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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Nigerian healthtech startup Reliance Health raises $40M led by General Atlantic

TechCrunch

The event has accelerated the use of telemedicine, virtual care, and drug delivery, thus fuelling investor interest in the sector. It uses an integrated process to provide health insurance and telemedicine via partnerships with hospitals and healthcare facilities. Our mission is super simple.

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“I think viewing your board as an audience to be ‘sold’ to instead of a partner in your journey will orient your board to be less trusting and collaborative.” Five Questions with Nilam Ganenthiran, Former President of Instacart

Hunter Walk

But sometimes the CEO takes the initiative to recruit an absolute gem and that was the case with ResQ , a software startup servicing the hospitality owners and service/repair vendors. It was serving on that Board where I first met Nilam Ganenthiran , back while he was an executive at Instacart.

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Everlywell raises $75M from HealthQuest Capital following its recent $175M Series D round

TechCrunch

The company already works with employers and health plans, but this should definitely help accelerate that aspect of its business as it looks towards more growth in 2021 and beyond. Austin-based Everlywell develops at-home testing kits for a range of health concerns, including thyroid issues, allergies and food sensitivity.

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Property management startup Guesty raises $50M and acquires competitor Your Porter

TechCrunch

“In the public markets, there are many players in hospitality property management,” said co-founder and CEO Amiad Soto. “Definitely for major hotels, there are going to be big changes, but for vacation rentals and boutique-style hotels that offer different experience, this a lot more accessible and a lot more appealing.

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Esper raises $30M Series B for its IoT DevOps platform

TechCrunch

The pandemic has transformed industries like connected fitness, digital health, hospitality, and food delivery, further accelerating the adoption of intelligent edge devices. “Definitely. But with each new use case, better software automation is required,” said Yadhu Gopalan, CEO and co-founder at Esper.

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Trusting Your Entrepreneurial Instincts

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In 2000, I founded VRX Studios, a global photography company for the travel and hospitality industry. A decade later, we were struggling operationally under 20 terabytes of high-definition media assets. When your gut says gun it, I say slam on the accelerator and go for it. We weren’t focusing on what we do well— taking photos.

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