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Tech Investing Trends and Tips: A Conversation with Jessie Wu

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Over the last decade, the landscape of venture investing in the U.S. has undergone transformations, and this evolution has not escaped the keen eyes of tech investors. Team Asia Daily spoke to one such venture capitalist Jessie Wu , an early-stage investor at Upshot Ventures, in an exclusive interview, shedding light upon her investment journey while paving the way for upcoming startup

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Seraf Toolbox: Model Deal Terms Expectations Summary Memo

The Seraf Compass

At Launchpad, we invest in dozens of companies every year. In the past, we frequently faced situations where we put a lot of work into diligence with a company and suddenly found out we were miles apart on deal term expectations and couldn't close the gap. This is a waste of time for all involved, and is the kind of frustration that leads to “deal fatigue” for investors trying to build a portfolio of investments.

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Open Office Hours at NYC Tech Week

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NYC Tech Week is next week. It will be a week filled with events for the tech sector to engage and connect with each other. A particularly great part of tech week is VC Open Office Hours. There are over 100 VC investors signed up to participate next week. Here is how it works: 1/ you select four investors (out of more than 100) that you want to meet 2/ you get up to four twenty minute meetings 3/ you discuss your idea with the investor in hopes of getting them interested enough to take another m

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Sony Ventures earmarks $10M to invest in African entertainment startups

TechCrunch

Sony Group announced today that it has established Sony Innovation Fund: Africa (SIF: AF), a program that will support the growth of entertainment businesses in Africa. Appropriately, the Tokyo multinational conglomerate, through Sony Ventures Corporation (SVC), has earmarked $10 million for early-stage startups in gaming, music, film and content distribution.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

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?

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Surya Ganguli, Bio + Health Venture Partner

Andreessen Horowitz

At a16z Bio + Health, we are constantly looking to expand our expertise and partnerships in service of our mission to support founders pioneering transformative healthcare solutions. With the rapid pace of innovation in AI and other enabling technologies, it is crucial that we have leaders on our team with deep knowledge of how these tools can be applied to drive meaningful change.

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Square’s Inaugural Seller Awards Honors Entrepreneur Game Changers in their Industries

American Entrepreneurship

Public has opportunity to vote on the Voters’ Choice award to be announced in November. Global financial services platform Square is honoring businesses that are “changing the entrepreneurial game” through its inaugural Square 50 awards. Drawing from their global base of Sellers, the company has set up 10 categories featuring 50 businesses that the public can vote on through October 24 at 1 am PDT.

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For the CHIPS Act to pay off, the US needs a historic investment in memory production

TechCrunch

Semiconductor memory is foundational to our nation’s technical leadership and yet is more at risk than ever. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Commercializing AI in Healthcare: The Enterprise Buyer Perspective

Andreessen Horowitz

What do enterprise buyers in healthcare care about most when evaluating AI products? To answer that question, we interviewed leaders from many of the largest healthcare providers and insurers across the country. In Part A , we outlined the paths to generating unique value for the healthcare system and patients. Now, in Part B, we cover capturing and defending some portion of the value you generate.

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East Ventures and SV Investment Inject $100m Fund to Supercharge Tech Startups in Southeast Asia

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Indonesia-based venture capital firm East Ventures and Seoul-based venture capital firm SV Investment have joined forces to establish a new fund targeted at $100 million. The primary goal of this fund is to promote investment opportunities and collaboration between Southeast Asia and South Korea, bridging the gap between the two dynamic tech ecosystems.

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Your Fractional Finance and Accounting Team

Mighty Financial specializes in supporting the financial aspirations of small businesses and entrepreneurs. With our comprehensive bookkeeping and precise accounting expertise with decades of experience across diverse financial roles, our team offers tailor-made services ranging from essential bookkeeping to strategic fractional CFO support, catered specifically to the unique challenges of technology companies, startups, and SMEs.

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NRF announces New Foodservice Innovation Zone at its 2024 Conference

American Entrepreneurship

Immersive activations showcasing technology will be featured in the Zone The National Retail Federation (NRF) continues its focus on innovation and technology that is impacting the retail industry with its announcement of a new F oodservice Innovation Zone to be part of NRF 2024: Retail’s Big Show. The Zone, shown on this map , will feature over 50 food technology exhibitors that includes immersive activations like AI-powered kitchen equipment, contactless ordering and fresh food vending—t

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6 VCs explain how startups can capture and defend marketshare in the AI era

TechCrunch

We asked a number of venture capitalists who are active in the AI investing space to walk us through what they are seeing in the market today. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Connect/Enterprise: Building Products With Generative AI

Andreessen Horowitz

If one thing is certain about generative AI, it’s that no one knows exactly how it will play out from a product or user experience perspective. Which interfaces will win out? Which tasks will be augmented by large language models (LLMs), and which ones will be completely upended by them? How will creative AI models change our expectations of what we can do with computers?

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Jungle Ventures’s New Funding Program Commits $2 M Minimum Investment to Pre-Seed and Seed Stage Startups

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Singapore’s Jungle Ventures has announced the launch of First Cheque@Jungle , a new program aimed at investing in startups during their pre-seed and seed stages. First Cheque@Jungle is designed as a bespoke program targeting operators and innovators at the idea stage and those seeking support in their pre-seed and seed stages.

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

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.

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What does a “discount” mean in a convertible note?

Gust

A note is a loan. That is, a lender gives a company $100, and the company writes a note to the lender stating "we will pay you back $100 one year from today, along with 10% [or some other number] per year interest". The convertible part means that in addition to the straight repayment mentioned above, the lender and the company agree that instead of the company paying back the loan in cash, if the company raises money by selling stock to another investor before the loan is due, then the original

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California passes law mandating VC firms to release investments’ diversity information

TechCrunch

This is the United States’ first piece of legislation that aims to increase diversity within the venture capital landscape.

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Connect/Enterprise: Making Hard Decisions and Working Through Tough Times

Andreessen Horowitz

Taking a company from idea to household name is always difficult. But the past few years presented challenges that caught even the most-seasoned CEOs off guard. After all, there’s not much in the way of a playbook for things like a pandemic, major swings in the global economy, and significant shifts in the employer-employee dynamic. These—along with more practical topics, such as GTM strategy and product-market fit—were among the issues discussed at our recent Connect/Enterprise event, which bro

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Circular Raises $7.6M to Launch Tech Subscription Model in Asia-Pacific

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register The Singapore-based tech subscription service Circular has secured $7.6 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by venture capital firm AirTree Ventures from the investment landscape. Additional participants in the round included YC Continuity Fund , Global Founders Capital , Partech Ventures , and January Capital.

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

CAPTARGET presents a masterclass in M&A deal sourcing. Learn to cast a wide net, embracing seller self-identification. Consistency is the linchpin: keep the origination process steady for a reliable flow of opportunities. Diversify your tactics, employing various tools and vendors. Tech matters! Understand DNS settings, domain authority, and brand presence for optimal outreach.

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How to Create a Business That Runs Without You

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Mistakes made in building and selling an agency Image: Jodie Cook Once they reach a certain level, business owners can get pretty cocky. Sure of themselves and their ability, they start to believe they are invincible. That’s how I felt in January of 2020. For nine years, I’d been running JC Social Media, a social media agency I started in 2011, fresh out of university with nothing but a big smile and a business plan of two words: get clients.

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Waymo-Zeekr robotaxi poised for US testing by end of 2023

TechCrunch

Nearly two years after Waymo and Geely struck a deal to develop robotaxis for the U.S. market, we are seeing concrete progress in the collaboration. According to a job post posted on LinkedIn, Zeekr, the young electric car brand started by Chinese auto giant Geely, is hiring a logistics manager in the U.S.

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Classroom 2050: Unleashing AI, XR, Gaming

Andreessen Horowitz

With students learning in more places and different ways than we have ever seen, the pace of change in education is dizzying. Can this progress narrow learning gaps exacerbated by COVID-19 or will it fuel divides? How can we make the most of this once-in-a-generation opportunity? Join our panelists from Khan Academy, PrismsVR, and Minecraft Education as we discuss the classroom of the future, and how important technologies including AI, XR, and gaming should play a role in it.

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Cybersecurity Seed Fund Launches, SYN Ventures Touts its Size and the Firm’s Deep Experience

American Entrepreneurship

Venture Capital Firm Launches third Cybersecurity Fund in the Past Three Years Warnings about cyber threats are so prevalent that people understand the importance of cybersecurity in their businesses and daily lives. SYN Ventures recognizes the ongoing and growing demand for new and effective cybersecurity solutions with the launch of the largest dedicated Cybersecurity Seed Fund in the U.S. to date.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

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.

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Why Great Startups Founders Learn to Throw Great Parties

Entrepreneur's Handbook

“Party planner” is one of the lesser-publicized skills of successful startup founders, but it’s also one of the most important Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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Indian banks attract VC and startup interest

TechCrunch

Several Indian startups, along with venture capital funds and private equity investors, are scrambling to build investment strategies as they race to tap into a rare available opportunity in the nation: banks.

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The Road to Autonomous Vehicles: Are We There Yet?

Andreessen Horowitz

Self-driving cars have been on the horizon for quite some time… But they might actually be here. We got to ride around in one all over San Francisco with Waymo’s Chief Product Officer. We discussed so much, including the five levels of autonomy, the infamous LIDAR vs video debate, regulation, UX, and the role of AI in fine-tuning these models. But most importantly, if autonomy is here… now what?!

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Digital Open Lab: Bridging Startups with AI & ICT Technologies in Pangyo Techno Valley

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register The Digital Open Lab , an epicenter for digital innovation, is the cornerstone for startups diving into artificial intelligence and ICT. Located within Pangyo Techno Valley, it is the foundation for startups aiming at global reach. According to the “AI Market – Global Forecast to 2030” report by the global research firm Markets and Markets, the global AI market is exp

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr