Venture Well
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Francis Pellegrino of Advanced Growing Resources developed a handheld scanner that helps farmers optimize plant health and prevent crop loss. The post optimizing plant health: a q&a with Francis Pellegrino of Advanced Growing Resources appeared first on VentureWell.
The Seraf Compass
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
As we celebrate the seventh anniversary of The Seraf Compass, created to demystify and professionalize early stage investing, we wanted to acknowledge a number of related milestones achieved in 2021.
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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
At USV, we have a fairly narrow thesis that sets out what we want to invest in, but all of us work across all of our thesis areas. We see ourselves as generalists not specialists. In an environment when everything is moving so fast, that can be challenging, as I wrote about on Tuesday. But there are also great benefits to working this way. As a team, we benefit from working together on everything versus having silos within our partnership and firm.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Amit Anand. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Amit Anand is a founding partner of Jungle Ventures and an early pioneer and leader in the development of Southeast Asia’s venture capital industry. Southeast Asian tech companies are drawing the attention of investors around the world. In 2020, startups in the region raised over $8.2 billion, about four times more than they did in 2015.
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Smart Hustle Magazine
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
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StartupNation
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Gen-Z Americans—those born after 1996 with a superior grasp on all things digital—are more racially and ethnically diverse than any previous generation, according to Pew Research Center. Recruiting practices need to be modernized to dip into this talent pool. McKinsey found that Gen Z represents approximately 40% of global consumers, which is fueling an ongoing strategic focus on this generation’s shopping habits.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Work insights platform Fin raised $20 million in Series A funding and brought in Evan Cummack, a former Twilio executive, as its new chief executive officer. The San Francisco-based company captures employee workflow data from across applications and turns it into productivity insights to improve the way enterprise teams work and remain engaged. Fin was founded in 2015 by Andrew Kortina, co-founder of Venmo, and Facebook’s former VP of product and Slow Ventures partner Sam Lessin.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
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TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
DotCom Therapy, a pediatric teletherapy company, just closed a $13 million Series A round. It’s far from the only teletherapy company looking to capitalize on a boom in venture capital investment in mental health startups , but it’s operating in a hyper-specific sphere: therapy for kids. . DotCom Therapy was originally co-founded in 2015 by Rachel Mack Robinson, who, at the time, was a practicing pediatric therapist at a neurology clinic in Missouri, and Emily Purdom, a speech language pathologi
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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
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Q-CTRL and Quantum Machines, two of the better-known startups in the quantum control ecosystem, today announced a new partnership that will see Quantum Machines integrate Q-CTRL‘s quantum firmware into Quantum Machines’ Quantum Orchestration hardware and software solution. Read more here. The post [Quantum Machines in Fast Company] Q-CTRL and Quantum Machines team up to accelerate quantum computing appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Squad Mobility’s vision of the perfect urban vehicle is a low-cost EV equipped with solar panels, swappable batteries and enough zip and range in its diminutive 6.5-foot package to meet the needs of city drivers. The early-stage Dutch startup, which recently revealed the final design of its quadricycle, is now assembling working prototypes in Breda, the Netherlands.
Y Combinator
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
We are excited to kick off our virtual Fall Tour, and below is a list of the cities and schools we are visiting. We’ll host talks with YC partners and alumni who’ve built successful companies in different regions and verticals. They’ll talk about how they got started, the misconceptions that exist around starting startups, and they’ll answer questions from founders and future founders in the audience.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Serial entrepreneur Hiroshi Takatoh recognized the need for convenient and nutritious food for critically ill consumers after losing his wife to cancer. Takatoh founded Teatis , a plant-based sugar-blocking superfood powder for diabetic consumers, in 2017 in stealth mode and went fully operational in April 2021 by teaming up with a group of doctors and registered nutritionists.
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Berkonomics
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
To start: “new source of energy” and “new ideas.”. When a new CEO or manager is hired into a company, for a while lots of energy flows from the top and new ideas seem to be generated daily. It is one reason not to fear the unknown when upper-level management long in place turns over, often leaving most everyone worried about the future of the company and for their own prospects.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Houseparty, the social video chat app acquired by Fortnite maker Epic Games for a reported $35 million back in 2019, is shutting down. The company says Houseparty will be discontinued in October when the app will stop functioning for its existing users; it will be pulled from the app stores today, however. Related to this move, Epic Games’ “ Fortnite Mode” feature , which leveraged Houseparty to bring video chat to Fortnite gamers, will also be discontinued.
Entrepreneur - Entrepreneurs Category
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Perfect Pizza's Tashia Robinson shares the elements-consistency, customer service, and community- that make her franchise a success.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Snyk , the Boston-based late-stage startup that is trying to help developers deliver more secure code, announced another mega-round today. This one was for $530 million on an $8.5 billion valuation, with $300 million in new money and $230 million in secondary funding, the latter of which is to help employees and early investors cash in some of their stock options.
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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
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
ABU DHABI – For business executives in the Gulf like myself who have enjoyed friendships and business relationships with Israelis for many years, the Abraham Accords signed a year ago opened a new market. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in The Jerusalem Post] The view from Abu Dhabi: When Abraham’s children work together as partners appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Neuroglee Therapeutics , a startup developing digital therapeutics for people with neurodegenerative diseases, has raised a $10 million Series A led by Openspace Ventures and EDBI. The funding will be used to launch virtual neurology clinics and to support Neuroglee’s move to Boston. Other participants included Ramen Singh, the former chief executive officer of Mundipharma; Biofourmis co-founders Kuldeep Singh Rajput and Wendou Liu; and Eisai Co., the Japanese pharmaceutical that led Neuroglee’s
OurCrowd
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Sept 9 (Reuters) – Varo Bank, backed by private equity firm Warburg Pincus, said on Thursday it had raised $510 million in a funding round led by new investor Lone Pine Capital, taking the nationally chartered U.S. digital bank’s valuation to $2.5 billion. Read more here. The post [Varo Money in Reuters] Warburg Pincus-backed Varo Bank raises fresh capital at $2.5 bln valuation appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Varo Bank , which last year became the first U.S. neobank to be granted a national bank charter, announced this morning it has raised a staggering $510 million in a Series E funding round at a $2.5 billion valuation. The massive “oversubscribed” financing comes nearly seven months after the fintech startup raised $63 million in a round led by NBA star Russell Westbrook, who also joined the startup as an advisor focused on the direction of Varo Bank’s programs aimed at underserved com
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OurCrowd
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Ultrafast polymer 3D printers from Nexa3D and performance-matched materials developed by Henkel are key to achieving annual production goals of 100,000 units. Read more here. The post [Nexa3D in Plastics Today] Telemedicine Has a New Tool: World’s First 3D-Printed, Connected Stethoscope appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Airplanes and drones today, regardless of size or fuel type, all face the same limitation: eventually they have to land. Skydweller Aero, the U.S.-Spanish aerospace startup, wants to break free from that constraint by developing an autonomous solar-powered aircraft it says will eventually be capable of perpetual flight. Their pitch, which helped the company raise $32 million in a Series A, has led to an additional $8 million in oversubscribed funding led by Leonardo S.p.A, Marlinspike Capital an
OurCrowd
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Beyond Meat’s new vegan chicken nuggets are so meaty that they even satisfy carnivorous plants, as shown by a new commercial released by fast-food chain A&W. Earlier this week, the vegan Beyond Nuggets became available at 1,000 A&W locations across Canada for a limited time. To promote the meatiness of the new vegan chicken nuggets, A&W conducted what it called the “Beyond Bait Experiment.”.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Relationships ultimately close deals, but long-term relationships come with a lot of baggage, i.e. email interactions, documents and meetings. Affinity wants to take what Ray Zhou, co-founder and CEO, refers to as “data exhaust,” all of those daily interactions and communications, and apply machine learning analysis and provide insights on who in the organization has the best chance of getting that initial meeting and closing the deal.
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