A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
APRIL 5, 2021
I do a lot of “bulk emailing” but I hate sending bulk emails. I prefer to personalize emails and send them one by one so that the recipient understands that the email came from me. What that has meant is that I take google sheets full of email addresses and I cut and paste a message into my gmail for each and every email address. That is incredibly slow, dull, repetitive, and painful.
StartupNation
APRIL 5, 2021
Grant programs offering free money are hard to come by, which is why many entrepreneurs frequently end up applying for small business loans or try crowdfunding to start or expand their companies. However, many organizations have recently created grants in an effort to assist companies that have been negatively impacted by the pandemic. Some of the grants are earmarked for businesses in certain industries, others for entrepreneurs in certain cities or states, and some are grants for minority wome
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Smart Hustle Magazine
APRIL 5, 2021
Insights from Yara Ohashi, Head of Digital Marketing, Americas and APAC at iStock who shares how to improve your video marketing strategy. Why a Video Marketing Strategy. We’re just over one year into the pandemic — and even though we’re starting to see places open up again, small businesses face tremendous uncertainty in the months ahead. According to Yelp’s Local Economic Impact Report , more than 150,000 businesses have permanently closed due to the pandemic; and many have had to find new way
TechCrunch
APRIL 5, 2021
AI models not only take time to build and train, but also to deploy in an organization’s workflow. That’s where MLOps (machine learning operations) companies come in, helping clients scale their AI technology. InfuseAI , a MLOps startup based in Taiwan, announced today it has raised a $4.3 million Series A, led by original design manufacturer Wistron Corporation, with participation from Hive Ventures, Top Taiwan Venture Capital Group and Silicon Valley Taiwan Investments.
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OnStartups
APRIL 5, 2021
The following is a guest post by Joe Uddeme the founder of Name Experts. Joe started the company 12 years ago and specializes in complex domain, purchases and sales. I’m a client of Joe and have used him for a number of domain purchases -- but am otherwise not affiliated. I do not make any money should you use Joe’s company. I just found his expertise useful so I am sharing it with the OnStartups community.
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
APRIL 5, 2021
One month of sacrifices can yield years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in dividends. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
APRIL 5, 2021
FinanZero , a Brazilian online credit marketplace, announced today that it has closed a $7 million round of funding – its fourth since it launched in 2016 was founded in 2016. It has raised a total of $22.85 million to date. The real-time online loan broker allows people to apply for a personal loan, a car equity loan, or a home equity loan for free and receive an answer in minutes.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
APRIL 5, 2021
Hello hello?—?there’s just 3 days until our first Startup Summit on April 8th at 12 PM EST where entrepreneurs, investors, and creatives from all over the world will come together to shake virtual hands and share inspiring ideas. We will be using Hopin as our platform (the fastest growing European start-up ever!). This is the perfect opportunity to see the future of online events.
TechCrunch
APRIL 5, 2021
Glints , the Singapore-based career platform, announced today it has raised $22.5 million in Series C funding led by Japanese human resources management firm PERSOL Holdings. The new capital will be used on Glints’ expansion in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Taiwan and hiring for its product and engineering teams. Glints co-founder and chief executive officer Oswald Yeo said this is the largest funding round to date for a talent platform in Southeast Asia, and brings the startup’s total raise
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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
APRIL 5, 2021
Could someone be telling you your billion dollar idea is stupid? Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
APRIL 5, 2021
Thanks to a warm welcome from Miami, our first City Spotlight was a big success. We met investors and entrepreneurs who are working on amazing things, and we were proud to share their personal stories on why Miami is the right city for them to live in and do business. Join us on our next (virtual) field trip to Southeast Michigan. All lights will be shining on the Motor City.
OurCrowd
APRIL 5, 2021
Perhaps as an unintended result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are focusing more on our health as well as that of the planet. When it comes to food, things like plant-based, superfoods, probiotics and prebiotics, fermented, functional ingredients and adaptogens are increasingly sought after. Read more here. The post [Beyond Meat in Forbes] How Innovative Food Companies Are Meeting Demand For Healthier Choices Without Sacrificing Flavor appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
APRIL 5, 2021
Swiggy has raised about $800 million in a new financing round, the Indian food delivery startup told employees on Monday, as it looks to expand its business in the country quarters after the startup cut its workforce to navigate the pandemic. In an email to employees, first reported by Times of India journalist Digbijay Mishra, Swiggy co-founder and chief executive Sriharsha Majety said the startup had raised about $800 million from new investors, including Falcon Edge Capital, Goldman Sachs, Th
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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.
StartupNation
APRIL 5, 2021
Building and scaling a business isn’t easy, and reality quickly settles in after the initial excitement of launching your product or new business venture. Navigating this next phase of the entrepreneurial journey is difficult and creates more questions than answers. I believe author Scott Belsky summarized it best by calling this part of the journey the “ messy middle.
TechCrunch
APRIL 5, 2021
Clubhouse, a one-year-old social audio app reportedly valued at $1 billion , will now allow users to send money to their favorite creators — or speakers — on the platform. In a blog post, the startup announced the new monetization feature, Clubhouse Payments, as the “the first of many features that allow creators to get paid directly on Clubhouse.”.
StartupNation
APRIL 5, 2021
As we move further and further away from the epicenter of the pandemic of 2020, it’s becoming clearer which changes the pandemic caused that will be here to stay long into the future. On this morning’s Business Beat, Jeff discusses click and collect, a distinct consumer behavior in which customers make their purchases online and go to the store to pick them up.
TechCrunch
APRIL 5, 2021
Over the course of their careers, Alex Bovee and Paul Querna realized that while the use of SaaS apps and cloud infrastructure was exploding, the process to give employees permission to use them was not keeping up. The pair led Zero Trust strategies and products at Okta, and could see the problem firsthand. For the unacquainted, Zero Trust is a security concept based on the premise that organizations should not automatically trust anything inside or outside its perimeters and, instead must verif
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Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.
OurCrowd
APRIL 5, 2021
Israeli automotive cybersecurity provider Argus Cyber Security has announced that its total number of production projects has reached 15, working alongside seven global Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), thus helping protect a total of 57 million vehicles from cyber attacks. Its portfolio offers an end-to-end cloud solution to help vehicle manufacturers see the entire cyber health of their fleets, offering onboard products and off-board monitoring via Argus Fleet Protection.
TechCrunch
APRIL 5, 2021
It appears that the slowdown in tech debuts is not a complete freeze; despite concerning news regarding the IPO pipeline , some deals are chugging ahead. This morning, we’re adding Alkami Technology to a list that includes Coinbase’s impending direct listing and Robinhood’s expected IPO. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.
OurCrowd
APRIL 5, 2021
Machine vision systems involve a combination of software and hardware, including a camera to capture an image and a computer to analyze it with dedicated algorithms. Those algorithms, termed neural networks, interestingly work similarly to the human brain: They find patterns and anomalies in the images and interpret them. Read more here. The post [Sight Diagnostics in Forbes] Machine Vision: All Eyes Are On Machine Vision In Medical Diagnostics appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
APRIL 5, 2021
Hipmunk’s founders are building a successor to their now-defunct flight search service. The startup was acquired by SAP-owned travel and expense platform Concur in 2016, and its CEO Adam Goldstein departed in 2018. But Goldstein told me he and his co-founder Steve Huffman (also co-founder and CEO of Reddit) were still disappointed when Concur shut the service down at the beginning of last year. “Over the years, there were millions and millions of people who used it and loved it,̶
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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
OurCrowd
APRIL 5, 2021
Innoviz Technologies Ltd. is set to begin trading on Nasdaq Tuesday as the fifth lidar business in the Bay Area to go public by merging with a “blank check” company. Innoviz will start with a market cap of around $1.4 billion, based on the Monday stock price of Collective Growth Corp., the Austin, Texas-based special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) it is merging with.
TechCrunch
APRIL 5, 2021
Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets.
OurCrowd
APRIL 5, 2021
In 2012, Tesla Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Chief Executive Elon Musk published a proposal outlining a concept called the hyperloop, a futuristic transportation system to carry passengers through nearly airless tunnels at speeds reaching 700 mph. In renderings included in the proposal, faceless passengers are seen traveling in steely pods that look like something out of a science-fiction movie.
Smart Hustle Magazine
APRIL 5, 2021
Dave Kerpen, chairman of Likeable Media hosted Kat Cole in the Likeable Business Club on Clubhouse. Powerful discussion about family, dealing with stress, self-care and more. Kat Cole is the former President of Focus Brands, which includes such brands as Auntie Annes, Cinnabon, and more. She’s currently a board member of Human Co, Slice, and Milk Bar.
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Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.
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