TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Demoing as part of the Battlefield 200 cohort at TC Disrupt this week, Zette is trying to achieve something that others before have tried. According to Zhu, this type of business model merely encourages “sporadic use rather than sustained readership,” ultimately leading to higher churn and poor monetization.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The company claims its hardware could make it up to 100x faster and 10x cheaper to solve problems like scheduling airline pilots or packing shipping containers, which — if accurate — might just enable Integrated Reasoning to make a splash in lucrative industries. – Kyle Wiggers. Flying for dummies.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

“What we’re building is really the phone book of the future,” says Orlic, slotting his elevator pitch into our ~30-minute phone conversation. So in case a user reports a specific call in the app and wants a refund, or if an advisor flags up harassment or other serious issues, we can deal with that in a sustainable way.”).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

As notably, despite introducing a far smaller number of teams to investors than Y Combinator and more renowned accelerator programs, there always seem to be at least one or two projects in Pear’s Demo Day mix that turn into actual, sustainable and, sometimes, sizable companies. Note that we did not write the descriptions below.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2016

On top of that, we're actively trying to cut the distance between where food is created and where it is consumed in order to make it more sustainable. Indoor farms consume a lot of energy--cutting into the sustainability gains around transportation decreases. That's why indoor farming has, no pun intended, gone through the roof.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 14, 2016

Inexpensive equity dollars enable capital-intensive companies to amass the warchest necessary to dethrone incumbents. To sustain these growth rates and reach the levels of market liquidity they have, startups like Uber and AirBnB require massive amounts of cash. Because at that point, the business only needs money to grow.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

Headquartered in California with offices in Ann Arbor, KLA is a global tech company that makes process-control and process-enabling solutions that help manufacture tech devices like our computers, smartphones, smart watches, autonomous vehicles, LCD screens and more. Voxel51 uses computer vision to create insights from video. Groundspeed.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Built as a decentralized app, it enables people to “build better hometowns on the internet” to “truly own their town squares.” Goin’ retro, with a 15-year-old pitch deck : Pitch Deck Teardown: Uber’s $200K pre-seed deck from 2008 , by Haje. You can sign up here.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Kunal Lunawat Contributor Share on Twitter Kunal Lunawat is co-founder and managing partner of Agya Ventures , a venture capital firm focused on real estate tech, blockchain, AI and sustainability. AI’s emergence will cut through material use cases in real estate tech, from search and listings to mortgages, construction and sustainability.

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2021

We pitched it to 47 insurance companies and they all rejected us,” Michael said. “So Today, Lula offers a “fully integrated suite” of technology-enabled tools such as customer vetting, fraud detection, driver history checks, and policy management and claims handling through its insurance partners. Image Credits: Lula.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Starting in 2015, IndieBio has provided resources to founders solving complex challenges with biotech, from fake meat to sustainability. CEO Colin Bortner is working on a treatment for infertility and plans to enable families to have genetic children who can’t otherwise with current solutions.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

The company pitched to River Valley Investors in April 2022 and RVI invested one week later. Ignitepost IgnitePOST is a service that enables sales & marketing teams to boost conversion rates by 15X. Jaia Robotics Inc. Imago Rehab Imago Rehab is a robot-assisted virtual clinic for stroke recovery. Lenoss Medical Lenoss Medical Inc.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2022

Committing to enabling startups When Kickstart was established in 2012, the Philippine startup ecosystem was at its nascent stage. This inspired its founders Minette Navarrete, Dan Siazon, and Christian Besler to pitch for a pioneering evergreen fund to the Globe board, starting with $2.5M on its first year. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

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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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Day one of TechCrunch Disrupt is in the rearview mirror, and what a great day it was! You’ll find all the day’s programs, stage locations and times listed in the Disrupt agenda — and in your handy event app. Women of Disrupt Breakfast . Disrupt Stage | 10:55 am & 2:40 pm. Disrupt Stage | 1:15 pm.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

This pitch throw-down is all about startups determined to power a more equitable, inclusive and healthy world, and we need more of that visionary thinking put into action. You know they’ll bring the heat and present a finely tuned pitch. And they’ll need it to impress this panel of judges — all of whom focus on sustainable impact.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

domain name and inserting the words machine learning/artificial intelligence to your sales pitch isn’t sufficient to succeed. The best sales and fundraising pitches describe a startup’s value proposition without mentioning machine learning. But just plugging those APIs, buying the.ai

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

From the earliest pitch decks I had ever created. Expanding on its overall positioning and approach, Milanova reiterates: “Again, this has to do with our intention to democratize access to what is otherwise really complex information while also enabling access to better gynaecological care. Image credits: Daye.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

We organized a series of HBS Angels pitch nights, joint with a range of affinity groups for HBS Alumni: HBS African-American, HBS Healthcare, HBS LBGT, and HBS Latino. Numerous thoughtful people are worried about how technological disruption will destroy jobs. In its first full year of operation, VCAP attracted 159 applicants.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

We organized a series of HBS Angels pitch nights, joint with a range of affinity groups for HBS Alumni: HBS African-American, HBS Healthcare, HBS LBGT, and HBS Latino. Numerous thoughtful people are worried about how technological disruption will destroy jobs. In its first full year of operation, VCAP attracted 159 applicants.

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