UBI Global
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
3 reasons why startups fuel any innovation ecosystem A guest post by Tala Al Ansari, Director of District 2020’s Innovation Ecosystem and supporting partner to the Triumph of Innovation impact study and report. Startups are often referred to as the lifeblood of an economy, being representative of the kind of bold thinking, innovation, and rapid […].
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Schwarz Group , an EU-based retail company, announced today that it has acquired Israeli security startup XM Cyber for $700 million. It may seem like a strange partnership, as Schwarz is best known as the owners of the Lidl and Kaufland supermarkets, but the company believes that extending into security will ultimately help benefit its retail business.
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UBI Global
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
A guest post by Tala Al Ansari, Director of District 2020‘s Innovation Ecosystem and supporting partner to the Triumph of Innovation impact study and report. Startups are often referred to as the lifeblood of an economy, being representative of the kind of bold thinking, innovation, and rapid deployment that are so important in a world […].
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
The dollar is mostly green, but in the hands of Kompas , so are kroner, euros and shekels. The firm has an Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Tel Aviv presence, and now has a $160 million sack of funds to deploy across its focus areas: sustainability and technological innovation in the construction, real estate and manufacturing industries. The new fund in particular wants to take early-stage companies under its waxy golden wings, with check sizes ranging from $1 million-$5 million.
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This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.
StartupNation
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
If you’re thinking about launching a business or have started one recently, there’s no need to restrict your goals to the local area. Here are six ways to compete on a national level. 1. Create products that address common pain points. One way to increase your chances of becoming nationally relevant is to ensure your products meet nearly universal needs.
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StartupNation
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Excerpted from “Culture Ignited: 5 Disciplines for Adaptive Leadership,” by Jason Richmond (Ideal Outcomes, Inc., September 2021). . . Crisis planning. Few companies had a crisis management plan in place that could handle the pandemic and, in all likelihood, few have one in place now. Yet the time to prepare for a future crisis is right now, on the heels of the pandemic.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Pets are big business. Sales in this area topped $100 billion in 2020 , driven by the 48 million dogs and cats that were adopted over the past three years. However, in that same period, only 5,000 new veterinarians were added , causing delays in getting appointments and added stress upon veterinarians to manage their practices. Today, Fuzzy announced $44 million in growth funding to expand its digital pet care network of veterinary professionals to alleviate some of the strain on the industry an
Entrepreneur's Handbook
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
A reading list for all entrepreneurs Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
San Diego-based startup LifeVoxel has raised $5 million in a seed round to bolster data intelligence of its AI diagnostic visualization platform for faster and precise prognosis. The platform, dubbed Prescient, is used for diagnostics, workflow management and triage, taking away the stress of managing software and hardware technology from physicians and hospitals — and allowing them to focus on patient care.
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Simple is your superpower Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Most people in Africa wish to utilize various insurance products but are often deterred by the associated high premiums. It is, therefore, not surprising that insurance penetration across the continent remains marginal, with reported premiums per capita being 11 times lower than the world average, according to a McKinsey study. But the market might soon change as innovative products that run on micropayment or pay-per-use frameworks emerge under the support of institutions like the U.K.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Sometimes, investors just can’t appreciate a great startup idea even when they’re staring right at it. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Though reports of global supply chain bottlenecks show some easing , they likely still won’t be back to normal until some time next year. Deliverr ’s technology was developed to enable next-day, affordable e-commerce fulfillment for its merchants despite these disruptions. And investors are lining up to keep its machine going. The San Francisco-based company announced Monday $250 million in Series E funding, boosting its valuation to $2 billion.
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Y Combinator
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Every batch, we invite founders and executives to advise YC companies as Visiting Group Partners. These advisors bring valuable insights and recent operational experience to YC’s early-stage companies. Throughout the batch, they take on a variety of responsibilities, including application reading, interviews, group office hours, individual office hours, demo day prep, and more.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Alice Deng and Lawrence Murata were working at artificial intelligence companies when they found inspiration from their respective family’s businesses to create Slope , which enables businesses an easy way to offer buy now, pay later services. Prior to the global pandemic, suppliers were extending net terms of 30 days to pay, but at that scale, it is hard to build up credit for small businesses, Murata told TechCrunch.
Continuations
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
There are dozens of credible active layer 1 chains, with more being developed. So declaring victory for any one of them seems wildly premature. But there is another question that one can discuss more readily. When the protocol innovation sprint is over and the dust starts to settle, how many L1s will remain? Will there be one chain to rule them all?
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
The kids aren’t alright. According to the founders of Wave , 75% of Gen Z is struggling with their emotional well-being. To be clear — not all of them are meeting the criteria for diagnosable mental health illnesses, but they do need a bit more than a firm handshake and a “keep going, son.” That’s the market Wave is primarily going after with its digital platform, which is taking an inclusivity-first approach to making tools and techniques available to young adults.
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OurCrowd
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Flytrex, a drone delivery startup from Tel Aviv, just secured a $40 million investment to ramp up its operations across the U.S. This series C funding round brings the company’s total funding to date to $60 million. Read more here. The post [Flytrex in Forbes] Flytrex receives $40 million in funding to help make drone delivery ‘the rule rather than the exception’ appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
As teammates at buy now, pay later fintech Affirm, Stella Han and Carlos Treviño bonded over their shared background of growing up in real estate families. The mission of “pay at your own pace” at Affirm clashed with their firsthand experience of the taxing time commitment and high costs that comes with owning real estate; a contrast that eventually seeded the idea for Fractional.
OurCrowd
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
“The welcome recognition by the Abu Dhabi regulatory authorities will enable us to create venture funds based at ADGM to invest in technology startups and projects in the UAE and across the region,” said Dr. Sabah al-Binali, OurCrowd’s UAE-based venture partner. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in Calcalist] OurCrowd becomes first Israeli VC to receive official UAE license appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Berlin-based Yababa only started its same-day grocery delivery business this summer, selling products geared towards the tastes of the capital’s sizeable Turkish and Arabic communities shortly afterwards, but in a few short months it’s closed a $15.5 million seed round of funding to fuel planned rapid expansion — both within Germany and across Europe. “Paris, Amsterdan, Brussels, London,” says co-founder Ralph Hage, reeling off the list of likely first-candidate cit
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GCUC
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
It is no secret that women are capable of doing it all, and for this GCUC episode, we have the leader in the industry. The post Tammira Lucas- Co-Founder The Cube Cowork appeared first on GCUC Community.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
DevOps cloud platform Render , which won our Disrupt SF 2019 Startup Battlefield , announced today that it closed a $20 million Series A funding round led by Addition alongside existing investors General Catalyst and South Park Commons. Addition first made a small investment in Render in February 2020 when the company was not looking to raise a round, co-founder and CEO Anurag Goel told TechCrunch in an email. .
OurCrowd
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Jonathan Medved of OurCrowd says innovation is no longer confined to places like Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv and expects that the Middle East, with its strong entrepreneurial drive, will see the “next big things.”. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in CNBC] Israeli venture capital firm has high hopes for innovation in the Middle East appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Bill Binch. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Bill Binch is an operating partner at global, technology-focused investment firm Battery Ventures. He previously was the chief revenue officer of Pendo, a Battery portfolio company. As a revenue leader at large and small technology companies, I’ve spent the last 15 years attending a lot of quarterly board meetings.
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