Thu.Aug 06, 2020

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Infermedica Raises $10 million Series A for R&D and International Expansion

Dream It

Infermedica (Healthtech ‘18) is an AI-driven platform that helps insurance, telemedicine companies, and health systems increase efficiency through fast, digital symptom-checks. The platform has nearly 60 B2B partners across 30 countries, including Microsoft, Allianz, Global Excel, Sana Kliniken, and Médis, and has performed more than 6 million health checks globally.

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Announcing the YC Startup Library

Y Combinator

We’re excited to announce the launch of the YC Startup Library, found at ycombinator.com/library. Over the last 15 years, YC has invested in and worked with more than 2,000 companies, and we’ve seen and learned from their successes and failures. The library consolidates the knowledge and advice we’ve previously published and provides a central location for new content.

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$250K books sold. $250K to save lives.

Derek Sivers

Six weeks ago I emailed my private email list with a secret link to buy my new books. They’re not even officially released yet, but they’ve already sold over $250,000. I made 5000 limited edition hardcover copies of each, but those have sold out now. I’ll admit, it made me ridiculously happy to make $250,000. I was expecting way less than that, so it was a big surprise.

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The Secret to Productive Group Meetings over Video

Tomasz Tunguz

In 2017, I wrote the post Managers Must be Insane to Brainstorm in Groups. If you’ve been a group meeting for brainstorming, you’ll identify with the three problems reasearchers identified with in-person brainstorms: Only one person can speak at a time. Many people don’t participate and free ride hiding in the back of the room, unengaged.

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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[TechSee in PR Newswire] TechSee becomes Pega® ISV Partner

OurCrowd

TechSee, a global leader in Visual Customer Assistance powered by AI and Augmented Reality, today announced that it has joined the Pega Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner Program. The Pega ISV Partner Program extends clients’ Pega investments with readily available, out-of-the-box solutions to further accelerate their time to market. Read more here.

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[TechSee in MarTech Series] TechSee Becomes Pega ISV Partner

OurCrowd

TechSee, a global leader in Visual Customer Assistance powered by AI and Augmented Reality, announced that it has joined the Pega Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner Program. The Pega ISV Partner Program extends clients’ Pega investments with readily available, out-of-the-box solutions to further accelerate their time to market. Read more here.

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Angel Fundamentals: Understanding Equity Deal Terms - Governance, Management and Control

The Seraf Compass

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PRESS RELEASE: Sight Diagnostics Raises $71M To Accelerate Global Expansion of itsFDA 510(k) Cleared, CE Marked Finger-prick Blood Analyzer

OurCrowd

The post PRESS RELEASE: Sight Diagnostics Raises $71M To Accelerate Global Expansion of itsFDA 510(k) Cleared, CE Marked Finger-prick Blood Analyzer appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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What’s your personal-business end game?

Berkonomics

Remembering our original vision. When we start a business, we are optimistic that we will succeed and dream of riches to follow when the company is sold or even getting all the way to an IPO. Some of us build our businesses to be lifestyle creations, destined to provide for our families but not necessarily as creators of great equity upon an eventual sale.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Checking account by Kabbage for small businesses

Smart Hustle Magazine

The number of online banking options continues to increase giving businesses more financial options. One option we will look at is a newly launched business checking account. Kabbage Checking will be paying off for small businesses at a time of uncertainty. Account Details. Atlanta-based Kabbage, Inc. provides cash-flow products to small businesses.

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[Tevel in Future Farming] Drone harvesting? Yes you can!

OurCrowd

Machines that are available to harvest fruits often cause damages to the fruit itself or it results in losses because the fruits fall on the ground. There are some pioneering projects underway. Like Tevel Aerobotics Technologies who are developing autonomous drones equipped with a one-meter long mechanical claw, that can pick fruit, or do thinning and pruning tasks in orchards.

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5 Questions with Ian Hathaway, co-author of The Startup Community Way

Ian Hathaway

01. What is “The Startup Community Way”? The Startup Community Way is a book I co-authored with Techstars cofounder Brad Feld. It’s a collection of frameworks, principles, and action points that guide and inform practitioners and observers about the key characteristics, behavioral patterns, and basic function of startup communities and entrepreneurial ecosystems.

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[Klook in Phocus Wire] Will “trips to nowhere” become a short-term solution for travel-hungry consumers?

OurCrowd

The so-called “flight to nowhere” is a joint effort of the airline and Klook , which put the tickets up for sale on its platform on Tuesday and saw them sell out in a matter of seconds, according to a company spokesperson. Read more here. The post [Klook in Phocus Wire] Will “trips to nowhere” become a short-term solution for travel-hungry consumers?

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

CAPTARGET presents a masterclass in M&A deal sourcing. Learn to cast a wide net, embracing seller self-identification. Consistency is the linchpin: keep the origination process steady for a reliable flow of opportunities. Diversify your tactics, employing various tools and vendors. Tech matters! Understand DNS settings, domain authority, and brand presence for optimal outreach.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

One of the questions I hear on crypto is “what can I do with it besides trade it?” And that’s a good question because truth be told, there have not been great use cases for crypto other than storing value, sending value, and speculating. But that is changing, as I mentioned in this blog post last week. One thing you can do with crypto is make digital assets scarce.

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[yulife in Cover Magazine] Surge in demand for wellness apps, study shows

OurCrowd

“The findings emphasize the need for the insurance industry to move out of the adversarial model and create a win-win situation for both the insurer and the policy-holder, while simultaneously revealing the importance employees place on wellbeing,” said Rubin. “At YuLife we are proud to be propelling the industry forward in the both of these crucial aspects.” Read more here.

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[Airobotics in Disruptive Asia] Singaporeans beware – drones might be checking your social distancing

OurCrowd

Singapore’s police have been trialling two pilotless drones developed by Israel’s Airobotics to help enforce social distancing measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19. Watch it here. The post [Airobotics in Disruptive Asia] Singaporeans beware – drones might be checking your social distancing appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[Morphisec in Security Boulevard] Morphisec Special Offer: Full Best-in-Class Endpoint Protection At A Lower Price Than Your Current Antivirus

OurCrowd

The sudden transition to remote workforces that COVID-19 brought about has sparked questions across the board for IT spending. Antivirus protection is not immune, as more and more companies question whether their antivirus — even the “next-gen” AV platforms — are really reducing the risk of a breach in the face of constantly evolving attacker techniques.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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[Trusona in PR Newswire] Trusona Extends Enterprise Offering with Passwordless Authentication for Windows 10

OurCrowd

Trusona, the pioneering leader in passwordless multi-factor authentication solutions, today announced support for Windows 10 end-points, enabling enterprises to provide enhanced security and usability to their workforce by removing passwords from the sign-in experience. The solution does not require any software or hardware upgrades, making it the most cost-effective and user-friendly to deploy.

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[BioCatch in Find Biometrics] BioCatch Examines Behavioral Predictors of New Account Fraud

OurCrowd

BioCatch has released a short primer that looks at some of the predictive factors for new account fraud. The post specifically explains how behavioral analytics can offer a glimpse at a user’s short and long-term memory, which in turn can help determine whether or not that user is a legitimate customer or a fraudster. Read more here. The post [BioCatch in Find Biometrics] BioCatch Examines Behavioral Predictors of New Account Fraud appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[Neura in PR Newswire] Neura Deploys ViruScore First-Ever COVID-19 Predictive Testing Solution

OurCrowd

Neura, the leader in AI-powered behavioral intelligence providing real-world insights for health organizations, governments, and consumer brands today announced the adoption of ViruScore™ COVID-19 predictive testing solution. Read more here. The post [Neura in PR Newswire] Neura Deploys ViruScore First-Ever COVID-19 Predictive Testing Solution appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Innovation Insider: Intensive Care

OurCrowd

Greater agility, better infection containment, fast diagnostics and telemedicine: Meet your healthcare providers post Covid-19. When the coronavirus surfaced in China in December 2019, it set off a domino effect worldwide – with the number of active cases snowballing rapidly. By February 2020, the daily increase in people falling ill with Covid-19 was in the thousands and -though international borders closed down and households went into lockdown – active cases skyrocketed in June to

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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[MigVax in NoCamels] Israel Set To Launch Human Trials For Covid-19 Vaccine After High Holidays

OurCrowd

In late April, Israeli scientists at the Migal Galilee Research Institute formed a new company, MigVax, to further adapt a vaccine they developed for a deadly coronavirus affecting poultry for human use. The scientists had been working for four years to develop a vaccine for IBV (Infectious Bronchitis Virus) which affects the respiratory tract, gut, kidney and reproductive systems of domestic fowl.