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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

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Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade. Rome has more than 20 incubators/accelerators and many established VCs; because of its lower costs compared to other European cities, it’s become a major base for startups.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Build a founding team, choose a VC and recruit your board

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” In a related article, Gregg Adkin, VP and managing director at Dell Technologies Capital, shared the framework he’s developed for helping founders set up their board. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. The acceleration of B2B AI innovation has begun. Enterprise AI 2.0:

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Daily Crunch: AI content developer Jasper now valued at $1.5B following capital infusion

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Someone’s having a good day : Jasper, which calls itself an “AI content” developer, raised its first round of funding ever — and a big one at that, at $125 million, to give it a $1.5 Startups and VC. Omneky : Leverages OpenAI’s DALLE-2 and GPT-3 models to generate visuals and text that can be used in ads for social platforms.

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EnerVenue raises $100M to accelerate clean energy using nickel-hydrogen batteries

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While lithium-ion works fine for consumer electronics and even electric vehicles, battery startup EnerVenue says it developed a breakthrough technology to revolutionize stationary energy storage. The company is planning on using the funds to scale its nickel-hydrogen battery production, including a Gigafactory in the U.S.,

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear. Right here.

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TravelPerk adds $115M to equity and debt Series D, discloses unicorn valuation

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That said, it’s not clear how much of the $115 million tranche is equity versus debt — a spokeswoman for the startup declined to provide a break down or a clear answer when we asked, saying only: “This round is a mix of equity and debt funding.” The final tranche of the D round was led by U.S. based rival NexTravel.

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Daily Crunch: The party’s over — Airbnb bans all disruptive gatherings in perpetuity

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Startups and VC. Use chronological scenario planning to help your startup get through a potential recession. Use chronological scenario planning to help your startup get through a potential recession. Haje reports that JourneyOne has a fresh $10 million fund that is ready to be put to work in cannabis tech.