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The Next Key Innovation in the Shift-Left Movement

Tomasz Tunguz

Microservices has become the default architecture for many companies. By breaking down large codebases into smaller pieces, microservices empower engineers to ship code faster. Continuous integration, the process of constantly folding new code into production (live on the website or service), further accelerates the software velocity. There’s a cost to this speed: coordination.

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VCs weigh in on Europe’s future in the critical deep tech market

TechCrunch

Writing about Europe is hard today. Russia is invading Ukraine as we write, and global markets are in freefall. This is the continent’s political and military backdrop. Last week, this column took a look at the European technology market’s deep tech expertise. Europe’s economic future, in other words. We could have held off a day or two to compile this follow-up piece.

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The lion and the ant: A managerial lesson

Berkonomics

This story has turned out to be one of the most enduring posts ever for me, well worth repeating. And what a lesson for us all. I confess that our research cannot find its source. So, with thanks to whomever originally created this great little parable, here it is: “Every day, a small Ant arrived at work early and started work immediately, she produced a lot and she was happy.

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Headless commerce company fabric sews up unicorn milestone following new round

TechCrunch

Fabric , a five-year-old company providing composable API-driven technology for digital commerce, secured $140 million in Series C funding on a $1.5 billion valuation. The Seattle-based modular and headless commerce company offers more than 300 commerce APIs and associated framework to connect a company’s sales channel to one place and the ability to use the entire commerce platform or individual products.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business.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.

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#17. How To Raise $100M To Keep The Internet Safe w/ Noam Schwartz | ActiveFence Founder

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Image courtesy of Noam Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or YouTube. [link] Today’s guest is Noam Schwartz, the founder of ActiveFence. They’ve raised $100M for their software which helps to keep the internet safe. They’ve got an A-list of client base with some of the biggest technology companies in the world.

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Software Startup Hasura enters the unicorn club with a US$100 million fundraise

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Developer tools startup Hasura has raised US$100 million in its latest funding round led by venture capital firm Greenoaks. Existing investors Lightspeed Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, and Vertex Partners also joined the round. The Series C round brings the total funding raised by Hasura to US$136 million and the company’s valuation at US$1 billion making it the tenth startup this y

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Finary wants to reimagine private banking

TechCrunch

French startup Finary has raised a $9 million Series A round (€8 million). The company has built a comprehensive aggregator so that wealthy individuals can get the full picture when it comes to tracking wealth. And that means that Finary isn’t restricted to bank accounts. You can track a lot of assets, from real estate to cryptocurrencies and stocks.

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5 Entrepreneurs Who Spent Time In Jail (Before They Made It Big)

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Even a jail cell can be the starting point for a business plan Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Daily Crunch: Overnight, Russia’s invasion puts Ukrainian tech industry on a war footing

TechCrunch

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Thursday, February 24, 2022. No peppy intro from me today; I am a little consumed with news outside our orbit. Now, to work. – Alex. The TechCrunch Top 3. How tech is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine : The technology world is a global industry, which means that when geopolitical conflicts arise, it impacts the world t

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

CAPTARGET presents a masterclass in M&A deal sourcing. Learn to cast a wide net, embracing seller self-identification. Consistency is the linchpin: keep the origination process steady for a reliable flow of opportunities. Diversify your tactics, employing various tools and vendors. Tech matters! Understand DNS settings, domain authority, and brand presence for optimal outreach.

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How to Break Into Venture Capital with No Investment Experience

Entrepreneur's Handbook

A complete guide for landing an Analyst/Associate position Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Implement differential privacy to power up data sharing and cooperation

TechCrunch

Maxime Agostini. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Maxime Agostini is the co-founder and CEO of Sarus , a privacy company supported by Y Combinator that lets organizations leverage confidential data for analytics and machine learning. Michael Li. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Tianhui Michael Li is the founder of The Data Incubator , an eight-week fellowship to help Ph.D.s and postdocs transition from academia into industry.

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You Could Win $50,000 by Entering the FedEx Small Business Grant Contest

Smart Hustle Magazine

Small businesses often have a limited operating budget. But growing a business requires cash, which is not easy to access, especially when somebody has just started a business. . The 2022 FedEx small business grant contest is a great way to win much-needed money and support to scale up your business operations. . The entry period will open on February 10.

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Defy.vc’s Brian Rothenberg explains growth marketing strategies that don’t break the bank at TC Early Stage

TechCrunch

Every founder wants to crack the code that will let them attract, engage and retain lots of customers quickly, consistently and at scale. Marketing tactics from the “ aughts ” — like email blasts and recycling the same keywords into a Google Adwords campaign — won’t cut it in today’s competitive startup market. Although you might wish for a fast-forward button to achieve long-term sustainable growth, you’re out of luck.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

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.

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What Is A Business Proposal?

Feedough

One of the biggest problems faced by a firm, an. Read more.

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Emi’s technology makes hiring frontline workers faster

TechCrunch

Applying for a frontline job can be a game of hurry-up-and-wait, and communication is not always the best when a company is trying to fill dozens of positions at the same time. Enter Emi , the latest company targeting technology to this portion of the workforce with a conversational artificial intelligence recruiting tool. The technology automates communication between global enterprises and candidates using a conversational interface.

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[Sayata Labs in FF News] Sayata Expands Senior Management Team With Two New Hires

OurCrowd

Sayata, the leading marketplace for insurance brokers and carriers to easily scale their business insurance portfolios, announced the addition of two executive team members to help manage their growth. Maayan Sanderovitz Eshed will manage company operations as VP of Operations, working out of the Tel Aviv office and Upasana Unni will oversee carrier relationships as Chief Commercial Officer operating out of Boston.

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How to strategically manage your startup advisor’s compensation

TechCrunch

Matt Cohen. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Founder and managing partner at Ripple Ventures , Matt Cohen is a business operator turned early-stage investor. More posts by this contributor. VCs and university endowments should partner to make venture more diverse. Founders must learn how to build and maintain circles of trust with investors. The best founders often attribute their success to a deep bench of mentors and advisors, but how do founders compensate these core parts of their network?

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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[Superpedestrian in Mass Transit] BART adds e-scooters to trip planner to enhance ease of travel

OurCrowd

Trip planner results on BART’s website and app now show real time availability of Spin scooters in San Francisco, LINK by Superpedestrian scooters in Oakland and HOPR scooters in Fremont. Read more here. The post [Superpedestrian in Mass Transit] BART adds e-scooters to trip planner to enhance ease of travel appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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This startup wants to help renters get rewarded for paying their rent on time

TechCrunch

While there are positives to being a renter – think no maintenance headaches – many renters still feel like they are essentially throwing money away every month when they make their rent payments. One startup, New Jersey-based Piñata , is out to make renters feel rewarded and help build their credit and it’s just raised $13 million in Series A funding toward that effort.

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[JumpCloud in Globe Newswire] JumpCloud Acquires MYKI

OurCrowd

LOUISVILLE, Colo., Feb. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — JumpCloud today announced it has acquired MYKI for its technology portfolio, engineering talent, and strong MSP relationships. Read more here. The post [JumpCloud in Globe Newswire] JumpCloud Acquires MYKI appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Cloudflare to acquire Area 1 Security, a startup that blocks phishing emails

TechCrunch

Cloudflare has announced that it plans to acquire Area 1 Security , a security startup that has developed a product that stops phishing attacks before they land in an employee’s inbox. Cloudflare plans to spend around $162 million on the acquisition. The company will use both cash and stock to fund the acquisition. Cloudflare has developed its own suite of security products with a zero trust security model.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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[Varo Money in Street Insider] Varo Bank Appoints Industry Veteran to Lead Public Policy

OurCrowd

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Varo Bank, N.A., the first all-digital nationally chartered bank in the US, today announced the appointment of Corey Carlisle to Head of Public Policy. Mr. Carlisle, a longtime veteran of both the federal government and financial services industry, will continue Varo’s work with policymakers, regulators and elected officials as the bank seeks to expand its commitment to activities that support its impact-focused mission and the Communities

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Kubernetes development platform Okteto raises $15M Series A

TechCrunch

Okteto , a startup that makes it easier for developers to quickly spin up Kubernetes-based development environments in order to speed up their development process, today announced that it has raised a $15 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Two Sigma Ventures, with existing investors Haystack, Root Ventures and Uncorrelated Ventures also participating, as well as a number of individual investors, including LaunchDarkly founder and CTO John Kodumal, Replicated founders Grant Mill

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[Flytrex in Tech Funding News] From delivery to surveillance, 10 disruptive drone startups taking flight to success in 2022

OurCrowd

Drones are used for various benefits across industries, including construction, insurance, and agriculture among others with each of these companies demonstrating a broad range of commercial applications. The drone manufacturers are working towards capitalising on this and turning drones into a full-fledged industry. Read more here. The post [Flytrex in Tech Funding News] From delivery to surveillance, 10 disruptive drone startups taking flight to success in 2022 appeared first on OurCrowd Blog

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Hear from these amazing investors and founders on TechCrunch Live this March

TechCrunch

TechCrunch Live has an exciting slate of episodes scheduled for March. The speakers come from a variety of disciplines, backgrounds and locations. Like always, each episode features an entrepreneur presenting their early pitch deck along with the investor who funded the company. We want to know how the founder hooked the VC, what makes their partnership work and how other founders can improve their storytelling and pitching.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.