TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

AmazeVR , a virtual reality concert platform that enables users to experience their favorite artists’ VR concerts through content generation tools, announced today it has secured $15 million, which was oversubscribed within three weeks. . Partners Investment and Murex Partners co-led the new funding, with participation from Smilegate Investment, Quantum Ventures Korea , ABC Partners , Everrich Group, GS Group’s corporate venture capital firm GS Futures , We Ventures, Base Investment and Du

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StartupNation

JANUARY 11, 2022

It’s difficult to read the morning news while sipping your freshly brewed cup of coffee without hearing about one horror story after another. While this might be upsetting, a lovely and uplifting byproduct of all this criticism is that it inspires many to become activists. People also want to see companies take a position and support something more significant than corporate profits as they get increasingly active in advocating for change.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Novo , the startup building a new kind of banking service from the ground up for small and medium businesses, has closed a significant round of funding to take the next step in growing its platform. It has raised $90 million, a Series B round that values the Miami-based startup at $700 million, funding that it will use to build out its infrastructure (going from 24,000 customers to 150,000 is no small feat); to add in new products, specifically around lending; and to acquire more customers.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 11, 2022

Each year, social media becomes more and more popular. While the platforms may change, the power that social has to grow your business remains steadfast. Let’s face it, if you’re not on social media, your business is most likely not even close to reaching its maximum potential. Social media has a catch though. You can’t just create an account and expect positive things to come your way.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

You don’t need to be a scientist to understand the impacts of factory farming: if you’ve been near a North Carolina hog waste lagoon or driven past the enormous cattle feedlot in Coalinga, CA, the smell travels for miles. In exchange for affordability and convenience, consumers, regulators and meat producers have learned to live with the many downsides of raising animals for food at scale: Greenhouse gases, water pollution, unsafe working conditions, and inhumane practices, just for

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

StoreDot , the Israeli next-generation battery technology startup touting an “extreme fast charging” (XFC) battery for electric vehicles, has secured the first close of its latest funding round led by Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer VinFast. The Series D round is due to close at up to $80 million. The capital will be used for the completion of StoreDot’s R&D and mass production scale-up of its technology, which, says the company, is currently being shipped to automotive manufa

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 11, 2022

Because closing a high-ticket deal is everything to a new company Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Kirsten Prost. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Kirsten Prost is a VP at Tercera and supports the sourcing, execution, and monitoring of investments in third wave services businesses. In the war for talent, equity compensation has become more important than ever, but it’s not the easiest concept to explain, especially in privately funded companies. Equity isn’t a new concept.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 11, 2022

The Winter 2022 batch is underway, and we’re excited to announce that we’re now accepting applications for Summer 2022. The summer batch will be remote with some optional in-person components depending on the pandemic. We will invest a total of $500,000 in every company accepted into the batch as part of our new standard deal. We will be offering an early deadline again this batch for founders who need early access to YC advice and resources.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

With so many apps and tools out there to try, most companies ask you to fill out a standard form and then create a username and password. Once you get through all of that, you find that the app was not all it was cracked up to be. Arcade is out to change that. The interactive demo company, which launched to the public today, is making it easier for companies to create demonstration videos, called “arcades,” that walk people through how their tools work.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 11, 2022

Bizzabo, the Event Experience OS, today announced it has been named a winner of the 2022 BIG Innovation Awards presented by the Business Intelligence Group. Read more here. The post [Bizzabo in PR Newswire] Bizzabo wins 2022 BIG Innovation Award appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

If there’s one thing that venture capitalists have taught me, it’s that aligned incentives can kick ass. It’s a phrase you’ll hear often if you spend time with professional private market investors. But if I summon my collegiate years, the phrase is really just the economic principle that individuals respond to incentives, restated in a slightly more targeted fashion.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 11, 2022

Tortuga Logic Inc., a cybersecurity company that has pioneered semiconductor chip security solutions, today announced the appointment of Dr. Mitchell Mlinar as Vice President of Engineering. In this role, Mlinar will bring valuable experience to Tortuga Logic as it expands its technology offering to address the growing importance of security in hardware design and continue the rapid pace of innovation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Kleiner Perkins , one of Silicon Valley’s legacy venture capital firms, is kicking off 2022 right by celebrating five decades in business and $1.8 billion in funds raised for two new funds — KP20 and Select2. KP20 is an $800 million venture fund focused on early-stage investments in enterprise, consumer, hardtech, fintech and healthcare companies, while Select2 is a $1 billion fund — the most the firm has raised at once — that extends its core investment strategy to focus on high inflection inve

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 11, 2022

Joel Holland landed a $37 million deal. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

A study by McKinsey & Company on general e-commerce activities in Africa says consumer spending will reach over $2 trillion in the next three years. Much of this spending falls under the importation of products, primarily influenced by consumer demand and the positioning of major e-commerce platforms in Africa. Afrikrea , an Ivorian startup founded in 2016, is one of the few platforms facilitating product exports.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 11, 2022

Sweetch, a digital therapeutics innovator and creator of the precision engagement platform for chronic conditions, today announced it has been named a winner in the 2022 BIG Innovation Awards healthcare category, presented by the Business Intelligence Group. Read more on PR Newswire here. The post [Sweetch in PR Newswire] Sweetch wins 2022 BIG Innovation Award appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Foxtrot is changing the way we think about convenience stores, and just picked up $100 million in new Series C funding to expand its brick-and-mortar footprint to 50 new retail locations in the next two years. We last looked in on Chicago-based Foxtrot in early 2020, just before the world was shook by the global pandemic. It had secured $17 million in a growth round and was offering customers the option to buy in-store or order online for delivery and had retail stores in Dallas and Chicago.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 11, 2022

Peachtree Corners – one of the nation’s first smart city environments powered by real-world connected infrastructure and 5G – today announced Curiosity Lab partner Brodmann17 has joined the 5G Open Innovation Lab (5GOILab) after several months of successful tests of its state-of-the-art Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) technology in the city.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

It’s painful to watch SPAC deals collapse post-combination. You can viscerally feel dreams melting away to disappointment as founders, employees and investors still holding shares in the newly public entities watch their wealth dwindle. The mess is not sector-specific. Media? Not a good SPAC target. Insurtech? Nope. 3D printing? Not looking good.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 11, 2022

How the author and his team built on what already exists to make something better. Read more here. The post [Tovala in Fast Company] Some people think innovation is creating something from thin air. We proved them wrong appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

French startup Doctolib is expected to close the acquisition of Tanker today (based on regulatory filings). Doctolib is a French unicorn that develops a software-as-a-service product to help doctors and medical workers with admin tasks. In particular, Doctolib acts as a booking platform that connects doctors with patients; 300,000 health professionals pay for the service and 60 million people have used it in Europe.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 11, 2022

The Winter 2022 batch is underway, and we’re excited to announce that we’re now accepting applications for Summer 2022. The summer batch will be remote with some optional in-person components depending on the pandemic. We will invest a total of $500,000 in every company accepted into the batch as part of our new standard deal. We will be offering an early deadline again this batch for founders who need early access to YC advice and resources.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Twig , a London-based fintech targeting Gen Z and younger Millennial consumers with an e-money account that gives them instant cash-outs on fashion and electronics they want to sell, has closed a $35 million Series A round of funding. The investment is led by UK-based fintech specialist, Fasanara Capital, with additional backing from a number of undisclosed strategic investors which Twig says include current and former executives from LVMH, Valentino and Goldman Sachs, among others.

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Continuations

JANUARY 11, 2022

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. - Yogi Berra Yoga works. Meditation works. Conscious breathing works. By “works” I mean that these practices have positive effects for people who observe them. They can help build and retain strength and flexibility of both body and mind. The fact that they work shouldn’t be entirely surprising, given that these practices have been developed over thousands of years through trial and error by millions of people.

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