TechCrunch
MAY 15, 2023
Robin Godenrath Contributor Robin Godenrath is founding partner and managing director at Picus Capital. His focus is early-stage technology investments, particularly in HR tech, robotics, and healthcare industries. Alex Rohregger Contributor Share on Twitter Alex Rohregger is an Investor at Picus Capital. His focus is on early-stage robotics, AI, and DevTool investments.
AsiaTechDaily
MAY 15, 2023
Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Olympic gold medalist Greysia Polii has made an investment in Ayo Indonesia, a Jakarta-based sports tech company, joining its seed round. Polii’s interest in the world of investments follows the growing trend of renowned athletes supporting sports technology companies.
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TechCrunch
MAY 15, 2023
TechCrunch Live had some amazing shows over the last few months. I know it’s hard to keep up. Every Wednesday, at 12:00 pm PDT, the live event features top founders and investors talking through issues facing their industries right now. The interviews are led by top TechCrunch editors (and me). If you can’t make the live shows, they’re available on YouTube for viewing and the podcasts embedded here.
Deskmag
MAY 15, 2023
What types of workspaces are most in demand right now? And how are coworking spaces responding? We answer these questions in the second article on the new business trends in coworking spaces.
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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?
TechCrunch
MAY 15, 2023
Conventional wisdom around AI investment suggests artificial intelligence should be red hot right now with dollars flying at startups building with AI, akin to what was happening last year with web3 and metaverse companies. Well, guess what? According to a new report from CB Insights, conventional wisdom is wrong — dead wrong. AI has been around for decades, but only recently have we seen a resurgence of interest in the sector with the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT at the end of last year.
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TechCrunch
MAY 15, 2023
Operator experience has become critical in venture capital over the last few years. Pure-play financial VCs are falling out of favor with startups compared to investors who bring building experience alongside their cash. But not all operating backgrounds are equally helpful. If a VC has experience in a different field, it may not translate well — if at all — to a startup, and advice around certain business decisions could quickly become outdated.
Tomasz Tunguz
MAY 15, 2023
A product manager today faces a key architectural question with AI : to use a small language model or a large language model? The pace of innovation in the field clouds the answer. Each day, researchers publish novel findings on performance, discover new techniques to implement, & surface new challenges to wrestle with. This is my current mental model of when to choose a large or small model : When to choose a large model : time to ship is critical : many of these models are available via AP
TechCrunch
MAY 15, 2023
Aldagram , a startup out of Japan developing project management software for construction companies, has picked up a new strategic backer to help it build out its footprint across Asia and the Middle East. Panasonic, the consumer electronics giant that also develops solar panels, air conditioning units and many other products for its sizable buildings and construction business , is taking an investment in Aldagram.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
MAY 15, 2023
Great pitch decks are like works of art. Are you ready to become a pitch deck artist?
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TechCrunch
MAY 15, 2023
Generative AI — AI that can write essays, create artwork and music, and more — continues to attract outsize investor attention. According to one source, generative AI startups raised $1.7 billion in Q1 2023, with an additional $10.68 billion worth of deals announced in the quarter but not yet completed. There’s scores of competition, including incumbents like OpenAI and Anthropic.
Jason Calacanis
MAY 15, 2023
Friends, I hope you’re all well and thriving. I’m living my best life investing in startups, podcasting, and doing speaking gigs worldwide—while skiing 36 days a year and raising my three daughters ( instagram.com/jason for the highlights). Trying to squeeze every drop of juice out of life since I turned 50 two years ago (I got old!).
TechCrunch
MAY 15, 2023
The venture community has realized several things in recent years: Climate change isn’t going away, and there is a huge opportunity to invest in companies that promise to define entire segments of the future economy. With a few hiccups along the way, venture dollars have begun to flow with increasing volume and regularity to climate tech startups over the last few years.
GCUC
MAY 15, 2023
GCUC is headed back to Australia! We are thrilled to announce a new partnership between GCUC and Flexible Workspace Australia for an upcoming conference focused on the future of work.
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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.
TechCrunch
MAY 15, 2023
Smart , a London-based startup that helps employers and their employees manage and monitor their pensions, said that it has closed $95 million in Series E funding. It plans to use the capital to expand its international footprint and make acquisitions, it said. Aquiline Capital Partners, a new backer, led the investment, with previous investors Barclays, Chrysalis Investments, Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, DWS, and Natixis Investment Managers also participating.
Andreessen Horowitz
MAY 15, 2023
Over the last 5 years, the work of the Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) has been growing and evolving to increase access to career paths and leadership roles in technology as an important gateway to wealth generation for the Black community. … The post Level Up: Welcoming our New Cultural Leadership Fund Nonprofit Partners appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
TechCrunch
MAY 15, 2023
Hello and welcome back to Equity , the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. This week we talked about media, startup rounds and some Big Money Moves: Stocks are mostly up to start the week while crypto remains within the bounds of its recent trading range.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
MAY 15, 2023
In partnership with the Invent Penn State initiative, Ben Franklin Technology Partners has been offering its Business Startup Boot Camp for more than ten years. Eight entrepreneurial teams are currently in the process of completing this rigorous curriculum, which is presented twice a year to researchers, professors, graduate students, and local emerging entrepreneurs.
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Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
TechCrunch
MAY 15, 2023
A last call and a major shout-out to any and all early-stage founders. It’s time to dig deep and take advantage of an unparalleled opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. I’m referring to the Startup Battlefield 200. Applications to Startup Battlefield 200 close today All good things must come to an end, and the Startup Battlefield 200 experience isn’t just good — it’s great.
OurCrowd
MAY 15, 2023
The post [NT-Tao in PR Newswire] NT-Tao joins Princeton E-ffiliates Partnership run by the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
MAY 15, 2023
Everything needs a home, and Garima Kapoor co-founded MinIO to build an enterprise-grade, open source object storage solution. The pitch sounds amazing: simple, high performance, and a native Kubernetes integration. I’m excited to announce I’m interviewing Kapoor and MinIO investor Mark Rostick of Intel Capital on MinIO’s growth and how the company manages serious competition.
OurCrowd
MAY 15, 2023
The post [Flash Forest in The Globe and Mail] Tree-planting drones seed the dangerous places where human planters can’t tread appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.
TechCrunch
MAY 15, 2023
Jenfi , a “growth-capital-as-a-service” platform, can provide online businesses with revenue-based financing in a little as a day. The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised $6.6 million in pre-Series B funding, led by Headline Asia. Participation came from returning investor Monk’s Hill Ventures, which led Jenfi’s Series A two years ago, ICU Ventures, Granite Oak, Korea Investment Partners & Golden Equator Capital and Atlas Ventures.
OurCrowd
MAY 15, 2023
The post [Apploi in AP News] Apploi meets highest security standards with annual SOC 2 type II certification appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
MAY 15, 2023
Chaitanya Vaidya Contributor Chaitanya Vaidya is the co-founder of Deeprisk.ai , holds a fintech AI patent and has been in the tech innovation space for more than a decade. With the rise of open-source AI models, the commoditization of this groundbreaking technology is upon us. It’s easy to fall into the trap of aiming a newly-released model at a desirable tech demographic and hoping it catches on.
OurCrowd
MAY 15, 2023
The post [Upper90 in Medium] Billy Libby of Upper90: Five things you need to know if you want to build, scale and prepare your business for a lucrative exit appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
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