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Last mile delivery e-bike supplier Zoomo tacks on $20M to Series B

TechCrunch

Zoomo, an Australian startup that builds utility e-bikes for delivery workers, has raised an additional $20 million in equity to close out its Series B round. In November, the company raised $60 million in equity and debt for its Series B , which it used to fund further software development and more vehicles to expand. The additional funds, which bring Zoomo’s total funding up to $101.5 million, will be used for much of the same purpose, specifically hiring more team members globally and i

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Care+Wear’s Razdan Bold Enough to Bridge Fashion and Function in an Effort to Rehumanize the…

Jason Malki

Care+Wear’s Razdan Bold Enough to Bridge Fashion and Function in an Effort to Rehumanize the Healthcare Experience I had the pleasure of interviewing Chaitenya Razdan is the Founder and CEO of Care+Wear , a leading provider of innovative healthwear focused on creating positive and effective healing experiences for people everywhere. The son of a doctor, Razdan created Care+Wear to dedicate himself to improving people’s lives.

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Jambo raises $7.5M from Coinbase, Alameda Research to build “web3 super app” of Africa

TechCrunch

Jambo , a Congo-based startup building Africa’s web3 user acquisition portal through “learn, play, earn” and democratizing access to crypto-based income-generation opportunities, has raised $7.5 million in seed funding. Experts say Africa is poised to be disrupted by web3 in a similar fashion that has seen Southeast Asia become one of the best markets for web3.

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Pan-Asia data center firm Princeton Digital scores $500m+ in latest funding

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Princeton Digital Group (PDG), a Singapore-based pan-Asia data center company , has announced raising more than $500 million in its latest funding round led by Abu Dhabi sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company. Mubadala injected $350 million in the funding round, which was also participated by existing shareholders PDG, Warburg Pincus, and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, per the

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

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.

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Sweden’s Volta raises $260M at a $490M valuation to get its all-electric trucks into production by the end of this year

TechCrunch

Volta Trucks — the Swedish electric vehicle startup that believes it can build better urban delivery vehicles and other trucks that are safer and take up a smaller carbon footprint than their gas-guzzling, more clumsy, existing counterparts — has closed a big round of funding to help it through that last mile of work before its Volta Zero trucks go into commercial production later this year.

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Sydney-based startup Upflowy raises $4M to optimize web experiences with its no-code solution

TechCrunch

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected consumers’ behaviors and purchasing patterns; data-driven decision-making is even more crucial to ensure that companies’ products or services genuinely benefit users in times of uncertainty. The demand for SaaS products that enables online transactions has dramatically increased during Covid-19, according to CEO of Upflowy Guillaume Ang.

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Diplomats in China Are Quietly Dominating the Digital Side Hustle Culture

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Here are some lessons you can learn from their success Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Groundfloor steps up its real estate debt crowdfunding platform with fresh capital

TechCrunch

Crowdfunding has become an increasingly popular way for companies to raise capital, and investors are taking notice. Groundfloor , the first real estate crowdfunding platform to gain regulatory approval, announced today that it raised its first round of institutional capital since 2015. Brian Dally, a former mobile network exec, and Nick Bhargava, a co-author of the bipartisan JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act, founded Groundfloor in 2013.

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How a SaaS Startup Grew Their Sales Team and Increased Revenue with Non-Equity VC Funding

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Have you ever had so many people want to use your product that you couldn’t keep up with demand? It’s an exciting yet challenging time for many business owners. They’re acquiring more users, but need more employees to grow, but can’t expand the team until they generate more revenue, but can’t close the sales without more people…it seems like a catch-22.

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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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MarketForce raises $40 million Series A, introduces BNPL merchant stock financing

TechCrunch

MarketForce , the retail B2B and end-to-end distribution platform founded in Kenya, has raised $40 million in Series A funding for its merchant inventory financing and expansion across Africa. MarketForce, which was launched in Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda last year after growing beyond Kenya and Nigeria , plans to introduce buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) options to help merchants access fast-moving-consumer-goods (FMCGs) on credit.

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Gabriela Gandel: How can we influence policymakers as we bring our impact solutions to the mainstream?

Impact Hub

Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the future? These days I strongly oscillate between the two options and often find this question difficult to answer. Shall I focus on the seemingly unending stream of bad news covering topics from the pandemic, to war, to increasing inequality and climate change disasters and lack of coherent global action? Or shall I focus on the thousands of great solutions that are being worked on by entrepreneurs in our community or by the positive stories of communit

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New York’s First Tech Billionaire Told Me the Most Important Part of His Job

Entrepreneur's Handbook

WARNING: It’s something most entrepreneurs hate dealing with. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Without Scalable Systems Sara Bendrick’s Landscaping Business Was In Trouble

Smart Hustle Magazine

Sara Bendrick is a designer, licensed contractor & T.V. Host for the DIY Network. She has a bachelors in landscape architecture from Cal Poly SLO and when not filming ‘I Hate my Yard’ or her new series “Lawn & Order’ she runs a Landscape design/build company, ‘Sarita Landscape Design’. Her landscaping business was doing ‘ok’ However, it was experiencing growth pains until she was able to implement scalable systems into the processes of her business.

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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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How I Increase Sales Revenue by 50% Building Alliances With Preferred Business Partners

Entrepreneur's Handbook

You need a team. You need partners. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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What Is Creator Economy? How Does It Work?

Feedough

Not so long ago, the information and entertainment industry was. Read more.

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Elephant CPA’s Massood is Making Software Simple to Use for Accounting Firms

Jason Malki

I had the pleasure of interviewing Christopher Massood, CPA a graduate from Quinnipiac University who recently founded Elephant CPA. Chris started his career at the big four firm KPMG auditing hedge funds, fund of funds, and private equity companies. Chris took a rotation at KPMG in the Global Service Center department in which he worked on developing an internal cloud-based audit program that the KPMG auditors would use going forward.

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[Classiq in Venture Beat] Quantum circuits automation gains attention and funding

OurCrowd

Twenty years ago, quantum computing was predicted to be the next big thing in IT. Read more here. The post [Classiq in Venture Beat] Quantum circuits automation gains attention and funding appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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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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[PulmOne in The Times of Israel] Portable lung tests help patients breathe easier

OurCrowd

Israeli startup PulmOne doubles its revenue by bringing hospital-quality pulmonary exams to doctors’ offices. Read more here. The post [PulmOne in The Times of Israel] Portable lung tests help patients breathe easier appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[SaNOtize in Fortune India] Nasal spray intended for Covid prevention in the future: SaNOtize CEO

OurCrowd

Read more here. The post [SaNOtize in Fortune India] Nasal spray intended for Covid prevention in the future: SaNOtize CEO appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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