A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
MARCH 7, 2022
Electrified cars were greater than 10% of the US market in 2021 and EVs were about 5%. EV sales are growing at nearly 100% YOY and could reach 25% of the US market in a few years. This is good news for the effort to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. But there are still challenges for the EV market. Range anxiety and charge times are among the top reasons that consumers avoid EVs.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2022
Global financial transactions are facilitated mainly by payment processors such as Visa or Mastercard. They are responsible for communication between banks and fintechs to settle transactions for consumers and businesses swiftly. Africa has it different. It’s not a predominantly card continent. Telecoms and banks lead the majority of online financial transactions carried out in the region via mobile money wallets and bank accounts.
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
MARCH 7, 2022
This giant misconception makes employers, recruiters, and 9 to 5 employees hate entrepreneurs — and it’s 100% false. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2022
The world over, the popularity of telemedicine spiked during the Covid pandemic, growing 78 times in April 2020, a few months after the disease struck, according to a McKinsey study. In some parts of Africa, it was a great opportunity for telemedicine to make new inroads. But in Uganda, the industry had already taken off, albeit slowly, through Rocket Health , a startup working to transform the delivery of medical care using technology.
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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 The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
MARCH 7, 2022
If you’re struggling to get investors for your startup, at least one of these reasons is part of the cause. Maybe it’s all four. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
Startup Catalyst Brief brings together the best content for the entrepreneurial ecosystem from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
MARCH 7, 2022
How to grow your business and make more sales with brain science Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2022
Una Brands , a Singapore-based e-commerce aggregator, has partnered with South Korean peer KlickBrands to expand its footprint in South Korea. . The strategic partnership will help South Korean e-commerce brands grow domestically and make inroads into more countries in Asia. Una, one of the largest e-commerce aggregators in Asia, has already established its presence across Asia, including Singapore, Australia, India, China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan, since its launch in 2021. .
OurCrowd
MARCH 7, 2022
NEW YORK, March 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ –ThetaRay, a leading provider of AI-powered transaction monitoring technology, and Payoneer (NASDAQ: PAYO), the commerce technology company powering payments and growth for the new global economy, will be collaborating to monitor global cross-border payments on Payoneer’s platform. ThetaRay’s SONAR SaaS solution will be used to monitor millions of transactions per year.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2022
In robotics, the remarkable often feels at odds with the practical. The Cassie robot captured the internet’s imagination ( ours included ) when it debuted in 2017 through a series of Oregon State University YouTube videos. It was one of the most exciting examples of robotics engineering since Boston Dynamics first made the scene. Commercial applications, however, are a different conversation entirely.
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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.
OurCrowd
MARCH 7, 2022
SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Stellar Cyber, the innovator of Open XDR – the only Everything Detection and Response platform, today announced that its Open XDR platform has won a Globee Award for a third time, in this instance for the best Cyber Security Solution and Service. Read more here. . The post [Stellar Cyber in Business Wire] Stellar Cyber’s Open XDR platform wins Globee® Award for third time appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2022
Demand for talent continues to make tech recruitment a hotbed of startup activity. To wit: Madrid-based startup Circular.io , which is now expanding its “talent sharing platform” — initially focused on tech skills — into the U.K. (opening to in-house tech recruiters in London from today). It is also revealing $10 million in combined seed and pre-Series A funding as it emerges from stealth.
Andreessen Horowitz
MARCH 7, 2022
Around the same time that Alan Turing was shaping his theories of machine intelligence in Manchester, another future giant of the computing world, Douglas Engelbart, was developing an alternative computing paradigm over 5,000 miles away in the Bay Area. Engelbart believed that computers, with their ability to synthesize and manipulate vast quantities of information, should.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2022
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. Your usual host, Kirsten Korosec, is out, so I’ll be taking over this week.
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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.
Smart Hustle Magazine
MARCH 7, 2022
Small businesses form a large part of America’s professional landscape, accounting for about 44% of all economic activity in the US. What makes businesses thrive changes, and 2022 promises to continue showcasing new inclinations and tendencies. Here are some of the top trends in small business this year. Here are 10 top trends, small business insights to help you think about the future of your business.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2022
Money laundering has been a hot topic of late in the UK, which is facing pressure to not just make tighter rules to track down the origins of money that’s spent on large assets in the country like prime real estate — the capital city has been dubbed by some as the “ London laundromat ” — but also, in light of sanctions on Russia in recent weeks, actually to enforce those rules.
Feedough
MARCH 7, 2022
Let’s face it, many entrepreneurs and freelancers out there have. Read more. The post 5 Working Business Proposal Examples appeared first on Feedough.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2022
Online mortgage lender Better.com is poised to lay off roughly 50% of its staff of about 8,000 this week, according to sources familiar with internal happenings at the company. TechCrunch first reported on February 18 that the new round of layoffs were coming. . The move comes just over three months after the New York-based startup laid off 9% of its staff — or 900 people — during a Zoom call that went viral and led to a number of top executives resigning and a flurry of bad publicit
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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.
OurCrowd
MARCH 7, 2022
Just days after leaking data it claims to have exfiltrated from chipmaker NVIDIA, ransomware group Lapsus$ is claiming another international company among its victims — this time releasing data purportedly stolen from Samsung Electronics. Read more here. The post [Sotero in ThreatPost] Samsung Confirms Lapsus$ Ransomware Hit, Source Code Leak appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2022
Argent is officially launching its Layer 2 solution. The company is choosing zkSync as its Layer 2 scaling implementation. It is supposed to offer cheaper and faster transactions without any compromise on security. If you’re not familiar with Argent, it is an Ethereum smart wallet for both iOS and Android that has been around for a few years. It is a non-custodial wallet, meaning that you’re in charge of your funds and everything you do is recorded on the blockchain.
OurCrowd
MARCH 7, 2022
Alpha Tau Is Expected to Commence Trading on Nasdaq Under the Ticker “DRTS” on March 8, 2022. Read more here. The post [Alpha Tau in PR Newswire] Alpha Tau Medical and Healthcare Capital Corp. announce completion of business combination appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2022
While working her way through grad school, Opaper founder Joan McIntosh ran an online bakery. “I would wake up at 3AM, 4AM, go to a commercial kitchen and go door to door, delivering food or putting it in grocery stores.” After graduating, McIntosh’s professional life became decidedly more high tech—she was senior product manager for data and machine learning platforms at Streetlight Data and then Lacuna Technologies.
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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
OurCrowd
MARCH 7, 2022
ASBURY PARK, NJ – Since launching its fleet of scooters back in May of 2021, riders in Asbury Park have taken more than 100,000 trips on Superpedestrian’s LINK e-scooters. Read more here. The post [Superpedestrian in Insider NJ] Asbury Park riders surpass 100,000 trips on Superpedestrian’s Link e-scooters since launch appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2022
Oren Netzer and his co-founder Alex Liverant started DoubleVerify in the heady Web 2.0 days of 2008. Blumberg Capital was the company’s first institutional investor. TechCrunch Live is thrilled to have CEO Netzer and Blumberg Capital partner Yodfat Harel Buchris speak to DoubleVerify’s early pitch deck on March 16 at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET. The two firms have a long partnership, and we want to explore what made the relationship work over so many years and investors.
OurCrowd
MARCH 7, 2022
ASHBURN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Anodot today announced that it has joined Snowflake’s Partner Network. The partnership will enable joint customers to gain real-time and actionable insight into data collected in Snowflake, the Data Cloud company platform. Read more here. The post [Anodot in Business Wire] Anodot partners with Snowflake’s Data Cloud to power AI analytics and monitor business data appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2022
If blockchain technology is to reach true mass adoption, it will have to become cheaper and more efficient. Low transaction throughput on some of the most popular blockchains, most notably Ethereum, has kept gas fees high and hindered scalability. A host of new projects has cropped up to improve efficiency in the blockchain space, each with its own set of tradeoffs, including proof-of-capacity blockchain Subspace, which announced a $32.9 million funding round last week. .
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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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