Tue.Mar 22, 2022

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Fintech startup Jeeves raises $180M, quadruples valuation to $2.1B in half a year

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Less than seven months after closing on a $57 million Series B , fast-growing fintech Jeeves has raised $180 million in a Series C round that values the company at $2.1 billion. Financial technology companies raising multiple rounds in a short period of time has become more the norm than an exception as of late. Still, the velocity of Jeeves’ growth and increase in valuation is impressive.

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Entrepreneurs reflect on value of i2E’s e3 mini-accelerator

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We have a mission at i2E to invest in entrepreneurs and help them build successful high growth companies right here in Oklahoma. Our popular e3 mini-accelerator is a great fit for that mission as we help participating entrepreneurs determine market acceptance for their product and gain insight into the concept. We say that e3 evaluates opportunities, equips entrepreneurs with the tools they need to launch and empowers them to create successful high growth ventures.

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Muni gives Latin American communities buying power through shopping app

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We’ve been hearing the concept of “community” lately in different aspects of startups and venture capital. From Lolita Taub taking a community-first focus in venture capitalism to Archive tapping into community for marketing buying power. In Latin America, where being a part of a community is important, we see startups, like Trela in Brazil and Muni in Colombia, bringing people together under a common need — in Muni’s case, the purchase of everyday essentials.

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3 Viral Memes That Led To Financial Success (And A Meme Manager)

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Memes can be a profitable business Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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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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Japan’s Terra Drone lands $70M Series B funding to accelerate global expansion 

TechCrunch

As the use of aircraft like drones, electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles and uncrewed aerial vehicles take off, Japanese startup Terra Drone wants to make sure trafficking the skies doesn’t get overlooked. “Our airspace is going to get more crowded than ever, but most companies today are concentrating only on hardware development,” said Terra Drone CEO and founder Toru Tokushige , who is also serving as the CEO of Terra Motors, which develops electric vehicles.

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AI creative platform D-ID, the tech behind those viral videos of animated family photos, raises $25M

TechCrunch

D-ID , the Israeli company leveraging artificial intelligence to create unique, viral experiences like “Deep Nostalgia ,” which animates the faces of long-lost relatives in your old photos, announced today the raise of a $25 million Series B round of funding led by Macquarie Capital. The additional funds shortly follow D-ID’s recent launch of its Deep Nostalgia follow-up project, LiveStory , which adds audio to the animated photos, allowing the people in the photos to narrate t

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SportsBiz’s Feuerstein is Leveraging AI to Create Industry Standards for Sports Marketing &…

Jason Malki

SportsBiz’s Feuerstein is Leveraging AI to Create I ndustry Standards for Sports Marketing & Sponsorships I had the pleasure of interviewing Steve Feuerstein, the Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of SportsBizGroup. Mr. Feuerstein is a thirty-year veteran of the sports marketing industry. Steve began his career in 1990 in Asia with the founding of Sports International, which became the number one sports marketing business in its field for over 12 years in the Republic of China.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Startup survival tips, content as a service, leading with transparency

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At the end of “Planet of the Apes” (1968), the human protagonist realizes that the alien world he crash-landed upon is actually post-apocalyptic Earth. For many first-time founders in fundraising mode, the current market correction for publicly-traded tech companies has been similarly jarring. Once investors started shaving value from high-flying stocks, it changed the game for early-stage valuations , says Navin Chaddha, managing partner at Mayfield.

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Investing in Hex

Andreessen Horowitz

Much has been discussed, written, and reconfigured around the modern data stack – and for good reason, it’s one of the most significant shifts in data architecture of our time. But as close followers of its evolution, one of the … The post Investing in Hex appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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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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Builders and VCs explore the impact of air mobility on urban planning at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

TechCrunch

Over the past decade, some of the biggest names in the tech, VC, automotive and aerospace industries have poured millions of dollars into developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. And that investment trend shows no sign of slowing any time soon. Just some of these investors include Google co-founder Larry Page, United Therapeutics founder Martine Rothblatt, UP.Partners co-founder Cyrus Sigari and Kitty Hawk CEO Sebastian Thrun — along with corporations such as Airbus, A

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Your 9-5 Pays the Bills. Your 6-10 Builds Your Skills.

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Your weekends turn those skills into money. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Hex scores $52M Series B to grow data science collaboration platform

TechCrunch

Hex has been moving briskly along its startup evolutionary path with its data science collaboration platform growing at a rapid pace, so much so the company attracted the attention of fundraising mega-firm Andreessen Horowitz and a pair of key industry strategic investors, Snowflake and Databricks. Company CEO and co-founder Barry McCardel said that it’s because his company isn’t just targeting a specific group of highly trained data scientists like so many products in this space 

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Tonik hints at lending and crypto products in PH

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Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Tonik, the Philippines’ first digital-only neobank , is eyeing to expand its lending portfolio through venturing into buy now, pay later and home loans for up to P2.5 million ($50,000). Further, the neobank reveals that cryptocurrency will soon be integrated in their proprietary app to provide more opportunities for Filipinos to save using digital assets. “Armed with our un

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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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Daily Crunch: Identity-as-a-service platform Okta says it ‘contained’ network breach in January

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To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Tuesday, March 22, 2022! Excited to announce that we’re bringing in a few other folks to help bring this newsletter for you. Christine Hall helped write the Big Tech and Startups sections today, for example.

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SG Climate Tech startup Handprint raises US$2.2 million in Seed Funding Round

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Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Singapore -based Climate technology startup Handprint has recently raised US$2.2 million in its seed funding round led by Thunes , a global payments platform along with participation from other undisclosed investors. Handprint that builds sustainability infrastructure for the digital world will be using the fresh infusion of funds to expand its technology and grow its network of impact

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It’s time to hold investors accountable and abolish pro-rata

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Vijay Chattha. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Vijay Chattha is a general partner in VSC Ventures and is the founder and CEO of VSC, a communications and content platform for early-stage technology startups. More posts by this contributor. Establishing ethical guidelines for marketing cryptocurrencies. Jay Kapoor. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Jay Kapoor is a general partner at VSC Ventures, where he invests in seed and early-stage companies, helping them break out with value-add support on PR,

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[Plantish in Green Queen] Wanda Fish Nets Exclusive Collaborative Working Agreement With Massachusett’s Tufts University 

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Read more here. The post [Plantish in Green Queen] Wanda Fish Nets Exclusive Collaborative Working Agreement With Massachusett’s Tufts University appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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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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Fresh off dramatic majority shareholder exit, Firefly could be headed for a SPAC

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Firefly Aerospace’s roller coaster ride could soon send the rocket startup to the public market via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, a recent filing with the FCC suggests. Aerospace private equity firm AE Industrial Partners (AEI) announced last month that it had reached an agreement to acquire a “significant stake” in Firefly after its largest shareholder, Ukrainian Max Polyakov, was forced to sell his shares over national security concerns.

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[D-ID in Tech Crunch] AI creative platform D-ID, the tech behind those viral videos of animated family photos, raises $25M

OurCrowd

D-ID, the Israeli company leveraging artificial intelligence to create unique, viral experiences like “Deep Nostalgia,” which animates the faces of long-lost relatives in your old photos, announced today the raise of a $25 million Series B round of funding led by Macquarie Capital. Read more here. The post [D-ID in Tech Crunch] AI creative platform D-ID, the tech behind those viral videos of animated family photos, raises $25M appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Eko expands algorithmic heart problem detection and lands $30M Series C extension

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The stethoscope has come a long way from its humble beginnings in the 19th century. The regular acoustic type is still used every day, but it’s been joined by a panoply of digital options that can amplify or convert heart sounds into electrical signals. Eko, a company founded in 2013, has focused on bringing applied AI into the stethoscope space. Now there’s real-world data to suggest that the company has made progress, and it has secured a $30 million extension to its earlier C round to continu

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What Is Workforce Diversity? – Types, Importance, & Challenges

Feedough

A business is only as strong as its workforce. A. Read more. The post What Is Workforce Diversity? – Types, Importance, & Challenges appeared first on Feedough.

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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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Glass rethinks the smartphone camera through an old-school cinema lens

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Smartphone cameras have gotten quite good, but it’s getting harder and harder to improve them because we’ve pretty much reached the limit of what’s possible in the space of a cubic centimeter. Glass is a startup looking to fundamentally change how the camera works, using a much bigger sensor and an optical trick from the depths of filmmaking: anamorphic lenses.

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Indonesian E-Grocery Startup Sayurbox raises US$120 million in its Series C round led by Northstar and Alpha JWC Ventures

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Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Indonesian E-Grocery startup Sayurbox has raised US$120 million in its Series C funding round led by Northstar and Alpha JWC Ventures along with participation from the World’s Bank International Finance Corporation. The financing round was also joined by existing investors Syngenta Group Ventures, Astra, Global Brain along with other angel investors.

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Wealth poised to make estate planning accessible to all

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Estate planning startup Wealth is going after a $180 billion U.S. market by eliminating the three-ring binder of papers that become obsolete in months and replacing it with a digital dashboard that updates your holdings in real time. Many technology companies have come with their approaches to solving this problem, from Trust & Will to Quicken’s WillMaker to Everplans.

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[PRESS RELEASE] OurCrowd High-Tech Jobs Index Q4 2021

OurCrowd

JERUSALEM, March 22, 2022 – The Q4 2021 OurCrowd High-Tech Jobs Index released today shows that startups have revived aggressive recruitment plans as the Covid-19 pandemic recedes. 72% of companies surveyed increased recruitment in Q4 2021 and 62% plan to hire more employees in 2022 – a sharp reversal from Q3 2021 when the Delta variant triggered widespread lockdowns and travel bans.

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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.