TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

We can’t check out every investing outfit’s demo day. “Burst is the first DeFi-powered bank for Generation Z – we use DeFi to help our users earn more. Teams using SAVVI have seen a 1,500% ROI over traditional ML methods.” ” Bonfire. Founders: Matt Alston (CEO), Melissa Zhang (CTO).

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TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2022

million seed round of funding a year after being founded and a few months since it presented at the accelerator’s Winter 2022 Demo Day in March. YC-backed climate tech startup, Pina Earth , has closed a $2.5 Are carbon offsets b t? A renowned climate expert weighs in.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 31, 2024

Just 12 months later, dozens of video generation products are in active use, with millions of users worldwide creating short clips from text or image prompts. These products are still relatively limited — most generate 3 to 4 second videos, the outputs tend to be mixed in quality, and things like character consistency have yet to be cracked.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Appealing to your inner Video Jockey, the Orbacam demo video makes it look easy, adding video filters and effects to your visual creative pursuits. The app also enables you to use the microphone connected to your phone — or the one built into your phone — to sing or beat-box your way on top of the music you’re creating.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Heimdal is a startup working to pull that CO2 back out at scale using renewable energy and producing carbon-negative industrial materials, including limestone for making concrete, in the process, and it has attracted significant funding even at its very early stage. “We came out and did this straight away,” he said.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

With Ngrok, developers can deploy or test apps against a development backend, building demo websites without having to deploy them. In May, Tailscale raised $100 million for its mesh networking technology that can be installed on a single server and used as a way to share software services.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

A new startup is setting out to help companies build and harness communities around their products, enabling them to side-step multiple disparate tools and manage everything in a single platform. video demos), or an ambassador program that coaches brand advocates on how best to spread the word.

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Reforge

MAY 30, 2023

Teams use Reforge to align cross-functional or new team members around vetted and frontier concepts for approaching growth, product strategy, retention, and more. Standardize onboarding and shorten ramp times Teams use Reforge to help ramp up new hires, new leaders, and internal movers.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

The firm is targeting “internet-enabled consumer tech with recurring business models,” which Miller felt was a white space among all the other enterprise and SaaS investors. The hardware dweebs among us were having a great day today. billion fund on his birthday. We wonder what his birthday gift will be next year. Startups and VC.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Throw into the mix aesthetics (who’s ever seen an attractive QR code?), Vitag’s product consists of two core “things”: a mobile app for people to record instructional videos or upload existing material from their device, and a physical NFC-enabled tag that they can program the video to. Vitag in action.

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