A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
APRIL 2, 2020
As Billboard is reporting this morning , our portfolio company SoundCloud is putting up $15mm to support its creator community in this difficult time for musicians. Musicians can’t tour right now. That’s a huge part of their earnings. Many are turning to live streaming and I hope that will turn into real money for them. But regardless, everything that supports musicians right now will help.
Berkonomics
APRIL 2, 2020
Surely, you’ve heard the buggy whip analogy. A business making those necessary items ignored the signs of progress and found itself without a market. Perhaps that happened to sword smiths upon the invention of the rifle, and certainly to the makers of cassette tapes upon the dawn of the CD. And CD’s with the advent of streaming. My stories of unexpected change.
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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
APRIL 2, 2020
Cuándo: Viernes 3 de abril de 2020 a las 10:00 AM hora de El Salvador. . Tema: Oportunidades en tiempos de crisis: emprendedores ante el COVID-19. . Descripción: El YLAI Fellow 2017, Jose Pérez, discutirá estrategias para que los emprendedores puedan enfrentar los desafÃos generados por COVID-19, reinventando sus negocios y encontrando nuevas oportunidades para adaptarse a la nueva realidad.
Innovation 2 Enterprise
APRIL 2, 2020
By Paula Burkes. Copyright 2020, The Oklahoman. Editor’s note: William Petty is CEO of Stillwater-based Bubble Calm, which was first place winner in the High Growth Graduate Division of the 2019 Love’s Cup competition. Q: I understand you’re marketing a product that helps people in times like these. What is it? A: Bubble Calm is a functional chewing gum with natural active ingredients that promote relaxation.
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Y Combinator
APRIL 2, 2020
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OurCrowd
APRIL 2, 2020
Subspace exists because the internet still has a lot of bottlenecks. The Los Angeles startup came out of stealth in the past week to fix those bottlenecks, sort of how Waze helps you — or at least once helped you — find your way around car traffic jams. Read more here. The post [Subspace in VentureBeat] The DeanBeat: Subspace emerges with $26 million to fix internet bottlenecks for multiplayer games appeared first on OurCrowd.
GCUC
APRIL 2, 2020
Here at GCUC we are immensely fortunate to cross paths and work with so many amazing people. Through our work, we’ve cultivated a global. The post Edition 25: Shlomo Silber appeared first on GCUC Community.
OurCrowd
APRIL 2, 2020
JOHANNESBURG – Financial technology company Tala on Friday announced the launch of a Ksh 605 million (about R107 million) rebuild fund to bolster Kenyan businesses and communities in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more here. The post [Tala in IOL] Tala launches nearly R107 mln rebuild fund to bolster Kenyan businesses, communities appeared first on OurCrowd.
Tomasz Tunguz
APRIL 2, 2020
With all the breaking news every hour, I found myself looking for a longer-term perspective on the world. I read a book that fit the bill: Peter Zeihan’s Disunited Nations is a political economy book, a sort of Guns, Germs, and Steel for the future. I wish my economics classes had been taught in Zeihan’s style. Zeihan structures the book as a series of scorecards for the major countries of the world.
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OurCrowd
APRIL 2, 2020
Synnex Australia has inked an exclusive distribution deal for the Australian market with the New York-based Neverware, adding the vendor’s CloudReady product to the arsenals of resellers. Read more here. The post [Neverware in ARN] Synnex Australia inks exclusive distie deal with Neverware for CloudReady access appeared first on OurCrowd.
OurCrowd
APRIL 2, 2020
Israeli company Kryon Systems has developed an automation system to help Israel’s health insurance companies quickly process the mountains of data coming in from the country’s growing number of coronavirus patients – as well as those who have tested negative. Read more here. The post [Kryon in AIJAC] Start-up nation high-tech versus the coronavirus appeared first on OurCrowd.
OurCrowd
APRIL 2, 2020
Kadosh reached out to Kryon Systems, a Tel Aviv based startup that it was already using for quality assurance testing automation. Read more here. The post [Kryon in CIO] Maccabi Health taps AI-driven RPA to speed coronavirus patient intake appeared first on OurCrowd.
OurCrowd
APRIL 2, 2020
Many OurCrowd portfolio companies are responding to the urgent needs created by the pandemic, demonstrating the ability of startups to rapidly deploy their technologies to save and improve lives. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in The Times of Israel] Business unusual: Time for tech to move fast and fix things appeared first on OurCrowd.
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