labs were among this past week's notable investing deals. Raise Labs raised $12 million to continue their good work in making higher education more affordable via "micro-scholarships" as rewards for good grades or extracurricular activities.
Impact Investing Deal Report – March 29, 2017
Among notable deals this week: 410Medical, maker of the "LifeFlow" product to fight sepsis, received $3.3 million, Janajal, maker of clean water ATM's in India, received $5.5 million and Elevate's $124 million IPO to help it reach more non-prime or credit-invisible consumers.
Impact Investing Deal Report – March 22, 2017
Produce Pay, a platform for farmer financing, received $77 million, Sofi the student loan refinancing platform received over $425 million, Sprouts, the grocery chain, said to be in merger talks with Albertson's, and earlier in March, LendUp received $100 million.
Chivas Ventures Unveils Top 30 Global Social Enterprise Finalists
Chivas Ventures has announced 30 finalists out of about 6,000 startups across the planet at its accelerator program at. The innovative and diverse group of 30 will go to Los Angeles in July to claim a share of $1 million in cash.
Advice to High-Impact Entrepreneurs on Successful Funding
Build momentum, refine your business model, think two to three steps ahead and be prepared to work hard for the money.
SafetyNet takes the crown at Startup Weekend Ottawa
A startup pitching a low-cost wearable that would allow users to check-in with friends and family in an emergency, taking inspiration from the Syrian refugee crisis and the recent Laurier bridge collapse won in an Ottawa Startup Weekend event.
