TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

Despite Canva being worth in the region of $26 billion, it appears startups feel there is still plenty to be mined from this ;easy-to-use design platform’ arena. Admittedly, Professional Adobe tools remain fiddly for most people. Perhaps that’s why Berlin-based startup Kittl has now raised an €10.8 million ($11.6 million) Series A for its design platform which it claims allow people to “easily turn ideas into graphic products”.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 26, 2023

Debt is daunting—its labyrinth of complex rules, opaque governing bodies, and unique vernacular makes it difficult for the average consumer to understand. Concepts like credit scores, APRs, retroactive interest, and collateral can be overwhelming for financial services experts, let alone … The post Investing in Method appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

Spatial Labs , a web3 infrastructure and hardware company, announced today the closing of a $10 million seed round led by Blockchain Capital with participation from Marcy Venture Partners, the firm co-founded by Jay-Z. Iddris Sandu founded Spatial Labs in 2021, seeking to create products and shopping experiences using augmented reality. “The metaverse to us is not a virtual space that people go to spend time in.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 26, 2023

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Shift4Good , an impact fund that is based in Singapore and Paris, has announced that is raised $4.35 million from GSX-listed transportation firm ComfortDelGro Corporation. In a statement, the company said that ComfortDelGro is the first strategic LP from Southeast Asia that invested on Shift4Good, which hit a first close of about $98 million for its debut fund in October 2022.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

Container management platform Mirantis , which you may remember from its OpenStack days and from acquiring Docker Enterprise in 2019, today announced that it has acquired Shipa , a startup that builds tools to help developers develop, deploy and manage cloud-native applications. Shipa previously raised a $3.75 million seed round in 2020, co-led by Engineering Capital and Jump Capital.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

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. Did you know you can buy 3D printed key caps to replace, say, your escape key with a cat? Today, that’s our delightful little morsel of whimsy, courtesy of Frederic ’s review of a new keyboard (scroll all the way to the bottom for a photo of the adorable little kitteh). — Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery : Mike wri

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 26, 2023

Rejection was an eye-opener for my startup Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

New Enterprise Associates , known by the acronym NEA, has closed a new pair of early-stage and growth-stage funds, both hovering a little over $3 billion to a total of $6.2 billion. The two-fund structure is a first that begets another first for the 45-year old firm: TechCrunch has learned that NEA has filed to be considered as a registered investment adviser, which, if passed, would give the firm a status similar to the likes of other storied firms including Andreessen Horowitz, SoftBank and Se

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 26, 2023

Learn from a founder of Mitiga Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Today we have with us Tal Mozes. Tal is the co-founder of Mitiga, a global leader in cloud incident response. Mitiga helps its customers to recover over 90% faster from breaches in their SaaS and cloud environments. They’ve raised $32m so far and Tal has previously had several other exits including to EY where he led EY UK’s Cyber Threat Management services.

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

The old adages that "cash is king" and "you can’t spend profits" still hold true today. But however well-known these sayings might be, it requires a change in mindset to properly implement a cash flow management system that predicts your business's runaway as accurately as possible. Key to this new mindset is understanding the difference between the Statement of Cash Flows, a historical look at the source and uses of cash, and the Cash Flow Statement, which uses transaction history and forward-l

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

What is automation good for? Harvesting more broccoli than human laborers can, according to Upp , a Shropshire, U.K.-based agtech startup that’s using computer vision AI plus farm-sized proprietary machinery to expand crop yields. Its pitch is not only that its specialist, AI-driven harvester will make it more efficient to pick a familiar crop but also that the process will reduce waste — by being able to extract more nutritious protein from a field of broccoli without needing an arm

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 26, 2023

Private equity managers can’t find good startups. Startups are either too good or too risky.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

Meati Foods is closer to full-scale production of its whole-food protein made from the structural fibers of mushrooms, known as mycelium. The company announced Thursday the opening of its production facility, dubbed “Mega Ranch,” in Colorado. The 100,000-square-foot facility was financed in part by a $150 million Series C round of capital raised last year and a brand new extension round of $22 million.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 26, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO , Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Liquid Instruments, an innovator in precision software-defined instrumentation, today announced that it will release an array of software updates to its Moku:Go and Moku:Pro devices, which the company will exhibit at the 2023 SPIE Photonics West Conference. Read more here. The post [Liquid Instruments in PR Newswire] Liquid Instruments to showcase major enhancements to Moku:Go and Moku:Pro devices at SPIE Photonics West appeared first on OurCrow

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

Method , a startup that aims to make it easier for fintech developers to embed repayment, balance transfers and bill pay automation into their apps, today announced that it closed a $16 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Y Combinator (Method’s a Y Combinator graduate), Abstract Ventures, SV Angel and others.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 26, 2023

For those of you who haven’t met her yet, Surbhi Sarna is one of the newest group partners at YC.  I'm excited to share that her book Without a Doubt drops on March 7 — and to celebrate, she's hosting a series of online founder firesides. Surbhi has an incredibly compelling founder story. If I had to boil it down to one sentence I’d say: she turned a teenage cancer scare into a company that was eventually acquired for $275M by Boston Scientific.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

Meet Renaissance Fusion , a Grenoble-based startup that has been working on nuclear fusion for the past couple of years. The company recently raised $16.4 million (€15 million) in funding in a seed round led by Lowercarbon Capital. Several European investors also participated in the round, such as HCVC, Positron Ventures and Norssken. “We are proud to support Francesco Volpe and his team in the emergence and industrialization in France and in Europe of a disruptive solution in energy production

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StartupNation

JANUARY 26, 2023

Automation is a popular marketing trend that’s likely to see continued growth as technology continues to advance. Marketing… The post Startup Automation: How to Revolutionize Your Social Media Strategy appeared first on StartupNation.

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Speaker: P. Andrew Sjogren, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Very Good Security, Matt Doka, Co-Founder and CTO of Fivestars, and Steve Andrews, President & CEO of the Western Bankers Association 

PCI compliance can feel challenging and sometimes the result feels like you are optimizing more for security and compliance than you are for business outcomes. The key is to take the right strategy to PCI compliance that gets you both. In this webinar, we have a great set of panelists who will take you through how Zero Data strategies can be used as part of a well-rounded compliance and security approach, and get you to market much sooner by also allowing for payment optimization.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

Jonathan Martinez Contributor Share on Twitter Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who's helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups. More posts by this contributor Teach yourself growth marketing: How to boot up an email marketing campaign Teach yourself growth marketing: How to launch a paid acquisition channel Without customers, there can be no business.

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Derek Sivers

JANUARY 26, 2023

I like going to the source. Like finding musicians’ influences, and getting to know that music too. Same with film, art, philosophy, and technology. I also like doing what people I admire recommend. And a few people I really admire suggest we read the entire Bible. So to go to the source of western culture, and do what the wise people say, last year I read the Bible , start to finish.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

As VC activity slowed down globally last year, Kenya defied odds to record the strongest growth in funding raised in Africa. Reports show that the deal count and value to the country surpassed 2021 figures owing to increased investor interest. Data from market intelligence firm Briter Bridges , and The Big Deal shows Kenya raised $1.1 billion, more than double the funding that East Africa’s biggest economy got in 2021, when the continent raised about $5 billion.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 26, 2023

If you’ve been thinking about starting your own business, this question has probably crossed your mind: “should I… The post How to Start a Franchise Business appeared first on StartupNation.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

Fintech startup Stripe has set a 12-month deadline for itself to go public, either through a direct listing, or pursuing a transaction on the private market, such as a fundraising event and a tender offer, according to sources familiar with the matter. The news, as first reported by the Wall Street Journal , comes as a surprise considering the rather dry public market activity in the tech world.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 26, 2023

Can your contact solve real-world issues? I recently experienced an amazing effort of outreach by a vice president of a large national customer asking for a meeting with the product development team of a critical supplier, one of “my” companies. The goal, the VP stated, was to “see if these guys are battle hardened veterans that have dealt with the real-world product and delivery problems” of a nationally important customer.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

Smart home energy startup Tado has raised €43 million ($46.9 million) in a round of funding led by Trill Impact Ventures , as the company pursues plans to become profitable in 2023. The raise comes a year after the German company announced plans to go public (“deSPAC”) via a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ), plans that ultimately failed to materialize after Luxembourg-based shell company GFJ ESG Acquisition I SE pulled out of the deal in September.

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OkDork

JANUARY 26, 2023

                                            Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I welcome Sam Parr back to the podcast! Sam created the popular newsletter The Hustle, which emails over 1 million people a day! Four years later, he sold it to HubSpot for tens of millions of dollars! Now, he’s the co-host of one of the top business podcasts — My First Million — where he and Shaan Puri talk about business ideas and market trends, and in

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Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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