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TechCrunch+ roundup: Cell-cultured meat, alternative financing, avoiding tech debt

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Use alternative financing to fuel VC-level growth without diluting ownership. Investors are hungry for startups to throw their money at, but VC funding isn’t always the right option at all times or for every startup. Use alternative financing to fuel VC-level growth without diluting ownership.

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Nigerian fintech Appzone raises $10M for expansion and proprietary technology

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Since its inception , the Google for Startups Accelerator alumnus claims to have led Africa’s fintech sector in some global firsts from the continent. Before now, Appzone closed a $2 million round from South African Business Connexion (BCX) in 2014. Four years later, it raised $2.5

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Extra Crunch roundup: first-check myths, Miami relocation checklist, standout SaaSy startups

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The options for financing are seemingly endless: syndicates, public crowdfunding, VC firms, accelerators, debt financing, rolling funds, and, for the profitable few, bootstrapping. Telehealth startup Doximity filed to go public earlier today. Dismantling the myths around raising your first check.

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6 Things Alexis Ohanian Wishes Someone Had Told Him Before He Started Reddit

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Ohanian returned in November 2014 as chairman, and Huffman eight months later as CEO. When Ohanian and Huffman first pitched Paul Graham of startup accelerator Y Combinator in Boston in June 2005, their idea–for a site called “Mmm”–was rejected. –before coming back to lead Reddit.