TechCrunch
JULY 20, 2021
This morning Mural , a startup that builds digital collaboration software with a focus on visual presentation, announced that it has closed a $50 million Series C. The new capital, co-led by prior investors Insight Partners and Tiger Global, values the startup at more than $2 billion. Previously, Mural was valued at around $500 million when it closed a $118 million round last August.
Venture Well
JULY 20, 2021
Underrepresented innovators share their insights and experiences on how to make innovation more inclusive, ensuring underrepresented students consider entrepreneurship as a career path. The post how can we make innovation more inclusive? appeared first on VentureWell.
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TechCrunch
JULY 20, 2021
The tech boom in Southeast Asia isn’t just seeding a wave of new entrepreneurs building the next generation of unicorns, it’s also ushering young talent into the roles of first-time managers. And NewCampus, a Singapore-based startup co-founded by Will Fan and Fei Yao , announced today that it has raised millions of dollars to help coming of age companies train their maturing workforce to help them grow into those new, larger roles.
Y Combinator
JULY 20, 2021
YC’s Admissions, Continuity and Software teams are hiring. Find out more about the open roles here. ADMISSIONS. Admissions Associate : Twice a year, Y Combinator receives tens of thousands of applications from promising startups all around the world. Reviewing these applications is fundamental to our core business and we’re looking for an Admissions Associate to review those applications and help manage the overall admissions process.
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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.
TechCrunch
JULY 20, 2021
Edtech entrepreneurs are using their moment in the sun to rethink the structures and impact of nearly every aspect of modern-day learning, from the art of testing to the reality of information retention. Yet, the most popular product up for grabs may just be a seemingly simple one: the almighty tutoring session. Numerade, an edtech founded in 2018, just had its take on scalable, high-quality tutoring sessions valued at $100 million.
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TechCrunch
JULY 20, 2021
Employment Hero co-founders Ben Thompson and Dave Tong. Four months after announcing its last round, Employment Hero has closed another $140 million AUD (about $103 million USD) in funding. The Series E was led by Insight Partners , the venture capital firm known for its ScaleUp program to help tech companies accelerate their growth. Employment Hero is an automated human resources, payroll and benefits platform for SMEs.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
JULY 20, 2021
#1 Ambiguity freaks you out. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
JULY 20, 2021
Maya Moufarek, founder of Marketing Cube , spent more than 15 years working for companies like Google and American Express before launching her own growth consultancy. Today, her London-based firm works with startups around the world — and her startup clients have raved about the results, based on what we’ve heard in our TechCrunch Experts growth marketing survey. “She’s an absolute powerhouse who knows growth better than anyone I know,” according to Alice at The Lowdown.
Smart Hustle Magazine
JULY 20, 2021
Having been an entrepreneur for 25+ years and running three businesses, I am often asked, “How do you have time for anything but work?” In those 25 years, my answer has not changed. I always respond with the idea that my business does not run my life, I run my business around my life. Do you remember that day you decided to be your own boss – to start your business?
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AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.
TechCrunch
JULY 20, 2021
A famous poem advises us not to compare ourselves with others, “for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.” The same holds true for startup fundraising; the size of your seed round will be determined solely by your company’s immediate needs and the investors you’re working with. “Remember that fundraising is not the goal ,” says three-time YC alum Yin Wu. “Building a successful business is.” Full Extra Crunch articles are on
Entrepreneur's Handbook
JULY 20, 2021
DevRev launched with a $50 million seed round and 75 employees from stealth Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
JULY 20, 2021
Research says that counterfeit medication is the cause of 1 million deaths per year. One-tenth of this number comes from Africa. Counterfeiting is hard to detect, investigate, quantify or stop. It is a global problem, with annual earnings from substandard drugs standing at over $100 billion. Some technologies have helped deal with this menace; for instance, radio frequency identification, which works by assigning serial numbers to containers of each product.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
JULY 20, 2021
If you don’t like dealing with people, selling digital products may not be for you. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
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TechCrunch
JULY 20, 2021
With the pandemic affecting every aspect of life and industry, it’s no surprise that digitization is coming to construction fast. Construction suppliers are increasingly under the same pressure as other sectors to perform at a higher level. We’ve seen the rise of companies like Dozer, Reno Run and Toolbox try to address this, but often the model is closer to a vertical integration rather than something more open.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
JULY 20, 2021
This morning I was sitting outside of my coffee shop, sipping on a cortado and reading the news on my phone while the NY Times, which I buy for The Gotham Gal every morning, sat folded up next to me. I gave up on mainstream news media two decades ago and have been relying on the Internet for news for a long time now. By “Internet”, I mean blogs, Twitter, and increasingly, email newsletters.
TechCrunch
JULY 20, 2021
Ensuring food safety compliance can be challenging at one restaurant, let alone across thousands of restaurants. Zenput has developed technology aimed at making sure operating procedures are quickly adapted so that businesses maintain quality. The San Francisco-based operations execution company raised $27 million in Series C financing, led by Golub Capital, to continue developing its application to automate operation procedures like tracking food safety, public health protocols and changing mar
Entrepreneur - Entrepreneurs Category
JULY 20, 2021
Ryan Urban, CEO and founder of Wunderkind, discusses running and growing a business.
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TechCrunch
JULY 20, 2021
On Tuesday, R-Zero, a pandemic-era biosafety company, announced the acquisition of CoWorkr — a company that develops room occupancy sensors. The acquisition marks a shift in focus for R-Zero as people return to work, vaccines are rolled out and companies that sprung up in response to the COVID-19 adapt to another phase of the pandemic. . When R-Zero was founded in April 2020, the company primarily focused on developing hospital-grade UVC disinfection systems, or lights that can neutralize
StartupNation
JULY 20, 2021
Like many industries, the insurance world has its own language, with a glossary full of acronyms that routinely spill out of an agent’s mouth: GL (general liability), E&O (errors and omissions), EPL (employment practices liability), BPP (building personal property), WC ( workers’ compensation ) and on and on. Insurance can be complicated, and the frequency with which acronyms are used can be overwhelming and frustrating for any business owner.
TechCrunch
JULY 20, 2021
Alex Dalyac. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Alex Dalyac is the CEO and co-founder of Tractable , which develops artificial intelligence for accident and disaster recovery. Today, Tractable is worth $1 billion. Our AI is used by millions of people across the world to recover faster from road accidents, and it also helps recycle as many cars as Tesla puts on the road.
Feedough
JULY 20, 2021
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TechCrunch
JULY 20, 2021
Shaun Spivak. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Shaun Spivak is the senior director of Global Customer Support at RingCentral, a global leader in communication and call center software provider. There are many things I wish I knew when starting out with my small customer support team at RingCentral, but in the end, we figured it out. I’m going to share some critical lessons I learned along the way that I wish I had known at the outset, so that when it comes to scaling your own support team, you’ll
StartupNation
JULY 20, 2021
On today’s Business Beat, Jeff discusses a new study from Avionos , which finds that consumer trust is more important in the post-pandemic era than ever in connecting them with brands and earning their spend. In fact, 80% of respondents said consumer trust is the key. Tune in to the Business Beat, below, to learn more about this increase in consumer trust and how to earn it in order to drive sales: “So, the bottom line, whether you’re a small business or a big one, focus on bui
TechCrunch
JULY 20, 2021
Titan , a startup that is building a retail investment management platform aimed at the new generation of “everyday investors,” has closed on $58 million in a Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The financing comes just over five months after Titan raised $12.5 million in a Series A round led by General Catalyst, and brings the startup’s total raised since its 2017 inception to $75 million.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
JULY 20, 2021
Hard-tech startups need to choose a business model early Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
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