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Are you using Crunchbase to prospect? Make sure you're taking advantage of these 4 features to find leads who are highly likely to convert and finish the year closing as many deals as possible:
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$16 billion. That’s how much Web3 startups–including crypto, blockchain and more–have raised this year alone. Don’t overlook these high-growth prospects this quarter:
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Want to get started on Crunchbase but not sure what plan to choose? Here's a look at key features included in Crunchbase Starter, Pro and Enterprise to help you identify the perfect solution:
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🦄✨ Introducing The Crunchbase Unicorn Board, a curated list of the most valuable private companies in the world. Powered by Crunchbase data, this list is updated as companies reach unicorn status of a $1B or more valuation.
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6 top #ICOs by Crunchbase Rank. 1. @telegram - $850M raised.2. @EximchainEXC - $20M.3. @AB_CHAIN - $1.85M.4. @tzeroblockchain - $114M.5. @BitGuildPLAT - $20M.6. @ElectrifyAsia - $30M. The complete list 👉
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🏳️🌈 This #Pride month, we’re excited to announce that we’ve added “LGBTQ+ led” and “LGBTQ+ founded” tags to Diversity Spotlight to raise visibility for the lack of funding LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs receive and help close the investment gap. Read the update here:
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20 of the most capital-dense #startup communities in the U.S. http://t.co/1op1D12TMW
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http://t.co/sWHVUf3Q9O.
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In case you missed it, there’s a new way to search for contacts with Crunchbase! . Now you can:.📞 Find qualified contacts with targeted filters.👋 Engage with decision-makers right from search.⬇️ Export your unlocked contacts as a CSV
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🔍🦄 Spotting the next unicorn just got easier. Meet The Crunchbase Emerging Unicorn Board, a curated list of 300+ startups that are on the path to being the next billion-dollar companies:
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“Having an address in San Francisco is no longer a dominating advantage.” . - @christse, founding director @cardstack on NYC as a new finance #tech hub. More on NYC's #fintech scene 💰 💸
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10 startup #incubators around the world you need to know 🌏. 1. @joinstationf.2. @BinanceLabs .3. @vcatsindia.4. @DemiumStartups.5. @incubuslondon.6. @startuplabno.7. @LaunchAcademyHQ.8. @STARTUPLISBOA .9. @hubraum.10. @dogpatchlabs . The full list:
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Today, it seems that every major tech company doubles as a bank. Apple Card, Square Cash, Google Pay, etc.—all promise the most convenient & fastest payment service on the market. According to @Ripple's @ashgoblue, this shift is accelerating.
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.@thestartupspace teams with @investstockholm to present Swedish tech by the numbers. #sthlmtech #startup
http://t.co/b0Z8oTnfrt.
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Exciting news! We just closed our Series C funding round for $30 million 🎉 See how we’re using this investment to make Crunchbase even more valuable for all of our users:
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6 Top Most Popular Web Frameworks Among Seed and Early Stage Startups. 1. Angular.2. Ruby on Rails.3. Express.4. Django.5. 6. ReactJS. 👉 | Data sourced from @Siftery using #CBMarketplace
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9 Top #VC Investors in #FemaleFounded Startups in Q1 2018 . 1. @sequoia .2. @omidyarventures .3. @NEA.4. @googleventures .5. @khoslaventures .6. @MadronaVentures .7. @SalesforceVC .8. @socialcapital .9. @sparkcapital . Q1 2018 Diversity Report 👉
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By surfacing high-growth opportunities faster, Crunchbase Enterprise makes it easy for @UserTesting to win new business at scale. In a span of 8 months, they used Crunchbase to build a stronger pipeline of over 2K new qualified accounts. Read the story:
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🎬 Introducing Crunchbase 101 for Sales, a short series to help you streamline your prospecting workflow. To start, let’s take a look at advanced search and how to get a hyper-targeted list of accounts by editing your territory in Crunchbase. Learn more:
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Africa's growing tech scene has VCs watching closely w/nearly $200M invested already in Q4 http://t.co/65I59HvWpe
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10 Startup Accelerators Based On Successful Exits. 1. @ycombinator .2. @500Startups .3. @techstars .4. @PlugandPlayTC .5. @MassChallenge .6. @SOSVvc .7. @Sbootcamp .8. @friifond.9. @WayraUK .10. @startupchile . via @acremades | @Forbes
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/4 Securing $10M in a Series B round, @MisoRobotics develops and manufactures #AI-driven #robots that assist chefs to make food at restaurants. The Pasadena, Calif.-based company will ramp up production and deliver its hamburger-cooking robot Flippy to 50 CaliBurger locations.
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7 top women CEOs located outside the U.S. 1. @CherWang, HTC Corp.2. @renusatti, Paytm Payments Bank.3. @anishamydala, mydala.4. Gillian Tans, @bookingcom.5. @wenjuan_mi, VIPKID.6. @priyalakhani, CENTURY Tech.7. @HandeCilingir, Insider. The full list 💪
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Failed #Startup: Shyp 📦. Lessons learned: Don’t hyper-focus on vanity metrics. Act quickly and pivot early if needed. 7 Failed Startups and the Lessons Learned 👉
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Exciting news: Our new integration with @outreach_io is here! 🥳 ✉️ Now, Outreach customers can discover qualified accounts, push contacts to Outreach, and assign them to existing sequences, all from Crunchbase. Learn more:
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Successful Companies Built on Minimal Funding. 🖥 YouTube.Total Funding Amount: $11.5M.Revenue: $7.5B. 🛩 PrivateFly.Total Funding Amount: £2M.Revenue: $30.4M. 👙 MeUndies.Total Funding Amount: $10.4M.Revenue: $60M. The full list:
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A recipe for better response rates: Best-in-class data and automation working together, all in one place. Use our latest integration with @outreach_io to reach out when it matters & get more targeted in your messaging with Crunchbase’s buy signals:
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“In #fintech, the theory of disruption gets you in trouble quicker than you can growth-hack your way out of it" . - @ChrisTse, founding director @Cardstack ⚡️
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If you’re still thinking about Crunchbase as the mothership of free startup and VC data, there’s a lot more to the story. @jagermcconnell sat down with @rebecca_szkutak to discuss our evolution and future as the leading sales intelligence software:
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The list below shows founder ownership and founder equity of 104 tech companies at IPO. The median level of ownership shown is 15% while the average is 21%.
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"The homogenous nature of venture capital is a real problem. It is excluding potential investors and ignoring a huge set of entrepreneurs.". Read our Q&A with co-creators of the Black Venture Institute: @JacksonTheVC of @SalesforceVC & @BHolls1 of @BLCKVC:
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Foreign investment & govt. support is transforming Seoul into a rising tech hub http://t.co/R7RHjeCSrY
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.@IA_Fund founder and general partner @KeshaCashIAFund has closed on a second institutional fund of $55M. Impact America is one of the largest U.S. funds of its kind led by a Black female general partner:
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Female Founded Startups to Join in 2018.🏢 @Accompany .💄 @Glossier.🛍 @Brandless.👨👧 @VergeGenomics.👯 @MightyNetworks. via @AngelList
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We're thrilled to introduce Crunchbase Marketplace! 🎉. Marketplace is the Crunchbase app store. Now you can add best-in-class #data to Crunchbase - a la carte. Innovate, research, prospect with #CBMarketplace. Check it out 👉
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VCs invested $1B in sports tech startups over the past year -- here's why http://t.co/bwm7DwflK0
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In the U.S., more than one-third of those unicorns started with rounds that today would be considered pre-seed level, including: .🚘 Uber ($200,000) .🏠 Airbnb ($620,000).💰 Stripe ($120,000).🚙 Lyft ($300,000).👩🎨 Pinterest ($600,000). More:
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A look at some of the most active micro venture firms in Black- & Latinx-founded companies, according to our data:.@Backstage_Cap.@PrecursorVC.@MaCVentureCap.@quakecap.@KaporCapital .@RiseOfRest. Find more investor data in our new report:
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Top 10 Early Stage Investors in All of 2017. 1. @Accel.2. @GreycroftVC.3. @GVTeam.4. @BessemerVP.5. @GGVCapital.6. @500Startups.7. @a16z.8. @lightspeedvp.9. @IntelCapital.10. @IndexVentures. 👉
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39 black women investors inspiring a new generation, including:. - @karenekerr of @GE_Ventures .- @CandiceBrackeen of @hill7org .- @Monique_Mosley_ of @VenturesReign.- @ericaminnihan of @_1000_angels.- @03Tigress of @GingerBreadCap . See the full list:
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9 Top #VC Investors in #FemaleFounded Startups in Q1 2018 . 1. @sequoia .2. @omidyarventures .3. @NEA.4. @googleventures .5. @khoslaventures .6. @MadronaVentures .7. @SalesforceVC .8. @socialcapital .9. @sparkcapital . Q1 2018 Diversity Report 👉
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Top 10 Early Stage Investors in All of 2017. 1. @Accel.2. @GreycroftVC.3. @GVTeam.4. @BessemerVP.5. @GGVCapital.6. @500Startups.7. @a16z.8. @lightspeedvp.9. @IntelCapital.10. @IndexVentures. The full Q4 2017 Global Report:
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Our first analysis of Diversity Spotlight data, VC Funding to Black & Latinx Founders, is here! Download the report for insights on leading regions, female founders, emerging unicorns, & investors actively investing in underrepresented founders:
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11 Top Lead Investors in All of 2017, Globally. 1. @Sequoia.2. @Accel.3. @500Startups.4. @NEA.5. @ycombinator.6. Tencent Holdings.7. @insightpartners .8. @GVTeam.9. @NorwestVP.10. @SoftBank.11. @a16z. Our Q4 2017 Global Report 👉
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"#Fintech innovation is increasingly driven by the decentralization force, currently amplified by blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies.". - @christse, founding director @cardstack. More:
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After decades of underfunding, Black founders, Black CEOs, & Black-led venture firms are only beginning to get the attention they deserve. To help build equity, diversity, & inclusion in the startup world, we're launching a new feature: Diversity Spotlight
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Number of years it took for each product to gain 50 million users:. ✈️ Airlines - 68 years.🔌 Electricity - 46 years.💳 Credit card - 28 years.📱 Cell phone - 12 years.👥 Facebook - 3 years.🐦 Twitter - 2 years.🤳 Pokémon Go- 19 days. via @jasonlk
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3 top VCs investing the most in #FemaleFounded companies:.1. @ForerunnerVC.2. @KaporCapital.3. @Sherpa.Full report:
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10 Biggest @YCombinator Exits.1.@CruiseAuto: General Motors.2.@Twitch: Amazon.3.@WePay: JP Morgan.4.@CoreOS: Red Hat.5.@heroku: Salesforce.6.@OMGPOP: Zynga.7.@FutureAdvisor: BlackRock.8.@automatic: Sirius XM.9.@disqus: Zeta Global.10.@ParseIt: Facebook. 👉
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50 Hot Tech Companies Globally in 2019, Including. 👩⚕️ @modernhealthco.📱 @streem_pro.🛋 @livefeather.🏨 @MintHouseRP.🏋️♂️ @weareglofox.🍟 @dah_makan.💵 @FyleHQ.🛍 @retailzipline.🦞 @myfreshtohome.🚘 @myspinny .👩🌾 @artemisagtech. The full list:
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From education to healthcare, "Uber for X" startups have infested nearly every market http://t.co/8ULBkf5Fui
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VCs are gearing up for the next gold rush in the trillion-dollar marketplace lending industry http://t.co/VgJeQyqLmS
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India-based startups raise over $5 billion in 2014 w/big rounds for e-commerce #CBDaily
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In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, we've highlighted 25 black entrepreneurs getting funded and disrupting the status quo including: .@pauljudge @pindrop ($212.8M).@ABenton @StreamlyticsNow ($47M).@JasonNjoku @irokotv ($30M).@MorganDeBaun @Blavity ($9.4M).@jessomatt @upowerco ($7M)
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A revolution is budding in the cannabis tech industry as VCs back more 'potrepreneurs' http://t.co/4nyAvrq6JT
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11 Top Active #Seed investors in Q1 2018, Globally. 1. @ycombinator .2. @SOSVvc .3. Hiventures.4. @hax_co .5. @techstars .6. @500Startups.7. @PlugandPlayTC.8. @eroundtable.9. @canary .10. @khoslaventures.11. @MDTEDCO. 👉
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The 5 largest funding rounds this week:.🚀 @SpaceX: $850M.💊 @centessa: $250M.💸 @public: $220M.📊 @OutSystems: $150M.🤖 @LocusRobotics: $150M. Full list of U.S. companies that recently received venture funding:
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5 Top #SaaS companies that raised $1-10M in last year. 1. @bigfinite_inc (raised $8.5M).2. @cappasity ($2.5M).3. @stackshareio ($5.2M).4. @price_fx ($4.1M).5. @bugsnag ($9M). 🚀
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🗞️ Hot off the press: our Q2 global funding analysis. According to Crunchbase data, venture funding is down 26% QoQ. We take a look at late-stage, early-stage and seed funding rounds and what they mean for all those highly valued unicorns:
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2014 Market Trends: VCs splurge on food & fintech while ad tech & e-commerce decline http://t.co/qG5b93G5f4
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This year has been by far the best yet for the prestigious Silicon Valley startup accelerator @ycombinator known for its role in producing multibillion-dollar companies. YC tops 2020 with Airbnb & DoorDash debuting on the public markets:
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Robotics startups rake in $150M this year as VCs back the next generation of robots http://t.co/ApC5bUlr6D
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Female founder investment data from 2014 shows the times are changing, and quickly http://t.co/i2kLUynTD0
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5 apps helping millennials invest. 1. @Acorns.2. @Stash.3. @Betterment.4. @Clink_com.5. @RobinhoodApp. Read up:
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We just released another new feature in Crunchbase: similar companies! Now, you can view similar accounts and possible competitors on company profiles so you never miss an opportunity. Find your next deal faster with Crunchbase’s similar companies:
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6 Most Active "West South Central"* Investors, 2017-2018 YTD . 1. @mcuban.2. @CapitalFactory .3. @silvertonvc.4. Deep Space Ventures.5. @liveoakvp.6. Maverick Capital. 💰 *incl. OK, AR, LA, TX
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Why the Web 3.0 Matters and you should know about it. "As the Web 3.0 rears into action, new platforms will emerge with a healthy level of competition not throttled by monopolistic service providers. ". via @ZagoMatteoGian
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Congratulations to the Crunchbase team! We closed our Series C funding round 🎉 Read our CEO’s blog post to see what we have planned with this new investment:
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Number of years it took for each product to gain 50 million users:. ✈️ Airlines - 68 years.🔌 Electricity - 46 years.💳 Credit card - 28 years.📱 Cell phone - 12 years.👥 Facebook - 3 years.🐦 Twitter - 2 years.🤳 Pokémon Go- 19 days. via @jasonlk
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VCs trying to heal ailing healthcare system, w/ $308M in capital committed in 2014 http://t.co/8p7DRCTyld
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Several of the largest VC firms aren't slowing down in 2020, indicating that investors see an opportunity in current tumultuous times for new technologies. We take a look at the 18 most active firms of the year, where they’re scaling up activity, & why.
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61% of you think @Airbnb's going to be the hottest IPO of the year. Why? http://t.co/GzIFQMOEqI
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crunchbase is partnering with @emergencecap and @sotoventures 8/24 for a free event on #SalesBasics in San Mateo!
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As the San Diego tech community continues to thrive, the region has become a growing focal point for investments. Read the Q3 wrap up of San Diego's tech ecosystem: via @NealBloom
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🎉 We're proud to announce the close of our $50 million Series D! 🎉 With this funding, we’re investing in our powerful account-based prospecting software and the data that fuels it. Learn more about our plans for the future from our CEO @jagermcconnell:
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“Having an address in San Francisco is no longer a dominating advantage.” . - @christse, founding director @cardstack on NYC as a new finance #tech hub. More on NYC's #fintech scene 💰 💸
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The Alumni of These Uni's Raised the Most VC in the Past Year:. 1. @Harvard.2. @Stanford.3. @Penn.4. @Cornell.5. @MIT.6. @UCBerkeley.7. @Yale.8. @UChicago.9. @illinois_alma.10. @Columbia.11. @CarnegieMellon.12. @USC.13. @NorthwesternU.14. @UW.15. @UCLA. 👉
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50 Female #Entrepreneurs Everyone Should Know, Including:. 1. @wenjuan_mi.2. @NickyGoulimis.3. @jasminecrowe.4. @EmilyWWeiss.5. @JuliaCollins.6. @shanlynm .7. @annewoj23.8. @LisaSkeeteTatum.9. @ritun.10. @heidizaks.11. @AnneBoden. See the full list:
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Investments in IoT startups soar as VCs set their sights on backing the future http://t.co/hUoZYpwCr1
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