Fri.Dec 17, 2021

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Cultural re-onboarding: 3 ways to adapt to virtual collaboration

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Dr. Gleb Tsipursky , an internationally-renowned thought leader in future-proofing and cognitive bias risk management and an EO 360° podcast guest. We asked Dr. Tsipursky to explain how companies can help employees adapt and thrive to hybrid return-to-office scenarios. Here’s what he shared: Organizations will need to pivot their corporate cultures if they wish to survive and thrive in the world of virtual collaboration after the pandemic.

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Backed by former Facebook and Twitter execs, Tagg launches social branding app for Gen Z

TechCrunch

Gen Z isn’t satisfied with the social media they grew up with, so they’re building the apps that they want to use. A “social branding” app for creative teens and twenty-somethings, Tagg is announcing a $2 million seed round today from Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, Facebook’s former VP of International Growth Ed Baker, TripAdvisor founder Stephen Kaufer, Pillar VC and more.

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Building Business Community: Focus on Cooperation, Not Competition

Entrepreneur's Handbook

By turning rivals into partners, we can find strength in numbers Today’s world looks a bit like Wonderland: what seemed impossible just yesterday will be old news tomorrow. New companies, products, and markets appear faster than we can say the word “change”. In these circumstances, it’s no wonder that most of us agree with the saying, “competition drives the market”.

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Fuzey takes in $4.5M to charge up its management tools for service-based businesses

TechCrunch

Fuzey , a London-based company providing what it calls a “digital one-stop shop” for small businesses and independent contractors, raised $4.5 million in seed funding. The round was led by byFounders with participation from Flash Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Ascension and a group of angel investors, including Index Ventures’ venture partner Stephane Kurgan and Amplo VC founder and CEO Sheel Tyle.

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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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Newsletter: Micro-robots vs. brain cancer

OurCrowd

Top investment opportunities Startup of the Week: Edgybees, connecting the metaverse to the real world FAA says Flytrex drone delivery can go further Candel aims Bionaut micro-robots at brain cancer WSJ: OurCrowd ahead of the curve in UAE ties Meet OurCrowd’s mobility startups at CES Brodmann17 brings revolutionary ADAS vehicle to CES 2022 Orbital Insight upgrades GO satellite data platform CB Insight names Sweetch to top innovative health startups European banks adopt HUB Security’s cybersecuri

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How a Traffic Light Changed How I Think About Leading

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Introducing the 4 Green Lights Framework Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Travel bans and H-1Bs, Reddit’s IPO plans, early-stage space chat

TechCrunch

The fees investment banks charge to underwrite IPOs can gobble several points from a public company’s gross proceeds, but new competition is giving some firms a chance to hold on to more of that sweet debut money. This week, Nubank paid just 1.6% of the $2.6 billion it raised to its underwriters. As Bloomberg reported, “among 490 IPOs in the U.S. so far this year, only three paid a smaller percentage.”.

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[DreaMed Diabetes in News Medical] Creating an online platform to educate physicians on latest diabetes technology and improve patient care

OurCrowd

As a nurse, researcher, and educator at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes at the University of Colorado School of Medicine for the past 17 years, Laurel Messer, PhD, has conducted clinical trials that brought devices to market to help diabetes patients monitor their blood sugar levels and administer insulin. Despite the availability of multiple devices, however, primary care physicians and endocrinologists often don’t have the time to learn about the wide variety of technology availabl

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Coatue, Robert Downey Jr. fund cove.tool’s design tools for sustainable building

TechCrunch

While there is plenty of technology out there to help make a building more sustainable, the ability to incorporate features into its design can be easier said than done. Enter cove.tool , a startup that wants to make sure buildings are sustainable by design from the moment of inception. The Atlanta-based startup, which has raised $30 million in a Series B round of funding led by Coatue, claims that in 2021, its software helped design and construction professionals avoid 5x more carbon than Tesla

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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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[OncoHost in The Jerusalem Post] Israeli research institute makes great contributions to cancer research

OurCrowd

Graduates and professors of Israeli institute the Technion have made large contributions in the field of cancer research and treatment. Technion professor Yuval Shaked, together with startup OncoHost, is responsible for the creation of a blood test that will help doctors to provide personalized treatment plans to cancer patients, and plans for clinical trials in the UK in collaboration with the country’s National Healthcare System are in the works.

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No-code data pipeline platform Hevo raises $30 million led by Sequoia Capital India

TechCrunch

Hevo Data, a SaaS startup that is helping firms collate troves of data they generate and accumulate to make better use of them, has raised $30 million in a new financing round following a strong year of growth. Sequoia Capital India led the San Francisco and Bangalore-headquartered startup’s $30 million Series B round. A number of investors, including Qualgro, Lachy Groom and Chiratae Ventures, also participated in the round, which pushes the five-year-old startup’s all-time funding to $43

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What Is Space Tech? – Use Cases, Examples, & Future

Feedough

We’re living in a space-age, and the stars are getting. Read more.

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Fraîche grabs new capital to whip up fresh-delivered meals for New York offices

TechCrunch

As companies get employees back into offices, startups like New York-based foodtech company Fraîche aims to be the brand feature that welcomes them back. Today, the company, founded in 2019, announced $2 million in seed funding by backers that included La Boulange’s Pascal Rigo, Petrus Winery’s Jean Moueix, Bakerly’s Bruno and Julien Caron and the Newlab.

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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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Here’s how to live: Prepare for the worst.

Derek Sivers

Things are going to get harder. The future will test your strength. So far, you’ve lived in a time of prosperity. You haven’t experienced massive devastation, but you probably will. It’ll be harder to make money. It’ll be harder to be happy. Much of what you love now will be gone. You’ll look back at this year as one of the easiest you ever had. You’ll get injured or sick, losing some of your ability to see, hear, move, or think.

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You are the most influential person we know

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. To close out the year, Natasha and Mary Ann and Alex headed to the mic with Grace and Chris behind the scenes. We got to our favorite topics, and honestly, got a chance to just laugh our way through the final innings of the year.

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[Hailo in Electronics Weekly] NXP hooks up with Hailo

OurCrowd

Hailo, the Israeli AI processor specialist, has joined up with NXP to develop ECUs. The products will combine NXP’s automotive processors, S32G and Layerscape, with the Hailo-8 AI processor. Read more here. The post [Hailo in Electronics Weekly] NXP hooks up with Hailo appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Are Nubank’s low IPO fees a sign of the times?

TechCrunch

Fees on the Nubank IPO were among the lowest of the year, Bloomberg revealed this week. Of the $2.6 billion the Brazilian fintech’s parent company, Nu Holdings, raised in the operation, only 1.6% are going to its underwriters, which included Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and others. “Among 490 IPOs in the U.S. so far this year, only three paid a smaller percentage,” Bloomberg noted.

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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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[Innoviz in PR Newswire] Japan’s largest construction company, Obayashi, selects Innoviz’s LiDAR for its new proprietary automatic tower crane system

OurCrowd

Innoviz Technologies (Nasdaq: INVZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state LiDAR sensors, and Obayashi Corporation (TYO: 1802), a major Japanese construction company, today announced Obayashi’s development of an automated tower crane system that utilizes Innoviz’s LiDAR sensors. Obayashi’s automated tower crane system is part of its recently announced autonomous solutions for excavation equipment, construction of concrete dams and backhoe loaders.

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[Superpedestrian in GlobeNewswire] With new seated e-scooter, Superpedestrian seeks to open up micromobility to more riders

OurCrowd

Superpedestrian launches 150 seated scooters in Baltimore this Friday, giving many people with disabilities and older riders a safe and comfortable transportation option. Read more here. The post [Superpedestrian in GlobeNewswire] With new seated e-scooter, Superpedestrian seeks to open up micromobility to more riders appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.