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What a community means in the modern world of startups

TechCrunch

“We believe that a thriving community is a company’s most valuable asset,” Community-led writes in its Declaration. “Community scales your business, resources and presence in ways that traditional marketing or advertising channels can’t.

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Cloverleaf Secures $7.3 Million Series A Extension Led by Advantage Capital

American Entrepreneurship

The investment was led by Advantage Capital with participation from Conductive Ventures, Origin Ventures, ScOp Venture Capital, JobsOhio, Cintrifuse Capital and 1809 Capital. The company has tripled its revenue since its previous funding round in June 2022 and is expecting continued revenue growth with this new capital.

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14 Tips on How to Sell to Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

It’s hard enough to raise capital from VC, private equity fund, and family offices. We are a community for family offices, private equity funds, and VCs focused on using technology and analytics to make better investments in private companies. Check out the online communities where investors congregate. How do you sell to them?

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Ocrolus lands $80M at a $500M+ valuation to automate document processing for fintechs and banks

TechCrunch

If you’ve ever had to take out a loan, you know just how many documents are involved in the approval process. Ocrolus is a startup that is hoping to change that with an automation platform that it says analyzes financial documents with over 99% accuracy. It’s a lot. operations.

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Community Navigator – E3 Durham Program

Forward Cities

Overview The E3 (Equity for Every Entrepreneur) Durham program is designed to increase connectivity, counseling services, and capital access for underrepresented entrepreneurs in Durham/Durham County, NC.

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Waterborne Wonder: Getting to Know Antonio Lennert

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Antonio Lennert , a member of EO Canada Bridge, is an entrepreneur, designer and community builder. He is the co-founder and CEO of Surf the Greats , Canada’s largest brand and community for surf education, adventure and lifestyle on the Great Lakes and beyond. Canada is not known to be a surfing hotspot,” said Lennert.

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If you've ever overpaid for a legal document, sign up for Docracy, First Round's newest investment

This is going to be BIG.

Nerd Alert" didn't get funded, unfortunately, but I'm pretty sure that was a major oversight on the investment community. :). Plus, I'd make the argument that Docracy's initial userbase will be people who otherwise wouldn't have went to a lawyer at all, going without documentation or using something probably not appropriate for them.

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