StartupNation

DECEMBER 3, 2020

So, you have a great idea for a business. You begin to put the wheels in motion to start your venture as you excitedly daydream about what’s to come. In reality, though, 90 percent of all startups fail , and they do so for a myriad of reasons. The ones that do succeed have one common trait: a tenacious founder who just wouldn’t quit. The startup journey is not for everyone, so before you begin, it’s important that you ask yourself the following questions to make sure you are are prepared as pos

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Fund investing, like adulting, is boring. That’s the first thing anyone trying to raise a fund needs to understand, as well as anyone thinking about investing in one. The partner at the fund, the VC, gets to do the fun part—the meeting with founders, vetting deals, negotiating, helping, etc. You get, if you’re lucky, a Powerpoint and some financials once a quarter.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 3, 2020

I have written about stablecoins a bunch here at AVC. I believe cryptocurrencies that are not highly volatile are important for use cases like e-commerce. I explained why here. So we need crypto assets that are price stabilized and one of the best ways to do that is to peg a crypto asset to a fiat currency like the dollar. You do that by fully reserving the asset with dollars.

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UBI Global

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The startup game-changing newsletter Our Corporate Matching article outlined the three categories of collaboration that UBI Global is opening for startups to meet corporate innovation seekers. After reading the Corporate Calls vs. #savetheunicorns article, you are now familiar with two of the three categories, and we’ve saved the most intriguing for last.

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The Seraf Compass

DECEMBER 3, 2020

We’ve published a fair amount about due diligence and being a deal lead. In those articles we talk a lot about the importance of having a good diligence report template to ensure the final report is useful to the reader. Here, for your reference, is our Impact Investing Due Diligence Report Template. It was developed and refined over years of performing diligence on hundreds of early stage companies.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Two dominant small business trends for 2020 that Mailchimp sees, according to John Foreman. Mailchimp’s chief product officer tells Ramon Ray that COVID-19 has transformed the business landscape this year. More importantly, that fact means the trends show how small business leaders are finding success amid the pandemic. John has been at Mailchimp for a while.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

San Francisco-based construction startup Versatile is announcing today that it has raised a $20 million Series A. The round was led by Insight Partners and Entree Capital, along with existing investors Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, Root Ventures and Conductive Ventures. The round follows $8.5 million in funding, including a $5.5 million seed round that arrived in August of last year.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Most innovations come from responding to a customer’s needs, or finding a niche where products need improvement or extension. It is rare to innovate using a blank sheet of paper in a room with bare walls and no other contributors. A thought exercise. Imagine the room in which several graduate business school student groups have gathered, tasked with coming up with an idea for a business plan competition.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Latin America’s startup scene has attracted troves of venture investment, lifting highly-valued companies such as Rappi and NuBank into behemoth businesses. Now that the spotlight has arrived, those same startups need more talent than ever before to meet demand. That’s where one seed-stage Buenos Aires startup wants to help. Henry has created an online computer science school that trains software developers from low-income backgrounds to understand technical skills and get employed.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The hardest choices require the strongest wills. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Launching things to space doesn’t have to mean firing a large rocket vertically using massive amounts of rocket-fuel-powered thrust — startup Aevum breaks the mould in multiple ways, with an innovative launch vehicle design that combines uncrewed aircraft with horizontal take-off and landing capabilities, with a secondary stage that deploys at high altitude and can take small payloads the rest of the way to space.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 3, 2020

So, you have a great idea for a business. You begin to put the wheels in motion to start your venture as you excitedly daydream about what’s to come. In reality, though, 90 percent of all startups fail , and they do so for a myriad of reasons. The ones that do succeed have one common trait: a tenacious founder who just wouldn’t quit. The startup journey is not for everyone, so before you begin, it’s important that you ask yourself the following questions to make sure you are are prepared as pos

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Bizay , a marketplace for small-to-medium-sized businesses allowing them to create highly customized products (such as merchandise), has raised a $38.6 million (€32 million) funding round. The Series C financing round was co-led by investors Indico Capital and the European Investment Bank, with “strong support” from Iberis Capital and existing investors including LeadX Capital Partners , Omnes Capital and Pathena.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Retire and then go back to work. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Residents of Shenzhen will see truly driverless cars on the road starting Thursday. AutoX, a four-year-old startup backed by Alibaba, MediaTek and Shanghai Motors, is deploying a fleet of 25 unmanned vehicles in downtown Shenzhen, marking the first time any autonomous driving car in China tests on public roads without safety drivers or remote operators.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Colin Walsh, Founder & CEO, Varo Bank, walks us through the bank’s journey and vision, he explains what innovation means to Varo, how has technology helped them innovate, and why Temenos was the ideal partnership for this changemaker in banking. Read more here. The post [Varo Money in FinExtra] Varo Bank talks innovation & the technology that drives it appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Bolt is better known for its ride-hailing service. But the company also operates an electric scooter service in 45 cities across Europe. Designed by the company’s in-house hardware team, the new model focuses on safety. As you can see on the photo, it’s a big scooter that weighs 19kg — that’s more than an average bike. It has a battery with a 40km range and it is primarily made of aluminum.

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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

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Clinch, the Personalization Everywhere company that provides cross-channel dynamic creative optimization (DCO) technology to the world’s leading advertisers, announced the launch of their real-time shoppable video ad units. Read more here. The post [Clinch in Martech Series] Clinch Unveils New Shoppable Video Solutions appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Janneke Niessen. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Janneke Niessen is a partner at CapitalT , a serial entrepreneur and a tech diversity advocate. VCs expect the companies they invest in to use data to improve their decision-making. So why aren’t they doing that when evaluating startup teams? Sure, venture capital is a people business, and the power of gut feeling is real.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Juganu’s winning solution Inactivates SARS CoV-2 Using LED Technology; Following the hackathon, on-going discussions with Groupe Renault will enable Juganu to assess the feasibility of a future collaboration. Read more here. The post [Juganu in WebWire] Israeli startup Juganu wins the regional category at Groupe Renault Hackathon “Licence to Clean” appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

ANYbotics , the creators of ANYmal , a four-legged autonomous robot platform intended for a variety of industrial uses, has raised a $22.3 million Swiss Franc (~$20 million) round A to continue developing and scaling the business. With similar robots just beginning to break into the mainstream, the market seems ready to take off. The company spun out of ETH Zurich in 2016, at which point the robot was already well into development.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Kindeva Drug Delivery (Kindeva) and Breath of Life International (BOL Pharma or BOL) have signed an agreement to study the feasibility of multiple inhaled cannabinoid products. Under the agreement, Kindeva will develop novel formulations of BOL Pharma’s cannabinoid-based drug products delivered by Kindeva’s metered-dose inhaler (MDI) technology. Subject to all required regulatory approvals, the products under development could go on to treat a range of central nervous system diseases, including

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Last week I witnessed for myself how a new kind of robot really could — as sci-fi has been telling us for many years — create and serve us food. Today, Karakuri , a food robotics startup, unveils its first automated canteen to make meals: the “DK-One” robot. It’s also revealing an $8.4 million (£6.3 million) investment, led by firstminute capital , which includes funding from Hoxton Ventures, Taylor Brothers, Ocado Group and the U.K.’s government-backed Future Fund.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Consumers need to be aware of how their companies treat employees. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Coronavirus is causing large and small businesses to drastically cut marketing budgets. In Forrester’s self-described “most optimistic scenario,” the analysts project a 28% drop in U.S. marketing spend by the end of 2021. Even Google is cutting its marketing budget in half. As marketers move forward, Forrester predicts marketing automation platforms will grow despite an overall decline in marketing technology investment.

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