HYE TECH MINDS

HyeTech Minds

HyeTech Minds Podcast features successful Armenian founders, entrepreneurs, innovators, and tech minds across the globe. From Silicon Valley to Boston, from Yerevan to Paris, meet technology leaders, founders, entrepreneurs, innovators, and tech professionals behind some of the most successful and innovative companies and startups in the world as they share their success stories, give actionable tips, and lessons learned on their road to success.

  1. 04/09/2022

    Startup Monday: Latest tech trends & news happening in the global startup ecosystem (Issue 56- April 9)

    Top startups news to follow this week: -  French startup Sweep picks up €66.5 million for its leading carbon management platform, reports EU Startups - SeaX Ventures (Southeast Asia Exponential Ventures), with operations in the US & Thailand, has announced the close of its second fund to help accelerate the growth of global startups throughout Southeast Asia. - Evok Innovations, a venture firm committed to developing and deploying cutting-edge clean energy technology, last week announced the first close of its $300 million Fund II, with half the capital committed by a group of strategic investors. - London-based cleantech startup, Again, has raised a £2.55m pre-seed investment, led by Eka Ventures, to develop “the worlds’ smartest system” for cleaning packaging for refill and reuse - Porto-based Fibersail takes off with €5 million to reduce the cost of wind energy, reports EU Startups - Qureos raises $3M to grow its learn to earn platform, reports Tech Crunch - Warp raises $23M to build a better terminal, reports Tech Crunch - ReadySet raises $29M to expedite access to enterprise-scale app data, reports Tech Crunch - Barcelona-based Amenitiz picks up over €27 million to revolutionize the day-to-day of independent hoteliers – Spain’s biggest SaaS Series A funding round to date, reports EU Startups - Predicting building damages using AI lands €1.35 million for Frankfurt-based startup -------------- To have this newsletter emailed to you, sign up here. Plus, read full of The Startup Monday here Have great news to share? or Feedback? Email at hyetechminds@gmail.com

    16 min
  2. 03/12/2022

    Startup Monday: Latest tech trends & news happening in the global startup ecosystem (Issue 55- March 12)

    Top startups news to follow this week: -  The global biopharmaceutical market size is expected to hit US$ 856.1 billion by 2030 and is expanding growth at a noteworthy CAGR of 12.5% from 2021 to 2030. - The $30 million fund called Curated is devoted to buying and holding NFT artwork. The fund plans to invest about half of the fund in so-called “blue-chip NFTs,” including popular projects like CryptoPunks, Art Blocks and Bored Apes, as well as works from popular artists selling singular NFT works. - By 2032, the Hazardous Area Equipment Market to be worth US$ 16139.80 Billion; Growing Attention on Boosting Safety Measures Says Future Market Insights  - Zeta Surgical comes out of stealth with a $5.2M raise for image-guided surgery - Autobrains nabs $19M, bringing its Series C to $120M, to take on Mobileye in autonomous driving tech - Greentech startup Tibber raises over €90 million to make energy consumption smarter -Vienna-based startup Arkeon picks up over €6.5 million to turn CO2 into food -Wavemaker Closes $136 Million Fund for Southeast Asia Startups -Estonian agtech startup eAgronom raises €6.4 million to tackle emissions with farming-based carbon credits -TrueCircle scoops $5.5M to use AI to drive recycling efficiency -------------- To have this newsletter emailed to you, sign up here. Plus, read full The Startup Monday here Have a great news to share? or Feedback? Email at hyetechminds@gmail.com

    15 min
  3. 03/05/2022

    Startup Monday: Latest tech trends & news happening in the global startup ecosystem (Issue 54- March 5)

    Top startups news to follow this week: -  The Research and Development (R&D) tax credit lets businesses deduct R&D expenses up to $250,000 per year from payroll tax, or an unlimited amount against income tax if your startup qualifies. Over several years, this credit could save you millions of dollars. - Indian startup Meesho, which counts Facebook-owner Meta Platforms and SoftBank Group’s Vision Fund 2 as its investors, is aiming to go public in early 2023, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. - Amid biotech downturn, Atlas raises $450M to build new drug startups, a retrenchment that’s constrained the options of private drug companies seeking to make the jump to public markets. - Voltage Finance, formerly FuseFi and a cutting-edge, all-in-one decentralized finance (DeFi) platform on Fuse Network closes $3.4M private round, releases details of token launch, reports CoinTelegraph - The D’Amelio family, including TikTok stars and digital creators Charli D’Amelio and sister Dixie, are formalizing their investments in startups with the launch of a new VC fund, 444 Capital to invest up to $25M in high-growth startups. - MedTech CMO market valued at $53.6 billion in 2021, is growing at a healthy rate of 5% during the forecast period. -French startup Lisaqua picks up €4.9 million to launch sustainability-focused land-based shrimp farm, reports EU-Startups -------------- To have this newsletter emailed to you, sign up here. Plus, read full The Startup Monday here Have a great news to share? or Feedback? Email at hyetechminds@gmail.com

    14 min
  4. 02/20/2022

    Startup Monday: Latest tech trends & news happening in the global startup ecosystem (Issue 52- February 20)

    Top startups news to follow this week: -  U.S. House of Representatives passed the America COMPETES Act to expand immigration opportunities for foreign-born scientists and engineers. If retained during negotiations with the Senate, the measures in the bill could become the most significant on legal immigration to pass Congress in more than 30 years. - Jumpstart Nova fund, launched in 2021 to invest exclusively in Black health-tech firms, has raised $55 million from investors including Eli Lilly, HCA Healthcare and Bank of America. For Black-led startups, the lack of diversity in venture capital can pose a hurdle to access funding. Dr. Derrell Porter knew he had a good idea: a company that provides a platform to help researchers develop and commercialize gene and cell therapies. - Employment grows at a much faster rate at venture capital-backed startup companies than other private-sector firms⁠—roughly eight times faster, a new report finds. - Blockchain startups grow as global VC funding generated $25.2B in 2021. Last year was impressive for blockchain startups, as research from CB Insights found that venture capital funding reached new heights during every quarter of 2021. According to CB Insights’ “State Of Blockchain 2021” report, $25.2 billion worth of venture capital funding went to global blockchain startups last year, demonstrating a 713% increase from $3.1 billion in 2020. - Partech Shaker, the innovation division of the Paris-based VC firm Partech, has launched an accelerator program christened Chapter54 to help European startups launch in African markets. The accelerator will take in 10 technology scaleups annually over the next four years for the Chapter54 program, which will last up to eight months. Application for the inaugural cohort will open next month, and successful startups will begin the acceleration journey in April. - ICON, which creates homes using 3D printing, has raised an additional $185 million in a round led by Tiger Global Management, TechCrunch has learned exclusively. The financing is said to be an extension of ICON’s $207 million Series B that was announced last August. -------------- To have this newsletter emailed to you, sign up here. Plus, read full The Startup Monday here Have a great news to share? or Feedback? Email at hyetechminds@gmail.com

    17 min
  5. 02/13/2022

    Startup Monday: Latest tech trends & news happening in the global startup ecosystem (Issue 51)

    Top startups news to follow this week: -  French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, France will focus on talent attractiveness and funding. There are some commitments to facilitate the creation of 10 to 20 late-stage investment funds with at least €1 billion under management and a boost in deep-tech financing. - Specialist VC (formerly known as United Angels VC) has announced the first close of a new €50 million fund at €42 million. The main focus of the fund is on pre-seed and seed stage startups and is the first of its kind in the Baltic region to implement a dual strategy of integrating secondary transactions into a traditional venture capital fund. - Bloomberg reports, that South Korea’s $200 billion sovereign wealth fund plans to boost investments in Silicon Valley startups as it looks to the metaverse and artificial-intelligence to accelerate its expansion in alternative assets. - Tech Crunch reports, French startup Alma is trying to build a new “buy now, pay later” giant in Europe. The company has closed a $130 million Series C round (€115 million). It has also raised $109 million (€95 million) in debt financing. - Enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) solutions startup Mozn has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round, the Saudi company said in a news release Friday (Feb. 4). - The Australia energy storage systems market is expected to register a CAGR of greater than 10% during the forecast period of 2022 – 2027.  -Clean Energy Technologies Market is projected to grow by  USD 81.65 billion between 2020 and 2025.  -------------- To have this newsletter emailed to you, sign up here. Plus, read full The Startup Monday here Have a great news to share? or Feedback? Email at hyetechminds@gmail.com

    18 min

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HyeTech Minds Podcast features successful Armenian founders, entrepreneurs, innovators, and tech minds across the globe. From Silicon Valley to Boston, from Yerevan to Paris, meet technology leaders, founders, entrepreneurs, innovators, and tech professionals behind some of the most successful and innovative companies and startups in the world as they share their success stories, give actionable tips, and lessons learned on their road to success.