TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

Everstream Analytics , a supply chain insights and risk analytics startup, today announced that it raised $24 million in a Series A round led by Morgan Stanley Investment Management with participation from Columbia Capital, StepStone Group, and DHL. Investors seemingly see the potential. billion in funding, according to Crunchbase.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

. “More companies are disclosing and acting on water security and other water matters, but there’s a need for a SaaS platform to quantify and mediate water risk,” said Galindo. So (to invent an example) a factory that processes coffee beans might use 10,000 gallons per hour of water from a nearby river.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Investments are made in high-growth companies with women leaders, following their successful completion of the firm’s Expert Sift process. Backstage Capital : founded by Arlan Hamilton, Managing Partner, the firm invests in the very best founders who identify as women, People of Color, or LGBTQ.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2015

I have written about the deceiving nature of early successes before – in particular in the SaaS or B2B world leading to a phenomenon called “shelfware.” I have many investments with early traction and I the entrepreneurs I work with must tire of my constantly saying, “Are we really making a difference?

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The co-founder, CEO and managing partner at York IE , a strategic growth and investment firm for technology companies. Advising and investing in hundreds of startups, primarily in B2B SaaS, Kyle is a board member for several portfolio companies. What is it that excites you about investing? That is why we launched York IE.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

The reason one would accept losses is when they are investments in fueling faster growth. SaaS companies needs to estimate the amount of sales resources spent on clients (can be measured by activities like visits, sales calls, etc) / the clients who convert to look at sales productivity. But LTV / CAC is just one measure.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

.” Our questions also addressed the future of influencer marketing, which automation tools they’re working with and recommending to clients and whether they’re continuing to invest in short-form videos. If it is a must, what types of companies need to invest in this area? Kate Adams , SVP of marketing, Validity.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Ranging from the rapid adoption of sustainable technologies to the welcoming of a new local creator economy, we detail the surprising changes the pandemic has brought to consumer preferences, workplace dynamics, business models and the geopolitical influence on the fast-changing tech sector. Total unicorn market cap 2021 LatAm.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Now that remote work has become the norm, remote investment in the area has dialed up as well. How to root out shadow IT and maximize SaaS investments. Just shine a light on your SaaS portfolio, according to CEO and co-founder of Zylo, Eric Christopher. ” How to root out shadow IT and maximize SaaS investments. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Edtech needs to reach beyond underfunded public school systems to become more sustainable, which is why more investors and founders are focusing on lifelong learning. Mercedes Bent and Bradley Twohig , partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners (a multistage generalist fund with investments including Forage, Clever and Outschool).

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Major capital market disruptions often bring a “VC Reset,” as venture firms rethink fundamentals, often pressured to do so by limited partners. A shift from late-stage pre-IPO investing to renewed emphasis on early stage. From VCs to Investment Advisors… and back again? From VCs to Investment Advisors… and back again?

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Fashinza , a Dehli, India-based supply chain “marketplace” for fashion brands and retailers, was co-founded months before the disruptions. There’s also sustainable sourcing platforms like Sourceful , which slot somewhere alongside supply chain finance platforms including Tradeshift. .

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2021

We’re an evergreen fund, so as the startups we invest in grow, all returns are funneled back into the fund so we can invest in more founders (hence the philanthropic portion). First, they’re aligned with our mission and offering at-cost services to anyone we invest in. Recommended by: Chintan Bakshi, Skyku.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 25, 2022

The demand for animal-free protein is rapidly growing as consumers seek healthy and sustainable alternatives. The EVERY Company is the first to produce real egg proteins without chickens, disrupting the $200B egg market. The EVERY Company is the first to produce real egg proteins without chickens, disrupting the $200B egg market.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 25, 2022

The demand for animal-free protein is rapidly growing as consumers seek healthy and sustainable alternatives. The EVERY Company is the first to produce real egg proteins without chickens, disrupting the $200B egg market. The EVERY Company is the first to produce real egg proteins without chickens, disrupting the $200B egg market.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

It’s hard to be sustainably objectively better than others, but you definitely cannot be objectively worse. If you look at SaaS, there are 53 times more companies than 10 years ago, with hundreds of tools available in any given category — think of email marketing, for instance. Can you explain this concept? Seven hours of video.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

One lesson — which was especially true at Amex — is to always be prepared for shifting markets that may disrupt your business. Whereas for an HR SaaS brand, the challenge is all around driving adoption because the market they are creating is totally new. I often hear founders say that “growth is the new engineering.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

The good news is such difficulties give us a lot to talk about — and as it happens, for the first time, hardware is getting its own stage at Disrupt 2023. That’s right folks, Disrupt is getting disrupted, and we are its disruptors. We’re talking hardware investing, design and manufacturing. We’re talking mobile.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

For cash-strapped SaaS startups trying to reach scale, the math doesn’t look great. In his TC+ guest post, Owens shares several tactics “SaaS leaders can use to supercharge their expansion revenue,” such as adding upsell tiers and charging customers for priority support. Thanks very much for reading, Walter Thompson.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I see a clear cultural change happening in the investing universe, as more people pay attention to ESG objectives and apply an ESG filter to their investments. Bank of America has predicted $20T to flow in ESG investing strategies in the next two decades. For every company I’ve invested in, I can talk about why we invested.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

Configuring a robot to mix cement is easy, but delivering a CementTron 3000 to a job site, training employees on its use, and keeping it maintained are not the kinds of disruptions builders are looking for, especially when margins are so thin and experienced workers are hard to find. 34% women (female investors or female-headed funds).

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 4, 2014

As long as there is more demand than supply, and investors can generate “reasonable” returns, prices will be sustained or will increase. If the public markets decide a tech startup is worth materially less than private market investors thought, then lots of investment is underwater, and prices correct.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I see a clear cultural change happening in the investing universe, as more people pay attention to ESG objectives and apply an ESG filter to their investments. Bank of America has predicted $20T to flow in ESG investing strategies in the next two decades. For every company I’ve invested in, I can talk about why we invested.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

AUGUST 6, 2019

STATE COLLEGE, PA – More than a dozen small companies located in central and northern PA recently received an investment from Ben Franklin that will allow them to further develop a new product, process, or software application. The post Ben Franklin Invests in Tech Startups that Create Jobs and Help Grow the PA Economy! www.benefix.us.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

They plan to use these investments to help grow their team and scale their product. Gambyt is a debt-free and fully profitable company that’s been sustainably growing since its founding in 2016. Founded in 2016, Groundspeed Analytics is disrupting the $300 billion insurance industry. Learn more about working at Dynamo Metrics.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

Walter Thompson Editorial Manager, TechCrunch+ @yourprotagonist Just starting out angel investing? “There simply aren’t enough entrepreneurs providing adequately ESG-aligned investing opportunities,” according to T. Avoid these 7 mistakes. Investors want best-of-the-best ESG data. Here’s how to give it to them.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

He spends most of his time wrestling with fragmented and imperfect private market data in a never-ending effort to derive market-beating investment signals. A sound investment process analyzes both macro trends and fundamental data to assess the probability of various potential outcomes. Shachi Shah. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Now, the plan is to take on some funding to accelerate that with more investments into R&D and product development, more global deals, and M&A to bring in more functionality and to enter new markets. Add to this, he said, are other issues that extend beyond the simple process of being able to find and buy something online.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

A conversation that I’ve been having over the last week is that startups are finally investing in community in a meaningful way, dedicating actual budgets to community instead of simply stealing a few dollars away from the sales and marketing team. Call it conveniently complementary investments. Image Credits: TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Adit Ventures and M20 (Microsoft’s strategic investment arm), as well as past backers Accel, G2VP and Bill Gates. I think of this as digital transformation, cloud-based SaaS and AI,” said Marianne Wu, the MD of 40 North. “Sustainability and manufacturing are not synonymous,” he admits.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Christensen laments that American innovation has transitioned from empowering innovations to sustaining innovations to efficiency innovations - hollowing the job market. Christensen laments that American innovation has transitioned from empowering innovations to sustaining innovations to efficiency innovations - hollowing the job market.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

Designing for sustainability adds even more complexity to the process, chiefly because it requires integrating “green” principles and complying with environmental laws and regulations. The slow uptake threatens to impede the industry’s progress toward desired goals, like improved sustainability. Image Credits: BeamUP.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

The innovation offered by machine learning techniques are real, and they will changed the SaaS world. We’ve invested in more than 20 companies leveraging machine learning to create enduring and category-defining companies, from Stripe to RelateIQ, Chorus to Caspida. How can startups use machine learning to their advantage?

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

Whether you’re building a company or thinking about investing, it’s important to understand your strategic advantage. In order to determine one, you should ask fundamental questions: What’s the long-term, sustainable reason that the company will stay in business? Image Credits: Eoneren / Getty Images. Investors are. Let’s do just that.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The Nordic countries make up just 4% of Europe’s total population, but they account for a significant amount of venture capital investment. Investments highlighted included Fairown, Kahoot, Spacemaker, Cognite, Pexip, PortalOne, Dignio, Speiz, Plaace, Glint Solar, variable.co What’s your latest, most exciting investment?

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