TechCrunch
JUNE 30, 2022
Consumer packaged goods companies — think PepsiCo or Nabisco — face steep challenges from the rising cost of living and distribution. As inflation continues unabated, consumers’ disposable income isn’t going as far as it used to while products are becoming more expensive to ship. The pressure is on businesses to place their bets on the right innovations, then.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
JUNE 30, 2022
( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. ) This current crypto nuclear bear market marks my third brush with generalised market carnage. And while they can sometimes feel like reruns, every episode yields new lessons to be learned.
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TechCrunch
JUNE 30, 2022
On April 4, the U.K.’s development finance institution, Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) Group, formally changed its name to British International Investment. As part of the name change, the development finance institution (DFI) announced that it surpassed its pledge to invest £2 billion in Africa over the last two years. It was a reminder of the series of work BII had accomplished on the continent leading to this point: over 600 portfolio businesses with a value of $4.2 billion.
Paul G. Silva
JUNE 30, 2022
Private Equity firms that own professional services businesses have a challenge with growing valuations. In a services-based business it is hard to increase revenue without increasing headcount. Margins shrink as hiring, training, and retaining talent becomes progressively more difficult. Meanwhile, all of the company’s intellectual property is locked in the heads of employees, meaning that when the employees leave the building, so do the company’s assets.
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TechCrunch
JUNE 30, 2022
Lara Lemann and Monica Saggioro of Sao Paulo–based MAYA Capital take a regional approach to investing, and their strategy is paying off. The investors raised $40 million for their first fund after starting the firm in 2018 and have now closed on $100 million in capital commitments for MAYA’s second fund. With their first fund, they backed over 29 companies in 12 sectors across Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Chile.
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TechCrunch
JUNE 30, 2022
AI has transformative potential. But if you ask the co-founders of Modular , a startup emerging from stealth today, the software used to develop it is “monolithic,” fractured into silos piled with layers of complexity. Big Tech companies have made helpful contributions, like TensorFlow and PyTorch — AI development frameworks maintained by Google and Facebook, respectively.
Y Combinator
JUNE 30, 2022
Women have historically been underrepresented in tech, especially in technical roles like engineering and product. YC has run events to educate and support women in tech, and now we’re doubling down to offer tailored advice that’s specific to you and your career. We’re setting up chats for women engineers to get one-on-one career advice from YC, starting with Anu Hariharan, Managing Director of YC Continuity.
TechCrunch
JUNE 30, 2022
What’s a poor, freshly minted developer to do when they’re out of coding boot camp but don’t have any real-life experience? You step into the world of simulation. That’s the basic premise of what Wilco offers. Last week, I covered the company’s $7 million seed funding round , and the company’s CEO, On Freund, was gracious enough to let me use the deck the company created to close that round for my Pitch Deck Teardown series.
Berkonomics
JUNE 30, 2022
As a leader, you set the goals, establish the strategies and tactics to get there (with help from others of course) and sell the dream to all your stakeholders. And that includes potential customers as well as executives and employees. Can unmanaged growth ever happen? Sometimes growth happens without a leader envisioning it, living it daily, evangelizing it to anyone who will listen.
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TechCrunch
JUNE 30, 2022
TaskHuman , a professional development platform focused on coaching, today announced that it raised $20 million in Series B funding led by Madrona with participation from Impact Venture Capital, RingCentral Ventures, Sure Ventures, USVP, Gaingels, PeopleTech Angels, Propel(x) and Zoom Ventures. The latest infusion brings the company’s total raised to $35 million, which CEO Ravi Swaminathan said is being put toward product development, marketing and sales efforts.
AsiaTechDaily
JUNE 30, 2022
Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register CardUp , a regional payments system , will be acquired by Funding Societies , the leading Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) digital financing platform in Southeast Asia, for an undisclosed amount*. Through the transfer, the business will acquire CardUp’s payment capabilities, including its licenses and integrations with well-known third-party business software, card payments to
TechCrunch
JUNE 30, 2022
Medical diagnostics company Visby Medical raised $100 million in a Series E round earlier this year. Today, the company told me it extended that round by an additional $35 million at the same valuation as the rest of the round. This financing will enable Visby Medical to scale production capacity from tens to hundreds of thousands of monthly tests. It will also further expand its product lineup to include COVID + influenza A/B combination testing, antimicrobial resistance panels, and deliver at-
Smart Hustle Magazine
JUNE 30, 2022
Let’s set the scene. You’ve got your business idea, you’ve started bringing in clients, created your website, and you’re set up for success…or are you? While things pick up, room for error and disorganization can begin to increase. When it comes to your business finances, you aren’t the only business owner who may be forgetting one major step…. A survey by Citizens Bank indicated that nearly 26% of business owners do not separate their business and personal bank accounts. 98% of those surveyed u
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TechCrunch
JUNE 30, 2022
Snowplow , a platform designed to create data for AI and business intelligence applications, today announced that it raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by NEA, Snowplow investors, Atlantic Bridge and MMC. Co-founder and CEO Alex Dean said that the new cash will enable Snowplow to grow its team, establish a second headquarters in Boston and expand its platform to support new types of data creation.
Andreessen Horowitz
JUNE 30, 2022
Scientists have acknowledged for years that there are large structural problems in science: the funding system is dysfunctional, results are frequently unreproducible, and scientific knowledge is siloed. Recently, a small but passionate group of technologists, scientists, and entrepreneurs have envisioned web3 and blockchain-based tools as potentially breaking these structural logjams.
TechCrunch
JUNE 30, 2022
Khaby Lame is quite literally on top of the world (if TikTok follower counts are the world). After attending his first VidCon and surpassing Charli D’Amelio as the most followed TikToker, the Italian-Senegalese comedian signed on as an ambassador for Binance , the world’s largest platform for buying and selling cryptocurrencies. Just last week, Binance snagged a partnership with soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, who wants to “ change the NFT game.” These high-profile partner
Andreessen Horowitz
JUNE 30, 2022
The API economy and a Cambrian explosion of apps are transforming best-in-class tech from monolithic tools to a stack of 20 applications that work together. Amid this … The post The Importance of Partnerships in the Great Unbundling appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
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TechCrunch
JUNE 30, 2022
Retail Rocket , a retention management platform for brands, today announced that it raised $24 million in a Series A round led by Cyprus-based private equity fund Flintera. In addition to the fundraising, Retail Rocket revealed that it acquired SailPlay, a startup developing software to help retailers build loyalty programs and send mass message campaigns.
AsiaTechDaily
JUNE 30, 2022
Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Mapan , an Indonesian startup that is dedicated to lowering obstacles to financial access for the general public, revealed that it has completed a successful $15 million Series A financing. The round was co-anchored by Patamar Capita and PT Astra Digital Internasional and backed by Indonesian behemoths BRI Ventures, SMDV, Blibli, and Prasetia Dwidharma as well as international venture
TechCrunch
JUNE 30, 2022
Aiming to compete with Bilt in the nascent property renter rewards market, Stake , a startup that provides cash back and banking services to renters, today announced that it raised $12 million in a Series A round led by RET Ventures’ new RET Ventures ESG Fund. Enterprise Community Partners, Hometeam Ventures, Operator Stack, Shadow Ventures, Olive Tree Ventures and Second Century Ventures, the investment arm of the National Association of Realtors, also participated, bringing Stake’s
OurCrowd
JUNE 30, 2022
HAIFA, Israel and MIAMI, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Insightec, a global healthcare company dedicated to using acoustic energy to transform patient care, today announced that it has received FDA approval for an investigational device exemption (IDE) for a clinical comparative study of the Exablate Prostate system used to treat diseased prostate tissue.
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TechCrunch
JUNE 30, 2022
Fleetzero has an ambitious goal: to compete with global shipping companies with its own boats, powered entirely by electricity. The company just secured $15.5 million in new funding and is looking for the first ship to convert to run on its shipping container-shaped batteries. The company’s plan, described in detail here , is to convert existing ships to electric propulsion, replacing the diesel engine or generator with enormous batteries of the company’s own design.
OurCrowd
JUNE 30, 2022
The strategic technology has wide reaching implications. Read more here. The post [Classiq in Nextgov] The quantum computing arms race is not just about breaking encryption keys appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
JUNE 30, 2022
Queenly , a startup building a garment marketplace aimed at dressing women for formal events, announced this morning that it has purchased Mi Padrino, a company built to serve the quinceañera market. The two companies’ overlap is obvious: Quinceañeras, events where girls celebrate their 15th birthday with a large event and ornate garb, is an event varietal that Queenly’s product supports.
OurCrowd
JUNE 30, 2022
Forwarders in Europe can now book freight with Air Canada Cargo on Freightos’ WebCargo platform. Read more here. The post [Freightos in Air Cargo News] Air Canada offers forwarders Europe bookings on WebCargo appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
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