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Why Convoy’s Dan Lewis expects digital freight to go mainstream within the year

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The executive has a background in strategy and management consulting that progressed into a career in product development for top tech companies like Google and Amazon. Lewis and Grant Goodale co-founded Convoy in 2015 , and since then, have brought on a series of high-profile investors. So YC viewed this as a major disruptive play.

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[Beyond Meat in Forbes] Beyond Meat CFO Mark Nelson To Retire: How The Company Disrupted The Global Meat Industry Under His Leadership

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Named “Innovator of the Year” in 2019, Beyond Meat CFO Mark Nelson will retire from the plant-based company on May 5, 2021, after joining the company in December 2015. He will then enter into a consulting agreement with Beyond Meat beginning May 6, 2021, until May 5, 2023. Read more here.

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Berlin’s Kaiko Systems nets €2M to help maritime technical operations go paperless

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Around 90% of the world’s traded goods are carried over the ocean, but an industry with such a pivotal role in the global economy is still heavily reliant on pens, paper and Excel, noted Fussek, a former Deloitte consultant. “Shipping companies finally made their long-overdue investment in digitization,” said Fussek. .

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Tailor Brands raises $50M, aims to be one-stop shop for small businesses to launch

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GoDaddy led the round as a strategic partner and was joined by OurCrowd and existing investors Pitango Growth, Mangrove Capital Partners, Armat Group, Disruptive VC and Whip Media founder Richard Rosenblatt. Tailor Brands has now raised a total of $70 million since its inception in 2015.

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Kenyan insurtech startup Pula raises $6M Series A to derisk smallholder farmers across Africa

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Founded by Rose Goslinga and Thomas Njeru in 2015, Pula delivers agricultural insurance and digital products to help smallholder farmers navigate climate risks, improve their farming practices and bolster their incomes over time. Pula is one of the few African startups disrupting the farming industry with technology.

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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. After graduating from Harvard with a degree in philosophy, Tavel was a consultant at The Kerden Group and then vice president at Bessemer Venture Partners.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Collecting zero-party data, Airbnb CEO interview, crypto volatility

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But I did it unilaterally, without consulting the hosts. Cowboy Ventures led a $2 million seed round in 2015 while the founders were just starting their entrepreneurial journey. “[We Remote’ is fundamentally disadvantaged,” said Phil Libin, founder and CEO of startup studio All Turtles and mmhmm at TechCrunch Disrupt.