TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

Alice Delahunt believes the future of fashion is in web3 and created Syky (pronounced “psy-key”) to put the wheels in motion. She launched the company in November after a career in marketing at luxury fashion houses, serving in roles including chief digital and content officer at Ralph Lauren and digital and social marketing director at Burberry. In 2017, Delahunt was at Ralph Lauren and had her first look at the blockchain, but it wasn’t until years later while working to pioneer some digital w

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 17, 2023

In partnership with the PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship, Ben Franklin Technology Partners is looking for innovators with BIG IDEAS located in Cameron, Elk, Forest, McKean, or Warren County, PA. We’re looking for entrepreneurs who are developing or crafting a product, process, or innovation related to the maker economy, outdoors and recreation, forest products, manufacturing, and technology.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

In the coming decades, Africa will be a significant growth market for mobile games, driven by the proliferation of technology adoption among the continent’s youthful population. And as g amers in sub-Saharan Africa increase to more than 180 million in the next five years, per a report, s tartups such as South Africa-based Carry1st are strategically positioning themselves for this successive growth phase in the industry.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 17, 2023

By Marc Stöckli, Global Chair, Entrepreneurs’ Organization. This may be a contrarian point of view, but whether we are confronting a looming recession or adapting to difficulties in business as a result of a historic pandemic, I believe it is precisely life’s challenges—and how we rise to meet them — that create personal satisfaction. When we work hard by choice, when we strive to learn and overcome difficulties, these are the sources of pride, joy and fulfilment, which ultimately shape us into

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This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

The process used by millions of agents and thousands of property portals globally to reach buyers and sellers on digital channels is highly fragmented. And it’s evident that proptech, unlike other industries, has lagged in utilizing social media to make sales. South African startup Flow wants to change how real estate agencies, developers and agents interact with their end customers.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

MENA-based buy now, pay later startup Tabby has raised $58 million, led by Sequoia Capital India and STV, at a valuation of $660 million. The investors co-led the fintech’s Series B extension round last June. . PayPal Ventures, the global corporate venture arm of PayPal, is one of the participating investors (this marks its first investment in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) but second in the MENA region after Egyptian fintech Paymob ).

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Hunter Walk

JANUARY 17, 2023

Leading Funding Rounds Now Requires More Thematic Focus To See, Pick, Win & Service Startups. I’m going to make the case that early stage venture *firms* who want to lead seed/A Rounds can be generalists (in the sense they have a set of GPs who cover a broad set of areas collectively), but that as a VC you, now more than ever, need some degree of focus.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Good news — we are back with another round of events for TechCrunch, and we have early-bird tickets available to our Early Stage event in Boston in April. Woohoo!

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 17, 2023

The tech company, which received a $100 million investment in September for expansion, is doing just that. Read more here. The post [Swiftly in Winsight Grocery Business] Swiftly Systems, Inc. digitally enables 15,000 SMBs to compete with e-commerce and retail giants appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

A lot of entrepreneurs are incredible idea generators and hackers; they have a knack for seeing something that’s broken or something that could be better and creating a solution around that. The problem is this: It’s rare that even very good features make good companies. It’s rarer still that companies built on a feature make for VC-investable companies with the potential for VC-scale returns.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 17, 2023

It has been many years since I’ve written code. I’ve hacked around in HTML and CSS a bit on this blog and a few other places. But I have not actually written an application in a very long time. I think it might be thirty years since I’ve done any real programming. Over the year-end break, my partner Nick taught me how to use GitHub Codespaces and Netlify to quickly spin up development and deployment environments.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

“Tell me something I don’t know,” was my first reaction when reports on venture capital in 2022 hit my inbox this month. It is pretty clear by now that there was a slowdown, so what’s the point of harping on about it as we enter a new year? The point, as often with data, is that we can now confirm what was merely intuition until Q4 actually closed: 2022 saw fewer exits and venture deals than 2021.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 17, 2023

Some studies have shown companies estimate 70% of their business applications fall into the software-as-a-service (SaaS) category. The… The post 8 Common SEO Mistakes SaaS Companies Should Avoid appeared first on StartupNation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

Welcome back to Equity , the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. It’s Tuesday, not Monday, but hey, the week ahead is as busy as ever. Here’s what I chatted about today: Big tech: Good news for Bitcoin and Ethereum, even as late-stage companies in the space cut to stay afloat.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 17, 2023

The transportation industry is essential to the global economy, but it also faces significant challenges. From increased competition… The post 3 Critical Trucking Industry Challenges — And How to Meet Them appeared first on StartupNation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

QR code tech, which exploded during the pandemic as businesses searched for hygienic alternatives to physical touchpoints, continues to grow in popularity particularly across sectors such as restaurants and outlet retail. According to Insider Intelligence, more than 99.5 million smartphone users will scan a QR code by 2025, up from 83.4 million in 2022.

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Feedough

JANUARY 17, 2023

A homeless person’s primary concern isn’t to build friendships or. Read more. The post Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Explained appeared first on Feedough.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

PeopleFund, a South Korean marketplace that connects borrowers and investors to enable lending, has recently added $20 million to its $63.4 million Series C. Existing backer Bain Capital led the extension, with participation from previous investors such as Access Ventures, CLSA Capital Partners Lending Ark Asia, D3 Jubilee Partners, 500 Global, Kakao Investment, TBT Partners and IBX Partners.

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Mark MacLeod

JANUARY 17, 2023

There is wisdom in simplicity. Simple machines or processes don’t break down as often. Simple messages are more easily remembered. How do you simplify all of your strategic planning for the business into something easily remembered and executed?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

GoMechanic has laid off a significant number of its workforce as the Sequoia India-backed startup struggles to raise funds amid serious concerns of accounting troubles, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The Gurgaon-headquartered startup has cut 70% of the workforce and asked the remaining staff to work without pay for three months, Indian news outlet The Morning Context reported Tuesday , citing unnamed sources.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 17, 2023

Read more here. The post [Classiq in Forbes] How to create and protect quantum intellectual property to maintain your competitive edge appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

There is very, very little room for error in aerospace and defense (A&D) manufacturing. For companies that build products like missiles, rocket boosters and avionics, each part must not deviate more than a hairsbreadth from its technical specifications. Despite the precise demands of the industry, however, parts ordering is generally done using systems that are only slightly better than carrier pigeon: generally some combination of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, long text PDFs attached to ema

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 17, 2023

Paradigm Protect, part of Paradigm Mortgage Services, has added group insurance specialist YuLife to its provider panel. Read more here. The post [yulife in COVER] YuLife joins Paradigm Protect’s group provider panel appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

Kyle Graves. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Kyle Graves , counsel at Snell & Wilmer, provides a practical approach to IP counseling, IP-related business transactions and the enforcement of IP rights. Conventional startup perspectives on intellectual property rights and exit events often recite the anecdotal experience of software founders operating in industries dominated by strong network effects and natural monopolies.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 17, 2023

Growing food and raising livestock contributes to global warming, but one AWS customer is using cloud-based tools to help farmers deploy climate change solutions. Read more here. The post [CropX in Amazon] How an agriculture company uses AWS Cloud computing to increase sustainability and feed more people appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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