A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 31, 2023

I’ve never done a cleanse. But many of my friends and family members have done them. There are various flavors of cleanses but the basic idea is you cut back your consumption of food and drink and replace it with mostly liquid nutrition for anywhere from a day to a month. I believe the most common lengths are in and around one week. As I understand it, the theory behind the cleanse is it helps your body eliminate all sorts of toxins that build up over time from a poor diet and other unheal

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UBI Global

JANUARY 31, 2023

The DMZ at Toronto Metropolitan University (Canada) and the SETsquared Partnership (the UK) have contributed expertise to the World Rankings Report STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – Tuesday, January 31 – The World Rankings Report 2021-2022 of business incubators and accelerators was officially released by UBI Global during the World Incubation Summit 2023 Part 1 – as the […] The post UBI Global Announces Research Partners for the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 appeared first on UBI Global |

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

This January, Germany’s largest vaccine maker BioNTech announced that it had agreed to acquire Tunisian-born and London-headquartered AI startup InstaDeep for up to £562 million, including a performance-tied £200 million tranche investment. InstaDeep’s deal — subject to regulatory approval and expected to close in the first half of this year — is quite intriguing, for a few reasons.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 31, 2023

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Indonesia-based cybersecurity-as-a-service startup Peris.ai announced that it raised fresh funds in a round led by East Ventures and participated by Magic Fund. Financial details were not disclosed. The startup, co-founded by David Samuel and Deden Gobel, said it will use the fresh funding to further build and enhance its cybersecurity platform, train machine learning and AI capabiliti

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

As venture capital investments slowed down in 2022 , some startups turned to private credit, including debt capital, as a way to supplement their operations in the meantime. However, the policies and procedures paperwork that goes with these deals aren’t always easy to understand. Finley CEO Jeremy Tsui told TechCrunch that private credit is a $1.2 trillion industry and accounts for 90% of all corporate debt in the middle-market.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

After over ten years in operation, Tech Nation , the UK’s government-sanctioned ecosystem builder for UK tech startups and growth tech companies is to cease operations after losing its grant funding to a programme run by Barclays Bank Eagle Labs. The team behind the non-profit, which derived the bulk of its funding from the UK government, plans now to look for new backers and a new direction, after closing its doors on 31st March 2023.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 31, 2023

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Qritive , a healthcare AI startup headquartered in Singapore with presence in the US, Singapore, and India, announced raising $7.5 million in a funding round led by MassMutual Ventures, supported by SEEDS Capital, the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore, and Exfinity Venture Partners.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

Even if insects don’t sound appealing to you, black soldier flies could play an essential role in the food chain in the coming years. In particular, these flies’ larvae can become an important source of proteins for livestock and fish. That’s why Entocycle is raising another $5 million in a Series A funding round led by Climentum Capital , a European climate-focused VC firm.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 31, 2023

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Sea Ltd , the Singapore-based e-commerce giant and parent company of Shopee , has announced its plans to expand its investments in Malaysia. This new venture is expected to create over 2,000 job opportunities there. Shopee is currently the largest pan-regional e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

When you hear the word “intranet,” chances are your mind is conjuring up images of badly designed internal communications platforms from the early aughts: a place for your internal communications team to post announcements you’re not going to read. To some degree, that hasn’t changed, but employee expectations have — and so has the work environment, especially as the pandemic has made work-from-home and hybrid work the default at many companies.

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Reforge

JANUARY 31, 2023

Table of Contents What are Fractional Executives? The “Expertise as a Service” Spectrum How Fractional Executives Differ The Emerging Full-Time Fractional Executive Avoiding the Common Pitfalls of a Fractional Executive Why Companies Should Consider Hiring a Fractional Executive Fractional Executives are having a moment – and for good reason. On the heels of the pandemic, we’ve seen a number of flexible work arrangements emerge: remote companies, part-time tech, and more freelance consulting tha

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

Thrive Capital has reportedly committed $1 billion in fresh capital to payments giant Stripe as part of a new investment in the works that would value the fintech company at between $55 billion and $60 billion. TechCrunch reported last week that Stripe was seeking to raise $2 billion but the number could actually be closer to $2.5 billion to $3 billion, according to reports from the New York Times and The Information.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 31, 2023

Welcome to another edition of our newsletter! You’ll receive practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. In this week’s edition, we discuss How to build businesses that withstand the AI revolution Why your pitch is making your startup seem too magical P.S. If you’re deep in the entrepreneurial trenches and have a story to tell, we’d love to read it (and publish it).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

Female-focused telehealth startup, Teal Health , is popping up today to announce an $8.8 million seed round with a roster of heavy hitting investors on board — including (Serena Williams’) Serena Ventures, ( Chelsea Clinton’s) Metrodora Ventures, and (Laurene Powell Jobs’) Emerson Collective. The February 2020-founded San Francisco-based startup’s first product will be a service that supports women to collect their own sample for cervical cancer screening in the com

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 31, 2023

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Carousell Group , the multi-category platform for secondhand in Greater Southeast Asia, has doubled down on driving electronics recommerce across the region since acquiring control of Laku6 , the leading AI-first end-to-end electronics recommerce platform in Indonesia.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 31, 2023

A complete guide to the DIY name generation process Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 31, 2023

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Following a successful series B+ funding round, regional insurtech firm Igloo announced the appointment of Liliang Zhu as Chief Technology Officer. Zhu will be responsible for strengthening the firm’s tech capabilities and product innovation as it expands insurance offerings across key markets.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 31, 2023

Reflections on the ups, the downs, and the in-betweens Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 31, 2023

NEW YORK — Northern Regional Hospital, a healthcare system of choice for the region, has partnered with DailyPay—the leading provider of on-demand pay—to provide an essential employee benefit to healthcare employees. Through the partnership, Northern Regional Hospital employees will have the power of choice and control over their earned pay to pay bills, save, spend, or invest on their own schedule.

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Gust

JANUARY 31, 2023

New business owners who form a corporation often wonder how to run their shareholder meetings. Answers to common questions about shareholder meetings. The post How to Run a Shareholder Meeting appeared first on Gust.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

MIAMI and BARCELONA, Spain, Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Domestic cargo plays a key role in US trade, reaching over 20 billion cargo revenue ton miles in 2021[1]. As air cargo expands across a range of sectors, freight forwarder demand for transparent, efficient pricing and booking is driving innovation at top airlines. Read more here. The post [Freightos in PR Newswire] JetBlue Cargo, operated by AeroNex Cargo, to offer real-time cargo pricing, eBooking and payment for US forwarders via

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week, Darrell and Becca catch up with Rosie Nguyen , the co-founder and CCO of Fanhouse , a startup that helps content creators monetize their work. Rosie talked about her initial reluctance to become an entrepreneur but how issues at other content platforms pushed her to launch Fanhouse.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 31, 2023

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register iSeller , an omnichannel-based Point-ofSale platform that caters to online and offline merchants in Indonesia , has raised $12 million in its Series B funding round. The round was led by Intudo Ventures and backed by KVision and existing investors Mandiri Capital Indonesia, and Openspace Ventures, the company said in a statement.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

Eldar Tuvey Contributor Share on Twitter As the founder and CEO of SaaS purchasing platform Vertice , Eldar Tuvey is responsible for driving the company’s strategic direction and growth. The current state of affairs paints a concerning picture for SaaS buyers. Our data shows that the SaaS inflation rate is around four times higher than the general market inflation rate.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 31, 2023

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