Venture Well
AUGUST 24, 2021
When Jignesh Patel launched his mobile vaccination service, VaccineOnWheels, the idea that it could soon help address India’s spreading COVID-19 pandemic was not part of. The post how MedTech Challenge helped VaccineOnWheels roll out COVID-19 vaccines in India appeared first on VentureWell.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 24, 2021
Less than five months after raising $115 million, spend management startup Ramp announced today it has raised $300 million in a Series C round of funding that values the company at $3.9 billion. That’s more than double the $1.6 billion that New York-based Ramp was valued at in April at the time of its Series B. Founders Fund led the latest round, which brings the fintech’s total equity and debt raised to date to over $625 million since its March 2019 inception.
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StartupNation
AUGUST 24, 2021
The following is excerpted from “ The Science of Dream Teams: How Talent Optimization Can Drive Engagement, Productivity, and Happiness ” by Mike Zani, pp. 29-35 (McGraw Hill, July 2021).” . Through the hot summer of 2018, Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of Tesla Motors, slept for nights on end at his assembly plant in Fremont, California. Musk had vowed that Tesla could gear up production of its Model 3 sedans, rolling 5,000 of them off its assembly line per week.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 24, 2021
Developing new packaged foods and consumer goods can take a couple years as companies research, prototype and test products. In a society that runs on social media, however, people expect to see trends land on store shelves much more quickly. Founded in 2018, Ai Palette uses machine learning to help companies spot trends in real time and get them retail-ready, often within a few months.
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Impact Hub
AUGUST 24, 2021
The healthcare sector has been in the spotlight for months now, due to COVID-19. Although Africa has fared better than other regions, it has become clear that the continent’s healthcare system still needs much improvement to cope with health crises of such magnitude. However, its weaknesses were already visible before the pandemic in countries such as Nigeria and Ghana.
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
AUGUST 24, 2021
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TechCrunch
AUGUST 24, 2021
Ken Babcock and his co-founders, Dan Giovacchini and Brian Shultz, were in the midst of Harvard Business School in March 2020 when they felt the call to start Tango , a Chrome extension that auto-captures workflow best practices so that teams can learn from their top performers. “This window of opportunity was driven by the pandemic as we saw a lot of companies become distributed and go remote,” CEO Babcock told TechCrunch.
OurCrowd
AUGUST 24, 2021
Peak, the Manchester-based artificial intelligence (AI) specialist, is to receive a funding fillip of around $50m, it has been reported. Read more here. The post [Peak in The Business Desk] Peak’s AI expertise ‘set to attract up to $50m of new investment’ appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 24, 2021
Cora , a Brazilian digital lender to small-and-medium-sized businesses, has raised $116 million in a Series B round led by Greenoaks Capital. This is a large Series B by any standards, but particularly so for a Latin American startup. It’s also notable that São Paulo-based Cora only raised its $26.7 million Series A round — led by Silicon Valley VC firm Ribbit Capital — in early April.
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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
AUGUST 24, 2021
I saw a statistic from one of our larger portfolio companies yesterday. They have had their offices around the world open for some time now with office usage optional. They are seeing office utilization rates of around “20-30%.” They are also seeing “flexibility” as the number one issue in recruiting new talent. That was interesting to me because we are seeing a much higher office utilization at USV.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 24, 2021
Greenfly’s latest funding round has a new face: Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul joined as a strategic investor and partner in the company, which developed digital media flow management software. Paul’s investment is part of an $8.4 million strategic growth round that also includes Verance Capital, Higher Ground Labs, DD Venture Capital, SW19 Ventures, LinkinFirm and Allievo Capital, as well as existing investors Go4it Capital, Elysian Park Ventures, Alpha Edison and Iconica Partners.
OurCrowd
AUGUST 24, 2021
Guy Kashtan is co-founder and CEO at Rewire , an online financial services platform tailored to the unique cross-border needs of migrant workers worldwide. Guy has extensive experience leading technological products that shape the way we conduct day-to-day activities. In this article, Kashtan shares his vision on financial inclusion and the role private sector companies have in making the world a better, more inclusive place. .
TechCrunch
AUGUST 24, 2021
The Latin America startup ecosystem is having a great year, with mega-rounds being announced at breakneck speed and new unicorns minted almost monthly. This is mostly due to the clearly maturing startup scene in the region, with proven successes such as Nubank, Cornershop, Gympass and Loggi helping to bolster LatAm’s credibility. Interestingly, many of the region’s rounds are led by or saw participation from investors based elsewhere.
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OurCrowd
AUGUST 24, 2021
Tim Dalgleish, Global Advisory Leader at BioCatch, speaks to FinextraTV about a new research paper that explores the recent uptick in social engineering attacks globally and how banks can respond using the latest technology and security measures. We hear more on how social engineering scams have evolved, why they continue to evade the latest security conventions, and what banks and financial organisations can do to protect customers and mitigate losses.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 24, 2021
Imagine typing out a series of steps in plain English that would reflect a list of actions a human QA tester would undertake to test an app, then turning that list into an automated testing script. That’s exactly what testRigor , a member of the Y Combinator Summer 2021 cohort, has done. Today the early-stage startup announced a $4.1 million seed round.
OurCrowd
AUGUST 24, 2021
When I tested the magical at-home cocktail machine, I was thrilled that all my press-a-button Jetsons fantasies had been fulfilled. But then, I learned of another kitchen appliance that used similar technology as my favorite futuristic cartoon family — the barcode-reading Tovala smart oven ($299). So now in addition to my cocktails at the press of a button, I can get my whole dinner that way, too?!
TechCrunch
AUGUST 24, 2021
“In order to become a better writer, read your written words out loud.”. That’s one of the first, and best, writing tips I ever received. I always found the advice ironic because it required me to change the medium of my writing to become a better writer. Still, all these years later, it’s true: vocalizing your words helps identify typos and incomplete thoughts, but also notice more subtle things like awkward turns of phrases or a weird rhythm in your sentence structure.
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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.
OurCrowd
AUGUST 24, 2021
Demand for high-tech employees soars 300% as offices re-open with hybrid working. Job vacancies at OurCrowd companies in Q2 2021 soar 300% year-on-year to more than 2,600; openings at each company more than double from 8 to 19 95% of OurCrowd companies re-open their offices as hybrid work patterns spread throughout the high-tech industry Software engineers and business development remain the roles most in demand With pandemic in retreat, nearly two-thirds of companies surveyed say they plan stro
TechCrunch
AUGUST 24, 2021
Earlier today, spend management startup Ramp said it has raised a $300 million Series C that valued it at $3.9 billion. It also said it was acquiring Buyer, a “negotiation-as-a-service” platform that it believes will help customers save money on purchases and SaaS products. The round and deal were announced just a week after competitor Brex shared news of its own acquisition — the $50 million purchase of Israeli fintech startup Weav.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 24, 2021
Linktree, the popular “link in bio” service with more than 16 million users, is partnering with PayPal to expand its recently launched “Commerce Links” tools for direct payment on Linktree globally. The Melbourne-based startup says creators in over 200 countries where PayPal operates can now accept payments through the transaction tools. Launched in March, Commerce Links allow users to take payments directly on their Linktree profile without opening a new browser or tab.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 24, 2021
Aileen Lee is one of the most prestigious and successful venture capitalists of the past decade. Before starting her own firm in Cowboy Ventures, Lee was a partner at KPCB for more than 12 years. Her portfolio includes DocSend, Ironclad, Philz Coffee, StyleSeat and many, many more. So it should come as no surprise that we’re absolutely thrilled to have Lee join us alongside one of her portfolio company founders, Guild Education’s Rachel Carlson, on an upcoming episode of Extra Crunch
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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
AUGUST 24, 2021
Crop steering turns growing carrots or cannabis from an art into a science. Indoor growers have long turned to this practice to improve yields, which involves precisely controlling and manipulating three variables: light, climate and irrigation. If tweaked properly, growers can force taller plants, larger flowers and quicker grow times. Today Trym is announcing it’s adding crop steering analytics to its seed-to-sale software product.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 24, 2021
With the promise of an interconnected virtual world coming into focus and user-crafted gaming content exploding, Infinite Canvas is looking to apply to the metaverse lessons learned in the esports boom. “Metaverse” is the hot buzzword right now, but it’s not an empty term. Ten different people would probably define the metaverse in 10 different ways, but it’s generally used as shorthand for the web of emerging virtual spaces full of personalized avatars, games and digital goods that
TechCrunch
AUGUST 24, 2021
It was once common practice for doctors to visit sick patients in their homes: In 1930, 40% of all consultations were house calls. By 1980, that figure was less than 1%. Today, urgent care centers occupy Main Street storefronts and 33% of all medical expenditures occur in hospitals. It’s clear that the additional overhead is generating higher prices, but not necessarily better results, according to Sumi Das and Nina Gerson, who lead healthcare investments at Capital G. “We can improv
TechCrunch
AUGUST 24, 2021
HR automation software startup Sora announced this morning that it closed a $14 million Series A round of funding. Two Sigma Ventures led the financing event, putting in $10 million, with prior investors completing the round. The round comes after Sora raised a $5.3 million seed round in July 2020. First Round and Elad Gil led that investment. TechCrunch caught up with Sora CEO Laura Del Beccaro to chat about the round.
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