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Current State of Angels and Boards of Directors

Angel Capital Association

Angels often make their first real impact post-investment by helping a portfolio company develop a “real” Board, by insisting on documented processes, key metrics and measures and a more rigorous approach to corporate oversight and accountability. In the latter case, returns improved by 20%. with an average of 5.7 Director seats.

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Neo4j raises Neo$325M as graph-based data analysis takes hold in enterprise

TechCrunch

Eurazeo managing director Nathalie Kornhoff-Brüls will join the company’s board of directors. CEO and co-founder Emil Eifrem said that Neo4j, which was founded back in 2007, has hit its growth stride in recent years given the rising popularity of graph-based analysis. “We Development continues on the database.

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Fuel Me Raises $18 Million Series A Round

HPA

Offering fuel inventory monitoring, data analysis, and reporting, Fuel Me ensures seamless fuel management for its customers. “This funding marks a significant milestone, enabling Fuel Me to accelerate the development of advanced technology while continuing to deliver unparalleled service to our customers.

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BankTech Ventures’ Fintech Investing focuses on Community Banks

American Entrepreneurship

Strategic investment fund BankTech Ventures invests in companies that are developing innovative technologies that enhance the ability of community banks to serve their customers. In addition to drawing together key leaders from community banking, bank technology and fintech to launch the Fund, over 100 bank limited partners are now on board.

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Credit Suisse leads $20M Series A in data extraction startup Daloopa

TechCrunch

Daloopa closed on a $20 million Series A round, led by Credit Suisse Asset Management’s NEXT Investors, to continue developing its data extraction technology for financial institutions, which is now being expanded globally. This frees up analysts to then do what they are supposed to do.”.

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Ai Palette raises $4.4M to help companies react faster to consumer trends

TechCrunch

Developing new packaged foods and consumer goods can take a couple years as companies research, prototype and test products. Both will join Ai Palette’s board. Upreti, an advanced machine learning and big data analysis expert, previously worked at companies including Visa, where he built models that can handle petabytes of data.

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How to Build Authentic Customer Relationships That Spark Innovation

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Along with establishing formal ways to capture customer feedback through surveys and data analysis, look for opportunities to engage in conversations. Engaging a core group who believes in what you’re doing gives you a sounding board for product tweaks and new ideas. Find your biggest fans. Analyze before you leap.