Sat.Apr 30, 2022

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On putting toothpaste back into the tube

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Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. . Good news! We’re not talking about crypto, Elon Musk or SaaS multiples today. We’re also not talking IPOs, global venture capital trends or the like.

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Korean edtech startup Gguge scores $10m in Series A funding

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Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Korean K-12 edtech startup Gguge , which has been heralded as the “Outschool of Asia”, announced that it has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round backed by Korea Investment Partners (KIP), Murex Partners, and PKSHA Capital from Japan.

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Sorry, Must Pass

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The following is based on a blog post I wrote 11 years ago. It markedly improved my life, so I decided to create a v2. You can access this post by visiting SorryMustPass.org. Greetings, Thanks for reaching out about your startup, project or offer to introduce me to someone awesome. Sorry, but I must pass. During the last two years of the pandemic, I've taken stock of my life -- and my schedule, and have decided to make some changes in the hopes of creating more harmony and joy.

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Biofourmis hits unicorn status after $300m Series D funding

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Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Biofourmis , a Sigapore-founded digital therapeutics firm , announced that it has surpassed unicorn status with a $300 million Series D investment led by leading global growth equity firm General Atlantic. CVS Health and existing investors also participated in the round, which will help fuel the company’s next phase of growth.

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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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Felicis Ventures partners share the four pillars of scaling a SaaS startup

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For investors, one factor will almost always stand head and shoulders above the rest: Your TAM (total addressable market) needs to break at least $1 billion. But alongside a massive addressable market, investors are also looking to see that you have existing customers, even they’re few in number, who truly love your product. However, communicating the steps between your existing users (wedge) and your long-term potential as a company (TAM) can be incredibly tricky.

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Affirm’s CTO talks transparency and the tech that makes BNPL possible

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BNPL is not a new concept; it’s just taken off in recent years and become far more mainstream. Buy now, pay later lets people do exactly what its name suggests — buy something and pay for it later. The difference between BNPL and credit cards is that rather than charge the full amount of a purchase on a card, consumers can choose to pay for an item in installments.

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LOCAD, DTI-PTTC: how e-commerce will level the playing field for businesses in PH

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Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register As an industry that connects the country and levels the playing field, e-commerce empowers businesses to build their direct-to-consumer platform, especially MSMEs and start-ups. This democratization has resulted in the doubling of the e-commerce market last year and an expected market growth to US$24 billion (PHP1.2 trillion), or 5.5% of GDP, by 2022.

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Slice and dice it all you want, that’s a seed round

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Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. There’s a clash happening in the early-stage market. In one world, late-stage investors are reacting to tech stonk corrections by clamoring toward the early-stage investment world, forcing seed investors to go even earlier to defend ownership and potential returns.