The Motley Fool

JULY 8, 2024

Image source: Getty Images Starting a small business or launching a startup is an adventure filled with excitement and challenges, one of which is securing the necessary funding to turn your big ideas into reality. Venture capital: The big-league booster Venture capital (VC) isn't just for tech giants and Silicon Valley startups.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 16, 2025

The capital was secured from a broad range of global investors, including pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices. read more IFM Investors acquires 49% stake in Splend to drive rideshare growth IFM Investors has acquired a 49% stake in Splend, a $200m startup providing vehicle financing.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 19, 2025

The company is reportedly considering using part of the proceeds to reduce its remaining debt burden. SpaceX recently completed a tender offer that valued the company at $350bn, while his AI startup, xAI, is reportedly seeking fresh funding at a potential $75bn valuation. Can`t stop reading?

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Image source: Getty Images While the reported statistics vary, between 70% and 90% of business startups fail. I know that isn't a great stat to start an article about funding your startup, but it's important to go into business with a clear understanding of the risks. Don't worry, there is good news.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

That prediction obviously turned out pretty wrong, but it did drum up a whole lot of chatter about the right ingredients for building a startup community—about New York vs Boston on the East Coast and whether cities like Austin and Seattle would ever break through. This is where you’ll find the most experienced, most ambitious, top employees.

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FinSMEs

MARCH 10, 2025

ReSource Chemical, an Oakland, CA-based advanced manufacturing startup, raised $15M in funding. The round was led by Khosla Ventures and Fathom Fund, with participation from Chevron Technology Ventures, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company and angel investors Adam Winkel and Matt Berger.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Saudi Venture Capital (SVC) has committed over SR1.5bn ($400m) to the Jadwa GCC Private Equity Fund 1, which will invest in a diversified, cross-sectorial set of high-potential private equity opportunities across Saudi Arabia and the GCC. Established in 2018, SVC operates as a subsidiary of the SME Bank under the National Development Fund.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Image source: Getty Images Where do most people find the money for their startup? Typically, they patch together their funding from several different sources, not just one. Then the answer is unconventional funding. Here are some unconventional funding options that could be the key to getting your business off the ground.

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FinSMEs

MARCH 10, 2025

MSInsight, a Paris, France-based startup specializing in precision medicine in oncology, raised 1.6M in Seed funding. The company intends to use the funds to finalize its technological development, demonstrate its performance in various types […] The post MSInsight Raises 1.6M

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FinSMEs

MARCH 11, 2025

Liminal Experiences, a UGC gaming startup dedicated to leveraging artificial intelligence to empower human-centered creativity, raised $5.8M in Seed funding. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development […] The post Liminal Experiences Raises $5.8M

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 6, 2024

The two companies agreed to collaborate on AI development, with a specific goal to help expand the AI capabilities of Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform. Cathie Wood 's Ark Venture Fund, which invested a reported $250 million. OpenAI is a private company, so it can choose which investors it wants to work with.

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FinSMEs

MARCH 26, 2025

Tarta Labs, a Singapore based startup dedicated to building a next-generation anime IP ecosystem, completed a $4.5m pre-seed funding round. The company intends to use the funds to focus on the development of Spot Zero, […] The post Tarta Labs Raises $4.5M in Pre-Seed Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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FinSMEs

MARCH 13, 2025

ImmuONE, a Stevenage, UK-based biotech startup developing a 3D laboratory model that provides an alternative to animal testing, raised 600K in funding. Backers included the Midlands Engine Investment Fund, Mercia Ventures and Pioneer Group.

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FinSMEs

APRIL 2, 2025

vopemed, a Montreal, Canada-based MedTech startup enhancing surgical vision with AI-powered image clarification, raised $2.29M pre-seed funding. The round was led by Genson Capital Inc., which invested $1.5M CAD, and Investissement Qubec, which contributed $750K CAD.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 6, 2023

Several years on, and it’s capitalised on that thesis, investing in in more than 100 early-stage companies. It’s now entering its next phase, having completed the final close of its new €300 million ($325.6m) fund, its fifth, which closed at its ‘hard cap’. In particular, where a company has proprietary data that it can leverage.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 22, 2024

Whatever your reasons for becoming an entrepreneur, building your own company takes time and energy. If you are worried about the environment and try to follow eco-friendly practices at home, there are several ways you can incorporate those same values into your startup. You might even help startups access green business bank accounts.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 31, 2023

Apollo.io, a business-to-business (B2B) sales and intelligence and engagement platform, announced a $100m Series D funding round at a valuation of $1.6bn, making it one of the year’s first sales-tech unicorns. The latest funding brings the company’s total funding to close to $250m.

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FinSMEs

APRIL 2, 2025

Warlock Labs, a San Francisco, CA-based crypto infrastructure startup, raised $8m in seed funding. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts. Warlock Labs is a software company specialized in […] The post Warlock Labs Raises $8M in Seed Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 10, 2024

Wiz, a US-Israeli startup and cloud cybersecurity solutions provider, has raised $1bn in a private funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Thrive Capital, valuing the four-year old company at $12bn, according to a report by Reuters.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 29, 2024

Amazon is spending billions more to back an artificial intelligence startup as it looks for an edge in the new technology arms race. billion backing Anthropic , a San Francisco-based startup that’s widely viewed as a front-runner in generative artificial intelligence. Wednesday’s news marks Amazon’s second tranche of that funding.

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FinSMEs

MARCH 10, 2025

Alfa, a London, UK-based AI recruitment startup, raised 495K in Pre-Seed funding. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its […] The post Alfa Raises 495K in Pre-Seed Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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FinSMEs

JANUARY 28, 2025

Adsorbi, a Gothenburg, Sweden-based startup developing bio-based materials for air pollutants and odour removal, raised 1M in funding. The round was led by Mets Spring, Chalmers Ventures, Jovitech Invest, and a grant from Sweden’s Innovation Agency.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 28, 2024

I embarked upon creating a travel-inspired bag line called PAK Rêve, but like many budding entrepreneurs, I hit a financial roadblock: I needed funds -- about $22,000 -- to place my first large order. What particularly aligned with my needs was GNEC's Women Entrepreneur Fund.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Image source: Getty Images Want to start a business but don't have VC funding or access to a business loan ? Stories of startups with million-dollar funding seem to dominate our newsfeeds, but overall venture capital volume is actually falling. Early-stage funding was down more than 40% year over year in 2023.

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FinSMEs

MARCH 13, 2025

Zero Point Motion, a Bristol, UK-based sensor technology startup, raised 4M in Pre-Series A funding. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development in precision motion sensing, […] The post Zero Point Motion Raises 4M in Pre-Series A Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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FinSMEs

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

electric propulsion startup, raised $10.5m in seed funding. Backers included redalpine, Balerion Space Ventures, Founders Fund, Alumni Ventures, 7percent Ventures, Outsized Ventures, and Entrepreneur First. The company intends to use the funds to develop its next generation plasma thrusters.

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FinSMEs

MARCH 12, 2025

Wolf Games, a Los Angeles, CA-based generative gaming startup, raised $4M in seed funding. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development […] The post Wolf Game Raises $4M in Seed Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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FinSMEs

JANUARY 21, 2025

r4, a Boston, MA-based defense tech startup providing a solution that simplifiesthe procurement and management of non-production software licenses, raised $1M in Seed funding. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts. Backers were not disclosed.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 20, 2024

When I wrote this post about trying to measure the fundability of your startup, I kicked it off with, “You can’t” and proceeded to share all the ways that getting your company funded feels a bit like a craps shoot, while still trying find a method somewhere within the madness. Spinning out of a successful fund of a similar size?

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The Motley Fool

JULY 18, 2023

Are hedge funds out of the woods? Two ex-Citadel traders just blasted through their funding target to make their new venture the biggest start-up of 2023, sources told Bloomberg Tuesday. Place Your Bets Hedge funds' live-fast-and-die-hard business model means most last only a few years. points quarter-over-quarter.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 26, 2024

Morgan Private Bank 2024 Global Family Office Report found that rich families invest about 46% of their portfolios in "alternative assets," which the survey defines as hedge funds, private equity, private credit, real estate, and venture capital (VC) funds. But many venture-backed startups fail.

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FinSMEs

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Reddy, a San Francisco, CA-based AI startup that provides enterprise Customer Experience (CX) teams with a single platform to train, deploy and manage their human and AI agents, raised a total of$2min funding. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its business reach.

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FinSMEs

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Jurimesh, a Ghent, Belgium-based legaltech company, raised 1.6m in pre-seed funding. The company intends […] The post Jurimesh Raises 1.6M in Pre-Seed Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In its S-1 filing, the cloud software company names Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Web Services (AWS), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Azure, and Alphabet 's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as its largest competitors. First, Databricks could raise a lot of cash to fund the expansion of its data lake and data warehouse platforms.

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FinSMEs

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Enduro Genetics, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based synthetic biology startup, raised 12M in Series A funding. The company intends to use the funds to expand its platform and scale commercialization. Backers included Supernova Invest, NOON Ventures and Sandwater.

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FinSMEs

APRIL 15, 2024

Zoth, a Singapore-based stablecoin and yield company, raised $2.5m in funding. The round was led by Blockchain Founders Fund with participation from Momentum 6, Borderless Capital, Mindfulness Capital, Yap Capital, Singularity DAO, Aztlan Capital, Outlier Ventures, Orbit Startups, Graviton Web3 Accelerator, and others.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 11, 2024

But you don't need a small business loan, investors, venture capital (VC) funding, or a big bank account balance to start a business. And bootstrapped businesses can work better than venture-backed startups. So much so that some research shows bootstrapped companies have a 61% success rate, compared to 41% for venture-backed companies.

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