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Phillip An is the Co-founder and COO of Homebase, one of Southeast Asia's leading Proptech companies. Homebase (www.homebase.com.vn) provides revolutionary products made accessible that empower homeowners to buy, sell, and own homes in ways that work best for themselves. Homebase is backed by leading investors and partners around the world (YC, Goodwater Capital, Partech Ventures, etc), with the most recent $30M round of equity and debt funding announced in 2021. Prior to starting Homebase, Phillip has w had experiences across Investment banking at Goldman Sachs, Management Consulting at McKinsey and in Venture Capital. He holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Caltech, and was admitted to the MBA program at Harvard Business School. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillipan/ Website: https://www.homebase.com.vn/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geeksofthevalley/support
In der Nachmittagsfolge begrüßen wir Tolga Önal, Co-Founder von elopage. Das Berliner Startup, nach eigenen Angaben Europas wachstumsstärkste SaaS-Plattform und Zahlungsprovider für Online-Entrepreneure sowie kleine und mittlere Unternehmen, hat gerade in einer ersten Finanzierungsrunde 38 Millionen US$ eingesammelt. Hauptinvestor ist Target Global, unter Beteiligung von Partech Ventures und Avid Ventures. Elopage unterstützt mehr als 40.000 digitale Unternehmerinnen und Unternehmer sowie KMUs dabei, ihr Business aufzubauen und zu skalieren. Die SaaS-Plattformen wurde 2015 von Tolga Önal und Özkan Akkilic gegründet. Im Zuge der Finanzierungsrunde soll das Team bis zum Jahresende von 70 auf ca. 190 Mitarbeitenden wachsen. Tolga führt uns durch die teilweise holprige Entstehungsgeschichte von Elopage, die von zahlreichen Pivots geprägt war, das Geschäftsmodell, den Creator-Markt und die Expansionspläne nach Europa.
ServiceMax, a field service management software provider, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire LiquidFrameworks from a private equity investor Luminate Capital Partners. The financial terms of the transaction remain undisclosed. Luminate Capital Partners had acquired LiquidFrameworks in 2019. In a press release, ServiceMax announced that the deal would expand its field service management solutions, to address unique challenges in the energy sector. Additionally, the acquisition would better position ServiceMax to meet digital service execution demand in the industry and facilitate its expansion of portfolio and go-to-market strategies.Netradyne, a startup using AI to build fleet safety solutions, has announced its Series C fundraise of $150 million from SoftBank Vision Fund 2. with participation from existing investors Point72 Ventures and M12.Amazon Web Services has announced the general availability of Amazon Health Lake, which is a cloud service that allows healthcare companies to centralize their medical data from various systems, and utilize it to improve patient care. According to AWS, utilizing HealthLake to consolidate different records into a single data repository makes information more accessible. This information includes medical information, such as clinician notes, lab reports, and insurance claims, stored in several databases.LearnWorlds, a platform for creating and selling online courses, has announced that it has raised $32 million in a minority investment led by Insight Partners, global venture capital and private equity firm.Google Cloud India has announced the launch of its new cloud region in Delhi-NCR. This would enable the firm to better their services to clients in various industries, particularly the public sector in India and the Asia-Pacific. The financial details have not been disclosed.Daloopa, a company providing AI-powered document automation and data extraction, has announced its $20 million Series A funding in a round led by Credit Suisse Asset Management's NEXT Investors. Lightyear, a software provider for network infrastructure procurement and management, has announced its Series A fundraise of $13.1 million from Ridge Ventures to boost hiring and resources in development, enhance go-to-market strategies, the company said in a press release. Lightyear had raised its seed round funding in 2020, netting $3.7 million from Amplo. With the close of Series A, the total funding raised by the company crossed 17 million $, as per Crunchbase. Singapore-based Easy Eat, a startup transforming restaurants into tech companies, has announced a raise of $5 million to expand into deeper Southeast Asia. The round involved participation from Aroa Ventures, family office of Ritesh Agarwal, founder and CEO of OYO; Reddy Futures Family Office; Prophetic Ventures; Maninder Gulati, global chief strategy officer of OYO; Cem Garih, managing Partner at Alarko Ventures, Fethi Sabancı Kamışlı, founder and managing partner of Esas Ventures and a few Silicon Valley-based VCs and angels, as per reports. SecurEnds, a cloud-based identity governance company, has announced a $21 million in Series A funding led by Elephant, one of the largest Series A investments in Atlanta's cybersecurity and tech startup ecosystem, the company stated in a press release. Lantronix has announced the introduction of True Zero-Touch Automation updates for provisioning remotely deployed IoT devices. Lantronix Inc. is a global provider of secure turnkey solutions for the Internet of Things and Remote Environment Management , including SaaS, connectivity, engineering, and intelligent hardware.Tinvio, a Singapore-based startup, has announced that it has raised $12 million in a Series A funding round led by AppWorks Ventures. The startup's strategic investor MUFG Innovation Partners (MUIP), also participated in the round. Other participants include Tinvio's existing investors, Sequoia Capital India's Surge, Global Founders Capital, and Partech Ventures. Digantara, a spacetech startup, has raised $2.5 million as part of their seed funding round led by Kalaari Capital. Digantara plans to utilize the funds to expedite product development and launch its first satellite (technology demonstration mission) into low-Earth orbit, according to the official announcement.MedPay, an API platform, has raised $1.2 million in a seed funding round led by Talent Investor Entrepreneur First and GrowX Ventures. The funds will be used to meet rising demand and enhance the company's current product offerings.
Growth capital deals in the USA and in China tend to get the most attention, but the volume of later-stage VC capital has seen a significant rise in Europe since the last five to ten years. In this episode, we talk to Omri Benayoun, General Partner at Partech, to learn more about the state of growth capital in Europe. We'll also dive into the differences between preparing for an early-stage vs. a later-stage fundraising; the importance of attracting international talent in startups; the accessibility of local funds vs. international funds; and much more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week we're excited to be joined by Jacob Claerhout, Associate at Partech Ventures and founder of Merit, the 'Codeacademy for VCs'! Like us, Jacob feels strongly about broadening access to venture capital which is why he started Merit; to give anyone the opportunity to earn their stripes assessing early stage companies. We discuss how building something gives you a renewed respect for all founders, and how it's taking Jacob back to his background in engineering! Finally, as someone who's thought a lot about recruitment in VC, he shares his top tips for interviewing. Jacob's LinkedIn Merit
Nous retrouvons Alix de Sagazan CEO et cofondatrice d’AB Tasty qui annonce aujourd’hui une levée de 40 millions de dollars menée par Crédit Mutuel Innovation et également auprès de Korelya Capital, Omnes Capital, Partech Ventures et Xange.
With a background in operating roles at Portal Software and McAfee, as well as investing roles at Partech Ventures and Adams Street Partners, Dave Welsh brings a wealth of knowledge to his current role as KKR's Head of TMT Growth Equity. As Dave explains throughout our conversation, KKR's focus is different than other growth equity investors.
On this week's episode of The SaaS Revolution Show we take you to the SaaStock Paris stage where Rachel Delacour, VP Startups at Zendesk talks with Marie-Hortense Varin, Principal at Partech Ventures, Samantha Jerusalmy, Partner at Elaia and Evgenia Plotnikova, Principal at Dawn Capital about what it takes to become a billion-dollar company and what's the role of the VC in this beyond funding the journey. With many promising companies coming out of Europe, there are important things to keep in mind on the road to scaling successfully, which Samantha, Marie-Hortense and Evgenia have picked and share on the panel. Listen on to hear: While there is no science to becoming a unicorn, there are patterns. What are they? What are the signs a company has unicorn potential? What is the role of the VC in helping a company grow to a billion dollar? As Marie-Hortense mentiones in the end, if your VC isn't helping you hire your SVP, you should get another VC partner. We will tackle the topic of finding the right VC partner at our upcoming SaaStock on Tour New York event on June 20th. It is your chance to not simply learn how to secure the best partners but also meet them on the day. We have limited tickets left so you will want to grab yours now. Go to https://www.saastock.com/ontour/city/new-york to find out more. As we are approaching the 100th episode of the show, we are offering a special $100 discount on tickets. Just use code nycrevolution100.
Un record: en 2017, le financement des start-up africaines a bondi de plus de 50% selon un rapport de Partech Ventures. Au Cameroun, leur innovation intéresse les grandes entreprises // Les migrants ont un impact positif sur l'économie de leurs pays d'accueil et aussi d'origine. Interview avec la chercheuse Noemi Cascone du Centre Européen de Gestion des Politiques de Développement.
Dans ce deuxième podcast, on suit la startup Winddle dans l'organisation de sa levée de fonds, grâce aux conseils de mentors tels que de Boris Golden, VC chez Partech Ventures, et des startups alumni Pandascore et Supermood. Lire l'article complet : https://goo.gl/BzaZcm
Editorial: A Look at Unicorns Funds Toyota’s research division, Toyota Research Institute, has launched a dedicated corporate venturing fund called Toyota AI Ventures that will invest in artificial intelligence as well as robotics, autonomous mobility, data and cloud technology. Partech Ventures, a US-headquartered venture firm with a significant presence in Europe,has closed its seventh VC-stage fund, Partech … Continue reading "17 July 2017 – A Look at Unicorns"
Quang Hoang is the Co- Founder @ Birdly, Birdly are convinced by the power of messaging within organizations, they decided to build a broader service that connects your favorite business softwares to messaging apps. It is this vision that has led to them being named one of the hottest startups from YC Winter 2016 batch and has led to funding from some of the best in the industry including our own Jason lemkin, Slack, previous guest Nicolas Dessaigne and prestigious french investors Alven Capital and Partech Ventures. In Today’s Episode with Quang We Discuss: How did Quang come to found Birdly? What was the a-ha moment? What did Quang learn from pivoting to Birdly? What is it important for founders to consider before a pivot? How does Quang approach the challenging topic of a business model for bots? Why does Quang believe that the whole pricing model for SaaS will change? What were the main benefits of the YC experience and how did it impact his fundraising? When is the right time for European startups to make the move to SF? How important is it to be close to your customers? If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings Saastr Quang Hoang
The Tech.eu podcast is a weekly show where Neil S W Murray and Roxanne Varza discuss the most interesting stories from the European technology scene. On this episode they discuss: - One week after the UK’s Brexit vote - the race is on for Europe’s next startup capital - Partech Ventures secures a new 400 million euro fund and a few new partners - Austrian fund Speedinvest makes its first Croatian investment - Our Editor Robin catches up with iZettle - We wrap up with a discussion of Berlin’s Tech Open Air festival - and their recent funding - And last words from Neil - as this is his last Tech.eu podcast! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
The Tech.eu podcast is a weekly show where Neil S W Murray and Roxanne Varza discuss the most interesting stories from the European technology scene. On this episode they discuss: - The new Angry Bird’s movie - A few new European funds, including Russia’s Runa Capital and e.Ventures (an international fund which operates out of Germany in Europe) - European fashion tech startups have raised a whopping €440 million this year - Our Editor Robin catches up with French VC fund Partech - We wrap up with a discussion of something interesting going on in the startup events space with Startup Sesame For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy