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Gener8tor is the biggest startup accelerator you’ve never heard of…

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The U.S. Midwest generates a lot of wealth and is home to myriad huge corporations. With corporations come pension funds, foundations and other collections of great wealth. One of the ways that those pots of cash are being invested is through venture capital, which means the money flows to the coasts — New York, Boston, Silicon Valley. For the past decade, Gener8tor has been working to shift that by spinning up accelerators in local communities that have money but are underserved in terms of sta

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Is Your Startup a Good Fit for Venture Capital?

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Daily Crunch: US law enforcement charges SBF with fraud as he awaits extradition after Bahamas arrest

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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. PDT, subscribe here. Why, hello there, Crunchianistas! Today, Haje is waltzing around the house, candle in hand, celebrating Saint Lucia. Honestly, not because he’s that excited about the traditional Scandinavian celebration or the excitement about candlelight and saffron buns , but because he’s visiting his parents and there’s a power cut.

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Startup accelerator A-Labs launches $10M Web3 fund in PH

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Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Startup accelerator Archipelago Labs (A-Labs) has launched a $10 million Web3 fund to invest and accelerate the growth of the most promising startups and talents in the Philippines ’ Web3 ecosystem. Backed by reputable partners from the Philippine Digital Asset Exchange (PDAX), Oak Drive Ventures Inc., and Magellan Digital Investment Group (MDIG), A-Labs boasts of its strong networ

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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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business.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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Foundamental closes $85M fund for early-stage construction tech startups

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The trillion-dollar construction industry is often tarred with the inefficiency brush , accused of failing to move with the times and ignoring digitization in favor of legacy tools. But there is plenty of evidence that things are changing, with countless startups raising large sums of cash to help the construction industry modernize. Venture capital (VC) funding in U.S. construction tech startups alone reportedly hit $1.3 billion in the first half of 2022, representing a 44% increase on the pre

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Ah, so SBF’s FTX was all BS

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News that former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested yesterday in the Bahamas set the technology world alight. After the dramatic implosion of FTX’s crypto empire, which resulted in the loss of hundreds of millions of invested capital and billions of paper wealth, many in the larger crypto community were incensed that he was not instantly arrested.

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The Factory helping food and fibre businesses raise capital

NZ Entrepreneur

Raising capital isn’t a skill that comes naturally to many young food and fibre businesses but a new initiative is looking to increase capability among the sector to support growth and expansion. We understand the seasonality of the food and fibre sector creates unique challenges for young businesses trying to grow and there are sufficient knowledge gaps when it comes to raising capital.

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Vic.ai raises $52M, shows that automating accounting processes can be profitable

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AI is an imperfect technology, but one task at which it excels is identifying patterns in vast amounts of data. That’s perhaps why a number of startups have sprung up in recent years offering AI-powered products aimed at automating accounting tasks, like redacting sensitive info in paperwork and filing forms across different departments. Simply put, it’s low-hanging fruit.

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Rewards platform ShopBack bags $30m from Westpac to close Series F

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Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register ShopBack ‘s growth efforts across Asia Pacific received a boost after it bagged another $30 million to formally close its Series F founding round. The recent investment for ShopBack Group , which runs a shopping and rewards platform across Asia Pacific, came from Australia’s Westpac Banking Corporation.

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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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Eratani supports Indonesia’s farmers through the entire growing process

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About 29% of Indonesia’s workforce is in the agriculture sector , but many small farmers face challenges like low access to working capital. Eratani is an end-to-end management system that helps them get financing and supplies, and then helps them sell crops once they are ready. The startup announced today it has raised an oversubscribed $3.8 million seed round led by Singaporean VC firm TNB Aura, with participation from AgFunder, Trihill Capital and B.I.G.

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7 Things I’d Do If I Were A Brand-New Entrepreneur (Or Hadn’t Had My First “Win” Yet)

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Get unstuck and 10x your value, competence, direction, and success as a founder by following these 7 steps. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Common Fate wants to make it easier to manage privileged access for developers

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Privileged access management (aka PAM) provides the ability to control access to sensitive parts of your technology environment. Rather than giving everyone access to these resources (or conversely, no one), you should be able to apply permissions granularly. But it is challenging without the right tools. Common Fate, an Australian startup from a couple of former cyber security consultants, wants to help with an open source tool and an early access cloud service.

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Bayesic Technologies Improves Effectiveness and Efficiency of Data Analysis in Healthcare

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Dr. Aaron Wendelboe is a nationally recognized epidemiologist and public health leader. As one of the four co-founders of Bayesic Technologies, an Oklahoma City startup that provides analytic software, Dr. Wendelboe has also become an entrepreneur. Bayesic Technologies puts the power of Bayesian statistical modeling directly in the hands of scientists and business people via a user-friendly interface.

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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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TechCrunch+ roundup: Summary slide showcase, video SEO strategy, how to value AI startups

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There’s no magic formula for creating a winning pitch deck, which is why most of the articles we run on this topic continually emphasize the fundamentals. Venture capitalists are like judges at a gymnastics competition: Each pitch will be assessed for its technical quality and difficulty, but execution and artistry is just as important. If your deck doesn’t give prospective investors a clear idea of how you will put their money to work, you might leave their office with a logo water

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What You Should Do With Crypto Now That It Feels Like The Worst Investment Ever

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Three simple steps to not lose all your money. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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AI and analytics platform Dataiku raises $200M at a reduced valuation

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Dataiku is the latest well-financed startup to suffer from macroeconomic headwinds, raising new capital at a significantly reduced valuation. The company today announced that it raised $200 million in a Series F round led by Wellington Management at a $3.7 billion valuation, down from the $4.6 billion valuation that Dataiku received in August 2021. A filing with the U.S.

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[Alpha Tau in GlobeNewswire] Alpha Tau to present at Biotech Showcase and participate in LifeSci Advisors Corporate Access Event during J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco in January 2023

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JERUSALEM, Dec. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alpha Tau Medical Ltd. (Nasdaq: DRTS, DRTSW) (“Alpha Tau,” or the “Company”), the developer of the innovative alpha-radiation cancer therapy Alpha DaRT™, announced today that the Company plans to present at the Biotech Showcase™ and host institutional investor meetings at this event, as well as at the LifeSci Partners Corporate Access Event.

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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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Why Checkout??.com lowered its internal valuation

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Fintech startup Checkout.com was in the news this morning because the Financial Times reported that the payment company had slashed its internal valuation to $11 billion. And it’s a huge drop compared to the $40 billion valuation that the company reached a little less than a year ago. But that doesn’t necessarily mean what you think it means. In Checkout.com’s case, the company wasn’t in the process of raising a new funding round.

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Selling to SMBs, a Founder’s Playbook

Andreessen Horowitz

The 2010s era of VC-backed healthtech was largely an enterprise game, with most founders pursuing large payors, hospital systems, or jumbo employers as customers. This was because enterprises were the customers with enough budget and IT sophistication to justify VC-scale … The post Selling to SMBs, a Founder’s Playbook appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Sand Hill Road

Tomasz Tunguz

A funny thing happened along the way to Sand Hill Road in the last decade : startups stopped talking about how much runway a Series A would buy them. In the 2000s, when capital was scarcer, founders & VCs would derive round size by debating the quantum of money required to achieve Series B milestones. When capital is scarce, it’s rationed.

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Swoop Aero’s drones hit a million items delivered as the company raises for expansion

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Out where delivery trucks and full-size cargo planes don’t make a lot of sense, drones are proliferating — they may never deliver your burrito , but could soon be indispensable for transporting medicine and emergency supplies. Australian drone logistics company Swoop Aero is celebrating new milestones and funding as it plans its expansion to more markets.

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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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Protected: Campaign Monitor’s Year in Review

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3 methods for valuing pre-revenue novel AI startups

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Ryan E. Long. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Since 2006, Ryan E. Long has been the principal attorney of Long & Associates. The Santa Monica-based law practice solves tricky IP-related issues for tech/media clients so they can safely scale or be acquired. Valuing pre-revenue tech startups is an established process today, but do the methods employed apply equally to pre-revenue companies using novel artificial intelligence?

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Protected: Campaign Monitor’s Year in Review

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TheyDo fires the starting gun on the race to own the customer journey

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It doesn’t matter what kind of web site it is, the ‘customer journey’ has always been important, otherwise you lose that engagement and the end result can hit the bottom line. That was always the case. But in the modern era, customers expect an easy and simple experience, otherwise they move elsewhere. And with the enormous digitisation that’s taken place since COVID, the competition to be better is vast.

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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.