TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Digits, the startup that is building a new take on accounting software through an approach that it describes as building a “Living Model” of a company’s financial activity, has brought in some money of its own to double down on growing its business. The company has raised $65 million, a Series C that CEO and co-founder Wayne Chang confirmed to me values the startup at $565 million.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 24, 2022

Image courtesy of Aaron Dinin Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or YouTube. Today’s guest is Aaron Dinin who is a professor of Entrepreneurship at Duke University. He has an unconventional background with a Ph.D. in English and a published fiction book. He then went on to create venture-backed tech businesses before a health scare forced him to re-evaluate.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

One of the best investments aspiring or freshly minted early-stage startup founders can make is attending TechCrunch Early Stage. Seriously, there’s no hype here. At this one-day founder-focused summit, which takes place in San Francisco on April 14, you’ll learn the best practices across the range of essential startup building skills from seasoned founders, investors and a plethora of subject-matter experts.

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Gust

MARCH 24, 2022

Welcome to the Gust Launch Founder Spotlight! Gust Launch supports a variety of exciting founders doing amazing things. In this ongoing series we’ll highlight the experiences of Gust Launch founders, in their own words, as they navigate the challenges of early-stage entrepreneurship. Want to share your story? Reach out at spotlight@gust.com. The Founder, the company, and why […].

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Hold your horses, er, unicorns, folks. Time is running out on a serious savings opportunity. We refer, of course, to early-bird pricing on passes to TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 , which takes place in-person on May 18-19 in San Mateo, California, with an online component on May 20. Why wouldn’t you act now to save $300 on this two-day, programming-packed summit spanning the full spectrum of mobility tech and investment?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Repairing a home that’s been destroyed in a hurricane, tornado, flood or fire can take quite a while, displacing homeowners during that time. Captain founder and CEO Demetrius Gray noted that following storms, like the Katrina and Sandy hurricanes, the average primary recovery period was 14 months. Smaller storms can still take up to five months for financing and repairs to be completed as the homeowner works with their mortgage company, insurance provider and contractor to get the work complete

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 24, 2022

Being a landlord sounds like a terrific thing, and it has been a powerful path to wealth creation for so many people for centuries. But there are two problems: It’s very hard to just “retire” — owning stocks and bonds. … The post Investing in Flock appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Kwik , a Nigeria and French-based startup that provides logistics services to B2B merchants, from social vendors to e-commerce platforms, has raised $2 million in Series A funding. The financing round was led by XBTO Ventures , a crypto finance company with a VC arm that invests in digital assets, among other types of startups. New and existing investors such as Humla Ventures, Nabuboto, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot and Pulse Africa founder Leonard Stiegeler participated.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 24, 2022

Taking action is what makes the hair on your genitalia stand up. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Infrastructure startups continue to attract venture dollars across the globe, especially in the case of payments infrastructure providers. No-code too also remains a draw. A startup that is a blend of the two can be found in Bogota, Colombia-based Simetrik , which just raised $20 million in a Series A funding round at a valuation “north of $100 million.”.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 24, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register After receiving controversy on social media over its ambitions to start quick 10-minute meal delivery, India’s online food delivery giant Zomato was obliged to clarify its delivery partners’ road safety. Deepinder Goyal, the founder of Zomato, took to social media to make things clear.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 24, 2022

A chair is all you need. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Dream It

MARCH 24, 2022

Ever wonder why so many of your cold emails to investors and potential customers go unanswered? It’s no surprise, everyone’s inbox is overflowing and most people who get a cold email just ignore it. In this Dose, Steve Barsh , Managing Partner at Dreamit Ventures, shares his pro tips on how to perfectly craft a cold email. To become an ‘Email Ninja’, you'll need to master each of the following skills.

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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.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 24, 2022

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GameOn Entertainment Technologies Inc. (“GameOn” or the “Company”) (CSE: GET) (OTCQB: GMETF), a leading NFT game technology company partnered with the world’s biggest IPs to launch, operate and monetize NFT-based games, has today announced a partnership with immersive content pioneer, Tetavi, for a first-of-its-kind NFT music discovery game.

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Continuations

MARCH 24, 2022

“Infinite growth in a finite world is an impossibility” goes a popular quote. It is usually rolled out to illustrate that sustainability requires humanity to impose limits. Sometimes people then point to a specific element that they argue we will run out of in relatively short order, for instance phosphorus. I believe that this view is fundamentally wrong and ultimately dangerous.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

French startup Weglot has closed a $50 million Series A funding round (€45 million) from Partech. The company has built a translation solution for websites. It helps you add more languages to your site without a lot of tweaking and without having to switch to a different CMS or e-commerce platform. And this is key to understanding Weglot’s positioning.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MARCH 24, 2022

Recently, I opened up a new bank account. It was a different experience than with a traditional bank. This new business banking service, a partner of SmartHustle.com is Truly Financial. For a growing business, we have several financial challenges. . How do we pay our team and manage their expenses? Especially those team members who are global/international.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Global plastic use is expected to double by 2040 , with most plastic sent to landfills and only 13 percent recycled. According to CIEL (Center for International Environmental Law), plastic production and incineration could produce 2.8 gigatons of carbon dioxide every year by 2050. . To help end the global plastic pollution, Australian enviro-tech startup Samsara Eco has developed an enzyme-based technology, which breaks down plastics (polymers) into their molecular building blocks (monomers)

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OurCrowd

MARCH 24, 2022

24 March 2022 – Poolbeg Pharma (AIM: POLB, ‘Poolbeg’ or the ‘Company’), a clinical stage infectious disease pharmaceutical company with a unique capital light clinical model, has signed a deal with CytoReason , a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company developing computational disease models for efficient drug discovery and development, to provide AI analysis of Poolbeg’s influenza disease progression data derived from human challenge study samples.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Few companies caught as much of a COVID tailwind as U.S. grocery-delivery giant Instacart. Reporting indicates Instacart’s 2020 revenues roughly tripled to around $1.5 billion. That epic pace of growth helped the company raise a series of large, high-priced financing rounds. In June 2020, Instacart raised $225 million at a $13.7 billion valuation.

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Forward Cities

MARCH 24, 2022

Get ready for this upcoming blog series where we explore the exciting and burgeoning field of entrepreneurial ecosystem building. You’ll get to hear from three passionate humans, writing in from three different time zones, with three wildly wonderful and unique perspectives on what it means to do the deep work of entrepreneurial ecosystem building all while pursuing their own varied entrepreneurial paths themselves.

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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

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Kyte, the startup that delivers rental cars to customers’ doors , has raised $200 million in asset-backed credit financing from Goldman Sachs and Ares Global Management, money the company will use to pay for new vehicles that will fuel its expansion. Kyte, which is currently in 13 U.S. markets and will launch in Portland, Oregon this week, plans to grow its fleet to around 10,000 vehicles in the next year, according to the company.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 24, 2022

Auto-tech company CarDekho has launched its new ad campaign with the tagline ‘bharosa kar ke dekho’. The campaign features brand ambassador Akshay Kumar and is conceptualised by Leo Burnett. Read more here. The post [CarDekho in Financial Express] CarDekho launches its new campaign with brand ambassador Akshay Kumar appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Uday Akkaraju. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Uday Akkaraju is CEO of BOND.AI , a global fintech firm offering an AI suite for financial institutions. Money creates a chain reaction; the more you have, the more you can earn. But it can have an exponentially adverse effect if you don’t have it. This holds true for data as well. Vast amounts of information improve banks’ ability to support customers, but financial institutions must know how to use it.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 24, 2022

In this video interview with Beet.TV, Charel Maclntosh, Head of Business Development & Strategic Partnerships at Clinch, a company enabling TV DCO, explains why LG Ads advertisers stand to benefit. Watch the interview here. The post [Clinch on BeetTV] How DCO boosts ROI: Clinch’s MacIntosh appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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