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8 founders, leaders highlight fintech and deep tech as Bristol’s top sectors

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The country is quickly catching up to China on the tech investment front, with VC investments reaching a record of $15 billion in 2020, according to TechNation. Bristol is also home to an important startup accelerator, SETsquared. We surveyed: Coralie Hassanaly , innovation consultant, DRIAD. What are you most excited by?

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Brazil’s Black Silicon Valley could be an epicenter of innovation in Latin America

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Paulo is the co-founder of Vale do Dendê (Dende Valley) and AFAR Ventures , a global diversity and inclusion creative and consulting agency that identifies opportunities for multinational brands, corporations and investors in emerging markets. Paulo Rogério Nunes. Contributor. Tara Sabre Collier. Contributor.

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Daily Crunch: Citing ‘global market uncertainties,’ Sea flatlines Shopee India

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Even more, a slowdown from all-time records doesn’t indicate a correction, let alone a startup recession. Startups and VC. Freelancer marketplace Malt expanded its appeal and geographic reach by acquiring consulting marketplace Comatch. Longtime DCM partner Kyle Lui joins Bling Capital as its second general partner.

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Extra Crunch roundup: StockX EC-1, Early Stage recaps, unpacking Alkami’s IPO, more

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Katie Moussouris has been in cybersecurity circles since some of the world’s biggest tech companies were startups, and helped to set up the first vulnerability disclosure and bug bounty programs. How to get into a startup accelerator. Should you try to get your company into an accelerator? Image Credits: Techstars.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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How pitch training can help startups get their story right

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When you hire a marketing consultant, you don’t necessarily expect to wind up discussing your life’s purpose. Yet, that is what Spanish marketing expert and entrepreneur Alex Barrera often ends up doing with startup founders who hire him to help improve their pitch. 11 words and phrases to cut from your VC pitch deck.

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