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Accel, BoxGroup, Cowboy Ventures, Pear VC and Yahoo to judge Startup Battlefield at Disrupt

TechCrunch

We’re less than a month away from TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco! Mar Hershenson co-founded and serves as managing partner at Pear VC, a seed-stage investment firm in Palo Alto backing companies like Guardant Health, DoorDash, Gusto, Aurora Solar and Branch. Rich Wong joined Accel as a partner in 2006.

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Navigating Supply Chain Disruption: 7 Strategies for Small Businesses

StartupNation

Wherever your business sits on the spectrum, you’ll want to follow these tips to navigate supply chain disruption. Most Popular: The Benefits of Encouraging Creativity and Innovation in the Workplace. So, how can one navigate the disruptions and mitigate the risks? Work with community resources and local workforce boards.

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Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Disrupt 2022

TechCrunch

Disrupt is turning 12 years old. And in the name of coming back bigger and better than ever, the Disrupt Startup Battlefield has grown by 10x. This year, we’re curating 200 companies for you to check out and meet for the first time in the Expo Hall, with the top 20 gracing the Disrupt stage to launch their wares.

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Health tech startup mPharma acquires Vine Pharmacy, enters Uganda

TechCrunch

mPharma, a Ghanaian health startup, has taken a controlling stake in Uganda’s Vine Pharmacy for an undisclosed amount, marking the firm’s entry into its latest market in Africa. and Daniel Vasella, ex-CEO and chairman of Novartis; both are members of the board. “I Vine used to be the biggest pharmacy chain in Uganda.

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Innovation Insider: Intensive Care

OurCrowd

Many countries tried to “flatten the curve” of the contagious infection to manage the unprecedented overload on public health systems, and to distribute the demand for medical care, intensive care unit beds, and ventilators over a longer period. A Physical Transformation.

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TravelPerk’s breakout Business Platform gains $104M led by Softbank Vision Fund 2

American Entrepreneurship

TravelPerk continues to innovate, integrating AI across the product stack to deliver a world-class experience for customers and travelers. TravelPerk was co-founded in 2015 by a highly seasoned entrepreneurial innovation team. Within the enormous global business travel market, SMBs have remained a largely underserved segment.

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The coronavirus challenge: Here?s why OurCrowd is launching a $100 million Pandemic Innovation Fund

OurCrowd

Today, OurCrowd announces the launch of its Pandemic Innovation Fund. We plan to raise $100 million for investment in urgent technological solutions for the medical, business, educational and social needs triggered by global pandemics and other health emergencies. Other entirely new industries will appear.