TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

Threat intelligence company Recorded Future is launching a $20 million fund for early-stage startups developing novel data intelligence tools. The Intelligence Fund will provide seed and Series A funding to startups that already have venture capital funding, Recorded Future says, as well as equip them with resources to help with the development and integration of intelligence applications in order to accelerate their go-to-market strategy. .

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StartupNation

JUNE 10, 2021

Starting a side hustle or turning a passion into a career is becoming more popular, but how can aspiring entrepreneurs ensure there is demand for their services as well as growth potential in their field? LegalZoom analyzed some of the most profitable small business ideas from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook , and some of them may surprise you.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

Jumpcut founder Kartik Hosanagar is a professor at the Wharton School, but about ten years ago, he spent his summer in an unlikely way: he wrote a screenplay. Set in India, his script garnered some interest from producers, but no one took the plunge to fund a film by a first-time Indian director. Now, films featuring diverse casts are gaining traction – this year, Chloé Zhao became the first woman of color, and only the second woman ever, to win the Academy Award for Best Director.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 10, 2021

These 8 mistakes cost their founders lucrative acquisitions at the 11th hour — and I was the would-be buyer. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

New regulations are making it easier to invest in alternative assets via crowdfunding , and the recent explosion of crypto and NFTs means that investors are more diversified than ever. . Keeping up with such a variety of investments may prove difficult to those who want to handle managing their investment portfolios on their own. Money Minx , a new San Diego-based startup co-founded by husband and wife team Hussein and Jessica Yahfoufi, wants to help with that.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

Tiger Global is in talks to lead a $30 million round in Indian edtech startup Classplus, according to sources familiar with the matter. The new round, which includes both primary investment and secondary transactions, values the five-year-old Indian startup at over $250 million, two sources told TechCrunch. The new round follows another ~$30 million investment that was led by GSV recently, one of the sources said.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 10, 2021

Learn to play the long-term game Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

Jeff Bussgang. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Jeff Bussgang of Flybridge Capital , a former entrepreneur turned venture capitalist, teaches entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. When I was at Open Market in the 1990s, our CEO gave out the recently published book “ Crossing the Chasm ” to the executive team and told us to read it to gain insight into why we had hit a speed bump in our scaling.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 10, 2021

Beyond Meat Inc stock (NASDAQ: BYND), a leading-edge food company that produces meat directly from plants – an innovation that provides taste and texture of animal-based meat products along with nutritional benefits of plant-based products – has seen its stock rise by over 160% from the lows seen in March 2020. Read more here. The post [Beyond Meat in Forbes] What Could Beyond Meat Look Like In 2023?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

Amid a recent tear in residential real estate investment, venture capitalists are looking to get a piece of homebuying startup Flyhomes. The five-year-old startup announced today that they’ve closed a $150 million Series C round co-led by Norwest Venture Partners and Battery Ventures. Fifth Wall, Camber Creek, Balyasny Asset Management, Zillow’s Spencer Rascoff and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Canvas Partners also participated in the round.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 10, 2021

The companies selected are Cognitive Space, D-Orbit, Descartes Labs, Edgybees, HawkEye 360, LeoLabs, Lunar Outpost, Orbital Sidekick, Satellite VU and Ursa Space. Read more here. The post [Edgybees in Space News] Space startups selected for Amazon Web Services accelerator appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

French startup Yousign has raised a $36.6 million Series A funding round (€30 million). Lead Edge Capital is leading the round and eFounders is investing once again in the company. Yousign, as the name suggests, is an e-signature provider that complies with European regulation on digital signatures. While the company was originally founded in 2013, Yousign teamed up with startup studio eFounders in 2019.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

A positive customer experience is advantageous to your business; a happy customer is a loyal customer. Anders Boulanger, the founder of Engagify, has mastered the art of marketing and improved customer experience. He started doing magic shows when he was five years old and performing at birthday parties at 12. After college, Anders began to doing magic at events and fairs.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

Just over three months after its last funding round, European fintech giant Klarna is announcing today that it has raised another $639 million at a staggering post-money valuation of $45.6 billion. Rumors swirled in recent weeks that Klarna had raised more money at a valuation north of $40 billion. But the Swedish buy now, pay later behemoth and upstart bank declined to comment until now.

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StartupNation

JUNE 10, 2021

On today’s Business Beat, Jeff discusses how food delivery apps surged during the pandemic — and how they’re expected to stay for the long run. Tune in to the Business Beat, below, to learn about why food delivery apps are taking over the business world: “These food delivery apps that were mandatory during the pandemic lockdown are now a major lifestyle choice by consumers today.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

Benjamin Joffe. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Benjamin Joffe is a partner at HAX. More posts by this contributor. 10 key lessons about tech mergers and acquisitions from Cisco’s John Chambers. What every startup founder should know about exits. Meghan Hind. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Meghan Hind is an operations analyst for SOSV. Her role includes gathering and analysing data on SOSV portfolio companies and syndicate investors, managing the funds’ databases and CRM, and reporting SOSV

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Berkonomics

JUNE 10, 2021

Reorder your priorities for maximum impact. There are two reasons to consider reordering your priorities to attack your most critical issues first, before the easiest ones to knock off the list. First, you are fresher at the start of a day, and your best efforts should come when you are best prepared to address these issues. Remember how easy it is to put off those final decisions at the end of a tiring and long day?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

Productivity analytics startup Time is Ltd. wants to be the Google Analytics for company time. Or perhaps a sort of “Apple Screen Time” for companies. Whatever the case, the founders reckon that if you can map how time is spent in a company, enormous productivity gains can be unlocked and money better spent. It’s now raised a $5.6 million late-seed funding round led by Mike Chalfen, of London-based Chalfen Ventures, with participation from Illuminate Financial Management and existing

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Entrepreneur - Entrepreneurs Category

JUNE 10, 2021

Rachel Apfel Glass discusses founding and growing her membership-based nail studio, Glosslab.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

French startup Ledger has raised a $380 million Series C funding round led by 10T Holdings. Following today’s funding round, the company has reached a valuation of $1.5 billion. Other investors in the funding round include existing investors Cathay Innovation, Draper Associates, Draper Dragon, Draper Esprit, DCG, Korelya Capital and Wicklow Capital.

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Feedough

JUNE 10, 2021

Consumer products satisfy the needs, wants, and desires of the. Read more.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

In June of last year, Alexis Ohanian announced that he was leaving Initialized Capital , the venture firm he co-founded alongside Garry Tan in 2011. Nearly a year later, he’s announcing that his new venture firm, Seven Seven Six , has raised $150 million for its first fund. Seven Seven Six is named for the year of the first Olympics, when a cook from nearby village ended up winning the Stadion race.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

Analytics drives business insight in every company. It’s essential to look at statistics to compare where you started from to where you are. Analytics will help you grow, but you need to use the right software to get the best data for your business. Robert Sullivan shares how Vector Solutions uses automation and analytics to grow and serve its clients.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

We’re getting closer to putting our spotlight on Pittsburgh , and there’s quite a bit going on behind the scenes. We’ve been spending a ton of time chatting with folks who are on the ground in the city, and we’ve had a great time learning and listening, which we think will make this installment of our Spotlight series the most dynamic yet. As we share more details on who will be participating, such as CMU’s President Farnam Jahanian, we still want to hear from those of you building companie

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OurCrowd

JUNE 10, 2021

Given as drops on the tongue, Galilee-made MigVax could help address complex challenges of getting boosters to millions around the world over coming months, inventors say. Read more here. The post [MigVax in The Times of Israel] Israeli oral COVID vaccine works as booster, animal trial finds appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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