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PagerDuty to Acquire Catalytic

HPA

We are excited to announce that our portfolio company Catalytic will be acquired by PagerDuty , a global leader in digital operations management. Catalytic is the no-code workflow automation platform for efficient and digitized operations. HPA has been an investor in Catalytic since the Series Seed investment in 2016. We’d like to thank HPA Deal Lead Andy Bokor and HPA Managing Director Pete Wilkins, who served as a Board Observer, for their contributions and counsel to the company through

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Microsoft partners with VCs, accelerators to back 10,000 startups in Africa

TechCrunch

Microsoft has today announced plans to support 10,000 startups in Africa over the next five years through a series of initiatives including partnerships with accelerators and incubators across the continent. It also announced plans to partner with venture capital investors to increase funding access for startups in Africa by unlocking $500 million in “potential” investment.

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Investing in Lido

Andreessen Horowitz

Ethereum’s upcoming transition from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS) has the potential for cascading effects across the crypto landscape. Instead of using computational resources to secure the network, anyone will be able to stake their ETH … The post Investing in Lido appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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Decipad wants to help everyone do data modelling

TechCrunch

Decipad , a no-code startup that’s aiming to disrupt spreadsheets with accessible tools that empower people to play around with numbers, has nabbed $5 million in seed funding. Put simply, it’s building an interactive notebook to help non-technical people do data modelling. “We are building for people that lack the technical skill to do cool things with data and numbers but have ideas and expertise that they want to bring to life and share with the world,” says co-founder

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business.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.

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VCs ‘Anti-Portfolio’ Lists Are Mostly Performative BS

Hunter Walk

Why Investors Touting Their Mistakes Is Still Just Content Marketing. “Ha you proved me wrong. I was too bone-headed to see it. Should have invested. Congrats!” That’s the tweet sent by the venture capitalist after a big IPO by a startup they decided not to back years earlier. Maybe there’ll even be a screencap of their pass email, or similar ‘proof’ that they were in conversation with the founders during their fundraises.

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Vietnamese OpenCommerce Group raises US$7 million in its Series A funding round

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Vietnam-based OpenCommerce Group (OCG) has secured US$7 million in Series A funding round led by Vietnamese unicorn VNG along with participation from Vietnamese venture capital firm Do Ventures. OpenCommerce Group that offers merchants a barrier-free and automated cross-border ecommerce platform will be using the fresh funding proceeds for product improvements and global expansion.

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Corporations are scrambling to get into the venture game

TechCrunch

The venture capital boom of 2021 was not built from merely traditional VC money. A host of other capital sources played a role in the global trend , from new methods of disbursing angel and seed capital to crossover funds pouring into late-stage startups. And amid all the noise, record-setting totals, and rapid-fire dealmaking, corporate venture investors were busy, investing gobs of parent-company cash into far-smaller concerns.

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India-based audio OTT platform Pocket FM raises US$65 million in its Series C round

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Indian audio OTT startup Pocket FM has raised US$65 million in its Series C round led by Naver , Goodwater Capital , along with participation from existing investor Tanglin Venture Partners. The online audio platform will be using the fresh funding to strengthen its leadership position, expand into new languages, invest in AI capabilities, and build the largest audio creator community.

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Daily Crunch: Thousands of Google Play users download Android banking trojan

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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. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Thursday, March 3, 2022. We have the latest from how the technology world is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a review of the Theranos show, notes from New Zealand venture capital and more.

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

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.

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#18. How To Use LinkedIn To Grow Your Business w/ Tim Denning | 388k+ LinkedIn Followers!

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Image of Tim Denning Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or YouTube. [link] Today’s guest is Tim Denning, a massively successful content creator with 388k followers on LinkedIn and 240k followers on Medium. He’s an expert in how to grow on these platforms which is a vital skill for any startup founder looking to gain attention and customers.

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Archive back with fresh funding as it builds community marketing space

TechCrunch

Now that a lot of transactions take place in e-commerce, tapping into the community is something merchants are finding is a necessity to continue engaging with customers. However, that community can live in a bunch of different places online, and Archive is working to harness that community, wherever it is, and provide insights on how the merchant can use that data to grow.

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9 Proven Best Pieces Of Advice For New Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur's Handbook

There are no set rules for success, but there are some common principles that entrepreneurs should follow Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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MyPlace raises $5.8M to scale its private home-sharing social network

TechCrunch

New York-based MyPlace , a social network designed to help friends share their private homes, has raised $5.8 million in seed funding led by Freestyle Ventures. The platform was originally launched in 2019 by entrepreneurs Zach Bell and Rameet Chawla as a way for them to share their private homes with their friends. Since then, the platform has grown into a social network used by thousands of people in 86 countries.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

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.

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Startup Leaders: Use This Rule For Controversial Communication

Entrepreneur's Handbook

This isn’t about avoiding a public relations disaster, it’s about getting what you need Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Shares raises $40 million for its social investment app

TechCrunch

Shares has closed a $40 million Series A funding round led by Valar Ventures. The company has been working on a mobile app that lets you easily buy and sell shares, but with a social twist. You can follow your friends’ moves and talk with other users directly from the app. Today, the company is also launching its app on the App Store and Google Play.

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Newsletter: Nas Daily on the future of 3D printing

OurCrowd

Top investment opportunities Startup of the Week: Shyft home-moving marketplace grows 330% March 8th: The future of 3D printing with Nas Daily AEYE Health aims to save millions from blindness D-ID brings loved ones to life Cyabra monitors Russia’s social media propaganda war Plantish cooks up 3D-printed, plant-based ‘salmon’ fillet OurCrowd and Microsoft host CyberTech guests OurCrowd hosts Fem JLM workshop TytoCare aids Ukrainian villages, forms first partnership in Brazil Biolojic

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How Lido raises the stakes for crypto and DeFi investors

TechCrunch

The world’s most-used blockchain, Ethereum, is switching to a new validation system this summer called proof-of-stake (PoS). PoS, favored over its predecessor for its relative energy efficiency, lets users validate transactions on the network by temporarily depositing, or staking, a certain amount of their tokens in return for rewards. But ETH holders have been hesitant to stake their coins, with only 8% of eligible tokens in the Ethereum ecosystem staked to date, according to StakingRewar

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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

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[D-ID in BusinessWire] MyHeritage Releases LiveStory, A Groundbreaking Feature That Automatically Creates Video Biographies, Using D-ID Pioneered AI Technology

OurCrowd

TEL AVIV, Israel & LEHI, Utah–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MyHeritage, the leading global service for discovering your past and empowering your future, and Creative Reality™ startup D-ID, announced today the release of LiveStory, a groundbreaking new feature that creates captivating video biographies. LiveStory automatically produces an animated video of a user’s ancestor telling their life story, weaving together photos and details of their life into a narrative that is told by a spea

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YC-backed Blocknom wants to become the ‘Coinbase Earn of Southeast Asia’

TechCrunch

Blocknom , a crypto-earning platform in Y Combinator’s current batch, has aspirations to become the “Coinbase Earn for Southeast Asia.” Today the company announced it has raised $500,000 in pre-seed funding from Y Combinator, Number Capital and Magic Fund. Blocknom’s co-founders, Fransiskus Raymond and Ghuniyu Fattah Rozaq say the app gives users a secure way (it partners with crypto infrastructure company Fireblocks) to get stable, high-yield interest of up to 13% per annum.

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Collaborators in Equitable Ecosystem Building

Forward Cities

Forward Cities is fortunate to have a growing number of funding and ecosystem building partners to help us deepen and expand our work.

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To achieve enterprise sales success, tailor your approach to CIOs

TechCrunch

Yousuf Khan. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Yousuf Khan is a partner at Ridge Ventures. Prior to joining Ridge, he was the first CIO of Automation Anywhere, CIO and vice president of Customer Success at cloud-based AI platform Moveworks, as well as CIO of Pure Storage, Qualys and Hult International Business School. More posts by this contributor. Hiring is just the first step when building an early-stage comms team. 3 keys to pricing early-stage SaaS products.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

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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Collaborators in Equitable Ecosystem Building

Forward Cities

Forward Cities is fortunate to have a growing number of funding and ecosystem building partners to help us deepen and expand our work.

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Owner.com whips up new tools for independent restaurants following funding

TechCrunch

Six months after taking in its initial funding to provide independent restaurants with online ordering tools, Owner.com is back with an expanded suite of offerings around delivery and marketing automation after securing $15 million in fresh funding. Aiming to manage a restaurant’s entire digital presence, the company has relaunched itself to offer new tools for its users to do everything from create and update their websites, email marketing and leverage features like recruiting and reputation m

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How To Use Product Metrics Right

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Using data wrong might do more harm than good. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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B2B e-commerce platform Chari is acquiring the credit line of Axa Assurance in Morocco for $22M

TechCrunch

Moroccan B2B e-commerce and retail startup Chari has acquired Axa Credit, the credit branch of Axa Assurance Maroc, for $22 million, the company confirmed to TechCrunch today. The news comes off the back of Chari’s recently closed seed extension round that saw it valued at $100 million and begin offering BNPL services to its customers. It is one of the few African startups to publicly disclose its valuation.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.