TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
In 2013, Irma Olguin Jr. — a third-generation Mexican American and the first in her family to go to college — was working on making coding instruction available to disadvantaged members of her community. During her work, she met Jake Soberal, an intellectual property lawyer, who shared Olguin’s desire to leverage the tech industry to effect change at the local level.
AsiaTechDaily
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Carro , Southeast Asia’s largest used car marketplace, has received an undisclosed amount of investment from insurtech major ZA Tech Global Limited (ZA Tech), according to an announcement. The two firms have also signed a joint venture deal that will transform and streamline the online insurance distribution and claims process for customers and insurers alike.
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TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
On a recent winter morning in New Delhi, Rajan Anandan and Pieter Kemps were pacing on the floor of a five-star hotel, quizzing a group of over two dozen young startup founders about their goals. One founder set eyes on getting the most downloads in the mobile gaming category. Another pledged to reach an annual recurring revenue of $100 million in a few years.
AsiaTechDaily
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Philippine fiber internet provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. and South Korea’s KT Corporation , formerly Korea Telecom, have agreed to pursue a potential business collaboration and partnership that will support the digital transformation of local businesses by providing innovative enterprise technologies.
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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 The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Mammoth, a recently launched Mastodon app that’s trying to make it easier on users who want to join the decentralized social web, has a notable financial backer. The company confirmed that its leading pre-seed investor is Mozilla, a proponent of the open web, who invested in the company’s first general round alongside others, including Long Journey Ventures and Salesforce’s Marc Benioff.
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TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Amazon has struck a deal with embattled online mortgage lender Better.com to offer up a new benefit to employees. Better.com is launching Equity Unlocker , a program that allows employees to use their vested equity as collateral for a down payment when trying to buy homes. Amazon employees in Florida, New York and Washington State will be the first to try the tool.
Jason Malki
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
ViralGains’ Mulderrig on Revolutionizing Zero Party Data Generated Audience Creation for Advertisers I had the pleasure of interviewing Brian Mulderrig, Senior Vice President at ViralGains. Under his leadership, the company achieved 93% Y/Y revenue growth from 2020 to 2021. Prior to joining ViralGains in 2016, Mulderrig was National Sales Manager for OwnerIQ (acquired by Inmar) and Regional Sales Manager, Northeast for Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD) What motivated you to launch your startup?
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
StudentFinance , a European fintech that funds educational programs for individuals through so-called income share agreements , has raised €39 million ($41 million) in a Series A round of funding. Founded out of Spain in 2019, StudentFinance partners with educational institutions such as Ironhack and Le Wagon to help finance those looking to upskill into disciplines like software development, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence, serving as an alternative to traditional bank or student lo
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
In this week’s edition, we discuss Why first-generation founders need to learn to spend How to market your startup — even when you hate doing it P.S. If you’re deep in the entrepreneurial trenches and have a story to tell, we’d love to read it (and publish it). Why first-gen founders need to learn to spend One of the hardest lessons Dalia Katan had to learn as a first-time founder was to SPEND.
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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.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Eric Landau Contributor Before Eric Landau co-founded Encord , he spent nearly a decade at DRW, where he was lead quantitative researcher on a global equity delta one desk and put thousands of models into production. He holds an S.M. in Applied Physics from Harvard University, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.S. in Physics from Stanford University.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
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TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Typeface , a startup developing an AI-powered dashboard for drafting marketing copy and images, emerged from stealth this week with $65 million in venture equity backing from Lightspeed Venture Partners, GV (Google Ventures), M12 (Microsoft’s Venture Fund) and Menlo Ventures. Founded by former Adobe CTO Abhay Parasnis, Typeface attempts to combine generative AI with a brand’s tone, audiences and workflows to — as Parasnis rather aspirationally puts it — “reimagine”
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
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TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
When developers are building software with API access, they need to figure out how to bill users fairly for hitting the API gateway. A flat fee probably wouldn’t cover the heavy users and would be unfair to the lighter ones. Archetype , an early stage startup, has created a metering solution, so developers can bill on a usage basis. Today the company announced a $3.1 million seed investment to get the company off the ground.
OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VidMob, creator of the industry-leading Intelligent Creative platform, today announced changes that focus the executive team on strategic growth through client centricity. Read more here. The post [VidMob in GlobeNewswire] VidMob realigns executive team with focus on client-centricity appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Last fall, Voyantis CEO Ido Wiesenberg shared a TC+ post with several tactics for reducing customer acquisition costs via predictive modeling. In a follow-up, he explains how to use predictive lifetime value (LTV) to create “more targeted, effective acquisition strategies that focus on acquiring and retaining customers.” Adding predictive LTV to decision flows does more than just identify lucrative customers early in the sales cycle — you can also use it to set performance targets and help teams
StartupNation
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Everyone has been trying to find new ways to track metrics and monitor data. After all, the more… The post 4 Types of Companies to Help You Manage Your Metrics appeared first on StartupNation.
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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.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Temporal , an open source microservices orchestration platform used by companies, including Netflix, Snap and Comcast, has raised $75 million from a slew of high-profile investors including Sequoia Capital and Greenoaks. The startup has also maintained its coveted unicorn status with a valuation of “just over” $1.5 billion, despite some reports to the contrary a few months back suggesting that its valuation had dipped below $900 million.
Andreessen Horowitz
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
When market conditions worsen and there’s a gap between your current revenue plan and what your sales team can deliver, you need to build a credible and realistic replan. Introducing a replan can feel like pulling the handbrake on your … The post The First Step to Replanning in a Downturn appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Una Brands , a Singapore-based e-commerce aggregator, has raised $30 million in pre-Series C financing just five months after announcing its $30 million Series B funding that was raised in September of last year. Northstar Group, a regional private equity firm, is the sole investor in Una Brands’ latest round, which involves a mix of equity and debt, though Una Brands declined to break out how much equity versus debt the newest round involves.
StartupNation
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
The following is an excerpt from “Culture Is the Way: How Leaders at Every Level Build an Organization… The post Culture Is the Way: How Leaders at Every Level Build an Organization for Speed, Impact, and Excellence appeared first on StartupNation.
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TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
While the global pandemic was still in full force, Dipti Desai, who had been building data platforms at Uber at the time, started working with a nonprofit selling masks on Shopify. As she helped them build out their digital storefront, Desai began talking to other brands about their challenges with regard to data. “It was really hard for them to understand what was going on in their business,” Desai told TechCrunch.
Founder Bounty
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
There are several free email marketing tools available that can help businesses reach out to their customers and subscribers. Here are some of the best free email marketing tools: 1. Postr : A great all in one platform which we definately recomend. Postr is the easiest way to send awesome content directly to your audience's inboxes. With Postr, you can create, post and track your email marketing campaigns.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Klarna, a well-known private tech company working in the consumer credit and e-commerce market, dropped its 2022 annual report today. The document contains a wealth of information about its financial performance and recent operating philosophy. We care about both. The former startup has had a publicly difficult few quarters. From seeing its valuation cut sharply to layoffs , the news around Klarna has been negative for some time.
OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Read more here. The post [Air EV in CNBC] JPMorgan says electric flying vehicles will be a $1 trillion market and it has a new favorite way to play it appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
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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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