Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 27, 2021

Lousy advice comes in many, often subtle, forms Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 27, 2021

Last fall, USV raised two new venture capital funds from our loyal and supportive investors. We announced the new climate fund on January 8th and I blogged about it here. While the climate fund is something new and important, we also raised another early stage fund to invest in the same kinds of companies we’ve been investing in at USV for over 15 years.

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The Seraf Compass

JANUARY 27, 2021

It all comes down to making money… Early exits are an important part of the financial reward needed to turn a very risky portfolio of angel investments into an asset that provides an excellent risk/reward profile for you, the investor. Not all companies are primed for an early acquisition, so it’s important to understand before you invest whether your are jumping into a situation that is conducive to an early exit.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2021

Nowadays, technology plays a huge role in being able to run a business. And with so many people managing their businesses from home, these new technology solutions are needed more than ever. Stone DeSouza is the leader of the small business segment for Sage in the US. He was leading the accounting channel for two years and then helped drive this segment to service small businesses.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2021

After revealing its first fund just last year, a $100 million pool of investment capital dedicated to early stage startups focusing on sustainable food development, clean energy, health innovation and new space technologies, Prime Movers Lab is back with a second fund. Prime Movers Lab Fund II is larger, with $245 million committed, but it will pursue the same investment strategy, albeit with a plan to place more bets on more companies, with an expanded investment team to help manage the funds a

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2021

Stilt founders Priyank Singh and Rohit Mittal. Stilt , a provider of financial services for immigrants in the United States, announced today it has raised a $100 million warehouse facility from Silicon Valley Bank for lending to its customers. This brings Stilt’s total debt facilities so far to $225 million, and will enable it to reach more than $350 million in annualized loan volume.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 27, 2021

On-camera presence is now a skill Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2021

Lynk co-founder and chief executive officer Peggy Choi. Lynk , a “knowledge-as-a-service” platform that connects clients with over 840,000 experts in a wide range of fields, announced today it has raised $24 million led by Brewer Lane Ventures and MassMutual Ventures, with participation from Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund. The company uses machine learning algorithms to match users, who include investment firms, Fortune 100 companies and government entities, with experts on its platform,

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 27, 2021

Kryon®, the leading full-cycle automation solution provider known for its customer-centric approach to robotic process automation (RPA) and process discovery, today announced the worldwide availability of its new, off-the-shelf bot, V-Bot. This software bot accelerates and streamlines the scheduling of hundreds of thousands of patient appointments to receive the two-shot vaccine for COVID-19.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2021

It’s not every day you see a Latin American startup funded by a U.S. venture capital firm based in the midwest. Playvox , a Colombian startup that wants to bring a positive twist to customer service monitoring announced a $25 million Series A from Five Elms Capital , a Kansas City, MO VC firm. It has now raised $34 million. While it was at it, Playvox also announced something else unusual for an early stage company: an acquisition.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 27, 2021

With the recent massive shift to e-commerce, logistics innovations will also experience an increase to support e-commerce transactions in the years ahead. Read more here. The post [Freightos in TechRepublic] 5 logistics innovations supporting e-commerce in 2021 appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2021

Rumors have been flying this week that SAP was going to buy Berlin business process automation startup Signavio , and sure enough the company made it official today. The companies did not reveal the purchase price, but Bloomberg reported earlier this week that the deal could be worth $1.2 billion. With Signavio SAP gets a cloud-native business process management tool.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 27, 2021

Today, Andrew Blake sits down with the CEO and founder of Coolperx, Lou Cysewski. The two talk about sustainable business and how Cysewski helps companies combat climate change. Coolperx is the world’s first and only social purpose marketing, merchandise and events agency. They offer unique and impactful corporate marketing, branded merchandising, consulting, and events that are socially and environmentally responsible. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2021

Gardin , a ‘deep tech’ hardware and software startup developing optical phenotyping technology and analytics to optimise food production, has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding. Leading the round is LDV Capital, with participation from Seedcamp, and MMC Ventures. A number of angel investors are also investing, including Pratima Aiyagari, Gilad Engel, and Abdulaziz Alrashed.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 27, 2021

As a small business owner, you may need financing at some point. You might need help purchasing an asset, expanding your business and more. No matter the reason, an unsecured business loan can help. Whether you’re struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic or are looking for help with business needs to expand , there are unsecured business loan options out there.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2021

Classiq , a Tel Aviv-based startup that aims to make it easier for computer scientists and developers to create quantum algorithms and applications, today announced that it has raised a $10.5 million Series A round led by Team8 Capital and Wing Capital. Entrée Capital, crowdfunding platform OurCrowd and Sumitomo Corporation (through IN Venture) also participated in this round, which follows the company’s recent $4 million seed round led by Entrée Capital.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 27, 2021

EMQ, a leader in empowering individuals and companies to focus energy and overcome blockers to live happier and more productive lives, today introduced an expanded set of programs designed to increase behavioral well-being and improve interpersonal dynamics within teams. Read more here. The post [EMQ in PR Newswire] EMQ Introduces Expanded Programs to Increase Behavioral Well-being and Improve Interpersonal Dynamics appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2021

Squarespace announced this afternoon that it is going public. The online website creation and hosting service is a venture-backed entity, having raised Series A and B rounds in 2010 and 2014, respectively. Those deals were worth a combined $78.5 million, according to Crunchbase data. But Squarespace is perhaps best known for its epic 2017-era $200 million secondary round that General Atlantic financed.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 27, 2021

Tom Blomfield’s reminder that entrepreneurs are human too Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2021

French startup Mooncard is partnering with Flying Blue to offer Air France miles to its customers. This is the first time you can earn miles with a payment card in France that isn’t an American Express card. Mooncard provides corporate payment cards to streamline your expenses. Most companies in France don’t use corporate cards. But fintech startups have created corporate cards that can help you streamline expenses.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 27, 2021

Just months after their first passenger testing, Virgin Hyperloop today unveiled its vision for the future hyperloop experience. Read more here. The post [Virgin Hyperloop One in Globe Newswire] Virgin Hyperloop Unveils Passenger Experience Vision appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2021

Last year, we hit you with 44(!) episodes of Extra Crunch Live , a series that gives startups and founders direct insights from the experts who know best. We’re making Extra Crunch Live even better in 2021 : we’ll take a look at funding deals through the eyes of the founders and investors who made them happen, and those same tech leaders will go through your pitch decks and give feedback and advice.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 27, 2021

Classiq, a Tel Aviv-based startup that aims to make it easier for computer scientists and developers to create quantum algorithms and applications, today announced that it has raised a $10.5 million Series A round led by Team8 Capital and Wing Capital. Read more here. The post [Classiq in TechCrunch] Classiq raises $10.5M Series A round for its quantum software development platform appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2021

Pinecone , a new startup from the folks who helped launch Amazon SageMaker, has built a vector database that generates data in a specialized format to help build machine learning applications faster, something that was previously only accessible to the largest organizations. Today the company came out of stealth with a new product and announced a $10 million seed investment led by Wing Venture Capital.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2021

LottieFiles , a platform for JSON-based Lottie animations, has raised a Series A of $9 million. The round was led by M12, Microsoft’s venture capital arm, with participation from returning investor 500 Startups. Based in San Francisco and Kuala Lumpur, LottieFiles was founded in 2018. The platform includes Lottie creation, editing and testing tools, and a marketplace for animations.

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