Thu.Sep 19, 2019

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The Story Behind Our Investment In Humble Dot

Haystack

About a year ago, a friend told us about this new work app they were using. Didn’t think much about it. Then, the same thing happened a few days later. It’s just the Bay Area echo chamber at work. And then finally, a few weeks later, their usage started to spike, and a real investment round came together, and we scrambled, triangulated, and spent a bunch of time with Will and Macgill, the original creators of Humble Dot.

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Little Known Facts about the VC Industry

Tomasz Tunguz

I’ve been searching for a great history of the venture capital industry since before I joined Redpoint. There are a handful of books that are pretty good. Done Deals. eBoys. Creative Capital. But there’s a great one called VC by Tom Nicholas. Nicholas traces the history of the venture capital industry back to whaling. They were called venture capitalists back then, but they serve the same role.

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Entrepreneurial Networks are Driving Global Change, According to Impact Hub Network’s 2019 Global Impact Report

Impact Hub

Ahead of this year’s Global Climate Strike (20-27 September) and the Global Goals Week (21-30 September), the Impact Hub network is launching its 2019 Global Impact Report. The report features details of how communities of entrepreneurs globally are creating significant change in combating the world’s most challenging problems and are contributing significantly to achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

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This Ed-Tech Company Moved From ‘Not Yet’ to a Program Inspired by Customer Demand

The Startup Blog Market Brief

For years teachers asked listening skills company Listenwise to help them and their students create podcasts, but the company wasn't ready to add a new product. Find out how Listenwise got to "yes.". The post This Ed-Tech Company Moved From ‘Not Yet’ to a Program Inspired by Customer Demand appeared first on Market Brief.

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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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business.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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Most of your big problems start as small problems.

Berkonomics

Let’s talk about surprises. And whether to warn your superiors or your boards about these unraveling events early. You have a dashboard or KPI’s, don’t you? Every good executive has a set of critical data points that best alert him or her to the changes in the flow of business most important to note and in many cases to curb a negative trend early in the game.

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[BriefCam in Business Wire] BriefCam® Accelerates Time-to-Value with Starter Kit Appliance Program for VMS Ecosystem

OurCrowd

BriefCam, the industry’s leading provider of VIDEO SYNOPSIS and Video Content Analytics solutions, today announced the availability of the BriefCam Starter Kit Program. Read more here. The post [BriefCam in Business Wire] BriefCam® Accelerates Time-to-Value with Starter Kit Appliance Program for VMS Ecosystem appeared first on OurCrowd.

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The Self Driving Bus

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

If you are in or around the Brooklyn Navy Yard and want to get to the East River Ferry, you can have a self driving car take you there. I did that yesterday: It’s sort of like a van. There are six passenger seats in the vehicle rand I saw four of them lined up waiting for passengers next to the main gate off Flushing and Cumberland. There is a driver in the front seat but the van drives itself.

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[BriefCam in Business Wire] I agree BriefCam® Accelerates Time-to-Value with Starter Kit Appliance Program for VMS Ecosystem

OurCrowd

BriefCam, the industry’s leading provider of VIDEO SYNOPSIS and Video Content Analytics solutions, today announced the availability of the BriefCam Starter Kit Program. Read more here. The post [BriefCam in Business Wire] I agree BriefCam® Accelerates Time-to-Value with Starter Kit Appliance Program for VMS Ecosystem appeared first on OurCrowd.

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The Cost of Preemptive Deals

Y Combinator

Recently, while discussing a preemptive funding offer with a company, we noticed that the offer was more dilutive than expected. Wondering if this was an outlier, we looked at 120 US Series A rounds from our portfolio over the past 18 months to see whether or not preemptive offers were generally more or less dilutive than process driven rounds. 1. We were somewhat surprised to discover that, on average, founders taking preemptive offers are taking ~1.4% more dilution for less money.

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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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[UPnRIDE in Globes] UPnRIDE standing wheelchair receives FDA clearance

OurCrowd

Isaraeli startup UPnRIDE Robotics Ltd. has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Robotic Standing Wheelchair for marketing and use in the US. Read more here. The post [UPnRIDE in Globes] UPnRIDE standing wheelchair receives FDA clearance appeared first on OurCrowd.

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[Zebra in Latinos Health] The Greatest AI Advances In Healthcare And Pharma So Far

OurCrowd

Zebra Medical Vision has created Profound, a platform that uses machine learning algorithms to analyze medical imaging reports. It can identify potential conditions like breast cancer and osteoporosis with more than a 90% accuracy rate, among many others. Read more here. The post [Zebra in Latinos Health] The Greatest AI Advances In Healthcare And Pharma So Far appeared first on OurCrowd.

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[NSLComm in CrowdFund Insider] OurCrowd Backed “New Space” Company NSLComm Signs Multi-Million Dollar Contract

OurCrowd

NSLComm’s newly announced NSLSat-2 will eventually form part of a network of nanosatellites meant to monitor assets from space in many industries, such as oil, shipping and agriculture. NSLSat-2 will launch within six months, joining another satellite called NSLSat-1 that flew to orbit in July. Read more here. The post [NSLComm in CrowdFund Insider] OurCrowd Backed “New Space” Company NSLComm Signs Multi-Million Dollar Contract appeared first on OurCrowd.

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[Influitive in PR Web] Influitive Takes Advocacy On-the-Go With New Custom-Branded Mobile App

OurCrowd

Influitive Corporation—a leading provider of customer advocacy and community software—today announced the availability of its new custom-branded mobile app for iOS and Android devices to match the name, look, and feel of Influitive-powered advocate communities. Read more here. The post [Influitive in PR Web] Influitive Takes Advocacy On-the-Go With New Custom-Branded Mobile App appeared first on OurCrowd.

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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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[ClimaCell in PR Newswire] ClimaCell Launches Air Quality of Things, Hyper-Accurate Air Quality Forecasts. Partners with Via to Offer New Yorkers Discounts When Travelling to “Clean Air Gems” Across New York City.

OurCrowd

ClimaCell, the weather technology company, today announced the launch of Air Quality of Things, a new approach that analyzes the pollutants in the air AND how they are impacted by changing weather conditions. Read more here. The post [ClimaCell in PR Newswire] ClimaCell Launches Air Quality of Things, Hyper-Accurate Air Quality Forecasts. Partners with Via to Offer New Yorkers Discounts When Travelling to “Clean Air Gems” Across New York City. appeared first on OurCrowd.

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[Beyond Meat in Barron’s] Buy Beyond Meat Stock Because It Could Be Even Bigger Than the Hype, Analyst Says

OurCrowd

Beyond Meat is the best performing IPO of 2019. Shares are up more than 500% from its $25 IPO price and more than 260% from its $42 initial trades. Don’t forget, most investors buy in at the market price and not the IPO price. Read more here. The post [Beyond Meat in Barron’s] Buy Beyond Meat Stock Because It Could Be Even Bigger Than the Hype, Analyst Says appeared first on OurCrowd.

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[DailyPay in BusinessWire] Adecco USA Adds DailyPay To Empower and Retain Workers As Unemployment Reaches Historic Lows

OurCrowd

DailyPay, the leading provider of the daily pay benefit — a benefit offered through employers that allows employees to receive instant access to their earned wages – today announced an exclusive partnership with Adecco USA. Read more here. The post [DailyPay in BusinessWire] Adecco USA Adds DailyPay To Empower and Retain Workers As Unemployment Reaches Historic Lows appeared first on OurCrowd.

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[Kenna Security in Yahoo Finance] Kenna Security Puts Focus on Customer Experience, Revenue Growth with New Executive Roles

OurCrowd

Kenna Security, the enterprise leader in risk-based vulnerability management, today announced moves designed to align the company around a superior customer experience while scaling the global sales team to meet demand for risk-based vulnerability management services. Read more here. The post [Kenna Security in Yahoo Finance] Kenna Security Puts Focus on Customer Experience, Revenue Growth with New Executive Roles appeared first on OurCrowd.

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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