TechCrunch
DECEMBER 20, 2021
BIll Taranto. Contributor. Share on Twitter. GHI Fund President Bill Taranto has spent more than two decades in the healthcare industry and has 15 years of experience in healthcare investing. In addition to his venture investing knowledge, Bill has decades of management operations experience. More posts by this contributor. 4 strategies for building a digital health unicorn.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Across the globe, companies have swiftly adopted remote work. While many had already been considering the switch (by implementing schedule flexibility or experimenting with work-from-home days), the current push toward remote work is unprecedented. Different apps and software tools quickly took charge of the opportunity. During just one week in March, business conferencing apps experienced a record-breaking 62 million downloads.
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TechCrunch
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Joyce Chou. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Joyce Chou writes growth marketing insights for startups. She is senior content lead at Demand Curve. Copywriting isn’t just about combining the right words to sell your product — it’s how your messaging connects with users. By improving a few words, your copy can better convince people to become customers.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 20, 2021
If you find yourself in the following situations, it may be time to get organized. There are resources to help. Is your work desk cluttered with piles of papers? Do you find yourself losing time as you search for misplaced documents and other relevant paperwork? Are you often late for, or missing, important meetings, appointments and deadlines? Do you find that you’re not as productive as you want to be and working long hours as a result?
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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 The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 20, 2021
On the heels of Roblox hitting it big with its platform for user-created gaming content, another startup has landed a major round of funding to build out its own user-generated platform aimed at immersive experiences. Rec Room , a free to download and play cross-platform social gaming company, has raised $145 million, funding that it will use to continue building out its tools and audience of gamers using them to create their own experiences across mobile devices, game consoles, PC and VR headse
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TechCrunch
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Australian edtech start-up Vivi has raised $20 million from education investor Quad Partners, funds that it intends to use to improve its platform, upgrade its operational infrastructure, and hire more sales and marketing teams in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. This latest round sees Vivi reach $24.3 in total capital over five years, after it raised $4.3 million last year from New-York’s Riverside Acceleration Capital (RAC) and a syndicate of Australian investors.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
DECEMBER 20, 2021
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TechCrunch
DECEMBER 20, 2021
AI chips, which are semiconductors designed to accelerate machine learning, have many applications. One of the promising use cases, according to Albert Liu, is using AI chips in autonomous driving vehicles. That’s why Liu’s AI chipmaking startup Kneron has been quietly racking up investments to march into smart transportation. It recently closed a new round of $25 million funding led by Lite-On Technology, a Taiwanese optoelectronic pioneer, which was a strategic investor in the roun
Red Rocket
DECEMBER 20, 2021
I was recently interviewed by the Atlanta Small Business Network (ASBN), an online "television network" serving the small business community, about whether investors are more likely to invest in you (the "Jockey) or your idea (the "Horse"). I thought this video turned out great, and I wanted to share it with all of you, to see if it can be helpful to you in learning how investors think, to help hone your pitches.
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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.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Someone’s education and work history can be similar to other resumes in a pile, but Searchlight aims to improve how companies measure a person’s soft skills to provide not only a differentiator, but also a better indicate of how well that person will ultimately fit into the organization. Kerry Wang and her twin sister, Anna Wang, saw this problem firsthand when they tried to distinguish themselves when they applied for the same job.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
DECEMBER 20, 2021
I saw two charts last week that showed the same thing: This chart was in the deck I shared here last week called Consumer Trends 2022. It shows that after a big lift in 2020 and a bit of a lull in 2021, the e-commerce trendline is back to its old baseline. This is our portfolio company DuckDuckGo ‘s search traffic curve, available here , on a ten-day moving average.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 20, 2021
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hello readers: Welcome to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. A few items before jumping in. Policy corner is going on hiatus for a bit.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 20, 2021
On this week’s episode of StartupNation Radio, Jeff Sloan talks with Digital Resource’s Shay Berman about how to create awareness that will translate into conversions for your business. Tune in to the StartupNation Radio show with Berman to learn about digital marketing: Shay Berman, the founder and president of Digital Resource, a digital marketing agency.
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TechCrunch
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Jamie Viggiano. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Jamie Viggiano is the chief marketing officer at Fuel Capital , an early-stage venture capital firm investing in consumer, SaaS and infrastructure businesses. More posts by this contributor. 5 questions startups should consider before making their first marketing hire. To be effective, each element of your brand’s ethos must be authentic.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 20, 2021
On this week’s episode of StartupNation Radio, Jeff Sloan talks with AccessPoint’s Greg Packer about how cutting corners can hurt your long-term success. Tune in to the StartupNation Radio show with Packer to learn more: Greg Packer is the president of AccessPoint, a business that provides human resource services. He is StartupNation’s human resources expert.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 20, 2021
The European e-scooter market is currently the main battleground for companies playing in the micromobility space, taking advantage as they are of Europe’s relatively compact cities and the desire of populations to move to more sustainable transportation. In 2021, players like Tier, Voi and Dott continued to raise VC backing. But the war for funding is ultimately about who will win in this coveted market — either through market domination via raising the most capital, putting pressure on c
StartupNation
DECEMBER 20, 2021
On this week’s episode of StartupNation Radio, Jeff Sloan talks with Digital Resource’s Shay Berman about creating awareness that will translate into conversions and AccessPoint’s Greg Packer about how cutting corners can hurt your long-term success. Tune in to the full StartupNation Radio show with Berman and Packer to learn about issues that matter to small businesses: ?.
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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
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Zepto, a Mumbai-based startup that operates a 10-minute instant grocery delivery service, has more than doubled its valuation to $570 million from $225 million less than two months ago as it expands into newer cities. Y Combinator’s Continuity Fund led the $100 million Series C round in Zepto, the two said Monday. Glade Brook, Nexus, Breyer Capital, Lachy Groom, Global Founders Capital, and Contrary Capital also participated in the round, which brings its to-date raise to $160 million.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 20, 2021
On today’s Business Beat, Jeff talks about which U.S. states are faring best and which ones worst in job recovery since the start of the pandemic, according to a Wallet Hub report. Tune in to the Business Beat, below, to learn which state is far and away No. 1 and where Michigan stands: Tune in to News/Talk 760 AM WJR weekday mornings at 7:11 a.m. for the WJR Business Beat.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Cross-border remittances — when people living and working abroad send money back home to friends and family — continues to be a huge part of how those living in developing countries, off the global financial grid, can be helped. The World Bank estimates that some $589 billion will be sent this way 2021, according to research from the World Bank, up 7.3% on 2020, as parts of the global economy started to claw back growth after a tough 2020 due to Covid-19.
Derek Sivers
DECEMBER 20, 2021
People say everything is connected. They’re wrong. Everything is disconnected. There is no line between moments in time. Something happened. Something else happened. People love stories, so they connect two events, calling them cause and effect. But the connection is fiction. It’s a hard fiction to escape. “My parents did that, so that’s why I did this.
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TechCrunch
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Founder and CEO Devo Harris got the idea for Adventr while working with the music industry’s biggest artists. “Adventr was inspired by my experience creating content for artists like Kanye West, Britney Spears and Nas,” he said. “The music videos where I introduced interactive components shot up in popularity, proving that engaging viewers was not just about expensive footage and editing.” So, Harris stepped out of his role as a Grammy-winning media executive and in
StartupNation
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Remote work is the new professional status quo, and it demands that companies change the way they work for good by managing emotional culture. It has plenty of upsides, such as having a highly diversified team. Our team at Fireflies.ai lives in 11 countries and 41 cities. We learn a lot from each other from a cultural standpoint. We adapt to each others’ varied tastes.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Just four months after announcing $27 million in Series A funding , Overjet , a company developing dental artificial intelligence software, came forward again with another $42.5 million in Series B financing backed by existing investors. Prior to the company’s Series A, we profiled them in 2020 when the company raised $7.85 million in funding. The latest funding was led by General Catalyst and Insight Partners and included Crosslink Capital and E14 Fund.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Stenon , an agtech company that has a real-time soil-sensing solution, has raised a $20 million Series A funding round from Founders Fund, David Friedberg’s The Production Board and existing investors including Cherry Ventures and Atlantic Labs. Founded in 2018 in Potsdam, Germany, Stenon’s digital soil data is produced without the need for a laboratory, making it faster and more efficient, the company claims.
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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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