Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Contributed by Marina Byezhanova , an EO Canada Bridge member in Montreal and the founder of Brand of a Leader , a personal branding agency that builds and scales the personal brands of entrepreneurs who inspire and make an impact. . In October 2021, after months of anticipation, I was finally sitting in San Diego in a room of 30 entrepreneurs, who gathered both in person and virtually to spend five full days learning how to become world-class public speakers.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

According to a 2019 report by Deloitte , about 80% of South Africans have a bank account but only 24% of them make more than three transactions monthly. Unlike other African countries, South Africa also has a functioning credit system with the prevalent use of credit cards. However , expensive value-added services like credit cards do not necessarily address the needs of underbanked people.

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HPA

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Cohesion , a leader in smart building and digital twin SaaS technology, announced raising $15M in a Series A round co-led by HPA and Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund. By creating one of the world’s largest repositories of commercial real estate data, Cohesion will lead the industry’s transformation to autonomous buildings. The company will use the new funding to focus on strategic channel growth and for product and market expansion including its digital twin technology for optimizing building envi

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Netlify came early to the idea of separating front-end design and back-end business processes on websites. It embraced Jamstack and microservices when those technologies were not well understood. It’s a fairly common way to build a website today, but it wasn’t always the case when they started. Perhaps that knowledge and understanding is what attracted investors to the company.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Good news. You can purchase an existing online business. . Whether you’re using an online marketplace, personal network or broker, there are many avenues to purchase an online business. Some business owners no longer have the passion to run a business or a new venture may lead exiting business owners to a fresh journey. . Whatever the reason, there’s a business owner readily available to sell their online business to you.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Are you a New Yorker doing something amazing and could use $200,000 to support your work? If so, you should apply for a David Prize. I have written about this program before so you might remember. But for those who haven’t heard about it, here’s the deal: Here are the most recent cohort of David Prize winners : ? Cesar Vargas : Fighting for immigrants in the armed forces and their right to stay in the U.S. ?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Healthcare costs in the U.S. are steadily rising, and the share patients must pay out-of-pocket has increased in tandem. Nearly one in three American households have delayed medical care due to its cost, per a 2019 Gallup poll. . Payzen , a healthcare fintech startup, raised $15 million in Series A funding for its solution that leverages artificial intelligence to underwrite patients’ medical debt, allowing them to access care and pay for it over time in installments. .

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Arc enables innovators in industries including electric vehicles, smart home devices, storage, and solar to create previously impossible energy experiences, resulting in a cleaner, smarter grid. Read more here. The post [Arcadia in PR Newswire] Introducing Arc™ by Arcadia®: The technology platform accelerating the clean energy revolution appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Following a Covid-driven boost, the popular AllTrails resource for hikers, bikers, climbers, and anyone else who enjoys the outdoors, announced today it’s raised $150 million from the growth fund of global private equity firm Permira to further accelerate its business. Prior investor Spectrum Equity will continue to be the company’s largest shareholder, following this transaction.

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The Seraf Compass

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Many years ago, during the early days of my entrepreneurial career, I walked by the main conference room in our office. Seated around a big, oblong table was a group of serious looking people engaged in a heated debate with my CEO. It was the first time I had seen him on the defensive. I couldn’t understand why such a confident, forceful individual would look like a deer caught in the headlights.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

It was way back in 2017 that the company that became Ultraleap (Ultrahaptics, as was) demonstrated at TechCrunch Disrupt a technology that pioneered ultrasound to replicate the sense of touch. The impressive ‘Star Wars’ demonstration took the crowd by storm. It was quite the demo (see the video below). The underlying technology was based on post-graduate research from inventor – and still CEO – Tom Carter.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Stellar Cyber, the innovator of Open XDR, has raised $38 million in an oversubscribed series B funding round led by Highland Capital Partners, with full participation from all existing investors including Valley Capital Partners, SIG, and Northern Light Venture Capital, and new strategic investor Samsung. This new round brings Stellar Cyber’s total funding to more than $68 million.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This morning Plug Pagamentos (Plug) announced a $2.7 million seed round, led by Costanoa Ventures ‘ latest partner , Amy Cheetham. Other investors in the round included Verve Capital and Norte Ventures , among others. Plug, based in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, wants to make its home-market more amenable to online commerce. In an interview, the startup described Brazil as a hostile market for payments, with a quarter of transactions failing and merchants paying a multiple of what

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

On the Business Beat, Jeff Sloan discusses how increased consumer credit card usage may signal trouble ahead. Tune in to the Business Beat, below, for details: . Tune in to News/Talk 760 AM WJR weekday mornings at 7:11 a.m. for the WJR Business Beat. Listeners outside of the Detroit area can listen live HERE. Are you an entrepreneur with a great story to share?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

LiveOak Venture Partners raised its largest fund to date, $210 million for Fund III, which will enable the Austin-based, early-stage venture capital firm to double down on Texas founders. The fund was oversubscribed — the firm originally targeted between $150 million and $200 million — and was wrapped up in less than four months, co-founder and partner Krishna Srinivasan said in an interview.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Nexa3D, the maker of ultrafast polymer 3D printers, today announced the pre-launch of its QLS 350 selective laser sintering (SLS) system. The QLS 350 thermoplastic 3D printer delivers significant cost savings compared with traditional methods and provides unprecedented production throughput and flexibility, enabling users to bring additive manufacturing (AM) to the production floor at scale.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

We may hear a lot about how big businesses are undergoing digital transformation, but the trend isn’t exclusively limited to them, and today a startup that’s building better productivity tools for a very offline part of the working world — home services professionals — is announcing a growth round on the heels of strong demand for its technology.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

BioCatch, the global leader in behavioral biometrics, in another first, announced today that it has launched Mule Account Detection, a best-in-class solution that delivers comprehensive protection against money mule scenarios. Read more here. The post [BioCatch in IT Voice] BioCatch Extends Cyber Fraud Protection Platform with Launch of New Mule Account Detection solution appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Noissue , a New Zealand-based global packaging platform, wants to make sustainable packaging accessible to businesses of all sizes. Everything the company offers, from custom tissue paper and cards to totes, stickers and tape, is 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable, and with low order minimums, it’s not just the big players who can afford to buy in bulk that are able to meet their sustainable packaging goals.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

BioCatch launched Mule Account Detection, a solution that delivers comprehensive protection against money mules, people who, at someone else’s direction, receive and move money obtained by criminal means. Read more here. The post [BioCatch in Help Net Security] BioCatch Mule Account Detection brings mule detection capabilities for financial institutions appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Travel app Elude is on a roll, announcing an additional $3 million on the heels of a $2.1 million funding round and launch in August. Alex Simon, CEO, and Frankie Scerbo, CMO, got the idea for the Los Angeles-based startup three years ago after bonding over a love of spontaneous travel, but not finding enough options within their budget. Elude, a travel discovery mobile app, is a budget-first search engine that shows people how far their money will take them.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Lak Ananth. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Lak Ananth is founding CEO and managing partner of the global venture capital firm Next47 and serves on the board of several companies that he has helped to grow beyond $1 billion valuations. Historically, the main actors in venture capital have been a specialized set of tech investors who themselves came from the technology industry.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Many real estate technology companies are developing technology that is in competition with, or could potentially replace, real estate agents. One startup that aims to help agents succeed and flourish with its technology and “bundled business services,” Place , has raised $100 million in a Series A round at a valuation north of $1 billion. Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s growth equity business led the investment, which included participation from 3L Capital.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Cashflow management startup Settle announced its second round of funding in five months, this time $60 million in Series B financing as it aims to carve out a niche in the $25 trillion business-to-business payments market. Settle was founded by Alek Koenig in 2019, after spending four years as head of credit at Affirm, to provide alternative lending to businesses.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

A team of Google executives, many of whom worked with one another for years, left the company earlier this year to launch a startup. The fintech firm, Arbo Works, has raised a financing round led by Sequoia Capital India, the two said Thursday. Arbo Works , spearheaded by Caesar Sengupta, said on Thursday 120 angel investors, many from Google, participated in the seed financing round. “This group includes CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, founders of successful startups, senior executives fro

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