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The Five "Ups" of Getting Early Stage VC Deal Flow

This is going to be BIG.

nextNYC, the startup events platform I run, produces the largest formal VC/Founder intro event at NY Tech Week. Investors can sign up for a two hour slot here to get six intro meetings to founders.) The founder barely knows who you are and you dont have a board seat. No one likes obligatory meetings, least of all the founders.

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Leave Common Approaches to Average Players: Insights from Belkins Founder Vladyslav Podoliako

Jason Malki

I recently had the chance to chat with Vladyslav Podoliako, the founder of the sales acquisition agency Belkins , and the email deliverability solution Folderly. Vlad shared his founders POV on how to start and grow a business, turn mistakes into learning moments, and keep the motivation alive through itall. But were not stoppinghere.

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Billie, a buy now, pay later specialist for the B2B market, raises $100M on a $640M valuation

TechCrunch

London’s D awn Capital, a specialist in B2B startups, led the round, with internet giant Tencent and Klarna also participating; previous backers Creandum, Speedinvest, Picus and GFC are also in the round. . Klarna’s investment comes on the back of a major strategic deal between it and Billie.

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

Revolution

As a result, they lack the ability to extract valuable engagement metrics, integrate content and data with their existing marketing / CRM technology stacks, or effectively atomize and recycle their content in a highly engaging manner across marketing channels.

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ManoMano raises $355 million for its home improvement e-commerce platform

TechCrunch

We operate in Europe and we are the industry leader in online sales,” co-founder and co-CEO Philippe de Chanville told me. and Germany in particular — they are Europe’s two biggest markets for home improvement and gardening. ManoMano sells products to hobbyists and also targets the B2B market with ManoManoPro.

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B2B social management platform Oktopost raises $20M growth round with Expedition

TechCrunch

Oktopost’s schtick is that it is an enterprise-grade platform for B2B marketers to curate content, organize, and manage campaigns for corporate social media accounts, employee advocacy and social selling. It can also handle social listening and analytics.

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Cybersecurity training startup Hack The Box raises $10.6M Series A led by Paladin Capital

TechCrunch

Haris Pylarinos, Hack The Box co-founder and CEO said: “Everything we do is geared around creating a safer internet by empowering corporate teams and individuals to create unbreakable systems.”. ” Hack The Box competes with Offensive Security , Immersive Labs , INE and eLearnSecurity (acquired by INE).

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