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Pittsburgh’s AI expertise may give rise to an already growing startup market

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Having local expertise in the category every VC wants to invest in right now doesn’t hurt, either. Plus, it has seen a homegrown success story in language learning app Duolingo , which went public at a nearly $4 billion valuation in 2021. billion — venture investors on the ground can feel the city’s potential.

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Paris-based accelerator The Family sues co-founder Oussama Ammar

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The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. According to her, other people working for The Family have asked several times to see documents that proved that investments went through.

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Stripe has laid off employees behind TaxJar, a tax compliance startup it acquired last year

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Stripe bought TaxJar, a provider of a cloud-based suite of tax services, in April 2021 to help its customers “automatically calculate, report and file sales taxes.” billion raised across 1,287 deals in Q2 2021. It’s a similar story looking at some players within the startup world. billion in July of 2021 to $6.7

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Colgate-Palmolive, Coca-Cola and Unilever join AB InBev’s sustainable supply chain accelerator

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A clutch of the world’s largest consumer products and food companies are joining Budweiser’s parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev in backing an investment program to support early-stage companies focused on making supply chains more sustainable. Those startups have gone on to raise more than $200 million in follow-on financing.

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

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growth from 2020 to 2021. Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined. Family office investments increased by 5x , and corporate venture investments rose 6x , thus opening new capital avenues for founders who found it difficult to raise capital. Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?