Thu.Mar 16, 2023

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Walmart invests $200 million in Indian mobile payments giant PhonePe

TechCrunch

PhonePe has raised another $200 million as part of an ongoing round, a deliberation that has now helped it pull $650 million in recent weeks despite the market slump, as the Indian fintech giant bulks up its war chest following the recent separation from the parent firm Flipkart.

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Are you still flexible enough to be coached?

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Daily Crunch: Microsoft waives its waitlist and opens up its AI-powered Bing chatbot to all

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[Airobotics in Accesswire] Ondas’ Airobotics and Rafael collaborate on autonomous drone infrastructure

OurCrowd

WALTHAM, MA and PETAH TIKVAH, ISRAEL / ACCESSWIRE / March 16, 2023 / Ondas Holdings Inc.

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Statement of Cash Flows vs. Cash Flow Statement

Speaker: Wayne Spivak - President and Chief Financial Officer of SBA * Consulting LTD, Industry Writer, and Public Speaker

Join Wayne Spivak, experienced CFO and corporate finance expert, for an insightful discussion on managing cash flow and company profitability.

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A comprehensive list of 2023 tech layoffs

TechCrunch

Last year’s tech-wide reckoning continues. In 2023, layoffs have yet again cost tens of thousands of tech workers their jobs; this time, the workforce reductions have been driven by the biggest names in tech like Google , Amazon , Microsoft , Yahoo and Zoom.

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Course Hero, once an edtech unicorn valued at $3.6 billion, conducts layoffs

TechCrunch

Course Hero, a tutoring business last valued by investors at $3.6 billion, has cut 15% of staff, or 42 people – its first round of layoffs in 17 years, TechCrunch has learned from numerous sources.

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When Will SaaS Budgets Increase Again?

Tomasz Tunguz

I’m watching public company earnings to identify early trends in the software market to inform startups’ plans for 2023. Earlier, Mongo DB announced earnings. I’m adding Mongo to the list of tracked companies for this series.

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Mistaking performance for competence

TechCrunch

A year or two before launching Actuator, someone on staff floated the idea of my writing a weekly robotics newsletter. I balked at the suggestion. Surely, I suggested, we would be struggling to fill the pages by week two.

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YC Meetup on Building Open Source Software Startups

Y Combinator

We're hosting a small reception at our office in San Francisco, on April 11th at 5pm PT , for people who are interested in the growing trend of Open Source Software startups. We've funded over 75 OSS companies to date and we’re especially excited about them.

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7 Ways to Supercharge Your ABM Strategy with Real-Time Intent

Streaming real-time intent is a homerun for marketing and sales’ account-based marketing (ABM) strategies. With real-time buyer insights, you can be first-in-line to provide solutions and lead better, hyper-personalized conversations.

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Fairmatic raises $46M to bring AI to commercial auto insurance

TechCrunch

With inflation sparking an increase in the cost of repairs, labor and claims, fees for insurance are similarly spiking across the board. Car insurance premiums rose 13.7% nationally over the past year, according to a study from Bankrate.com. Home insurance, meanwhile, climbed 12.1%

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An Organic Multi-Product Ecosystem Leaves a One-Product Offering in the Dust

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Ditching your one-product mindset in favour of an organic multi-product ecosystem could be the smartest business move you ever make Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook » startup ecosystem multiproduct productisation product-management

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5 strategies for biotech startups to outlast a market downturn

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James Coates Contributor Share on Twitter Dr. James Coates is the Health and Human Performance principal at Decisive Point , a venture capital and advisory firm that invests in and supports startups with emerging defense technologies.

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[data.world in GlobeNewswire] data.world partners with dbt Labs to deliver greater visibility and discoverability of data transformations

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New partnership extends data.world’s integration to dbt Cloud to surface metadata about data assets and transformations Read more here.

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Digitizing Logistics: Harness the Power of Data in 4 Steps

Entering a new demand gen position in a volatile market is nerve-wracking. In demand generation, data is essential for knowing who you should target and how. In this eBook, you’ll learn how to identify and target your ideal prospects using different types of data.

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SVB collapse forces African startups to rethink their banking options

TechCrunch

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) last week sent ripples in startup ecosystems around the world, and it is emerging that millions of dollars held by African startups and venture capital funds at the bank were at stake, until the U.S. Federal Reserve acted to save the day.

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[Axiom Space in The Wall Street Journal] Watch: NASA unveils spacesuits for astronauts on next moon mission

OurCrowd

NASA on Wednesday demonstrated a prototype of new spacesuits developed by Axiom Space. The suits are designed for astronauts on the 2025 Artemis III mission, which NASA said would mark humanity’s first return to the moon in more than five decades. Read more here.

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Here’s a new corporate card startup, backed by $157M in equity, debt, going after Brex, Ramp

TechCrunch

Parker , a startup offering a corporate credit card for e-commerce businesses, emerged from stealth Thursday with $157 million in equity and debt funding, much of which closed in 2022.

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Wingspan raises $14M for its all-in-one payroll platform for contractors

TechCrunch

In the wake of the pandemic, more and more companies are relying on independent contractors to sustain and grow their businesses — and more people are turning to freelancing. According to a Fiverr poll, 45% of businesses are using more freelancers than before the pandemic.

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16 Go-to-Market Plays for Your Entire Sales Funnel

After gathering some of the best go-to-market plays from our own B2B sales and marketing pros, we've package them here for you. Try one of these 16 plays in your next salesflow or as inspiration for your next winning sales engagement strategy.

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Everything you need to get caught up on the SVB crisis

TechCrunch

On Friday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced that it had taken over Silicon Valley Bank , and as we rushed to plan coverage, one of my colleagues succinctly described the situation: “This is historic s**t.” A week later, we can all agree they were right.

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Artifact co-founder Kevin Systrom on the SVB crisis, its further impacts and future of tech

TechCrunch

Artifact , the new personalized news app from Instagram’s co-founders , is another startup whose funding was caught up in the Silicon Valley Bank failure, and co-founder Kevin Systrom believes there could be more trouble to come for Silicon Valley.

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Cast AI raises $20M to help companies reduce cloud spend

TechCrunch

Cloud costs remain a top concern for organizations. According to a recent Anodot survey , 50% of businesses are struggling to control them, in part because they lack visibility into their cloud usage. Unsurprisingly, reducing those costs has become a top priority.

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Silicon Valley Bank: Here’s a timeline of the bank’s failure

TechCrunch

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Writer’s note: We’re breaking from our usual formatting this week because there was a once-in-a-generation collapse of one of the biggest banks in the country. Today’s space has been dedicated to our coverage on the matter, but we will be back to broader programming next week. What a surreal stretch for tech.

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State of MENA Startups 2019, Report

MAGNiTT and 500 Startups jointly launch first 'State of MENA Startups 2019" report. Survey findings reveal insights on trends in fundraising exercise, exit opportunities, hiring, and growth optimization.

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Nimble makes the leap to fully automated third-party logistics warehouses

TechCrunch

There’s a long-standing debate in the world of logistics robotics. On one side stand the greenfield folk, who insist that the best possible experience is one built from the ground up, with these automated systems at its core.

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Pitch Deck Teardown: StudentFinance’s $41M Series A deck

TechCrunch

There’s no shortage of “upskilling” startups out there, but it’s rare to see one raise a $41 million round. That’s what Spanish startup StudentFinance pulled off a couple of weeks ago.

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Bummed out from the last week? Here’s some bullish news for software companies

TechCrunch

Yes, reading the tech press in the last week has been pretty brutal. And yes, you and your startup may still be rattled by the Silicon Valley Bank crisis or worried about what’s going on at First Republic. Hell, you could still be working to secure your funds somewhere new.

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‘BRB, storing my money in gold’: Founders scramble to figure out which banks are safe

TechCrunch

Founders are still shaking off the dust a week after Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse. Rumors are swirling about who might be looking to buy the beleaguered bank’s assets.

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The 5 Stages of Account-Based Marketing — and How to Win Them All

Successfully complete the five stages of ABM: define, identify, engage, convert, and connect. We’ll show you how to create a unified system with your sales team to help them land more qualified opportunities and connect with prospects like never before.