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Creator Ventures Raises $45M Fund II to Back the Next Generation of Consumer Internet Startups

American Entrepreneurship

Early-stage VC doubles down on creator economy, AI-driven SaaS, and consumer tech innovation In a major vote of confidence for the future of the consumer internet, Creator Ventures announced the close of its $45 million Fund II, marking a significant milestone in the venture capital firms mission to fuel innovation at the intersection of technology, media, and the creator economy.

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[Foretellix in Forbes] Foretellix unveils new AI platform to accelerate autonomous vehicles

OurCrowd

Foretellix, a provider of data-automation for AI-powered autonomy, today announced a significant expansion of its Foretify platform, which the company says will enable Autonomous Vehicle (AV) developers to slash development time in half and save hundreds of millions of dollars. Read morehere.

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The Five "Ups" of Getting Early Stage VC Deal Flow

This is going to be BIG.

How do you get 150+ VCs to show up for something? Promise them some good deal flow, of course. nextNYC, the startup events platform I run, produces the largest formal VC/Founder intro event at NY Tech Week. Last year, over 150 VCs participated and were looking forward to having even more. ( Investors can sign up for a two hour slot here to get six intro meetings to founders.

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To the Class (and Future Entrepreneurs) of 2025

Revolution

When I graduated from college, most of my classmates were headed to graduate school or diving into corporate America, taking roles at big established companies like Citibank, General Electric, or IBM. That was the path we were expected totake. Though I had spent most of college starting new businesses, when it came time to choose what was next, I followed the crowd and joined corporate America, moving to Ohio to work for P&G.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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Te W’anake The Foundry Marks Two Years of Supporting South Taranaki Entrepreneurs

NZ Entrepreneur

As the first co-working space in South Taranaki, Te Wanake The Foundry is proudly celebrating its second anniversary. With a strong base of full-time residents, the facility has become a thriving hub for freelancers, remote workers, startups, and entrepreneurs and is looking to welcome many more through its doors. Since opening in February 2023, the Hwera-based space has offered 30 desks, private offices, meeting and event rooms, high-quality video conferencing equipment, high-speed internet, a

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Revolutionizing Compliance: UGR-NextGen’s Approach to Turning Challenges into Opportunities

Jason Malki

Hourad Afsar I had the pleasure of interviewing Hourad Afsar (known as Howard to many clients), Founder and CEO of UGRNextGen Compliance, a company redefining how Fintechs and financial institutions meet todays complex regulatory demands through agile, tech-forward solutions. With over 20 years of experience across regulatory compliance, risk management, and financial innovation, Hourad has become a leading voice in turning compliance from a burdensome cost center into a powerful enabler of trus

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Checklist legal and institutional action items for launching your emerging manager

David Teten VC

We finished publishing in OpenVC and here our series on structuring the team and legal infrastructure of a new private equity/VC fund. Thanks so much to my coauthor Dolph Hellman , Chair, Orricks Private Investment Funds Group, who cowrote most of these resources with me. Writing the Constitution for Your New Private Equity or VC Fund: Strategy, Culture, Decision-Making, Budget, and Data Ownership.

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Visa-Ready and Founder-First: Inside Korea’s KSGC 2025 Startup Acceleration Program

AsiaTechDaily

As part of its vision to become Asias leading destination for global startups, South Korea has launched a comprehensive strategy that combines visa innovation, generous funding, and corporate collaboration through […]

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Introducing the LevTech Cohort

Forward Cities

Forward Cities is thrilled to introduce the seven entrepreneurs selected for the inaugural LevTech Accelerator cohort, which recently launched on April 15, 2025.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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The Impact of AI on Education & What It Means for Work

Tomasz Tunguz

The blocky charts. The ability to solve a hard test problem. The hidden game of Snake. My graphing calculator was a 7th grade miracle. AI is this generation’s graphing calculator. With about 2 years’ of studies, we can draw some conclusions on its impact. A meta-analysis published in Nature showed a medium to large impact on students. ChatGPT’s Select Impact on Higher-Order Thinking Condition/Scenario Effect Size 1 Significance (p-value) Overall Effect 0.457 < 0.001 Type of

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[ICON in 3Dprint.com] ICON and NASA continue collaboration to move lunar construction forward

OurCrowd

NASAandICONare pushing 3D printing closer to space missions by testing how Moon soil behaves in lunar gravity and advancing a laser-based system to turn that soil into building material for habitats, landing pads, and roads on the Moon and Mars. Read more here.

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Boosting Saudi Innovation: PIF’s Accelerated Manufacturing Program Takes Off

AsiaTechDaily

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has launched an initiative to empower local manufacturing startups.

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Your earliest valuation isn’t so complicated—use your financial projections.

Gust

At the earliest stages, theres a surprisingly straightforward way to estimate valuation: Take the amount of money you need to raise, and divide it by the percentage of your company you're willing to sell, that's your post-money valuation. The post Your earliest valuation isnt so complicateduse your financial projections. appeared first on Gust.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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General Atlantic Invests in Liftoff to Back AI-Powered Growth for Mobile Businesses

American Entrepreneurship

With its latest funding the company reaches a $4.3 billion valuation and is poised to extend its leadership in AI-driven performance marketing. Liftoff, an industry leader in AI-driven performance marketing, has secured a minority growth investment from General Atlantic, reinforcing its role as a vital platform for mobile businesses seeking to scale in the fast-evolving app economy.

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"Loyalty is everything," David Portnoy. From his ex wife to his viewers, loyalty is the key to success

Founder Bounty

Dave portnoy, the founder of bar stols sports was very clear about why is sport betting and media company succeeded. Lolaty. At the beginning he was blogging 10-15 times a day and said it was this that allowed his audience to keep updated on news on all kinds of sports. Even with his ex wife who still has access to his bank accounts, he says she is one o the most loyal people that he knows and has no problem at all giving her access to absolutely everything.

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[Lifeward in GlobeNewswire] Lifeward names Mark Grant as new CEO

OurCrowd

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. and YOKNEAM ILLIT,Israel, May 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lifeward Ltd.

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Philippines Launches Innovation Hub to Boost Startups and MSMEs

AsiaTechDaily

On April 29, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) inaugurated the Philippine Innovation Hub (iHub) in Marikinaa five-story facility built to assist startups and micro, small, and medium enterprises […]

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How Top Tech CFOs Solve Annual Planning’s Biggest Challenges

Gearing up for 2025 annual planning? Our latest eBook from the Operators Guild is your ultimate guide. Discover real-world solutions and best practices shared by top CFOs, drawn directly from discussions within OG’s vibrant online community. Learn from senior executives at high-growth tech startups as they outline financial planning strategies, align CEO and board goals, and coordinate budgets across departments.

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Introducing the LevTech Cohort

Forward Cities

Forward Cities is thrilled to introduce the seven entrepreneurs selected for the inaugural LevTech Accelerator cohort, which recently launched on April 15, 2025.

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Google Ventures Leads $20M Series A for StackOne, Transforming SaaS and AI Agent Connectivity

American Entrepreneurship

StackOnes funding will be used to accelerate the integration of AI agents within enterprise systems of SaaS companies. StackOne, the London-based AI-powered integration platform, has secured $20 million in Series A funding led by Google Ventures (GV) that also included Workday Ventures, XTX Ventures, Episode 1, Playfair, and angel investors from leading technology companies such as OpenAI, DeepMind, Microsoft, and Mulesoft.

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Product Purgatory: When they love it but still don't buy

A Smart Bear: Longform

When even "free" is too expensive.

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Malaysia’s Krenovator Raises Seed Round to Accelerate AI-Driven Talent Matching

AsiaTechDaily

Malaysia-based Krenovator Technology, which uses artificial intelligence to connect tech professionals with enterprise needs, has raised seed funding from Ignite Asia, a venture capital and private equity firm operating in […]

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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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What is Travis Scott's net worth in 2025

Founder Bounty

in 2025 his net worth stands at around $80M, with his real name being Jacques berman Webster, is hit singe sicko mode become his first number one song. Travis Scott  was been in  relationships  with  Kylie Jenner  (2017 - 2023), Justine Skye (2016 - 2017), Rihanna (2015 - 2016), Currently he is involved in multiple different things from business ventures, brand collabs and of course hip hop music.

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Terra Security Wins 2025 CrowdStrike and AWS Cybersecurity Accelerator for AI-Powered Pentesting

American Entrepreneurship

Terra Securitys platform is a major step in offensive security using agentic AI pentesters that work continuously, autonomously exploring applications, simulating attacks, and identifying vulnerabilities in real time. In a landmark event at RSA 2025, CrowdStrike and Amazon Web Services (AWS) revealed Terra Security as the winner of the highly competitive 2025 Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator.

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When customers buy your competitor's product… and then buy yours

A Smart Bear: Longform

Little, unknown companies with silly names can sell to enterprises who have already spent millions.

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[Trepont Fund in Security Boulevard] Strategic defense innovation: Israel and South Korea’s technological partnership 

OurCrowd

The post [Trepont Fund in Security Boulevard] Strategic defense innovation: Israel and South Koreas technological partnership appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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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.