TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

When Ankur Nagpal sold Teachable for a quarter of a billion dollars , he felt lucky. Then, he quickly felt lost when trying to navigate the financial systems of a country he wasn’t born in and learn the institutional language often only spoken fluently by the historically wealthy. It would be a few years of self-employment, and building a venture firm later, before Nagpal returned to the moment as one of the early catalysts for his newest startup, Ocho.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 8, 2022

If you believe your TAM is 500 million when it’s actually 50 thousand, then you’re looking in the wrong places. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Zeraki , a Kenyan edtech that has built digital learning and school data analytics platforms, has raised $1.8 million seed funding in a round led by Acumen Fund, for product catalog growth and regional expansion. Save the Children Impact Investment Fund, Verdant Frontiers Fintech and Logos Ventures participated in the round, as did the Nairobi Business Angels Network (NaiBAN), and Melvyn Lubega, co-founder of Go1, an Australia-based edtech unicorn.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 8, 2022

How do you get your team to focus and move forward effectively? . A fellow CEO recently told me of her method of assuring positive movement within her team. She holds a weekly meeting of her direct reports and asks them to find three important but actionable items for the group to work on if not complete during the following week. This works for live meetings or those using video team meetings.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

If you told me that a company that’s charging $70 per month for multivitamins would be able to raise a $10 million round, I’d demand to see the receipts, and I’d be very curious indeed to see its pitch deck. It looks like today is my lucky day! Rootine is the company, and the founders were gracious enough to share their pitch deck with me.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Artificial intelligence is taking over almost every industry. The investment and finance industry is no exception. In Deloitte’s 2019 report , the firm reveals that AI is transforming the financial ecosystem to reduce costs and make operations more efficient by providing automated insights and alternative data, analysis and risk management. Technology such as AI has digitized the finance sector, ranging from payments and remittances to lending.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Tonik Financial Pte. Ltd (Tonik) has announced that it entered into a landmark agreement with Tendo Payment Solutions Pte. Ltd. (Tendo) to acquire its Philippine business that is operating under the brand name TendoPay. In a statement, Tonik, the parent company of Tonik Digital Bank, Inc. in the Philippines , said their recent acquisition is set to further cement their position as

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Matt Barbieri. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Matt Barbieri is partner-in-charge, Media, Technology and Life Sciences at Wiss & Co. Many founders are reactive when business doesn’t go as planned. They may make knee-jerk reactions like: “If I lose 10% of revenue then I’ll just lay off five people.”. The problem with such approaches is that they don’t always solve the underlying business problem.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 8, 2022

When career investor and entrepreneur Ben Narasin set out to raise his first venture capital fund, everyone said it would take him at… Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 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. Hello, Happy Thursday. There is a lot of news today, much of it posting as I write this — for example, the Federal Trade Commission is now suing to block Microsoft from buying Activision. So less chatter, more banter. — Christine.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 8, 2022

PALO ALTO, Calif, Dec. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Xage, the zero trust real-world cybersecurity company, today announced that it was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to join the first Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator™ (CECA) program cohort. Read more here. The post [Xage Security in GlobeNewswire] U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Just days ago, Airtable published a memo about how laid off workers can use Airtable to search for jobs. “It’s been an unwelcome theme of 2022—layoffs,” the post said. “Each season seems to usher in a new wave of cuts. Meanwhile corporations cite similar concerns of rising inflation, the looming threat of an economic downturn and the need for stability during turbulent times.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Virtual care has made strides toward public adoption, accelerated by Covid-19 when remote care suddenly became an attractive, and sometimes the only, option for receiving care in the most convenient, desirable location – the home. Read the interview with Dedi Gilad, CEO and co-founder of TytoCare here. The post [TytoCare in Forbes] How remote primary care can close the home healthcare delivery gap appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As part of Airtable’s decision to cut 20% of staff, or 254 employees , three executives are “parting ways” with the company as well, a spokesperson confirmed over email. The chief revenue officer, chief people officer and chief product officer are no longer with the company. Airtable’s chief revenue officer, Seth Shaw, joined in November 2020 just one month before Airtable’s chief product officer Peter Deng came on board.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Risk management is the identification, assessment and prioritization of risks to minimize, monitor and control the likelihood and… The post Risk Management Strategies and Resources appeared first on StartupNation.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

WeWalk , a U.K.-based startup developing a “smart cane” for visually-impaired people, today announced it has raised £2 million ($2.4 million) in venture funding from several notable institutional and angel investors — this includes Manchester City and German international footballer İlkay Gündoğan. Founded out of London in 2019, WeWalk has developed a GPS-enabled smart cane and smartphone app, helping users navigate their surrounding environment.

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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 8, 2022

You’re Not As Attractive As Lensa’s Magic Avatars Suggests. And Why That’s a Problem. Digital Plastic Surgery. Or maybe AR Beer Goggles. That’s what everyone’s Lensa Magic Avatars look like to me. If you’re VERY ONLINE then you’ve certainly noticed these in your friends’ social feeds, passed them around by group chat, or perhaps even created your own.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Ketan Karkhanis. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Ketan Karkhanis is the executive vice president and general manager of Sales Cloud at Salesforce. As uncertainty pervades the economy, maintaining profitability ratios and increasing revenue has never been more important. This decade is showing signs of becoming one of the most challenging landscapes to grow a business as pressure swells on sales teams to operate as the lifeblood of organizations.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Adina Eckstein, COO at Lemonade, and Ori Barzilay, Senior associate at Pitango First, shed light on the solution used by mid-to-large companies looking to stay agile. Read more here. The post [Lemonade in Calcalist] The Squad model: The solution for ‘big fish, small pond people’ appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Komi , a personalized website page builder tool for influencers and celebrities to create and customize a landing page to promote their projects, today closed a $5 million seed round led by Contour Venture Partners. Launched in October 2021, Komi is designed to provide content creators, musicians, athletes, celebrities and other creative talent and personalities alike to have a central hub or “home on the internet” where they can customize a landing page that promotes their latest podcast episod

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Wastewater treatment is a priority for the UK government. Raw sewage from storm overflows and harmful wastewater emissions are an escalating problem, with water utilities often under-equipped to respond to the resulting public health challenges. Read more here. The post [BlueGreen Water Technologies in Water Industry Journal] Digital wastewater maps future for sewage management appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Less than two months after announcing a new $9.2 billion valuation , TripActions said today it has secured $400 million in credit facilities from Goldman Sachs and Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). . Specifically, TripActions has secured a warehouse debt facility from Goldman Sachs with a $200 million commitment and the potential to “flex up” to $300 million if needed, noted EVP Michael Sindicich, head of TripActions Liquid.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Meal delivery services are a convenient way to mitigate the time-consuming meal planning and grocery shopping week after week. Read more here. The post [Tovala in Martha Stewart] Best vegetarian meal delivery services appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 8, 2022

NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — TytoCare, a virtual care company enabling accessible, high-quality primary care from home, is announcing today a partnership with Baptist Health, a full-spectrum health system serving Kentucky and Indiana. Baptist Health will integrate TytoCare’s Home Smart Clinic solution into its current telehealth offering, enhancing the health system’s ability to diagnose and treat patients with in-depth, remote physical examinations during virtual visi

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 8, 2022

BOSTON, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Sayata, the leading marketplace for insurance brokers and carriers to easily scale their business insurance portfolios, announced the release of EasyFirm, a new offering developed for brokers to quickly secure bindable cyber insurance quotes on the spot. Read more here. The post [Sayata in PR Newswire] Sayata announces EasyFirm – The fastest way to get five firm cyber quotes for SMBs appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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