StartupNation

MARCH 30, 2021

The following is excerpted from the book “Why Startups Fail” by Tom Eisenmann. Copyright © 2021 by Tom Eisenmann. Used by permission of Currency, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved. StartupNation exclusive discounts and savings on Dell products and accessories: Learn more here. Dear Founder: Congratulations for taking the plunge—for committing to work full-time on that startup concept you’ve been pursuing.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 30, 2021

I have written about all of these things here at AVC before. But I am writing again as there is likely to be a bunch of chatter about Dapper, Flow, and NBA Top Shot as the news of a financing round comes out today. Financings don’t really interest me but companies do. And this is a fascinating company. Dapper Labs came out of an incubator called Axiom Zen back in 2017.

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Source Link

MARCH 30, 2021

After such a challenging year, we asked our affiliates at our December Quarterly Conversation to identify and prioritize what they’d like to accomplish in 2021. We then discussed their plans for achieving their goals at our March Quarterly Conversation. Identifying gaps, objectives and resources. SourceLink® emailed each affiliate a “Make a Plan: Take Action” worksheet a few weeks before meeting.

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Venture Well

MARCH 30, 2021

For Aileen Huang-Saad, teaching biomedical engineering (BME) through experiential learning has had a transformative impact on her students, and the university’s educational practices and entrepreneurial ecosystem. The post how a faculty grant transformed an academic career appeared first on VentureWell.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

European satellite and communications startup, Hiber BV has secured €26 million in EU and private investment to expand its IoT satellite network. The funding comes from the European Innovation Council Fund (EIC Fund), the EU’s innovation agency, which has a €278 million Innovation Fund. The EIC co-invested with an innovation credit provided by the Dutch government and existing shareholders.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

Staffbase , which provides an intranet-style internal communications platform for companies, has raised a $145 million (€122 million) financing round led by General Atlantic, a growth equity firm. Existing investors Insight Partners and e.ventures also participated in the round. Started in Chemnitz, Germany in 2014, Staffbase has managed to onboard more than 1,000 clients, including Adidas, Audi, BHP, Deutsche Post DHL, Groupon, Hitachi, Ikea, Johns Hopkins University, McKesson, Paulaner, Suncor

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MARCH 30, 2021

The 9-5 grind indeed kills many people’s spirits, but entrepreneurship is not easy either. You need to overcome a host of challenges for starting your business venture and keeping it running profitably. And they say – entrepreneurship is a lonely affair. This means you have to solve your problems yourself. None is going to do that for you. However, you can find tons of small business resources that can guide you in your entrepreneurial journey.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

The autonomous vehicle startup Aurora Innovation said Tuesday it has reached an agreement with Volvo to jointly develop autonomous semi trucks for North America. The partnership, which the two companies say will span several years and is through Volvo’s Autonomous Solutions unit, will focus on trucks built to operate autonomously on highways between hubs for Volvo customers.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 30, 2021

In the past year restrictions of COVID-19 lockdowns have forced every business to get creative in how they run events. From concerts to conferences the choice was clear: cancel or move online. The result? A flourishing of virtual events that showcase the best of Kiwi ingenuity and, in the process, persuaded many businesses to move online for good—pandemic or not.

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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

Finch Capital , the early-stage fintech VC with a presence in London and Amsterdam, is acquiring Wirecard Turkey, a subsidiary of Wirecard, the disgraced fintech out of Germany. The acquisition, for which terms remain undisclosed and is still subject to regulatory approval, sees Finch create a new Ireland-registered entity called Nomu Pay. After facing a huge accounting scandal and failing to make payments on its own loans, Wirecard went into insolvency last year.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 30, 2021

Write an unconventional resignation letter Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

Weather intelligence platform ClimaCell today announced that it has raised a $77 million Series D funding round led by private equity firm Stonecourt Capital , with participation by Highline Capital. This brings the company’s total funding to about $185 million. In addition to the new funding, ClimaCell announced that it has changed its name to Tomorrow.io, with “The Tomorrow Companies Inc.” as its new legal name.

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StartupNation

MARCH 30, 2021

Are you looking to start a business with a social mission? If so, creating a B corp might be the right fit! By harnessing the power of business, B corporations use profits and growth as a means to a greater positive impact for their employees, communities and the environment. Tune in to the Business Beat to learn what exactly a B corp is and how it’s different from a nonprofit business: “So, if you want to be in business to do good while profiting, consider the legal entity known as

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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

Capitolis , which makes technology for capital markets players such as investment and merchant banks, has closed on a $90 million Series C funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The financing included participation from existing backers Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, S Capital, Spark Capital, SVB Capital, Citi, J.P. Morgan and State Street and brings Capitolis’ total funding to date to $170 million.

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Red Rocket

MARCH 30, 2021

I was recently interviewed by the Atlanta Small Business Network (ASBN), an online "television network" serving the small business community, about how to maximize ROI on your marketing investment. I thought this video turned out great, and I wanted to share it with all of you, to see if it can be helpful with your own marketing efforts. I hope you like!!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

Everli , the European marketplace for online grocery shopping that started in Italy but now also operates in Poland, Czech Republic and France, has raised a $100 million in Series C funding. The round is led by Verlinvest, with participation from new investors Luxor, DN Capital, C4 Ventures, and Convivialité Ventures. FITEC (part of Fondo Italiano d’Investimento), 360 Capital, Innogest, and DIP also followed on.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 30, 2021

One of our newest Oklahoma City clients, ForeSource , is developing a software application to forecast project schedule timing and resources for the construction and oil and gas industries. These fields require several project phases to be completed to support a larger scale project. Most organizations handle their project scheduling using a resource-based approach providing little visibility to the project across the organization.

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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.

TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

Eben Bayer has spent the better part of 14 years proving out the power of the humble mushroom as the world’s truly functional food. . As the chief executive and founder of Ecovative Design , Bayer has made replacements for foam packaging, lamps and furniture, leather materials and even meats like bacon from mighty mushroom mycelia ( they even grew a tiny home ).

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OurCrowd

MARCH 30, 2021

Phoenix, AZ, March 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Ivy Brain Tumor Center at Barrow Neurological Institute, the largest early-phase drug development program for brain cancer in the world, has announced the dosing of its first patient in a first-in-human Phase 0 clinical trial of sonodynamic therapy (SDT), a noninvasive drug-device combination developed by SonALAsense in collaboration with Insightec.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

From the early success of Crypto Kitties to the explosive growth of NBA Top Shot, Dapper Labs has been at the forefront of the cryptocurrency collectible craze known as NFTs. Now the company is reaping the benefits of its trailblazing status with a new $305 million financing led by some of the biggest names in Hollywood, sports and investing. The new round values the company at a whopping $2.6 billion, according to multiple media reports, and comes at a time when NFTs have captured the popular i

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 30, 2021

An honest guide on how not to lose your money Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

Substack didn’t invent the paid newsletter, but the startup’s early success with the model is enticing previous backers to more than double down on the media startup. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Read it every morning on Extra Crunch , or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday. Last evening, Axios reported that Substack is “raising $65 million in new venture capital” at a valuation of “around $650 million.” As you’ve already gue

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OurCrowd

MARCH 30, 2021

Pfizer, the pharmaceutical giant, is now a household name, thanks to developing one of the leading vaccines against COVID-19. Now, an Israeli startup will help the New York-based firm produce the next generation of drugs more efficiently and effectively — whether that’s a booster shot against the novel coronavirus or an entirely different class of drugs.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

Cybersecurity training is one of those things that everyone has to do but not something everyone necessarily looks forward to. Living Security is an Austin-based startup out to change cybersecurity training something you look forward to, not dread. And the company has just closed on a $14 million Series B to continue its expansion beyond cybersecurity awareness training into human risk management.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 30, 2021

BETHESDA, Md., March 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Eat the Change, the company creating chef-crafted and planet-based snacks, announces the launch of its #incrEDIBLEplanetchallenge, a 21-day social media campaign that encourages people to make simple lifestyle changes to reduce their environmental footprint. Eat the Change has teamed up with some of the biggest mission-driven brands, including Beyond Meat®, Ripple Foods®, S’well®, Miyoko’s® Creamery, Flora, Well Earth Goods, Bamboozl

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Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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