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Parafin Transforming Delivery of Small Business Financial Services Closes $100M Series C

American Entrepreneurship

Fintech startup Parafin innovatively tackles this challenge through its embedded finance infrastructure used by partners such as DoorDash, Amazon, and others. Founded in 2020 by Poddar and Vineet Goel, the startup has provided nearly $1 billion in annual funding for tens of thousands of small businesses in the U.S. and Canada.

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Delaware’s 5th annual Startup302 funding contest accepting applications January 2 to 26

American Entrepreneurship

December 20, 2024 ) Applications for Delawares fifth annual Startup302 funding competition will be accepted January 2 through 26 from technology-enabled startups with high-growth potential and at least one founding team member from an underrepresented group. Thanks to sponsors, there is no charge to enter.

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Gridware’s $26.4M Series A Funding Revolutionizes Power Grid Monitoring with Gridscope Technology

American Entrepreneurship

million Series A funding of Gridware led by Sequoia Capital. Barat joined two fellow University of California-Berkeley graduate students Abdulrahman Bin Omar and Hall Chen to launch Gridware in 2020. The three bring their collective knowledge and experience to the startup.

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Slip Robotics’ $28M Series B Round Highlights Industry-leading Customers Embracing Robotics Automation

American Entrepreneurship

Customers John Deere, Nissan, other manufacturers, and logistic operators are now using the startups technology. The Georgia-based startup was founded in 2020 by former Tesla, Cummins, GE, and Waymo engineers. Most importantly the idling time of truckers estimated to be 23% of a truckers workday is significantly reduced.

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Arizona Biosciences Break New Ground: A Snapshot of a Thriving Innovation Ecosystem

American Entrepreneurship

This is a growth rate four times the national average between 2020 and 2024, underscoring the state’s rapidly advancing stature in biomedical research. From 2020 to 2023, the bioscience sectors job growth in the state reached 8.1%, compared to the national average of 6.7%.

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The Complete Guide to SaaS Pricing Strategy

Tomasz Tunguz

Most startups play defense when discussing pricing with customers. Startups operate in newer markets where pricing standards haven’t been set. But throughout this turmoil, startups must adopt a process to craft a good pricing strategy, and re-evaluate prices periodically, at least once per year. AWS, Twilio, Heroku, etc.

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Women entrepreneurs find success despite lack of access to investment capital

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Despite an overall decline in entrepreneurship in the United States, women are still responsible for the launch of a large portion of business startups in recent years. Despite the growth in women-owned businesses, venture capital is still funneled to mostly male-owned businesses. Plenty of initiative.