A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
DECEMBER 16, 2020
It’s winter in NYC now and I am reminded of all the apartments the Gotham Gal and I lived in during our 20s and 30s in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The typical heating system was hot water or steam-powered radiators that clanged all night long and had two settings, on and off. Sometimes the handle wouldn’t work and you could not turn them off.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 16, 2020
French fintech startup Lydia has extended its Series B round. Accel is leading the extension with all major existing shareholders also participating. Lydia first raised $45 million in January 2020 — Tencent led that investment. The startup is now raising another $86 million, which means that Lydia has raised $131 million in total as part of its Series B round.
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StartupNation
DECEMBER 16, 2020
As an aspiring entrepreneur, you might wonder what it’s like to start a business after a year marked by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Maybe you’re a little nervous or even second-guessing plans to fully open your doors (physical or virtual) in 2021. In a year as unprecedented as 2020, entrepreneurs showed the world the kind of resilience they and their businesses are made of amid the coronavirus.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 16, 2020
MIke Myer. Contributor. Mike Myer is CEO and founder of Quiq , a startup building a new customer service platform that allows customers to interact with companies via text messaging as easily as they would with their friends. In 20 years of working for startups, I’ve never seen as many plot twists and turns as I have in the last several months.
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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 The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
Tomasz Tunguz
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Every year, I make a list of predictions and score last year’s predictions. 2020 is a year that defines the long tail events, twelve months in which black swan after black swan event seemed to hit the press. Each morning I held my breath as I checked the news wondering what headline could top yesterday’s bombshell. Here are my predictions for 2021.
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Age isn't a barrier to having a successful business Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Now more than ever both the importance and limitations of the global delivery infrastructure are on full display. But while Amazon and others try to speed up last mile delivery using drones, Dash Systems hopes to expedite the middle mile — with military-inspired airdrops putting pallets of parcels down at their penultimate destinations, even in the most inaccessible of locations.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
DECEMBER 16, 2020
“Innovation isn’t some mysterious thing.” Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 16, 2020
ZeroAvia , the company that’s on a mission to move the world to zero-emission, hydrogen-fueled flight, has just received some corporate jet fuel in the form of a new $21.4 million cash infusion. The investment came from the Bill Gates-backed Breakthrough Energy Ventures and the Ecosystem Integrity Fund , which led the company’s latest round, alongside previous investors Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, Horizons Ventures , Shell Ventures and Summa Equity.
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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.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 16, 2020
A business credit card is one of the most important financial tools in any startup’s toolbox. It’s way more than just a personal credit card that you use for business dealings—it’s a unique, flexible form of financing that also delivers rewards and perks specific to what’s important to you and your business. If you’re starting a new business, don’t wait until you’re well-established to start using a business credit card.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 16, 2020
No one likes having to go to the automotive repair shop. There’s little transparency into what happens after a car is dropped off, invoices are often little more than a series of illegible bullet points, and the ordeal can feel chaotic. AutoLeap , a six-month-old, Toronto-based startup that quietly raised $5 million in seed funding in September, thinks its team can figure out how to repair that broken experience by bringing car repair shops into the 21st century at long last.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
DECEMBER 16, 2020
The steps to save you money, stress, and time once the world opens up again Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Robotic dry cleaning startup Presso today announced that it has closed a $1.6 million pre-seed with investment from Pathbreaker, AME Cloud Ventures, SOSV, 1517 Fund and YETI Capital. The Atlanta-based startup has developed a kiosk capable of dry cleaning a garment in around five minutes. Initially focused on business travelers, with plans to install machines in hotel hallways, the COVID-19 pandemic found the startup switching focus — a fairly common story in 2020.
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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.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
DECEMBER 16, 2020
At their best, business partnerships can enrich your organization and your life. At worst, they ruin your business and drain your energy. . What makes a good partnership? What have been your best and worst partnerships—and what did you learn? Kym Huynh, founder of WeTeachMe and a member of EO Melbourne , recently survived a handful of entrepreneurs to glean their insights. .
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 16, 2020
MessageBird , the omnichannel cloud communications platform recently valued at $3 billion following a Series C round in October, has acquired London-based real-time web technologies company Pusher. The acquisition price is $35 million, and sees Pusher co-founder and CEO Max Williams and the 25-person Pusher team join Amsterdam-headquartered MessageBird.
OurCrowd
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Adelphic, a Viant people-based DSP for omnichannel advertising, today announced that it has inked a new integration with Clinch, the Personalization Everywhere company that provides cross-channel dynamic creative optimization (DCO) technology, to deliver new shoppable video ad solutions for brands across its platform. Read more here. The post [Clinch in Yahoo Finance] Adelphic Inks First-to-Market Integration with Clinch Enabling New Shoppable Video Ad Solutions For Brands As Ecommerce Sales Ris
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 16, 2020
StockX today announced its Series E funding led by Tiger Global. The $275 million funding round values the company at $2.8 billion at a post-money valuation. The company intends to use the cash to accelerate global expansion and product development, and to expand StockX’s categories. Rumors are swirling that this financing will allow the company to offer an initial public offering in 2021.
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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
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Innoviz Technologies Inc., an Israeli developer of lidar systems for autonomous driving, is going public through a special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) funding from Antara Capital, Perception Capital Partners and automotive supplier Magna International. Read more here. The post [Innoviz in Forbes] Lidar Developer Innoviz Technologies Going Public In $1.4 Billion SPAC Deal appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Hightouch , a SaaS service that helps businesses sync their customer data across sales and marketing tools, is coming out of stealth and announcing a $2.1 million seed round. The round was led by Afore Capital and Slack Fund , with a number of angel investors also participating. At its core, Hightouch, which participated in Y Combinator’s Summer 2019 batch, aims to solve the customer data integration problems that many businesses today face.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 16, 2020
On this morning’s WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares the Association of National Advertisers’ term of the year for 2020. Any guesses? Here are a few clues: In 2017, the word of the year was “artificial intelligence.” Coming in at number one in 2018, “brand purpose,” and in 2019, “personalization.” The runners up this year for top marketing industry term included “virtual,” “agility” and “resiliency.” Tune in below to find out if you’re righ
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Mike Folgner has had his share of success building video editing tools, having sold Jumpcut.com to Yahoo and SnappyTV to Twitter. But as he explained in a new Medium post , he still sees “unfinished business” in the video industry. “Today, most major productivity software categories have made the leap from desktop software to the web,” Folgner wrote. “Despite significant progress in web technology, professional video tools have not made this leap.
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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
OurCrowd
DECEMBER 16, 2020
MedAware, a leading AI-enabled decision support and patient safety solutions company, announced the results of a study identifying the risk to patient safety posed by physician burnout, lack of experience and increased workload – a triple threat currently wreaking havoc on the world’s healthcare systems and jeopardizing patient safety. Read more here.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Today , the acute asthma attack of a primary school-aged girl in February 2013 was ruled by a U.K. court to be due to air pollution. It is thought to be the first ruling of its kind in the world. Only a year after Ella Kissi-Debrah died, another mother also became concerned about the effects of air quality on her daughter’s asthma and decided to do something about it.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 16, 2020
The startup opioid use disorder therapy service Bicycle Health will soon be available to patients in half the country, just three years after its launch in 2017, according to founder Ankit Gupta. A serial entrepreneur whose last company, Pulse News, was acquired by LinkedIn back in 2013, Gupta left LinkedIn in 2016 (around the time of the Microsoft acquisition) to pursue something more meaningful.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Logistics startup co-founder and chief executive officer Crystal Pang. Logistics is one of the biggest challenges in e-commerce, especially for smaller merchants. Pickupp helps them compete in the on-demand economy with flexible, customizable delivery services. Based in Hong Kong, Pickupp also operates in Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan, and claims it can save clients an average of about 28% in logistic costs.
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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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