StartupNation

JANUARY 25, 2022

For small to mid-sized enterprises, the annual strategic planning process can be fraught with frustration. On one hand, it is acknowledged that the most accepted best practice for a business to go from their vision to achieving their stated result, for example, grow revenue by 5x over 24 months with existing resources and infrastructure, is tied to the creation and implementation of a strategic document, like the annual plan or the large PowerPoint, that has all the supporting initiatives and ta

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

A recent survey carried out by CNBC reported that 81% of executives worldwide say AI will play a prominent and critical role in how their businesses operate this year. Companies are phasing from the first generation of AI, which deals with pattern, text and image recognition, to decision-making AI, which helps them make timely decisions in complex spaces.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 25, 2022

Fox Rothschild understands the unique struggles startups face. To help, the firm developed the Fox Launchpad , a virtual incubator and resource center developed to nurture early stage companies through flexible services, accessible attorneys and a variety of other exclusive offerings. The program includes: Startup Package - The legal advice and documents necessary to get a company up and running, all for a discounted flat rate.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Bokksu CEO Danny Taing has always been passionate about Japanese food and culture, so he moved to Tokyo after college and lived there for four years. When Taing moved back to NYC, he brought a suitcase full of his favorite Japanese snacks and shared it with his friends. Taing realized other Americans also loved Japanese snacks, but they didn’t have a way to discover and buy them in the U.S.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 25, 2022

You don’t need a big audience Image of the author “Hasan, you should go in my place.” I froze. Seriously? Me? It was late 2017. Ash Ali, my friend, and investment partner was talking about a huge 3-day international startup summit in Dubai, where he was going to be flown in as a speaker and mentor to thousands of tech startup founders in attendance from all over the world.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 25, 2022

The difference between amazing ideas and genuine innovation Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Woflow , a data infrastructure company, raised $7.3 million in Series A funding to continue developing its automated approach to bring offline data online. The company helps customers with antiquated inventory systems power their merchant onboarding data, like restaurant menus and images, with APIs to structure data in a way that when someone’s food order requests “no mustard,” it is recognized properly, Woflow co-founder and CEO Jordan Nemrow told TechCrunch.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 25, 2022

I Wasn’t Prepared for the Killer J-Curve Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Tribevest founder Travis Smith went on a fishing trip with his brothers in 2008 that he says they couldn’t afford. It was then that he realized their “good jobs with 401ks” would never be enough for them, he told TechCrunch. The brothers had dreams of finding their own financial freedom through investing in real estate, but didn’t have enough individual capital to go into business alone.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 25, 2022

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Athletic Greens , which created AG1, a powdered beverage designed to provide daily nutrition, raised $115 million in new funding that boosts its pre-money valuation to $1.2 billion. The New York-based company got its start in 2010 by founder and CEO Chris Ashenden and is the result of his journey to find out why he continued to feel bad. Chris Ashenden, CEO of Athletic Greens.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 25, 2022

ArcelorMittal (‘the Company’) today announces it has made a US$5 million investment in H2Pro through its XCarb ™ innovation fund, bringing the fund’s total investment commitments to US$180 million since its launch in March 2021. . Read more here. The post [H2Pro in GlobeNewsWire] ArcelorMittal makes US$5 million investment in H2Pro via XCarb™ innovation fund appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

We work with contributors to develop guest posts that will help TechCrunch+ readers solve actual problems, so it’s always a delight to present a comprehensive “how to” article. In this case, Barnabas Birmacher, CEO of Platform as a Service company Bitrise, shared the lessons he learned as his team attempted to enter Japan. Launching a product in a foreign market where you’re unfamiliar with the language and culture is a necessary step for growing companies, “but the

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 25, 2022

BENTONVILLE, Ark., and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 25, 2022 — Walmart and Plenty Unlimited Inc. today announced Walmart signed an agreement to invest in Plenty, an indoor vertical farming company, as part of their $400M Series E funding round subject to a regulatory approval. Walmart’s equity investment is part of a broader strategic partnership to utilize Plenty’s indoor vertical farming technology platform to deliver fresh produce to Walmart retail stores.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

While certain titans of tech argue over how different or not decentralized “web3” outfits will be compared to their unabashedly centralized predecessors, an ecosystem of companies is fast emerging with ties to each other, including backing from the same investors. Consider that late last summer, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) invested in an outfit, Yield Guild Games (YGG), that invests in NFTs from blockchain-based games, then loans them out to people who use them and generate revenue as

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 25, 2022

NEW YORK — Walmart said Tuesday it has taken a stake in agriculture startup Plenty, becoming the first large U.S. retailer to significantly invest in indoor vertical farming as a way to deliver fresher produce to its stores. Read more here. The post [Plenty in The Washington Post] Walmart invests in indoor vertical farming startup Plenty appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Starship Technologies , one of the bigger names in the world of autonomous delivery robots — those little caboose-like, boxy delivery vehicles that self-drive around cities — has been on a roll during Covid-19, providing extra (unmanned) horsepower to distribute food and other goods between stores or restaurants and consumers, at a time when consumers were either reluctant or being ordered to stay at home to minimize the spread of the virus.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 25, 2022

Jan 25 (Reuters) – Retail giant Walmart Inc said on Tuesday it is investing in indoor vertical farm Plenty as part of a $400 million funding round and will be buying leafy greens from them for its stores in California. The investment in the South San Francisco startup that grows leafy greens under banks of lights is one of the biggest in the indoor farming business, and the distribution deal from Walmart is a sign of mass market appeal from an industry that has not delivered on early expec

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Infermedica , a Poland-founded digital health company that offers AI-powered solutions for symptom analysis and patient triage, has raised $30 million in Series B funding. The round was led by One Peak and included participation from previous investors Karma Ventures, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Heal Capital and Inovo Venture Partners.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 25, 2022

Walmart said Tuesday that it is investing in vertical farming company Plenty and plans to carry the start-up’s leafy greens in all California stores later this year. The big-box retail giant did not disclose the size of the equity stake or the terms of the commercial deal, but said a Walmart executive will join Plenty’s board. Walmart’s investment is part of a $400 million round of funding for Plenty led by One Madison Group and JS Capital, with participation from SoftBank Vision Fund.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

News reports surfaced over the past 24 hours that the $40 billion Nvidia-Arm deal , which ranks among the most expensive tech deals ever, is in peril. Nvidia is reportedly ready to walk away due to regulatory pressure. The question is, what does it mean for tech M&A if this deal falls apart? Let’s not forget that last year at this time Visa shut down a $5.3 billion deal to acquire Plaid after the U.S.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 25, 2022

BlueNalu, a leading innovative food company developing a variety of seafood products directly from fish cells, announced today a collaboration with leading, multinational sushi restaurant operator, FOOD & LIFE COMPANIES Ltd. (TYO: 3563). As a Japanese foodservice leader, FOOD & LIFE COMPANIES (F&LC) operates brands such as Sushiro and Kyotaru and over 1,000 restaurants across Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Mainland China.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Cybersecurity startup Hunters today announced that it has raised a $68 million Series C round led by Stripes. New investors DTCP, Cisco Investments and Databricks also invested in this round, together with existing investors YL Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Microsoft’s venture fund M12, U.S. Venture Partners, Blumberg Capital and Snowflake Ventures.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 25, 2022

Is it time for your business to move beyond notes, files and spreadsheets for keeping track of your customers? Get the free CRM handbook from Salesforce. In the early stages of a business, it might be fine to just maintain an Excel spreadsheet or jot down notes about customers and incoming orders. But as your business grows, this sort of record-keeping simply can’t do what you need anymore.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

OZÉ , a Ghanaian fintech startup that provides digital recordkeeping tools with embedded finance products to medium and small businesses, has raised a $3 million pre-Series A round. The startup’s new financing round was led by European early-stage VC Speedinvest, with participation from Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund, Savannah Capital and other unnamed angel investors.

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