Wed.Jul 27, 2022

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Global Student Entrepreneur Awards alumni share their competition journeys and tips

Entrepreneurs' Organization

“Start now. Don’t wait for anything. Start.”. — Alberto Soto, Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) Alumnus and EO Guatemala member. Explore your endless opportunities. As a student, you have so many extra opportunities available—grants, resources and an overall willingness from society to help students. Many GSEA alumni suggest taking advantage of the safety net you have, rather than waiting to start your company when you have more to lose.

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8 fintech investors discuss the shifting investing landscape and how to pitch them in Q3 2022

TechCrunch

Last year, more than 20% of venture dollars went into fintech startups globally, according to CB Insights. Equally notable: One-third of all unicorns created in 2021 were fintech companies. This year, market conditions are dramatically different in every sector, including fintech. But while this year’s pace of funding in the fintech space is noticeably slower — and falling — the fact remains that the sector still accounts for a significant share of venture funding globally.

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The First Money is the Most Expensive Money

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Why Startups Should Avoid Raising More Than They Have To Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Drover AI is using computer vision to keep scooter riders off sidewalks

TechCrunch

Shared micromobility companies have been adopting startlingly advanced new tech to correct for the thing that cities hate most — sidewalk riding. Some companies, like Bird , Neuron and Superpedestrian , have relied on hyper-accurate GPS systems to determine if a rider is riding inappropriately. Others, like Lime , have started integrating camera-based computer vision systems that rely on AI and machine learning to accurately detect where a rider is.

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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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business.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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SoTecIn Factory: The mission for a sustainable industry begins

Impact Hub

July 2022 – Social and Technological Innovation Factory for Low-Carbon and Circular Industrial Value Chains , or SoTecIn Factory, is a new project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe programme. The consortium led by INESC TEC, composed by 5 other European partners – Impact Hub, F6S, BWCON, Metabolic and CNR, who teamed up to achieve their common mission for a more resilient and sustainable industry.

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OR to invest in lifestyle superapp Traveloka

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register PTT Oil and Retail Business Public Company Limited (OR) announced that it will invest in travel and local services platform Traveloka through its subsidiary, PTTOR International Holdings (Singapore). The investment is major step for OR to expand into the travel sector and strive to become a one-stop solution for all lifestyles, according to the announcement.

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Protestware on the rise: Why developers are sabotaging their own code

TechCrunch

Ax Sharma. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Ax Sharma is a security researcher and reporter. His areas of interest include open source software security, malware analysis, data breaches, and scam investigations. If combating attacks and hijackings of legitimate software on open source registries like npm weren’t challenging enough, app makers are increasingly experiencing the consequences of software self-sabotage.

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F&B tech startup Chope invests in mobile payments provider Getz Group

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register F&B technology platform Chope announced that it has invested S$1 million into F&B digital payments provider Getz Group. This partnership, according to Chope, fuels its vision to build a comprehensive F&B platform for both diners and the restaurant industry by enabling diners to order and pay at restaurants across Singapore with just their Chope app.

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Packworks makes operations easier for sari-sari stores in the Philippines

TechCrunch

Sari-saris are small neighborhood stores in the Philippines that are often run on pen and paper ledgers. Inspired by a motorcycle journey, Packworks is on a mission to change that, with a mobile enterprise resource planning platform (ERP) that just raised $2 million led by logistics group Fast Group and CVC Capital Partners, with participation from ADB Ventures, Arise, Techstars and Ideaspace Foundation.

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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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Singapore’s ABC Impact leads $42m funding in China’s Da Mi & Xiao Mi

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Singapore impact investor ABC Impact has led a $42 million Series D fundraising round in Da Mi & Xiao Mi , a provider of therapy and rehabilitation services in China for children aged between 3 and 12 years old with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

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8 investors discuss fintech’s potential despite the market downturn

TechCrunch

The fintech sector has had its ups and downs as of late, with Klarna experiencing hefty valuation cuts , Fast shutting down and Robinhood and Better conducting mass layoffs. Despite the market turbulence, investors remain bullish on the potential value that financial technology startups can bring worldwide. To understand how fintech startups are preparing to weather the current downturn, we talked to eight investors who shared thoughts on the market as a whole — both today and in the future.

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Two-Sided Networks in Healthcare, a Founder’s Playbook

Andreessen Horowitz

The most significant bottleneck in the adoption of healthcare technology to date has been distribution. Over the last decade, generations of digital health companies have struggled to reach escape velocity—not because their products and services weren’t transformative, but because … The post Two-Sided Networks in Healthcare, a Founder’s Playbook appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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Root Global wants to be the operating system for food carbon neutrality

TechCrunch

Our foodchains are notorious for being not-exactly-amazing for the amount of carbon they crank into the atmosphere. Root Global just raised a round of funding in a bid to become what it calls the ‘carbon OS’ for the food industry. It builds software to help companies up and down the food value chain get to zero emissions. Food production is notoriously complex when it comes to climate change; waste is rife, and greenhouse gas emissions from food production are significant.

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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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What the Merge Means for Ethereum, With Danny Ryan

Andreessen Horowitz

After years of research, development and testing, Ethereum will transition from proof of work to proof of stake in the coming months. Instead of “miners” using computational energy to process transactions, “validators” will lock up, or stake, their assets in the network in return for ETH rewards. The upshot is increased security and a much. Read More.

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It’s the era of at-home health diagnostics and Senzo is finding its flow

TechCrunch

Biotech company Senzo just raised a $2 million round at a $20 million pre-money valuation to further extend options for lateral flow diagnostics. “Lateral flow,” in this case, is the same type of testing you’ve seen from at-home pregnancy or COVID-19 tests. The company is creating a product it calls Amplified Lateral Flow (ALF). For starters, it’s hoping to bring a COVID-19 at-home rapid test through regulatory approval and then to market, but the company has a plethora o

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How the Merge Will Impact Future Ethereum Upgrades

Andreessen Horowitz

Ethereum’s biggest-ever upgrade — the move to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism — is right around the corner. But while the Merge should add security and sustainability, it doesn’t include sharding, the long-anticipated method of scaling the network. In Part I of our conversation with Ethereum Foundation (EF) researcher Danny Ryan, who’s helped coordinate the upgrade.

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Indonesia’s IDEAL takes the pain out of applying for mortgages

TechCrunch

Applying for mortgages is often a time-consuming and disorganized process, with reams of manual paperwork required. Based in Jakarta, IDEAL simplifies the process with a platform that lets users compare mortgage products and apply for them from multiple banks at the same time. The startup announced today it has raised $3.8 million in pre-seed funding led by AC Venture and Alpha JWC, with participation from Living Lab Ventures and Ciputra Group.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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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How This Entrepreneur Got a Crumbling Brand on Track to Scale to $100 Million

Entrepreneur - Entrepreneurs Category

Brad Charron, CEO of the plant-based protein brand ALOHA, discusses restarting and refocusing a brand that was on the verge of collapse.

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You can now get startup shares on the cheap

TechCrunch

The worth of startup shares is changing. The latest PitchBook data concerning the United States, for example, shows that the value of the median seed deal in 2022 through the second quarter was $12.0 million — up from $9.0 million in 2021. At the same time, median valuations set by early- and late-stage startup rounds this year are also ticking higher.

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Digital asset custodian Atato raises $6m in Series A funding

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Licensed digital asset custodian Atato announced today that it has raised a total of $6 million in its Series A funding round co-led by AlphaLab Capital and FEBE Ventures. The company, which offers MPC custodial solution aimed at corporates and institutions, said the funding round was also participated by Tom Trowbridge, NGC Ventures, January Capital, Babel Finance, and Atato’s s

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Why debt raises might make sense in a down economy

TechCrunch

Debt gets a bad rap. That’s partly because it’s associated with higher risk. For startups, a few missed payments could force them to shutter , depending on the terms of their loan agreements. But despite its reputation, debt isn’t an act of desperation during down times. As my colleague Alex Wilhelm notes, for companies that have high recurring revenue and visibility into future performance, debt historically has been a huge asset.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

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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How This Entrepreneur Got a Crumbling Brand on Track to Scale to $100 Million

Entrepreneur - Entrepreneurs Category

Brad Charron, CEO of the plant-based protein brand ALOHA, discusses restarting and refocusing a brand that was on the verge of collapse.

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Dear Sophie: Should co-founders on OPT, STEM OPT pursue H-1Bs?

TechCrunch

Sophie Alcorn. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor. Dear Sophie: What are the student and work visa processes for grads?

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RPA Supervisor lands cash to help companies manage their various RPA platforms

TechCrunch

Proving that there’s room in the robotic process automation (RPA) market for another vendor, RPA Supervisor today announced that it raised $20 million in a Series A round led by Dawn Capital with participation from S16vc and existing investor MMC Ventures. The infusion, which brings the startup’s total raised to $25 million, will be put toward product development and growing RPA Supervisor’s overall headcount, CEO Tobias Gundhus told TechCrunch via email.

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Seedtag, the ex-Googler-founded, cookie-free, AI-based adtech startup, taps $250M+ in funding

TechCrunch

As regulation, platform dynamics and consumer choice continue to eat into the adtech stalwart known as cookies, it’s leaving a gap in the market for advertising solutions that can work well without relying on cookie functionality. Today, an adtech out of Spain that’s doing just this has raised a big round of funding to double down on the opportunity.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.