Sat.Apr 02, 2022

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Fundraising In Tech (As A Person of Color)

Entrepreneur's Handbook

How to confidently navigate your way forward into the uncharted and unknown Speaking to students at BYU-Hawaii I live in Utah which has one of the strongest, most vibrant tech scenes in the US. Companies such as Qualtrics , Vivint , Divvy , and Pluralsight have gone from zero to unicorn and either acquired or gone public. Several other companies follow on their heels hoping to become the next emerging unicorn here in ‘Silicon Slopes’?

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International startups shrug off US insurtech meltdown

TechCrunch

Given the recent run of concerned headlines that insurtech companies have generated, you’d be forgiven for anticipating that the startup category would find itself in dire straits. Not a bit of it. As The Exchange explored recently, insurtech fundraising was strong in 2021 despite some notable public-market misfires from the sector in the year. After a strong fundraising period , a number of U.S.

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Here’s Y Combinator’s answer to cultivated meat’s scaling problem

TechCrunch

The positive impact alternative meat products — like plant-based meat or cultivated meat — can have on the environment is striking. In optimistic scenarios where we transition to from meat-laden to plant-based diets over the next 15 years, between 61 – 68 % of agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions can be avoided. Except for the fact that alternative meat has a big scaling problem.

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From a whirlwind, clarity

TechCrunch

Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. . Saying goodbye to Q1. What a week. If you were plugged in to the startup news cycle recently, you’ve been busy. Y Combinator dropped hundreds of new startups onto the market , Instacart’s repricing continued to reverberate, and it feels like we’re discovering that some parts

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

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.