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ACA Receives an NSF Award to Connect Early Stage Capital to Deep Tech Innovations

Angel Capital Association

For Immediate Release Alexandria, VA (October 4, 2023) – The Angel Capital Association (ACA) has received an $123k award from the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIPs) designed to catalyze private investment in the Deep Tech Sector. Visit us online at angelcapitalassociation.org.

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I’ve worked with hundreds of unicorns: Here’s what founders and executives need to focus on

TechCrunch

Empower operations to capitalize on better market conditions in the future. In some cases, companies that had been targeting IPOs or funding transactions for 2022 are now postponing until Q1 or Q2 of 2023, if not later. Empowering operations includes understanding and communicating relevant metrics.

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Is ocean conservation the next climate tech? 7 investors explain why they’re all in

TechCrunch

I’m not sure I would characterize the ocean economy as recession-proof, but the investment opportunities are real from a venture capital perspective,” said Tim Agnew, general partner at Bold Ocean Ventures. Impact investors have also catalyzed the growth of the ocean investment landscape by providing the first capital into ocean funds.

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Nigerian data and intelligence company Stears raises $3.3M, backed by Mac VC and Serena Ventures

TechCrunch

Each had different yet complementary skills — Michael Famoroti , an economist; Bode Ogunlana , a software engineer; Abdul Abdulrahim , a data scientist; and Preston Ideh , a corporate lawyer — and in 2017, they launched a media startup to address the dearth of information and data-driven insights in the West African country. .

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Packworks makes operations easier for sari-sari stores in the Philippines

TechCrunch

Inspired by a motorcycle journey, Packworks is on a mission to change that, with a mobile enterprise resource planning platform (ERP) that just raised $2 million led by logistics group Fast Group and CVC Capital Partners, with participation from ADB Ventures, Arise, Techstars and Ideaspace Foundation.

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Reveal raises $50M to espouse the benefits of partner ecosystems

TechCrunch

The capital brings the startup’s total raised to about $54 million. Reveal is more transparent about its data collection and retention policies, claiming to not store personally identifiable information and delete customer relationship management data “as soon as the user requests it.” ”

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Daily Crunch: Meta’s upcoming VR headset will track eye movements and capture facial expressions

TechCrunch

Staying in Asia, Anna and Alex take the pulse on China’s venture capital scene. In case you missed some stories from late yesterday, we have some good ones: Paging Starlink : SpaceX and T-Mobile are partnering to connect T-Mobile phones to Starlink for free starting in 2023, Devin writes. Manish has more.