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TechCrunch+ roundup: 2021 edtech report, UBS-Wealthfront deal, falling startup revenue

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European and North American edtech startups see funding triple in 2021. Pre-pandemic, VCs were notoriously reluctant to invest in education-related companies. Today, edtech startups are seeing higher average deal sizes, more seed and pre-seed funding from non-VC investors, and an influx of generalists.

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Karin Tsai, director of engineering at Duolingo, will be speaking at TechCrunch City Spotlight: Pittsburgh on June 29

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Tsai joined Duolingo in 2012 as one of its first engineers, and firsthand witnessed the growth of the company from a scrappy startup into a 400-person global business. If you’re an early-stage startup founder based in Pittsburgh, you should apply to pitch your startup ( click here to apply ).

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Reflections on YCombinator Demo Day: How the Seed Market Has Changed

Tomasz Tunguz

Each time, I’m impressed by the intelligence, ambition and the polish of the founders presenting companies only a few weeks or months old. To get a sense of the broader trends in YC companies, I’ve compared the Winter 2012 class and the Spring 2014 class by sector (consumer v.

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Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub

TechCrunch

Since 2012 Vilnius’ population has been steadily growing 0.3% As a generalist investor, we are mostly excited about driven and passionate founders. Who are the key startup people in your city (e.g., investors, founders, lawyers, designers, etc.)? Top are startup founders like J. every year.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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AM Ventures extrudes $100M to support industrial 3D printing

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. “We are convinced that startups will continue to be key in providing the innovation required to finally bring the digital world to the real world, and that they will help produce industrial goods in a sustainable manner and thus strengthen supply chains and tackle climate change.”. Somehow we just ended up in VC.

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Dear Sophie: Can founders get visas in 2021 through DACA or other means?

TechCrunch

Dear Sophie: Does the United States have a startup visa? If not, what are the best visas for startup founders? who is undocumented but wants to found a startup, is it possible? Some of the basics to see if your friend might qualify for DACA are if they were under the age of 31 on June 15, 2012; if they came to the U.S.

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