The Seraf Compass

MAY 10, 2023

Staying on top of the early stage investing world requires a lot of reading. One of the biggest trends we witnessed over the past few years is the rapid pace of new early stage venture fund formation combined with significant growth in the amount of capital invested. A decade or two ago, most of the new funds were traditional VC funds located in technology hubs in the US and a few other countries around the globe.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 10, 2023

Like a lot of entrepreneurs, I find there are rarely enough hours in the day, but EO helped make me a more complete person. And I want to make time to help others enjoy the same experience. By Ami Kassar, EO Philadelphia president FY2023-25 In late April, I attended the Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s Global Leadership Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, along with more than 1,300 EO members from around the world.

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Y Combinator

MAY 10, 2023

Curtis Fonger and Matthew Busel met on YC’s Co-Founder Matching (CFM) Platform, a tool we built to help co-founders find each other. Even in early conversations, their fit as co-founders was clear to each of them. With both eager to build, work began on Whalesync — which helps businesses sync their data across no-code tools like Airtable and Webflow — before the two even met in person.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

The surge of interest in e-sports, online fantasy leagues and more extensive online financial infrastructure have made the concept of real-money gaming more popular among consumers and games developers. Today a startup called Triumph — which has built an engine, and accompanying SDK, to power real-money tournaments — is announcing $14.1 million funding to continue developing its platform to work in a wider set of markets (its currently available in 37 U.S. states plus Washington D.C.

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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 10, 2023

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register The highly anticipated in-person third edition of the BEYOND International Technology Innovation Expo (BEYOND Expo) Asia’s foremost annual gathering for technology and innovation, commenced with grandeur in Macau today, on May 10. With a resounding vision of bridging Asia and the rest of the world amidst geopolitical tensions, Jason Ho, one of the co-founders of BEYOND Internat

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 10, 2023

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Singapore-based coffee chain Flash Coffee has raised a total of $50 million in its Series B funding round led by White Star Capital , with existing investors including Delivery Hero, Geschwister Oetker, and Conny & Co also participating.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

The United States credit system as it exists today has been around for decades and many would argue it’s long been in need of an overhaul. In the meantime, a number of startups have emerged in recent years to offer consumers more options when obtaining credit. Petal is one such company. The New York-based startup, which offers three Visa credit card products aimed at underserved consumers, has said its goal is to help people “build credit, not debt.

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INBIA

MAY 10, 2023

The post InBIA’s 2023 Entrepreneur Support Organization of the Year, Specialty and Prestigious Awards appeared first on InBIA.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

The District of Columbia Attorney General today announced an agreement with SoLo Funds, a fintech company that enables peer-to-peer lending, to settle a lawsuit that alleged SoLo Funds engaged in predatory lending practices. The practices alleged include Los Angeles-based SoLo Funds not telling customers “the true cost of the loans on its platform” and that it “facilitated loans with over 500% APR on average — far exceeding the District’s 24% usury cap ,” according to the Office of the Att

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GCUC

MAY 10, 2023

GCUC Podcast Recap: Arian Lewis The brain behind kiln. talks about how missteps, crypto Mondays, revitalization, and nay sayers all played their part in today’s coworking success.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

Dutch startup Farmless has today announced that it has raised a €1.2 million pre-seed equity round at an undisclosed valuation to bring to our tables proteins created without the need for traditional farming operations. The climate crisis means that it has never been more pressing to develop alternative food sources in order to both protect our planet and feed its ever-growing population both effectively and sustainably.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 10, 2023

A16z recently brought together a group of early-stage CEOs to talk shop and learn from their peers who have successfully navigated the journey from scrappy startup into large growth-stage or even public companies. The event featured a series of interviews … The post Enterprise Startups: Advice on Hiring, Firing, Scaling, and Selling appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

Identity management used to mean making sure you had your driver’s license when you left the house, but these days it’s not so easy: Identity fundamentally underpins how we engage with the digital world, and identity services can take on many forms (and abuses). Now things are getting even more interesting: The big advances we’re seeing in areas like AI are raising big questions and challenges around how to prove we are who we say we are, and catch bad actors exploiting vulnerable si

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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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Gust

MAY 10, 2023

Enployable, Inc. is the world's first value-based AI job matching platform. After witnessing the challenges that my friends faced while looking for new jobs during the pandemic, I wanted to find a better approach to the job market. Traditionally, the hiring process focuses on whether a candidate's skills and experience match the job description, and the process of screening candidates can be labor-intensive.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

Shares of Amplitude, Airbnb and Twilio are down sharply this morning following their earnings results yesterday. It might seem odd to group these companies together given the different sectors they operate in: Amplitude does digital product analytics, Airbnb provides a marketplace for consumer lodging rentals, and Twilio sells communications services for software products via APIs.

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Mark MacLeod

MAY 10, 2023

Most CEOs I know do not look forward to their board meetings. This is especially true for boards that are dominated by institutional investors vs. Independents. This is a wasted opportunity.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

Creating your own payroll tool can be expensive and take years to accomplish. Salsa thinks it should be quick and easy for software companies to embed and launch payroll features. The company secured $10 million in funding to do just that: provide APIs for developers to add revenue-generating payroll solutions inside their own software products for an all-in-one platform.

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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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OurCrowd

MAY 10, 2023

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / May 10, 2023 / ByondXR today announced the launch of its groundbreaking platform for virtual experience building (beta version). Read more here. The post [ByondXR in Accesswire] ByondXR launches a groundbreaking platform for virtual experiences (beta version) appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

Three days, 72 hours or 4,320 minutes. No matter how you calculate it, time is running out for you to score an early-bird pass to TechCrunch Disrupt and save up to $800. Go to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 for a lot less Early-bird pricing disappears this Friday, May 12 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. Buy your pass before the deadline strikes, and you get to keep up to eight pictures of Benjamin Franklin in your wallet.

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OurCrowd

MAY 10, 2023

Dundee Council has opened a new public EV charging hub with SWARCO Smart Charging which has particular focus on accessibility and accommodating the needs of drivers with a disability. Read more here. The post [Connected Energy in GREENFLEET] Dundee city council launches accessible EV charging hub appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

Ross Haleliuk Contributor Share on Twitter Ross Haleliuk is an investor and head of product at LimaCharlie.io. More posts by this contributor 6 common challenges facing cybersecurity teams and how to overcome them Time to trust: Questions cybersecurity customers ask and how to answer them The conventional product management wisdom suggests that one of the responsibilities of a product leader is to track and optimize metrics — quantitative measurements that reflect how people benefit from a speci

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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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OurCrowd

MAY 10, 2023

COFFEE chain Flash Coffee has raised US$50 million in an extended Series B round led by existing investor White Star Capital. Read more here. The post [Flash Coffee in The Business Times] Flash Coffee raises US$50 million in extended Series B round appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Ask Sophie: Will I be allowed into the US if my passport expires in 5 months?

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OurCrowd

MAY 10, 2023

The word “gamification” has become a buzzword in recent years. But actually, the idea of making software as easy and enjoyable to use as a video game has a lot of merit – and it’s one that’s becoming increasingly relevant in 2023. I recently had the chance to speak with James Piercey, product designer at YuLife the tech-driven financial services and employee wellbeing company, to learn more about how businesses can use gamification to impact consumer behavior change.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

The AI startup world may be getting hotter by the day, but there’s a difference between a startup that uses AI and an AI-first startup — and the Allen Institute for AI prides itself on fostering the latter in its AI2 Incubator. Their previous $10 million fund did so well that the backers have returned and refilled the coffers three times over. 21 companies have passed through the incubator since 2017, attracting some $160M in further investment and at least one major acquisition: XNOR, an

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