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D2C Snacking brand Happilo raises US$25 million to fuel its growth plans

AsiaTechDaily

Happilo which sells trail mixes, dry fruits, muesli, and nut protein bars will be using the fresh funding to grow its D2C channel and distribution network, for product expansion across healthy snacking categories, acquisition of synergistic food brands, capacity expansion, and brand building.

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The 5-Step Blueprint for Finding Your Perfect Co-Founder

Entrepreneur's Handbook

This process has been tested over 100 hours with 30+ potential co-founders — ultimately helping me co-found a project that has grown to 2000+ users in less than five months. Without further ado, here are the five actionable steps that I’ve used to find, assess, and partner with the right co-founder.

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U.S. Venture Deal Activity during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ian Hathaway

In fact, through the first three quarters of the year, 2020 is on pace to be the most active year for venture deals since the Dotcom era peak in 2000. Since the first revision is not available for the most recent quarter, Q3-2020, I will adjust it upward using the average (in percent) first revision for the previous four quarters.

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Shopware, an e-commerce platform that powers 100K brands, raises its first outside funding: $100M from PayPal and Carlyle

TechCrunch

In other words, the tools that it has built are there to help companies have a presence and stack up against the rest of the online landscape, but they are built with a view to making them easy enough for non-tech companies and their partners to use. The money is notable not just for its nine-figure size, but also because of its context.

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Daily Crunch: Months after rejecting a $17B bid, Zendesk sells to private equity group for $10.2B

TechCrunch

Reactions have been mixed, Jacquelyn reports. Alomar led startups through the dot-com bust of 2000 and the Great Recession of 2008 and will talk about whether investors are still prioritizing growth over profits and how to identify the proof points founding teams must define before their next raise.

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How Reed Hastings’ Facebook Status Update Landed Netflix in SEC’s Crosshairs

Gust

When it goes public, a company must adopt a raft of policies and measures designed to comply with insider trading rules and tightly control disclosure of financial and other material non-public information that, if disclosed, could significantly alter the total mix of information available to those making investment decisions.

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What’s the Real Deal with AngelList?

Both Sides of the Table

I didn’t want to write it because I have mixed feelings about AngelList. My personal use. Just don’t use AngelList as a short-cut for the hard work. But to be clear, used properly there is NO downside to AngelList for entrepreneurs. This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. A few reasons.