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Korean VC Sopoong closes $8M fund for startups focused on environmental impact

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Non-profit organizations such as Asan Nanum Foundation , established by Hyundai Group, and D.Camp , as well as startup founders and executives, including the co-founder and former CEO of Krafton, Gang-Seok Kim , also joined Sopoong’s climate fund, Han continued.

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Meet the 5 judges who will pick the 2021 winner of TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield

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The battle to win Startup Battlefield began long before TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off Tuesday. Startup founders from all over the world applied to what has been described as the most competitive batch in TechCrunch history.

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One of Nigeria’s high profile angel investors is launching a fund for African startups

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Soyombo is one of the few founder-cum-investors on the continent, despite his company not being the traditional VC-backed startup the world has become accustomed to. Non-traditional startup founder to an angel investor. Often, his deal flows are filled with startups seeking six-figure pre-seed to seed investments.

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Debunking the Startup Failure Myth & How To Overcome 3 Common Obstacles to Success

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According to Griffith, the 90% failure myth serves to soothe the bruised egos of those startup founders who failed. But startup failure isn’t a natural law like gravity,” says Griffith. In 2008, I was a medical device salesman frustrated with the fabric, fit and functionality of my undergarments,” says Patterson. “I

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Introhive raises $100M for AI-powered sales tools to help companies build ‘relationship graphs’

TechCrunch

By its nature, sales is one of the most social faces of a business, so it’s no surprise that there are tools being built for sales teams that are tapping into some of the most interesting dynamics of the world of social networking, and that the startups that are doing this most successfully are making a killing.

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Hear from these amazing investors and founders on TechCrunch Live this March

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We have Agility Robotics’ co-founder and CTO, followed by Snorkel AI presenting an early pitch deck, which laid the groundwork to raise $135 million in two years. DoubleVerify and early investor Blumberg Capital is speaking on how they’ve worked together since 2008. days of 2008.

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Founder factories: Alumni from 344 European and Israeli unicorns have birthed 1,018 startups since 2008

TechCrunch

The report, titled Europe and Israel’s Startup Founder Factories , was produced by VC firm Accel with heavy support from startup and VC data platform Dealroom. Founder factories: Alumni from 344 European and Israeli unicorns have birthed 1,018 startups since 2008 by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch.

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