TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

SwipeRx , a platform for pharma professionals, said Tuesday it has secured a $27 million Series B round led by Indonesia’s MDI Ventures, with participation from the Gates Foundation, Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, Susquehanna International Group and existing backers. Pharmacies in Southeast Asia were largely fragmented, mom-and-pop shops operating in silos when the company — originally known as mClinica — was incorporated in Singapore in 2014.

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Impact Hub

MAY 23, 2022

Within the framework of the European Union-funded “Coworking spaces for social innovation” program, Impact Hub is joining the Greek Higher Incubator Giving Growth & Sustainability (HIGGS) and other key organisations from the region in a hybrid conference to wrap up a whole year of activities. On May 25th 2022, from 3pm to 5pm (CEST), participants will gather in Athens to present good practices and reflect about the learning potential of coworking spaces, addressing their impact in local comm

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Egypt is home to one of Africa’s largest vehicle fleets, with over 6 million cars (80% are passenger cars) on its roads. According to this finding , most are used cars; their ratio to new vehicles is 3:1. But t he used cars market isn’t only enormous in Egypt; it is in almost every country with a large population globally. Recently, there’s been rapid digitization of this market , with several startups upending incumbents such as classifieds and hoping to define the new era of used-car-sale plat

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 23, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Private market exchange ADDX has raised US$58 million in a Pre-Series B funding round that saw several financial institutions come on board as new shareholders: SET Venture Holding, a subsidiary of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) , UOB, Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE) and Krungsri Finnovate, the corporate venture capital arm of Krungsri (Bank of Ayudhya PCL).

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

E-commerce is an $85 billion business in Latin America, and as that market is poised to essentially double in three years , the current consumer demands to receive orders on time and packaged correctly will only increase. For decades, e-commerce giants, like Amazon and MercadoLibre, have perfected the logistics and delivery technology for their marketplaces, but more recently, startups have developed similar technology to enable any sized e-commerce business to have equal footing.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Andrea D'Ambra. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Andrea D'Ambra is a partner in Norton Rose Fulbright’s New York office and the U.S. head of Technology and the U.S. head of eDiscovery and Information Governance. Susana Medeiros. Contributor. Susana Medeiros is an associate in Norton Rose Fulbright’s New York office and member of the information governance, privacy and cybersecurity group who counsels clients on information governance, data disposition, eDiscovery and cyber incident response i

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 23, 2022

Welcome to another edition of our new newsletter! You’ll receive the best practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. In this week’s edition, we discuss: the impending downturn in VC money and what it means for your startup’s fundraising efforts, building businesses without a HR department (yes, you read that right), how to make the biggest financial decisions of your life, and how to get media coverage for your startup, for free.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Monday May 23, 2022, and we’re listening to our brand-new podcast called the TechCrunch Podcast. In it, we talk to TechCrunch writers about the stories they’re most excited about. The first episode is live now, featuring Darrell and Taylor talking about … UFOs ? — Haje and Christine. The TechCrunch Top 3. Hey, you, get into my car : Automotive marketplace newcomer Sylndr is parking itself in a prime spot in the Egyptian used-car market with a $12.6 million pre-seed round, a big one for the regio

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 23, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Indonesian fintech startup Pebble announced raising $6.2 million in its latest funding round backed by several venture investors. The startup, which launched the first app that pays users to save, emend, and send money in one digital wallet, said the round was backed by Y Combinator , East Ventures , Lightshed Ventures, LD Capital, Soma Capital, Cadenza Capital, Eniac Ventures, and Glo

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 23, 2022

Over-eager entrepreneurs have a tendency to do things before they’re necessary Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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OurCrowd

MAY 23, 2022

Locusview, a Digital Construction Management (DCM) company for energy infrastructure organizations, after more than two and a half years of product development, large-scale pilots, and collaboration with several large utility organizations, today unveiled its solution for Electric Utilities at DISTRIBUTECH 2022. Featuring a seamless digital construction workflow, Locusview can now help electric utilities expedite the collection and movement of high fidelity data from start to finish of planned l

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 23, 2022

Reference guides for key decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) entity selection, and features, from Miles Jennings’ & David Kerr’s ongoing series of legal frameworks for DAOs. Read part one, “A Legal Framework for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations” here. Part two, “DAO … The post DAO Entity Features & Entity Selection appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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OurCrowd

MAY 23, 2022

Jerusalem-based Mermade Seafoods is going to reveal today the “secret sauce” behind its promise to make cultured meat and seafood a commercial reality, starting with the sustainable mass production of scallops. CEO and co-founder Daniel Einhorn will talk about Mermade’s breakthrough in OurCrowd’s online event “Investing in the Circular Economy: From Trash to Cash,” but here is the sneak preview.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

A new startup lifting elements of competing businesses is far from unusual in today’s venture world, but sometimes competing founders don’t find the imitation all that flattering. Andy Bromberg, CEO of the a16z-backed startup Eco, is claiming that Pebble , another fintech startup that came out of stealth this morning, “plagiarized” Eco’s materials and business model.

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OurCrowd

MAY 23, 2022

As Israelis finally remove their masks amid reduced rates of Covid-19, an already existing “epidemic of loneliness” is also being unmasked — notably featured recently as a public health crisis in The New York Times. Read more here. The post [Intuition Robotics in Israel21c] Israeli innovation solving the loneliness epidemic appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Feedough

MAY 23, 2022

Venture capital firms and other investors operate on just one. Read more. The post What Is Entrepreneur In Residence? appeared first on Feedough.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi’s shareholders have voted to delist the company from the NYSE. The decision is a long-expected result of the company finding itself in hot water with the Chinese government after a rushed and later troubled public-market debut in the United States. Didi went public in the middle of 2021 in an offering that came together quickly.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 23, 2022

Time is even more precious when you’re on your own; so focus on what wastes less. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. It’s Monday, which means that Alex and Grace were back as a team to cover the biggest, boldest, and baddest technology news. We are once again back with your weekly kickoff! Here’s what we got into: The stock market may not vomit all over itself today, which would be a nice break from recent weeks.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 23, 2022

From every startup I work with, I learn about the different ways of building a company. It’s one of the best parts of the job. By their nature, founders hold strong world views about how to craft their companies. Though it’s early in the company’s life still, Barr Moses , the founder and CEO of Monte Carlo , is an extraordinary leader.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Weeks after laying off about 30% of its staff , MainStreet is said to be raising another round of funding at a $200 million valuation, sources tell TechCrunch. The news is significant in that MainStreet , which helps other startups uncover tax credits, reportedly raised $60 million in March of 2021 at a post-money valuation of $500 million. SignalFire led that round, which also included participation from Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures and Tusk Venture Partners, among others.

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The Groove Blog

MAY 23, 2022

Trying to decide between Freshdesk and Zendesk for your customer service software solution? We've got you covered. We broke down price, features, pros and cons and more to help you decide. Check out what we found. The post Zendesk vs Freshdesk: The Business Purchaser’s Guide appeared first on Groove Blog.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 23, 2022

As a small business owner, you know that a credit card can be a helpful tool for managing your business’s finances. It’s also an excellent way to provide your employees with the means to handle their business expenses. But if they’re not used correctly, credit cards can quickly get out of control and cause severe problems for your business. So, let’s provide you with some tips on keeping your business credit card under control.

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A Smart Bear: Longform

MAY 23, 2022

Meetings are most productive when we create something that none of us could have created alone. Here are several ways to use meeting time wisely.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 23, 2022

The no-nonsense approach we use to win more of the project inquiries we receive Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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