David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

It’s hard enough to raise capital from VC, private equity fund, and family offices. How do you sell to them? I’m an investor in many companies which sell to these types of clients. I put together a cheat sheet with some of the sales best practices I’ve seen. I thought this would be helpful to two types of companies: Companies which sell directly to private equity/VC funds and family offices, e.g., some of my portfolio companies from my prior VC funds – Addepar , Drop Technologies ( Cardify

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

French biotech company WhiteLab Genomics has raised $10 million in funding for an AI platform designed to aid the discovery and development of genomic therapies. Founded out of Paris in 2019, recent Y Combinator (YC) graduate WhiteLab Genomics provide gene and cell therapy companies with predictive software simulations to expedite the design of gene and cell therapies.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Singapore-based food and agritech startup Glife Technologies announced Wednesday that it raised $3 million in its Series A1 funding round led by venture capital investor Tin Men Capital. The funding round will help Glife in accelerating its commercial plans, including the launch of a digital marketplace for the F&B sector and strengthening its operational capabilities within Indone

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

While capital infusion into companies took a summer siesta, some venture capital firms continue to see their coffers runneth over. Three years after raising a $500 million fund , European venture capital firm Northzone is back with what partners are calling its “largest fundraise to date” of €1 billion, or $1.01 billion, for its tenth fund. Same for Peru-based Salkantay Ventures , which said it closed on $26 million for its first fund , Salkantay Exponential Fund.

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

I had the pleasure of interviewing Labeaud Colbert who is changing the way entrepreneurs view business and marketing. She’s reached thousands with her messages of marketing, entrepreneurship and leadership. Labeaud’s distinctive point of view is a direct result of a life filled with harrowing challenges which has produced present day triumph. Since 2006, Labeaud has been a sought after thought leader.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Philippine-based consumer finance startup BillEase announced that it has partnered with digital education company BrightCHAMPS to offer study now, pay later option. Customers can now use the BillEase app to choose from the world’s first Comprehensive Curriculum for Kids being offered at BrightCHAMPS and pay only 1/3 upfront, then split the payments in 3 months at 0% interest.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Shipping and logistics remain profitable tech ventures. At least, that appears to be the case with the closing of MyCarrier’s Series B today. A startup with a freight shipping platform for small- and mid-sized shippers, MyCarrier raised $22 million in a venture round led by NewRoads Capital with participation from Greycroft and Lerer Hippeau. CEO Michael Bookout indicated that the new cash will go toward expanding and accelerating MyCarrier’s platform offerings and investing in its p

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Japanese multinational corporation Suzuki has acquired a strategic stake in Australian technology company Applied EV for an undisclosed amount, according to an announcement Wednesday. The strategic investments comes as Applied EVE seeks to accelerate its software development for next generation mobility.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Kafene, a lease-to-own startup aimed at underbanked consumers who don’t have access to traditional credit, raised $18 million in a Series B funding round. While there are similarities to the buy now, pay later approach to making purchases, Kafene CEO Neal Desai emphasizes that his company’s model is different in a few ways. For one, many argue that BNPL is just another form of debt — but packaged differently.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Singapore-based fintech firm Cake DeFi has announced the launch of its global R&D hub, Birthday Research , to focus on developing best-in-class blockchain and digital asset technologies through open-source blockchain research and development.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Despite well-known volatility in the crypto market, crypto startups building infrastructure to support the industry’s long-term growth have seemed to fare better than their peers. This is especially true for data, a universally necessary input for web3 companies, with crypto data firms like Messari reportedly fundraising amid a down market. Goldsky , a data infrastructure company for crypto startups, has raised $20 million in a seed round led by Felicis and Dragonfly Capital.

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

I had the pleasure of interviewing Nick Paranomos, Cofounder & COO of Nuffsaid. What motivated you to launch your startup? Have you ever met a company that actually knows why their customers churn, renew, or grow, and most importantly, how to get ahead of it? I bet the answer is no. I spent a decade consulting for Fortune 500’s with massive customer data sets?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Pakistan’s embedded finance platform Neem has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round as it works to support underbanked communities in the country. The Karachi-based startup targets communities across sectors including agriculture, MSMEs, e-commerce, logistics, healthcare and others. It offers a lending platform that its partners use to provide tailored lending products to consumers and MSMEs.

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Fauscette Founder, CEO and Chief Analyst at Arion Research. Michael is an experienced high-tech leader, board chairman and software industry analyst. He is a thought leader and published author on emerging trends in business software, digital transformation, digital first and customer experience strategies and technology.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

You can’t stop fintech startups. After raising staggering sums of capital through 2021, the financial technology startup industry ran into a valuations wall this year as public markets retreated and many formerly high-flying fintech giants took lumps. Late-stage fintech startups got caught up in the wave of revaluations. Smaller fintech startups are proving to be similarly vulnerable, data from the seed market recently showed.

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

I had the pleasure of interviewing Shelby Noakes, Co-Founder and CMO of Pillow-Fight. Shelby has spent his career in tech and now pivots to bedding where he plans to bring innovation and GOOD values to a space long overdue for change. Thank you so much for joining us! What motivated you to launch your startup? Mike Lindell, haha. But seriously when we saw how much MyPillow was aligned with the extreme right during the election we thought it would be fun to start a pillow company to compete.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Spending on the cloud shows no signs of slowing down. In the first quarter of 2021, corporate cloud services infrastructure investment increased to $41.8 billion, representing 35% year-on-year growth, according to Grand View Research. But while both small- and medium-sized businesses and enterprises admit that they’re spending more on the cloud, they’re also struggling to keep costs under control.

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

I had the pleasure of interviewing Aaron Day, the Chief Executive Officer of Amaze , a mobile ecommerce design platform helping anyone easily market and sell products online. Previously, Aaron was the global partnership lead at Canva where he focused on integrating its core technology into the world’s leading ecommerce platforms, solidifying Canva as one of the fastest-growing software companies to date.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In a world full of mass messages, trying to be different and send out 20,000 personalized messages can be pretty daunting. Maverick Lab , a business-to-business personalized video messaging startup, aims to help e-commerce entrepreneurs send more personalized messages using deepfakes. Deepfake tech isn’t new. Debarshi Chaudhuri, co-founder of Maverick, told TechCrunch that companies like Bonjoro, Vidyard and Tavus have developed video technology in this space and are considered competitors.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In this week’s edition, we discuss all things 6-figures: Building a 6-figure consulting business Six things you need to give up to make 6-figures online Selling your online business for 6-figures ( In partnership with our friends at They Got Acquired ) Let’s get to it. Building a 6-figure consulting business LinkedIn helped Michael Lim to test a business idea, attract freelance clients and eventually turn it into a six-figure business that allowed him to quit his job.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Opus Security , a cloud security orchestration and remediation platform, today emerged from stealth with $10 million in seed funding led by YL Ventures, with participation from Tiger Global and angel investors. CEO Meny Har tells TechCrunch that the proceeds will be put toward launching Opus’ platform in general availability, expanding the startup’s footprint in the U.S. and product R&D.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Contributed by Kc Chohan, an EO Los Angeles member who is the founder of Together CFO , a financial strategy firm that helps business owners optimize their tax strategies so they can keep more of their wealth and focus on growing and scaling their business. Since I started my business in 2016, I have always been curious to know the best way to protect my assets, both personal and business.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Happy new week, startup nerds! Tomorrow (Tuesday), we have not one, but two Twitter Live events happening, and we’re excited about both of ’em. At 8:00 a.m. PDT / 11:00 a.m. EDT, we are talking with Andrew Chan about why Gen Z VCs are trash, and at 12:00 p.m.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

When Fortune reported that Dorm Room Fund, a student-powered investing group, had spun out from First Round Capital with $12.5 million in capital for its newest fund, it was almost an easy feel-good story. Here was a venture capital vehicle bent on providing experience to the next generation of would-be VCs, now flush with more dollars to further its work — what was not to like?

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