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Inspiring Sustainable Design: Circular Economy—Design for a Lifetime

Venture Well

To help faculty engage students in green design methods, we spotlight key exercises from the Tools for Design and Sustainability course, developed by Dr. Jeremy Faludi of Delft University of Technology. The post Inspiring Sustainable Design: Circular Economy—Design for a Lifetime appeared first on VentureWell.

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Revel raises $7.8M to become the Instagram and Robinhood of NFT platforms

TechCrunch

Revel , an NFT or “social collectibles” platform, raised $7.8 million in seed financing led by Dragonfly Capital, the startup’s CEO, Adi Sideman, exclusively told TechCrunch. “One way to describe Revel is a cross between Instagram and Robinhood, wrapped in social game economics,” Sideman said. Instagram is known as a social media platform while Robinhood is known as an investing and trading platform.

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Reshore and Restore: Unlocking American Innovation for the 21st Century

Andreessen Horowitz

Whether through COVID-19, climate change, or geopolitical conflict, the past few years have laid bare the tenuous connections underpinning key parts of our modern world. Wars, pandemics, ransomware attacks, and extreme weather events have pushed supply chains, power grids, and … The post Reshore and Restore: Unlocking American Innovation for the 21st Century appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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South Korean financial super app Toss closes $405M Series G as valuation rises 7%

TechCrunch

Viva Republica, an operator of South Korean finance super app Toss , has finalized a $405 million Series G funding and it says it is now valued at 9.1 trillion won ( $7 billion), up from 8.5 trillion won in June 2021, when it raised $410 million in pre-Series G funding at a $7.4 billion (8.5 trillion won) valuation. (South Korea’s currency has depreciated against the dollar this year.).

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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Which accelerators do top tier VC's care about for pre-seed or seed funding for your startup from a Techstars COO

Founder Bounty

I have been through the fundraising process. Not only is it damn hard - you guys have to know what not to waste your time on since your busy founders and what to waste your time on. So here it is. Having been in touch with top tier VC's for pre seed and seed these are the best ones. YC Y Combinator is easily one of the most famous accelerators in the world, thanks to its huge profile and excellent reputation among startups.

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SourceLink? Affiliate Quarterly Conversation – December 2022

Source Link

Looking Back SourceLink director, Rob Williams summarized exciting events from 2022 at our final SourceLink Affiliate Quarterly Conversation of the year. We welcomed Dana Masters, Business Development Communications Specialist at SourceLink! Dana will be working with Dara to develop outreach communications with our affiliates, social media and marketing activities as well as business development.

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3 Black founders predict little will change in VC in 2023

TechCrunch

Though inflation appears to be dropping, economic conditions remain uncertain, and the overall fundraising climate is reverting to pre-pandemic levels. For Black founders, who have rarely received more than 1% of total venture capital invested in startups, 2022 wasn’t kind, and 2023 doesn’t look promising given how things are going. To find out how Black founders are planning to manage their time, money, and expectations for the upcoming months, TechCrunch+ surveyed three founders.

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Continuum raises $36 million to accelerate the expansion, meet customer demand

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Continuum raised a total of $36 million to accelerate the expansion of 100 percent recycled commercial metal powder production to meet the growing customer demand for sustainable materials. The company, that is based in Los Gatos, California, is a leader in sustainable metal recycling and supply and a leading producer of high-quality additive manufacturing material.

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Design and implement a content governance system to increase ROI

TechCrunch

Christopher P. Willis. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Christopher P. Willis is the chief marketing and pipeline officer at Acrolinx and has over 20 years of experience growing companies in the technology sector. Content is the core of customer experience. A company’s product or service can be phenomenal, but if the enterprise content — marketing, messaging, customer service communications, product documentation or even brand voice and style — is poorly written or unfocused, you’ll have a difficu

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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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MessageGears raises $62m to fuel innovation, global expansion

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register MessageGears, a customer engagement platform for big consumer brands, has announced the completion of a $62 million growth financing round. The funding round for MessageGears was led by Long Ridge Equity Partners and participated by Argentum Group and Atlanta Ventures.

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Investors’ flight to safety and regulation creates tailwinds for passion assets

TechCrunch

“Passion investments” can sound like an oxymoron: What do feelings have to do with optimal returns? Yet, from art and cars to StockX , collectibles are a fixture in rich people’s portfolios. Not wanting to put all eggs in one basket is not a new impulse. But while it is easily forgotten in good times, a recession is a great recipe to put diversification back on the agenda.

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Australia’s Avarni raises $3m to speed up decarbonization efforts

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Australian carbon management startup Avarni raised $3 million to streamline the future of carbon management in a funding round led by deep tech venture firm Main Sequence. The funding round was also participated by Vulpes Ventures and Common Sense Ventures, Avarni said in a statement.

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The Most Important Aspect of Risk Solutions? Human Behavior

StartupNation

Michael Spath of Kapnick Insurance discusses risk solutions with expert Amy DeKeyser of Kapnick Insurance. Here are highlights from that conversation. Michael: Welcome to Kapnick Insurance’s Ask the Expert. I’m Michael Spath. Here with me is Amy DeKeyser , our Vice President of Risk Solutions at Kapnick. Amy, thanks very much for joining us. When someone hears the term risk solutions, that can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people.

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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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LexCheck earns $17m in Mayfield Fund-led Series A

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register A leading AI-powered contract acceleration and intelligence platform has announced that it raised $17 million in Series A to fuel the expansion of its trusted contract review technology and help businesses accelerate growth by unlocking legal talent.

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A few of the top podcasts for startup business entrepreneurs in 2023

Founder Bounty

From a Techstars COO I have put a few of the coolest sites together and podcasts that can help you to grow a business from scratch helping you pass of the mistakes that i have made while raising series A capital. Founderbounty Univerisity: Founderbounty a great platform for budding entrepreneurs. It is easy to use and gives the right resources, which can help you launch your business idea in no time.

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Uniqus Consultech raises $12.5M to invest in technology, scale business operations

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register An India-based tech-enabled global platform that offers environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and accounting and reporting consulting, has officially announced the launch of its operations after it also earned $12.5 million in series A for a minority stake sale.

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[Stellar Cyber in Business Wire] Stellar Cyber integrates with Netskope to deliver world-class user context, speeding investigations and improving security outcomes

OurCrowd

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Stellar Cyber, the innovator of Open XDR, today announced a new integration with Netskope, a global leader in secure access service edge (SASE). This powerful integration makes it easy for enterprise and MSSP users of the Stellar Cyber Open XDR platform to improve visibility of risks and threats by incorporating the rich user-centric data generated by Netskope in every investigation conducted by their security analysts.

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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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Singapre’s Validus secures first tranche in Series C-1 round to enhance product development

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Singapore-based financing platform Validus secured its first tranche of funds in a Series C-1 round from new and key strategic investors like NongHyup Financial Group, NorinChukin Bank, Aizawa Asset Management and Lotte F&L Singapore.

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SourceLink 2023: On the Verge of a Renaissance

Source Link

One of my favorite end of the year activities is to fire up YouTube and watch the previous year in search video. This last one so beautifully mirrored what I have personally felt and heard from our affiliates that I just had to share. Drum roll, please… the most searched term of 2022 was, “can […] The post SourceLink 2023: On the Verge of a Renaissance appeared first on SourceLink.

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Ex-Singlife head Ned Lowe joins MISSION+, leads effort to accelerate growth across Southeast Asia

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register MISSION+ has announced the addition of Ned Lowe as the company’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead efforts to accelerates support for fintechs and insurtechs across Southeast Asia. The technology building firm sought the likes of Revolut, Railsr and Draper Startup House to further its growth.

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The #MyTechBestfriend fallout continues

TechCrunch

The bad blood between tech boot camp MyTechBestfriend and many of its former students is anything but finished, according to nearly a dozen people who spoke to TechCrunch. In November, TechCrunch detailed the fallout between Mary Awodele, the founder of the Texas-based MTBF, and her students. Students accused Awodele of bullying and harassment while alleging that the MTBF program, which cost up to $6,000, consisted of plagiarized courses that could be found online for a more affordable price.

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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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Outdefine raises $2.5m to build a decentralized talent community

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Outdefine, a San Francisco-based startup, raised $2.5 million that it could use to build a decentralized hiring community for web3 talent. The investment speaks of the company’s value proposition and the real-world application for crypto because it came at a time when the crypto market was in a difficult period.

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Helm.ai snags $31M to scale its ‘unsupervised’ autonomous driving software

TechCrunch

A few bright spots remain in the autonomous vehicle industry even amid macroeconomic headwinds that have nearly shut off the spigot of venture capital and led to further consolidation. Helm.ai, a startup developing software designed for advanced driver assistance systems, autonomous driving and robotics, is one of them. The Menlo Park, California-based startup recently raised $31 million in a Series C round led by Freeman Group, just one year after it snagged $26 million in venture funding.

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Crypto News & Regulatory Roundup: November 19 – December 16, 2022

Andreessen Horowitz

… The post Crypto News & Regulatory Roundup: November 19 – December 16, 2022 appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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Salon software Mangomint raises $13M as it booms in post-COVID labor shortage

TechCrunch

Ever needed to read your credit card information on the phone to make a massage appointment? The process is annoying, and it makes you wonder how safe it is to give a stranger your personal details. That’s why Los Angeles-based Mangomint built a SaaS tool that strives to streamline the booking experience for the beauty industry, which includes everything from spas and massage parlors to piercing and tattoo studios.

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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.