The Seraf Compass
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
This profile is the third in a series of interviews highlighting the work of interesting family offices. Rashaun Williams is the Founder and Chairman of Value Investment Group (“VIG”) is a private equity firm specializing in influencer-backed private equity investments in tech, media and consumer products.
Morrow
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
High-impact startup engagements won’t happen organically. Ensuring timely and right-fit connections between startups and corporate leaders is a full-time job that should focus on building a clear “on-ramp” by both groups. The post Corporate Startup Innovation Playbook appeared first on Morrow.
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TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Battery startup Our Next Energy announced this morning that it closed a massive $300 million Series B in an effort to get its $1.6 billion gigafactory up and running. The new round values the company at $1.2 billion post-money, marking a stunning rise for the two-and-a-half-year-old company, which closed a $25 million Series A in October 2021 and a $65 million Series A1 in March 2022.
AsiaTechDaily
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register ShopUp , the largest full-stack B2B commerce platform in Bangladesh, announced that it secured $30 million in debt financing, another major milestone in the country’s startup ecosystem. The $30-million financing round was comprised of $20 million from Lendable, the global provider of debt to fintech companies in emerging markets, marking their first investment in South Asia.
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TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Do you dream of becoming a dominant player and capturing your total addressable market (TAM)? Who can blame you? But one of the most common mistakes many early-stage startup founders make is calculating a TAM that’s not necessarily accurate or obtainable. Understanding TAM is essential for startup success — especially in a down market when VC dollars are harder to come by.
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TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Food colorings, like Red 40 and Yellow 5, often include synthetic, petroleum or animal-derived products, but in recent years, the $2.6 billion food colors market has trended toward using natural ingredients as more consumers want more clean labels for the foods they eat. Startups have come in with their approaches to healthier food colors, ingredients and flavorings.
OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The EVERY Co. (“EVERY®”), a pioneering food tech company that is accelerating the world’s transition to animal-free protein, announced that Anne Hathaway has invested in its platform. Read more here. The post [The EVERY Company in Business Wire] Anne Hathaway makes first B2B investment, backing future of food leader The EVERY Co. appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Tiger Global believes India is likely to produce the highest equity returns globally in the future, its partner Scott Shleifer said on an investor call Tuesday, projecting high confidence in the key overseas nation even as he admitted that the world’s second largest internet has delivered below average returns for the investor giant historically and the local startup ecosystem is grappling with governance and unit economics challenges. “We think it will be the best place to invest,&#
Entrepreneurs' Organization
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Contributed by Gino Wickman, a recent EO 360 podcast guest and the author of Traction and The EOS Life , as well as the creator of EOS (the Entrepreneurial Operating System), which more than 140,000 entrepreneurs use to run their companies. He also created The 10 Disciplines for Managing and Maximizing Your Energy. His other recent posts for EO include 7 Signs of a Weak Leadership Team and 10 Steps to Living Your Optimal Life.
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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.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
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. Why, hello there, wonderful humans, wherever you are! Come to think of it, we bet there’s probably a bunch of AIs reading this newsletter too. So, hello, you kindhearted and beautiful AIs as well. We’re kicking off Black History Month in style by reading Oprah’s 31 Black History facts today and committing to (re-)reading Layla Saad’s Me and White Supremacy.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
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TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Treasury Prime co-founder and CEO Chris Dean believes that the best outcomes for consumers will result from traditional banks and fintechs working together. The banking-as-a-service startup has worked to build relationships with both banks and fintechs. And Dean believes Treasury Prime’s ability “to keep both sides happy” has contributed to its ability to grow its revenue by nearly 400% and accounts by more than 450% since it raised a $20 million Series B in May of 2021.
OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
ANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Stellar Cyber, the innovator of Open XDR, today announced that it has been named to the Futuriom 50 report for the second year in a row. Every year, analyst firm Futuriom names the strongest private companies in key markets for cloud and communications infrastructure, including cloud cybersecurity. Released today, the 2023 Futuriom 50 report includes Stellar Cyber for the second year in a row.
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TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Jetpack.io’s founder Daniel Loreto has worked as an engineer at companies like Google, Airbnb and Twitter, companies that had lots of engineering resources to build custom tools. But when he was at his last job running engineering at Virta Health, he noticed that his developer team had to work hard deploying infrastructure, and it distracted them from their primary job building applications.
Andreessen Horowitz
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
We’ve previously discussed some common issues around pricing and tips for bottom up pricing and packaging , but growth-stage companies often encounter less obvious problems when structuring product packages and pricing models as they scale. Monetization strategies that drove adoption … The post The Price Isn’t Right: 3 Pricing and Packaging Pitfalls to Avoid appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
In the current environment, Start-ups are having to do a couple of seemingly contradictory things at the same time. Firstly, they have to keep employees (the ones they want to keep, at least) happy. The other is attract new employees in a market where there remains fierce competition for talent. In their armoury to address this, they have ‘employee benefits’, whether it be mental health sessions or restaurant vouchers.
Derek Sivers
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Because of my open inbox , I meet a lot of strangers. I love it. Almost everyone tells me who and where they are in the world. If they don’t, I wonder. Am I talking with someone from Australia? Philippines? Brazil? Are they 20 or 60? Male or female? It doesn’t really matter, but the brain can’t help wondering. It’s human nature to want to know who’s speaking.
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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.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Business aviation operators are often challenged with crew and aircraft shortages as they look to scale and meet the growing post-pandemic demand for air travel. With industry-wide staffing shortages, operators need to figure out how to attract pilots and other crew members — whether it be to fill full-time vacancies or add temp positions to meet urgent scheduling needs.
StartupNation
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Starting a new business comes with the day-to-day tasks of keeping up with payroll, managing the books, acquiring… The post How Federal Interest Rate Hikes Impact Your Startup appeared first on StartupNation.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Digs , a Vancouver, Washington-based startup that is developing a collaboration tool for homebuilders and their vendors, is coming out of stealth today and announcing a $7 million seed funding round from Fuse , Flying Fish , Betaworks , Legacy , PSF , GFR and others. The company was co-founded by Ryan Fink and Ty Frackiewicz. For Fink, this is his second attempt at a home-centric startup.
Andreessen Horowitz
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Founders and company leaders take for granted that customer segmentation is important. However, those less experienced with the nuances of segmentation often don’t appreciate why segmentation is important, and as a result, fail to realize the business and organizational benefits … The post Aligning Product and GTM Teams with Better Segmentation appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
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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
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Disclo CEO and co-founder Hannah Olson was diagnosed with Lyme disease when she was in college. At the time, she didn’t really see herself as someone with a disability, even though it meant spending hours each day hooked up to an IV. When she entered the workforce, she soon was confronted with the difficulties of navigating, disclosing and asking for support around her condition.
Andreessen Horowitz
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
… The post Crypto News & Regulatory Roundup: December 16, 2022 – January 13, 2023 appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
A new report shines a light on the world of commercial open source software (COSS) startups, including which ones are growing fastest, which are raising cash and even which universities are most popular among COSS founders. The report emanates from Runa Capital , a formerly Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that recently moved its HQ to Luxembourg.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
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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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