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Investing in a More Inclusive Innovation Economy

Revolution

Since the beginning of modern venture capital investing — a relatively nascent asset class — the industry has been biased toward funding what it knows best: founders with familiar demographics (white, male) in familiar geographies (Silicon Valley).

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Seize Holiday Sales 2020 Opportunities Using These Insights from Visa

Smart Hustle Magazine

Holiday sales 2020 prospects remain high for the most prepared small businesses despite COVID-19, a recent Visa study reveals. Visa finds that 68% of them consider the winter holiday season as a major sales opportunity for their business. Seizing Holiday Sales 2020 Opportunities. Holiday Consumer Insights. Feel prepared.

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7 investors discuss augmented reality and VR startup opportunities in 2020

TechCrunch

In 2020, VR did not get the shelter-in-place usage bump many had hoped for largely due to supply chain issues at Facebook, but VCs hope their new cheaper device will spell good things for the startup ecosystem. “We believe VR is still the largest long-term opportunity of the two.

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5 top investors in Dutch startups discuss trends, hopes and 2020 opportunities

TechCrunch

The Netherlands’ ecosystem has been flourishing; more than $85 million was invested in regional startups in 2019 alone. In 2020, the venture industry continued to invest in startups, despite the COVID-19 crisis. What trends are you most excited about investing in, generally? What’s your latest, most exciting investment?

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Our Investment Framework Post-COVID-19

500

Supply chains have been disrupted, businesses have had to close or operate at limited capacity for months, and even founders have had to expand their fundraising timeframes as we saw in our 2020 Female Founders Data Report. The post Our Investment Framework Post-COVID-19 appeared first on 500 Startups.

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Newsletter: Top Investment Opportunities

OurCrowd

Join OurCrowd as we invest in Sfara , a US-based company that leads this market, replacing specialized in-vehicle hardware previously required, with software-only technology based on smartphones. The funding includes $10 million previously announced alongside the company’s rebrand in 2020 from CreditStacks. With $3.4M

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2020 — Year in Review

Y Combinator

In early 2020 the entire world underwent a transformation. We were forced to rethink the end of our Winter 2020 batch and transformed its demo day to an online-only event. 2020 has been a challenging year for much of the economy, but companies focused on the digital world often flourished.