Wed.May 18, 2022

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How Founders Can Win Media Coverage for Zero Cost

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Top 3 DIY tactics, according to a former BBC journalist turned media relations troubleshooter Image by author I sifted at least 100,000 story pitches when I worked on the main planning desks for BBC News (radio, tv, and online) and its investigative show Panorama. Since 2010, I’ve worked as a media relations troubleshooter for some of the world’s leading organizations (NHS, HERE Technologies, Virgin).

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Investors discuss how labor shortage is shaking up the construction tech stack

TechCrunch

Construction as an industry has evolved with civilization through the ages. But today, it’s one of the few industries that has one foot firmly planted in the past, even as the other tries to step into the future. Construction’s digital transformation journey is only just beginning, and the sector offers a ton of space for innovation. To get a clear picture of where construction tech stands today, we spoke with five active investors in the space.

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Fund Investor Profile Series: Nicolas Biet, Partner, The Faktory Fund

The Seraf Compass

This profile is the sixth in a series of interviews highlighting the work of interesting fund investors. Nicolas Biet is a partner in The Faktory Fund, a private early-stage investment fund, which invests in startups developing disruptive technology that enables new products to take worldwide leadership in B2B markets primarily in the Internet of Things and Software as a Service (SaaS) startups located in BeNeLux and France.

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5 construction tech investors analyze 2022 trends and opportunities

TechCrunch

Often, industries that have great potential to be disrupted are also the most resistant to adopting bleeding-edge technology. While legacy sectors like transportation and energy have embraced new tech, innovation in the construction industry has been slow to take hold. Even though many large construction firms manage internal R&D units, more than a third of employees say they’re reluctant to adopt new technology. “This is a structural problem of the industry, as there are fairly

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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I Owned the Top Independent Wine Store in the Country. But Being “The Best” Broke Me

Entrepreneur's Handbook

On knowing what is enough for you and your career Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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K-Startup Grand Challenge 2022 is accepting applications from global startups till May 31

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register South Korea’s leading accelerator program K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , considered ‘a gateway’ to do business in Asia, invites global startups to participate. The program’s 2022 edition started accepting applications on April 15, and the last date for the application stage is May 31, 2022.

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QuestBook raises $8.3 million to help web3 developers secure funds

TechCrunch

Blockchain and other web3 projects are racing to reach developers, hosting hackathons, bandying out grants and offering other perks to lure those who can build. But they currently don’t have the bandwidth to review the voluminous number of applications they receive, which pushes away some of the same builders who can bring immense value to those projects.

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5 reasons your online product needs a UPC barcode to succeed

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Entrepreneurs are increasingly launching new products via their own websites and well-known online marketplaces. While it can be challenging to navigate the nuances of selling online, sellers must learn the requirements of e-commerce platforms before listing their products. One critical step is uniquely identifying items in the global marketplace—which can be done by acquiring authentic UPC barcodes for each of your products.

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Here’s what’s happening on day 1 of TC Sessions: Mobility

TechCrunch

Attention mobility enthusiasts! It’s been three long years since our last in-person mobility event, but the day has finally come. Welcome to Day One of TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 ! Get ready for two days of programming dedicated to taking a deeper dive into the future of transportation and to meet the people who are shaping it. Mobility’s a rapidly evolving revolution, and we’re thrilled to have the community’s best founders, investors and technologists standing by ready to help you build

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Indonesian poultry tech startup Pitik secures $14m in Series A funding

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Pitik , Indonesia’s largest poultry tech startup , announced raising $14 million in a Series A funding anchored by Alpha JWC Ventures and participated by existing investors MDI Ventures and Wavemaker Partners. Launched by Arief Witjaksono and Rymax Joehana in mid-202, Pitik seeks to expand its ecosystem to empower more chicken farmers in Indonesia using the latest funds.

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CipherMode Labs launches open source solution to protect data without encryption expertise

TechCrunch

CipherMode Labs CEO and co-founder Sadegh Riazi has been working with encryption his entire career. He studied it as part of his PhD. He was part of the Microsoft SEAL team that worked on improving homomorphic encryption and making it more efficient. What he found was that while homomorphic encryption allows you to work with encrypted data, it does so at an extremely high resource cost, one that’s so high, it is bad for the environment.

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PAG, First Solar agree to landmark renewable energy deal in Japan

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Asia Pacific-focused alternative investment firm PAG announced that funds managed by its Real Assets group have entered into an agreement with First Solar to acquire First Solar’s project development and operations platforms in Japan. The project development platform being acquired is one of Japan’s largest solar pipelines and includes 293 MWDC of projects under construction and expect

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Glean aims to help employees surface info across sprawling enterprise systems

TechCrunch

At enterprises of a certain size, keeping track of data including apps, employees, and projects becomes increasingly challenging. According to McKinsey, employees spend 1.8 hours every day — 9.3 hours per week, on average — searching for and gathering information. The veracity of metrics like these has been challenged over the years. But it’s reasonable to say that knowledge workers in particular devote a sizeable chunk of their workdays to sifting through data, whether to find

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Coins.ph secures $30 million in Series C funding led by Ribbit Capital

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Coins.ph , a Philippine-based fiat and crypto wallet services provider and Joffre Capital portfolio company, announced it has raised $30 million in its Series C funding round anchored by Ribbit Capital and participated by other strategic investors.

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Amex Ventures bets $5M on Trellis, which wants to make switching insurance providers easier

TechCrunch

How many people have stuck with the same auto insurance provider because the process of finding a new one feels overwhelming and painful? A lot. It’s no surprise then that a number of startups have emerged over the years to help consumers tackle this challenge in one way or another, including The Zebra and Jerry. The latest company to gain traction in the space, and raise venture dollars, is Trellis.

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Weekly #5: Print $$$

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Welcome to another edition of our new newsletter! You’ll receive the best practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. In this week’s edition, we talk about creating landing pages that print money (not literally, of course), going from YouTuber to founder, and overcoming the problems associated with being a solo founder. We also launched a Call for Submissions for our Crypto Handbook, which you can read here.

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Joby Aviation acquires Avionyx to accelerate aerospace software certification

TechCrunch

Joby Aviation , a California-based company developing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOL) for commercial passenger service , announced the acquisition of Avionyx , an aerospace software engineering firm, on the TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility stage on Wednesday. The companies did not disclose the terms of the deal, but Joby said that Avionyx will become a wholly-owned subsidiary with resources to expand its team.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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[EduNav in PR Newswire] National 2022 Student Success Symposia series kicks off with SoCal event for higher ed leaders

OurCrowd

SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The pandemic may have greatly disrupted the lives of students and the higher education institutions that serve them, but it also quickly taught higher ed leaders lessons that they’ll leverage to guide their institutions far into the future. EduNav, the California-based provider of course-to-career academic planning technology, announced today that it is sponsoring a student success symposia series to facilitate the sharing of these learnings

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Block rival SpotOn lands $300M at $3.6B valuation after doubling ARR last year

TechCrunch

Payments and software startup SpotOn has closed on $300 million in a Series F financing that values the company at $3.6 billion. Dragoneer Investment Group led the latest round, which included participation from existing backers Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), DST Global, Franklin Templeton and Mubadala Investment Company, as well as new investor, G Squared.

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[Taranis in Future Farming] Taranis deploys fleet of DJI drones for AI-powered crop scouting

OurCrowd

AI-powered crop intelligence company Taranis has extended its partnership with DroneNerds and DJI in the United States. The collaboration is to leverage the latest drones technology, together with cutting edge AI-technology to drive more insightful data-driven decisions. Read more here. The post [Taranis in Future Farming] Taranis deploys fleet of DJI drones for AI-powered crop scouting appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Harlem Capital leads seed into Because, an e-commerce enablement startup

TechCrunch

With global e-commerce sales poised to be a $5.5 billion industry this year, startups in the e-commerce enablement software space are looking to carve out a niche in this huge market. One of those is Because , a startup developing no-code software connecting disparate data sources to automate high volumes of website updates. Founder and CEO Ashland Stansbury explained that e-commerce companies are spending a collective $1.3 trillion to drive traffic to their websites, but only 3% of that leads t

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How Top Tech CFOs Solve Annual Planning’s Biggest Challenges

Gearing up for 2025 annual planning? Our latest eBook from the Operators Guild is your ultimate guide. Discover real-world solutions and best practices shared by top CFOs, drawn directly from discussions within OG’s vibrant online community. Learn from senior executives at high-growth tech startups as they outline financial planning strategies, align CEO and board goals, and coordinate budgets across departments.

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[Guild Education in CNBC] Female-led Disruptors are defying the odds and tackling massive social problems

OurCrowd

There’s no doubt that the pandemic has been particularly challenging for female founders. In 2021, female founders secured only 2% of venture capital dollars, according to PitchBook, the second year in a row that the percentage of funding secured by female founders declined, and the smallest share since 2016. But on the CNBC Disruptor 50 list, female founders continue to make gains.

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Aurora expands autonomous freight pilot with FedEx in Texas

TechCrunch

Aurora Innovation, an autonomous vehicle technology company, has expanded its self-driving freight pilot with FedEx to include a new lane from Fort Worth to El Paso, Texas. The startup has been hauling freight for FedEx between Dallas and Houston since September 2021, which has involved making the 240-mile trip every night. The new lane challenges Aurora’s trucks to a much longer journey of about 600 miles, on which they will operate on a weekly basis, according to the company.

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[Zoomcar in Mobility Outlook] HERE Technologies Joins Zoomcar To Reveal Good, Average, Bad Drivers On Indian Roads

OurCrowd

The location data and technology platform HERE Technologies, in collaboration with Zoomcar, has revealed a city-based map of India that depicts the percentage of good, average and bad drivers in 22 cities across the country. Read more here. The post [Zoomcar in Mobility Outlook] HERE Technologies Joins Zoomcar To Reveal Good, Average, Bad Drivers On Indian Roads appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Heartex raises $25M for its AI-focused, open source data labeling platform

TechCrunch

Heartex, a startup that bills itself as an “open source” platform for data labeling, today announced that it landed $25 million in a Series A funding round led by Redpoint Ventures. Unusual Ventures, Bow Capital, and Swift Ventures also participated, bringing Heartex’s total capital raised to $30 million. Co-founder and CEO Michael Malyuk said that the new money will be put toward improving Heartex’s product and expanding the size of the company’s workforce from 28

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.