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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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TechCrunch+ roundup: Cell-cultured meat, alternative financing, avoiding tech debt

TechCrunch

Use alternative financing to fuel VC-level growth without diluting ownership. Alternative financing options such as revenue financing or expense financing are often overshadowed by the VC model, but they can be just as, and sometimes more, useful for SaaS startups, writes Miguel Fernandez, CEO and co-founder of Capchase.

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Fuel Me Raises $18 Million Series A Round

HPA

Focusing on mission-critical energy needs across industries like data centers, construction, and transportation. Offering fuel inventory monitoring, data analysis, and reporting, Fuel Me ensures seamless fuel management for its customers. Full press release here.

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BankTech Ventures’ Fintech Investing focuses on Community Banks

American Entrepreneurship

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. “Our banks can attest to the transformation opportunities and business growth we’ve all seen by hand-selecting some of the most impactful companies to work with community banks.”

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EnsoData Raises $9M Series A Financing to Empower Clinicians with Waveform AI

Dream It

EnsoData (Healthtech - Spring 2019) has a platform that transforms billions of waveform data points collected from sensors in medical devices and wearables into an easy-to-read report, so clinicians can make faster, more accurate diagnoses. and Dr. Fred Robertson, M.D. We’re thrilled to announce our official launch and Series A funding!

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

TechCrunch

This was a big enough problem for one company to support all of the data analysis and forecasting without having to manually convert the data,” Li told TechCrunch. The idea for Daloopa came to Li five years ago, but he said the data extraction technology was not in place to get it off the ground.

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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.