Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Contributed by Rob Cross , professor of global leadership at Babson College, cofounder and research director of the Connected Commons business consortium, and author of Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being. What is dysfunctional collaboration? The most common collaborative dysfunction is a product of too much collaboration driven either by an overly inclusive organizational culture, formal designs with too many reporting relationships, or e

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Obstetrics virtual care company Babyscripts raised $12 million in the first round of a Series B investment that will enable the company to accelerate the roll out of its virtual maternity care tool platform to providers. MemorialCare Innovation Fund led the investment and was joined by Philips Ventures and the CU Healthcare Innovation Fund. The new round of funding gives Babyscripts around $26 million raised to date, Babyscripts co-founder and president Juan Pablo Segura told TechCrunch.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Starting a business is incredibly exciting, but it also requires a lot of strategic planning if you want to create something going to last for years. Follow our top five checklist for precisely what new business owners need to know, and you can look forward to creating your own success. . Five tips to know when starting a business: Plan, plan, plan.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

With supply chains under constant stress because of the pandemic, freight forwarding has become one of the hottest startup sectors in the last two years. Indeed, international freight forwarding is now a $199 billion market. And the evidence is mounting. In November last year, digital freight forwarder Forto raised another $50 million in a round led by Inven Capital.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

What is the product a customer or a prospect buys immediately before they buy yours? We’ve all heard the words digital transformation. Now that I’ve given you time to unroll your eyes and let the sarcastic comments dissipate, please give me a chance to make something useful of this idea. As a customer progresses along their journey, they evolve from a previous inferior state to a new superior one.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Why I will not invest in an Uncapped Note or SAFE Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation. Fast forward to almost exactly one year later, and a lot has changed for the payments and software startup. Today, SpotOn said it has closed on $300 million in Series E financing that values the company at $3.15 billion — more than 5x of its valuation at the time of its Series C round, and significantly higher than its $1.875 billion valuation in May (yes, just th

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Turns out claiming your intellectual property isn’t just a good way for lawyers to get rich Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

BitSight, a startup that assesses the likelihood that an organization will be breached , has received a $250 million investment from credit rating giant Moody’s, and acquired Israeli cyber risk assessment startup VisibleRisk for an undisclosed sum. Boston-based BitSight says the investment from Moody’s, which has long warned that cyber risk can impact credit ratings , will enable it to create a cybersecurity risk platform, while the credit ratings giant said it plans to make use of BitSight’s cy

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Our founder, Dave Schools, wrote this epic 20 minute read on his journey working with the fastest-growing European startup ever. It’s everything this publication is about. We hope you enjoy it. READ NOW What You Learn at a Startup that Grows from $0 to $7.75 Billion in 2 Years was originally published in Entrepreneur's Handbook on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

MarginEdge announced Monday it raised $18 million in Series B funding to give restaurant operators a real-time view into their costs. Co-founder and CEO Bo Davis founded the company with Roy Phillips and Brian Mills in 2015. Both Davis and Phillips are veterans of the restaurant industry: Davis was previously the founder of conveyor belt sushi restaurant chain Wasabi, while Phillips was an executive at Bloomin Brands.

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OurCrowd

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

JumpCloud, the late-stage startup that is modernizing the notion of corporate directories in a cloud context, announced a $159 million Series F investment on a healthy $2.56 billion valuation today. Read more here. The post [JumpCloud in TechCrunch] JumpCloud raises $159M on $2.56B valuation for cloud directory tool appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

E-commerce these days is now a major part of every retailer’s strategy, so technology builders and platforms that are helping them compete better on digital screens are seeing a huge boost in business. In the latest turn, Commercetools — a provider of e-commerce APIs that larger retailers can use to build customized payment, check-out, social commerce, marketplace and other services — has closed $140 million in funding, a Series C that CEO Dirk Hoerig has confirmed to me values

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In her decision last week on the Epic vs Apple case, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers wrote this: I am not a lawyer, but I read that to say that apps that use crypto rails for payments cannot be blocked by Apple anymore. If so, that is a decision of enormous consequences for the crypto sector and yet another opening for it. That is so f **g awesome.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Numan , the European subscription service covering erectile dysfunction (ED) and men’s wellness/health needs more generally, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by White Star Capital , with participation from existing investors Novator, Vostok New Global, Anthemis Exponential, Colle Capital and new investor Hanwha Group. The new round will be used to fuel expansion.

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OurCrowd

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The post View from Abu Dhabi: When Abraham’s children work together as partners appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Yousuf Khan. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Yousuf Khan is a partner at Ridge Ventures. Prior to joining Ridge, he was the first CIO of Automation Anywhere, CIO and vice president of Customer Success at cloud-based AI platform Moveworks, as well as CIO of Pure Storage, Qualys and Hult International Business School. More posts by this contributor. Develop a buyer’s guide to educate your startup’s sales team and customers.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

On today’s Business Beat, Jeff talks with Michael Spath of Kapnick Insurance Group about what this summer’s storms taught us about the importance of the right insurance coverage. Tune in to the Business Beat, below, to learn more about business insurance coverage: Tune in to News/Talk 760 AM WJR weekday mornings at 7:11 a.m. for the WJR Business Beat.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Oculii, a software startup that aims to improve the spatial resolution of radar sensors by up to 100-fold, has scored a new investment from General Motors. The new funding, which the two companies say is in the millions, comes just months after Oculii closed a $55 million Series B. Oculii and GM have already been working together “for some time now,” CEO Steven Hong told TechCrunch in a recent interview.

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OurCrowd

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Using cutting-edge artificial intelligence software, startup company D-ID can insert a deepfake version of you into a trailer for the new Hugh Jackman film Reminiscence. Read more here. The post [D-ID in Yahoo News] This AI Startup can Deepfake You into a Hollywood Movie appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Cresicor , a consumer packaged goods trade management platform startup, raised $5.6 million in seed funding to further develop its tools for more accurate data and analytics. The company, based remotely, focuses on small to midsize CPG companies, providing them with an automated way to manage their trade promotion, a process co-founder and CEO Alexander Whatley said is done primarily manually using spreadsheets.

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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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OurCrowd

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Europe’s largest frozen food group and the maker of Birds Eye fish fingers has teamed-up with U.S. company BlueNalu to develop seafood products grown from cells in a laboratory rather than harvested from the oceans. Read more here. The post [BlueNalu in Reuters] EXCLUSIVE Lab-grown fish fingers anyone? Birds Eye owner explores cell-cultured seafood appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Freshworks disclosed on Monday that it is aiming for a valuation of up to $9 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, in which it is hoping to raise over $800 million. The California-based firm, which started its journey in India and rivals Salesforce, said it plans to sell 28.5 million shares at a price range of $28 to $32. If the firm is able to sell its shares at the top range, it will raise $912 million.

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OurCrowd

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

VENTURA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nexa3D, the maker of ultrafast polymer 3D printers, today announced the launch of its next generation membrane, Everlast-2 at RAPID + TCT 2021. Those attending the event, from September 13 to 15 at McCormick Place, Chicago, will be able to view the new Everlast-2 membrane in action and learn about its key features alongside Nexa3D’s expanding portfolio of ultrafast 3D printing products.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

As if the Boston startup market needed additional momentum , it appears restaurant software startup Toast will dramatically bolster its valuation in its upcoming IPO. For a city perhaps best known internationally for its hard tech and biotech efforts, to see Toast not only rebound from its early-pandemic layoffs to a public debut, but to target a valuation closer to $20 billion than $10 billion, is a coup.

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