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
Led by sales of cheddar and mozzarella, the U.S. cheese market alone was valued at $34.3 billion in 2019, and is projected to reach $45.5 billion by 2027, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 5.25%, according to Allied Market Research. By comparison, the vegan cheese industry is tiny, measuring around $1.2 billion in size in 2019 and projected to reach $4.4 billion by 2027, per Allied’s findings.
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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.
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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.
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
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.
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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.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Simple is your superpower 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.
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.
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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.
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
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.
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
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.
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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.
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
Berlin-based Jina.ai , an open-source startup that uses neural search to help its users find information in their unstructured data (including videos and images), today announced that it has raised a $30 million Series A funding round led by Canaan Partners. New investor Mango Capital, as well as existing investors GGV Capital, SAP.iO and Yunqi Partners also participated in this round, which brings the company’s total funding to $39 million to date.
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
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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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
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. .
Feedough
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
The world’s major internet television network makes a whopping annual. Read more.
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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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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