AppWorks, the Taipei-based venture capital firm focused on Taiwan and Southeast Asia, announced today it has closed its oversubscribed third fund, raising $150 million. AppWorks
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Austin transplant Geoff Lewis wants to pop Silicon Valley’s ‘self-referential’ bubble
Austin has made headlines over the past year for a number of reasons: It’s home to Oracle’s new headquarters. Tesla is building a massive gigafactory
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A close look at Singapore’s thriving startup ecosystem
Toni Eliasz Contributor Share on Twitter Toni Eliasz is the program manager of the Disruptive Technologies for Development Program (DT4D) that supports the innovation and
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When the economic tide goes out, we’ll see which VCs are naked
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week we were back to full strength,
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VCs unfazed by Chinese regulatory shakeups (so far)
China’s technology scene has been in the news for all the wrong reasons in recent months. In the wake of the scuttling of Ant Group’s
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FreshBooks reaches $1B+ valuation with $130.75M for its SMB-focused accounting platform
FreshBooks, a Toronto-based cloud accounting software company focused on SMBs, announced today it has secured $80.75 million in a Series E round of funding, as
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