A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2024

And we will see legacy applications embrace AI to make their products better and to remain competitive with the AI-first disrupters. So this pain and suffering will force an acceleration of the energy transition from carbon to clean energy. It is a lot easier for humans to react to something that is happening to them right now.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

The next Battlefield takes place at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. Yup, that sound you hear is opportunity knocking. One team will emerge as the Startup Battlefield 2021 champion, win the Disrupt Cup and take home a whopping $100,000 in prize money. Want a few more details about how Startup Battlefield works?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2020

Written by Ruchir Punjabi , the co-founder and chief digital officer of Distributed Energy , a company that matches investors with renewable energy projects across Africa, Middle East and India, and the founder of Langoor, which was sold to Havas Group in 2019. For example, my energy business matches investors with renewable projects.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 17, 2018

I was extremely low in other hormones, which were affecting my energy and overall mental acuity. My walk is my morning meditation and sunlight exposure, and it’s an opportunity to prep for the day. For the nights my sleep is poor, I have the opportunity to examine why. I do this the same way every morning. SLEEP BETTER.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

The soundbite: “The way to go fishing is by going where the fish are — we need to open source where federal funding is headed and how to get a piece of the clean energy and infrastructure pie.” Executing on opportunities at the intersection of utility and disruption allows for exponential innovation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 15, 2023

Miranda Naiman, a 7-year EO Tanzania member and an unstoppable force for good, is the founder of Empower , a disruptive consulting firm that passionately provides talent, advisory and insight services to clients across the African continent. My core values of Stay in the Light, Feed the Family, and Service Before Self are my true North.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

However, it quickly evolved into a platform facilitating remote team management for over 40 companies globally, providing job opportunities amidst the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Consider starting as an LP in funds for diversified exposure, access to deal flow, and networking opportunities.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

Climate change is a problem important and pressing enough that investors have begun to grasp the opportunities that arise when trying to solve it. Now, they’ve started to cast their nets wider for other, adjacent opportunities. The open ocean also contains tremendous amounts of energy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 21, 2020

While the desire and intention to create disruptive digital customer experiences grows, however, the majority of B2B companies struggle to deliver. Opportunities to Innovate: Addressing Challenging B2B Customer Experiences through Digital Products. 5 Steps to Create a Digital Product Strategy for B2B CX Innovation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 12, 2021

Kara Goldin is a force of nature: Authentic, unafraid of failure, and creative in pushing boundaries and disrupting the status quo. After having three kids, Goldin was struggling with a few health issues, including adult acne, low energy and extra body weight. I wanted to reset, disrupt, create something that helped people.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. We have to have strong conviction in the quality of the team and the opportunity and commit more quickly.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

To learn more about the opportunities they’re chasing and discover how climate change is shaping their investment thesis, he surveyed: Daniela V. Apply now to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt in September TechCrunch+ roundup: Ocean tech investor survey, AI and PR, L-1 visa options by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 28, 2023

Department of Transportation (USDOT), Department of Energy and new Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (JOET) was to set standards eliminating the differences in EV plugs styles and EV chargers—that vehicle owners complained were hampering EV use and enjoyment. In addition to funding, one key action taken by the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

EdgeQ , Kneron , and Hailo are among the dozens of upstarts vying for customers, the last of which nabbed $136 million in October as it doubles down on new opportunities. He has a deep history of investing in deep tech startups that have gone on to disrupt industries across AI, data, semiconductors, among others.” “Sima.ai

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It has now become a materials innovation company disrupting how clothes are made. This is a huge opportunity for founders to build a purpose-native company that will have generational impact on the community, for employees and investors alike.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

” The opportunity of a lifetime. On the “Valleys of Death” panel , Arvind Gupta, partner at Mayfield , who recently published a roadmap for climate investors , explained that “re-materializing our economy” was a $100 trillion opportunity. ” It needs patient capital. ” Watch for frontrunners.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 11, 2023

“The next generation of our Intense Eye UAS product line features this innovative HX5 airframe in combination with BlueHalo’s industry-leading autonomy and AI/ML capabilities, providing new mission-critical solutions to warfighters and expanding opportunities for our commercial partners.” Cleared List.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Boston-based AppMap , going through TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield this week, wants to stop this bad code from ever making it into production. We spend a lot of time and energy instrumenting things that are downstream of our application, but we’ve never instrumented the creative process.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

A smart port uses technologies including AI, big data, Internet of Things and 5G to provide more security and save energy by digitalizing the way huge ships enter docks and handle logistics at the ports. Oceans of opportunity: surveying 2020’s seafaring startup potential.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Ideas are the critical spark in the first stages of a startup: Ideas for a new product, for a disruptive service or engaging customer experience. Frustrated by weight gain, adult acne and low energy, she quit her addiction to diet soda. They get obsessed and go deep to find market niches and opportunities you never imagined existed.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Before a startup lands its first customer or investor, its founders must invest time and energy to develop intellectual property. The enormous challenges and abundant opportunities in climate tech. ” The enormous challenges and abundant opportunities in climate tech. Image Credits: NOAA (opens in a new window) / Unsplash.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

To meet the changing startup landscape, we’re refreshing and reimagining TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in a big way, with more of what you love and new ways to accelerate your growth — new stages, new content, and new opportunities. Oh, and if you were laid off recently, we are offering a free Expo+ pass to TC Disrupt 2023.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Today, disruption is rather slow-paced. Startups are known to disrupt the markets, and this disruption usually ends up in developing totally new demand for its offerings. Such demand and other metrics of a disruptive startup, when represented in the form of a graph, form a shape of a hockey stick.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

million Series A2 funding round, led by climate tech fund ArcTern Ventures , joined by new investors Northvolt and Ecosystem Integrity Fund , and with continued support from Chrysalix Venture Capital , Good Growth Capital , University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners , Volta Energy Technologies , Impact Science Ventures , and Helios Climate Ventures.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 20, 2018

The proposal forms around how our organisation can either be completely disrupted by or take full advantage of this massive opportunity that this technology presents. The Hyperloop is designed to be energy efficient using solar panels, cost effective, reliable and faster than any existing high-speed train or airline transportation.

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Dream It

AUGUST 29, 2019

Acquisitions: When a larger company has an immediate need for your product or technology and it is difficult or impossible for them to build that product in house, then you may have an opportunity to exit via M&A. Take Google as an example. Some founders convey the message that they are building the company for a quick exit.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

billion valuation as venture capitalists chased the opportunity to get a piece of it. We’re thrilled to have Gharegozlou joining us at Disrupt this September 21-23 , to discuss the future of NFTs, crypto gaming and the decentralized internet. Could NFTs reshape the entire online economy?

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 5, 2023

We believe that for every shift in technology, new markets and opportunities are created. He revealed that the team’s cohesion and experience, market opportunity, month-over-month growth, revenue growth or annual recurring revenue (ARR), and product growth and roadmap are the key aspects that capture their attention.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2023

VCs have taken note of the opportunity, investing billions into an assortment of companies in the skilling space over the past year. “Workera disrupts this model of skills intelligence by using AI to generate [richer] skill signals. But he did disclose that Samsung, Siemens Energy, the U.S.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

Clean tech – Tied in with the biotech trend, we’re seeing a continued surge in input/output companies that process waste to produce byproducts like energy and potable water. From investing to credit to compliance in local custom, these founders are seeing opportunity in their ability to be more specific and flexible.

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Onevest

MARCH 25, 2015

Deal Flow There are certainly some advantages to investing more money and energy in fewer startups. Whether needing broader diversification, more opportunities to put your pent up capital to work in, or simply more choices of startups to select from, deal flow is important. However, It is important not to spread yourself too thin.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

The genuine progress in IT from the 1970s up to the 2000s masked the relative stagnation of energy, transportation, space, materials, agriculture and medicine. Blue ocean opportunities like asteroid mining and commercial space travel will attract a certain type of personality. When Plodders Change the World.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

If you’ve been slacking and not bought yourself a Disrupt ticket yet, that’s cool, we still love you. To learn more about the opportunities they’re chasing and to discover how climate change is shaping their investment thesis, he surveyed: Daniela V. PST, subscribe here. Hello, you crunchy Crunchers!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Founders and investors have started to look for opportunities to conserve, and even enhance, the ocean’s resources rather than exploit them. Because the oceans take up so much of the planet and the space is relatively uncharted, there are plenty of opportunities for investors to find niches ripe with financial and environmental upsides.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

OCTOBER 18, 2020

As Superintendent Hofmeister shared her perspective, it is clear that she has a keen eye for turning disruption into opportunity for Oklahoma’s students and educators. In some ways, digital learning can provide more equity in opportunity for accelerated learning and for more targeting of what is lacking,” she said. “It

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

At TechCrunch Disrupt, I spoke to three investors about how they use TAM to guide their decision-making. At TechCrunch Disrupt, Josh Fabian, CEO of video game coaching platform Metafy, explained why he’s committed to “building in public,” or sharing aspects of his founder’s journey with an audience.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2022

There are thousands of startups in agriculture, FinTech, energy, and health — all the major sectors of the African economy, but very few in tourism, and only a handful have raised capital. And I quickly came to the conclusion that there wasn’t just one business opportunity to modernize the tourism sector.

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