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Listen Up! Why Revolution Ventures is Investing in Indianapolis-based Casted

Revolution

As short-form media consumption and the effectiveness of influencer-style marketing have increased, and as enterprises continue to search for better customer acquisition and engagement channels, podcasting has been fueled to a multi-billion-dollar category with nearly 2M shows hosted in 2020¹.

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10 growth marketing experts share their 2022 predictions and New Year’s resolutions

TechCrunch

The pandemic has accelerated people watching even more content from influencers on various channels. Another resolution is to not let yourselves fall in the trap of believing that everything is back to normal — COVID is still disrupting in-person events as well as entire industries and will continue to do so.

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YC-backed Amenli raises $2.3M to provide insurance to Egyptian consumers

TechCrunch

South Africa makes up a large bulk of it; without it, the continent is on a 1% to 2% rate even with other developed technology and financial markets like Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt. The insurance market is still one of the industries least disrupted by technology on the continent. Life after YC has been great for Amenli.