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Aqua Cultured Foods Raises $2.1M

HPA

Food tech startup Aqua Cultured Foods announced a $2.1M Aqua Cultured Foods is an innovative food technology startup that has developed the world’s first whole-muscle cut seafood alternatives created through microbial fermentation. Congrats to CEO & Co-Founder Anne Palermo and the entire Aqua Cultured Foods team!

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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

Both Sides of the Table

Many questioned whether it could survive under the fail whale, inevitable competition from Facebook, founder fighting, fights with 3rd-party developers let alone become a revolutionary business that could make money. I’m an equal opportunity funder but having a personal mission a few deals can be healthy, too. Far from it.

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Emotional marketing and an e-mail titan walk into a bar

TechCrunch

As an early-stage reporter, I honestly bet a lot on the potential of a savvy edtech founder or creative marketplace play. All Raise, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing the footprint of women founders and funders, has released its annual report for 2020. Founders who don’t properly vet VCs set up both parties for failure.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

Not coincidentally, they also serve as training grounds for some of the world’s most successful startup founders. Although we haven’t been on the inside at Techstars for several years, we grew up with the program and have watched with growing dismay as it drifted away from its original focus on founders.

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Great Question gets $2.5M seed round to make customer research easier

TechCrunch

Great Question’s seed round came from investors including Funders Club, January Capital, Nomo VC and Twenty-Two Ventures. The platform has been used to interview customers about product ideas and strategy, find product-market fit, conduct usability studies on UX designs and see how well marketing landing pages perform.

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VC meets the land of opportunity

TechCrunch

She is also the co-founder of Build In SE , a community of founders, funders and ecosystem partners committed to company building in the Southeast (#BuildInSE). Meanwhile, VCs will approach founders saying, “We are now looking into markets beyond Silicon Valley.”. Share on Twitter. and Canada. Follow the money.

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Riot prepares your team against highly sophisticated cyberattacks

TechCrunch

It now also offers customized educational content that can help grow the cybersecurity culture in your team. Some of Riot’s existing investors also put more money on the table, such as Y Combinator, Funders Club and Founders Future. The startup originally focused on fake phishing campaigns.

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